Bearings – Rotary bearing – Plain bearing
Patent
1993-05-26
1995-06-13
Hannon, Thomas R.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Plain bearing
384309, F16C 1703
Patent
active
054236134
ABSTRACT:
The tilt pad journal bearing assembly includes a conduit within the bearing housing for supplying lubricant hydrostatically to each tilt bearing pad. The conduit includes a flexible segment coupled at respective opposite ends to the tilt pad and to a quick connect/disconnect coupling extending through an aperture in the side wall of the bearing housing. A supply line is coupled to each supply conduit adjacent the side wall by the quick connect/disconnect coupling. The flexible segment within the bearing housing accommodates the rocking motion of the tilt pad and the design and routing of the external supply line is therefore not dependent on any requirements of the bearing assembly. To service the bearing assembly, a set screw is unscrewed, permitting a portion of a coupler, together with a bushing to be withdrawn through the aperture into the interior of the housing for withdrawal with the tilt pad as a discrete sub-assembly.
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Byrne Thomas R.
Keck Richard J.
Wegner Gary G.
Wilson Blake W.
General Electric Co.
Hannon Thomas R.
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