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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Walter Elza Michiels, Antwerp, BE;
Assignee:
Atlas Copco Airpower, Wilrijk, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/200 ;
Abstract
The slide bearing is constructed of, on one hand, a hydrodyamic radial slide bearing ( ) which surrounds, with a play, an axle ( ) to be beared, such that between the axle ( ) and the radial slide bearing ( ), a first gap ( ) is formed which is in connection with a source of liquid under pressure and, on the other hand, at least one hydrostatic axial slide bearing ( ) which is situated with a play opposite to a radially extending surface portion ( ) of the axle ( ), such that also between this portion ( ) of the axle ( ) and a radially directed portion ( ) of the axial slide bearing ( ), a second gap ( ) is formed which is in connection with the first gap ( ).