Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scallop curvature for radial turbine wheel
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Application No.: US13179634Application Date: 2011-07-11
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Publication No.: US10087762B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Loc Quang Duong , Xiaolan Hu , Gao Yang , Anthony C. Jones
- Applicant: Loc Quang Duong , Xiaolan Hu , Gao Yang , Anthony C. Jones
- Applicant Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D5/04
- IPC: F01D5/04

Abstract:
A turbine wheel is disposed about an axis and has a back face including a plurality of lobes disposed about a periphery of the back face. The lobes define scalloped areas therebetween. The scalloped areas are further defined by a radius BR2 that blends into a first lobe and into a radius BR1 that also blends into a flat area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130017090A1 SCALLOP CURVATURE FOR RADIAL TURBINE WHEEL Public/Granted day:2013-01-17
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