Patent ID: 9033579
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A thrust foil bearing comprising: a thrust member; and a foil member mounted to an end surface of the thrust member and having a thrust bearing surface that forms a thrust bearing gap, wherein the foil member comprises a plurality of foils, each of the plurality of foils integrally comprising a plurality of leaves and a coupling portion for coupling the plurality of leaves to each other, wherein each of the plurality of leaves comprises a free end on one side in a circumferential direction, and the thrust bearing surface, wherein each of the plurality of foils has slits formed therein to form the plurality of leaves and the coupling portion, and wherein the plurality of leaves of one of the plurality of foils are inserted through the slits of another of the plurality of foils so as to arrange the plurality of leaves of the one of the plurality of foils and the plurality of leaves of the another of the plurality of foils alternately to each other in the circumferential direction.