US 12,146,527 B2
Bearing pad and bearing device
Yuki Kameyama, Tokyo (JP); Takuzo Shigihara, Tokyo (JP); and Chihiro Yoshimine, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/034,791
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/038683
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/113576, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-195800 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407917 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16C 17/03 (2006.01); F16C 32/06 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01); F16C 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/108 (2013.01) [F16C 17/03 (2013.01); F16C 32/0666 (2013.01); F16C 33/1045 (2013.01); F16C 37/002 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing pad that supports a rotating shaft rotating about an axis, comprising:
a pad body having a hollow portion formed therein, at least one lubricating oil supply path for supplying a lubricating oil to the hollow portion, and a lubricating oil discharge path for discharging the lubricating oil to an outside from the hollow portion; and
a support structure that is packed into the hollow portion and radially connects inner wall surfaces forming the hollow portion while including a space, wherein
the hollow portion is formed in a region shifted to a forward side in a rotation direction of the rotating shaft in the pad body.