Patents Examined by Ching Change
  • Axial turbine
    Patent number: 8769950
    Abstract: A turbocharger including a turbine wheel having a hub-to-tip ratio of no more than 60% and blades with a high turning angle, a turbine housing forming an inwardly spiraling primary-scroll passageway that significantly converges to produce highly accelerated airflow into the turbine at high circumferential angles, and a two-sided parallel compressor. The compressor and turbine each produce substantially no axial force, allowing the use of minimal axial thrust bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Lotterman, Vaclav Kares