ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,001, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Support structure for bearing compartment" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.), Christopher D. Ramsey (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Benjamin G. Gardell (Bristol, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a support structure is integrally formed with a bearing compartment. The support structure includes a plurality of vertical supports and horizontal supports. The vertical supports and horizontal supports include one or more features to support machining of the bearing compartment and removal of the support structure from the bearin...