ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,045, issued on May 26, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Nagasaki, Japan).
"Bearing device and rotating machine" was invented by Shinji Ogawa (Tokyo), Naoyuki Nagai (Tokyo), Takaya Futae (Tokyo) and Taiyo Shirakawa (Nagasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing device is configured to rotatably support a rotational shaft of a rotating machine and includes: a semi-floating bearing supported by a bearing housing; and an anti-rotation pin fixed to the bearing housing and having an insertion portion inserted from an outer peripheral side into an insertion hole formed on an outer ...