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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masato Yoshino, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 27/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/057 (2006.01); F16C 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/024 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F16C 27/02 (2013.01); F16C 32/0607 (2013.01); F16C 32/0633 (2013.01); F16C 33/1095 (2013.01); F01D 25/166 (2013.01); F04D 29/057 (2013.01); F05D 2240/54 (2013.01); F16C 43/02 (2013.01); F16C 2240/60 (2013.01); F16C 2300/22 (2013.01); F16C 2300/54 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01); F16C 2360/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Particles () are supplied to a bearing gap of a foil bearing. A step () is formed in a top foil portion (), to thereby generate an air flow from both end portions (and) in a direction (N) along a surface of the top foil portion () and orthogonal to a rotation direction (R) of a shaft () toward a region between the both end portions.