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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Loc Quang Duong, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaolan HU, San Diego, CA (US);
Gao Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. Jones, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Loc Quang Duong, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaolan Hu, San Diego, CA (US);
Gao Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. Jones, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/048 (2013.01); F05D 2260/941 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine wheel is disposed about an axis and has a back face including a plurality of lobes disposed about a periphery of the back face. The lobes define scalloped areas therebetween. The scalloped areas are further defined by a radius BRthat blends into a first lobe and into a radius BRthat also blends into a flat area.