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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicant:
Kyeong Su Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Inventor:
Kyeong Su Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
Neuros Co., Ltd., Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thrust foil air bearing has a bump foil arranged on a thrust plate. A top foil includes a flat surface extending along top bumps of the bump foil, an edge attached to the thrust plate, and a ramp connecting the edge and the flat surface. The ramp forms a curvature. The curvature has a center located in a lower part of the ramp and tangentially contacts the top of a first bump of the bump foil.