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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 28, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Raju Yamarthi, Bengaluru, IN;
Brian G. Brzek, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Adam Joseph Wangler, Evendale, OH (US);
David Justin Brady, Lynn, MA (US);
Prachi Anand Tappu, Bengaluru, IN;
Santosh Pattnaik, Bengaluru, IN;
Mohan Kannaiah Raju, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
Impeller bearings for pumps are disclosed. An example fluid pump includes a motor, a shaft coupled to a rotor of the motor, an impeller coupled to the shaft forward of the motor, the impeller including blades to pump a fluid, a first radial bearing positioned around the shaft aft of the motor, a second radial bearing positioned around the impeller, and guide vanes extending radially from the second radial bearing upstream of the blades of the impeller.