Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tilting pad bearing
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Application No.: US14962453Application Date: 2015-12-08
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Publication No.: US09611886B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Motoki Sato , Kenta Suzuki , Makoto Hemmi
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2014-249783 20141210
- Main IPC: F16C17/10
- IPC: F16C17/10 ; F16C17/03 ; F16C33/10 ; F16C17/06

Abstract:
Provided is a tilting pad bearing capable of suppressing the temperature rise of sliding surfaces of pads and reducing the amount of oil that has to be supplied to the bearing. The tilting pad bearing comprises: a bearing housing 4; a plurality of pads 2 which are arranged to be pivotable with respect to the bearing housing 4; a channel 31 which is formed in each of the pads 2; a first nozzle 9 which is formed in each of the pads 2, connects with the channel 31, and is open on a rear end surface 8 of the pad 2; and a second nozzle 10 which is formed in each of the pads 2, connects with the channel 31, and is open on a rear edge part of a sliding surface 5 of the pad 2.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160169275A1 TILTING PAD BEARING Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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