US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on Feb. 11 for "Centrifugal compressor with reverse overhung volute" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,967, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Centrifugal compressor with reverse overhung volute" was invented by Midori Drake (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal compressor for a chiller includes an inlet guide vane; an impeller, a diffuser, a volute forming member, a compressor housing, and an insert. The volute forming member is disposed downstream of the diffuser. The volute forming member forms a volute to receive a refrigerant after the refrigerant has been compressed. The volute has a reverse overhung configuration. The compressor housing encloses the impeller. The inser...