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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
John H Vohr, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308160 ; 308 26 ; 308 76 ; 308170 ;
Abstract
A spring-mounted thrust bearing having pads that are immersed in lubricant and provided with coolant-distributing grooves in the face of each thrust pad is combined with a high pressure pumping means connected to force a flow of coolant between the thrust pad bearing surfaces and an associated runner surface in a high volume that is between 1/3 and 1/2 the flow rate of lubricant that is swept between those surfaces by normal relative rotation of the surfaces.