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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Sakota, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/042 (2013.01); F16C 2360/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thrust air bearing includes a plurality of foil units arranged in a circle. Each foil unit includes a top foil portion, and a bump foil portion integrally provided with the top foil portion and disposed opposite the top foil portion in a circumferential direction forming the circle. The foil unit is disposed such that the top foil portion lies on top of the bump foil portion of another adjacent foil unit.