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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:
Nov. 25, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marshall P Saville, Lawndale, CA (US);
Alston L Gu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384105 ;
Abstract
A foil thrust bearing having a thrust disk with integral compliant bearing pads or foils. A number of alternative thrust bearing disks are disclosed, each of which provides a plurality of integral, converging, bearing pads or foils having diverging ramps and/or openings therebetween.