Bearing assembly for a pump and a pump comprising the bearing assembly
AssigneeEdwards S.R.O.
InventorsLukas Chromek, Richard Glyn Horler, Emiliano Lucchetta
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for mounting a rotatable shaft of a pump and the pump are disclosed. The bearing assembly comprises: a bearing comprising an outer ring and an inner ring; a bearing support configured to support the outer ring of the bearing, the bearing support surrounding at least a portion of an outer surface of the outer ring extending across at least a portion of one end surface of the outer ring; and a shield extending from the bearing support towards the inner ring to thereby obscure at least a portion of an annular gap between the inner and outer ring.
Claims8
A bearing assembly for mounting a rotatable shaft of a pump, said bearing assembly comprising:
- a bearing comprising an outer ring and an inner ring;
- a bearing support comprising a metal spring damper configured to support said outer ring of said bearing, said bearing support surrounding at least a portion of an outer surface of said outer ring extending across at least a portion of one end surface of said outer ring;
- an outer surface of said inner ring comprising a recess;
- and
- a shield formed by the metal spring damper having an inner axially extending surface and a radially extending surface, the radially extending surface extending from the inner axially extending surface toward the outer ring to thereby obscure at least a portion of an annular gap between said inner and outer ring;
- wherein
- at least a part of the radially extending surface and at least a part of the inner axially extending surface are positioned within the recess of the inner ring and face the inner ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.