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US 9,175,722 B1Granted
Top foil for foil thrust bearing and foil thrust bearing including the same
AssigneeKorea Institute of Energy Research
InventorsByung-Sik Park, Si-Woo Lee, Hyung-Kee Lee, Young-Min Yang, Dong-Hyun Lee
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Abstract
There is disclosed a top foil for a foil thrust bearing including a main plate, a first hook comprising a first vertical portion bend upwardly from an end of the main plate and a first horizontal portion bend forwardly from an end of the first vertical portion, and a second hook comprising a second vertical portion bend downwardly from a rear end of the main plate and a second horizontal portion bend backwardly from an end of the second vertical portion.
Claims11
A top foil for a foil thrust bearing comprising:
- a main plate;
- a first hook comprising a first vertical portion bend upwardly from an end of the main plate and a first horizontal portion bend forwardly from an end of the first vertical portion;
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- a second hook comprising a second vertical portion bend downwardly from a rear end of the main plate and a second horizontal portion bend backwardly from an end of the second vertical portion.
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A foil thrust bearing comprising:
- a base plate;
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- a plurality of top foils having a predetermined number of top foils coupled to each other to contact with the base plate partially,
- wherein a rear end of one top foil is fixedly overlapped with a front end of a neighboring top foil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.