US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on July 28 for "Motor integrated auxiliary bearings for aircraft machines" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,047, issued on July 28, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Motor integrated auxiliary bearings for aircraft machines" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft air cycle machines include a housing defining a motor cavity, a shaft arranged within the housing, a turbine operably coupled to the shaft and arranged within the housing, a compressor operably coupled to the shaft and arranged within the housing, and a motor arranged within the motor cavity, wherein the motor comprises a motor stator assembly fixedly connected to t...