ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,559, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Support structure and spring for bearing compartment" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Christopher D. Ramsey (Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing compartment includes a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion, and a support structure fabricated within the bearing compartment. The support structure includes an upper portion within the upper housing portion and a spring section within the lower housing portion. The spring section includes a plurality of struts and is separable from the supp...