Re-entry Working Fluid Joins Inlet Working Fluid Upstream Of Runner Patents (Class 415/58.4)
  • Patent number: 11976667
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor comprises: an impeller; an inlet pipe portion forming an intake passage to introduce air to the impeller; and a throttle mechanism capable of reducing a flow passage area of the intake passage upstream of the impeller. The throttle mechanism includes an annular portion configured to move between a first position and a second position upstream of the first position in an axial direction of the impeller. In a cross-section along a rotational axis of the impeller, an outer peripheral surface of the annular portion is formed to smoothly connect a leading edge and a trailing edge of the annular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Iwakiri, Isao Tomita, Masaki Tojo, Takashi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11920606
    Abstract: Fuel pump for an aircraft engine, comprising an inducer and a centrifugal impeller fixed together and having an axis of rotation, an annular space spacing axially the inducer and the impeller, and two contact portions between the inducer and the impeller disposed radially outside the annular space, a first plenum chamber and a second plenum chamber, in which the inducer and the impeller are spaced axially from each other, each being disposed between the two contact portions, the plenum chambers being symmetrical to each other with respect to the axis of rotation and in fluid communication with the annular space, the centrifugal impeller comprising a plurality of axial balancing holes distributed about the axis of rotation and opening out into the annular space at one end, and into a downstream space of the impeller at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Petar Dimitrov Tomov, Loïc Pora, Sébastien Christophe Loval
  • Patent number: 11898570
    Abstract: A pump assembly for delivering a medium via a flow chamber (13) defined by a hydraulic housing and a housing cover, includes a pump shaft rotatably drivable about an axis of rotation, an impeller fixed to one end of the pump shaft inside the flow chamber, a bearing carrier. The pump assembly further includes a lubrication and cooling system with oil recirculation in the bearing carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KSB SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Thomas Pensler, Christoph Jaeger, Daniel Ziegs, Hermann Bonitz
  • Patent number: 11898502
    Abstract: Combustion turbine control systems are configured to operate combustion turbine systems in partial or no load while meeting emission targets. The combustion turbine system includes a combustion turbine, an electrical generator, a combustion turbine controller, a catalyst assembly, and/or other relevant equipment. Based on given operating constraints, such as load conditions and emission regulations, the combustion turbine controller may execute corresponding actions to control certain gas concentrations and/or gas mass flows in the exhaust gases in compliance with emission regulations. The corresponding actions may include, but are not limited to: controlling fuel and/or diluent injection(s) to combustor(s) to control combustion (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Adnan Fareed Zafar, Sameer Dinkar Vartak, Arun Kumar Sridharan, Jose Apolonio Burciaga-Santos
  • Patent number: 11808284
    Abstract: A blower includes a fan and a motor, wherein the motor includes a shaft, a bearing that supports the shaft, and a motor case that covers at least a part of the bearing, the fan includes a main plate having a first surface facing the motor case and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and connected to the shaft, and a plurality of blades erected on the second surface of the main plate, and arranged radially with respect to an axis of the shaft, at least one of the fan and the motor case includes blocking members, and each of the blocking members is located apart from the shaft between the first surface of the main plate and the motor case, and surrounds the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Koyama, Masao Kojima
  • Patent number: 11761458
    Abstract: A compressor is provided with: an impeller a housing configured to rotatably house the impeller and having an intake passage for introducing a gas to the impeller from outside the housing, a scroll passage for guiding the gas having passed through the impeller to the outside, and a bypass passage connecting the intake passage and the scroll passage so as to bypass the impeller; and a bypass valve having a valve body disposed in the bypass passage and capable of opening and closing the bypass passage. The valve body is configured to, in a fully closed state, separate the bypass passage into an inlet-side passage having a communication port communicating with the scroll passage and an outlet-side passage communicating with the intake passage. An inlet-side passage wall surface which defines the inlet-side passage includes at least an upstream passage wall surface portion connected to an upstream end of the communication port in a cross-sectional view of the housing taken along an axis of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11737639
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a main body, a tub provided in the inside of the main body, a basket provided in the inside of the tub to store dishes, an injection unit configured to spray wash water to wash dishes in the basket, and a circulation pump configured to circulate wash water, a sump arranged on a lower surface of the tub, and a connector provided to connect the circulation pump to the injection unit and having a tubular shape. The sump includes a coupling portion extending upward from the lower surface of the tub, and the connector and the injection unit are connected to each other in the inside of the tub by being coupled to the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Johannes Büsing, Chang Wook Lee, Kyu Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 11672932
    Abstract: A compact respiratory therapy device suitable for use by a patient during sleep to provide respiratory pressure therapy such as at a pressure between 4-30 cmH2O includes a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a motor including a rotor, and an impeller configured to be rotated by the rotor to deliver a flow of air from the inlet toward the outlet. The impeller includes a set of impeller blades, each impeller blade comprising a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a first shroud and a second shroud, each shroud at least partly defining a flow passage through the impeller, the first shroud comprising a wall defining a periphery of an impeller inlet. The compact respiratory therapy device is configured to deliver the flow of air from the outlet for delivery to the patient at a pressure between 4-30 cmH2O at an overall sound power level of less than 50 dB(A) thereby reducing any disturbance to a quality of sleep for the patient. A diameter of the impeller is less than 50 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Melanie Lucia Cariola, Barton John Kenyon, Ryan Spindler, Hargopal Verma
  • Patent number: 11668278
    Abstract: A mastless vertical axis wind turbine that comprises a plurality of sails that rotate about a vertical axis under the influence of wind. A platform is connected to and in tension with the plurality of sails at one or more points about the bottom of the plurality of the sails. Also, an external frame is connected to and in tension with the plurality of sails at one or more points about the top of the plurality of the sails. The external frame itself comprises a plurality of legs that converge above the plurality of sails at a central point about the vertical axis of rotation and extend beyond the path swept by the plurality of sails. A coupling mechanism connects one or more of the plurality of legs to the plurality of sails and allows the sails to rotate about the vertical axis of rotation while the legs remain stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: J. Hench Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Hench
  • Patent number: 11635093
    Abstract: A compressor device includes a housing with a cavity. The compressor device includes a rotating group supported for rotation within the housing. The rotating group includes a shaft that supports a compressor wheel proximate a first end of the shaft. A second end of the shaft extends away from the compressor wheel through the cavity of the housing. The compressor device further includes a moisture evacuation system configured to remove airborne moisture from the compressor device. The moisture evacuation system includes a shaft passage extending through the second end of the shaft and a housing passage extending through an outer wall of the housing. The shaft passage is fluidly connected to the cavity. The housing passage is fluidly connected to the shaft passage. The moisture evacuation system is configured to direct the airborne moisture from the cavity, through the shaft passage, and out of the housing via the housing passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC.
    Inventors: Milan Nejedly, Pavel Krejci, Daniel Turecek, Vit Houst
  • Patent number: 11572894
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kanzaka, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Takao Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11549512
    Abstract: A multistage pump with axial thrust optimization is disclosed includes a pump discharge nozzle and a bypass system coupled to the pump discharge nozzle. The bypass system includes a throttle valve operatively coupled to the pump discharge nozzle, and a bypass line provided at the multistage pump. The bypass line is conducts flow from the throttle valve to a clearance gap of an axial thrust balancing arrangement. The throttle valve may be actuated to adjust a balancing flow through the bypass line such that pressure at the clearance gap is adjusted to increase and decrease fluid pressure at the clearance gap to balance axial thrust at different operating states of the multistage pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KSB SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Goutam Sarkar, Kiran Jayantilal Oswal, Shruti Loveena Damodaran
  • Patent number: 11530708
    Abstract: A compressor housing includes: an intake flow path-forming section configured to form an intake flow path; a shroud portion including a shroud surface curved in a protruding manner to face blades of an impeller; and a scroll flow path-forming section configured to form a scroll flow path through which gas is guided outside the compressor housing. A groove portion extending in a circumferential direction is defined in the shroud surface and, in a cross-sectional view taken along an axis of the impeller, the groove portion includes a downstream side wall surface, wherein a distance from the axis of the impeller to the downstream side wall surface increases toward an upstream side from a downstream side end portion of the groove portion, and an upstream side curved surface that is recessed between an upstream end of the downstream side wall surface and an upstream side end portion of the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hayashi, Ricardo Martinez-Botas, Maria Esperanza Barrera-Medrano
  • Patent number: 11486618
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a compressor having at least two compression stages. In particular, an exemplary compressor includes a first radial compression stage arranged along an axis, a second radial compression stage arranged along the axis, and a connector fluidly connecting an outlet of the first radial compression stage to an inlet of the second radial compression stage. The connector has a plurality of sections arranged about the axis. The compressor may be a refrigerant compressor used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) chiller system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Arnold Martin Schaefer, Jin Yan, Alonso Misael Perez
  • Patent number: 11199198
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an upstream side squeeze portion having a flow passage cross-sectional area that decreases as the upstream side squeeze portion extends closer to a compressor impeller; a partition wall facing the inner circumferential surface of the upstream side squeeze portion and arranged with a gap from the inner circumferential surface of the upstream side squeeze portion; and a protrusion protruding from at least one of the inner circumferential surface of the upstream side squeeze portion or the outer circumferential surface of the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Yasutaka Bessho
  • Patent number: 11193455
    Abstract: A turbocharger is provided and includes a compressor housing and a recirculation slit and a recirculation passage provided at an inlet of the compressor housing to enable air flowing into the compressor to be recirculated. A gas supply part supplies blow-by gas towards the inlet of the compressor housing to allow blow-by gas to be joined with air recirculated through the recirculation slit and the recirculation passage and to guide recirculating air towards a compressor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seok Beom Jin
  • Patent number: 11066982
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor operable in a wide operation range under a condition accompanied with pulsations of a pressure and a flow rate. The centrifugal compressor has a casing including at least one recirculation channel that includes a first inlet slit connected to an air flow passage on a downstream side of a leading edge in an air flow direction of the air flow passage, a second inlet slit connected to the air flow passage on a downstream side of the first inlet slit in the air flow direction of the air flow passage, a first vane disposed on a downstream side of the first inlet slit or in the first inlet slit in the at least one recirculation channel, and a second vane disposed on a downstream side of the second inlet slit or in the second inlet slit in the at least one recirculation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Tomita, Yoshihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10947990
    Abstract: A radial compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger, with a rotating impeller, a fixed housing; a main flow passage defined by the housing for feeding a medium to be compressed towards the impeller; a secondary flow chamber arranged radially outside the main flow passage, which is separated from the main flow passage by a contour wall and is connected to the main flow passage via a secondary flow opening; struts extending in the secondary flow chamber, via which the contour wall is connected to the housing. The struts are curved having a first connecting section of the contour wall that extends in the radial direction and a second connecting section on the housing that extends in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Hannes Benetschik, Sebastian Spengler, Matthias Strauss
  • Patent number: 10900496
    Abstract: A radial compressor for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a compressor housing in which a flow channel is arranged, a compressor wheel arranged in the flow channel, a device influencing a characteristic field, and a discharge channel. The flow channel may delimit a flow path of air through the radial compressor. The flow channel may have a suction section via which the compressor wheel sucks in air. The compressor housing may have a circumferential section circumferentially surrounding the compressor wheel in which a spiral channel of the flow channel may be arranged via which air compressed by the compressor wheel flows out. The device may include a cavity fluidically connected to the suction section. The discharge channel may be arranged in the compressor housing feeding, via an inlet mouth point, into the cavity and extending to an outlet mouth point fluidically connecting the cavity to the spiral channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Hartmut Weiss
  • Patent number: 10774676
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a compressor having a variable inlet device and an active casing treatment. In one arrangement, a system for a compressor may include a casing forming a recirculation passage surrounding an inlet passage, an active casing treatment surrounding the inlet passage and configured to selectively control gas flow through the recirculation passage, an impeller, and a variable inlet device positioned in the inlet passage upstream of the impeller and configured to selectively reduce an effective size of the impeller. The variable inlet device and the active casing treatment may be adjusted based on operating conditions in order to increase a flow range of the compressor while providing high compressor efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Liangjun Hu, Devesh Upadhyay
  • Patent number: 10774731
    Abstract: A compressor of a turbocharger is provided. The compression pipe of the compressor is connected to the intake pipe thereof by a return flow duct, in which an air recirculation valve is arranged for controlling the return flow of already compressed fresh air. The return flow duct opens into a groove of an intake manifold receptacle of the compressor, and at least one return flow opening adjoining the groove and facing an interior of the intake pipe is arranged on an intake manifold of the intake pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Ehrmann, Henrik Foerster
  • Patent number: 10774677
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a compressor having a variable inlet device and an active casing treatment. In one arrangement, a system for a compressor may include a casing forming a recirculation passage surrounding an inlet passage, an active casing treatment surrounding the inlet passage and configured to selectively control gas flow through the recirculation passage, an impeller, and a variable inlet device positioned in the inlet passage upstream of the impeller and configured to selectively reduce an effective size of the impeller. The variable inlet device and the active casing treatment may be adjusted based on operating conditions in order to increase a flow range of the compressor while providing high compressor efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Liangjun Hu, Jianwen James Yi, David Hanna
  • Patent number: 10760818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner including a suction panel which includes a suction port through which air is suctioned in inside a housing. The suction panel is formed to rotate with an axial direction of an air blowing fan or a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the air blowing fan as a rotation axis to be coupled with or separated from the housing. Accordingly, a user may easily and intuitively separate the suction panel and falling of the suction panel, which may occur when the suction panel is separated, may be effectively reduced using a supporting unit disposed at the suction panel. Also, the housing and cover members which cover an outer perimeter of a lower portion of the housing may be coupled with each other by pressurizing the cover members toward the housing, thereby allowing the user to easily coupled the cover members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yoon Lee, Jae Hyoung Sim, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Yul So, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Sung-June Cho
  • Patent number: 10718213
    Abstract: An airfoil may comprise a root and an airfoil body radially outward of the root. The airfoil body may define a first cooling chamber and a second cooling chamber. A first passage may be defined within the root and configured to direct a first airflow radially outward through the root into the first cooling chamber. A second passage may be defined within the root and configured to direct a second airflow radially outward through the root and into the second cooling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A Devore, Jonathan Ortiz
  • Patent number: 10697358
    Abstract: An intake passage structure for a turbocharger-equipped engine (1) includes a supercharging passage (71) and an air relief passage (72) that are provided in a compressor case (72a). The air relief passage (72) has a first passage (73) and a second passage (74), each of which is in a non-linear shape. The first and second passages (73) and (74) each have an air outflow port (73a, 74a) formed through an inner wall surface of an upstream portion (71a) of the supercharging passage (71) upstream of a compressor (21). The air outflow ports (73a, 74a) are formed through different portions of the inner wall surface in a circumferential direction of the inner wall surface so as to overlap with each other in a direction along a central axis of the upstream portion (71a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Uehane, Ken Ohtsuki, Einosuke Suekuni, Kimio Ishida, Hiroshi Hosokawa, Junji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10508591
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an active casing treatment of a compressor responsive to a predicted engine condition. In one arrangement, a controller may actuate a sleeve of a variable geometry compressor casing to a position selected based on each of a compressor pressure ratio and a mass flow through the compressor, as well as driver behavior and predicted road conditions; and adjust each of an EGR actuator and a boost actuator based on the selected position to maintain the compressor pressure ratio during the actuating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Devesh Upadhyay, Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, David R. Hanna, Leon Hu
  • Patent number: 10337529
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a compressor of a turbocharger of an engine. In one example, a compressor may include a flow passage and a resonance chamber surrounding the flow passage, with the flow passage fluidly coupled with the resonance chamber by a recirculation passage, a bleed passage, and a plurality of apertures positioned between the recirculation passage and the bleed passage. Flowing fluid from the resonance chamber, through the apertures, and into the flow passage may reduce a noise level of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ahsanul Karim, Chris David Tiernan, Keith D. Miazgowicz, Timothy J. Knott, Anthony Morelli
  • Patent number: 10273973
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. An axial distance Sr from an upstream end face of the suction ring groove 1 to an impeller full blade leading edge 4 or a width br of the suction ring groove 1 is represented as A·sin(?+?0)+A0 and is distributed in a sinusoidal shape in a circumferential direction, an initial phase angle ?0 is in a range of 0°??0?360°, and a circumferential angle ? of the casing 10 has a definition range of ?0????0+360°. In the expression, A denotes amplitude of distribution of the axial distance Sr or the width br, and A0 denotes an average of the axial distance Sr or the width br.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10138898
    Abstract: An annular diffuser is formed on an outlet side of a wheel in a housing. A spiral scroll is formed on an outlet side of the diffuser in the housing. An annular concave part is formed to be depressed to an inside in a radial direction in a boundary between a shroud-side wall surface of the diffuser and a wall surface of the scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Yasutaka Bessho
  • Patent number: 10066636
    Abstract: An axially split pump for conveying a fluid includes an axially split housing with a bottom part and a cover. The bottom part has a first sealing surface and the cover has a second sealing surface. The bottom part and the cover are fastened to one another so that the two sealing surfaces are in direct contact with one another. At least one first sealing groove for the reception of a first sealing element is disposed in the sealing surfaces. A second sealing groove is disposed for the reception of a second sealing element. The first sealing groove and the second sealing groove are connected to one another through a connection region and an elastic pre-loading element is disposed in the connection region, which exerts a pre-load onto one of the two sealing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Welschinger, Heike Tischler, Berthold Vogel
  • Patent number: 10017259
    Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing splitter for an axial turbine engine low-pressure compressor has an external annular wall delimiting the secondary or bypass flow, and an internal annular wall; notably an external stator shroud; delimiting the primary or main stream. The upstream edge of the internal wall is fixed to the upstream annular hook of the external wall. The splitter has a series of notches which pass radially through the internal wall to allow de-icing fluid to circulate through the hook. The notches may form crescents. The splitter becomes simpler while at the same time maintaining optimal efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Safran Aero Boosters SA
    Inventors: David Bouillon, Clément Collin, Guillaume Terlinden
  • Patent number: 9816522
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor has a casing 7. In the casing 7 is formed a back-flow channel 9 to return fluid from a downstream position of an impeller full blade leading edge 6a to an upstream position of the impeller full blade leading edge 6a. The back-flow channel 9 includes a suction ring groove 9a and a back-flow ring groove 9b. The suction ring groove opens at the downstream position on the inner face 7a of the casing 7, and extends in the circumferential direction. The back-flow ring groove opens at the upstream position on the inner face 7a, and extends in the circumferential direction. Distribution in the circumferential direction of the axial-direction position of the suction ring groove 9a or a width of the suction ring groove 9a is asymmetric with reference to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9683578
    Abstract: A turbocharger has a casing system which houses a centrifugal impeller connected to a turbine by a shaft. The casing system includes an insert casing which forms a duct for feeding air to and through the impeller, and a volute casing which forms a volute for receiving compressed air from the impeller, the insert casing inserting into the volute casing. The casing system further includes a main casing which forms a housing for the shaft and for the shaft-side end of the impeller. The impeller includes a hub which has a radially outer annular rim, and has front and rear faces which converge towards the rim from respectively the inlet side and the shaft side of the hub. The impeller further includes a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes on the front face of the hub. The impeller further includes a seal formation formed on the rear face at the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Pinkney, Peter Kay, Matthew Elijah Moore, Francis Joseph Geoffrey Heyes
  • Patent number: 9528527
    Abstract: A compressor (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (ATL), having a compressor wheel (2) and a compressor housing (3) which has a housing longitudinal axis (A). The compressor wheel (2) is arranged in the housing. An inlet duct (5) runs from a compressor inlet (4) to the compressor wheel (2). A recirculation duct (6) has a compressor-wheel-side inflow opening (7) and a compressor-inlet-side return flow opening (8). The inflow opening (7) and the return flow opening (8) can be opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandar Sekularac, Thomas Lischer
  • Patent number: 9482240
    Abstract: A compressor housing assembly for a turbocharger can include a compressor housing shell that includes an axis for alignment with a rotational axis of a compressor wheel, a wall that includes features defined in part by radii with respect to the axis, and an edge that defines in part an inlet opening of a shroud port; and an insert that includes a shroud section and a noise suppressor section that define a recirculation port where the insert is axially located by the wall of the compressor housing shell, where an internal recirculation passage is defined in part by the insert and the wall, and where an edge of the shroud section (e.g., a lowermost edge) defines in part the inlet opening of the shroud port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Gerard, Vincent Eumont, Baptiste Van Haesebroeck, Francis Abel, Quentin Roberts
  • Patent number: 9335059
    Abstract: A ceiling type air conditioner includes a case defining an outer appearance, a fan disposed to a bottom of the case, a turbo fan disposed within the case, the turbo fan including a main plate rotated by power provided from the fan motor and a blade having a side connected to the main plate, and a heat exchanger disposed outside the turbo fan. A cooling passage cooling the fan motor is defined between the main plate and the bottom surface of the case. The cooling passage includes a flow part through which air passing through the blade flows into the flow part toward the fan motor, and a panel installation part to which a panel is installed for adjusting an amount of air flowing into the flow part toward the fan motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Namjoon Cho, Kyungrock Kim, Dongkeun Yang
  • Patent number: 9243550
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling compressor inlet flow in a turbocharger of an engine are described. In one example, a method for controlling a compressor inlet flow of an engine turbocharger system includes: directing air from a high pressure source to an inlet upstream of a compressor wheel via a conduit coupled to the inlet and the high pressure source, where the conduit is obliquely coupled to the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Keith D. Miazgowicz, Ahsanul Karim, Kevin Payne, Adam Michael Christian
  • Patent number: 9234526
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. An axial-direction position Sr from an upstream end face of the suction ring groove to an impeller full blade leading edge 4 or a width br of the suction ring groove 1 is represented as A(?·D??·D)2+A0 and is distributed in a parabolic shape in a circumferential direction. An initial phase angle ?0 is in a range of 0??0?2?. A circumferential angle ? of the casing has a definition range of ?0????0+2?. In the expression, A denotes a parameter of the parabola in the axial-direction position Sr or the width br, and A0 denotes an extreme of the axial-direction position Sr or the width br when corresponding circumferential angle ? and the ? are equal at an extreme point of distribution of the parabola.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9151297
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. A position or a width of the suction ring groove 1 is distributed in an arc shape in a circumferential direction, and the arc has a center angle ? in a range of 0<??30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Xinqian Zheng, Yun Lin, Yangjun Zhang, Mingyang Yang, Takahiro Bamba, Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9091232
    Abstract: To solve the problems of compressor wheel blade flow separation causing surge type noises when a compressor return or recirculation valve is opened or closed, bypass airflow from a compressor recirculation valve is fed into an annular volume, defined between inner and outer walls or shaped as a radially expanded, axially flattened cylindrical space in the compressor inlet, so that the generally unidirectional radial flow from the compressor recirculation valve is re-directed and organized as it is turned from generally radial to generally axial, merging with the general inlet flow and presenting the compressor wheel with airflow of “circumferentially uniform” flow velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Anschel, David G. Grabowska, Brock Fraser
  • Patent number: 9033028
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes a centrifugal fan and a heat pipe. The centrifugal fan includes an outer housing, a heat dissipation fin array, a retaining wall, an impeller and a rotation-driving device. The outer housing includes an axial air inlet, an axial air outlet and a radial air outlet. The heat dissipation fin array is located at an inner wall of the radial air outlet. The retaining wall is located on a flat wall of the outer housing on which the axial air outlet is located. The retaining wall is in contact with an inner wall of an electronic device to collectively form a circulation channel so as to guide airflows output from the axial air outlet through the flat wall with which the heat dissipation fin array is aligned, and into the axial air inlet. The heat pipe is in contact with the heat dissipation fin array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Che-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 9003791
    Abstract: A casing treatment 4 including a recirculation passage 41 and a mixing piping 6 are provided. The recirculation passage 41 has a first recirculation opening 42 and a second recirculation opening 43 that are in communication with each other, the first recirculation opening 42 being formed inside a compressor housing 11 of an exhaust gas turbocharger and opening to an air passage 15 upstream of a compressor impeller 3, the second recirculation opening 43 being formed at the outer circumferential section of the compressor impeller 3. The mixing pipe 6 opens to the recirculation passage 41 and has a return opening 14 for introducing EGR gas and blow-by gas to the recirculation passage 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Ibaraki, Takashi Shiraishi, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150056062
    Abstract: The centrifugal compressor (1) includes: an impeller (3); and a casing (2) accommodating the impeller (3). The casing (2) includes: an inlet (6); an impeller-accommodating portion (14) in which the impeller (3) is disposed; an annular chamber (11) formed around the inlet (6); a downstream groove (13) communicating a downstream end portion of the annular chamber (11) with the impeller-accommodating portion (14); and an upstream groove (12) communicating an upstream end portion of the annular chamber (11) with the inlet (6). In addition, the downstream groove (13) is provided in a predetermined range in a circumferential direction of the impeller (3) so as to communicate with a high-pressure part to occur in part of the impeller-accommodating portion (14), and the upstream groove (12) is provided over the entire circumference of the inlet (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 8959926
    Abstract: A turbomachine including an intermediate casing including, fastened to the end thereof, an outer casing of a high pressure compressor, and an air bleed mechanism bleeding air downstream from the stream through the compressor and including an outlet connected to an air reinjection mechanism reinjecting air upstream from the compressor via an annular manifold surrounding the inner wall of the intermediate casing and situated radially between the inner wall and an outer wall defining a secondary flow stream of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Eric Stephan Bil, Michel Gilbert Roland Brault
  • Patent number: 8942886
    Abstract: A method and a system for detecting an impact on an impeller wheel of an aircraft engine. A device acquires a revolutions per minute of the engine and a series of deflection signals representative of the deflections on the blades of the impeller wheel at the revolutions per minute. A device constructs signals for detecting impact on the impeller wheel by correlating each of the deflection signals with a predetermined signature of a shock on a blade at the revolutions per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: David Tourin, Valerio Gerez, Geoffroy Nicq
  • Patent number: 8926268
    Abstract: An assembly for reducing compressor noise includes a compressor and an acoustic shield. The compressor has a rotor with a plurality of blades mounted thereto. Additionally, the compressor has one or more bleed slots therein. The acoustic shield is disposed adjacent to the one more bleed slots and spaced at a distance therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Fishler, Jay M. Francisco
  • Publication number: 20140377053
    Abstract: The centrifugal compressor (1) includes: an impeller (3); and a casing (2) accommodating the impeller (3). The casing (2) includes: an inlet (6); an impeller-accommodating portion (14) in which the impeller (3) is disposed; an annular flow passageway (5) formed around the impeller (3); an outlet (9) communicating with the annular flow passageway (5); and an annular chamber (11) formed around at least one of the inlet (6) and the impeller-accommodating portion (14). An inner circumferential surface (2a) of the casing (2) facing the impeller-accommodating portion (14) is provided with a groove (12) which communicates the impeller-accommodating portion (14) and the annular chamber (11) with each other and which is formed over the entire circumference of the inner circumferential surface (2a). In addition, the annular chamber (11) communicates with another space only through the groove (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Hideaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 8915698
    Abstract: A turbofan of an air conditioning system in which a shroud is divided into two portions to form an air passage, in order to allow, when a portion of turbulent air generated at an upper portion of the shroud is reintroduced into a space between a bell mouse and the shroud by a pressure difference, the reintroduced air to be distributed throughout the air passage. The turbofan of the air conditioning system includes a first shroud formed with an air inlet hole, a second shroud formed to be spaced outwards from the first shroud so that an air passage is formed between the first and second shrouds, a hub to rotate through a rotational shaft of a drive motor, and a plurality of blades to guide air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Joo Jeon, Seon Uk Na, Jun Gwan Park, Yong Hun Kang
  • Patent number: 8888440
    Abstract: A compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger has a compressor housing of a divided type that forms an inlet slit, an outlet slit and a recirculation passage at the same time when the compressor housing is assembled. In the compressor of the exhaust gas turbocharger, mating surfaces of compressor housing members 9a and 9b are formed in the neighborhood of the inlet part of the impeller 5 in the compressor housing 9 that is divided into the compressor housing members 9a and 9b in the direction of the rotation axis of the impeller; and, a space forming the recirculation passage 29, an inlet slit 25 and an outlet slit 27 are formed between the mating compressor housing members 9a and 9b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Tomita, Seiichi Ibaraki, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo
  • Patent number: 8882444
    Abstract: A turbocharger compressor includes a compressor housing having a housing wall that includes a shroud that defines a central air channel and a compressor inlet in fluid communication with the central channel and an inlet duct. It also includes a compressor wheel configured to draw air into the compressor inlet from the inlet duct and create a main airflow in the central air channel axially toward a compressor outlet. The compressor also includes a bypass channel that extends between an opening in the main channel located between the compressor inlet and compressor outlet proximate the compressor blades and the compressor inlet. The compressor also includes a deflector that includes a deflector surface that is configured to direct a bypass airflow in the bypass channel, and flowing in a direction from the main channel toward the compressor inlet, into the compressor inlet axially and radially inwardly toward the compressor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Carnell E. Williams, Timothy J. Johnson, Tracy M. Farell, Kulwinder Singh, Gary J. Hazelton