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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Nuovo Pignone Srl, Florence, IT;
Inventors:
Andrea Masala, Florence, IT;
Eugenio Giorni, Florence, IT;
Massimo Camatti, Florence, IT;
Michelangelo Bellacci, Florence, IT;
Assignee:
Nuovo Pignone Srl, Florence, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/09 (2006.01); F16C 32/00 (2006.01); F16C 32/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); F16C 39/06 (2006.01); F16C 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/0476 (2013.01); F01D 25/16 (2013.01); F16C 32/0468 (2013.01); F16C 39/06 (2013.01); F16C 43/00 (2013.01); H02K 7/09 (2013.01); F05B 2260/95 (2013.01); F16C 2202/00 (2013.01); F16C 2300/42 (2013.01); F16C 2360/24 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49009 (2015.01);
Abstract
A thrust bearing comprises an electromagnetic stator with a stator surface and a rotor disk with a rotor surface facing the stator surface. The rotor disk comprises a radially inner portion made of a first material directly and exclusively connected to a radially outer portion made of a second material. The first material is a corrosion resistant metal or metal alloy and the second material is a ferromagnetic metal or metal alloy.