IP Library Granted Patent US 7,771,170
Granted Patent B2
US 7,771,170 · App. 11/976,708 · Granted Aug 10, 2010

Turbine wheel

Assignee: ABB Turbo Systems AG
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Patent No.
US 7,771,170
App. No.
11/976,708
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The hub/blade junction of each rotor blade is placed with respect to the scalloping surface (F 1 +F 2 ) such that this surface is supported as symmetrically as possible by the rotor blade. The turbine wheel with three-dimensionally curved rotor blades has scalloping in the area of the hub rear wall, and in consequence is subject to reduced stresses caused by scalloping deformation.

Claims (11)

1. A turbine wheel of a radial or mixed-flow turbine having a hub and rotor blades with

each rotor blade being connected in each case along a curved hub/blade junction to the hub and with the rotor blades being designed and arranged on the hub such that the hub/blade junction runs curved towards the pressure side of the rotor blades, deviating from the radial direction,

with the hub having a scalloping contour between, in each case, two adjacent rotor blades in the area of a hub rear wall,

with a hub surface (F 1 +F 2 ) in the area of each rotor blade being bounded by the scalloping contour between the radially innermost points (A, B) of the scalloping contour on the suction side and pressure side of the rotor blades and by a straight line passing through these two points, and

with a radial line which bisects the hub surface (F 1 +F 2 ) intersecting the scalloping contour at an intersection point (C),

wherein the terminal ends of the hub/blade junction of each rotor blade is in each case arranged offset towards the pressure side of the rotor blade with respect to the intersection point (C), and

wherein the hub/blade junction of each rotor blade equally divides into two halves the hub surface (F 1 +F 2 ) which is bounded by the scalloping contour between the radially innermost points (A, B) of the scalloping contour on the suction side and on the pressure side of the rotor blades, and by a straight line passing through these two points.

2. The turbine wheel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the scalloping contour is symmetrical with respect to the radial lines, and in that the intersection point (C) of the radial lines with the scalloping contour is located at the radially highest point on the scalloping contour.

3. A mixed-flow turbine, comprising a turbine wheel as claimed in claim 1 .

4. A radial turbine, comprising a turbine wheel as claimed in claim 1 .

5. An exhaust-gas turbocharger, comprising a radial or mixed-flow turbine having a turbine wheel as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: TURBO SYSTEMS SWITZERLAND LTD.
To: ACCELLERON SWITZERLAND LTD.
Reel/Frame 070378/0198 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB SWITZERLAND LTD
Reel/Frame 061219/0175 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: ABB SWITZERLAND LTD
To: TURBO SYSTEMS SWITZERLAND LTD
Reel/Frame 061541/0473 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 21, 2020
From: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG
To: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 053574/0340 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 21, 2020
From: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS HOLDING AG
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 053575/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2007
From: SEILER, MARTIN
To: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 020074/0711 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 05405319 · Apr 27, 2005 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCH200600017600 · Mar 24, 2006
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