Patent · US Expired

Liquid metal plain bearing

US5654999A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

3References

5Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Edwin Gemmel · Erlangen, DE
Bernhard Hiller · San Jose, US
Roland Koeppel · Erlangen, DE
Wolfgang Kuehnel · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 1996
Grant date	Aug 5, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J2235/1086
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A liquid metal plain bearing has a rotating and a stationary bearing part between which a bearing gap filled with liquid metal is located. The rotating bearing part has in relation at least one ring groove arranged to the bearing gap so that liquid metal possibly emerging from the bearing becomes located in the ring groove during the operation of the bearing and is held in the ring groove by the effect of centrifugal force.

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