Ball-Socket Type Tilting Pad Journal Bearing
AssigneeDoosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., Ltd
InventorTae Gyu Choi
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Abstract
A ball-socket type tilting pad journal bearing configured to reduce friction between a tilting pad and a pivot includes a housing body, a plurality of tilting pads disposed inside the housing body, and a plurality of pivots fixed on an inner surface of the housing body. An oil collection unit for collecting oil is provided in at least one of an outer circumferential surface of each of the pivots and a socket of each of the tilting pads.
Claims20
A ball-socket type tilting pad journal bearing comprising:
- a cylindrical housing body;
- a plurality of tilting pads disposed inside the housing body and arranged along a circumference of the housing body, with a concave socket formed in a side surface of each of the tilting pads that faces an inner surface of the housing body;
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- a plurality of pivots fixed on the inner surface of the housing body and inserted into the respective sockets of the tilting pads, each of the pivots having a curved surface;
- wherein an oil collection unit for collecting oil is provided in an outer circumferential surface of each of the pivots.
A ball-socket type tilting pad journal bearing comprising:
- a cylindrical housing body;
- a plurality of tilting pads disposed inside the housing body and arranged along a circumference of the housing body, with a concave socket formed in a side surface of each of the tilting pads that faces an inner surface of the housing body;
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- a plurality of pivots fixed on the inner surface of the housing body and inserted into the respective sockets of the tilting pads, each of the pivots having a curved surface;
- wherein an oil collection unit for collecting oil is provided in the socket of each of the tilting pads.
A ball-socket type tilting pad journal bearing comprising:
- a cylindrical housing body;
- a plurality of tilting pads disposed inside the housing body and arranged along a circumference of the housing body, with a concave socket formed in a side surface of each of the tilting pads that faces an inner surface of the housing body;
- and
- a plurality of pivots fixed on the inner surface of the housing body and inserted into the respective sockets of the tilting pads, each of the pivots having a curved surface;
- wherein an oil collection unit for collecting oil is provided in both an outer circumferential surface of each of the pivots and the socket of each of the tilting pads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.