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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joachim Heinzl, D-81549 Munich, DE;
Michael Muth, D-81737 Munich, DE;
Bernd Schulz, D-85579 Neubigerg, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384100 ; 384107 ;
Abstract
An aerostatic bearing includes a thin material thickness area having a bearing surface and a back side opposite to the bearing surface, and a plurality of nozzle-forming microholes formed in the thin material layer and having a conical cross-section, with the microholes being drilled with a laser beam applied from the back side, and with the most narrow section of the microholes being located on the bearing surface.