US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on May 27 for "Additively manufactured optimized fuel pump volute entrance" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,083, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Additively manufactured optimized fuel pump volute entrance" was invented by Travis Marshall (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump assembly includes an impeller, a diffuser ring, and an additively manufactured coupler. The diffuser ring is fluidly coupled to the impeller. The additively manufactured coupler is fluidly coupled to the diffuser ring. The additively manufactured coupler has a teardrop shaped cross-section. The pump assembly also includes a volute fluidly coupled to the coupler. The volute is configured to receive fl...