Patent ID: 8979471
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: F04D,F16C

Abstract:
1. A bearing assembly for a pump, said bearing assembly comprising: a bearing housing configured to support at least one bearing therein, said bearing housing comprising a connection that is configured to form fluid communication between a lubricant supply and said at least one bearing; and a bearing carrier disposed between said at least one bearing and said bearing housing and rotatably engageable therewith such that selective small-scale rotational adjustment may be made between said bearing carrier and said bearing housing during periods of pump inoperability, while during periods of normal pump operation, said bearing carrier and said bearing housing are in a substantially fixed rotational relationship relative to one another, said bearing carrier defining a channel with a plurality of lubricant passages formed therein such that a lubricant delivered through said connection is placed in fluid communication with said at least one bearing through said channel and at least one of said plurality of lubricant passages irrespective of a relative rotational alignment between said bearing housing and said bearing carrier.