Turbo fluid machine
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsFumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki, Ryo Umeyama
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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsFumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki, Ryo Umeyama
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A turbo fluid machine includes a rotary shaft configured to rotate in one rotational direction, and a radial foil bearing. The radial foil bearing includes: a bump foil formed of an elastic thin plate having a corrugated shape. The bump foil is divided into first and second foil portions located respectively on one side and on the other side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. Ridges on the first foil portion are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the first foil portion adjacent to the other side toward the one side in the axial direction. The ridges on the second foil portion are inclined in the other rotational direction of the rotary shaft while extending from an edge of the second foil portion adjacent to the one side toward the other side in the axial direction.
A turbo fluid machine comprising:
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