Tilting pad bearing
AssigneeZollern BHW Gleitlager GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsThilo Koch, Mathias Bertram, Klaus Driftmeier
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tilting pad bearing (1) for mounting a shaft, which bearing comprises a housing (10) with an inner side (8) and a housing longitudinal axis (L) and at least one tilting pad (2) with a rear side (6) which faces the inner side (8) of the housing (10), wherein an elevation (22) arranged on the rear side (6) of the at least one tilting pad (2) is arranged in a depression (12), which is arranged in the inner side (8) of the housing (10), in such a way that a first contact face (26) present on the elevation (22) bears against a second contact face (20) on a bottom of the depression (22).
Claims9
A tilting pad bearing for mounting a shaft, comprising
- a housing with an inner side and a housing longitudinal axis;
- and
- at least one tilting pad with a rear side which faces the inner side of the housing,
- wherein an elevation provided on the rear side of the at least one tilting pad is arranged in a depression provided in the inner side of the housing such that a first contact face present on the elevation bears against a second contact face on a base of the depression,
- wherein the depression has a hollow cylindrical side wall and a circular base,
- wherein the elevation is rotationally symmetrical about an elevation longitudinal axis, wherein the elevation longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the housing longitudinal axis, and
- wherein the elevation has a bead protruding radially outward relative to the elevation longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.