Hydraulic bearings and related devices, assemblies, and methods

A method of forming a hydraulic bearing, the method comprising:

• rotating a rotor about an axis of a device;
• directing a fluid into an interface between the rotor and another component of the device;
• moving bearing surfaces at the interface relative to one another, the bearing surfaces defined by the rotor and an axially extending surface of the another component;
• and
• supplying the fluid in the interface to at least one of the bearing surfaces comprising a varying topography of one or more recesses in order to define a hydraulic bearing to support the rotor.

A device including one or more hydraulic bearings, the device comprising:

• a first element comprising a stator;
• a second element comprising a rotor being movable relative to the first element, the first element and the second element defining a gap between the first element and the second element, the gap configured to receive a fluid in the gap when the second element is being moved relative to the first element;
• and
• bearing surfaces defined by the first element and the second element on opposing sides of the gap, at least one of the bearing surfaces comprising a varying topography of one or more recesses to provide pressurized volumes of the fluid in order to define a hydraulic bearing to support at least one of the first element or the second element as the second element is being moved relative to the first element.