US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on March 24 for "Hybrid airfoil bearing with active damping" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,521, issued on March 24, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Hybrid airfoil bearing with active damping" was invented by Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid bearing assembly is provided and includes stationary components, a shaft disposed to rotate relative to the stationary components, passive magnetic bearing components integrated into the shaft and the stationary components to generate passive magnetic force to resist radial movement of the shaft relative to the stationary components and an active damping system. The active dampi...