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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Harold Huimin Sun, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Liangjun Hu, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ben Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Dave R. Hanna, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F02B 37/22 (2006.01); F01D 17/16 (2006.01); F02B 37/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/22 (2013.01); F01D 17/165 (2013.01); F02B 37/24 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments may provide variable geometry turbine, a nozzle vane for a variable geometry turbine, and a method. The variable geometry turbine that may include a turbine wheel and a plurality of adjustable vanes radially positioned around the turbine wheel. The turbine may also include a flow disrupting feature on one or more outside surfaces of one or more of the plurality of adjustable vanes.