Patent ID: 6439774
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F16C,G11B,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
An air bearing for facilitating rotation about an axis, said bearing comprising:a first member surrounding the axis; a second member also surrounding the axis and having tapered surfaces that are presented toward the first member, one of the members having sections which abut at a separating surface such that they can be fitted together and withdrawn from opposite ends of the other member; and a liner attached to the first member and having tapered surfaces that substantially conform to and substantially replicate the tapered surfaces of the second member, but are spaced slightly from the tapered surfaces of the second member so that an air gap exists between the tapered surfaces of the second member and the tapered surfaces of the liner, the liner being substantially thicker than the air gap and having been installed on the first member while in a fluent condition and thereafter having solidified.