Flexible shoe for a thrust bearing
AssigneeCurtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation
InventorRichard Witten ARMENTROUT
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Abstract
A shoe for a hydrodynamic thrust bearing is arranged relative to a transverse axis, a lateral axis, and a normal axis that intersect with and are perpendicular to each other. The shoe includes a bearing surface for supporting an axial load along the normal axis; a first flexible portion extending along the transverse axis; and first and second lateral portions extending laterally from opposite sides of the first flexible portion. The first flexible portion is more flexible about the transverse axis than the first and second lateral portions.
Claims20
A shoe for a hydrodynamic thrust bearing, the shoe being arranged relative to a transverse axis, a lateral axis, and a normal axis that intersect with and are perpendicular to each other, the shoe comprising:
- a bearing surface for supporting an axial load along the normal axis;
- a first flexible portion extending along the transverse axis;
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- first and second lateral portions extending laterally from opposite sides of the first flexible portion, wherein the first flexible portion is more flexible about the transverse axis than the first and second lateral portions.
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