| 摘要 |
<p>A carrier member (50) having formed therein an annular slot (4, 66), receives a plurality of bearing members, which may be thrust pads (10) or guide members (60), within said slot (4, 66). Each bearing member (10, 60) has a radially outer surface (16, 72) and an opposed radially inner surface (18, 74), two spaced regions (20, 22 or 76, 78) of said radially outer surface (16, 72) making bearing contact with the associated radially outer sidewall (8, 70) of the annular slot (4, 66), and a region (24, 80) of said radially inner surface (16, 72) of the bearing member (10, 60) making bearing contact with the associated radially inner sidewall (6, 68) of the annular slot (4, 66). Said bearing contacts prevent, for each bearing member (10, 60) relative to the carrier member (50), both radial movement and rotational movement about an axis through the bearing members (10, 60), and are such that the bearing members (10, 60) are capable of being fitted into slots (4, 66) within a wide range of curvatures. </p> |
