ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,867, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Frame for magnetic-foil bearing" was invented by Alexander R. Nelson (Amston, Conn.), Benstone I. Schwartz (Sanford, Fla.), Philip A. Varney (Coventry, Conn.) and Andrew V. Schwendenmann (Hampden, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly is provided that includes a frame, a magnetic bearing stator and a foil bearing. The frame extends axially along and circumferentially about an axis. The frame includes an inner bore and a plurality of channels arranged circumferentially about the axis. The magnetic bearing stator includes a stator body and a plurali...