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7614792 Compliant foil fluid film radial bearing or seal  
A compliant foil fluid film bearing or seal apparatus includes a bushing having a plurality of peripherally separate bushing segments. The bushing has a bore defined therethrough, with a peripheral...
7553086 Hydrodynamic journal bearing  
A journal foil bearing comprising a retaining member having an inner surface which defines a shaft opening within which a rotatable shaft is receivable for rotation; and a foil assembly affixed to...
7186026 Foil hydrodynamic journal bearing and method of manufacturing the same  
A multi-lobe bearing is of simple construction such that a foil sheet in the form of a closed loop is arranged on a journal shaft by joining both ends of two sheets together, with a bearing gap...
RE39190 Compliant foil fluid film radial bearing  
A multi-segment radial bearing including a bushing with an interior bore having a plurality of anti-rotation retainers which are equally spaced and extend the axial length of the interior bore. The...
6964522 Hydrodynamic journal foil bearing system  
A high load capacity hydrodynamic journal foil bearing system is disclosed, which comprises a top foil and a plurality of undersprings. Preload forces are transferred from the undersprings to...
6726365 Foil type fluid bearing  
The disclosed invention relates to a foil type fluid bearing including a foil assembly. The foil assembly supports a journal within a stationary retaining member and includes a top foil that is...
6457866 Rotary bearing  
A rotary bearing, in particular for optical measuring technology, such as measuring the image fidelity of an optical element, with an aperture and central axis, is provided with an outer mounting...
6433673 Digital enunciator, process and communication system employing same  
A receiver in a communication system is coupled to a transmission channel for receiving communication signals transmitted over a transmission channel. The receiver includes signal receiving...
5549392 Resilient mount pad journal bearing  
The present disclosure concerns resiliently mounted pad type journal bearings. Compensation for lateral movement of a journal due to shifts in loading is achieved by varying the profile of the...
5059038 Aerodynamic plain bearing  
The invention concerns an aerodynamic plain bearing for shafts (1) rotating at high speeds, with a bearing housing (4) having a cylindrical bore (3) and with a tangentially attached, elastic and...
4869601 Bearings and seals  
Hydrostatic journal bearing assemblies are described which include a housing member having a generally circular bore therethrough, a journal bearing member having a bore therethrough for the...
4815864 Adjustable tension foil bearing  
An adjustable tension foil bearing for a rotatable shaft comprises a bearing housing for the support of a plurality of foil carriers which carry a like plurality of foil elements. The foil carriers...
4731009 Spring-loaded platen rollers with a sealed axle  
Spring-loaded rollers for a mold have a sealed axle mount which passes through the roller into a supporting portion of the seats in the platen to prevent the roller from rotating, twisting or...
4526482 Hydrodynamic bearing surface for high loads and low viscosity lubricating fluids  
A hydrodynamic bearing is disclosed which is designed to work in a fluid. The hydrodynamic bearing is formed with a central section of the load carrying surface that is more compliant so that it...
4449834 Aerostatic axial thrust bearing  
An aerostatic axial thrust bearing comprising a movable part and a stationary part, one of said parts being constructed as a cup-shaped member having an upright wall, a closure member and a bottom...
4170389 Foil bearing  
A foil member is stretched over a body of pressurizing material so as to be caused to balloon outwardly toward a rotating shaft. A fluid (e.g., air) film bearing is formed between the foil and...
4119375 Bearing and housing assembly  
In the embodiment shown, the assembly comprises a housing and a fluid-film journal bearing having pivoting elements arranged between the housing and the bearing to accommodate pivotal movement of...
4065279 Scroll-type apparatus with hydrodynamic thrust bearing  
A flat plate hydrodynamic thrust bearing for orbiting machinery and scroll-type apparatus embodying the thrust bearing are disclosed. The thrust bearing exerts an axial force on the orbiting scroll...
4045098 Fluid bearing  
A fluid bearing, which is an aerostatic bearing, wherein one of the surfaces which determine the bearing gap is compliant, so that the geometry of the bearing gap may increase upon increasing load....
3971602 Thrust bearing  
A gas-lubricated thrust bearing employs relatively rigid inwardly cantilevered spokes carrying a relatively resilient annular member or annulus. This annulus acts as a beam on which are mounted...
3827766 FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE BEARING  
A low clearance pressurized fluid bearing with membrane surface suitably supported to allow bending and stretching in the clearance area in such manner to cause bearing action and to improve both...
3806209 BEARING STRUCTURE  
A bearing assembly with two bearing elements forming a bearing clearance therebetween, of which one element is designed as a compliant bearing element confining partially a cavity and in which a...
3765732 OUTLET RESTRICTOR HYDROSTATIC BEARING  
An improved structure for outlet restrictor hydrostatic bearings of the tapered, stepped, and grooved clearance types wherein the bearing surfaces are formed on flexible membranes, supported at the...
3704920 COMBINATION CLAMPING AND BEARING SYSTEM  
A self-acting combination clamping and bearing system is provided which comprises two members having confronting bearing surfaces, one of which is a bearing surface of suitable elastomeric...
3661432 HYDROSTATIC BEARING ASSEMBLY  
A hydrostatic bearing assembly in which an externally pressurized fluid is pumped to completely separate the bearing from the object which it supports; by utilizing the elastic deformation of a...
3520578 JOURNAL BEARING  
3506314 FLUID BEARING  
3215480 Hydrodynamic foil bearings with bearing foil retaining means  
3215479 Hydrodynamic shaft bearing  
3174809 Self-centering radial and thrust load air bearing  
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