Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compressor assembly having a vaneless space
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Application No.: US14642175Application Date: 2015-03-09
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Publication No.: US10066639B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Richard E. Annati , Dean S. Musgrave
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: F04D29/44
- IPC: F04D29/44 ; F04D29/42 ; F04D29/28 ; F02B37/00 ; F02B33/40 ; F01D9/04 ; F04D17/06 ; F04D25/02 ; F04D29/62 ; F01D25/24

Abstract:
A compressor assembly is disclosed. The compressor assembly may have a compressor housing. The compressor housing may have an inner wall. The compressor assembly may also have a compressor impeller disposed within the compressor housing. Further, the compressor assembly may have a bearing housing attached to the compressor housing. The bearing housing may have a body portion and a web extending outward from the body portion to a web end. The compressor assembly may also have a diffuser ring disposed between the inner wall and the web. The diffuser ring may have at least one vane. In addition, the compressor assembly may have a vaneless space extending between the compressor impeller and the vane. The vaneless space may be inclined at an angle relative to a plane disposed orthogonal to a rotational axis of the compressor assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160265550A1 COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A VANELESS SPACE Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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