US Patent Issued to Triumph Engine Control Systems on Dec. 2 for "Volume expansion for cavitation reduction in a gear pump mesh" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,843, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Triumph Engine Control Systems LLC (West Hartford, Conn.).

"Volume expansion for cavitation reduction in a gear pump mesh" was invented by Thomas L. Burnham (East Hartford, Conn.) and William H. Dalton (Hebron, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear having volume expansion for cavitation reduction in a gear pump mesh. The gear has a gear tooth profile; a body; a plurality of involute gear teeth extending radially outward from the body and including first and second neighboring gear teeth each having a respective tip and a root, the first and second neighboring gear teeth defining a space bet...