Fluid flow distribution device
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorLakhi Nandlal Goenka
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Abstract
A fluid flow distribution device for a fluid component configured to improve a distribution of a fluid flow therein. The fluid flow distribution includes a plurality of walls. The walls form a chamber configured to receive a fluid flow from a fluid source therein. The chamber is in fluid communication with a fluid inlet of the fluid component and a plurality of flow paths. Each of the flow paths includes an inlet and an outlet. At least one of the walls includes an inner surface, wherein a distance between the inner surface and a plane generally defined by the inlets of the flow paths non-uniformly progressively decreases in respect of a general direction of the fluid flow into the fluid flow distribution device to downwardly direct the fluid flow into the flow paths adjacent thereto.
Claims20
A fluid flow distribution device, comprising:
- a plurality of walls forming a chamber configured to receive a fluid flow therein, wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with a fluid inlet and a plurality of flow paths, each of the flow paths having an inlet, wherein a distance between an inner surface of at least one of the walls and a plane generally defined by the inlets of the flow paths non-uniformly progressively decreases in respect of a general direction of the fluid flow into the fluid flow distribution device.
A fluid flow distribution device, comprising:
- a plurality of walls forming a chamber configured to receive a fluid flow therein, the chamber in fluid communication with a fluid inlet and a plurality of flow paths, wherein at least one of the walls includes an inner surface having a first section adjacent the fluid inlet and a second section adjacent the first section, and wherein a rate of change in volume of a first portion of the chamber adjacent the first section of the inner surface is greater than a rate of change in volume of a second portion of the chamber adjacent the second section of the inner surface.
A fluid flow distribution device, comprising:
- a plurality of walls forming a chamber configured to receive a fluid flow therein, wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with a fluid inlet and a plurality of flow paths, each of the flow paths including an inlet, wherein a rate of change in distance between an inner surface of at least one of the walls and a plane generally defined by the inlets of the flow paths decreases as a distance from the fluid inlet increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.