Back to results
US 2010/0061668 A1Published application
High performance thrust bearing pad
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDominique Petitjean, Guillaurne Dupont, Anthony Ruquart, Philippe Arnold
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An exemplary bearing for a turbocharger includes one or more thrust pads where each thrust pad includes a portion of a conical well; and a through-bore that includes lubricant channels, each channel configured to direct lubricant from the bore to a corresponding conical well of a thrust pad. Other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.
Claims23
A bearing for a turbocharger comprising:
- at least one end that comprises one or more conical wells wherein each conical well comprises a circumference bordered at least in part by an upper land;
- and
- a through-bore that comprises at least one lubricant channel configured to direct lubricant from the bore to a corresponding one of the one or more conical wells.
A bearing for a turbocharger comprising:
- one or more thrust pads wherein each thrust pad comprises a portion of a conical well;
- and
- a through-bore that comprises lubricant channels, each channel configured to direct lubricant from the bore to a corresponding conical well of one of the one or more thrust pads.
A method of fabricating bearing thrust pad features, the method comprising:
- contacting a rotating bit or a stamp and an end of a bearing, the bearing comprising a bore that comprises lubricant channels;
- and
- forming a conical well in the end of the bearing, the conical well configured to direct lubricant, received via one of the lubricant channel, to an upper land positioned at the circumference of the conical well.
A bearing for a turbocharger comprising:
- at least one end that comprises one or more conical wells wherein each conical well comprises a circumference bordered at least in part by an upper land;
- and
- at least one lubricant channel configured to direct lubricant to a corresponding one of the one or more conical wells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.