ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,757, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to JIANGSU ZHENJIANG NEW ENERGY EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Wuxi, China).

"Wind power main-shaft sliding bearing with bidirectional stresses and wind power generation system" was invented by Jianhua Xu (Wuxi, China) and Zhen Hu (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind power main-shaft sliding bearing with bidirectional stresses and a wind power generation system are disclosed. The wind power main-shaft sliding bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring and a tile block. The outer ring has an isosceles trapezoidal cross-section where the inner ring slides. The inner ring has a trapezoidal groove...