FLEXURE PIVOT TILTING PAD JOURNAL BEARING FOR USE IN A TURBOCHARGER

摘要

A turbo supercharger is disclosed that includes a rotatable shaft 14 that passes through a bearing housing 12 and a bend for supporting a shaft 14 that is rotatable within the bearing housing 12, And a journal bearing 30 having a pivot tilting pad 40. The bending pivot tilting pad 40 may have an oil feed hole 50 passing through each pad 40 to induce lubrication on each pad surface 44. The journal bearing 30 preferably has a circumferential groove 52 in the outer surface of the bearing which is aligned with the oil feed hole 50 to aid in the supply of oil to the oil feed hole 50 .