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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Homison, Wattsburg, PA (US);
Louis Kobielski, Sherman, NY (US);
Timothy Blackhurst, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/16 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F04D 17/10 (2006.01); F04D 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/165 (2013.01); F01D 9/045 (2013.01); F04D 17/10 (2013.01); F04D 29/444 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2260/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for an open vane nozzle for a turbine. In one example, the turbine may include at least one bias device arranged at an interface between a nozzle ring and a turbine shroud. The at least one bias device may be configured to exert an axial force on the nozzle ring to maintain contact between vane tips of the nozzle ring and a volute wall.