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7497627 Thrust bearing  
A hydrodynamic bearing set, for use with a thrust disk disposed between planar surfaces of a housing, includes first and second topfoils disposed adjacent first and second thrust disk axial bearing...
7364363 Bearing and turbo compressor comprising the same  
A thrust bearing designed to support a rotational shaft within a turbo compressor, and including foils subjected to a friction with gas. The bearing includes a plurality of elastic foils having...
7261300 Hydrodynamic foil face seal  
A foil thrust bearing forms the primary rotating interface for a film riding face seal. This face seal includes a spring system that will allow the entire assembly to translate axially relative to...
7163368 Hydrodynamic bearing runner for use in tilting pad thrust bearing assemblies for electric submersible pumps  
An electrical submersible pump runner having a core layer and a wear layer affixed to the core layer. One embodiment of the invention provides an electrical submersible pump that includes a motor...
7108488 Turbocharger with hydrodynamic foil bearings  
A turbocharger includes a foil bearing assembly mounted in a center housing between a compressor and a turbine of the turbocharger. The bearing assembly forms a unit installable into the center...
6953283 Foil bearing  
In a foil bearing ( 23 ) having a plurality of foils ( 26 ) disposed in a gap between a rotating member ( 12 ) and a stationary mount member ( 25 ), a moveable member ( 27 ) is disposed on a side...
6948853 High load capacity stacked foil thrust bearing assembly  
A stacked foil thrust bearing assembly provides a compact, lightweight, high load capacity, high temperature, oil-free foil thrust bearing for use in high speed rotating machinery. A stacked foil...
6827493 Turret support system and bearing unit  
The invention is a bearing unit and bearing system for supporting a large rotatable element, such as a mooring turret. The bearing unit includes a hydrostatic suspension system which enables the...
6811315 Compliant support for increased load capacity axial thrust bearing  
A compliant support for an axial thrust air bearing between a shaft and a housing with an annular thrust runner extending radially from the shaft having a runner bearing surface. The housing has a...
6752533 Foil thrust bearing cooling  
An improved foil thrust bearing includes a cooling fluid flow turbulence generating disk placed between other foil thrust bearing elements, such as thrust bearing elements and underspring elements....
6702463 Compliant foil thrust bearing  
A compliant foil fluid thrust bearing has a single sided or two sided thrust disk rotor, an integrally formed compliant foil member, and an underspring member. The non-rotating but compliant foils...
RE38373 Compliant foil fluid film thrust bearing with a tilting pad underspring  
A compliant foil fluid film thrust bearing including a thrust disk rotor, fluid foils, spring foils, a thrust plate, and a housing thrust surface The non-rotating but compliant fluid foils, mounted...
6354741 Foil thrust bearing  
An improved foil thrust bearing includes a pair of members arranged for relative rotation with respect to one another. One of the pair of members is adapted to rotatably support the other. A thrust...
6261002 Gas dynamic foil bearing  
A gas dynamic foil bearing comprises a plate (13) attached to a base (10), support members (14) fixed on the plate (13) at predetermined intervals, elastic foils (15) fixed to the support members...
6224263 Foil thrust bearing with varying circumferential and radial stiffness  
An improved foil thrust bearing having a thrust runner and a thrust plate includes an underspring element positioned adjacent to the thrust plate. The underspring element comprises, in one...
6158892 Fluid film thrust bearing having integral compliant foils  
A compliant foil fluid film bearing having individual fluid film foils formed as arcuate segments by an inner circumferential slot, an outer circumferential slot and a transverse therebetween. The...
6126414 Thrust bearing arrangement for turbocharger  
A thrust bearing arrangement for a turbocharger including a thrust bearing unit having separate normal and reverse thrust bearings, and a thrust member provided on a turbine shaft and interposed...
5938341 Foil thrust bearing including a follower spring having rotated, elongated spring tabs  
A follower spring for a foil thrust bearing includes a plate and a plurality of spring tabs extending from the plate. The spring tabs are elongated and offset at angles between approximately 45...
5918985 Compliant foil fluid thrust film bearing with a tilting pad underspring  
A compliant foil fluid film thrust bearing including a thrust disk rotor, fluid foils, spring foils, a thrust plate, and a housing thrust surface The non-rotating but compliant fluid foils, mounted...
5911510 Bi-directional foil bearings  
A foil bearing allows bi-directional rotation of a shaft. The foil bearing includes a plurality of thin compliant foils secured to a housing, and spring segments underlying the foils. Each spring...
5871284 Foil thrust bearing set  
A spring assembly for a foil thrust bearing set includes a stiffener disc and a plurality of spring segments. Each spring segment has at least two anchoring tabs. When inserted into a slot in the...
5547286 Hydrodynamic air thrust bearing with offset bump foils  
The leading edges of the segmented corrugated springs of each of the two bump foils of a hydrodynamic thrust bearing are offset such that the leading edge in the upper segmented corrugated springs...
5540505 Top foil plate for hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearings  
The top foil of a hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearing is formed from a single flat annular disk with radial depressions extending from the outer diameter to the inner diameter of the disk that...
5529398 Compliant foil hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearing  
A compliant foil hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearing is disclosed which is comprised of a two sided thrust disk rotating element, compliant fluid foil members that axially enclose the rotating...
5498082 Bi-directional foil thrust bearing  
A bi-directional foil thrust bearing for use in a variety of turbomachinery devices and disposed between rotating and stationary members of the turbomachine. The thrust bearing comprises annular...
5453869 Light deflecting apparatus using a rotary polygon mirror  
In a light deflecting apparatus including a rotary polygon mirror in which a disc rotary polygon mirror is fixed to a shaft supported by a gas of a predetermined pressure. The rotary polygon mirror...
5318366 Foil thrust bearing with varying radial and circumferential stiffness  
A spring cluster disc (14) for a foil thrust bearing (10) is provided with a plurality of sets (52) of springs (62,64,66). The springs are configured to provide varying spring force and thus...
5209579 Thrust bearing device  
A thrust bearing device for an electric motor lubricated by liquid within a motor casing includes a rotary disk fixed on a primary shaft of the motor and a sliding shoe member having sliding...
5110220 Thrust bearing underspring  
A foil thrust bearing including a thrust bearing underspring disk having a radially increasing spring force or load capacity. A plurality of spring sections formed in the underspring disk provided...
4871267 Foil thrust bearing  
A hydrodynamic process or gas bearing is disclosed which includes an integral thrust disk defining a plurality of foil elements, the radially outer edge of the disk being displaced from the major...
4743126 Hydrodynamic bearings, and secondary assemblies for producing said bearings  
The invention provides a process for producing hydrodynamic bearings for supporting and guiding rotary machine shafts. The process consists in previously manufacturing a self-contained cartridge...
4621930 Foil thrust bearing cooling  
Cooling is provided for a foil thrust bearing by means of flow openings in the thrust bearing disk or restrictions in the flow underneath the thrust bearing disk or the combination of both.
4597677 Leaf-type foil thrust bearing  
A leaf-type foil thrust bearing, such as may be employed in a high-speed, light-load application, particularly, as a thrust bearing for a turbo charger, having a significantly reduced manufacturing...
4462700 Hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearing  
A hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearing including a stationary thrust plate 15, a rotating thrust runner 20 spaced therefrom, and at least one foil 50 disposed therebetween, is provided with first...
4331365 Nested Belleville spring support for compliant thrust bearings  
A compliant hydrodynamic fluid thrust bearing includes a resilient support system having a two-stage spring arrangement for supporting a flexible bearing sheet. The spring arrangement includes a...
4227753 Compliant gas thrust bearing with profiled and apertured thrust runner  
A compliant gas thrust bearing has a thrust plate on which is mounted an annular, flexible bearing sheet supported by a resilient support member which enables the bearing sheet to deflect under...
4213657 Compliant hydrodynamic bearing with tubular support element  
A compliant hydrodynamic fluid film bearing for supporting a rotating motor on a stationary mount, includes a bearing sheet supported by a resilient, compliant support element formed of a series of...
4208076 Compliant hydrodynamic bearing with improved support element  
A compliant, hydrodynamic fluid film bearing for supporting a rotating rotor on a stationary mount, includes a bearing sheet supported by a compliant resilient support member formed of two sheets,...
4167295 Magnetic thrust force relief for a foil bearing turbomachine  
A foil bearing turbomachine including magnetic relief of the thrust forces and static friction imposed on the foil thrust bearing during start up of the turbomachine.
4084861 Thrust bearing damping means  
A radial deflecting support member interposed between the damper support and the thrust bearing transmits the thrust loads and permits the use of an oil damper in a thrust loaded environment. The...
4082375 Dual wedge fluid thrust bearing including wave spring  
A dual wedge thrust bearing for holding two relative rotating members in spaced relation includes a wave spring which supports both a thick flexible plate and a thin flexible plate stacked in that...
3375046 Foil thrust bearing arrangements  
3298751 Gas lubricated bearings  
3117456 Accelerometers  
2951729 Gas bearing  
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