Tilting pad thrust bearing assemblies

Details Tilting pad thrust bearing assemblies Tilting pad thrust bearing assemblies

1991-02-08

1991-09-10

Hannon, Thomas R.

Bearings

Rotary bearing

Plain bearing

384306, F16C 1706

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050468642

ABSTRACT:
An equalizing tilting pad assembly for thrust bearings and the like which includes a retaining ring housing an arrangement of upper and lower equalizing links and supporting a number of similar tilting pads each having a spherically curved contact surface on its lower face. The upper and lower equalizing links lie within the retaining ring in an endless overlapping arrangement with each upper link touching at contact points two adjacent lower links. Each upper link is pivotally mounted on a spherical ball supported by the retaining ring and each lower link is pivotally mounted on the retaining ring by cylindrical members lying perpendicular to the axis of the retaining ring, and the contact points between adjacent upper and lower links lie in a common plane when the equalizing links are in a position of zero pivoting angle.

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patent: 3817586 (1974-06-01), Elwell
patent: 3912344 (1975-10-01), McCafferty
patent: 4403873 (1983-09-01), Gardner

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