US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on May 13 for "Pressure retaining cap with manual interface for rotation" (Illinois, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,872, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Pressure retaining cap with manual interface for rotation" was invented by Matthew Daniel Koehler (Rockford, Ill.) and Nicholas Craig (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a cap configured to attach to a first end of a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly, the cap configured to seal a pneumatic chamber in a pneumatic mode and configured to allow access to the pneumatic chamber in a manual mode for manual rotation of a decoupling shaft. A method for manual rotation of a pneumatic disconnect shaft assembly includes removing a b...