ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,027, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Seal cooling systems" was invented by Glenn C. Lemmers Jr. (Loves Park, Ill.) and Mark J. Franklin (Janesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator assembly for a high temperature environment that exceeds a seal temperature limit in operation can include a generator housing enclosing one or more generator components and one or more attached components sealed to the housing. The assembly can include one or more seals disposed between each of the one or more attached components and the generator housing and an oil circuit within the housing ...