Patent ID: 7915775

Claim:
A submersible motor for the drive of a submersible pump comprising a rotor ( 6 , 10 ) mounted in a motor housing ( 2 ) via a thrust bearing ( 16 ), the thrust bearing ( 16 ) comprising a stationary bearing ring ( 34 ) on whose first axial side a thrust bearing surface is situated and whose opposite second axial side ( 40 ) has a spherical curvature, wherein the second axial side of the bearing ring ( 34 ) bears on a correspondingly spherically curved, annular abutment surface ( 42 ) of a bearing carrier ( 44 ), and wherein several bearing pads ( 36 ) are attached on the bearing ring ( 34 ) on the first axial side and form the thrust bearing surface, the bearing pads ( 36 ) being axially distanced to the bearing ring ( 34 ) and connected to the bearing ring ( 34 ) via connection columns ( 38 ).