Bearings – Rotary bearing – Hydraulic or pneumatic bearing support
Patent
1984-04-13
1987-01-27
Levy, Stuart S.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Hydraulic or pneumatic bearing support
384224, 384303, 384308, F16C 2700, F16C 2708, F16C 1706
Patent
active
046391460
ABSTRACT:
A thrust bearing has a plurality of bearing pads each provided on its back side with a pivot, and a support on which the pads are disposed in the circumferential direction. An integral carrier is mounted on the support. The carrier has leg portions and a resilient portion and definies a squeeze film damper portion between the rear surface thereof and the opposing surface of the support. The pads are carried tiltably by the carrier through the pivots.
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Machine Design, Jan., 1981, vol. 25, No. 1, FIG. 15, p. 65.
Hazaki Eiichi
Inouye Hiroshi
Izumi Hideki
Nakadaira Shiro
Yoshioka Masahiro
Hannon Thomas R.
Hitachi , Ltd.
Levy Stuart S.
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