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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Curtiss-wright Electro-mechanical Corporation, Cheswick, PA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Witten Armentrout, Delmont, PA (US);
Assignee:
CURTISS-WRIGHT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CORPORATION, Cheswick, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shoe for a hydrodynamic thrust bearing is arranged relative to a transverse axis, a lateral axis, and a normal axis that intersect with and are perpendicular to each other. The shoe includes a bearing surface for supporting an axial load along the normal axis; a first flexible portion extending along the transverse axis; and first and second lateral portions extending laterally from opposite sides of the first flexible portion. The first flexible portion is more flexible about the transverse axis than the first and second lateral portions.