Radial foil bearing
AssigneeIHI Corporation
InventorNaomichi Omori
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a radial foil bearing for supporting a rotary shaft. The radial foil bearing includes a top foil, a back foil, and a bearing housing accommodating the top and back foils. The top foil is formed by winding a rectangular metal foil into a cylindrical shape so that one end of the metal foil is extended out in a tangential direction of a cylinder formed by the metal foil. An engagement groove is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing in an axial direction of the bearing housing, and the engagement groove is formed so that a depth direction thereof corresponds to one tangential direction of the cylinder of the top foil. The one end of the top foil engages with the engagement groove.
Claims12
A radial foil bearing for supporting a rotary shaft by being externally attached to the rotary shaft, the radial foil bearing comprising:
- a cylindrical top foil disposed so as to face the rotary shaft;
- a back foil disposed on a radially outer side of the top foil;
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- a cylindrical bearing housing accommodating the top foil and the back foil in an inside of the bearing housing,
- wherein the top foil is formed by winding a rectangular metal foil into a cylindrical shape so that one end of the metal foil is extended out in a tangential direction of a cylinder formed by the metal foil,
- wherein an engagement groove is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing in an axial direction of the bearing housing,
- wherein the engagement groove is formed so that a depth direction thereof corresponds to the tangential direction of the cylinder of the top foil,
- wherein the one end extending out in the tangential direction of the cylinder of the top foil engages with the engagement groove, and
- wherein a thin portion is formed in each of the one end and the other end opposite to the one end in the top foil, the thin portion being thinner than an intermediate portion between the one end and the other end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.