Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impeller
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Application No.: US17235796Application Date: 2021-04-20
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Publication No.: US11713769B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Jacob Greenfield , Thomas J. Ocken , John Sypek , Andrew W. Solomon
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Scott D. Wofsy; Gabrielle L. Gelozin
- Main IPC: F04D29/24
- IPC: F04D29/24 ; F04D29/22 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
An impeller includes a housing having a fluid inlet cavity defining a rotational axis. A plurality of vane are inlets arranged along an inner surface of the fluid inlet cavity and a plurality of vane outlets are circumferentially arranged along a rim of the housing. Each of the vane outlets is fluidly connected to a corresponding vane inlet by a corresponding internal channel situated internal to the housing. Each of the channels maintains a triangular cross-section from the vane inlet to the vane outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210324870A1 IMPELLER Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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