US 12,281,657 B2
Apparatus to reduce bearing failure
Adam Joseph Wangler, Evendale, OH (US); Bugra H. Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US); and Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,690.
Claims priority of application No. 202211073553 (IN), filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200564 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. F04D 29/057 (2006.01); F04D 29/66 (2006.01); F04D 17/10 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/057 (2013.01) [F04D 29/668 (2013.01); F04D 17/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pump system comprising:
a shaft connected to an impeller of the pump system; and
a bearing to provide a dampening to the shaft, the bearing including:
a journal lining, the journal lining supported in the pump system;
a spring-loaded foil to separate the shaft from the journal lining;
an inner lining between the shaft and the spring-loaded foil; and
a deformation limiter located between the spring-loaded foil and the journal lining.