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AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYoshitomo Noda, Takuzo Shigihara, Shimpei Yokoyama, Chihiro Yoshimine, Masaya Kawano
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A fluid film bearing includes a plurality of bearing pads that are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, and that support the rotating body via a fluid film, wherein the bearing pad includes a base layer made of metal, an elastic layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the base layer, and that is made of an elastically deformable elastic material, a sliding layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the elastic layer, and that opposes the rotating body and is made of a bearing material, and a metal plate that is layered between the elastic layer and the sliding layer, and that is more rigid than the elastic layer and the sliding layer.
A fluid film bearing comprising:
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