US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Sept. 16 for "Bearing inner race with sleeve and integrated puller" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,246, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Bearing inner race with sleeve and integrated puller" was invented by Lorenzo Sanzari (Montreal) and Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly for a turbomachine includes a bearing inner race, a bearing outer race located radially outwardly from the bearing inner race, and one or more bearing elements located radially between the bearing inner race and the bearing outer race. A bearing sleeve is positioned radially inboard of the bearing inner race and is configured for engagement with a rotating compone...