US Patent Issued to Hyliion Holdings on June 2 for "Integrated piston assembly for an electric machine" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,997, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hyliion Holdings Corp. (Cedar Park, Texas).

"Integrated piston assembly for an electric machine" was invented by Alex William Ariapad (Cincinnati), Joshua Tyler Mook (Cincinnati) and Aigbedion Akwara (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear electric machine includes a shaft, a primary piston assembly operably coupled with the shaft, a stator assembly supporting the shaft and housing a load device, and a bearing assembly supporting an end of the shaft. The bearing assembly includes a bearing housing and a fluid bearing within the bearing housing. The bearing housing includes an opening ...