ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,146, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pyong Hwa Valeo Co. Ltd. (Dalseo-Gu, South Korea).
"Air foil bearing installation structure" was invented by Ju Hyung Na (Buk-gu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an airfoil bearing installation structure in which a spacer is provided on a bent portion of a foil assembly, the spacer has catching pieces having elasticity, and catching projections are formed on an inner wall surface of a slot formed in a housing so that the catching pieces are caught by the catching projections. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an axial movement and separation of the...