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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Sulzer Management Ag, Winterthur, CH;
Inventor:
Christopher David Radcliffe, West Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
SULZER MANAGEMENT AG, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/06 (2013.01); F16C 33/108 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pad for a tilting pad thrust bearing for supporting the shaft of a rotary machine includes a top surface, a leading edge extending in a radial direction and a trailing edge. The pad further includes a fluid channel arranged at the top surface, the fluid channel ending in the top surface, and the fluid channel forming a fluid communication between the leading edge of the pad and the top surface of the pad.