Patent 10914195 was granted and assigned to General Electric on February, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A rotary machine for an aeronautical device includes a thrust generator. The rotary machine additionally includes a rotary component rotatable with the thrust generator. Moreover, the rotary machine of the present disclosure includes a plurality of gas bearings, with the plurality of gas bearings substantially completely supporting the rotary component of the rotary machine.