Tilting pad thrust bearing
AssigneeAeplc
InventorNigel H. New
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Abstract
A tilting pad thrust bearing comprising a bearing ring, a number of spaced, circumferentially mounted thrust pads, and a series of oil nozzles located in the spaces between the pads. The pads are mounted to pivot on the ring by means of two pins arranged to fit slackly into corresponding holes in the pad.
Claims6
A tilting pad thrust bearing comprising a bearing ring, a number of similar thrust pads spaced apart and mounted circumferentially on said bearing ring, a series of lubricant distributors located in the spaces between said pads, and a series of slack-fit fixings by means of which said pads are located circumferentially and which allow said pads to pivot on said ring, and which are located outside said spaces between said pads.
A thrust bearing according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said lubricant distributors are nozzles which are flush with a surface of said ring, said surface being that on which said pads pivot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.