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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:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karsten A Laing, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ludwig Ludin, Anglikon, CH5611, CH;
Johannes N Laing, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ; F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411420 ; 417365 ;
Abstract
A step bearing with spherical gliding surfaces having a stationary mounted ceramic ball mounted on a strut, on which a magnetic rotor with a concave cap is rotating under working conditions. During operation the rotor with the cap is pressed by magnetic thrust in the direction toward the strut, while a second annular bearing member of the rotor prevents axial movement of the cap when axial forces in the direction opposite to the direction of the magnetic forces become higher than the magnetic forces.