F16C 37/002
Cooling of bearings: of fluid bearings
Official title: {of fluid bearings}
F16C37/002 (Cooling of bearings: of fluid bearings) appears on 234 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
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- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Lubricating system for bearing shoes147US 4,209,079 AFives-Cail Babcock · 1980
- Bearing cooling arrangement for air cycle machine65US 5,113,670 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1992
- Cooling networks for PCD bearing surfaces60US 4,789,251 ASmith International, Inc. · 1988
- Foil bearing59US 4,178,046 AThe Garrett Corporation · 1979
- Integral motor and air bearing cooling path54US 7,394,175 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation · 2008