ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,031, issued on July 29, was assigned to Unison Industries LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Air turbine starter with containment assembly" was invented by Nagendra Baddam (Bengaluru, India), Sharad Pundlik Patil (Bengaluru, India) and Shiloh Montegomery Meyers (Miamisburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air turbine starter that includes a housing defining an interior having a primary air flow path. A rotatable turbine member located in the interior includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades that extend into the primary air flow path. A containment assembly couples to the housing and circumscribes at least a portion of t...