F16C 17/03
With tiltably-supported segments
Official title: with tiltably-supported segments, e.g. Michell bearings {(hydrostatic bearings with tiltably supported bearing pads F16C32/0666; made from a plurality of rods F16C33/26; with flexible leaves F16C17/024; hydrodynamic bearings with chambers F16C33/1075)}
F16C17/03 (With tiltably-supported segments) appears on 415 US grants and 277 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 415
- Published applications
- 277
- Assignees
- 180
- Inventors
- 611
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gearboxes for aircraft gas turbine engines8 Sep 2026US 12,729,651 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Tilt pad journal bearing with lubrication arrangement18 Aug 2026US 12,710,071 B2Elliott Company
- Thrust bearing with tilting pad12 May 2026US 12,624,705 B1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Bearing device and rotating machine28 Apr 2026US 12,612,945 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Bearing adapters for single-axis trackers24 Mar 2026US 12,584,516 B2Ojjo, Inc.
- Edm adjustable evacuated flex pivot bearing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226909 A1
- Edm leading edge groove bearing30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218718 A1
- Bearing Device With Squeeze Film Damper, and Centrifugal Compressor9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194064 A1Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
- Gearboxes for aircraft gas turbine engines2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185488 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Sliding segment with crowning28 May 2026US 2026/0146588 A1COB Bearings GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bearing design analysis apparatus and method108US 5,455,778 A1995
- Bearing assemblies, and bearing apparatuses and motor assemblies using same100US 7,870,913 B1US Synthetic Corporation · 2011
- Hydrostatic and active control movable pad bearing99US 5,743,654 AKMC, Inc. · 1998
- Fluid dampened support having variable stiffness and damping79US 5,603,574 AKMC, Inc. · 1997
- Elastomeric supported hydrodynamic bearing74US 4,515,486 A1985