US Patent Issued to Miba Industrial Bearings U.S. on Aug. 19 for "Squeeze film damper and a rotating machinery" (Wisconsin, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,372, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Miba Industrial Bearings U.S. LLC (Grafton, Wis.).

"Squeeze film damper and a rotating machinery" was invented by Thomas Stietz (West Bend, Wis.), Joshua Lemke (Fredonia, Wis.) and Carlo Roso (Farmington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A squeeze film damper includes a first component configured to be rigidly coupled to a support structure of a rotating machinery; a second component extending between first and second axial ends, the first axial end facing the first component, the second component having an outer surface configured to be at least partially surrounded by a squeeze film annulus...