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US 4,033,647 AGranted
Tandem thrust bearing
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorJohn Andrew Beavers
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Abstract
A tandem thrust bearing arrangement comprising a housing having a substantially vertical shaft journaled therein, which shaft has a load thereon, and independently mounted lower and upper thrust bearing means associated with the shaft. The lower thrust bearing means carries predetermined first portions of the imposed load while the upper thrust bearing means carries thrust loads in excess of the first part thereof, permitting full loading of the shaft in a limited spacial relationship.
Claims6
A tandem thrust bearing arrangement comprising:
- a housing means;
- a substantially vertical shaft journaled for rotation in said housing means and having a load imposed thereon;
- independently mounted lower and upper thrust bearing means operatively associated with said shaft;
- said lower thrust bearing means being so constructed and arranged to carry a first part of said imposed load;
- said upper thrust bearing means being so constructed and arranged to carry imposed load in excess of said first part thereof;
- said lower and upper thrust bearing means permitting full loading of said shaft in a limited spacial relationship.
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