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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Yoshioka, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideki Izumi, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hiroshi Inouye, Ibaraki, JP;
Eiichi Hazaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Shiro Nakadaira, Tsuchiura, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 99 ; 384224 ; 384303 ; 384308 ;
Abstract
A thrust bearing has a plurality of bearing pads each provided on its back side with a pivot, and a support on which the pads are disposed in the circumferential direction. An integral carrier is mounted on the support. The carrier has leg portions and a resilient portion and definies a squeeze film damper portion between the rear surface thereof and the opposing surface of the support. The pads are carried tiltably by the carrier through the pivots.