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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuzo Shigihara, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Yoshimine, Tokyo, JP;
Shimpei Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kameyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitomo Noda, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bearing device includes a plurality of bearing pads tiltably supporting a rotation shaft which rotates about an axial line, from the outer circumferential side of the rotation shaft, the bearing pads being spaced apart along the circumferential direction; and an oil supply part that supplies oil between the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft and pad surfaces of the bearing pads which face the rotation shaft. The plurality of bearing pads include a first bearing pad that supports the rotation shaft directly below the axial line, and a pair of second bearing pads which sandwich the first bearing pad from the rotation direction. Among the first bearing pad and the second bearing pads, a groove is formed only on the pad surfaces of the second bearing pads so as to extend in the rotation direction.