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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., Sagamihara, JP;
Takaya Futae, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Isayama, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Naomichi Shibata, Sagamihara, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Sagamihara, JP;
Abstract
A gas bearing device is a gas bearing device for rotatably supporting a rotational shaft by using a gas as a working fluid, including: a housing where the rotational shaft penetrates; an annular top foil disposed inside the housing and surrounding an outer periphery of the rotational shaft; a back spring disposed between the top foil and the housing, and having a plurality of crests contacting the top foil and a plurality of valleys contacting the housing; and a pair of snap rings fitted in shaft holes where the rotational shaft of the housing penetrates, and configured to restrict movement of the back spring in an axial direction of the rotational shaft. An inner peripheral surface of each of the pair of snap rings has self-lubricating properties.
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