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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 portion of the bore being defined on each bushing segment. A plurali... | 11/10/2009 |
| 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 therebetween and filling a viscoelastic body in an air gap between the f... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7112036 | Rotor and bearing system for a turbomachine A rotor and bearing system for a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a drive shaft, an impeller positioned on the drive shaft, and a turbine positioned on the drive shaft proximate to the impeller. The bearing system comprises one gas journal bearing supporting ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 housing from one end thereof, and the center housing is a one-piece cons... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 generally T-shaped retainers divide the interior bore of the bushing... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7024266 | Substrate processing apparatus, method of controlling substrate, and exposure apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a first chamber, a second chamber which has a first valve, a second valve and a chuck, wherein a substrate is transferred to the second chamber through the first valve, held by the chuck in the second chamber, and then trans... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 internal circumferential compressive forces within a top foil, resulting i... | 11/15/2005 |
| 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 disposed on the inside in the radial direction, three mid foil layers th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 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 part (1) and with an inner bearing part (2). The inner bear... | 10/01/2002 |
| 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 electronics for receiving communication signals directed to the r... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5915841 | 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 generally T-shaped retainers divide the interior bore of ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 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 hydrodynamic wedge between one or more of the bearing pads and... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5427455 | Compliant foil hydrodynamic fluid film radial bearing A compliant foil hydrodynamic fluid film radial bearing is disclosed which is comprised of a cylindrical rotor, fluid foil(s), spring foil(s), and a foil retaining cartridge. The cartridge has circumferentially undulating cam shaped lobes or has circumfer... | 06/27/1995 |
| 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 damping structure (2) having segments (2" or 2a), which is s... | 10/22/1991 |
| 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 support of a shaft, the journal bearing member being located wit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 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 are rotatable to effect tensioning of the foil elements.... | 03/28/1989 |
| 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 otherwise moving in the seat in the roller assembly and in the ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 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 will deflect under load and form a pressure pocket of fluid ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 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 which faces the other bearing part and which is formed by ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 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 shaft. The pressurizing material for the foil may be incompres... | 10/09/1979 |
| 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 the bearing within and spaced apart from the inner-housing ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 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 member to ensure efficient radial sealing of the scroll a... | 12/27/1977 |
| 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. The notion "compliant" stands for surfaces that are clamp... | 08/30/1977 |
| 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 bearing pads. The resilience of the beam mount causes the pad... | 07/27/1976 |
