Thrust foil bearing
AssigneeIHI Corporation
InventorNaomichi OMORI
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Abstract
A thrust foil bearing includes: a base plate including an insertion hole through which a shaft is inserted; and a top foil disposed around the insertion hole, wherein the top foil includes: a slit dividing the top foil into an inner area and an outer area in a radial direction of the insertion hole; a sandwiched part disposed in the outer area; an extending part extending from the sandwiched part to the inner area; and an inclined part being in the inner area, having an end on one side in a circumferential direction of the insertion hole connected to the extending part, extending from the extending part toward another side in the circumferential direction, and inclined with respect to a flat surface of the base plate extending a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the insertion hole.
Claims10
A thrust foil bearing, comprising:
- a base plate including an insertion hole through which a shaft is inserted;
- and
- a top foil disposed around the insertion hole, wherein
- the top foil includes:
- a slit dividing the top foil into an inner area and an outer area in a radial direction of the insertion hole,
- a sandwiched part disposed in the outer area,
- an extending part extending from the sandwiched part to the inner area, and
- an inclined part being in the inner area, having an end on one side in a circumferential direction of the insertion hole connected to the extending part, extending from the extending part toward another side in the circumferential direction, and inclined with respect to a flat surface of the base plate extending a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the insertion hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.