Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passive clearance control for a centrifugal impeller shroud
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Application No.: US16007647Application Date: 2018-06-13
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Publication No.: US10704560B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Grace Aker , Michael Nesteroff , Mark Eric Whitlock , Cassandra Cummings , Jonathan Acker , Younes Khamliche , Nathanael Cooper
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: F04D29/16
- IPC: F04D29/16 ; F04D29/02 ; F04D29/42 ; F01D11/20 ; F01D11/08 ; F04D29/62 ; F01D11/24 ; F01D11/16 ; F01D11/18 ; F01D11/22

Abstract:
A centrifugal impeller shroud assembly has a dynamically moveable impeller shroud for encasing a rotatable centrifugal impeller and resolving misalignment between the impeller shroud and the rotatable centrifugal impeller. The assembly comprises a static casing, an impeller shroud, a shroud arm, and a thermal member. The shroud arm is coupled between the casing and the impeller shroud. The thermal member is coupled to the impeller shroud and has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) lower than the CTE of the shroud. The shroud arm comprises a flexible portion configured to flex responsive to a differential pressure across the shroud arm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190383304A1 PASSIVE CLEARANCE CONTROL FOR A CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLER SHROUD Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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