Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbocharger compressor noise reduction system and method
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Application No.: US15235693Application Date: 2016-08-12
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Publication No.: US10415600B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Ahsanul Karim , Brian W. Lizotte , Keith D. Miazgowicz , Abdelkrim Zouani
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F04D27/02
- IPC: F04D27/02 ; F04D29/66 ; F02M35/12 ; F02C7/045 ; F04D29/28 ; F04D29/40 ; F02B33/40 ; F04D17/10 ; F04D29/42 ; F04D29/44

Abstract:
A turbocharger and a method are disclosed. The turbocharger includes a casing having an inlet end and an outlet end. A flow passage within the casing may have a substantially continuous inner surface and may be configured to pass inlet air from the inlet end to the outlet end. A compressor wheel may be located in the casing and may have at least one main blade and may be configured to rotate within the casing to compress the inlet air. A flow disrupting feature on the casing may be configured to disrupt the continuity of the inner surface and may be located at a leading edge of the at least one main blade. The flow disrupting feature may be closed to upstream communication with the flow passage except via the flow passage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160348698A1 TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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