US Patent Issued to RTX on June 10 for "Magnetic-foil bearing with cooling system" (Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,172, issued on June 10, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Magnetic-foil bearing with cooling system" 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 system is provided that includes a stationary structure, a rotating structure, a magnetic-foil bearing and a cooling jacket. The rotating structure is rotatable about an axis. The magnetic-foil bearing radially supports the rotating structure within the stationary structure. The magnetic-foil bearing includes a ma...