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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Joseph H. Kim, Valencia, CA (US);
Robert P. O'Hara, Castaic, CA (US);
Shahbaz H. Hydari, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 15/00 (2006.01); F03C 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 15/0007 (2013.01); F03C 2/304 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary vane actuator. A rotor assembly includes longitudinal vanes disposed radially on a central shaft, with each vane connected at their ends to a circular plates secured to the shaft. Each vane has an outer edge, wherein the shaft, a surface of each plate, and the vanes define interior pockets in the rotor assembly. A stator assembly includes two stator elements each having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge.