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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Yuichiro Waki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kaikogi, Hyogo, JP;
Motohisa Uesato, Aichi, JP;
Shigetoshi Nakamura, Aichi, JP;
Yuichiro Waki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kaikogi, Hyogo, JP;
Motohisa Uesato, Aichi, JP;
Shigetoshi Nakamura, Aichi, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Daido Metal Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A journal bearing includes a bearing platform, a cylindrical bearing housing supported by the bearing platform via a plurality of load supporting members, a plurality of pads located swingable in the bearing housing so that a journal of a rotation shaft is supported by the pads, an oil supply mechanism for supplying oil to the bearing surfaces of the pads, and a connecting member which has an oil hole to communicate an oil supply passage in the bearing platform with an oil supply passage in the bearing housing so that oil is supplied from the bearing platform to the bearing surfaces of the pads. The connecting member carries a part of a bearing load exerted from the bearing housing, and is mounted such that the part of the bearing load carried by the connecting member is smaller than a bearing load carried by one of the load supporting members.