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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Lufkin Industries, Llc, Lufkin, TX (US);
Inventors:
John C. Nicholas, Wellsville, NY (US);
Thomas P. Shoup, Wellsville, NY (US);
Adam Fiegl, Wellsville, NY (US);
Don H. Rockefeller, Little Genesee, NY (US);
Josh Ronan, Lufkin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lufkin Industries, LLC, Lufkin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 37/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01); F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/03 (2006.01); F16C 17/24 (2006.01); F16C 32/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 37/00 (2013.01); F16C 17/03 (2013.01); F16C 17/06 (2013.01); F16C 17/243 (2013.01); F16C 33/108 (2013.01); F16C 37/002 (2013.01); F16C 32/0666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bypass cooling system and method for tilting pad journal and titling pad thrust bearings wherein the cooling may be achieved by spraying the cool inlet oil downhill with gravity instead of always in the direction of the shaft rotation. A bypass cooling system always sprays the cool inlet oil downhill, with gravity instead of always in the direction of shaft rotation.