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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7682084 | Bearing and screw compressor In a bearing constituted by a plural-layer slide member, the plural-layer slide member comprises a resin layer of polytetrafluoroethylene as a slide member and a backing strip to which the resin layer is bonded. A fitting hole having a depth exceeding the thickness ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7238066 | Pod propulsion system with rim-mounted bearings A pod propulsion system comprises a housing defining a fluid duct and an annular drum rotatably mounted to the housing within the fluid duct. The annular drum has a drum interior and a cylindrical outer surface. The system further comprises a rotor mounted to the dr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7140779 | Bearing and screw compressor In a bearing constituted by a plural-layer slide member, the plural-layer slide member comprises a resin layer of polytetrafluoroethylene as a slide member and a backing strip to which the resin layer is bonded. A fitting hole having a depth exceeding the thickness ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104766 | Horizontal centrifugal pumping system The present invention provides a thrust bearing assembly and a horizontal skid utilized in a horizontal pumping system. In one embodiment, the thrust bearing assembly comprises a cylindrical open housing, at least one radial ball bearing, at least one rotating seal,... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063465 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing 11 for use with a shaft 13 having a collar 15 mounted the shaft 13 and rotatable therewith has a base ring 17, a series of shoes 19 positioned on the base ring 17, and a compressible resilient spacing... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004119 | Apparatus and method for rotating sleeve engine hydrodynamic seal A hydrodynamic face seal 100 for sealing between the cylinder head 300 and rotating sleeve 200 of a rotating liner engine. The face of the face seal provides a sealing zone 130 for maintaining a lubricant layer of about 2 micrometers betw... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 with babbitted bearing and outer surfaces. The bearing ass... | 11/26/2002 |
| 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 the vane. A washer located between the bushing and a trunn... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5911511 | Tilting pad foil thrust and journal bearings The present invention provides a foil journal bearing including at least one support pad mounted inside a journal sleeve, and onto which foils are mounted. The support pad is mounted to the journal sleeve in a manner allowing it to tilt in response to foi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5876125 | Slide shoe for plain bearing use Slide shoe for use in a plain bearing, notably in an axial thrust bearing. The outer periphery (50) of the slide shoe has below its sliding surface (10) a peripheral recess (52) through which the slide shoe rim area (56) that features the appropriate rim ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 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 of closely similar shape.... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5312190 | Load sensing thrust plate Pressure sensing ports opening through the fares of tapered land thrust bearing pads are sized and located to afford a pressure proportional to the average pressure of the load along such surfaces in the radial and circumferential directions. The pressure... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5205653 | Bearing assembly and submersible propulsor unit incorporating the same A pivoted pad bearing assembly of the Kingsbury type provides for leveling of bearing pads arranged in a circular array utilizing hydrostatic pressure rather than mechanical links. The leveling device is in the form of a hydraulic bearing support module h... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5046864 | Tilting pad thrust bearing assemblies 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... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4824263 | Thrust bearing shoes An improved thrust bearing shoe and method for making same is provided. The bearing shoe includes a surface having an optimum one-dimensional curved profile maximized as to load carrying capacity in accordance with predetermined relationships for the dime... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4738550 | Tilting pad thrust bearing with optimized tilt axis location A tilting pad thrust bearing in which the sector-shaped pads are supported on individual disks. A runner runs on top of the pads. The disks have a spherical element projecting from their bottoms. The elements make tangential contact with a stationary supp... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4699524 | Supplementary cooling system for thrust bearing Apparatus for providing supplementary cooling to the thrust bearing of a vertical shaft machine, without requiring an additional exterior pump and motor, has an oil conducting path formed by grooves in the engaging surfaces of an upper and a lower portion... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4674963 | Scroll type machine with tilting thrust bearing A scroll type hydraulic machine having an improved thrust bearing structure, whereby the thrust bearing is capable of tilting radially and peripherally. The thrust bearing is preferably composed of at least three sectors, and an anti-rotation member is pr... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4544285 | Fluid equalized tilting pad thrust bearings A thrust bearing for a main propulsion shafting system on a ship having ting pads and fluid equalizing pistons. Hydraulic oil fills a recess on the face of each pad to provide additional lubrication and hydrostatic pressure to allow the bearing to handle... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4542995 | Thrust bearing supporting device for an electric rotary machine A thrust bearing supporting device for an electric rotary machine comprises a plurality of supporting members fixed to a base plate within a bearing vessel for supporting a thrust bearing of said rotary machine, each of said supporting members consisting ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4515486 | Elastomeric supported hydrodynamic bearing A fluid bearing is disclosed which consists essentially of a number of bearing pads, each having a face member and a support member that are separated and bonded together by an elastomeric material. The face member will have a load engaging surface, and i... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4501505 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing for use with a shaft having a collar mounted thereon, comprising a base ring, a thrust bearing shoe having a leading edge connected to a trailing edge by an inner diameter edge and an outer diameter edge and having a working face with a b... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4475824 | Bearing foil stiffener A fluid bearing having a pair of members in relatively rotatable relationship with each other, and a compliant foil bearing disposed between the pair of relatively rotatable members. The compliant foil bearing has a plurality of overlapping integral compl... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4473310 | Thrust bearing assemblies A thrust bearing assembly includes a carrier member having formed therein an annular slot, a plurality of bearing members, which may be thrust pads or guide members, being received within the slot. Each bearing member has a radially outer surface and an o... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4403873 | Tilting pad thrust bearing A tilting pad thrust bearing wherein each bearing pad in a circular array of pads is held in a retainer and is provided with a radially extending rib on the side opposite of the side that receives the thrust load. There are disks that have a planar surfac... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4322116 | Hydrodynamic bearing A hydrodynamic bearing for supporting a rotary member has a bearing gap between the rotary member and the bearing and which is occupied by fluid. Hydrodynamic pressure in the gap is monitored by a sensor which is coupled to a starting aid that is responsi... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4268094 | Radial and thrust-type hydrodynamic bearing capable of accommodating misalignment A hydrodynamic bearing capable of transmitting thrust and radial loads and able to accommodate angular misalignment between an inner load applying or supporting member rotatably connected to the bearing utilizes an outer cylindrical array of bearing pads ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4133541 | Seal According to embodiments shown, the novel oil seals employ tilting pads, such as are used in bearing practices, to avoid or reduce the cross-coupled stiffness of cylindrical, hydrodynamic bearings. The tilting pads and cooperative grooved, sealing lands a... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4103979 | Thrust bearing assembly A thrust bearing assembly for large bearings of the pivoted pad type. The assembly includes supporting structure for uniformly supporting a bearing pad's radial centerline causing the bearing pad to assume a cylindrically crowned shape with its axis exten... | 08/01/1978 |
