Radial bearing for mounting a shaft
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorsBenjamin Holstein, Jorg Lochschmidt
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Abstract
The invention relates to a radial bearing for mounting a shaft, comprising the following features: several bearing shells which are curved according to the radius of the shaft and whose inner surface forms the plain bearing surfaces; a housing enclosing the bearing shells; at least one of the end regions of the respective bearing shell as seen in the circumferential direction is held in an interlocking manner on the housing in such a way that expansion and/or displacement of the end region or the entire bearing shell is possible; means for setting the curvature of the individual bearing shell.
Claims12
A radial bearing for mounting a shaft, the radial bearing comprising:
- a plurality of bearing shells curved according to a radius of the shaft, wherein inner surfaces of the plurality of bearing shells form plain bearing surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of bearing shells forms a single plain bearing surface;
- a housing enclosing the plurality of bearing shells, wherein the housing comprises an inner jacket surface and an outer jacket surface;
- each of the plurality of bearing shells is clamped to the housing at least at two circumferential ends of each of the plurality of bearing shells;
- a bar embedded in the each of the plurality of bearing shells;
- an adjusting pin guided through the housing, the adjusting pin having a radially inner end on the bar and an engagement element for displacing the adjusting pin and the bar at a radially outer end of the adjusting pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.