Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High load capacity hybrid foil bearing
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Application No.: US15238301Application Date: 2016-08-16
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Publication No.: US10385915B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16C27/02
- IPC: F16C27/02 ; F01D25/16 ; F16C17/02 ; B64D13/02 ; F01D15/08 ; F01D25/24 ; F04D25/04 ; F04D25/06 ; F04D29/056 ; F04D29/28 ; F04D29/42 ; F04D29/057 ; B64D13/06

Abstract:
A bearing includes a bearing sleeve with a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion. A bump foil extends along an inner face of the first portion of the bearing sleeve and a metal mesh extends along an inner face of the second portion of the bearing sleeve. A top foil extends along an inner face of the bump foil of the first portion and the metal mesh of the second portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180051745A1 HIGH LOAD CAPACITY HYBRID FOIL BEARING Public/Granted day:2018-02-22
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