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LABYRINTH SEAL WITH ANGLED FINS
20210079802 · 2021-03-18 ·

An aircraft engine having a shaft, an engine casing, at least one bearing located between the shaft and the engine casing, the engine casing defining a bearing cavity containing the at least one bearing, an air distribution system configured to inject compressed air to the bearing cavity to in use provide a sealing air flow entering the bearing cavity, and a labyrinth seal having a seal rotor and a seal stator, fins extending from one of the seal rotor and the seal stator toward the other of the seal rotor and the seal stator, at least one of the fins extending in an angled upstream direction relative to a direction of the sealing air flow.

Motorcompressor and method to improve the efficiency of a motorcompressor
10895264 · 2021-01-19 · ·

A motorcompressor comprising an electric motor, a load, a shaft assembly, the electric motor and the load being mounted on the shaft assembly, a casing configured to completely house the electric motor, the load and the shaft assembly for its entire length, a divider located in the casing to define a motor chamber and a load chamber, the divider comprising at least a pumping device configured to transfer a part of the fluid present in the motor chamber to the load chamber so as to obtain in the motor chamber a pressure that is lower than a pressure at a load inlet.

Oil seal structure and compressing apparatus including the same
10865795 · 2020-12-15 · ·

An oil seal structure and a compressing apparatus including the oil seal structure are provided. The oil seal structure includes a rotating shaft, a bearing, a lower housing portion, an upper housing portion, an assembly surface seal member inserted into a first assembly surface seal groove, and an oil seal member provided in a first seal groove and a second seal groove and including a flange portion, wherein a lower oil receiving portion is formed in the lower housing portion, a first passage groove is formed in the first seal groove, and an oil passage is formed between a bottom surface of the first passage groove and the flange portion.

ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER

An electric supercharger includes: a compressor impeller; a motor configured to transmit a driving force to the compressor impeller via a rotational shaft; a back-surface side casing facing a back surface of the compressor impeller via a gap and surrounding the rotational shaft; a bearing disposed between the back-surface side casing and the rotational shaft so as to support the rotational shaft rotatably; and a mechanical seal positioned between the back surface of the compressor impeller and the bearing in an axial direction of the compressor impeller and configured to seal a gap between the rotational shaft and the back-surface side casing.

Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle

An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The exhaust gas turbocharger includes a bearing housing having at least one through hole for a rotor of the exhaust gas turbocharger for supporting the rotor. At least one housing cover is connected to the bearing housing such that the through hole is sealed at least partially in the axial direction of the exhaust gas turbocharger. The housing cover is connected to the bearing housing by exactly one threaded element having an external thread, which threaded element is screwed to the bearing housing by its external thread and a corresponding internal thread of the bearing housing.

ROTATING LEAF SPRING SEAL
20200340369 · 2020-10-29 · ·

A rotating leaf spring seal is disclosed. In various embodiments, the rotating leaf spring seal includes a first annular ring configured for positioning against a support structure; a hook section having an outer surface configured for sealing engagement with a tie shaft and an inner surface configured for receiving a hold down ring; and a spring section disposed between the first annular ring and the hook section.

VACUUM PUMP, ROTOR, ROTOR FIN, AND CASING
20200340492 · 2020-10-29 ·

A vacuum pump includes a rotor that has a rotor central portion and a plurality of stages of rotor blade portions extending from the rotor central portion and having a predetermined elevation angle, and a casing that houses the rotor therein. The rotor further includes a rotor fin. The rotor fin includes a fin shaft portion connected to an end of the rotor central portion, and a transfer blade that extends from the fin shaft portion and causes particles to bounce back in a direction toward an outer periphery of the rotor, the particles falling onto the abovementioned end through an inlet port. The height of the transfer blade and the number of transfer blades are set based on the fall velocity of the particles and the rotation speed of the rotor, such that the particles are prevented from falling onto the abovementioned end without colliding with the transfer blade.

Turbomachine with a balance drum and sleeve arrangement and method
10816006 · 2020-10-27 · ·

The turbomachine comprises a stationary casing with a rotating member configured to rotate about a rotation axis in the stationary casing. The turbomachine further includes a rotating balance drum, arranged for co-rotation with the rotating member. A stationary sleeve is arranged in a fixed relationship with the stationary casing and surrounds the balance drum. The stationary sleeve comprises a plurality of consecutively arranged sleeve sections. A fluid channel is defined by an outer surface of the balance drum and an inner surface of the stationary sleeve. Between at least one pair of sequentially arranged upstream sleeve section and downstream sleeve section an annular chamber is provided, fluidly coupled to the fluid channel. Shunt holes are arranged on the upstream sleeve section, each shunt hole having a shunt hole inlet on an inner surface of the upstream sleeve section, and a shunt hole outlet in the annular chamber.

ROTARY DEVICE
20200332802 · 2020-10-22 · ·

A rotary device includes: a housing; an impeller disposed in the housing; a rotor disposed in the housing and configured to drive the impeller; and a labyrinth seal disposed between the impeller and the rotor in the housing and configured to control an amount of air injected through the impeller to cool the rotor. A flow path opening that penetrates through the rotor is formed inside the rotor along a rotational axis of the rotor and the labyrinth seal comprises a teeth portion having a predetermined number of steps provided in the labyrinth seal.

Rotary machine

A rotary machine includes a thrust bearing and radial bearings rotatably supporting a rotary shaft, a rotation drive portion that rotates the rotary shaft, a first-stage impeller that rotates about an axis of the rotary shaft, a casing, a working fluid gas extraction portion that extracts a working fluid under compression from a middle of the first-stage impeller to an outside of the casing, and a working fluid supply line that allows the working fluid under compression, on which gas extraction is performed by the working fluid gas extraction portion, to be supplied therethrough to the rotation drive portion.