Invention Publication
- Patent Title: FLUID MACHINE
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Application No.: US18242853Application Date: 2023-09-06
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Publication No.: US20240141898A1Publication Date: 2024-05-02
- Inventor: Fumiya SHINODA , Fumihiro Suzuki
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya-shi
- Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
- Current Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya-shi
- Priority: JP 22172468 2022.10.27
- Main IPC: F04C29/04
- IPC: F04C29/04 ; F04C29/02 ; F16C32/06 ; F16C37/00

Abstract:
A fluid machine includes a plurality of fluid dynamic plain bearings supporting a rotating member. The fluid dynamic plain bearings each include: a top foil; a bump foil; and a bearing housing. The top foil has a bearing surface that has one end portion and the other end portion in a circumferential direction of the bearing surface. The top foil has a fixed end and a free end respectively formed at the one end portion and the other end portion. A movement of the free end in an axial direction of the rotating member is regulated by a regulating member. A clearance through which a fluid flows is formed between the fixed end and the free end. The free end has a discharge passage through which a foreign substance contained in the fluid is discharged from the clearance. The discharge passage is formed through the free end.
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