US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on April 7 for "Reinforced membrane systems" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,510, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Reinforced membrane systems" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.), Jay W. Kokas (Bloomfield, Conn.), Rebecca R. Stoner (North Granby, Conn.), Andrew M. Caldecutt (Vernon, Conn.), Alan F. Hunter (West Springfield, Mass.), Haralambos Cordatos (Colchester, Conn.) and Murtuza Lokhandwalla (South Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber de-gassing membrane includes a plurality of membrane fibers. At least one of the membrane fibers has a first stiffness. The membrane includes reinforcing fibers. The reinforcing fibers are posi...