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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308-9 ; 165 47 ; 165185 ; 308 77 ; 308159 ; 308D / ;
Abstract
A cooling installation for reducing the oil temperature of oil-lubricated damping bearings, in which a cooling element is employed with one portion thereof in heat-conductive connection with a bearing housing portion, and another portion thereof immersed in the lubricating oil. The cooling element, which is preferably formed of metal wire or strips, may have the end thereof which is immersed in the oil contoured so as to increase its surface contact therewith and to thereby enhance the transfer of heat from the oil to the bearing housing.