ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,617, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Axial transfer bearing" was invented by Christopher M. Valva (Manchester, Conn.) and Todd A. Davis (Tolland, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a carrier that supports rotation of a plurality of planet gears and is rotatable about an engine longitudinal axis. The carrier includes an axially facing seal plate that defines a lubricant passage to the carrier. A transfer bearing assembly has a seal member that defines a lubricant supply path to the seal plate and at least one biasing member that biases the seal ...