Patent ID: 8657501

Claim:
A bearing device, comprising: a ring having at least one retaining head; at least one pad disposed inside the ring and having a bottom recess portion configured to receive the at least one retaining head; an oil distribution mechanism configured to inject oil at a leading edge of the at least one pad to flow towards a trailing edge of the at least one pad; an oil redistribution mechanism on the at least one pad configured to redistribute the oil from the trailing edge of the at least one pad to the leading edge of the at least one pad; at least one input channel formed through a surface of the at least one pad, closer to the trailing edge than to the leading edge; at least one output channel formed through the surface of the at least one pad, closer to the leading edge than to the trailing edge, and a conduit configured to connect the at least one input channel to the at least one output channel, the conduit being formed entirely under the surface of the at least one pad; wherein the leading edge is a first edge and the trailing edge is a second edge of the at least one pad encountered when traveling along a circumference of the ring in a direction of rotation of a rotor supported by the at least one pad.