Floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12104644-B2
Application number	US-202217746007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2022
Priority date	Nov 18, 2019
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing may comprise: a bearing housing which is mounted by ring-coupling to the outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft; and a floating sleeve which is mounted between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing so that there is a gap between the floating sleeve and the rotary shaft, and between the floating sleeve and the bearing housing, wherein the rotation of the floating sleeve is constrained by the bearing housing during the rotation of the rotary shaft, and one side of the floating sleeve in the circumferential direction is open in the radial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing comprising:
a bearing housing mounted on an outer diameter surface of a rotary shaft via a floating sleeve,
wherein the floating sleeve is mounted between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing such that a first gap is formed between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, and rotation of the floating sleeve is constrained by the bearing housing during the rotation of the rotary shaft, and
wherein the floating sleeve includes two opposed circumferential ends that define an opening in the floating sleeve; and

a squeeze film damper provided in a second gap between the bearing housing and the floating sleeve, wherein the squeeze film damper is provided as a fluid lubricating layer having at least one layer.

2. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing of claim 1 , 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
at least one guide groove formed on an inner diameter surface of the housing body and extending in a depth direction from the inner diameter surface of the housing body, and variably coming into contact with an outer side of the floating sleeve according to a rotational direction of the rotary shaft.

3. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing of claim 2 , wherein the floating sleeve further 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, wherein the opening is formed to communicate between an inside and an outside of the sleeve body in a radial direction; and
at least one protrusion formed on the outer diameter surface of the sleeve body, protruding radially outward from the outer diameter surface of the sleeve body, and accommodated in the at least one guide groove.

4. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing of claim 3 , wherein an inner surface of the at least one guide groove and an outer surface of the at least one protrusion have a clearance therebetween, and the at least one protrusion has a relative position changed within the at least one guide groove according to the rotational direction of the rotary shaft.

5. A floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing comprising:
a bearing housing mounted on an outer diameter surface of a rotary shaft via a floating sleeve,
wherein the floating sleeve is mounted between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing such that a first gap is formed between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, and rotation of the floating sleeve is constrained by the bearing housing during the rotation of the rotary shaft, and
wherein the floating sleeve includes two opposed circumferential ends that define an opening in the floating sleeve,

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
at least one guide groove formed on an inner diameter surface of the housing body and extending in a depth direction from the inner diameter surface of the housing body, and variably coming into contact with an outer side of the floating sleeve according to a rotational direction of the rotary shaft,

wherein the floating sleeve further 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, wherein the opening is formed to communicate between an inside and an outside of the sleeve body in a radial direction; and
at least one protrusion formed on the outer diameter surface of the sleeve body, protruding radially outward from the outer diameter surface of the sleeve body, and accommodated in the at least one guide groove, and

wherein the floating sleeve further includes:
a pocket formed in the depth direction, at a position corresponding to the at least one protrusion, in an inner diameter surface of the sleeve body;
a fitting mount hole provided on one side in the axial direction of the at least one protrusion, and mounted therein with a fitting for connection with an external fluid supply device;
a flow path formed inside the sleeve body and the at least one protrusion 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 floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing of claim 5 , wherein the orifice is perpendicular or inclined with respect to the rotary shaft.

7. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing of claim 5 , further comprising a compliant spring damper, wherein the compliant spring damper is provided in a second gap between the bearing housing and the floating sleeve, and provided as a bump foil having at least one ply.

8. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing claim 7 , wherein the compliant spring damper includes foil a plurality of gap control foils provided along a longitudinal direction of the bump foil on both sides of the second gap between the bearing housing and the floating sleeve, and wherein the gap control foil plurality of gap control foils surrounds surround the bump foil in the longitudinal direction.

9. The floating-sleeve hybrid fluid bearing claim 8 , wherein the bearing housing further includes at least one slot formed on the inner diameter surface of the housing body, in the depth direction from the inner diameter surface of the housing body, and one end of the bump foil or the plurality of gap control foils are inserted thereto.

Assignees

• Iucf Hyu Erica Campus

Inventors

• Ryu Keun
• Jung Hyun Sung

Classifications

• F16C32/0607

  the gas being retained in a gap, e.g. squeeze film bearings · CPC title

• F16C32/0688

  with floating bearing elements · CPC title

• F16C17/18

  with floating brasses or brushing, rotatable at a reduced speed {(F16C17/03, F16C17/06 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F16C32/0633 Primary

  the liquid being retained in a gap · CPC title

• F16C2300/22

  High-speed rotation · CPC title