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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masato Yoshino, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
NTN CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2005.12); F16C 17/04 (2005.12); F16C 17/26 (2005.12); F16C 17/10 (2005.12); F16C 17/02 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/042 (2012.12); F16C 17/024 (2012.12); F16C 17/10 (2012.12); F16C 17/102 (2012.12); F16C 17/26 (2012.12); F16C 2360/23 (2012.12); F16C 2360/24 (2012.12);
Abstract
A thrust foil bearing includes a thrust member, and a foil member mounted to an end surface of the thrust member and having a thrust bearing surface that forms a thrust bearing gap. The foil member includes a foil that integrally includes a plurality of leaves each having a free end on one side in a circumferential direction and the thrust bearing surface, and a coupling portion for coupling the plurality of leaves to each other.