A stabilizing arrangement for a rotating shaft including a shaft being arranged substantially vertically in a machine so as to rotate during machine operation, first pressure delivery system for delivering a fluid pressure, in particular of a fluid circulating inside the machine, at a first location of the machine. First location is close to the shaft and part of first pressure delivery system is arranged at first location so as to exert a lateral pulling or pushing action on the shaft.

An auxiliary turbomachinery shaft-support system including a first assembly configured to axially support the shaft, the first assembly including a rotating disc having a part shaped to be torsionally coupled to the shaft, and a stator including at least one pad including at least one elastic component coupled with the pads and urging it in the direction of a disc sliding surface.

A rotary machine is provided with: a bearing that supports a rotary shaft of an impeller; a bearing support part that supports an outer circumference of the bearing; a key groove that is formed in the bearing and the bearing support part and extends along a rotary shaft line direction of the rotary shaft; and a key member that is inserted into the key groove. The bearing support part is provided with an outer regulating part that can contact one end part of the key member inside the key groove. An outer ring of the bearing is provided with an inner regulating part that can contact another end part of the key member inside the key groove. A distance between the outer regulating part and the inner regulating part is longer than a length of the key member in the rotary shaft line direction.

A supercharger transmission case that includes both small and large impeller shaft bearing bores in a single component to avoid potential misalignment, and to allow the bores to be machined during the same machining setup by the same tool. The supercharger transmission case may be fabricated of low thermal expansion material, such as a hypereutectic metal matrix comprising aluminum and silicon, to further reduce thermal expansion of the transmission case and bearings.

A supercharger transmission case that includes both small and large impeller shaft bearing bores in a single component to avoid potential misalignment, and to allow the bores to be machined during the same machining setup by the same tool. The supercharger transmission case may be fabricated of low thermal expansion material, such as a hypereutectic metal matrix comprising aluminum and silicon, to further reduce thermal expansion of the transmission case and bearings.

An electronically-controlled turbocharger (ECT) includes a shaft having a turbine wheel affixed thereto at or adjacent to one end thereof, a retaining feature in the form of a shoulder or a plurality of splines defined radially about the shaft between the turbine wheel and an end of the shaft opposite the one end thereof, a rotor of an electric motor received on the shaft with one end of the rotor facing the turbine wheel configured complementary to and engaging with the retaining feature, and a retaining element affixed to the shaft and abutting the rotor on an end of the rotor opposite the one end thereof.

An electronically-controlled turbocharger (ECT) includes a shaft having a turbine wheel affixed thereto at or adjacent to one end thereof, a retaining feature in the form of a shoulder or a plurality of splines defined radially about the shaft between the turbine wheel and an end of the shaft opposite the one end thereof, a rotor of an electric motor received on the shaft with one end of the rotor facing the turbine wheel configured complementary to and engaging with the retaining feature, and a retaining element affixed to the shaft and abutting the rotor on an end of the rotor opposite the one end thereof.

An example embodiment of an air bearing assembly includes a first member and a shaft with a flange configured to rotate with respect to the first member. The first member has a first coating on at least one first surface facing at least one second surface on the flange or the shaft. The first coating includes tungsten carbide, a nonpolymeric self-lubricating coating, or a combination thereof. At least one of the second surfaces has a second coating on a surface facing the first coating.

A bearing structure includes a through-hole penetrating through in the axial direction of shaft, a bearing holder accommodated in the through-hole, a semi-floating metal bearing accommodated in the bearing holder and supporting the shaft inserted into the inside, and a positioning member being inserted into a radial direction of the shaft for both the bearing holder and the semi-floating metal bearing and regulating movement of the semi-floating metal bearing in the axial direction and in a rotating direction of the shaft relative to the bearing holder. For the bearing holder, a press-fit portion to be press-fitted into the through-hole is formed. A gap is formed between at least one of outer circumferential surfaces of both end parts of the bearing holder in the axial direction and the inner circumferential surface of the through-hole.

A rotary machine includes rotating shaft supported with respect to an end wall of a housing. The rotary machine includes a bearing that is attached to the rotating shaft and rotatably supports the rotating shaft to the housing, a cylindrical holding portion that is provided in the end wall of the housing and extends in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a cylindrical bearing sleeve that is fixed to the holding portion and surrounds the bearing. The bearing sleeve includes a surrounding portion that surrounds the bearing and a protruding portion that protrudes from the surrounding portion toward the end wall. The protruding portion and the holding portion overlap each other in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the bearing sleeve is fixed to the end wall by fitting the protruding portion into the holding portion.