US Patent Issued to SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL on Dec. 30 for "Coupling joints to interconnect and transmit rotational torque between adjacent impeller bodies in a turbomachine" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,094, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Coupling joints to interconnect and transmit rotational torque between adjacent impeller bodies in a turbomachine" was invented by Mark J. Kuzdzal (Allegany, N.Y.) and David J. Peer (Smethport, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved coupling joints configured to interconnect and transmit torque between adjacent impeller bodies in a turbomachine are provided. A plurality of impeller bodies is stacked on a tie bolt. A respective coupling joint is defined by features in adjacent impeller bodies to couple to one another the adjacent impeller bodie...