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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Mark C. Morris, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Larry Barr, Tempe, AZ (US);
Paul Couey, Tempe, AZ (US);
Stuart Andrew Harman, Sun City, AZ (US);
Douglas L. Ramerth, Chandler, AZ (US);
Luis A. Tapia, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Mark C. Morris, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Larry Barr, Tempe, AZ (US);
Paul Couey, Tempe, AZ (US);
Stuart Andrew Harman, Sun City, AZ (US);
Douglas L. Ramerth, Chandler, AZ (US);
Luis A. Tapia, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A seal plate for directing an airflow includes a hub, main pumping vanes, and splitter vanes. The hub has a tubular section and an annular flange section flared outwardly relative to the tubular section to define a flow surface. The main pumping vanes are disposed circumferentially on the flow surface around the annular flange section and each has a canted section located radially inward relative to a straight section and aligned with a flow direction of the airflow. The straight section extends along a first plane including a centerline of the seal plate. The splitter vanes are disposed circumferentially on the flow surface around the annular flange section such that at least one splitter vane is disposed between the straight sections of two adjacent main pumping vanes. Each splitter vane has a length that is less than a length of each of the two adjacent main pumping vanes.