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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bugra Han Ertas, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F01D 25/22 (2006.01); F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F16C 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/0622 (2013.01); F01D 25/164 (2013.01); F01D 25/22 (2013.01); F16C 17/065 (2013.01); F16C 27/02 (2013.01); F16C 32/0618 (2013.01); F16C 32/0662 (2013.01); F16C 32/0666 (2013.01); F16C 32/0677 (2013.01); F16C 32/0692 (2013.01); F16C 2360/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a thrust bearing. The bearing includes one or more bearing pads, each with a thrust face, attached to a compliant bearing housing, a system for delivering a pressurized gas lubricant to the thrust face of the bearing pads, and a damping system that operates in parallel with the compliant bearing housing.