Bearings – Vibratory (e.g. – piezoelectric or kinetic bearing
Patent
1992-05-04
1993-08-24
Hannon, Thomas R.
Bearings
Vibratory (e.g., piezoelectric or kinetic bearing
384100, 384114, 384119, 384130, 277 28, 277901, F16C 3200, F16C 3206, F16C 3372, F16J 1534
Patent
active
052383083
ABSTRACT:
Adjustable gap hydrostatic bearings and adjustable gap seals wherein the adjustable gaps are useful to compensate for wear, thermal expansion, journal speed, and radial deflection of the journal. A housing 10 is adjacent to a journal 2. The housing contains an annular electrodeformable material 5 which will expand or contract radially with the application of voltage and thus adjust the gap between the liner material 3 and the journal.
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Beatty Robert F.
Gaspar Nandor L.
Lang Ko-Wei
Scharrer Joseph K.
Field Harry B.
Hamann H. Fredrick
Hannon Thomas R.
Kahm Steven E.
Rockwell International Corporation
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