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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Chang Ha Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hyunyoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An air foil bearing assembly includes: a bearing housing having a hollow into which a rotary shaft is fitted and having a slot formed in an axial direction on an inner circumference surface of the hollow; a bump foil having a bending end engaged to the slot formed at one end portion, rolled in a circumferential direction inside the hollow, and having a free end of another end portion located on the bending end; a top foil having a bending end engaged to the slot formed at one end portion, rolled in a second circumferential direction inside the bump foil, and having a free end of another end portion located on the bending end; and a stopper provided on each of both sides of the top foil in the circumferential direction and preventing the bump foil from protruding radially outwards from the hollow.