US Patent Issued to Hyliion Holdings on March 17 for "Bearing support for a fluid bearing of a closed-cycle engine" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,984, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hyliion Holdings Corp. (Cedar Park, Texas).

"Bearing support for a fluid bearing of a closed-cycle engine" was invented by Alex William Ariapad (Cincinnati), Joshua Tyler Mook (Loveland, Ohio) and Aigbedion Akwara (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear electric machine includes a shaft, a piston assembly operably coupled with the shaft, a stator assembly supporting the shaft and housing a load device, and a bearing assembly supporting an end of the shaft. The bearing assembly includes a bearing housing, a fluid bearing within the bearing housing, and a bearing support defining a ...