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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Darryl A. Colson, West Suffield, CT (US);
Eric Chrabascz, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Clarence J. Wytas, Stafford Springs, CT (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A turbine housing for a two-wheel air cycle machine includes a first side of the turbine housing, a second side of the turbine housing, a central axis, an outer housing portion, an inner housing portion, a plurality of struts between the inner housing portion and the outer housing portion and a plurality of cooling slots between the plurality of supports. The outer housing portion includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a cooling inlet extending from the outer surface of the outer housing portion and a cooling outlet opposite the cooling inlet and extending from the outer surface of the outer housing portion. The inner housing portion includes a thrust bearing support surface substantially parallel to the second side of the turbine housing and a journal bearing bore extending between the first side of the turbine housing and the thrust bearing support surface.