IP Library Granted Patent US 10,544,796
Granted Patent B2
US 10,544,796 · App. 15/529,773 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Impeller and rotary machine

Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Ryoji Okabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F04D29/266F01D5/04F01D5/048F02C6/12F04D17/10F04D29/284F02M2700/331
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Patent No.
US 10,544,796
App. No.
15/529,773
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body formed from a resin and shaped as a disk with an axis as the center thereof, and having a boss hole section formed therein which a rotating shaft for rotating around the axis engages; compressor blades provided on the front-surface side of the impeller body; and a ring-shaped reinforcing ring provided inside the impeller body in the circumferential direction of the impeller body.

Claims (46)

1. An impeller comprising:

an impeller body that is formed of a resin, forms a disk-like shape about an axis, and has a boss hole section formed therein, a rotating shaft rotating about the axis being fitted to the boss hole section;

a plurality of blades provided on a front surface side of the impeller body; and

a reinforcing ring that is disposed in a circumferential direction of the impeller body inside the impeller body, and forms an annular shape,

wherein the reinforcing ring has

a base part that forms an annular shape in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, and

an engaging part that extends in a direction of the axis from the base part, on a side closer to the inside of the impeller body than the base part.

2. The impeller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base part is exposed to an inner peripheral surface of the boss hole section in the impeller body.

3. The impeller according to claim 2 ,

wherein the engaging part in the reinforcing ring has a curved engaging surface that is curved so as to protrude toward the impeller body side.

4. The impeller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position in the direction of the axis where a stress generated in the impeller body reaches a maximum.

5. The impeller according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outer peripheral end of the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position that is spaced apart to be larger than 0.1 times a diameter dimension between the axis and the outer peripheral end of the impeller body, from the axis of the impeller body.

6. The impeller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a complex material including a thermosetting resin and reinforcing fibers.

7. The impeller according to claim 6 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is disposed such that the reinforcing fibers extend in the circumferential direction of the impeller body.

8. The impeller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a metal material.

9. The impeller according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second reinforcing ring that is formed on a back surface of the impeller body, is fitted to a step section, having a surface facing an outer peripheral side, from the outer peripheral side, is formed of a resin and reinforcing fibers, and forms an annular shape.

10. A rotary machine comprising:

the impeller according to claim 1 ; and

a rotating shaft that is attached to the impeller and rotates together with the impeller.

11. The impeller according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position in the direction of the axis where a stress generated in the impeller body reaches a maximum.

12. The impeller according to claim 3 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position in the direction of the axis where a stress generated in the impeller body reaches a maximum.

13. The impeller according to claim 2 ,

wherein an outer peripheral end of the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position that is spaced apart to be larger than 0.1 times a diameter dimension between the axis and the outer peripheral end of the impeller body, from the axis of the impeller body.

14. The impeller according to claim 3 ,

wherein an outer peripheral end of the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position that is spaced apart to be larger than 0.1 times a diameter dimension between the axis and the outer peripheral end of the impeller body, from the axis of the impeller body.

15. The impeller according to claim 4 ,

wherein an outer peripheral end of the reinforcing ring is disposed at a position that is spaced apart to be larger than 0.1 times a diameter dimension between the axis and the outer peripheral end of the impeller body, from the axis of the impeller body.

16. The impeller according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a complex material including a thermosetting resin and reinforcing fibers.

17. The impeller according to claim 3 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a complex material including a thermosetting resin and reinforcing fibers.

18. The impeller according to claim 4 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a complex material including a thermosetting resin and reinforcing fibers.

19. The impeller according to claim 5 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a complex material including a thermosetting resin and reinforcing fibers.

20. The impeller according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reinforcing ring is formed of a metal material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2017
From: WATANABE, YASUNORI; OKABE, RYOJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-245156 · Dec 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170306973A1 · Oct 26, 2017