Bearings – Rotary bearing – Fluid bearing
Patent
1995-09-25
1997-07-08
Hannon, Thomas R.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Fluid bearing
384107, F16C 3206
Patent
active
056453540
ABSTRACT:
An aerostatic bearing includes a thin material thickness area having a bearing surface and a back side opposite to the bearing surface, and a plurality of nozzle-forming microholes formed in the thin material layer and having a conical cross-section, with the microholes being drilled with a laser beam applied from the back side, and with the most narrow section of the microholes being located on the bearing surface.
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Heinzl Joachim
Muth Michael
Schulz Bernd
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