Patent ID: 11965545
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 8:
9. A foil bearing including:
a bearing bushing
at least one foil which is arranged and fixed inside the beating bushing,
wherein the bearing bushing has at least three depressions made in an inner lateral surface of the bearing bushing, into which depressions two opposite circumferential end sections of the at least one foil engage,
wherein the at least three depressions are arranged offset with respect to one another in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the bearing bushing,
wherein the at least three depressions include a first depression, a second depression and a third depression, wherein, in a first circumferential position, the first depression is provided, and, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bearing bushing, the second depression is provided, said second depression being offset with respect to the first depression, and wherein, in a second circumferential position, the third depression is provided, the third depression being offset with respect to the first and second depressions in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bearing bushing.