Tilting pad thrust bearing arrangement

A tilting pad thrust bearing construction comprising:

• a support member having a load bearing surface disposed about a longitudinal axis of said support member;
• a plurality of individual bearing pads disposed in circumferentially spaced relation about said longitudinal axis and spaced longitudinally from said load bearing surface of said support member;
• a circumferentially extending mounting member associated with each of said bearing pads and disposed between said associated bearing pad and said load bearing surface of said support member,
• at least one headed fastener extending through each of said mounting members and into the associated said bearing pads to thereby secure said bearing pads to their respective mounting members, each of said headed fasteners including a head disposed between and abutting the associated said mounting member and said load bearing surface of said support member to define a fulcrum associated with each of said bearing pads;
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• wherein each of said mounting members is fixed to said support member at mounting location circumferentially spaced from said headed fastener in such manner as to space said mounting members from their respective bearing pads at said mounting locations, thereby enabling said bearing pads to pivot relative to their respective said mounting members about said fulcrum of said headed fastener.