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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Nakano, Yokohama, JP;
Tanehiro Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kaikogi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Waki, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Ozawa, Takasago, JP;
MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A journal bearing includes: a carrier ring having an annular shape; a first bearing pad disposed on a radially inner side of a lower half region of the carrier ring and configured to support a rotor shaft from below; a first oil-supply unit disposed immediately before and upstream of the first bearing pad; a pair of side plates disposed on both end portions of the carrier ring with respect to an axial direction, along an outer periphery of the rotor shaft, Each of the side plates includes: a first region; and a second region which is positioned above the first region, and in which a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the side plate and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft is narrower than that in the first region.