IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,883,513
Granted Patent B2
US 10,883,513 · App. 16/088,558 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Impeller, rotary machine, and turbocharger

Inventors: Yutaka Fujita (Tokyo, JP); Tadashi Kanzaka (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Yoshizawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,883,513
App. No.
16/088,558
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

This compressor wheel ( 3 ) is provided with a disc ( 22 ) which is formed in a disc shape and provided to be rotatable around a central axis (C); and a plurality of blades ( 23 ) provided on a disc surface ( 22 f ) facing a first side in the central axis (C) direction with an interval in a circumferential direction around the central axis (C). A rear surface ( 22 r ) of the disc ( 22 ) facing a second side in the central axis (C) direction has a convex curved surface ( 25 ) which is convex toward the second side in the central axis (C) direction at least part of a center portion of the disc ( 22 ).

Claims (28)

1. A rotary machine comprising:

a rotating shaft which extends along a central axis; and

an impeller provided on the rotating shaft,

wherein the impeller comprising:

a disc provided on the rotating shaft; and

a plurality of blades provided on a surface of the disc on a first direction in a central axis direction,

wherein the plurality of blades are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction around the central axis,

wherein the disc includes a surface on a side opposite to the first direction in the central axis direction having a convex curved surface which is convex toward the side opposite to the first direction in the central axis direction,

wherein the convex curved surface has a shape being continuously and smoothly convex from an outer circumferential side of the disc toward the central axis,

wherein the rotary machine further comprises a collar provided on the rotating shaft, and

wherein the collar is configured to contact with the convex curved surface at around the central axis.

2. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential convex curved surface which is convex toward the second side in the central axis direction and is formed with a curvature different from that of the convex curved surface is continuously formed on an outer side of the convex curved surface in a radial direction.

3. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein a concave curved surface which is concave toward the second side in the central axial direction is continuously formed on an outer side of the convex curved surface in a radial direction.

4. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein an outer side of the convex curved surface in a radial direction has a tapered surface which extends continuously with the convex curved surface.

5. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the impeller is provided with a concave curved surface provided in a radially outer side of the convex curved surface, the concave curved surface being concave toward the second side along the central axis direction.

6. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the surface of the disc on the side opposite to the first direction in the central axis direction, that is provided in the radially outer side of a contact area on which the convex curved surface contacts the collar, is provided at the side on the first direction in the central axis direction with respect to the contact area of the convex curved surface.

7. The rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein the convex curved surface has a constant curvature radius in a cross-sectional area including the central axis.

8. A turbocharger comprising:

a rotating shaft which extends along a central axis; and

an impeller provided on the rotating shaft,

wherein the impeller comprising:

a disc provided on the rotating shaft; and

a plurality of blades provided on a surface of the disc on a first direction in a central axis direction,

wherein the plurality of blades are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction around the central axis,

wherein the disc includes a surface on a side opposite to the first direction in the central axis direction having a convex curved surface which is convex toward the side opposite to the first direction in the central axis direction,

wherein the convex curved surface has a shape being continuously and smoothly convex from an outer circumferential side of the disc toward the central axis,

wherein the rotary machine further comprises a collar provided on the rotating shaft, and

wherein the collar is configured to contact with the convex curved surface at around the central axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2018
From: FUJITA, YUTAKA; KANZAKA, TADASHI; YOSHIZAWA, HIROAKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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