ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,965, issued on May 27, was assigned to hamilton sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Geared air cycle machine" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cycle machine includes a turbine section, a compressor section, and an axial flux magnetic gear system electromechanically coupling the turbine section to the compressor section. The axial flux magnetic gear system includes a stator, two rotors, a winding system, and a control module. The stator includes stator pole sections and is oriented about a stator axis. Each rotor includes magnets arranged rad...