ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,872, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Rotor containment structure" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Christopher Simpson (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A containment structure for a rotor includes a shroud and a shroud reinforcement. The shroud is coaxial with and partially surrounds the rotor and includes a tubular section, a transition section, and a flange section. The tubular section extends axially past a first side of the rotor. The transition section connects to the tubular section and is adjacent to a curved side of the rotor. The flang...