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A resilient, compliant, hydrodynamic fluid film bearing, for positioning between a stationary member and the bearing surface of a rotor, includes a bearing module formed as a unitary one-piece article having a resilient support section and a bearing surface section which overlaps its own resilient s

A resilient, compliant, hydrodynamic fluid film bearing, for positioning between a stationary member and the bearing surface of a rotor, includes a bearing module formed as a unitary one-piece article having a resilient support section and a bearing surface section which overlaps its own resilient support section, or that of the next adjacent module, to provide a low cost bearing which is easy, fast and economical to manufacture and assemble.

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A compliant hydrodynamic fluid film journal bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating rotor within a bearing sleeve, comprising: at least one bearing module having a resilient supporting section and a bearing sheet attached adjacent one end of said supporting section, and extending forwardly there

A compliant hydrodynamic fluid film journal bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating rotor within a bearing sleeve, comprising: at least one bearing module having a resilient supporting section and a bearing sheet attached adjacent one end of said supporting section, and extending forwardly therefrom over the adjacent free end of the adjacent underlying supporting section, overlapping and overlying and supported by said adjacent supporting section, and terminating in a free end which overlies the area of the junction of said underlying, overlapped supporting section and its attached bearing sheet, said supporting section having a length substantially equal to an integer fraction of the inner circumference of said sleeve, the denominator of said fraction being equal to the number of modules, and said bearing sheet having a length approximately equal to the length of said supporting section, and overlapping only one resilient support section and overlapping said one resilient support section only once; said resilient section including a plurality of raised resilient elevations which are more compliant than the fluid film.