US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Aug. 18 for "Reverse direction bearing cooling flow path for a cabin air compressor" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,057, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Reverse direction bearing cooling flow path for a cabin air compressor" was invented by Craig M. Beers (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor includes a compressor rotor and a motor disposed about a common axis. The motor includes a rotor shaft coupled to the compressor rotor and configured to drive the compressor rotor; a thrust shaft disposed at an opposite end of the motor from the rotor shaft; a tie rod disposed on the common axis and extending through the rotor shaft, thrust shaf...