Hybrid fluid film bearing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12038047-B2
Application number	US-202217745979-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2022
Priority date	Nov 18, 2019
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a hybrid fluid film bearing. The hybrid fluid film bearing comprises: a bearing housing installed on an outer diameter surface of a rotary shaft in the form of being coupled via a ring; a sleeve ring installed between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, having gaps respectively with the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, and having a side in the circumferential direction opened in the radial direction; and a fixing pin connected between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and supported by the bearing housing so as to restrict rotation of the sleeve ring when the rotary shaft rotates. Also, the hybrid fluid film bearing may further comprise a compliant spring damper which is provided in the gap between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring and is provided as one or more bump foils.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid fluid film bearing comprising:
a bearing housing mounted in a ring-coupled manner to an outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft;
a sleeve ring mounted between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing so as to have a gap between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing; and
a fixing pin connected between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and supported by the bearing housing to restrict rotation of the sleeve ring when the rotary shaft is rotated,
wherein the bearing housing includes:
a housing body having a center opened in an axial direction to allow the rotary shaft to be inserted; and
a first slot formed on an inner diameter surface of the housing body, and formed in a depth direction from the inner diameter surface of the housing body to accommodate one side of the fixing pin,

wherein the sleeve ring includes:
a sleeve body having a center opened in the axial direction to allow the rotary shaft to be inserted, and having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the housing body; and
an opening formed on one side of the sleeve body in a circumferential direction, formed to communicate between an inside and an outside of the sleeve body in a radial direction, and having one side to which an opposite side of the fixing pin accommodated in the first slot is inserted, and

wherein, when the one side of the fixing pin is accommodated in the first slot, and the opposite side of the fixing pin is inserted into the opening, clearances are formed between the first slot and the one side of the fixing pin and between the opening and the opposite side of the fixing pin, so that a relative position of the fixing pin is changed in the first slot and the opening according to a rotation direction of the rotary shaft.

2. The hybrid fluid film bearing of claim 1 , wherein, when the rotary shaft is rotated, the one side and the opposite side of the fixing pin have relative positions, which are changed in directions opposite to each other, in the first slot and the opening.

3. The hybrid fluid film bearing of claim 1 , further comprising:
a compliant spring damper, wherein
the compliant spring damper is provided in a gap between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and provided as a bump foil having at least one ply.

4. The hybrid fluid film bearing of claim 3 , wherein the compliant spring damper includes a gap control foil provided in a longitudinal direction of the bump foil on both sides of a gap between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring in a width direction.

5. A hybrid fluid film bearing comprising:
a bearing housing mounted in a ring-coupled manner to an outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft;
a sleeve ring mounted between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing so as to have a gap between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing; and
a fixing pin connected between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and supported by the bearing housing to restrict rotation of the sleeve ring when the rotary shaft is rotated,
wherein the bearing housing includes:
a housing body having a center opened in an axial direction to allow the rotary shaft to be inserted; and
a first slot formed on an inner diameter surface of the housing body, and formed in a depth direction from the inner diameter surface of the housing body to accommodate one side of the fixing pin,

wherein the sleeve ring includes:
a sleeve body having a center opened in the axial direction to allow the rotary shaft to be inserted, and having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the housing body; and
an opening formed on one side of the sleeve body in a circumferential direction, formed to communicate between an inside and an outside of the sleeve body in a radial direction, and having one side to which an opposite side of the fixing pin accommodated in the first slot is inserted, and

wherein the sleeve ring further includes:
a pocket formed in the depth direction on at least one position in the inner diameter surface of the sleeve body;
a fitting mount hole provided on one side of the sleeve body in the axial direction, and mounted therein with a pipe for connection with an external fluid supply device;
a flow path formed inside the sleeve body to communicate the fitting mount hole with the pocket; and
an orifice formed at an end of the flow path positioned on the pocket.

6. The hybrid fluid film bearing of claim 5 , wherein the orifice is formed perpendicular or inclined with respect to the rotary shaft.

7. A hybrid fluid film bearing comprising:
a bearing housing mounted in a ring-coupled manner to an outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft;
a sleeve ring mounted between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing so as to have a gap between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing;
a fixing pin connected between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and supported by the bearing housing to restrict rotation of the sleeve ring when the rotary shaft is rotated; and
a compliant spring damper,
wherein the compliant spring damper is provided in a gap between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring, and provided as a bump foil having at least one ply,
wherein the compliant spring damper includes a gap control foil provided in a longitudinal direction of the bump foil on both sides of a gap between the bearing housing and the sleeve ring in a width direction, and
wherein the bearing housing further includes at least one second slot formed on an inner diameter surface of a housing body, and formed in a depth direction from the inner diameter surface of the housing body, in which one end of the bump foil or the gap control foil in the longitudinal direction is inserted to the at least one second slot.

Assignees

• Iucf Hyu Erica Campus

Inventors

• Ryu Keun

Classifications

• F16C32/0622

  via nozzles, restrictors · CPC title

• F16C17/024 Primary

  with flexible leaves to create hydrodynamic wedge, e.g. radial foil bearings · CPC title

• F16C32/0659 Primary

  of pockets or grooves · CPC title