Abstract: Improved bearing systems and methods for adjusting pivot offsets of bearing systems. The improved bearing systems and methods provide offset pivot adjustability. When an adjustable offset pad insert is installed one way, one pivot offset is set. The pivot offset may be adjusted and set another way by removing the adjustable offset pad insert, rotating it 180 degrees and installing the adjustable offset pad insert back in the journal pad.

Abstract: Improved bearing systems and methods for adjusting pivot offsets of bearing systems. The improved bearing systems and methods provide offset pivot adjustability. When an adjustable offset pad insert is installed one way, one pivot offset is set. The pivot offset may be adjusted and set another way by removing the adjustable offset pad insert, rotating it 180 degrees and installing the adjustable offset pad insert back in the journal pad.

Abstract: A damper film bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft includes a bearing housing having a longitudinal opening passing therethrough for receiving the rotatable shaft. The bearing housing also has at least one radial recess formed in an outer surface thereof, the recess having a floor. The assembly further includes at least one support piston slideably disposed within the recess in the bearing housing, the support piston slideable within the recess radially toward and away from a central longitudinal axis of the rotatable shaft. At least one resilient element is disposed within the recess in the bearing housing between the floor of the recess and the support piston, the resilient element biasing the support piston away from the axis of the rotatable shaft.