This propulsion unit for an aquatic vehicle consists of a mobile casing mounted in a pivot connection in relation to a hull element of the aquatic vehicle, a drive shaft of a propeller, said shaft being mounted rotatably within the mobile casing by means of at least one bearing consisting of a closed space adapted to be filled with a hydraulic fluid, an electrical machine being adapted to drive the rotary drive shaft in relation to the mobile casing, where the propulsion unit further consists of a module for conditioning the hydraulic fluid contained in the closed space of the bearing. The propulsion unit also consists of a control device to control the conditioning, the control device consisting of a temperature sensor and capable of activating the conditioning of the hydraulic fluid contained in the closed space according to the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.

A seal assembly for sealing a shaft bearing includes a seal housing, first and second seal rings retained by the seal housing, an annular chamber formed between the first and second seal rings and a connecting channel configured to place the annular chamber in fluid communication with a bearing-housing-side oil space. When the seal assembly is installed on a shaft, the connecting channel is configured to permit a fill-level equalization between the oil space and the annular chamber when the oil space is filled to a first possible fill level (N.sub.1) and to prevent the fill-level equalization between oil space and annular chamber when the oil space is filled to a second possible fill level (N.sub.2).

A bearing housing assembly featuring a bearing housing having a bearing housing wall portion with a bearing assembly chamber for receiving a bearing assembly and a shaft to be rotated, an oil sump for receiving and containing oil for lubricating the bearing assembly when the shaft is rotated, an oil path channel formed as an oil path for receiving dirty oil from the bearing assembly chamber for traveling down the oil path, and a filter assembly wall portion forming a filter assembly cavity coupled fluidically between the oil sump and the oil path channel; and a filter assembly arranged in the filter assembly cavity, to couple to the filter assembly wall portion, receive the dirty oil traveling down the oil path, filter the dirty oil and provide filtered oil to the oil sump, so the filtered oil can be recirculated to lubricate the bearing assembly when the shaft is rotated.

The invention concerns a device (1) for hoop reinforcing of restrictors inside at least two hydraulic supply standby systems of a journal bearing. Said device is remarkable in that it comprises: a frame (2) for receiving said hearing, a syringe (3) for introducing said restrictors and a torque pick-off spindle (4), and in that said frame (2) comprises: a cradle (21), a guide plate (23) pierced with two guide openings (231), inclined at the same angle as those of said backup systems of the bearing, so as to be located in the extension of same when the bearing is in the frame, said guide openings (231) being shaped to receive said syringe (3) or said torque pick-off spindle (4).

A pump bearing member is disclosed for use in a pump bearing assembly and a gear pump assembly.

A lubricating system for a bearing includes a lubricant supplying system having a first pumping device configured to introduce a first quantity of lubricant into the bearing, a lubricant disposal system including a second pumping device configured to remove a second quantity of lubricant from the bearing, and a controlling device configured to activate the first pumping device and the second pumping device interdependently with each other.

A lubricating oil passage portion that constitutes a cooling portion is exposed to the outside from a casing. Lubricating oil having absorbed heat of a thrust bearing portion and a journal bearing portion is cooled in the cooling portion, when the lubricating oil moves from an upper oil chamber to a lower oil chamber while circulating by use of gravity. Thus, the circulating lubricating oil prompts cooling of the heated thrust bearing portion and journal bearing portion. Additionally, the lubricating oil passage portion of the cooling portion is provided integrally with the casing, on the radially outer side of the casing. For this reason, the cooling portion does not require long piping.

A cooling portion has an air inlet into which cooling air flows and is positioned in a preset range. When a distance from the upper to lower ends of an oil chamber in the axial direction of a rotating shaft member is h, and the shortest distance between an outer peripheral face of a casing and an inner peripheral face of a cover is a, the preset range is set in the following manner. Specifically, the preset range is set between h upward and 5/4h downward relative to the upper end of the oil chamber as a reference point, in the axial direction of the rotating shaft member. Additionally, the preset range is set between the outer peripheral face of the casing and relative to the outer peripheral face of the casing as a reference point, in the radial direction of the rotating shaft member.

A rotary drill bit includes a plurality of rotating cones each including a plurality of cutting tips, and a plurality of legs on which the plurality of cones are respectively supported. Each leg includes a journal area configured to rotatably support the respective cone, a primary conduit extending internally within the leg and configured to receive air from an air compressor, a first journal conduit downstream from the primary conduit and extending to a first air orifice of the journal area, and at least one second journal conduit downstream from the primary conduit and extending to at least one corresponding second air orifice of the journal area. A ratio of a cross-sectional diameter of the first journal conduit to a cross-sectional diameter of at least one of the second journal conduits is in a range of about 1 to about 1.4.

A pressure inside a chamber in which a bearing is arranged is reduced. Thus, a pressure inside an oil tank and the pressure inside the chamber are made lower than atmospheric pressure, and are placed in a minimal or no pressure difference condition. Next, a lubricating oil is supplied from the oil tank into the chamber through power of a liquid transfer pump. The lubricating oil is thus injected into the bearing inside the chamber. Thus, the lubricating oil can be supplied from the oil tank into the chamber while maintaining the pressure at substantially the same level lower than that of the atmospheric pressure. Accordingly, gas can be prevented from dissolving into the lubricating oil which has once been deaerated by a pressure reduction inside the oil tank. In addition, because a driving force of the liquid transfer pump is used for supply of the lubricating oil, it is easy to control the amount of the lubricating oil to be supplied.