US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on March 31 for "Journal bearing hybrid dampening for increased temperature range" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,603, issued on March 31, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Journal bearing hybrid dampening for increased temperature range" was invented by Craig M. Beers (Wethersfield, Conn.), Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.) and Paul M. Colson (Westfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing system for a rotatable shaft includes a bearing shaft coaxial with the rotatable shaft, a bearing coaxial with the bearing shaft, a bearing housing surrounding the bearing and having a plurality of retention channels disposed axially along the bearing housing, and a dampening assembly comprising a plurality of circumf...