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Granted Patent B2
US 11,946,480 · App. 17/807,275 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Centrifugal compressor

Inventors: Atsushi Yonemura (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Sakisaka (Tokyo, JP); Yudai Kaneko (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Bamba (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
F04D27/0253F04D29/4206F04D29/462
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Patent No.
US 11,946,480
App. No.
17/807,275
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path; a movable portion arranged upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of an intake air; and a groove formed in an area other than a surface located on a downstream side in the flow of the intake air in the movable portion.

Claims (12)

1. A centrifugal compressor comprising:

a housing including an intake flow path;

a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path;

a movable portion arranged upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of an intake air; and

a groove formed in an area other than a surface located on a downstream side in the flow of the intake air in the movable portion,

wherein the movable portion includes a pair of parallel surfaces that face each other in an axial direction or in a radial direction of the compressor impeller and define the groove.

2. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the groove is formed on a surface located on an upstream side in the flow of the intake air in the movable portion.

3. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the groove is formed on a radial outer surface in the movable portion.

4. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the groove extends in a circumferential direction of the compressor impeller.

5. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the groove extends in a circumferential direction of the compressor impeller.

6. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the groove extends in a circumferential direction of the compressor impeller.

7. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion is arranged in an accommodation groove provided in housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022
From: YONEMURA, ATSUSHI; SAKISAKA, RYOTA; KANEKO, YUDAI; BAMBA, TAKAHIRO
To: IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060228/0758 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-031838 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020048517 · Dec 24, 2020
Related Publication 20220307510A1 · Sep 29, 2022
Cited By (1)
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