Garrett Transportation I Inc.

Brent Donato

Ryoken Matsuzaki

Luca Tabacchi

Jeffrey Allen Lotterman

A multi-stage charging device includes a shaft that is supported for rotation about an axis. The charging device also includes a first compressor wheel of a first compressor stage. The first compressor wheel is fixed on the shaft. Furthermore, the charging device includes a second compressor wheel of a second compressor stage. The second compressor wheel is fixed on the shaft. Additionally, the charging device includes a turbine wheel of a turbine section. The turbine wheel is fixed on the shaft in a back-to-back arrangement with the second compressor wheel.

Multi-stage compressor with turbine section for fuel cell system

A turbomachine includes a housing and a rotating group that is supported for rotation about an axis within the housing. The rotating group includes a rotor shaft, a wheel, and a fastener that clamps the wheel to the rotor shaft. The fastener is unitary and includes a head and a shank. The shank includes a piloting feature on an arcuate surface that faces radially outward with respect to the axis. The shank is received in the wheel and is attached to the rotor shaft with the piloting feature being piloted to an arcuate inner radial surface of the wheel. The head abuts an axial surface of the wheel for axially clamping the wheel to the rotor shaft.

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Brent Donato