US Patent Issued to SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS on June 23 for "Plain bearing for an aircraft turbomachine" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,042, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (Colombes, France).

"Plain bearing for an aircraft turbomachine" was invented by Adrien Louis Simon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plain bearing for an aircraft turbomachine, the plain bearing having a tubular body including an outer cylindrical surface, an inner cavity designed to contain oil, a primary lubrification groove formed by a middle portion of the outer surface and a main channel for supplying the primary groove with oil, the plain bearing wherein the outer surface of the body further includes at least one secondary lubrification...