Patent ID: 8926188
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A bearing mount assembly for mounting a rolling element bearing relative to a support structure, the bearing rotatably supporting a rotating element, the rotating element defining a rotating axis, the bearing mount assembly comprising: a bearing mount, said bearing mount comprising: wherein when an off axis moment is applied to the bearing mount assembly so as to displace said bearing mount from a first position to a second position in a direction aligned with said at least one lateral surface, said at least one force translating element translates a shear component of said off axis moment to said at least one shear force absorber, said at least one shear force absorber absorbing said shear component of said off axis moment and acting to restore said bearing mount to said first position, wherein said force translating element comprises a projecting flange, said at least one shear force absorber being mounted between said projecting flange and the support structure and wherein said projecting flange is a spherical projecting flange or a conical projecting flange.