Fluid lubricated bearing assembly
A support for a loaded rotatable shaft is described. The device consists of: a housing having a fluid-tight cavity encasing an end portion of the shaft; a thrust bearing near the open end of the cavity for supporting the axial thrust of the shaft, the thrust bearing comprising a thrust plate mounted in the housing and a thrust collar mounted on the shaft, the thrust plate having a central opening the peripheral portion of which is hermetically sealed to the housing at the open end of the cavity; and means for supplying a fluid lubricant to the thrust bearing, the thrust bearing having a lubricant-conducting path connecting the lubricant supplying means with the space between the thrust plate and collar. The surfaces of the plate and collar are constructed and arranged to inhibit radial flow of lubricant and, on rotation of the thrust collar, to draw lubricant through the path between the bearing surfaces and to increase the pressure to exert a supporting force on the end portion of the shaft.
- Assignee:
- Energy Research and Development Administration
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3960468
- OSTI ID:
- 7330520
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 16 Jul 1946; Other Information: PAT-APPL-683,871
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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