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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaya Futae, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Danmoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsushige Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
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.