Bearing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJoshua Tyler Mook, Bugra Han Ertas, Jason Joseph Bellardi
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Abstract
A bearing includes a bearing pad for supporting a rotary component and a housing attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad. The housing includes a flexible column extending towards the bearing pad for providing the bearing pad with an airflow. The column supports the bearing pad from a location inward of an outer periphery of the bearing pad along an axial direction of the bearing. With such a configuration, a resistance of the bearing pad along a radial direction of the bearing is less at the outer periphery than a resistance of the bearing pad along the radial direction proximate the column.
Claims19
A bearing defining an axial direction and a radial direction, the bearing comprising:
- a bearing pad for supporting a rotary component and defining an outer periphery;
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- a housing attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad, the housing comprising a column extending towards the bearing pad for providing the bearing pad with an airflow, the column supporting the bearing pad from a location inward of the outer periphery of the bearing pad along the axial direction such that a resistance of the bearing pad along the radial direction at the outer periphery is less than a resistance of the bearing pad along the radial direction proximate the column.
A bearing for a gas turbine engine comprising a rotary component, the bearing comprising:
- a bearing pad for supporting the rotary component of the gas turbine engine, the bearing pad defining an outer periphery;
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- a housing comprising an inner wall attached to or formed integrally with the bearing pad, the inner wall at least partially forming a column, the column supporting the bearing pad from a location inward of the outer periphery of the bearing pad along the axial direction such that a resistance of the bearing pad along the radial direction at the outer periphery is less than a resistance of the bearing pad along the radial direction proximate the column, and defining a channel for providing the bearing pad with an airflow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.