US Patent Issued to HANON SYSTEMS on June 17 for "Housing fixing structure of air foil journal bearing" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,786, issued on June 17, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Housing fixing structure of air foil journal bearing" was invented by Yeol Woo Sung (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Chil Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Gunwoong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Gyu Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Chi Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Sup Yang (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Sung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyu Sung Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an air foil journal bearing in which air is introduced between a foil and a rotor rotating at high speed and generates press...