US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on July 14 for "Roller bearing comprising an oil film compression damper of modifiable length" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,473, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Roller bearing comprising an oil film compression damper of modifiable length" was invented by Florian Garnier (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Cecile Noyer (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Morgane Soubeyroux (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Charlotte Zuckerfeld (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing for a turbine engine includes an oil film compression damper, including an inner sleeve intended to receive an outer ring of a roller bearing, an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve and delimiting with this inner sleeve, an axisymmetric cavity sup...