ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,861, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Seal support assembly for a turbine engine" was invented by Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (Bengaluru, India), David Raju Yamarthi (Bengaluru, India) and Narendra Anand Hardikar (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine defines a radial direction, and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a seal segment having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly comprising a ...