Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector
- Patent Title (中): 连接器
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Application No.: US14364874Application Date: 2012-12-12
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Publication No.: US09074477B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Ian Pinkney , Osarobo Famous Okhuahesogie , Paul Eifion Roach , Neil Ryan Thomas , Ian Patrick Clare Brown , Peter Kay , Stephen Wilson , David Leslie Smith , Robert Neil George , Paul Leslie Jacklin , Geoff Kinpoy Ngao , Kevin John Musson , Matthew Elijah Moore , Jamie Clare , Thomas Jarlath Murray , Stuart Michael Potter , Christopher John Monaghan , Alan Martin Taylor , Francis Joseph Geoffrey Heyes , Trevor Knighton
- Applicant: Ian Pinkney , Osarobo Famous Okhuahesogie , Paul Eifion Roach , Neil Ryan Thomas , Ian Patrick Clare Brown , Peter Kay , Stephen Wilson , David Leslie Smith , Robert Neil George , Paul Leslie Jacklin , Geoff Kinpoy Ngao , Kevin John Musson , Matthew Elijah Moore , Jamie Clare , Thomas Jarlath Murray , Stuart Michael Potter , Christopher John Monaghan , Alan Martin Taylor , Francis Joseph Geoffrey Heyes , Trevor Knighton
- Applicant Address: GB Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Assignee: NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Agency: Egbert Law Offices, PLLC
- Priority: GB1122236.1 20111223
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/053097 WO 20121212
- International Announcement: WO2013/093424 WO 20130627
- Main IPC: F01D5/02
- IPC: F01D5/02 ; F04D29/20 ; F04D29/26 ; F16D1/076 ; F16D1/08

Abstract:
A connector for connecting an impeller to a shaft is provided. The connector is formed as a unitary body. The connector has a sleeve portion which is frictionally connected on a radially outer surface of a shaft-side hub extension of the impeller. The connector further has a threaded portion carrying a thread which screws onto a corresponding threaded portion of the shaft, such that the connector provides a rotationally fixed connection between the impeller and the shaft. The hub extension has a central recess, and a part of the connector is inserted into the recess. The frictional connection between the sleeve portion and the radially outer surface of the hub extension transmits, in use, substantially all of the torque between the shaft and the impeller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140369840A1 CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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