Bearing assembly and adjustment screw for adjusting the bearing clearance

US11346396B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RENK GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Rohrmann · Binder, DE
• Lutz Winter · Laatzen, DE
• Peter Decker · Marl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2019
• Grant date: May 31, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/72
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing assembly for supporting a rotor in a fixed housing includes multiple slide bearing segments, each having a slide bearing body supported against a sliding surface. In the region of each slide bearing segment, the bearing clearance between the respective slide bearing body and the sliding surface is adjustable by an adjustment screw, each adjustment screw having an outer thread via which the screw can be screwed into a recess having an inner thread, each adjustment screw having a groove delimited on both sides by adjustment screw sections. A clamping screw extends through the adjustment screw sections and also through the groove, the adjustment screw sections can be clamped by the clamping screw, whereby each adjustment screw can be secured in the respective recess.