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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Hyundai Wia Corporation, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Dong Jun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Wia Corporation, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Abstract
An air foil journal bearing can entirely restrain movement of a buffer member, which is provided inside a bearing housing in a direction of a shaft of the bearing. The air foil journal bearing includes: the bearing housing having a hollow part into which the shaft is inserted, wherein a first stopping groove is formed at an inner circumferential surface of the hollow part and a second stopping groove is formed at the inner circumferential surface of the hollow part along at least a part of an entire circumference of the hollow part; a top foil provided in the hollow part and configured to have a shape covering the shaft; and the buffer member provided between the hollow part and the top foil and elastically supporting the top foil.