US 2017/0284465 A1 · JOURNAL BEARING

Abstract

A journal bearing, in which a lower half carrier ring is disposed on the outer peripheral side of a horizontally installed rotating shaft, and an upstream side pad and a downstream side pad are disposed on the inner side of the lower half carrier ring, includes an upstream side oil supply portion and downstream side oil supply portion which supply lubricant oil to the upstream side pad and downstream side pad, the bearing being characterized in that the supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from downstream side oil supply nozzles of the downstream side oil supply portion is adjusted so as to be less than the supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from upstream side oil supply nozzles of the upstream side oil supply portion.

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Dependent claims

A journal bearing comprising:

a carrier ring having an upper half carrier ring and lower half carrier ring disposed on the outer peripheral side of a horizontally installed rotating shaft;
a first pad disposed on the inner side of the lower half carrier ring and a second pad disposed on the downstream side of the first pad;
a first oil supply portion which supplies lubricant oil between the rotating shaft and the first pad and a second oil supply portion which supplies lubricant oil between the rotating shaft and the second pad, wherein
the supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the second oil supply portion is less than the supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the first oil supply portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Journal bearing

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