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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takuzo Shigihara, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Yoshimine, Tokyo, JP;
Shinpei Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kameyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Nagao, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A tilting pad bearing includes a plurality of pads slidably supporting an outside surface of a rotor shaft, a housing covering the plurality of pads, a support portion swingably supporting the pad with respect to the housing, and a fluid supply unit configured to supply a fluid to a pad surface. The support portion includes a pivot having a pad support surface in contact with a pad outside surface and a pivot curved surface facing and protruding toward a side opposite to the pad support surface, a liner having a first liner surface in contact with the pivot curved surface, and a biasing member biasing the liner toward the pivot with respect to the housing.