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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael C Tempest, Dorset, GB;
Florin Dimofte, Fair View Park, OH (US);
Assignee:
Westwind Air Bearing Ltd, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384114 ; 384115 ;
Abstract
An air bearing comprising a static shaft having a circumferential surface in a form which when developed into a substantially flat plane takes the form of a series of shallow sinusoidal waves having at least three wave peaks, wherein one of the peaks carries a groove extending longitudinally parallel to the shaft axis and which bearing further comprises a hollow support member mounted for rotation around the static shaft.