US Patent Issued to Unison Industries on Feb. 18 for "Air turbine starter with nozzle retention mechanism" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,081, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Unison Industries LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Air turbine starter with nozzle retention mechanism" was invented by Ramana Reddy Kollam (Bangalore, India), Parmeet Singh Chhabra (Bangalore, India), David Raju Yamarthi (Bangalore, India), David Allan Dranschak (Union, Ohio), Steven Ryan Kerley (Columbus, Ohio) and Mark Leslie Rickert (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air turbine starter having a housing defining an interior with a primary inlet and a primary outlet to define a primary air flow path from the primary inlet to the primary outlet. A nozzle is located within the interior ...