US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on July 14 for "Thrust bearing vent for a liquid metal bearing assembly" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,109, issued on July 14, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Thrust bearing vent for a liquid metal bearing assembly" was invented by Andrew T. Triscari (Hubertus, Wis.), Alexander T. Ryan (Milwaukee), Swarnajay Mukherjee (Franklin, Wis.) and Eric J. Lubar (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems are provided for a liquid metal bearing assembly. In one embodiment, a liquid metal bearing assembly includes a first liquid metal reservoir, a second liquid metal reservoir, and a thrust bearing vent extending between the first liquid metal reservoir and the second liquid metal reservoir to vent ga...