Self-lubricated sliding bearing
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11920630B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17276228

    申请日:2019-09-10

    CPC classification number: F16C17/026 F16C33/1065 F16C33/107 F16C2380/16

    Abstract: A self-lubricated sliding bearing for a rotary X-ray tube comprises a first bearing member, a second bearing member configured to concentrically enclose a portion of the first bearing member, and a lubricant comprised in a gap between cooperating surfaces of the first bearing member and the second bearing member. The cooperating surface of the second bearing member or the first bearing member comprises a first region comprising a pumping pattern configured to pump the lubricant. The cooperating surface of the second bearing member or the first bearing member comprises a second region having a modified pumping pattern or a smooth surface. The second region is disposed on the cooperating surface of the second bearing member or the first bearing member, such that a bearing force generated by the pumping action of the lubricant opposes a radial load force exerted on the self-lubricated sliding bearing to reduce an eccentricity of a longitudinal axis of the first bearing member with respect to a longitudinal axis of second bearing member.

    Energy generation system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11264920B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16902389

    申请日:2020-06-16

    Abstract: The invention provides an energy generation system comprising a generator having charged mutually rotating plate elements, and comprising an integrated drive mechanism for precisely controlling a separation distance between the plates. The drive mechanism provides a separation which varies as a function of the speed of rotation, hence assimilating separation control within the natural operation of the device. Embodiments provide plates comprising self-generating bearings, both hydrodynamic gas and fluid bearings and centrifugal regulator solid bearings, the bearings providing a supporting force between the plates of a magnitude which increases as the rotational speed of the plates increases. Methods of energy generation are also provided.

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