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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Okano, Susono, JA;
Teru Morishita, Susono, JA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308-9 ; 308D / ;
Abstract
In a gas bearing assembly for a rotary shaft which includes a plurality of arcuate bearing pads concentrically arranged around the shaft with one of the pads being disposed such that it does not receive the load of the shaft, there is provided a spring which imparts to the leading edge of the unloaded pad a biasing force directed radially inwardly relative to the shaft.