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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiyotaka Kusunoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/206 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/206 ;
Abstract
An air spindle is provided which allows high-speed operation without reducing the bearing stiffness in the air spindle by reducing the heat generation at bearing portions. By increasing the number of nozzles for the radial bearing or increasing the axial distance between the nozzles, the ratio of the supply air flow rate Q to the bearing stiffness H is set at 2-10 to release heat generation at the bearing portions to outside by the gas.