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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1984

Filed:

Mar. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:

Steven A Klusman, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3081 / ;
Abstract

A squeeze film damping type bearing mount between a bore in a support structure and an outer race of a shaft bearing, the bearing mount including a first adapter rigidly attached to the support structure with a cylindrical flange thereof projecting into the annulus between the bore and the outer race, a second adapter rigidly attached to the outer race with a cylindrical flange thereof projecting into the annulus radially outboard of the other flange, and a wave spring in the annular chamber between the two flanges to maintain concentricity between the outer race and the bore. The first adapter cylindrical flange cooperates with the outer race in defining an inner squeeze film annulus, the second adapter flange cooperates with the bore in defining an outer squeeze film annulus, and means are provided to maintain both annuli filled with hydraulic fluid to effect squeeze film damping.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Klusman, Steven. (1984). Squeeze film bearing mount (U.S. Patent No. 4440456). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4440456

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