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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Yoshioka, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308 76 ; 308-9 ; 308 73 ; 308D / ; 308D / ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a tilting-pad bearing comprising a plurality of bearing pads tiltably disposed in surface contact at their arcuate outer peripheral surfaces with an inner surface of the bearing support, pad positioning members for positioning circumferential ends of adjacent bearing pads, the pad positioning members being provided on the pad support so as to be positioned between the bearing pads, oil supply ports provided in and longitudinally of the pad positioning members, and oil outlet grooves provided in parallel with the axis of the rotary shaft adjacent to the pad positioning members of the pad support.