ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,360, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Unison Industries LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Air turbine starter with containment assembly" was invented by Nagendra Baddam (Bengaluru, India), Sharad Pundlik Patil (Bengaluru, India), Shiloh Montegomery Meyers (Miamisburg, Ohio), Dattu GV Jonnalagadda (Bengaluru, India) and Merin Sebastian (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air turbine starter that includes a housing defining an interior having a primary air flow path. A rotatable turbine member located in the interior includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades that extend into the primary air flow path. A contain...