US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Nov. 25 for "Hybrid airfoil and auxiliary magnetic bearings" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,544, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Hybrid airfoil and auxiliary magnetic bearings" 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 hybrid airfoil bearing for a shaft is provided and includes airfoil bearing components and passive magnetic bearing components. The airfoil bearing components include a top foil immediately surrounding the shaft and additional components. The passive magnetic bearing components are integrated into the shaft and the additional components of the airfoil bearing components to rem...