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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Russell L Carlson, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 99 ; 384581 ;
Abstract
A fluid damper and mechanical spring for a radial bearing supporting a shaft of an aircraft gas turbine engine fabricated from a full ring having fluid cavities circumferentially space on the outer diameter of the ring operatively connected to the complementary surface of the support housing and having circumferentially spaced arcuate slots overlying the fluid cavities having a free end for providing the mechanical spring function.