Bearings – Rotary bearing – Fluid bearing
Patent
1985-09-03
1987-06-09
Levy, Stuart S.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Fluid bearing
384114, 384118, 384292, F16C 3206, F16C 3310
Patent
active
046716769
ABSTRACT:
A hydrostatic bearing 20 for a rotatable shaft 18 of the type in which lubricating fluid is fed through orifices 12 in the bearing to a plurality of recesses 14 and finally to a land 16. Land 16 comprises grooves 22 directed toward recesses 14 in the direction of the shaft's rotation so that lubricating fluid is pumped back toward recesses 14.
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Chen Wei-Chung
Jackson Eugene D.
Field Harry B.
Ginsberg Lawrence N.
Hamann H. Fredrick
Hannon Thomas R.
Levy Stuart S.
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