Compressor
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorPierre Bernard French
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Abstract
A compressor comprises a compressor housing, a compressor wheel mounted within the housing and having compressor blades, and a bearing housing. The compressor housing comprises a cover member and a diffuser member that is connected to both the cover member and the bearing housing. The diffuser member has a radially outer portion connected to the cover member and a radially inner portion connected to the bearing housing. The diffuser member has a first weakened region defined at a first position intermediate the radially outer portion and the radially inner portion, and a first strengthened region defined at a second position intermediate the radially outer portion and the radially inner portion, said second position being radially inwards or outwards of the first weakened region.
Claims23
A compressor comprising a compressor housing, a compressor wheel mounted within the housing and having compressor blades, and a bearing housing, the compressor housing comprising a cover member and a diffuser member that is connected to both the cover member and the bearing housing, the diffuser member having a radially outer portion connected to the cover member and a radially inner portion connected to the bearing housing, wherein the diffuser member has a first weakened region defined at a first position intermediate the radially outer portion and the radially inner portion and a first strengthened region defined at a second position intermediate the radially outer portion and the radially inner portion, said second position being radially inwards or outwards of the first weakened region.
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