US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Dec. 23 for "Buckling spoked frangible bearing support" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,960, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Quebec, Canada).

"Buckling spoked frangible bearing support" was invented by Nathan Tomes (Hamilton, Canada) and Tyler Richardson (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing arrangement of a gas turbine engine includes a bearing supportive of a shaft, a bearing support extending from the bearing housing to the bearing to support the bearing, and one or more radial bearing supports including a plurality of radial spokes extending between the bearing housing and the bearing. The plurality of radial spokes are configured to buckle under compression when radial l...