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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Adam Joseph Wangler, Evendale, OH (US);
Bugra H. Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce failure to bearings in a pump system. Disclosed herein is a pump system comprising a shaft connected to an impeller of the pump system, and a bearing to provide a dampening to the shaft, the bearing including a journal lining, the journal lining supported in the pump system, a spring-loaded foil to separate the shaft from the journal lining, an inner lining between the shaft and the spring-loaded foil, and a deformation limiter located between the spring-loaded foil and the journal lining.