Japan, Feb. 24 -- NTN CORP has got intellectual property rights for 'FOIL BEARING.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2022-016033
Category (FI): F16C27/02@A
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foil bearing capable of increasing a load by forming floating gaps at three places near a tip end of a top foil portion, near an arc portion at an inner diameter end, and an arc portion of an outer diameter end.SOLUTION: A foil bearing is formed with a bearing surface by aligning a plurality of leaves 22 in a circumferential direction. The leaf 22 has a top foil portion 22a forming the bearing surface, and an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end of the leaf 22 are arc portions. By regulating a ratio between ...