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Granted Patent B2
US 11,982,221 · App. 18/466,118 · Granted May 14, 2024

Centrifugal compressor and turbocharger

Inventors: Atsushi Yonemura (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Sakisaka (Tokyo, JP); Kazuaki Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
F02B37/004F04D17/10F04D27/0253F04D29/4213F04D29/462F04D29/584
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Patent No.
US 11,982,221
App. No.
18/466,118
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber; and an annular path formed in the housing, the annular path being connected to an outside of the housing, a heating medium supplied from the outside of the housing flowing through the annular path, at least a part of the annular path being located between the accommodation chamber and a leading edge of the compressor impeller.

Claims (14)

1. A centrifugal compressor comprising:

a housing including an intake flow path;

a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path;

an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the compressor impeller in a flow of intake air in the housing;

a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber; and

an annular path formed in the housing, the annular path being connected to an outside of the housing, a heating medium supplied from the outside of the housing flowing through the annular path, at least a part of the annular path being located between the accommodation chamber and a leading edge of the compressor impeller.

2. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein an intake port of the annular path is positioned vertically below a discharge port of the annular path.

3. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a radially outer end of the annular path is located radially outside a radially outer end of the accommodation chamber.

4. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 , wherein a radially outer end of the annular path is located radially outside a radially outer end of the accommodation chamber.

5. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the radially outer end of the annular path is narrower than a width of a radially inner end.

6. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 2 , wherein a width of the radially outer end of the annular path is narrower than a width of a radially inner end.

7. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the radially outer end of the annular path is narrower than a width of a radially inner end.

8. The centrifugal compressor according to claim 4 , wherein a width of the radially outer end of the annular path is narrower than a width of a radially inner end.

9. A turbocharger comprising a centrifugal compressor according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2023
From: YONEMURA, ATSUSHI; SAKISAKA, RYOTA; NAKAMURA, KAZUAKI
To: IHI CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-115967 · Jul 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022011013 · Mar 11, 2022
Related Publication 20240003289A1 · Jan 4, 2024
Cited By (1)
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