Granted Patent B2

US 7,354,242 · App. 10/596,191 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Abstract

Claims (7)

1. A variable nozzle ( 10 ) for a gas turbine fixed to a shaft ( 11 ), said variable nozzle ( 10 ) comprising a pressurized upper surface ( 12 ) and a depressurized lower surface ( 14 ) opposite to the upper surface ( 12 ), wherein the variable nozzle comprises a series of substantially “C”-shaped sections, each having a first rounded end ( 20 ) and a second rounded end ( 21 ), each section of the series of sections also having the concavity facing upwards with respect to a base ( 90 ) and arranged one after another continuously, in the direction of an axis of the shaft ( 11 ) along an at least second degree curved line ( 60 ), wherein said at least second degree curved line ( 60 ) lies on a surface ( 70 ) having an axis orthogonal to the axis of the shaft ( 11 ) and also tilted with respect to the base ( 90 ) by an angle ( 80 ).

2. The variable nozzle ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said curved line ( 60 ) is a parabolic line.

3. The variable nozzle ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said curved line ( 60 ) is a hyperbolic line.

4. The variable nozzle ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said curved line ( 60 ) is a combination of a parabolic line and a hyperbolic line.

5. The variable nozzle ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein said curved line ( 60 ) is a third degree line.

6. The variable nozzle ( 10 ) according to any of the previous claims, wherein said curved line ( 60 ) has a maximum or minimum point.

7. The variable nozzle ( 10 ) according to any of claims 1 through 5 , wherein the upper surface ( 12 ) is saddle-shaped.

Assignments (6)