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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Hiroyuki Niikura, Wako, JP;
Hiroyoshi Taniguchi, Wako, JP;
Tsuyoshi Baba, Wako, JP;
Kensuke Honma, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Horimura, Wako, JP;
Tsuneo Endoh, Wako, JP;
Yasunobu Kawakami, Wako, JP;
Yasunari Kimura, Wako, JP;
Ryuji Sano, Wako, JP;
Kenji Matsumoto, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Niikura, Wako, JP;
Hiroyoshi Taniguchi, Wako, JP;
Tsuyoshi Baba, Wako, JP;
Kensuke Honma, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Horimura, Wako, JP;
Tsuneo Endoh, Wako, JP;
Yasunobu Kawakami, Wako, JP;
Yasunari Kimura, Wako, JP;
Ryuji Sano, Wako, JP;
Kenji Matsumoto, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outer periphery of an output shaft integral with a rotor of an expander of a vane-type operated by a high-pressure vapor is supported at its opposite ends by a static-pressure bearing mounted at one end thereof in a floated state provided by a liquid film of a pressurized liquid-phase fluid supplied from a pressurized liquid-phase fluid feed bore through a pressurized liquid-phase fluid passage, and by a static-pressure bearing mounted at the other end thereof in a floated state provided by a liquid film of a pressurized liquid-phase fluid supplied from a pressurized liquid-phase fluid feed bore through pressurized liquid-phase fluid passages. Vanes supported radially in the rotor for reciprocal movement are supported in floated states by a liquid film of a pressurized liquid-phase fluid supplied through pressurized liquid-phase fluid passages extending radially outwards within the rotor.