Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tri-lobe bearing for a gearbox
- Patent Title (中): 用于齿轮箱的三叶轴承
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Application No.: US14325179Application Date: 2014-07-07
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Publication No.: US09562602B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Edward William Sieveking , Yuanhong Guan
- Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Main IPC: F16H1/34
- IPC: F16H1/34 ; F16H57/00 ; F16C17/02 ; F16H57/08 ; F16C33/10 ; F16C3/02 ; F16H1/28

Abstract:
A bearing for a gearbox, the bearing having a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body defines a hollow interior chamber. The cylindrical body has a gear supporting section. The gear supporting section has a cross-section formed by three lobes equally distributed around a circumference of the cylindrical body. Each of the lobes has a land portion having a first radius over at least 20% of the lobe. Each lobe also has a tapered portion that gradually slopes from the first radius of the land portion to a reduced radius region that is smaller than the first radius. The tapered portion is formed over less than 80% of each lobe. Each lobe also has an opening formed in the reduced radius region and a flow passage fluidly connecting the hollow interior of the cylindrical body with the opening formed in the reduced radius region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160003341A1 TRI-LOBE BEARING FOR A GEARBOX Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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