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US 12,416,286 B2Granted
Turbine assembly
AssigneeHydro-Flux Aqua Products Limited
InventorDoug Burnham
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Abstract
A turbine assembly for a generator including a rotor that is operable to rotate about an axis; and a thrust absorbing member, wherein fluid is operable to enter the turbine assembly generally axially with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor and to exit the turbine generally radially with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The fluid is operable to contact the thrust absorbing member prior to contacting the rotor.
Claims12
A turbine assembly for a generator comprising:
- a. a rotor that is operable to rotate about an axis;
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- b. a thrust absorbing member,
- wherein the fluid is operable to contact the thrust absorbing member prior to contacting the rotor and wherein fluid is operable to enter the turbine assembly generally axially with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor and be diverted to a generally radial flow with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor by thrust absorbing member, and exit the turbine assembly generally radially with regard to the axis of rotation of the rotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.