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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Zilift Holdings, Limited, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventors:
Ivor Maciver, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Kenneth John Sears, Grandhome, GB;
Assignee:
ZiLift Holdings, Ltd., Aberdeen, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 35/02 (2006.01); F16C 17/04 (2006.01); F16C 27/02 (2006.01); F16J 15/32 (2016.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01); F16C 33/74 (2006.01); F16C 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 35/02 (2013.01); F16C 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 27/02 (2013.01); F16C 33/043 (2013.01); F16C 33/6677 (2013.01); F16C 33/74 (2013.01); F16C 2226/12 (2013.01); F16C 2380/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing for a rotary machine includes an inner sleeve providing a first bearing surface and an outer sleeve circumscribing the inner sleeve and providing a second bearing surface in opposing relation to the first bearing surface. The bearing includes at least one tolerance ring for retaining the inner sleeve on a rotor shaft of the rotary machine and another tolerance ring for retaining the outer sleeve on a stator of the rotary machine.