IP Library Granted Patent US 10,274,010
Granted Patent B2
US 10,274,010 · App. 15/513,839 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Journal bearing

Inventors: Koji Kawashima (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Kingetsu (Tokyo, JP); Taishi Hamasaki (Tokyo, JP); Hidenori Nagahama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
F16C33/1045F16C17/022F16C17/03
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Patent No.
US 10,274,010
App. No.
15/513,839
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A journal bearing, in which a lower half carrier ring is disposed on the outer peripheral side of a horizontally installed rotating shaft, and an upstream side pad and a downstream side pad are disposed on the inner side of the lower half carrier ring, includes an upstream side oil supply portion and downstream side oil supply portion which supply lubricant oil to the upstream side pad and downstream side pad, the bearing being characterized in that the supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from downstream side oil supply nozzles of the downstream side oil supply portion is adjusted so as to be less than the supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from upstream side oil supply nozzles of the upstream side oil supply portion.

Claims (31)

1. A journal bearing comprising:

a carrier ring having an upper half carrier ring and lower half carrier ring disposed on an outer peripheral side of a horizontally installed rotatable shaft;

a first pad disposed on an inner side of the lower half carrier ring and a second pad disposed on a downstream side of the first pad;

a first oil supply portion including at least one first oil supply nozzle which supplies lubricant oil between the rotatable shaft and the first pad and a second oil supply portion including at least one second oil supply nozzle which supplies lubricant oil between the rotatable shaft and the second pad, wherein

a diameter of discharge holes opened in the at least one second oil supply nozzle is smaller than a diameter of discharge holes opened in the at least one first oil supply nozzle so that a supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the second oil supply portion is less than a supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the first oil supply portion.

2. The journal bearing according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one first oil supply nozzle is two first oil supply nozzles that are provided in two mutually separate places, and

the at least one second oil supply nozzle is two second oil supply nozzles that are provided in two mutually separate places.

3. The journal bearing according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one first oil supply nozzle is one first oil supply nozzle that is provided in one place, and

the at least one second oil supply nozzle is one second oil supply nozzle that is provided in one place.

4. The journal bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the journal bearing is used in a rotatable electric machine.

5. A journal bearing comprising:

a carrier ring having an upper half carrier ring and lower half carrier ring disposed on an outer peripheral side of a horizontally installed rotatable shaft;

a first pad disposed on an inner side of the lower half carrier ring and a second pad disposed on a downstream side of the first pad;

a first oil supply portion including at least one first oil supply nozzle which supplies lubricant oil between the rotatable shaft and the first pad and a second oil supply portion including at least one second oil supply nozzle which supplies lubricant oil between the rotatable shaft and the second pad, wherein

a number of discharge holes opened in the at least one second oil supply nozzle is smaller than a number of discharge holes opened in the at least one first oil supply nozzle so that a supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the second oil supply portion is less than a supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the first oil supply portion.

6. The journal bearing according to claim 5 , wherein

the at least one first oil supply nozzle is one first oil supply nozzle that is provided in one place, and

the at least one second oil supply nozzle is one second oil supply nozzle that is provided in one place.

7. A journal bearing according to claim 5 , wherein

the at least one first oil supply nozzle is two first oil supply nozzles that are provided in two mutually separate places, and

the at least one second oil supply nozzle is two second oil supply nozzles that are provided in two mutually separate places.

8. A journal bearing comprising:

a carrier ring having an upper half carrier ring and lower half carrier ring disposed on an outer peripheral side of a horizontally installed rotatable shaft;

a first pad disposed on an inner side of the lower half carrier ring and a second pad disposed on a downstream side of the first pad;

a first oil supply portion including at least two first oil supply nozzles which supplies lubricant oil between the rotatable shaft and the first pad and a second oil supply portion including at least one second oil supply nozzle which supplies lubricant oil between the rotatable shaft and the second pad, wherein

a number of the at least one second oil supply nozzle is smaller than a number of the at least two first oil supply nozzles so that a supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the second oil supply portion is less than a supply quantity of lubricant oil supplied from the first oil supply portion.

9. The journal bearing according to claim 8 , wherein

the at least one first oil supply nozzle is three first oil supply nozzles that are provided in three mutually separate places, and

the at least one second oil supply nozzle is two second oil supply nozzles that are provided in two mutually separate places.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 27, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI GENERATOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069458/0241 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2017
From: KAWASHIMA, KOJI; KINGETSU, SHINGO; HAMASAKI, TAISHI; NAGAHAMA, HIDENORI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041707/0430 →
Continuity (1)
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