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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Christopher Mcauliffe, Windsor, CT (US);
Ronald M. Struziak, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher McAuliffe, Windsor, CT (US);
Ronald M. Struziak, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An example journal air bearing for a rotatable shaft of an air cycle machine includes a top foil configured to receive a rotatable shaft, and an intermediate foil radially outboard the top foil. A journal sleeve is radially outboard the intermediate foil. The top foil and the intermediate foil establish apertures configured to communicate fluid between a first position radially inboard the top foil and a second position radially outboard the intermediate foil.