ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,700, issued on May 20, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Thrust bearing device and turbocharger" was invented by Seigi Yano (Tokyo), Takaya Futae (Tokyo) and Shuichi Isayama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust bearing device includes: a thrust collar having a drive shaft, the thrust collar including a flange portion extending radially outward of the drive shaft; and a thrust member penetrated by the thrust collar and including a pad portion. The pad portion includes: a plurality of land portions which are parallel to a plane orthogonal an axis of the drive shaft an...