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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Magnetic supporting of thrust load for downhole-type artificial lif...
- Patent number 12,046,982
- Issue date Jul 23, 2024
- Upwing Energy, Inc.
- Patrick McMullen
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
Information Patent Grant
Thrust bearing for a rotating machine
- Patent number 11,835,088
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
- Timothy Unton
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Grant
System and method for magnetic bearings
- Patent number 11,781,592
- Issue date Oct 10, 2023
- Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Jeff A. Morgan
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Resonance vibration control method and system
- Patent number 11,674,547
- Issue date Jun 13, 2023
- Rolls-Royce PLC
- Lucia Ciciriello
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Grant
Axial gap generator measurement tool
- Patent number 11,646,631
- Issue date May 9, 2023
- Upwing Energy, Inc.
- Patrick McMullen
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Hybrid magnetic thrust bearing in an electric submersible pump (ESP...
- Patent number 11,512,707
- Issue date Nov 29, 2022
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- David Christopher Beck
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Self-centering auxiliary bearings in a magnetic bearing cartridge
- Patent number 11,480,215
- Issue date Oct 25, 2022
- Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
- Paul W. Snell
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Thrust magnetic bearing and turbo-compressor with same
- Patent number 11,454,279
- Issue date Sep 27, 2022
- Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Shouhei Yamasuso
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Grant
Thrust active magnetic bearing for shaft slow roll control
- Patent number 11,333,196
- Issue date May 17, 2022
- Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Mohamed Osama
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Bearingless hub assembly with electromagnetic drive system and asso...
- Patent number 11,319,991
- Issue date May 3, 2022
- Bernabe Segura Candelaria
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Control device and a method for controlling magnetic levitation and...
- Patent number 11,286,983
- Issue date Mar 29, 2022
- LAPPEENRANNAN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO
- Rafal Jastrzebski
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Magnetic bearing assembly having inner ventilation
- Patent number 11,261,916
- Issue date Mar 1, 2022
- Nuovo Pignone SRL
- Andrea Massini
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Stray flux compensation in a magnetic bearing device
- Patent number 11,215,226
- Issue date Jan 4, 2022
- MECOS AG
- Philipp Bühler
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Magnetic bearing device and fluid machine system using same
- Patent number 11,162,503
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Atsushi Sakawaki
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Gas laser apparatus and magnetic bearing control method
- Patent number 11,162,530
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- Gigaphoton Inc.
- Masaharu Miki
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Bearing structure
- Patent number 11,143,238
- Issue date Oct 12, 2021
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Hidetoshi Taguchi
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method for operating a spinning machine of a rotor spinning machine...
- Patent number 11,028,503
- Issue date Jun 8, 2021
- Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
- Markus Kuebler
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Bearingless hub assembly with electromagnetic drive system and asso...
- Patent number 10,955,000
- Issue date Mar 23, 2021
- Bernabe Segura Candelaria
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Magnetic thrust bearing
- Patent number 10,927,892
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- Carrier Corporation
- Jagadeesh Tangudu
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Magnetic bearing device and fluid mechanical system
- Patent number 10,895,282
- Issue date Jan 19, 2021
- Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Kazuya Hirata
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Compensation windings for magnetic bearings
- Patent number 10,851,834
- Issue date Dec 1, 2020
- Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
- Petri Juhani Maki-Ontto
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Grant
Stator assembly of a magnetic suspension bearing and manufacturing...
- Patent number 10,851,835
- Issue date Dec 1, 2020
- Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai
- Fang Zhang
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Magnetic levitation bearing assembly and compressor
- Patent number 10,767,692
- Issue date Sep 8, 2020
- Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai
- Gao Gong
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Protective structure for magnetic bearing and magnetic bearing asse...
- Patent number 10,746,223
- Issue date Aug 18, 2020
- Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai
- Fang Zhang
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Cooling system for axial magnetic bearing
- Patent number 10,718,382
- Issue date Jul 21, 2020
- Thermodyn SAS
- Denis Guillaume Guenard
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Axial magnetic bearing having a protective device
- Patent number 10,690,184
- Issue date Jun 23, 2020
- GREE GREEN REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
- Fang Zhang
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Method for supporting a spinning rotor and bearing system, spinning...
- Patent number 10,677,289
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- Rieter CZ S.R.O.
- Mathias Burchert
- D01 - NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES SPINNING
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Thrust load support for downhole-type system
- Patent number 10,630,139
- Issue date Apr 21, 2020
- Upwing Energy, LLC
- David Biddick
- E21 - EARTH DRILLING MINING
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Method and apparatus for reducing wear of hydrodynamic bearing
- Patent number 10,626,921
- Issue date Apr 21, 2020
- General Electric Company
- Michael William Gorrilla
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Rotor assembly for an axial magnetic bearing
- Patent number 10,557,500
- Issue date Feb 11, 2020
- LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT
- Janne Heikkinen
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
ROTOR FOR THRUST MAGNETIC BEARING, THRUST MAGNETIC BEARING, AND ROT...
- Publication number 20250035156
- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Hideki FUJIWARA
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
THRUST BEARING FOR A ROTATING MACHINE
- Publication number 20220381182
- Publication date Dec 1, 2022
- Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
- Timothy Unton
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
BEARINGLESS HUB ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSO...
- Publication number 20220282757
- Publication date Sep 8, 2022
- BERNABE SEGURA CANDELARIA
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC THRUST LOAD SUPPORT FOR DOWNHOLE-TYPE SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220006352
- Publication date Jan 6, 2022
- Upwing Energy, LLC
- Patrick McMullen
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
HYBRID MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING IN AN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP...
- Publication number 20210372419
- Publication date Dec 2, 2021
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- David Christopher BECK
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
BEARINGLESS HUB ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSO...
- Publication number 20210301869
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- BERNABE SEGURA CANDELARIA
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
THRUST MAGNETIC BEARING AND TURBO-COMPRESSOR WITH SAME
- Publication number 20210010536
- Publication date Jan 14, 2021
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Shouhei YAMASUSO
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
SELF-CENTERING AUXILIARY BEARINGS IN A MAGNETIC BEARING CARTRIDGE
- Publication number 20200208678
- Publication date Jul 2, 2020
- Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Paul W. Snell
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
STRAY FLUX COMPENSATION IN A MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE
- Publication number 20200158173
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- MECOS AG
- Philipp BÜHLER
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
BEARINGLESS HUB ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSO...
- Publication number 20200149586
- Publication date May 14, 2020
- BERNABE SEGURA CANDELARIA
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
GAS LASER APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC BEARING CONTROL METHOD
- Publication number 20200025247
- Publication date Jan 23, 2020
- Gigaphoton Inc.
- Masaharu MIKI
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
AXIAL GAP GENERATOR MEASUREMENT TOOL
- Publication number 20190368325
- Publication date Dec 5, 2019
- Upwing Energy, LLC
- Patrick McMullen
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
THRUST ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARING FOR SHAFT SLOW ROLL CONTROL
- Publication number 20190301527
- Publication date Oct 3, 2019
- BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Mohamed OSAMA
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR OPERATING A SPINNING MACHINE OF A ROTOR SPINNING MACHINE...
- Publication number 20190257007
- Publication date Aug 22, 2019
- MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG
- Markus Kuebler
- D01 - NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES SPINNING
Information Patent Application
Magnetic Thrust Bearing
- Publication number 20190257355
- Publication date Aug 22, 2019
- Carrier Corporation
- Jagadeesh Tangudu
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE AND FLUID MACHINE SYSTEM USING SAME
- Publication number 20190170151
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Atsushi SAKAWAKI
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
Method And Apparatus For Reducing Wear Of Hydrodynamic Bearing
- Publication number 20190162237
- Publication date May 30, 2019
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Michael William Gorrilla
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
RESONANCE VIBRATION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM
- Publication number 20190128324
- Publication date May 2, 2019
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Lucia CICIRIELLO
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC THRUST LOAD SUPPORT FOR DOWNHOLE-TYPE SYSTEM
- Publication number 20190089221
- Publication date Mar 21, 2019
- Upwing Energy, LLC
- Patrick McMullen
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
AXIAL MAGNETIC BEARING
- Publication number 20190048930
- Publication date Feb 14, 2019
- GREE GREEN REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
- Fang ZHANG
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
A CONTROL DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MAGNETIC LEVITATION A...
- Publication number 20180180095
- Publication date Jun 28, 2018
- LAPPEENRANNAN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO
- Rafal JASTRZEBSKI
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
A ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN AXIAL MAGNETIC BEARING
- Publication number 20180017105
- Publication date Jan 18, 2018
- LAPPEENRANNAN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO
- Janne HEIKKINEN
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
A COOLING SYSTEM FOR AXIAL MAGNETIC BEARING
- Publication number 20170152893
- Publication date Jun 1, 2017
- THERMODYN SAS
- Denis Guillaume GUENARD
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
Rotary machine having magnetic and mechanical bearings
- Publication number 20170102030
- Publication date Apr 13, 2017
- SKF MAGNETIC MECHATRONICS
- Ulrich Schroeder
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
Magnetic Bearing and Centrifugal Compressor
- Publication number 20160298680
- Publication date Oct 13, 2016
- Green Refrigeration Equipment Engineering Research Center of Zhuhai Gree Co.,...
- Hui HUANG
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC BEARING AND ROTARY MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING
- Publication number 20160215817
- Publication date Jul 28, 2016
- Nuovo Pignone Srl
- Luciano MEI
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING INNER VENTILATION
- Publication number 20160108967
- Publication date Apr 21, 2016
- Nuovo Pignone Srl
- Andrea MASSINI
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
Device and Method for Magnetically Axially Supporting a Rotor
- Publication number 20150362015
- Publication date Dec 17, 2015
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN
- Alexander Schulz
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
JACKETED MAGNETIC BEARING AND ROTARY MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING
- Publication number 20150345555
- Publication date Dec 3, 2015
- Nuovo Pignone Srl
- Manuele BIGI
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING, TURBO MACHINE AND METHOD
- Publication number 20150275965
- Publication date Oct 1, 2015
- Nuovo Pignone Srl
- Andrea Masala
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Magnetic supporting of thrust load for downhole-type artificial lif...

Thrust bearing for a rotating machine

System and method for magnetic bearings

Resonance vibration control method and system

Axial gap generator measurement tool

Hybrid magnetic thrust bearing in an electric submersible pump (ESP...

Self-centering auxiliary bearings in a magnetic bearing cartridge

Thrust magnetic bearing and turbo-compressor with same

Thrust active magnetic bearing for shaft slow roll control

Bearingless hub assembly with electromagnetic drive system and asso...

Control device and a method for controlling magnetic levitation and...

Magnetic bearing assembly having inner ventilation

Stray flux compensation in a magnetic bearing device

Magnetic bearing device and fluid machine system using same

Gas laser apparatus and magnetic bearing control method

Bearing structure

Method for operating a spinning machine of a rotor spinning machine...

Bearingless hub assembly with electromagnetic drive system and asso...

Magnetic thrust bearing

Magnetic bearing device and fluid mechanical system

Compensation windings for magnetic bearings

Stator assembly of a magnetic suspension bearing and manufacturing...

Magnetic levitation bearing assembly and compressor

Protective structure for magnetic bearing and magnetic bearing asse...

Cooling system for axial magnetic bearing

Axial magnetic bearing having a protective device

Method for supporting a spinning rotor and bearing system, spinning...

Thrust load support for downhole-type system

Method and apparatus for reducing wear of hydrodynamic bearing

Rotor assembly for an axial magnetic bearing

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ROTOR FOR THRUST MAGNETIC BEARING, THRUST MAGNETIC BEARING, AND ROT...

THRUST BEARING FOR A ROTATING MACHINE

BEARINGLESS HUB ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSO...

MAGNETIC THRUST LOAD SUPPORT FOR DOWNHOLE-TYPE SYSTEM

HYBRID MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING IN AN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP...

BEARINGLESS HUB ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSO...

THRUST MAGNETIC BEARING AND TURBO-COMPRESSOR WITH SAME

SELF-CENTERING AUXILIARY BEARINGS IN A MAGNETIC BEARING CARTRIDGE

STRAY FLUX COMPENSATION IN A MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE

BEARINGLESS HUB ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ASSO...

GAS LASER APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC BEARING CONTROL METHOD

AXIAL GAP GENERATOR MEASUREMENT TOOL

THRUST ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARING FOR SHAFT SLOW ROLL CONTROL

METHOD FOR OPERATING A SPINNING MACHINE OF A ROTOR SPINNING MACHINE...

Magnetic Thrust Bearing

MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE AND FLUID MACHINE SYSTEM USING SAME

Method And Apparatus For Reducing Wear Of Hydrodynamic Bearing

RESONANCE VIBRATION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM

MAGNETIC THRUST LOAD SUPPORT FOR DOWNHOLE-TYPE SYSTEM

AXIAL MAGNETIC BEARING

A CONTROL DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MAGNETIC LEVITATION A...

A ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN AXIAL MAGNETIC BEARING

A COOLING SYSTEM FOR AXIAL MAGNETIC BEARING

Rotary machine having magnetic and mechanical bearings

Magnetic Bearing and Centrifugal Compressor

MAGNETIC BEARING AND ROTARY MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING

MAGNETIC BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING INNER VENTILATION

Device and Method for Magnetically Axially Supporting a Rotor

JACKETED MAGNETIC BEARING AND ROTARY MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A BEARING

MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING, TURBO MACHINE AND METHOD