US Patent Issued to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I on June 10 for "Journal foil bearing system with top foil insert member" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,171, issued on June 10, was assigned to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Journal foil bearing system with top foil insert member" was invented by Raphael Hettinger (La Baffe, France), Romain Guillot (Thaon les Vosges, France), Alexandre Wirtzler (Thaon les Vosges, France), Scott Aguilar (La Crescenta, Calif.) and Cedric Karwat (Nancy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foil bearing system includes a journal member with an internal groove and a foil arrangement. The foil arrangement includes at least one biasing foil and a top foil insert member. The at least one biasing foil is received between the journal memb...