Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Machine and gearbox system and cooling therefor
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Application No.: US15994268Application Date: 2018-05-31
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Publication No.: US10690232B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Joe J. Liou , Stefan Rakuff , Nolan W. Nicholas
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Agent J. Bruce Schelkopf
- Main IPC: F16H57/04
- IPC: F16H57/04 ; F04D29/42 ; F04D29/44 ; F04D29/54 ; F16H57/02 ; H02K5/18 ; H02K9/06

Abstract:
A system includes a gearbox having an external surface; a fan or impeller constructed to generate a first cooling airflow when rotated; a shroud operative to guide and discharge the first cooling airflow over the external surface and cool the gearbox, wherein at least a portion of the shroud is spaced apart from the gearbox and disposed radially outward of the external surface; and a flow entrainment structure coupled to the gearbox and/or the shroud, wherein the flow entrainment structure is constructed to entrain a second cooling airflow and combine the second cooling airflow with the first cooling airflow to form a combined cooling airflow directed across the external surface to cool the gearbox.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190368595A1 MACHINE AND GEARBOX SYSTEM AND COOLING THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2019-12-05
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