公开(公告)号：US11473621B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17019943

申请日：2020-09-14

Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.

Inventor： Sung Hwa Jeung ,  Jay H. Johnson ,  Donald Lee Hill ,  Matthew Cambio

IPC: F16C32/06 ,  F16C33/10 ,  F25B31/00 ,  F16F15/023 ,  F16F15/02

Abstract: A porous gas bearing is disclosed. The porous gas bearing includes a housing having a fluid inlet and an aperture. A porous surface layer is disposed within the housing surrounding the aperture in a circumferential direction. The porous surface layer is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. A damping system includes a damping system including a biasing member, the biasing member being disposed in a passageway that extends along the longitudinal direction of the aperture and circumferentially about the aperture, wherein the biasing member is arranged radially outward from the porous surface layer.