Patent ID: 9611886
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: F16C

Claim:
1. A tilting pad bearing comprising: a bearing housing; a plurality of pads in the bearing housing and which are arranged to be pivotable with respect to the bearing housing; an oil channel which is formed in each of the pads to cool down at least a rear end part of the pad; a first nozzle which is formed in each of the pads, which connects with the oil channel, which is open on a rear end surface of the pad and which supplies a flow of discharging oil to a sliding surface of a next pad at a downstream side; and a second nozzle which is formed in at least one of the pads, which connects with the oil channel, which is open on a rear edge part of a sliding surface of the pad and which promotes the flow of discharging oil sideways from the rear edge part of the sliding surface of the pad.