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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1983
Eldon R Cunningham, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Abstract
A dynamoelectric machine has a structural component including a partial spherical seating surface having a preselected center of curvature, and a bearing device is adapted for seating association in a plurality of aligned attitudes with the structural component. The bearing device includes a partial toroidal seating surface disposed in seating engagement on the partial spherical seating surface with the seating engagement therebetween generally defining at least a circular line located within a preselected angular range along the partial spherical seating surface in any of the aligned attitudes of the bearing device. A bearing device and wick and bearing assemblies methods of assembling a wick and a bearing and a method of providing a lubrication are also disclosed.