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Granted Patent B2
US 12,571,401 · App. 19/010,262 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Centrifugal compressor

Inventors: Atsushi Yonemura (Tokyo, JP); Yudai Kaneko (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
F04D27/0253F02B37/12F04D17/10F04D29/464
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Patent No.
US 12,571,401
App. No.
19/010,262
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A centrifugal compressor includes: an intake flow path connected to an intake port; a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path; a movable member provided on the intake port side with respect to the compressor impeller in the intake flow path, the movable member movable to a protruding position protruding into the intake flow path and a retracted position retracting from the intake flow path; a first end that is an end, on the compressor impeller side, of an inner curved surface of the movable member; a second end that is an end, on the intake port side, of the inner curved surface of the movable member; and an extending portion between the first end and the second end, the extending portion extending in a direction corresponding to a rotation axis direction of the compressor impeller.

Claims (32)

1 . A centrifugal compressor comprising:

an intake flow path connected to an intake port;

a compressor impeller disposed in the intake flow path;

a movable member provided on an intake port side with respect to the compressor impeller in the intake flow path, the movable member movable to a protruding position protruding into the intake flow path and a retracted position retracting from the intake flow path; the movable member comprising:

a first portion that is a portion having an arc shape in a cross section taken along a rotation axis of the compressor impeller, provided on a compressor impeller side, of an inner curved surface of the movable member,

a second portion that is a portion having an arc shape in a cross section taken along the rotation axis of the compressor impeller, provided on the intake port side, of the inner curved surface of the movable member;

an extending portion between the first portion and the second portion, of the inner curved surface of the movable member, the extending portion extending in a direction corresponding to a rotation axis direction of the compressor impeller; and

a groove extending in a circumferential direction of the compressor impeller is included on a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side,

wherein a connection position between the second portion and the extending portion is located on the compressor impeller side with respect to a center of the movable member in the rotation axis direction, and

wherein a curvature radius of the second portion is larger than a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

2 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the curvature radius of the second portion is larger than a curvature radius of the first portion.

3 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein a fillet portion is formed between the second portion and a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side.

4 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 ,

wherein a radial distance between an inner circumferential edge of a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side and the extending portion is less than or equal to 80% of a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

5 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein a radial distance between an inner circumferential edge of a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side and the extending portion is less than or equal to 80% of a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

6 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 3 ,

wherein a radial distance between an inner circumferential edge of a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side and the extending portion is less than or equal to 80% of a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

7 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 ,

wherein a radial distance between an inner circumferential edge of a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side and the extending portion is greater than or equal to 20% of a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

8 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein a radial distance between an inner circumferential edge of a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side and the extending portion is greater than or equal to 20% of a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

9 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 3 ,

wherein a radial distance between an inner circumferential edge of a surface of the movable member facing the intake port side and the extending portion is greater than or equal to 20% of a thickness of the movable member in the rotation axis direction.

10 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the groove is recessed from the surface of the movable member facing the intake port side toward a surface of the movable member toward the compressor impeller side.

11 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 10 ,

wherein the groove is recessed adjacent to an end of the second portion.

12 . The centrifugal compressor according to claim 10 ,

wherein the groove has a rectangular cross-section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2025
From: YONEMURA, ATSUSHI; KANEKO, YUDAI
To: IHI CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-143038 · Sep 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2023014077 · Apr 5, 2023
Related Publication 20250129791A1 · Apr 24, 2025
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