ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,972, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Turbonetics Holdings Inc..
"Systems for manufacturing an impeller wheel assembly" was invented by Daniel J. Barlog (DeMotte, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for manufacturing an impeller wheel assembly (e.g., an impeller wheel attached to one or more additional components) are provided. In one example, a method includes casting an impeller wheel without a hub feature in a mold and holding the cast impeller wheel in a fixed position using a holding plate during subsequent stages of fabrication (e.g., the addition of a shaft via friction welding)."
The patent was filed on April 14, 202...