Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.

Mitsushige Kubota

Hiroshi Suzuki

Takaya Futae

Yosuke Danmoto

Tatsuya Ishizaki

To reduce bearing loss due to an oil-shortage region on a pad facing a thrust collar, a thrust bearing according to at least one embodiment of the present invention includes a thrust collar, and at least one bearing pad disposed along a circumferential direction on a bearing surface, the at least one bearing pad having a tapered portion and a land portion. Each of the at least one bearing pad is formed so that a periphery portion on an outer side with respect to a radial direction gets closer to an inner side with respect to the radial direction toward an upstream side with respect to the rotational direction.

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Tokyo, Japan

Mitsushige Kubota