Combination bearing for gas turbine engine

Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary

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310 90, 384102, H02K 709

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059776773

ABSTRACT:
The present invention contemplates a combination bearing for supporting a rotating rotor within a gas turbine engine. The combination bearing including a magnetic bearing system and dry solid lubricated rolling element auxiliary bearings units for sharing the shaft load. The rotating central shaft being normally supported by the active electromagnetic bearing system. The auxiliary bearing unit being soft mounted to the shaft and engine housing and rotatable with the shaft. Soft mounting of the bearings between the housing and the shaft allows a substantially stable transition from the all magnetic bearing support to a physically contacting mechanically assisted support of the shaft.

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