Patent ID: 7488154
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: F02C,F05D

Abstract:
1. An intake housing for axial fluid flow engines, the intake housing comprising: an intake shaft with an inlet on one side forming a radial inlet; an axial, rotationally symmetrical inlet cone protruding into said intake shaft; a jacket protruding into said intake shaft, said jacket having an inlet edge, said inlet edge of said jacket forming a rotationally symmetrical intake orifice about said inlet cone, said inlet cone and said jacket forming an axial flow part protruding into said intake shaft, the intake housing being in connection with an inlet cross section of the fluid flow engine, said inlet edge of said jacket being connected with an annular diaphragm in a form of a plate such that said plate forms an overhang between an outer edge of said diaphragm and said inlet edge of said jacket, said annular diaphragm being directed at right angles to an axis of said axial flow part, said diaphragm being mirror symmetrical at right angles to said axis of said axial flow part and being asymmetrical in relation to said axis of said axial flow part, wherein said overhang is greater on the side of said diaphragm facing said radial inlet than on the side facing away from said radial inlet.