SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF A COMPRESSOR DEVICE COMPRISING VARIABLE DIFFUSER VANES - Patent 2909482

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EP 2 909 482 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.10.2014

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.08.2015 Bulletin 2015/35

(21)	Application number: 13756250.0

(22)	Date of filing: 22.08.2013

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F04D 27/02^(2006.01)

F04D 29/46^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2013/056109

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2014/035780 (06.03.2014 Gazette 2014/10)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

31.08.2012 US 201213601713

(71)	Applicant: Dresser, Inc.
	Addison, Texas 75001 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HUSTED, Dale, Eugene Connersville, IN 47331 (US) HILGART, Timothy, Daniel Waukesha, WI 53188 (US)

(74)	Representative: Illingworth-Law, William Illingworth
	GPO Europe GE International Inc. The Ark 201 Talgarth Road Hammersmith London W6 8BJ London W6 8BJ (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF A COMPRESSOR DEVICE COMPRISING VARIABLE DIFFUSER VANES