The bearing system according to the invention comprises a sleeve-shaped
first bearing disk having a bore concentric to a rotational axis, a
cylindrical shaft disposed in the bore and connected to the first bearing
disk, the shaft having a second bearing disk disposed at one end that is
arranged at a spacing to the first bearing disk such that an annular
disk-shaped space is formed between the first and the second bearing
disk. A third annular bearing disk is provided that is disposed in the
annular disk-shaped space and is rotatable about the rotational axis, the
opposing surfaces of the first, the second and the third bearing disk as
well as the shaft being separated from one another by a bearing gap
filled with bearing fluid. A radial bearing is provided between the
outside circumference of the shaft and the inside circumference of the
third bearing disk and marked by the hydrodynamic bearing patterns
associated with the circumferential surfaces. A first axial bearing is
provided that is formed by the opposing end faces of the first and the
third bearing disk and the hydrodynamic bearing patterns associated with
these end faces, and a second axial bearing formed by the opposing end
faces of the second and the third bearing disk and the hydrodynamic
bearing patterns associated with these end faces.