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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:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Heinrich Lotz, Wetzlar, DE;
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, Asslar, DE;
Abstract
A damping device for a rotor supported by an arrangement of magnetic bearings including at least one radial bearing formed of a stator magnet and a rotor magnet, with the damping device, including an intermediate member fixedly connected with the rotor by the stator magnet of the at least one radial bearing, and connected with a stationary part in an axial direction by connecting elements including spherical recesses formed in the intermediate member and in the stationary part and balls located in opposite recesses of the intermediate member and the stationary part, with spherical recesses having a diameter larger than a diameter of the balls, and with the balls or surfaces of the recesses being formed of an elastically deformable material having a modulus of elasticity smaller than a modulus of elasticity of a metal.
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