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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Craig M. Beers, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Murtuza Lokhandwalla, South Windsor, CT (US);
Kevin M. Rankin, Windsor, CT (US);
David A. Dorman, Feeding Hills, MA (US);
Seth E. Rosen, Middletown, CT (US);
John M. Beck, Windsor, CT (US);
Paul E. Hamel, Enfield, CT (US);
Clarence J. Wytas, Jr., Stafford Springs, CT (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A vane for a variable diffuser includes a body with an inlet end and an outlet end, a leading surface extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, a trailing surface opposite the leading surface and extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, a first surface extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a second surface opposite the first surface and extending from the inlet end to the outlet end. The vane further includes a first cavity on the first surface of the vane adjacent the inlet end, a second cavity on the first surface of the vane adjacent the outlet end, a third cavity on the second surface of the vane adjacent the inlet end, and a fourth cavity on the second surface of the vane adjacent the outlet end.