ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,690, issued on April 1, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Damping device for damping shaft vibration" was invented by Narayanan Payyoor (Bangalore, India) and Peeyush Pankaj (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Damping devices, turbomachines, and methods of damping vibration are provided. For example, a damping device for damping vibration of a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation is provided. The damping device defines radial and axial directions. The damping device comprises a bearing, a housing, and a damper element. The housing and damper element define a cavity therebetween for receipt of a...