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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Brandon T. Kovach, Rockford, IL (US);
Steven A. Heitz, Rockford, IL (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a gear pump with a drive gear, a gear shaft passing through the drive gear, and a stationary journal bearing. Also included is a fluid film location annularly between a surface of the stationary journal bearing and a surface of the gear shaft, and a hybrid pad location on the stationary journal bearing adjacent the fluid film location. The hybrid pad has a minimum leading edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 31.0° and a maximum trailing edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 43.0°. The gear pump also includes a porting path for supplying high pressure fluid from a discharge of the gear pump to the fluid film at the hybrid pad.