US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Aug. 4 for "Metal plated additively manufactured plastic ACM rotors with internal thermally adaptive structure" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,768, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Metal plated additively manufactured plastic ACM rotors with internal thermally adaptive structure" was invented by Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.) and Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a rotor for an ACM, having steps of forming a base having: a first section adjacent to an ACM diffuser shroud when installed; a second section forming a seal disposed against an ACM aft frame member when installed; a third section connected to an ACM compressor rotor shaft when installed; a fourth section connected t...