US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Sept. 2 for "Motor incorporating magnetic bearings" (Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,029, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Motor incorporating magnetic bearings" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and John H. Paliulis (South Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cycle machine includes a turbine section, a compressor section, an axial flux magnetic gear system electromechanically coupling the turbine section to the compressor section, and a stabilization system for at least one shaft of the air cycle machine. The axial flux magnetic gear system includes a stator, two rotors, a winding system, and a control module. Each rotor interacts with th...