Evaporator with orifice insert
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorWei-Lin Cho
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Abstract
An orifice insert is provided and includes a center plug and a ring feature. The center plug has first and second ends and an exterior surface extending between the first and second ends. The exterior surface defines multiple inflow channels that extend from the first end toward the second end and terminate at termination points midway between the first and second ends. The ring feature is disposed about the center plug and the multiple inflow channels to define, with the center plug, a plenum with which the termination points of the multiple inflow channels are fluidly communicative.
Claims20
An orifice insert, comprising:
- a center plug having first and second ends and an exterior surface extending between the first and second ends,
- the exterior surface defining multiple inflow channels that extend from the first end toward the second end and terminate at termination points midway between the first and second ends;
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- a ring feature disposed about the center plug and the multiple inflow channels to define, with the center plug, a plenum with which the termination points of the multiple inflow channels are fluidly communicative,
- wherein the ring feature comprises a first face adjacent to the center plug and the multiple inflow channels and a second face at a distal edge of the first face to face the center plug and the multiple inflow channels.
An orifice insert, comprising:
- a center plug having first and second ends and an exterior surface extending between the first and second ends,
- the exterior surface defining multiple inflow channels that extend from the first end toward the second end and terminate at termination points midway between the first and second ends;
- and
- a ring feature disposed about the center plug and the multiple inflow channels and comprising:
- a first side, beyond which the first end extends;
- and
- a second side opposite the first side beyond which the second end extends and defining, with the center plug, a plenum with which the termination points are fluidly communicative,
- wherein the ring feature further comprises a first face adjacent to the center plug and the multiple inflow channels and a second face at a distal edge of the first face to face the center plug and the multiple inflow channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.