Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers) inventions 07/06

20060165527 - Assembly for providing flexure to blade system: An assembly for providing flexure to a blade of a rotary blade system, the assembly including an upper support plate having an upper curved surface, a lower support plate having a lower curved surface, and a yoke positioned therebetween. At least one of the upper and lower yoke surfaces having...

20060165528 - Fan impeller with integrated precipitation of fat particles in particular for a cooking device: The disclosure relates to a fan impeller including a base plate and a plurality of fan impeller blades fixed to the plate. The fan impeller blades are positioned in an essentially vertical manner on the base plate and have a substantially radial arrangement, each fan impeller blade including a front...

20060165529 - Air circulation system-driven, suspended rotating display device: An air circulation system-driven, suspended rotating display device includes an attachment member and a rotatable member. The attachment member has an upper end and a lower end, and a component for attachment proximate a ceiling fan or, alternatively, proximate an air vent. The attachment component is located at the upper...

20060165530 - Device for the positioning of a blade and bladed disk comprising such a device: A device for the positioning of a blade in a slot of a rotor disk includes a spring spacer that consists of a single elastic piece of profiled shape with a top wall and a bottom wall connected together by two side walls. The two side walls include at least...

20060165531 - Propeller shaft and a propeller adapted thereto: Propeller shaft (2) and a propeller (7) for marine drive units. The shaft has a splines portion (3) on which the propeller is designed to be fixed. The shaft also has a threaded portion (10) for a lock nut between the shaft end and the splines portion for axial fixing...

20060165532 - Rubber-elastic assembly frame for an axial ventilator: The invention relates to a rubber elastic assembly frame for affixing an axial ventilator, which is provided with a mounting flange, to the wall of a housing of a device which is to be cooled. The assembly frame has formed locking elements for receiving the mounting flange and retaining elements...

20060159550 - Horizontal axis wind turbine: A horizontal axis wind turbine is disclosed. When a wind direction changes to blow against a rotor from a rear side, a pitch angle of a rotor blade of the rotor are controlled to reverse a rotation of the rotor, without turning of the rotor to the rear side....

20060153679 - Cooling system including mini channels within a turbine blade of a turbine engine: A turbine blade for a turbine engine having a cooling system formed from one or more cooling channels having a plurality of mini channels. The cooling system may include first ribs forming a first passageway of mini channels in which the cross-sectional area of the cooling channel is reduced, thereby...

20060153678 - Cooling system with internal flow guide within a turbine blade of a turbine engine: A turbine blade for a turbine engine having a cooling system in the turbine blade formed from at least one cooling channel. The cooling channel may be a serpentine cooling channel with a flow guide extending from a first turn to a second turn of the cooling channel and formed...

20060153681 - Funnel fillet turbine stage: A turbine stage includes a row of airfoils and their platforms spaced laterally apart to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil is integrally joined to its platform at a funnel-shaped fillet along the pressure side of the airfoil which decreases in size from the leading edge towards the trailing edge....

20060153680 - Turbine blade tip cooling system: A turbine blade for a turbine engine having a cooling system in the turbine blade formed from at least one elongated tip cooling chamber for passing cooling fluids in close proximity to an outer surface of the tip section of a turbine blade. The cooling system may include one or...

20060153682 - Savonius wind turbine construction: A Savonius vertical axis wind turbine rotor is versatile, simple and easy to construct and assemble, and efficient. The rotor includes at least three spokes, at least two vanes, and fasteners. Each spoke (which may be laser cut from aluminum plate) includes a hub having a substantially central opening, typically...

20060153683 - Anti-rotation lock: An anti-rotation lock for preventing circumferential movement of a stator segment in relation to a split case to which it is mounted is disclosed. A racetrack shaped pocket, disposed within the case and proximate the stator segment, is suitably sized to receive a lug and a spring pin. The lug...

20060153684 - Methods and apparatus for assembling rotatable machines: A method, rotor assembly, and apparatus for ordering blades in a rotatable machine is provided. The rotor assembly includes a disk including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced blade root slots defined therein, and a plurality of blades, each blade including a root, a tip, and an airfoil therebetween, each blade positioned...

20060153685 - Layer structure and method for producing such a layer structure: The invention relates to a temperature resistant layered structure comprising a substrate and a porous layer arranged on the substrate having a pore defined by a wall, and a ceramic coating on an interior surface of the wall. The invention also relates to a layered turbine component arrangement comprising a...

20060153686 - Turbine shaft and production of a turbine shaft: The invention relates to a turbine shaft for a steam turbine, oriented in an axial direction and comprising a first and a second flow region. According to the invention, a first material is provided in the first flow region of the turbine shaft, and a second flow region is provided...

20060147306 - Vibration reduction system for a wind turbine: A wind turbine includes a tower, a nacelle supported at an upper end of a tower, a rotor having at least one blade and being arranged at the nacelle, and a vibration load reduction system disposed at either the tower or the nacelle. The vibration load reduction system includes a...

20060147307 - Management system for the operation of a wind turbine: The invention relates to a management system for the operation of a wind turbine, which regulates the power output of the turbine. The wind turbine includes a rotor with at least one rotor blade that is positioned at an adjustable angle to the rotor. The management system regulates the rotor...

20060147308 - Method for mounting rotor blades of a rotor blade for a wind turbine: A method of mounting rotor blades to a rotor hub which is connected to a pod of a wind power installation, includes the following steps: rotating the rotor hub into a predetermined first position, fitting a rotor blade, rotating the rotor hub by means of the rotor blade into a...

20060147309 - Blade pin alignment and positioning system for installation of helicopter rotor blades: A blade pin alignment and positioning system for the installation of helicopter blade pins, including an elongated alignment pin and at least one drive member. The drive member is configured to mate with the top end of the alignment pin for use in driving the alignment pin to its initial...

20060147310 - Ceiling fan motor with stationary shaft: A ceiling fan motor includes a motor housing having an end wall and a side wall; a stator assembly mounted within said housing; a rotor assembly mounted within said housing to rotate relative to said stator assembly; and a fan blade hub adapted to have fan blades mounted thereto. The...

20060147311 - Fatigue-resistant components and method therefor: A metallic component is by at least one peripheral edge. The component includes at least one elongated treated zone having a length substantially greater than its width. This treated zone is spaced away from and disposed generally parallel to the peripheral edge of the component and the entire thickness of...

20060147312 - Removable tail rotor boot: A boot provides for removable attachment to a tail rotor assembly to flexibly protect the interior of the tail rotor blade assemblies. The boot includes a first fastener strip mounted adjacent a first boot edge and a second fastener strip mounted adjacent a second boot edge. The first and second...