Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing arrangement
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Application No.: US14631180Application Date: 2015-02-25
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Publication No.: US09651092B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Stephen Gallimore , John Richard Webster
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1404875.5 20140319
- Main IPC: F16C33/66
- IPC: F16C33/66 ; F16C39/04 ; F16C19/54 ; F16C25/08 ; F16C41/02 ; F16C33/58 ; F16C19/16

Abstract:
A bearing arrangement includes: first and second thrust bearings, arranged on a shaft and including respective first and second pressure faces; and a hydraulic connection, connecting the first and second thrust bearings and having a non-compressible fluid. Applying a shaft thrust load axially moves the first thrust bearing so that the first pressure face displaces the non-compressible fluid from the first thrust bearing to the second thrust bearing so as to apply a reaction force to the second pressure face, in order that the thrust load is shared between the first and second thrust bearings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150267745A1 BEARING ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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