Bearings – Rotary bearing – Fluid bearing
Patent
1984-02-03
1985-05-07
Footland, Lenard A.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Fluid bearing
384119, 384122, 384124, 384306, 384308, F16C 3206
Patent
active
045154864
ABSTRACT:
A fluid bearing is disclosed which consists essentially of a number of bearing pads, each having a face member and a support member that are separated and bonded together by an elastomeric material. The face member will have a load engaging surface, and its back surface will have at least one arcuate portion to provide a point of inflection which opposes an identical arcuate surface providing another point of inflection located on the support member. In operation the pad which operates in a fluid that serves as a lubricant will develop friction and pressure forces, which move the pad in such a way as to provide a wedge for hydrodynamic lubrication.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3062598 (1962-11-01), Summers
patent: 3424505 (1969-01-01), Pizzitola
patent: 3829180 (1974-08-01), Gardner
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