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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Matthew Wolk, Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas Lee Atwell, Maryville, TN (US);
Vikas Bhupendra Sheth, Edwards, IL (US);
Jeremy Ross Conyers, Washington, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A turbine connector in an engine exhaust manifold includes a turbine foot attached to incoming exhaust conduits. The turbine foot has an outer perimetric edge defining a trapezoidal shape, and inner perimetric edges forming exhaust outlets from the incoming exhaust conduits. The inner perimetric edges have varied perimetric curvatures largest in finite curvature size upon a web extending between the exhaust outlets, and together forming an hourglass web profile in a turbine-mounting plane defined by the turbine foot.