US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on March 24 for "Thermally adaptive gas bearing sleeve configured for remote geometry control" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,515, issued on March 24, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Thermally adaptive gas bearing sleeve configured for remote geometry control" was invented by Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.) and Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component of a gas foil bearing, having: a plurality of materials forming a composition gradient that defines a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and a second CTE that differs from the first CTE, wherein: the plurality of materials include one or more of different metals, plastics, or fibers; and the plurality of materials is formed with flu...