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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Tne Korea Co., Ltd., Cheongju-si, KR;
Kyeong Su Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a journal foil air bearing for supporting a load applied along a radial direction of a rotating shaft rotating about a centerline, the journal foil air bearing including a first top foil disposed to face an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft and surround the rotating shaft, a second top foil disposed to surround the first top foil, a bump foil provided as an elastically deformable member and disposed to surround the second top foil, a base foil disposed to surround the bump foil, and at least one separation preventer provided on the first top foil to restrain the first top foil from being separated along a longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft, wherein the separation preventer protrudes a preset length toward the second top foil and is restrained by the second top foil from moving in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft. According to the present invention, because the first top foil does not escape in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft during operation, the performance of the bearing may not be reduced and serious secondary damage due to the contact between the escaped first top foil and other components may not be caused.