Wear resistant foil bearing assembly

A foil bearing assembly for supporting a rotating member that rotates about an axis including a stationary mount member spaced from the rotating member so that a gap is defined between the stationary mount member and the rotating member. A foil member is disposed in the gap between the rotating memb...

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Main Authors Adams, Robbie J, Giesler, William L, Takeuchi, Don, Passman, Eric
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.11.2010
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Summary:A foil bearing assembly for supporting a rotating member that rotates about an axis including a stationary mount member spaced from the rotating member so that a gap is defined between the stationary mount member and the rotating member. A foil member is disposed in the gap between the rotating member and the stationary mount member. At least one of the rotating member, the stationary mount member or the foil member includes a wear resistant coating layer.