US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on June 3 for "Combined control valve and air turbine starter" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,303, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Combined control valve and air turbine starter" was invented by Thomas K. Jakab (Lake Geneva, Wis.) and Benjamin T. Harder (Sycamore, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined air turbine starter and flow control valve includes a turbine having turbine blades and a shaft rotating with the turbine blades. The turbine is received within a nozzle housing. The nozzle housing includes an inlet. A radially outwardly extending inner surface extends from the inlet and toward the turbine blades. A flow control piston is received to be movable along a rota...