IP Library Granted Patent US 10,788,048
Granted Patent B2
US 10,788,048 · App. 15/938,818 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Inlet guide vane assembly

Inventor: Jin Hyoung Kim (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
F04D29/46F01D17/165F02C3/13F02C7/057F04D29/242F04D29/56F05B2260/96F05D2250/51F05D2250/611F05D2260/38F05D2260/53F05D2260/96
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Patent No.
US 10,788,048
App. No.
15/938,818
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inlet guide vane assembly is provided. The inlet guide vane assembly includes a housing, a rotating shaft rotatably located in the housing, a vane portion connected to the rotating shaft, a bushing portion located between the rotating shaft and the housing, and an elastic portion located between the bushing portion and the rotating shaft.

Claims (29)

1. An inlet guide vane assembly comprising:

a housing;

a rotating shaft disposed in the housing;

a vane portion connected to the rotating shaft;

a bushing portion disposed between the rotating shaft and the housing; and

an elastic portion disposed between the bushing portion and the rotating shaft,

wherein the elastic portion comprises:

a body portion; and

a protruding portion protruding from the body portion,

wherein an insertion groove into which the elastic portion is inserted is formed on an outer surface of the rotating shaft, and

wherein a portion of the insertion groove corresponding to the protruding portion and the body portion, and a portion of the insertion groove corresponding to only the body portion have different depths.

2. The inlet guide vane assembly of claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion protrudes from an inner surface of the body portion toward the rotating shaft.

3. The inlet guide vane assembly of claim 2 , wherein the body portion is formed in an annular shape, and the protruding portion comprises a plurality of protruding portions space apart from each other.

4. The inlet guide vane assembly of claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion and the rotating shaft are in line contact with each other.

5. The inlet guide vane assembly of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the protruding portion contacting the rotating shaft is curved.

6. An inlet guide vane assembly comprising:

a housing;

a rotating shaft disposed in the housing;

a vane portion connected to the rotating shaft;

a bushing portion disposed between the rotating shaft and the housing; and

an elastic portion disposed between the bushing portion and the rotating shaft,

wherein the elastic portion comprises:

a first case; and

a second case coupled to the first case and configured to move corresponding to the first case,

wherein the elastic portion further comprises a damping fluid between the first case and the second case.

7. The inlet guide vane assembly of claim 6 , wherein an insertion groove into which the elastic portion is inserted is formed on an outer surface of the rotating shaft.

8. The inlet guide vane assembly of claim 6 , further comprising:

a first gear disposed on the rotating shaft and configured to rotate the rotating shaft; and

a second gear connected to the first gear and configured to rotate the first gear.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046366/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2018
From: KIM, JIN HYOUNG
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 045762/0882 →