US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Feb. 17 for "Geared air cycle machine fan for aircraft systems" (New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,445, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Geared air cycle machine fan for aircraft systems" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.), Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.) and Matthew L. Pess (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft air cycle machines include a housing, a shaft arranged within the housing, and a first wheel assembly operably coupled to the shaft and arranged within the housing. The first wheel assembly is configured to rotationally drive the shaft. A second wheel assembly is operably coupled to the shaft and configured to be rotationally driven b...