F16C 17/024
With flexible leaves to create hydrodynamic wedge
Official title: {with flexible leaves to create hydrodynamic wedge, e.g. radial foil bearings}
F16C17/024 (With flexible leaves to create hydrodynamic wedge) appears on 350 US grants and 318 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Method for determining deterioration in foil bearing20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243299 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.
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By later US patents
- Surface coating for machine elements having rubbing surfaces146US 4,005,914 ARolls-Royce (1971) Limited · 1977
- Bearing cooling arrangement for air cycle machine65US 5,113,670 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1992
- Compliant foil hydrodynamic fluid film radial bearing65US 5,427,455 A1995
- Compliant journal bearing with angular stiffness gradient64US 4,262,975 AMechanical Technology Incorporated · 1981
- Counter-rotating turbine engine and method of assembling same62US 7,195,446 B2General Electric Company · 2007