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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2006
Tsugito Nakazeki, Iwata, JP;
Takayoshi Ozaki, Iwata, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamada, Iwata, JP;
Yoshihide Umetsu, Yokohama, JP;
Tsugito Nakazeki, Iwata, JP;
Takayoshi Ozaki, Iwata, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamada, Iwata, JP;
Yoshihide Umetsu, Yokohama, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The air cycle refrigerating/cooling system compresses air that has flown in with a compressor () in a turbine unit () and adiabatically expands the air with an expansion turbine () in a turbine unit (). In the turbine unit (), a compressor rotor () of the compressor () and a turbine rotor () of the expansion turbine () are attached to the same main shaft (), the main shaft () is supported by bearings () and () so as to be freely rotatable, and part or the entirety of the thrust force applied to this main shaft () is supported by an electromagnet ().