A foil journal bearing having straight foils useful for providing support for high speed rotors and a process for fabricating said bearing

摘要

A foil journal bearing having straight foil useful for providing support for a high speed rotor and a process for manufacturing the foil journal bearing, said foil journal bearing comprising an outer holder (1) enclosing an inner holder (2), the inner holder (2) being provided with a plurality of slots for straight flexible foils (3) one end of which being fixed in the corresponding slot of the inner holder, the other end being left free so as to support the rotor of a machine when the bearing is fixed to the machine.