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US 2025/0052253 A1Published application
Radial impeller with maximized inducer area
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsViktor Kilchyk, Brent J. Merritt
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Abstract
A rotor assembly is provided and includes a two-piece rotor impeller and a rotor shaft. The two-piece rotor impeller includes a blade section and a forward section, which is connected to the blade section. The rotor shaft includes an aft section at which the rotor shaft terminates. The aft section is directly attached to the forward section of the rotor impeller. The blade section includes a converging blade configured to converge to a point with a minimized internal diameter (ID).
Claims20
A rotor assembly, comprising:
- a two-piece rotor impeller comprising a blade section and a forward section, which is connected to the blade section;
- and
- a rotor shaft comprising an aft section at which the rotor shaft terminates, the aft section being directly attached to the forward section of the rotor impeller,
- the blade section comprising a converging blade configured to converge to a point with a minimized internal diameter (ID) and an exit blade,
- wherein:
- the converging blade extends aft from the forward section and converges toward the point with a non-linear profile, and
- the non-linear profile comprises a steep forward portion, a shallow aft portion and a curved portion axially interposed between the steep forward portion and the shallow after portion.
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A rotor assembly, comprising:
- a two-piece rotor impeller comprising a blade section and forward section, which is connected to the blade section;
- and
- a rotor shaft comprising an aft section at which the rotor shaft terminates, the aft section being directly attached to the forward section of the rotor impeller,
- the blade section comprising a converging blade configured to converge to a point with a minimized internal diameter (ID),
- wherein:
- the blade section of the rotor impeller comprises the converging blade and an exit blade, and
- the converging blade extends aft from an aft edge of the exit blade by a length which is not more than 1/10 of a diameter of the exit blade.
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A rotor assembly, comprising:
- a two-piece rotor impeller comprising a blade section and a forward section, which is connected to the blade section;
- and
- a rotor shaft comprising an aft section at which the rotor shaft terminates, the aft section being directly attached to the forward section of the rotor impeller,
- the blade section comprising a converging blade configured to converge to a point with a zeroed internal diameter (ID) and an exit blade,
- wherein the converging blade extends aft from the forward section and converges toward the point with a non-linear profile and the non-linear profile comprises a steep forward portion, a shallow aft portion and a curved portion axially interposed between the steep forward portion and the shallow aft portion.
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A rotor assembly, comprising:
- a two-piece rotor impeller comprising a blade section and a forward section, which is connected to the blade section;
- and
- a rotor shaft comprising an aft section at which the rotor shaft terminates, the aft section being directly attached to the forward section of the rotor impeller,
- the blade section comprising a converging blade configured to converge to a point with a minimized internal diameter (ID),
- wherein:
- the blade section of the rotor impeller comprises the converging blade and an exit blade, and
- the converging blade extends aft from an aft edge of the exit blade by a length which is not more than 1/10 of a diameter of the exit blade.
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A rotor assembly, comprising:
- a two-piece rotor impeller comprising a blade section and a forward section, which is connected to the blade section, the blade section comprising an exit blade and a converging blade;
- and
- a rotor shaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis thereof and comprises an aft section at which the rotor shaft terminates, the aft section being directly attached to the forward section of the rotor impeller,
- the converging blade of the blade section being configured to converge with a non-linear profile to a point defined along the rotational axis and aft of an aft edge of the exit blade with a zeroed internal diameter (ID),
- wherein the converging blade of the blade section extends aft from the aft edge of the exit blade by a length which is not more than 1/10 of a diameter of the exit blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.