公开(公告)号：US20060063442A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10948061

申请日：2004-09-23

申请人： Douglas Taylor ,  David Gooding ,  Sean Coons

发明人： Douglas Taylor ,  David Gooding ,  Sean Coons

IPC分类号： B63H20/32

CPC分类号： F16C23/04 ,  B63H1/16 ,  B63H5/10 ,  B63H5/14 ,  B63H21/17 ,  B63H2005/1254 ,  B63H2005/1258 ,  B63H2023/005 ,  F03B11/063 ,  F16C17/03 ,  F16C17/06 ,  F16C32/0651 ,  F16C32/0666 ,  F16C2300/14 ,  F16C2326/30 ,  Y02E10/226

摘要： A pod propulsion system comprises a housing defining a fluid duct and an annular drum rotatably mounted to the housing within the fluid duct. The annular drum has a drum interior and a cylindrical outer surface. The system further comprises a rotor mounted to the drum for rotation therewith, the rotor and the drum having a common axis of rotation. A bearing assembly mounted to the housing comprises a first bearing comprising a first plurality of bearing pads disposed circumferentially around the drum. Each pad has a pad bearing surface adapted to contact a first drum portion in a predetermined manner and is pivotably mounted to the housing so as to maintain contact of the pad bearing surface with the first drum portion in the predetermined manner when an orientation of the drum portion relative to the housing changes.

摘要翻译： 舱推进系统包括限定流体管道的壳体和可旋转地安装到流体管道内的壳体的环形鼓。 环形鼓具有鼓内部和圆柱形外表面。 所述系统还包括安装在所述滚筒上以与之一起转动的转子，所述转子和所述滚筒具有共同的旋转轴线。 安装到壳体的轴承组件包括第一轴承，其包括围绕滚筒周向设置的第一多个轴承瓦块。 每个垫片具有垫片支承表面，该表面适于以预定方式接触第一鼓部分并且可枢转地安装到壳体，以便当滚筒的取向保持与支承表面与第一鼓部分以预定方式的接触时 相对于房屋的部分变化。