Intershaft bearing
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsHarrison R. Picard, Claude P. Rotondo, Harold K. Shaffer, Bertrand H. Brown
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Abstract
A ring fabricated from metal whose modulus of elasticity is higher than and its coefficient of expansion is lower than the outer race of a roller bearing that supports concentrically mounted shafts of a turbine power plant serves to restrain growth owing to the different thermal and centrifugal forces imposed by each of said shafts otherwise causing the roller of the bearing to loosen.
Claims3
In combination bearing means mounted between an inner shaft and an outer shaft in coaxial alignment and said inner and said outer shafts rotating at different speeds, a plurality of circumferentially spaced rollers, an inner race between said inner shaft and said rollers and rotating with said inner shaft and an outer race between said outer shaft and said rollers and rotating with said outer shaft, said outer shaft rotating at a higher speed than said inner shaft, and a ring element for restricting radial growth thereof surrounding said outer race and in intimate contact with said outer shaft and said outer race and being contiguous therewith, said ring element fabricated from metal characterized by having a low thermal coefficient of expansion and a high elastic modulus relative to the material of said bearing means.
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