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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Leonard Barry Griffiths, Fenton, MI (US);
Deividas R. Alksninis, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Baisong Feng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael A. Karram, Flint, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/28 (2006.01); F01C 21/08 (2006.01); F04C 2/08 (2006.01); F04D 25/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/26 (2006.01); F16D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/06 (2013.01); F01C 21/08 (2013.01); F01C 21/0809 (2013.01); F04C 2/084 (2013.01); F04D 25/08 (2013.01); F04D 29/263 (2013.01); F04D 29/281 (2013.01); F05C 2225/00 (2013.01); F05C 2253/22 (2013.01); F16D 2001/062 (2013.01); F16D 2001/102 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0004 (2013.01); Y10T 403/4637 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7039 (2015.01);
Abstract
A rotary working component for use in a pump, compressor, blower or the like having an impeller, rotor, fan blade or other similar component includes a metallic insert and a composite structure overmolded on the metallic insert. The metallic insert can include an aperture adapted to mount the rotary working component to a drive shaft and a fluted catenoid or truncated spherical or spheroid outer surface having smooth contours between fluted regions thereof.