ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,741, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Vane pump rotors" was invented by Zachary Allen Ray Le Duc (Rockford, Ill.) and Edward W. Goy (Crystal Lake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes a rotor configured to rotate about a rotor axis within a pump housing. In embodiments, the rotor includes, a first end face configured to interface with a stationary port plate, a plurality of vane slots defined in the rotor arranged circumferentially about the rotor axis configured to accept a respective vane therein, and a plural...