Patent ID: 7090403
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: F16C,F16J

Abstract:
1. A combination of bearing isolator, shaft and housing comprising: a. said shaft extending through said housing; b. a stator member having a spherical face; c. an annular rotor member having a spherical face, said rotor member rotatively connected to and surrounding said shaft; d. a spherical interface intermeshed between said stator spherical face and said rotor spherical face wherein said stator spherical face and said rotor spherical face have the same center point; e. a passage placed within said stator, said passage connecting the exterior of said stator to said spherical interface; and, f. said stator spherical face and said rotor spherical face moveable at said spherical interface in response to misalignment of said shaft with said housing while said stator is prevented from rotation.