| 发明名称 | Bearing assembly | ||
| 摘要 | A bearing assembly that includes a substantially circular bearing race with a raceway on one of its radially inner or outer surfaces and a plurality of spherical bearing elements disposed around the raceway, and wherein the bearing race is configured to, in use, bias the bearing elements towards a bearing region of a shaft. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8858087(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2014.10.14 |
| 申请号 | US201313741704 | 申请日期 | 2013.01.15 |
| 申请人 | Rolls-Royce PLC | 发明人 | Gibbons John Leslie |
| 分类号 | F16C33/62;F02C7/06;F16C25/06 | 主分类号 | F16C33/62 |
| 代理机构 | Oliff PLC | 代理人 | Oliff PLC |
| 主权项 | 1. A bearing assembly comprising: a substantially circular bearing race with a raceway on its radially inner surface; a plurality of spherical bearing elements disposed around the raceway; the bearing race being configured to, in use, bias the bearing elements towards a bearing region of a shaft with sufficient load to maintain contact between the bearing elements and the shaft throughout a predetermined range of operational conditions, the bearing region of the shaft being provided as a ceramic ring radially adjacent and in contact with each bearing element, and the ceramic ring being disposed in a recess provided in the shaft. | ||
| 地址 | London GB | ||