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Hydrodynamic compliant thrust bearing and method of making
Assignee: Soluna Holdings Inc
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Filing: 1980-04-25
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Granted: 1982-02-16
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Expires: 2000-04-25
Abstract
Abstract A resilient compliant hydrodynamic fluid film thrust bearing includes a top bearing sheet of thin metalic foil material, and a lower supporting sheet of the same or slightly heavier gauge material. The top bearing sheet is stamped to produce an annular array of truncated sector-shaped flaps attached to the array along one radially extending edge. The second section is stamped to produce an annular pattern of raised projections formed by bending the material along slits to form radially extending bumps which resiliently support the first section. The two sheets are superimposed and aligned, and are welded together along the edge by which the sector-shaped flaps are attached to the first section. The welded assemblies are then sheared from the superimposed foils and deburred.
Inventors
- 👤 Stanley Gray
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:13
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16C; F16C17/00; F16C17/04; F16C17/042; F16C33/00; F16C33/02; F16C33/04; F16C33/06; F16C33/10; F16C33/1005; F16C33/1095; F16C2226/00; F16C2226/30; F16C2226/36; F16C2300/00; F16C2300/20; F16C2300/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49636; Y10T29/49639; Y10T29/49643; Y10T29/49645
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of making a compliant hydrodynamic fluid thrust bearing, comprising: stamping a series of annular sections into a sheet of metal, said sections each including a plurality of angularly adjacent truncated sector-shaped pads, each separated from the adjacent pads by radially extending vanes; stamping a plurality of annular patterns into a second sheet of metal, said patterns each including a plurality of resilient raised projections, said projections being arranged in a plurality of angularly adjacent clusters, said clusters being separated by radially extending vanes; superimposing said first and second sheets, with said clusters of projections vertically aligned with said pads, and the vanes of said first and second sheets vertically aligned; welding the vanes of said first and second sheets together; and shearing the assembled and welded annular sections from the two sheets.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
A method of making a compliant hydrodynamic fluid thrust bearing, comprising: stamping a series of annular sections into a sheet of metal, said sections each including a plurality of angularly adjacent truncated sector-shaped pads, each separated from the adjacent pads by radially extending vanes; stamping a plurality of annular patterns into a second sheet of metal, said patterns each including a plurality of resilient raised projections, said projections being arranged in a plurality of angularly adjacent clusters, said clusters being separated by radially extending vanes; superimposing said first and second sheets, with said clusters of projections vertically aligned with said pads, and the vanes of said first and second sheets vertically aligned; welding the vanes of said first and second sheets together; and shearing the assembled and welded annular sections from the two sheets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method defined in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: heat treating the welded sections after they have been sheared from said sheets; and bonding a dry lubricating coating to said pads.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method defined in claim 1, wherein said stamping steps include the accurate positioning of said sections and said pattern with respect to a plurality of alignment apertures, and said superimposing step includes aligning said alignment apertures to acheive accurate alignment of said pads and said clusters.
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