Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spherical oil film bearing
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Application No.: US14944720Application Date: 2015-11-18
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Publication No.: US10006486B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Thomas C. Wojtkowski, Jr. , Peter N. Osgood
- Applicant: Primetals Technologies USA LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLC
- Current Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Agency: Gesmer Updegrove LLP
- Main IPC: F16C23/04
- IPC: F16C23/04 ; B21B31/07

Abstract:
An oil film bearing for rotatably supporting a roll in a rolling mill is provide that includes a sleeve having an internal bore and an external spherical surface, the internal bore being configured and dimensioned for axial insertion onto a neck of the roll. A bushing includes an internal spherical surface configured and dimensioned to surround and rotatably contain the external spherical surface of the sleeve, the bushing being subdivided into multiple interconnected segments. A chock for containing and radially supporting the interconnected bushing segments.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160258483A1 SPHERICAL OIL FILM BEARING Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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