Patent ID: 9581169
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: F04D,F16C

Claim:
1. A gas-dynamic air bearing for radially mounting a shaft, comprising: a plurality of bearing segments arranged in a recess of a housing, which jointly radially enclose the shaft, wherein each bearing segment is held with play on the housing via a respective bolt arranged radially to a predetermined bearing axis, wherein each bearing segment includes an associated stop spring device supported between the housing and the bearing segments, the respective stop spring device resilient to stroke movements of the bearing segment effective radially outwardly relative to the bearing axis, wherein the respective bolts include a head part and a threaded shank, the threaded shank being positioned radially outwards of the head part and adjustably screwed into a corresponding bore of the housing to adjust a minimum spacing of the stop spring device from the bearing axis, wherein a face end of the head part of the bolt on a segment side delimits a spring travel of the stop spring device radially inwardly towards the bearing axis and positions the respective bearing segment with play in at least one of a circumferential direction and a direction of the bearing axis, and wherein a stop with a rounded crown is arranged on the face end of at least one of the respective bolts.