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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Bernhard Koch, Merenberg, DE;
Joerg Stanzel, Wetzlar, DE;
Inventors:
Bernhard Koch, Merenberg, DE;
Joerg Stanzel, Wetzlar, DE;
Assignee:
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, Asslar, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bearing module for supporting a rapidly rotatable shaft of a vacuum pump includes a rolling bearing for supporting rotatably the shaft, a reservoir for a lubricant having an element forming a sliding contact with a delivery structure supported on the shaft for delivery of the lubricant in the rolling bearing under action of centrifugal forces generated during rotation of the shaft, and a radial delivery element provided on a side of the rolling bearing opposite a side of the bearing at which the delivery structure is located, for returning the lubricant to the reservoir.