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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Xr Reserve Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Prevost, Spring, TX (US);
William W. King, Houston, TX (US);
David P. Miess, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
XR Reserve LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/04 (2006.01); F16C 33/26 (2006.01); F16C 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/043 (2013.01); F16C 27/02 (2013.01); F16C 33/26 (2013.01); F16C 2206/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing compliance in bearings of rotating machinery are provided. The rotating machinery may include a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. Compliant bearing assemblies may interface engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including polycrystalline diamond bearing elements, each with an engagement surface, and an opposing engagement surface of a metal that contains diamond solvent-catalyst.