US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Dec. 23 for "Slip based radial bearing support" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,961, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Slip based radial 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 first bearing and a second bearing axially offset from the first bearing. A first bearing support extends from a bearing housing to the first bearing to support the first bearing, and a second bearing support extends from the bearing housing to the second bearing to support the second bearing. One or more radial bearing supports including a plural...