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7367713 Journal bearing arrangement  
A tilting pad journal bearing, an annular housing for an array of arcuate bearing pads resiliently mounted by spring means which biases the pads against heads of restraining bosses that limit...
7314313 Balancing machine  
In a balancing machine for the measurement of, and compensation for, any unbalance of rotors, with a sliding bearing for rotatably mounting a rotor to be balanced and a supply device for supplying...
7311445 Tilting pad bearing assembly  
A tilting pad bearing assembly consists of an array of bearing pads each supported on a rigid carrier by way of an intervening pivot ridge extending from the pad or carrier. The individual pad...
7140109 Bearing assembly and method  
A bearing assembly and method in which a bearing cage is disposed around a rotating member and a housing is disposed around the cage. A first portion of the radial outer surface of the cage extends...
6776530 Extra-roll slide bearing system for a paper/board machine or a finishing machine  
The invention relates to an extra-roll slide bearing system ( 20 ) for a paper/board machine or a finishing machine, surrounding a shaft ( 2 ) in a roll ( 1 ). The bearing system comprises a body...
6739756 Combination thrust bearing and journal bearing, and method for distributing fluid to same  
A thrust bearing tilting pad has face with a border region including an engagement surface and defining a pocket with generally longitudinal sidebars and a bottom. The pad has leading and trailing...
6736542 Reduced width tilting pad journal bearing and related method  
A bearing pad for a tilt pad journal bearing assembly includes a pad body having a concave journal surface on one side and a mounting portion on an opposite side adapted to secure the pad to a...
6623164 Hydrodynamic journal bearing  
A tilting pad journal bearing ( 2 ) comprises a bearing shell ( 4 ) having a substantially cylindrical inner surface and at least three bearing pads ( 5, 6, 7 ) extending around the inner surface...
6499883 Tilting pad for bearings  
A thrust bearing tilting pad has face with a border region including an engagement surface and defining a pocket with generally longitudinal sidebars and a bottom. The pad has leading and trailing...
6485182 Sleeve bearing with bypass cooling  
A non-flooded bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a rotating body and selected from tilting pad journal, tilting pad thrust and sleeve bearings, has a body made from Ampcoloy™ and provided...
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...
6413043 Inlet guide vane and shroud support contact  
An assembly for coupling together in a turbofan engine the guide vane and the inner vane shroud. The assembly includes a bushing positioned within a shroud port for receiving the inner trunnion of...
6379046 Modular support structure for hydrodynamic bearing  
A hydrodynamic bearing is constructed having a modular bearing pad support system which provides flexure pivot motion about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the supported shaft to...
6361215 Journal bearing  
A journal bearing having a working surface for contacting a shaft, and channels provided on the working surface and being configured to collect lubricant and redirect lubricant across the bearing...
6351721 Method and system for turbine clearance measurement analysis  
A system and method for analyzing part clearance data compares stored design clearance data and tolerance data with actual measured clearance values to determine whether any of the actual clearance...
6203202 Method for monitoring and controlling the operation of rotary drums borne on sliding blocks and a sliding block bearing therefor  
In order to monitor the function of the sliding block bearing elements in view of the hydrostatically and/or hydrodynamically generated compressed oil film or, respectively, compressed oil cushion,...
6200034 Self-stabilizing, true-tilting pad with generally tapered pocket for journal bearing  
True-tilting pad of journal bearing has face with border region including engagement surface and defining pocket with generally longitudinal sidebars and a bottom. The pad has leading and trailing...
6170989 Modular support structure for hydrodynamic bearing  
A hydrodynamic bearing is constructed having a modular bearing pad support system which provides flexure pivot motion about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the supported shaft to...
6079102 Journal bearing method employing self-stabilizing, true-tilting pad with abruptly-stepped pocket  
True-tilting pad of journal bearing has face with border region including engagement surface and defining pocket with longitudinal sidebars, bottom, and abrupt step. The pad has leading and...
6050727 Hydrostatically supported tilting pad journal bearing improvements  
Applicant's invention defines an improved tilting pad journal bearing having a shell with an inner surface which is dimensionally coincident with yet slightly larger than the geometry of the outer...
6012386 Bearing control system for a roll with hydrostatic bearings  
A bearing control system for a roll with hydrostatic bearings which is mounted by its axle on a bearing block or other equivalent frame member by hydraulically loaded hydrostatic bearing elements....
5795077 Tilting pad journal bearing  
The bearing for supporting a rotatable shaft 2 comprises an annular housing 7 around the shaft 2; movable bearing members 6 arranged in the annular housing 7, each bearing member 7 making bearing...
5772335 Self-stabilizing, true-tilting pad with abruptly-stepped pocket for journal bearing  
True-tilting pad of journal bearing has face with border region including engagement surface and defining pocket with longitudinal sidebars, bottom, and abrupt step. The pad has leading and...
5772334 Fluid film bearings  
A hydrodynamic fluid film bearing in which a plurality of circumferentially spaced bearing elements are provided, defining areas of support for the rotating part of the bearing. At least some of...
5743654 Hydrostatic and active control movable pad bearing  
A one piece hydrodynamic bearing which can include hydrostatic support features. The pads are supported on a single thin web for pivoting on a support structure which can include one or more...
5738447 Pad bearing assembly with fluid spray and blocker bar  
A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable member, which includes a bearing casing with an inner surface and a fluid drain outlet, and pads mounted on the inner surface of the casing, is...
5720558 Tilting bearing pad with an axial feed groove having an exit side profiled area  
A tilting bearing pad for use in a turbine engine in accordance with the present invention includes an opening extending between opposing inner and outer surfaces of the pad and a profiled area...
5716142 Radial journal bearing with slide shoe  
A radial journal bearing (5, 6) is indicated, with an interior bearing surface placed facing an exterior bearing surface, where one of the bearing surfaces comprises a slide shoe (7, 8), which has...
5702186 Journal bearing with leading edge groove vent  
A journal bearing is disclosed with shoe segments. Each shoe segment has a supply groove for even distribution of oil across the shoe surface during shaft rotation. The supply grooves have bleed...
5664888 Zero clearance bearing  
A bearing for supporting a load for axial and rotational motion relative to a shaft is disclosed as including an outer shell having a cylindrical inner wall supporting a plurality of...
5653582 Fluid bearing pad arrangement for liquid ring pump systems  
Liquid ring pumps with rotating canisters are supported by at least one radial fluid bearing pad. The bearing fluid is either a gas or a liquid. The radial fluid bearing pads can be of either the...
5634725 Bearing assembly  
A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft comprises a number of bearing pads supported in a housing and the mutually engaging surfaces of each bearing pad and the housing are two surfaces...
5603574 Fluid dampened support having variable stiffness and damping  
A fluid-dampened support for a bearing such as a tilt pad bearing or a rolling element bearing such as a ball bearing, needle bearing, roller bearing and the like. The fluid dampened support...
5593232 Integral pivot pad bushing seal bearing  
An integral pivot pad bushing seal bearing, adapted for sealing about a rotating shaft, includes a carrier ring having a radially inner generally cylindrical surface for providing a fluid seal...
5556208 Low profile thrust bearings having spaced pads and methods of making the same  
A hydrodynamic thrust bearing and method of manufacturing the same. The bearing includes spaced planar pads supported on radially extending beams. The beams are connected to a base ring which is...
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...
5547287 Method and bearing construction for control of hot oil carryover and loss of lubricant  
A method and bearing construction for inhibiting hot oil carryover in hydrodynamic bearings. The method includes supporting the pads so that they form a hydrodynamic wedge and supplying oil to the...
5531523 Rotor journal bearing having adjustable bearing pads  
An adjustable pad bearing for the rotor shaft journal of a steam turbine power system or the like provides a pre-load force on the top half of the journal so as to damp the system and move...
5489155 Tilt pad variable geometry bearings having tilting bearing pads and methods of making same  
A one piece hydrodynamic bearing which replicates the function and performance of more costly tilt pad bearings. The pads are supported on a single thin web for pivoting on a support structure...
5360273 Hydrostatic rotor bearing having a pivoted pad  
A hydrostatic journal bearing system for a rotor or shaft includes bearing pads which are self-aligned and self-adjusting. The self-adjusting aspect includes providing for radial movement of the...
5288153 Tilting pad journal bearing using directed lubrication  
In a tilting pad journal directly lubricated bearing the axially spaced apart sidewalls of the tilting pads are provided with extensions that have an axial space between them and contribute to...
5271676 Combination package tilt pad journal bearing/dual self equalizing thrust bearings, with hydrostatic lift provisions  
The bearing pedestal for the rotating shaft 12 includes journal and axial thrust bearings 16 and 26, respectively. Both of the journal and thrust bearings have passages 70 and 80, respectively, and...
5222815 Bearings having beam mounted bearing pads and methods of making same  
A hydrodynamic thrust, journal or combined radial and thrust bearing and methods of manufacturing the same. The bearing includes a bearing pad structure that may change shape and move in any...
5215384 Self-centering squeeze film damper bearing  
A squeeze film damper bearing (100) has the means of automatically centering itself from the force associated with lateral shaft vibration. It utilizes a floating ring (108) positioned between a...
5112143 Beam mounted bearing pad and methods of making same  
A hydrodynamic bearing and methods of manufacturing the same. The bearing includes a bearing pad structure that may change shape and move in any direction (six degrees of freedom) to form a...
5102236 Hydrodynamic bearings having a continuous beam mounted support surface  
A hydrodynamic thrust, journal or combined radial and thrust bearing and methods of manufacturing the same. The bearing includes a continuous bearing surface and support structure which supports...
5033871 Extrudable multi-rigidity hydrodynamic bearing and method of making the same  
A hydrodynamic bearing constructed entirely of non-newtonian fluidic materials such as rubber, plastic and the like. The bearing is extrudable and includes a bearing pad support structure and a...
5030015 Fluid bearings  
A fluid bearing assembly for a shaft comprising a plurality of rigid shells circumferentially spaced around the shaft. Each shell is provided with a profiled portion adjacent said shaft which in...
4927275 Equalizing hydrodynamic bearing  
The hydrodynamic bearing assembly may be either a journal bearing or a thrust bearing. Bearing pads are located adjacent a shaft when a journal bearing or adjacent a collar on a shaft when a thrust...
4919549 Hydrostatic spindle  
The spindle has a sleeve about a fixed shaft. Swing-type bearing pads are attached to the fixed shaft. The bearing pads are lubricated by flowing a lubricant through primary and secondary...
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