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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air foil bearing has a bearing housing having a shaft hole in which a rotary shaft is inserted and a top foil fixed to the shaft hole to support the circumference of the rotary shaft, an air flow path is formed at the top foil by means of a plurality of dams protruding on the inner surface of the top foil, and the air flow path is formed so that air between the top foil and the rotary shaft flows along the circumference of the inner surface of the top foil.