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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tadasuke Nishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/03 (2006.01); F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/22 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/22 (2013.01); F16C 17/03 (2013.01); F16C 33/108 (2013.01); F16C 33/1075 (2013.01); F16C 2240/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tilting-pad bearing for rotatably supporting a rotor includes: a casing; and a plurality of bearing pads each mounted to the casing pivotably about a pivot. Each of the plurality of bearing pads has a bearing pad surface facing the rotor, the bearing pad surface including a first region disposed on an upstream side in a rotational direction of the rotor and having a first curvature radius, and a second region disposed on a downstream side of the first region in the rotational direction and having a second curvature radius smaller than the first curvature radius.