Porous ultrasonic bearing

• US 10,641,329 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shunde Polytechnic
• Original Assignee: Shunde Polytechnic
• Inventors: Chen, Xuefeng, Tu, Mingxia
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Phillip A
• Application Number:
  US16/408,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20190264741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2202/36 Piezoelectric
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2202/42 soft-magnetic, ferromagnetic
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 32/04 using magnetic or electric supporting means
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 32/0629 supported by a liquid cushion, e.g. oil cushion

Abstract

A porous ultrasonic bearing includes a ring, a high-strength outer casing, a bearing bushing and a vibration collar. The high-strength outer casing is sheathed on the bearing bushing, and a group of radial holes that penetrate are provided on the bearing bushing. The vibration collar is arranged between the high-strength outer casing and the bearing bushing. The outer cylindrical surface of the vibration collar is fixedly connected to the inner hole of the high-strength outer casing. A gap is provided between the inner hole of the vibration collar and the outer cylindrical surface of the bearing bushing. The vibration collar radially vibrates at high frequency. A high-strength lubricating oil film is formed between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft, so that the friction between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft is reduced.

Claims

1. A porous ultrasonic bearing, comprising:

a ring,

an outer casing,

a bearing bushing, and

a vibration collar,

wherein the outer casing is sheathed on the bearing bushing;

the bearing bushing is provided with a group of radial holes that penetrate;

the vibration collar is arranged between the outer casing and the bearing bushing;

an outer cylindrical surface of the vibration collar is fixedly connected to an inner hole of the outer casing; and

a gap is provided between an inner hole of the vibration collar and an outer cylindrical surface of the bearing bushing;

the vibration collar radially vibrates at high frequency;

lubricating oil is filled between an inner hole of the bearing bushing and an shaft, in the group of radial holes of the bearing bushing and in the gap between the inner hole of the vibration collar and the outer cylindrical surface of the bearing bushing; and

a lubricating oil film is formed between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft under radial high-frequency vibration of the vibration collar, so that friction between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft is reduced.

2. The porous ultrasonic bearing of claim 1, wherein the vibration collar is of a piezoelectric material or a magnetostrictive material;

and the vibration collar is integrally formed, axially segmented or circumferentially segmented.

3. A porous ultrasonic bearing, comprising:

a ring,

an outer casing,

a bearing bushing,

an end cap,

a vibration collar, and

an axial vibration plate,

wherein the outer casing is sheathed on the bearing bushing;

the bearing bushing is provided with a group of radial holes that penetrate;

a group of axial holes that penetrate are provided at a bottom of the bearing bushing;

the end cap is coupled to the bottom of the bearing bushing;

the vibration collar is arranged between the outer casing and the bearing bushing;

an outer cylindrical surface of the vibration collar is fixedly connected to an inner hole of the outer casing;

a gap is provided between the inner hole of the vibration collar and the outer cylindrical surface of the bearing bushing;

the axial vibration plate is arranged between the bottom of the bearing bushing and the end cap;

the axial vibration plate is fixedly connected to the end cap;

a gap is provided between the axial vibration plate and the bottom of the bearing bushing; and

the vibration collar radially vibrates at high frequency and the axial vibration plate vibrates at high frequency in a thickness direction during operation;

lubricating oil is filled between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and an shaft, in the group of radial holes of the bearing bushing and in the gap between the outer cylindrical surface of the bearing bushing and the inner hole of the vibration collar; and

a lubricating oil film is formed between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft under high-frequency vibration of the radial vibration plate, so that the friction between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft is reduced;

lubricating oil is filled between the bottom of the bearing bushing and an end surface of the shaft, in the group of axial holes at the bottom of the bearing bushing and in the gap between the axial vibration plate and the bottom of the bearing bushing; and

a lubricating oil film is formed between the bottom of the bearing bushing and the end surface of the shaft under high-frequency vibration of the axial vibration plate in a thickness direction, so that the friction between the bottom of the bearing bushing and the end surface of the shaft is reduced.

4. The porous ultrasonic bearing of claim 3, wherein the bottom of the bearing bushing is in a planar shape or a spherical shape;

the vibration collar is of a piezoelectric material or a magnetostrictive material;

the vibration collar is integrally formed, axially segmented or circumferentially segmented; and

the axial vibration plate is of a piezoelectric material or a magnetostrictive material.

5. A porous ultrasonic bearing, comprising:

a ring,

an outer casing,

a bearing bushing, and

an end cap,

wherein the outer casing is sheathed on the bearing bushing;

the bearing bushing is provided with a group of radial holes that penetrate;

the end cap is coupled to the bottom of the bearing bushing;

a group of axial holes that penetrate are provided at a bottom of the bearing bushing;

the inner hole of the outer casing is a regular polygon;

the outer part of the bearing bushing is a regular polygon;

a radial vibration plate is fixed on each side of the regular polygon of the inner hole of the outer casing;

the radial vibration plate is arranged opposite to a surface of the regular polygonal outer part of the bearing bushing;

a gap is provided between the radial vibration plate and the regular polygonal outer part of the bearing bushing;

the radial vibration plate vibrates at high frequency in a thickness direction during operation;

an axial vibration plate is arranged between the bottom of the bearing bushing and the end cap;

the axial vibration plate is fixedly connected to the end cap;

a gap is provided between the axial vibration plate and the bottom of the bearing bushing;

the axial vibration plate vibrates at high frequency in a thickness direction during operation;

lubricating oil is filled between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and an shaft, in the group of radial holes of the bearing bushing and in the gap between the outer regular polygonal outer part of the bearing bushing and the radial vibration plate;

a lubricating oil film is formed between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft under high-frequency vibration of the radial vibration plate in a thickness direction, so that the friction between the inner hole of the bearing bushing and the shaft is reduced;

lubricating oil is filled between the bottom of the bearing bushing and an end surface of the shaft, in the group of axial holes at the bottom of the bearing bushing and in the gap between the axial vibration plate and the bottom of the bearing bushing, and a lubricating oil film is formed between the bottom of the bearing bushing and the end surface of the shaft under high-frequency vibration of the axial vibration plate in a thickness direction, so that the friction between the bottom of the bearing bushing and the end surface of the shaft is reduced.

6. The porous ultrasonic bearing of claim 5, wherein the bottom of the bearing bushing is in a planar shape or a spherical shape;

and the radial vibration plate and the axial vibration plate are of a piezoelectric material or a magnetostrictive material.