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US 2019/0055853 A1Published application
Bearing Centering Spring and Damper
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsAdam G. Smedresman, Michael D. Greenberg, Todd A. Davis
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Abstract
A bearing spring support/damping apparatus has: a first end portion; a second end portion; and a flexible portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, and further comprising: a single outer diameter groove in the second end portion.
Claims22
A bearing spring support/damping apparatus comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion;
- and
- a flexible portion between the first end portion and the second end portion,
- and further comprising:
- a single outer diameter groove in the second end portion.
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A machine comprising:
- a first member;
- a bearing;
- a bearing spring support/damping apparatus comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion having an inner surface mounting the bearing and an outer surface radially inward of an inner surface of the first member;
- and
- a flexible portion between the first end portion and the second end portion,
- wherein:
- a seal seals between the outer surface of the second end portion and the inner surface of the first member to a first axial side of a fluid outlet in the inner surface of the first member to form a damper in the absence of a seal between the outer surface of the second end portion and the inner surface of the first member to a second axial side of a fluid outlet axially opposite the first side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.