ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,845, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).
"Bearing and unloader assembly for compressors" was invented by Kirill Michailovich Ignatiev (Oakwood, Ohio), Robert Christopher Stover (Versailles, Ohio) and Mikhail A. Antimonov (Beavercreek, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing system for a compressor including an unloader at least partially received within a recess of a driveshaft. The unloader includes an outer surface that is engaged with a bearing. An inner surface of the unloader is curved such that the unloader is pivotable relative to the driveshaft unload forces on bearing caused by deflection of th...