ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,472, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).

"Strut for bearing assembly and method for removing strut" was invented by Richard Meyer (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut for a bearing assembly of a gas turbine engine. The bearing assembly has a first bearing structure and a second bearing structure. The strut includes a first mounting end portion, a second mounting end portion spaced apart from the first mounting end portion, and a shaft portion extending between the first mounting end portion and the second mounting end portion along a longitudinal axis. The first mounting end portion is...