US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on Sept. 29 for "Spool selection transmissions with towershaft connections" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,704, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Spool selection transmissions with towershaft connections" was invented by Aaron Cooling (Janesville, Wis.), Matthew Daniel Koehler (Rockford, Ill.) and Cavit Hasan Kreci (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is configured to selectively couple one of a first mechanical input and a second mechanical input to an electric machine. The apparatus includes a mechanical output configured to couple to a part of the electric machine. The apparatus also includes a sliding clutch configured to drive or be driven by the mechanical outpu...