Invention Application
- Patent Title: AIR BEARING
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Application No.: US16671479Application Date: 2019-11-01
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Publication No.: US20200149587A1Publication Date: 2020-05-14
- Inventor: Hisayoshi Sakai , Kenji Ueda
- Applicant: Mitutoyo Corporation
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@358a4bab
- Main IPC: F16C32/06
- IPC: F16C32/06

Abstract:
An air bearing includes: a main body part having a bearing surface facing a guide surface; a flow path part provided in the main body part; an air film forming part that supplies compressed air flowing through the flow path part to the guide surface to form an air film; a negative pressure generating part that sucks air between the bearing surface and the guide surface, the negative pressure generating part being provided in the flow path part; a discharge path in communication with the flow path part; and a flow rate adjusting part that adjusts a flow rate of air flowing from the flow path part to the discharge path in accordance with a compressed air pressure corresponding to a load applied to the main body part.
Public/Granted literature
- US10962053B2 Air bearing Public/Granted day:2021-03-30
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