ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,470, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR Corp. (Tokyo).
"Compressor" was invented by Toru Yoshimune (Hiroshima, Japan) and Takashi Oda (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor includes a tilting pad bearing supporting a rotating shaft in a casing. The tilting pad bearing includes a bearing pad being in sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft and a pivot supporting the bearing pad in a swingable manner. The casing includes a groove portion having an annular shape recessed in the axial direction and extending in the circumferential direction,...