PAD TYPE HYDRODYNAMIC THRUST BEARINGS HAVING A MODULAR CONSTRUCTION - Patent 0617763

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EP 0 617 763 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.10.1994 Bulletin 1994/40

(21)	Application number: 93921643.0

(22)	Date of filing: 16.09.1993

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F16C 17/ 03^{( . )}

F16C 17/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1993/008781

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1994/007043 (31.03.1994 Gazette 1994/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

23.09.1992 US 19920949225

(71)	Applicant: IDE, Russell, D.
	Exeter, RI 02822 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	IDE, Russell, D. Exeter, RI 02822 (US)

(74)	Representative: Boydell, John Christopher, et al
	Stevens, Hewlett & Perkins 1 Serjeants' Inn Fleet Street London EC4Y 1LL London EC4Y 1LL (GB)

(54)	PAD TYPE HYDRODYNAMIC THRUST BEARINGS HAVING A MODULAR CONSTRUCTION