US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Aug. 26 for "Bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,674, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Abdelkhalek Saadi (Lasalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a static structure, a rotating shaft, and a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly includes a bearing and a seal subassembly. The bearing has inner and outer races and a plurality of roller elements. The outer race includes a shield member. The seal subassembly includes a seal element coupled with the static structure and a seal runner coupled with the rotating shaft. Portion...