Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tilting-pad thrust bearing and rotary machine having the same
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Application No.: US14533468Application Date: 2014-11-05
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Publication No.: US09670957B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Makoto Hemmi , Kenichi Murata , Kenta Suzuki
- 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: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2013-232028 20131108
- Main IPC: F16C17/06
- IPC: F16C17/06 ; F16C33/10 ; F04D29/041

Abstract:
The invention provides a tilting-pad thrust bearing that requires less oil supply and a rotary machine having the same. A tilting-pad thrust bearing 100 comprises: multiple oil inlets 10 disposed in spaces between pads 6; multiple outflow guide grooves 12 each formed near the inner circumferential edge of the sliding surface of the pad 6 such that the outflow guide grooves 12 extend in a circumferential direction; and multiple inflow guide grooves 13 provided separately from the outflow guide grooves 12 and formed at the leading ends of the sliding surfaces of the pads 6 so as to be located more radially inward than the oil inlets 10. Each outflow guide groove 12 is open to the sliding surface and the trailing end surface of the pad 6. Each inflow guide grooves 13 is open to the leading end surface and the sliding surface of the pad 6.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150132105A1 Tilting-Pad Thrust Bearing and Rotary Machine Having the Same Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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