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A film squeeze damper for a thrust bearing includes a plurality of curved beam segments each having a fluid chamber adjacent the support housing and mounted end to end to surround the thrust bearing. Side mounted nibs transmit the thrust load from a radial dependent member of the outer race to the s

A film squeeze damper for a thrust bearing includes a plurality of curved beam segments each having a fluid chamber adjacent the support housing and mounted end to end to surround the thrust bearing. Side mounted nibs transmit the thrust load from a radial dependent member of the outer race to the support housing through each segment. This permits unrestrained radial damping of vibratory energy occasioned by the unbalance in the supported shaft. A mechanical stop is provided by the design to limit radial deflection of the segment during a high rotor unbalance.

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For a thrust bearing rotatably supporting a shaft having a plurality of spherical balls sandwiched between an inner race and an outer race, a fluid damper comprising a plurality of curved beam segments mounted end to end encapsulating said thrust bearing and each segment having an outer diameter sur

For a thrust bearing rotatably supporting a shaft having a plurality of spherical balls sandwiched between an inner race and an outer race, a fluid damper comprising a plurality of curved beam segments mounted end to end encapsulating said thrust bearing and each segment having an outer diameter surface disposed adjacent a complementary surface formed on the housing supporting said thrust bearing and an inner diameter surface disposed adjacent said outer race and complementing the outer diameter surface of said outer race, the outer race having a radially outward depending member juxtaposed to the front side face of each of said segments, each segment having at least one nib extending axially from said front side face to bear against said radially outward depending member and another nib on the rear side face of each of said segments to bear against said housing, and a fluid filled chamber formed on said outer diameter surface of each of said segments for defining the fluid damper for absorbing the energy created by shaft unbalance whereby the thrust loads transmitted by said thrust bearing passes through said outer race to said housing through said nibs.