FLUID BEARING

• US 3,506,314 A
• Filed: 08/07/1964
• Issued: 04/14/1970
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wildmann Manfred, William A. Gross
• Original Assignee: Wildmann Manfred, William A. Gross
• Inventors: Gross, William A., WILDMANN MANFRED
• Application Number:
  US04/388,072
• Time in Patent Office: 2,076 Days
• US Class Current: 384/104
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 17/024 with flexible leaves to create hydrodynamic wedge, e.g. radial foil bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 25/02 Sliding-contact bearings

Claims

1. A FLUID BEARING COMPRISING:

A ROTATABLE SHAFT;

A FLEXIBLE FOIL ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS CONCENTRICALLY WRAPPED ABOUT CORRESPONDING PERIPHERAL ZONES OF SAID SHAFT, THE ENDS OF SAID SEGMENTS BEING COUPLED TO A BASE;

AND RIGID MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FOIL FOR APPLYING PREDETERMINED TENSION THERETO;