Patent ID: 9650894
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F01C,F04C

Claim:
1. A vane cell device including a stator and a rotor rotatably arranged in the stator with a plurality of guide grooves in each of which a vane can be movably mounted along a direction of movement, said vane including a first side wall having an outer surface and defining a high-pressure side of said vane, a second, opposing side wall having an outer surface and defining a low-pressure side of said vane; wherein the first and second side wall are connected to each other by a plurality of spaced ribs forming fluid channels through said vane between said spaced ribs, and wherein the first and second side wall are offset relative to each other in the direction of movement of the vane so that the high-pressure side of said spaced ribs is only partially covered by the first side wall, and the low-pressure side of said spaced ribs is only partially covered by the second side wall.