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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Yoshino, Mie, JP;
Hiroki Fujiwara, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 17/10 (2006.01); F16C 17/04 (2006.01); F16C 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/024 (2013.01); F16C 17/042 (2013.01); F16C 17/10 (2013.01); F16C 43/02 (2013.01); F16C 2360/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A foil bearing (thrust foil bearing ()) includes a foil holder () and a plurality of foils () arrayed in a circumferential direction. Each of the foils () includes a body portion () having a thrust bearing surface (S) and an extended portion () extending from the body portion () to a radially outer side. An end portion () of the body portion () of each of the foils () on one circumferential side is arranged so as to be overlapped on the body portion () of adjacent one of the foils (). The extended portions () of the plurality of foils () are fixed onto the same plane of the foil holder ().