Patent ID: 8047548
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: F16C,F16J

Abstract:
1. A bearing protector for use with a bearing between a rotary shaft and a stator housing, said stator housing accommodating angular misalignment between said rotary shaft and said stator housing about a pivot point at which a centerline of the bearing coincides with a centerline of said rotary shaft, said bearing protector comprising: a first stator locatable into said stator housing; and, a second stator radially and axially seated on said first stator and mounted for angular rotation relative thereto about said pivot point, said first stator and said second stator being adjustable relative to one another for providing adjustment to misalignment with an interface between said first stator and said second stator coinciding on an extrapolated curved arc of an innermost profile of an outer face of the bearing, so that the interface between said first stator and said second stator forms an arc having a radius that is substantially similar to an arc radius of the bearing.