Pad bearing and rotary machine
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Feb 2, 2021
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Sep 12, 2019
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Mar 5, 2019
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Mar 9, 2018
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Abstract
A pad bearing includes a pad disposed on a radially outer side of a rotary shaft and supporting the rotary shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis, a block-shaped nozzle member disposed on an upstream side with respect to the pad on the radially outer side of the rotary shaft and including a discharge hole for discharging a lubricant toward an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, and a compressed flow forming unit disposed in at least one of the pad and the nozzle member and configured to compress a flow of the lubricant flowing along the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft as the rotary shaft rotates.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD | CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1008332 |
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- 2019 Application Filing Year
- F16N Class
- 154 Applications Filed
- 100 Patents Issued To-Date
- 64.94 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Isayama, Shuichi | Tokyo, JP | 19 | 88 |
# of filed Patents : 19 Total Citations : 88 | |||
Konishi, Eiji | Tokyo, JP | 8 | 14 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 14 | |||
Nishioka, Tadasuke | Tokyo, JP | 15 | 94 |
# of filed Patents : 15 Total Citations : 94 | |||
Yokoyama, Shimpei | Tokyo, JP | 13 | 8 |
# of filed Patents : 13 Total Citations : 8 | |||
Yoshimine, Chihiro | Tokyo, JP | 12 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 12 Total Citations : 10 |
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- 1 Citation Count
- F16N Class
- 78.21 % this patent is cited more than
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