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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Otto K. Riegger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert B. Weatherwax, III, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John S. Kosco, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Tecumseh Products Company, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Abstract
A rotating type machine including a first moving member having a first surface and a second member having a second surface slidably interfacing with the first surface. The first and second surfaces have relative movement therebetween, and one of the first and second members is supported by the other member through the interface of their respective first and second surfaces. At least one of the first and second surfaces is provided with at least one recess therein. A liquid lubricant is provided between the first and second surfaces, and the lubricant is received in the recess. Relative to the surface in which the recess is provided, the recess has a maximum depth which ranges between about 0.00125 and 0.0060 inches, and a surface area which ranges between about 1.767×10 and 1.963×10 square inches, whereby, during operation of the machine, a pressure spike is created in the lubricant above the recess, and first and second surfaces are hydrodynamically separated from each other by the pressure spike.