Self-aligning bearing support assembly for supporting a radial load rotary or linear bearing

A self-aligning bearing support assembly for supporting a radial load rotary or linear bearing, said bearing support assembly has a main axis (A) and comprises:

• an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve at least partially disposed in said outer sleeve,
• said inner sleeve having an axially extending bore for supporting a rotary or linear bearing or for forming a bearing surface of a radial load rotary or linear bearing,
• at least three circumferentially separated chambers formed by said inner sleeve and said outer sleeve,
• axially extending separators between two circumferentially neighboring chambers circumferentially dividing a space between said inner sleeve and said outer sleeve into said at least three circumferentially separated chambers,
• each chamber being confined in all directions by walls of said assembly,
• a lump of an elastically deformable and substantially incompressible material filling each of said at least three chambers,
• with the chamber concerned substantially completely enclosing said lump such that expansion of the lump is prevented in all directions,
• said incompressibility of said lump preventing radial displacement of said inner sleeve relative to said outer sleeve, and
• said elastic deformability of said lump allowing angular rotation of said inner sleeve about an assembly midpoint in two orthogonal directions relative to the outer sleeve, thereby deforming said lump without compressing said lump to reduce bending moment due to axial misalignment.