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US 4,900,165 AGranted
Bearing support system
AssigneeUnion Carbide Corporation
InventorsLeslie C. Kun, Neno T. Nenov
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Abstract
A bearing support system providing axial thrust load control of bearing supporting a rotating element, by retaining the bearings with a slotted inner ring and supporting the inner ring with a radially spaced outer ring by means of a plurality of circumferentially spaced supports which are radially stiff but axially flexible.
Claims18
A bearing support system for high-speed rotating machinery comprising:
- (A) an inner ring for retention of one or more bearings in support of a rotating element of the machinery, said inner ring having at least two radially spaced slots therein said slots having a width within the range of from 0.002 to 0.100 inch and a depth within the range of from one to two times the width of the bearing;
- (B) an outer ring, radially spaced from the inner ring, and attachable to a stationary element of the machinery;
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- (C) at least two circumferentially spaced structural members between and in contact with the inner and outer rings, and serving to support the inner ring on the outer ring, said structural members being stiff in the radial direction but flexible in the axial direction.
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A bearing support system for high-speed rotating machinery comprising:
- (A) an inner ring for retention of one or more bearings in support of a rotating element of the machinery, said inner ring having at least two radially spaced slots therein and wherein the inner ring contains damping material on at least one of its faces;
- (B) an outer ring, radially spaced from the inner ring, and attachable to a stationary element of the machinery;
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- (C) at least two circumferentially spaced structural members between and in contact with the inner and outer rings, and serving to support the inner ring on the outer ring, said structural members being stiff in the radial direction but flexible in the axial direction.
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A bearing support system for high-speed rotating machinery comprising:
- (A) an inner ring for retention of one or more bearings in support of a rotating element of the machinery, said inner ring having at least two radially spaced slots therein;
- (B) an outer ring, radially spaced from the inner ring, and attachable to a stationary element of the machinery;
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- (C) at least two circumferentially spaced structural members between and in contact with the inner and outer rings, and serving to support the inner ring on the outer ring, said structural members being stiff in the radial direction but flexible in the axial direction, wherein the structural members are damped by having a coating of damping material.
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A bearing support system for high-speed rotating machinery comprising:
- (A) an inner ring for retention of one or more bearings in support of a rotating element of the machinery, said inner ring having at least two radially spaced slots therein;
- (B) an outer ring, radially spaced from the inner ring, and attachable to a stationary element of the machinery;
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- (C) at least two circumferentially spaced structural members between and in contact with the inner and outer rings, and serving to support the inner ring on the outer ring, said structural members being stiff in the radial direction but flexible in the axial direction wherein at least one structural member is equipped with a sensor which can detect axial force on the structural member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.