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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Dennis W Smith, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a bearing assembly with thermal compensation. The bearing assembly includes a bearing mechanism defined by a pair of races and a plurality of bearing elements. The races are manufactured from a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is substantially different than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material from which the bearing elements are manufactured. A thermal compensation mechanism of the bearing assembly is contiguous with the races. The thermal compensation mechanism permits movement of the races relative to the bearing elements in a direction parallel the rotational axis of the bearing mechanism as a result of the effect of temperature variations on the materials of the races and bearing elements.