US Patent Issued to Solar Turbines on Oct. 14 for "Additive manufactured bearing cap for temperature reduction on bearing cap wetted wall" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,313, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).

"Additive manufactured bearing cap for temperature reduction on bearing cap wetted wall" was invented by Jorge Hernandez (Long Beach, Calif.), Makarand A Sovani (San Diego), Warner Tse (Culver City, Calif.) and Geoffrey A Potts (Lakeside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a traditional bearing cap, the temperature of the oil-wetted surface that defines the oil sump may experience high temperatures, which can result in oil degradation, oil varnish, and coking. Accordingly, a bearing cap is disclosed that reduces the temperatures experienced by the oil-wett...