Patent ID: 9494188
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F16C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A compliant fluid-film riding taper bearing comprising: a rotating monotonous tapering rotor configured for disposition on a shaft and having an axis of revolution and an external surface, a stationary toroidal stator having a longitudinal axis and an internal surface configured for coaxial and conformal disposition relative to the rotating external surface, and shallow grooves, disposed on a surface adjacent a fluid-filled interspace, configured to create biasing fluid forces in the interspace which separates the external surface from the internal surface, wherein the stator is a non-rigid body appropriately supported by at least one pliant support element configured to allow the stator to twist thereabout to respond to a distribution of biasing fluid forces and to permit elastic and resilient matching adaptation thereof conformal to deformation of the rotor, where the taper bearing is configured for the shaft to protrude therethrough and away thereout.