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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384454 ; 384517 ;
Abstract
A rotor shaft that is supported by a deep groove ball bearing a radial load and a unidirectional thrust load, and by a cylindrical roller bearing for bearing a radial load. Also, a pretension applying means is provided for applying a pretension to the rotor shaft in the same direction as the thrust load which is borne by the deep groove ball bearing.