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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Ashley Rose Himmelmann, Beloit, WI (US);
Cory Kaufman, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Miguel Frazier, Houston, TX (US);
Arjun Nagpal, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/0442 (2013.01); F16C 2320/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotary phase separator for a space environment includes a housing defining a separator chamber therein and a shaft located along a longitudinal axis of the rotary phase separator and inside the housing. Relative motion between the housing and the shaft about the longitudinal axis urging separation of gas and liquid from a two-phase liquid and gas fluid in the separator chamber. One or more magnetic bearing assemblies are supportive of the shaft relative to the housing.