Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hub-less and nut-less turbine wheel and compressor wheel designs and installation/removal tool
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Application No.: US17188371Application Date: 2021-03-01
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Publication No.: US11598294B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Ryan Harold Salenbien
- Applicant: APEXTURBO LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dundee
- Assignee: APEXTURBO LLC
- Current Assignee: APEXTURBO LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dundee
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F04D25/04
- IPC: F04D25/04 ; F02M35/10

Abstract:
A forced induction device for an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a shaft, and a compressor wheel that is threadably mounted to the shaft, and a tool that is configured to engage one or more through bores in the compressor wheel to thread and unthread the compressor wheel onto and off of the shaft. The compressor wheel has a plurality of blades with leading edges that converge at an apex. The apex is aligned with a centerline of the shaft. The tool allows a technician to rotate the compressor wheel relative to the shaft to install or remove the compressor wheel from the shaft without applying any pressure to the blades of the compressor wheel. An associated assembly method is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210207563A1 HUB-LESS AND NUT-LESS TURBINE WHEEL AND COMPRESSOR WHEEL DESIGNS AND INSTALLATION/REMOVAL TOOL Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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