ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,617, issued on March 11, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Cavitation resistant journal bearing" was invented by Mark W. Shoemaker (Pecatonica, Ill.) and Ryan Shook (Loves Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A journal bearing for a gear driven pump includes a bearing body having a bearing body circular opening that defines a bearing surface along a length of the bearing body and a face plate adjacent to the bearing surface. The bearing surface is configured to carry a gear shaft load through a hydrodynamic fluid film pressure between a load surface of a gear shaft and the bearing surface. The bearin...