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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2016
Thrust and radial magnetic bearings using combined electromagnetic and permanent magnetic flux paths
Applicants:
Paul Allaire, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brad Nichols, Baltimore, MD (US);
Tim Dimond, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jianming Cao, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Paul Allaire, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brad Nichols, Baltimore, MD (US);
Tim Dimond, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Jianming Cao, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Rotor Bearings Solutions International, LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/04 (2006.01); H02K 7/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/0465 (2013.01); F16C 32/048 (2013.01); F16C 32/0476 (2013.01); H02K 7/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or a method that can comprise and/or relate to active thrust bearings and/or active radial bearings that each utilize electromagnetic and permanent magnetic flux paths that can influence a location of a shaft of a rotating machine in response to internal and/or external forces applied to the shaft.