US Patent Issued to Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus on Nov. 3 for "Thrust bearing" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,797, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Thrust bearing" was invented by Keun Ryu (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Chae Yeon Baek (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a thrust bearing including: a bearing base ring-coupled to an outer diameter surface of a rotary shaft; a pad portion provided on the bearing base, in which bearing pads having a bearing surface facing a thrust disc provided outward and radially from the rotary shaft to axially support the thrust disc are circumferentially spaced apart in the bearing...