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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7256523 | Magnetic mounting of a rotor shaft relative to a stator, using a high-Tsuperconductor A first bearing part is arranged fixedly in terms of rotation on a rotor shaft with permanent magnetic elements arranged next to one another and flux guide elements arranged between them. A second bearing part, separated from the first bearing part by a bearing gap,... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 5102237 | Self positioning beam mounted bearing and bearing and shaft assembly including the same A bearing and a shaft bearing combination for replacing conventional rolling element bearing, washer and lock ring assemblies. The bearing is constructed to the shaft in the housing. Additionally, the bearing provides both radial and thrust support so tha... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5035519 | Submersible thrust bearing apparatus A thrust bearing including a ring-like form plate body, and a plurality of rib members provided on the ring-like form plate body of the thrust bearing. Such a plurality of rib members may be provided on a thrust runner. The rib members cause a difference ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4963039 | Vibration reducing thrust bearing A thrust bearing for vibration reduction application which isolates the tst shoes so that transmissions of vibrations induced by drag on the thrust shoes are attenuated or avoided. A thrust shoe carrier isolates the thrust shoes from the relatively stati... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4922150 | Vertical-axis electrical machine of umbrella design The vertical-axis electrical machine of umbrella design has a disc-shaped rotor (4), the combined thrust and guide bearing (12) which is mounted at the disc underside. The bearing rests on a bearing support structure (17), which has the shape of a hollow ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4856914 | Thrust bearing arrangement A thrust bearing arrangement in which individual thrust bearings are arranged in a plurality of stages. These bearings are connected to thrust-load adjustment devices (1st type with travel limitation, 2nd type without travel limitation) as a result of whi... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4639146 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing has a plurality of bearing pads each provided on its back side with a pivot, and a support on which the pads are disposed in the circumferential direction. An integral carrier is mounted on the support. The carrier has leg portions and a ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4421426 | Thrust bearing device A thrust bearing device including a bearing oil tank containing a lubricating oil, a plurality of bearing shoes for slidably journaling a rotary member located in the bearing oil tank, the bearing shoes each being segmental in shape, and a support device ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4168101 | Spring assembly for a high pressure thrust bearing A high pressure thrust bearing assembly having a rotatable runner ring mounted in sliding relationship on a plurality of flexible thrust plates, which in turn are resiliently supported on a plurality of spring subassemblies positioned between the thrust p... | 09/18/1979 |
| 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 |
| 3930691 | Swing pad bearing A novel pad-type fluid wedge sliding surface bearing in which the individual pads have a swing-like motion to produce a lubricating wedge between the face of the pad and the moving surface. The center of swing for each pad is located so that the fluid fri... | 01/06/1976 |
