ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,071, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Elliott Co. (Jeannette, Pa.).
"Tilt pad journal bearing with lubrication arrangement" was invented by Wei Li (Delmont, Pa.), Manish Rambhau Thorat (Monroeville, Pa.), Brian Christopher Pettinato (Greensburg, Pa.) and Christopher Joseph Braman (Irwin, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tilt pad journal bearing for supporting a rotating shaft includes an annular support ring and a plurality of arcuate pads tiltably mounted in the annular support ring and circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The tilt pad journal bearing further has a lubrication arrangement disposed between each pair ...