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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Yoshimine, Tokyo, JP;
Tanehiro Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Tadasuke Nishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Shimpei Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takuzo Shigihara, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A bearing pad for a tilting-pad bearing includes a first member having a bearing surface and a second member disposed on a back surface side of the first member. At least one of a back surface of the first member or a front surface of the second member facing the back surface of the first member has a recess for forming a cavity between the first member and the second member. Preferably, the bearing pad further includes a support member disposed on a back surface side of the second member and tiltably supporting the first member and the second member, and the recess is formed over at least a part of an installation range of the support member in a plan view of the bearing pad.