US Patent Issued to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I on Sept. 15 for "Airfoil bearing arrangement and method for making the same" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,585, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Airfoil bearing arrangement and method for making the same" was invented by Scott Aguilar (La Crescenta, Calif.), Luca Tabacchi (Redondo Beach, Canada), Patrick Rayner (Torrance, Calif.) and Radu Florea (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A journal foil bearing system includes a journal housing member including a journal housing wall that is disposed about a bore that extends along an axis. The journal housing wall has an inner diameter surface that faces the bore. The journal housing wall locally along the inner diameter surface...