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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2020
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd., Nagasaki, JP;
Taiyo Shirakawa, Nagasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Wada, Nagasaki, JP;
Yukihiro Iwasa, Nagasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Matsuo, Nagasaki, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a bearing structure that can support a rotary shaft with a small number of components. The bearing structure includes: a cylindrical sleeve () provided so as to surround the outer circumference of a rotary shaft () that rotates about a center axis line (CL) and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft (); thrust collars () provided so as to abut against both ends in the center axis line (CL) direction of the cylindrical sleeve (), respectively, having a larger diameter than the cylindrical sleeve (), and configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft (); and a compressor-side journal bearing () arranged on the outer circumference side of the cylindrical sleeve () and between the thrust collars ().