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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Anthony Holmes Furman, Scotia, NY (US);
Kendall Roger Swenson, Erie, PA (US);
Daniel Edward Loringer, Erie, PA (US);
Suresha Kumar Panambur, Bangalore, IN;
Anthony Holmes Furman, Scotia, NY (US);
Kendall Roger Swenson, Erie, PA (US);
Daniel Edward Loringer, Erie, PA (US);
Suresha Kumar Panambur, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbocharger system, in certain embodiments, includes a compressor, a turbine, a shaft of common diameter coupling the compressor to the turbine, and a first fluid film bearing disposed about the shaft at a compressor end portion of the shaft. The system also includes a second fluid film fixed pad bearing disposed about the shaft at a turbine end portion of the shaft, wherein the first and second fluid film fixed pad bearings have different clearance ratios, effective lengths, or both, relative to one another. The system, in some embodiments, includes a compressor fluid film fixed pad bearing and a turbine fluid film fixed pad bearing, wherein the compressor and turbine fluid film fixed pad bearings have different clearance ratios and effective lengths, relative to one another.