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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas L Daugherty, Arnold, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384224 ; 384308 ;
Abstract
A thrust bearing for vibration reduction application which isolates the tst shoes so that transmissions of vibrations induced by drag on the thrust shoes are attenuated or avoided. A thrust shoe carrier isolates the thrust shoes from the relatively stationary platform in which the bearing operates by providing a damped spring system with relatively low stiffness in the axial direction and relatively high stiffness in the torsional and radial directions.