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US 12,415,615 B2Granted
Fluid accelerator
AssigneeESS 2 Tech, LLC
InventorsMichael Suk, David A. Shoffler
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Abstract
A fluid accelerator including an outer housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, the outer housing defining a converging nozzle proximate the inlet end. The fluid accelerator may also include an annular ring disposed proximate the inlet end of the outer housing within the converging nozzle, wherein the annular ring has an airfoil cross-sectional shape.
Claims10
A fluid accelerator, comprising:
- an outer housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, the outer housing defining a converging nozzle proximate the inlet end;
- and
- an annular ring disposed proximate the inlet end of the outer housing within the converging nozzle;
- wherein the annular ring has an airfoil cross-sectional shape;
- wherein the annular ring has a suction side of the airfoil cross-sectional shape and a pressure side of the airfoil cross-sectional shape;
- and
- wherein the annular ring is angled with the suction side of the airfoil cross-sectional shape being tilted downstream toward the outlet end and the pressure side of the airfoil cross-sectional shape being tilted upstream toward the inlet end.
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A fluid accelerator, comprising:
- an outer housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, the outer housing defining a converging nozzle proximate the inlet end;
- and
- an annular ring disposed proximate the inlet end of the outer housing within the converging nozzle;
- wherein the annular ring has an airfoil cross-sectional shape;
- wherein the annular ring has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side, and a pressure side, the airfoil cross-sectional shape including:
- a base portion including a first surface associated with the pressure side and a second surface associated with the suction side;
- an overhang portion that extends over some of the base portion;
- an elliptic portion connecting the base portion and the overhang portion adjacent the leading edge;
- and
- wherein the overhang portion is curved toward the second surface of the base portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.