US 11,946,487 B2
Compressor comprising a flow guide disposed within an air inlet
Hannah Kathryn Barnes, Swindon (GB); Nigel Youatt Dymond, Swindon (GB); and Adam Janiszewski, Gloucester (GB)
Assigned to Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/640,008
Filed by Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051983
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/044115, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1912783 (GB), filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325722 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F04D 29/44 (2006.01); A47L 9/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/40 (2006.01); H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 7/08 (2006.01); H02K 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/441 (2013.01) [A47L 9/22 (2013.01); F04D 29/403 (2013.01); H02K 5/207 (2021.01); H02K 7/083 (2013.01); H02K 21/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compressor comprising:
a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, and a housing within which the stator assembly and the rotor assembly are located, wherein the housing comprises a first end, a second end, and an air inlet duct disposed between the first and second ends, the inlet duct including an inlet opening located between the first and second ends, the compressor comprises a flow guide disposed within the air inlet, and the flow guide is configured to split air flowing through the air inlet in use into a first airflow toward the first end of the housing and a second airflow toward the second end of the housing.