US 12,352,316 B2
Bearing assembly for a pump and a pump comprising the bearing assembly
Lukas Chromek, Lutin (CZ); Richard Glyn Horler, Burgess Hill (GB); and Emiliano Lucchetta, Burgess Hill (GB)
Assigned to Edwards S.R.O., Lutin (CZ)
Appl. No. 18/256,333
Filed by Edwards S.R.O., Lutin (CZ)
PCT Filed Dec. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/084606
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/128636, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2019823 (GB), filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035517 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 35/07 (2006.01); F04D 29/056 (2006.01); F16C 19/06 (2006.01); F16C 33/78 (2006.01); F16C 33/80 (2006.01); F16C 35/077 (2006.01); F04D 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 35/077 (2013.01) [F04D 29/056 (2013.01); F16C 33/7869 (2013.01); F16C 33/7886 (2013.01); F16C 33/80 (2013.01); F04D 19/04 (2013.01); F16C 19/06 (2013.01); F16C 2360/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing assembly for mounting a rotatable shaft of a pump, said bearing assembly comprising:
a bearing comprising an outer ring and an inner ring;
a bearing support comprising a metal spring damper configured to support said outer ring of said bearing, said bearing support surrounding at least a portion of an outer surface of said outer ring extending across at least a portion of one end surface of said outer ring;
an outer surface of said inner ring comprising a recess; and
a shield formed by the metal spring damper having an inner axially extending surface and a radially extending surface, the radially extending surface extending from the inner axially extending surface toward the outer ring to thereby obscure at least a portion of an annular gap between said inner and outer ring; wherein
at least a part of the radially extending surface and at least a part of the inner axially extending surface are positioned within the recess of the inner ring and face the inner ring.