Polycrystalline diamond bearings for rotating machinery with compliance

Methods and apparatus for providing compliance in bearings of rotating machinery are provided. The rotating machinery may include a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. Compliant bearing assemblies may interface engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including p...

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Hauptverfasser:	Prevost, Gregory, Miess, David P, King, William W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEARINGS BLASTING ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FLEXIBLE SHAFTS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS SHAFTS THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and apparatus for providing compliance in bearings of rotating machinery are provided. The rotating machinery may include a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. Compliant bearing assemblies may interface engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including polycrystalline diamond bearing elements, each with an engagement surface, and an opposing engagement surface of a metal that contains diamond solvent-catalyst.