Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vane and shroud arrangements for a turbo-machine
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Application No.: US17055316Application Date: 2019-05-14
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Publication No.: US11434779B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Christopher J. Shaw
- Applicant: Cummins Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Cummins Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Faegre, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP
- Priority: GB1807883 20180515
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/051316 WO 20190514
- International Announcement: WO2019/220096 WO 20191121
- Main IPC: F01D17/14
- IPC: F01D17/14 ; F01D17/16

Abstract:
A turbine for a turbo-machine is proposed in which, at a gas inlet for a turbine wheel, vanes extend from a nozzle ring though slots in a shroud. The vanes are formed with a leading portion which is arranged to contact a leading portion of a corresponding slot, and a trailing portion which is shaped, when the leading portion of the vane and slot are together, to be spaced from a corresponding trailing portion of the slot with a substantially constant spacing at room temperature. The contact may be a point contact, e.g. close to the leading edge of the vane. Alternatively, the vane may include a leading surface portion which conforms closely with the shape of a corresponding leading surface portion of one of the slots.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210222582A1 Vane And Shroud Arrangements For A Turbo-Machine Public/Granted day:2021-07-22
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