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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:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
May. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ko-Wei Lang, West Hills, CA (US);
Joseph K Scharrer, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Robert F Beatty, West Hills, CA (US);
Nandor L Gaspar, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16C / ; F16C / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384-1 ; 384100 ; 384114 ; 384119 ; 384130 ; 277 28 ; 277901 ;
Abstract
Adjustable gap hydrostatic bearings and adjustable gap seals wherein the adjustable gaps are useful to compensate for wear, thermal expansion, journal speed, and radial deflection of the journal. A housing 10 is adjacent to a journal 2. The housing contains an annular electrodeformable material 5 which will expand or contract radially with the application of voltage and thus adjust the gap between the liner material 3 and the journal.