ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,234, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Bearing chamber with thermal heat exchange fins" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.), Christopher D. Ramsey (Glastonbury, Conn.), Gen Satoh (Cheshire, Conn.) and Benjamin G. Gardell (Bristol, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of additively manufacturing a component is provided and includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the component, generating a heat map of the 3D model which is illustrative of thermal effects the component is expected to experience, updating the 3D model to include 3D heat exchange fin models for re...