High speed turbo-electric generator bearing

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: A SUPPORT, A MAIN SHAFT HAVING AN OUTWARDLY FACING CONICAL BEARING SURFACE AT EACH OPPOSITE END, A SET OF BEARING AT EACH END, EACH SET COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BEARING SHAFTS EACH HAVING A SUPPORTED END MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT IN INITIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID MAIN SHAFT AND HAVING AN UNSUPPORTED END, EACH SAID BEARING SHAFT HAVING AN IDLER BEARING ROLLER ON THE UNSUPPORTED END, SAID BEARING ROLLERS BEING SPACED ABOUT AND PERIPHERALLY ENGAGING SAID MAIN SHAFT TO ROTATABLY SUPPORT THE LATTER, RESILIENT MEANS MOUNTING THE SUPPORTED END ONLY OF EACH OF THE BEARING SHAFTS OF ONE OF SAID SETS IN NON-ROTATABLE POSITION ON SAID SUPPORT FOR ROTATION OF EACH ROLLER ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID MAIN SHAFT, SAID MEANS BEING ANGULARLY YIELDABLE TO ENABLE SAID BEARING SHAFTS AND THE ROLLERS THEREON TO DEFLECT ANGULARLY UNIFORMLY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID MAIN SHAFT, THE PERIPHERAL SHAFT-ENGAGING SURFACE OF EACH ROLLER OF BOTH OF SAID SETS BEING CONVEXLY CURVED IN AXIAL SECTION, WHEREBY SAID ROLLER SURFACES REMAIN IN EFFECTIVE BEARING CONTACT WITH SAID SHAFT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE AXIS OF EACH ROLLER AND THE AXIS OF SAID SHAFT.