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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivan T Burney, Plum Boro, PA (US);
Tsoy K Moy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415204 ; 415206 ; 415207 ; 415210 ;
Abstract
A discharge assembly for an axial flow compressor which places a diffuser which extends radially outwardly and axially outwardly adjacent the last row of rotatable blades to efficiently convert the swirl energy of the fluid into pressure energy without utilizing one or more arrays of stationary blades to straighten the flow before it enters the diffuser.