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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., Sagamihara, JP;
Hideaki Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Takaya Futae, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Isayama, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Naomichi Shibata, Sagamihara, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Sagamihara, JP;
Abstract
This gas bearing device comprises: a bump foil that is disposed on a stationary holding member facing a rotary member, and has a corrugated shape with a plurality of continuous peaks; and a top foil disposed on the bump foil. The bump foil includes a first bump foil on the rotary member side, and a second bump foil on the stationary holding member side that are disposed to face each other. The first bump foil and the second bump foil engage with each other so that sloping surfaces of the peaks thereof overlap each other, and gaps are formed respectively between the tops of the peaks and between the bottoms of the first bump foil and second bump foil overlapping each other.
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