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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Itt Manufacturing Enterprises Llc, Wilimington, DE (US);
Patrick J. Yehl, Victor, NY (US);
John Wilkie, Seneca Falls, NY (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An impeller assembly including: an impeller housing having a housing inlet and a housing outlet for receiving and discharging working fluid; and an impeller located within and rotatable with respect to the impeller housing. The impeller having an impeller inlet for receiving the working fluid, a plurality of impeller blades forming a plurality of impeller passageways in communication with the impeller inlet, and a plurality of impeller outlets each communicating with one of the impeller passageways for discharging the working fluid. The impeller includes an impeller hub that has one or more hub vanes forming hub fluid channels to receive secondary fluid, where the hub fluid channels are in communication with at least one of the plurality of impeller passageways and is configured to induce rotation of the impeller hub. Angled hub vanes and/or skewed directional thrust balance openings are configured to induce rotation of the impeller hub.