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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin Gemmel, Erlangen, DE;
Bernhard Hiller, Buckenhof, DE;
Roland Koeppel, Erlangen, DE;
Wolfgang Kuehnel, Rudolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesselschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378132 ; 378133 ;
Abstract
A liquid metal plain bearing has a rotating and a stationary bearing part between which a bearing gap filled with liquid metal is located. The rotating bearing part has in relation at least one ring groove arranged to the bearing gap so that liquid metal possibly emerging from the bearing becomes located in the ring groove during the operation of the bearing and is held in the ring groove by the effect of centrifugal force.