Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbomachine
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Application No.: US14680044Application Date: 2015-04-06
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Publication No.: US09863272B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Tadayoshi Shoyama
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2014-086100 20140418
- Main IPC: F01D25/16
- IPC: F01D25/16 ; F01D11/00 ; F01D5/12 ; F04D17/12 ; F04D29/057

Abstract:
A turbomachine of this disclosure includes a rotation shaft, a first impeller, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The first impeller is fixed to the rotation shaft and includes a low-pressure-side surface. The first bearing is adjacent to the low-pressure-side surface of the first impeller and supports the rotation shaft. The second bearing is disposed on an opposite side of the first impeller from the first bearing and supports the rotation shaft. The rotation shaft includes a first tapered portion gradually increasing in diameter toward the first impeller. The first bearing includes a first support surface supporting the first tapered portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150300193A1 TURBOMACHINE Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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