Patent ID: 9200639
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: F04D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A compressor housing assembly comprising: a shell that comprises a cylindrical wall portion including a fluid inlet opening at one end and a sloped mating surface at an opposing end and, extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical wall portion, a spiral wall portion that defines, in part, a volute; and an insert that comprises a cylindrical wall portion including a fluid inlet opening at one end and a shroud surface at an opposing end and, extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical wall portion, an annular ring portion including a sloped annular surface and, extending from the shroud surface, an annular diffuser surface, wherein the sloped annular surface comprises a sloped mating surface and a sloped volute surface that comprise a common slope angle in a range of 10 degrees to 20 degrees and wherein the annular diffuser surface comprises an angle of approximately 0 degrees, and wherein, in an assembled state, the sloped mating surface of the insert and the sloped mating surface of the shell form a sloped interface between the insert and the shell and the sloped volute surface of the insert defines, in part, the volute.