Power plants inventions 06/07

20070144138 - Scavenge pump system and method: The pump system extracts motive power from oil in the pressurized oil circuit to power a scavenge pump mounted on a scavenge oil circuit.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070144139 - Gas turbine engine provided with a foreign matter removal passage: [Means] The intake passage 21 includes an inlet portion 29, a curved portion 30 and a reduced diameter portion 31. The bypass duct 24 is curved away from the central axial line CL in a region corresponding to the curved portion 30 and reduced diameter portion 31 of the intake... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070144140 - High propellant mass fraction hybrid rocket propulsion: A chemical hybrid propulsion motor can be comparable in performance to a solid motor or liquid fueled engine if it uses cryogenic nitrous oxide as its oxidizer and a pump such as a turbopump to transfer the oxidizer into the motor case. Cryogenic nitrous oxide (at about −100° F.) has... Agent: N & M Sarigul-klijn

20070144141 - Pulsed combustion fluidic nozzle: A propulsion system for producing thrust includes a turbine engine. The engine has a compressor, a combustor downstream of the compressor along a flow path, and a turbine downstream of the combustor along the flow path. A plurality of combustion conduits have outlets positioned to discharge combustion gas to form... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070144142 - Outlet nozzle and a method for manufacturing an outlet nozzle: Method and arrangement for providing an outlet nozzle (10) for use in a liquid fuel rocket engine. The nozzle forms a body of revolution having an axis (11) of revolution and a cross section that varies in diameter along said axis. The nozzle has a wall structure having a plurality... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070144145 - Diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic method for an internal combustion engine: A diagnostic apparatus for an internal combustion engine is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic apparatus comprises a catalytic converter and a controller. The catalytic converter is disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine and treats an exhaust gas component in the exhaust gas. The controller is adapted... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070144143 - Exhaust gas purification apparatus, exhaust gas purification method, and sulfur component trapping agent for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which comprises an exhaust gas passage for an internal combustion engine into which exhaust gas of lean air fuel ratio and rich or stoichiometric air fuel ratio flows, a NOx trapping catalyst that functions to trap NOx in the exhaust... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070144146 - Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine: An ECU performs exhaust temperature control based on output values of multiple exhaust temperature sensors provided upstream and downstream of a particulate filter provided in an exhaust passage of an engine. The ECU calculates a change speed deviation value by subtracting change speed of outlet side exhaust temperature, which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070144144 - Exhaust gas purifying system for internal combustion engine: An ECU controls a rich purge in the internal combustion engine by temporarily changing an air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas into a rich range to deoxidize and remove absorbed NOx, which is absorbed by an NOx storage and reduction catalyst of an NOx catalytic converter. The ECU changes a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070144147 - Treatment of engine exhaust using molecular sieve ssz-73: The present invention relates to new crystalline, essentially all silicon oxide molecular sieve SSZ-73 prepared using a 3-ethyl-1,3,8,8-tetramethyl-3-azoniabicyclo[3.2.1]octane cation as a structure-directing agent, and its use in treating engine exhaust.... Agent: Chevron Texaco Corporation

20070144153 - Catalyst system for the reduction of nox and nh3 emissions: This catalyst system simultaneously removes ammonia and enhances net NO, conversion by placing an NH3-SCR catalyst formulation downstream of a lean NOx trap. By doing so, the NH3-SCR catalyst adsorbs the ammonia from the upstream lean NOx trap generated during the rich pulses. The stored ammonia then reacts with the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070144149 - Controlled regeneration system: A system for controlled regeneration of a lean NOx trap for an internal combustion engine. The system may include regenerating one trap or a portion of a lean NOx trap while using another trap or portion of the lean NOx trap for an exhaust, and then interchanging operations. The portions... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070144152 - Procedure and control unit to operate an integrated scr/dpf system: A procedure is introduced to operate a particle filter, which is disposed in the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine and which collects particles from the exhaust gas and possesses the capability for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, whereby the selective catalytic reduction is set off by... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070144150 - Procedure for controlling the reducing agent in an exhaust gas post-processing system: The invention relates to a procedure for controlling the reducing agent in an exhaust gas post-processing system of a combustion machine with an exhaust gas duct, in which an SCR catalytic converter is provided in the direction of flow of the exhaust, wherein a reducing agent generation system has an... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070144148 - System for assisting the regeneration of depollution means included in a motor vehicle exhaust line: This system for assisting the regeneration of depollution means associated with oxidation catalyst-forming means implementing an OSC function, constituting a supply of oxygen and integrated in an exhaust line of a motor vehicle diesel engine, in which the engine is associated with common rail means for feeding its cylinders with... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070144154 - Air filter with air flow segregation: An air filter assembly for delivering clean air to primary and secondary components such as a vehicle engine and a catalytic converter of the vehicle, for example. Air flow sensors are calibrated to sense the amount of air flow going to the engine to ensure optimum engine performance. The air... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070144155 - Closed crankcase ventilation system: A closed crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system comprises a flow path configured to enable crankcase emissions to flow from a crankcase of an internal combustion engine. A compressor is configured to enhance the flow of crankcase emissions from the crankcase by drawing the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070144156 - Catalyst system for the reduction of nox and nh3 emissions: This catalyst system simultaneously removes ammonia and enhances net NO, conversion by placing an NH3-SCR catalyst formulation downstream of a lean NOx trap. By doing so, the NH3-SCR catalyst adsorbs the ammonia from the upstream lean NOx trap generated during the rich pulses. The stored ammonia then reacts with the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070144157 - Heat exchanger, particularly exhaust heat exchanger: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly an exhaust heat exchanger (1) for an internal combustion engine. The heat exchanger (1) has a tubular housing (2) a housing section of which is surrounded on the outside by a duct housing (9) with an annular duct (10) being formed. The... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070144158 - Exhaust dispersion device: An exhaust dispersion device for an exhaust system with an outer flow member is disclosed. The exhaust dispersion device includes a dispersion member capable of being disposed within the outer flow member. The dispersion member defines an axis and includes an upstream end and a downstream end. A cross section... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070144159 - Control system for controlling a peripheral device mounted to a vehicle: A vehicular peripheral device control system includes a peripheral device, an input device, and a hydraulic control apparatus. The input device is coupled to the hydraulic control apparatus and when actuated generates an input to the hydraulic control apparatus. The peripheral device is coupled to the hydraulic control apparatus, which... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070144163 - Control apparatus for engine-powered forklifts: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus for an engine-powered forklift. The control apparatus of the present invention includes a mode detecting means for detecting whether the forklift is in a traveling mode or a working mode, and a controller, which controls the engine of the forklift such that, when the... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070144164 - Control valve device for the control of a consumer: A control valve device (1) for the control of a dual-action consumer (2) has a control valve (3) that controls the connection of a pressure fluid line (6a) that forms the admission side of the consumer (2) with a pump and an additional pressure fluid line (6b) that forms the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070144165 - Control apparatus for hydraulic cylinder: Cushion chambers (8) disposed in the vicinity of both ends of a hydraulic cylinder (1) to throttle inflow or outflow of an operating oil caused by a piston (5) moving close to a piston stroke end, pressure sensors (16, 17) to detect pressures in the cushion chambers (8), and a... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070144166 - Hydrostatic drive system, with division of the quantity of hydraulic fluid at the pump, for two hydraulic circuits: A hydrostatic drive system comprising at least one hydropump (100) and at least two hydromotors (104,109). The hydropump (100) divides its total hydraulic fluid flow into at least two partial hydraulic fluid flows which are respectively pumped in the form of a partial pump train (101,102) in a common cylinder... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070144167 - Axle driving apparatus: An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the single axle (20L) defining a proximal end portion... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070144168 - Axle driving apparatus: An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the single axle (20L) defining a proximal end portion... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070144169 - Pump unit: There is provided a pump unit including plurality of hydraulic pumps respectively fluidly connected to plurality of hydraulic motors, which are disposed away from the pump unit, so as to form closed circuits, the pump unit including a pump case accommodating the plurality of hydraulic pumps so that the plurality... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070144170 - Compressor having integral egr valve and mixer: A compressor for a power system is disclosed. The compressor has a compressor wheel rotatable to compress a fluid, and a compressor housing at least partially enclosing the compressor wheel. The compressor housing has a first volute and a second volute. The first volute is configured to direct an exhaust... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070144172 - Compressor in an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine and method for operating the compressor: In a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including a compressor wheel which is rotatably mounted in a compressor inlet duct and an auxiliary rotor wheel arranged so as to be movable axially between a coupled position in engagement with the compressor wheel and a... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070144171 - Tyre pressure regulating system: The invention relates to a tyre pressure regulating system for regulating the pressure of tyres (16) mounted on a vehicle. Said tyre pressure regulating system (10) comprises a compressed air source. The vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine (20) provided with a turbocharger (22) as a compressed air source for... Agent: Deere & Company

20070144174 - Method for determining the rotary speed of a compressor, especially a turbocharger: A method for determining the rotary speed of a compressor, e.g., a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, includes detecting the pressure in a region that is downstream from the compressor and generating a corresponding pressure signal. The rotary speed of the compressor is obtained from periodic fluctuations of at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070144173 - Multi-piece compressor housing: An exemplary compressor housing includes an axis to coincide with a rotational axis of a compressor wheel housed by the compressor housing, an inlet insert that includes an inlet port and a compressor wheel shroud portion that extends away from the inlet port to a ridge and a base component... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070144175 - Turbocharger system: A system for controlling intake pressure of a combustion engine operably coupled to a power generation system includes at least one turbocharger operably coupled to the intake system of the combustion engine. The at least one turbocharger is configured to increase the intake pressure in the intake system of the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070144176 - Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines: A method for operating a gas turbine engine, including a first compressor, a second compressor, a combustor and a turbine, coupled together in serial flow arrangement, and an intercooler coupled between the first compressor and the second compressor, the intercooler including a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070144177 - Combustor turbine interface: A combustor assembly for a turbine engine includes an aft open end that communicates gas flow to a turbine assembly. The combustor assembly includes a liner assembly that terminates at a first fixed vane. A portion of the liner assembly extends an axial distance into the first fixed vane portion.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070144178 - Dual wall combustor liner: A combustor liner assembly includes an outer shell made of a ceramic composite and an inner heat shell that is supported within the outer shell. The inner heat shield defines a surface that is exposed to combustion gases. The inner heat shield is made of material that is compatible with... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070144179 - Shaped walls for enhancement of deflagration-to-detonation transition: A detonation chamber for a pulse detonation combustor including: a plurality of dimples disposed on at least a portion of an inner surface of the detonation chamber wherein the plurality of dimples enhance a turbulence of a fluid flow through the detonation chamber... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070144180 - Dual bayonet engagement and method of assembling a combustor liner in a gas turbine engine: A combustor assembly is provided that includes a forward annular liner, an aft annular liner, and a stator. The forward annular liner has an inner annular edge and an outer annular edge. The aft annular liner is spaced apart from the forward annular liner to form a combustion chamber. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070130911 - Smart fuel control system: A fuel control system uses a fuel pump powered by a variable speed pump motor controlled by a closed loop electronic feedback system that tracks motor speed and corrects fuel pump motor speed so that the fuel pump delivers flow according to a desired flow schedule based on the pressure... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20070130910 - Rotary engine: A rotary engine includes a round wheel having a shaft pivoted on a frame, wherein the round wheel is provided with a plurality of pockets. At least one block is located adjacent a round surface of the wheel and maintains a stable contact therewith to a suitable oblique angle between... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070130912 - Shrouded turbofan bleed duct: A bleed duct is configured for bleeding fan air from the fan bypass duct in a turbofan aircraft engine. The bleed duct includes a tubular conduit having an inlet and outlet at opposite ends. The conduit is configured in flow area for recovering pressure from speeding fan air bled therethrough.... Agent: Francis L. Conte, Esq.

20070130913 - Coaxial propulsion systems with flow modification element: A coaxial propulsion system has a primary propeller, a flow control element to reduce swirl, and a secondary propeller, mounted in series configuration. A connecting shroud directs the combined thrust. Said primary propeller and said secondary propeller may be connected to the same engine, or independent engines for greater reliability... Agent: Distributed Thermal Systems Ltd.

20070130914 - Marine exhaust valving: A marine engine exhaust system includes a catalyst arranged to intercept a flow of exhaust flowing along the exhaust system, a water muffler downstream of the catalyst, and a water-activated exhaust valve disposed between the water muffler and an upstream catalyst and configured to impede flow of water upstream from... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070130915 - Internal combustion engine with exhaust-gas purification system, and method for purifying the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine: An exhaust-gas purification system and method are provided for an internal combustion engine having an NOx storage catalytic converter and a downstream SCR catalytic converter. The NOx storage catalytic converter can be supplied in a first operating mode with an oxidizing exhaust gas and in a second operating mode with... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070130919 - Method and apparatus for controlling regeneration of simultaneous nox-pm reduction device: The present invention provides a method for controlling regeneration of the simultaneous NOx-PM reduction apparatus having a lean NOx trap (LNT) for removing nitrogen oxide (NOx) an engine and a catalytic particulate filter (CPF) for trapping a particulate matter (PM) of the engine. According to an exemplary method, depending on... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070130920 - Method for regenerating nox absorbing catalyst: A method for regenerating a NOx absorbing catalyst includes: detecting a NOx value by a NOx sensor and determining whether to perform a regeneration mode or not based on a comparison of the sensed value and a predetermined upper limit; performing a first regeneration mode for a predetermined time period;... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070130918 - System and method for supplying reductants to an emission treatment system: System and method for supplying reductants to an emission treatment system. The system includes a fuel tank adapted to supply a premixed fuel stream that includes a primary component and a reductant component, and an engine in fluid communication with the fuel tank, wherein the engine is configured to create... Agent: Paul J. Diconza General Electric Global Research

20070130917 - System for assisting in the regeneration of motor vehicle depollution means integrated in an exhaust line of a vehicle diesel engine: This system in which the depollution means (1) are associated with oxidation catalyst-formed means (2), and the engine (4) is associated with common rail means (7) for feeding it with fuel and adapted to implement a regeneration strategy using at least one post-injection of fuel into the cylinders, is characterized... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070130916 - System for assisting the regeneration of depollution means integrated in an exhaust line of a vehicle diesel engine: This system in which the depollution means (1) are associated with oxidation catalyst-forming means (2), and the engine (4) is associated with common rail means (7) for feeding it with fuel and adapted to implement the strategy Of regeneration using At least one postinjection of fuel into the cylinders, is... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070130923 - Apparatus, system, and method for adapting a filter regeneration profile: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for adapting a regeneration profile for a particulate filter. A controller's input module receives inputs relating to conditions of the filter or engine, and a regeneration vector module creates a regeneration vector. The regeneration vector is based on the inputs and comprises a... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070130922 - Apparatus, system, and method for determining a regeneration availability profile: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining a regeneration availability profile for an exhaust gas aftertreatment system. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is configured to determine whether required regeneration conditions could be met within the system if attempted. The apparatus may include a data module for storing and... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070130921 - Apparatus, system, and method for determining a regeneration cycle thermal ramp: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining a regeneration cycle thermal ramp. A thermal ramp module estimates a regeneration cycle thermal ramp. A soot content module estimates a soot content for a filter. In one embodiment, an oxygen content module estimates an oxygen gas concentration for the filter.... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070130925 - Regeneration control of exhaust gas filter: A controller (70) controls regeneration of an exhaust gas filter (52) which traps particulate matter contained in exhaust gas to prevent the particulate matter from being discharged into the atmosphere. When regeneration of the exhaust gas filter (52) is underway and the engine (10) is decelerating, the controller (70) determines... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070130924 - System and method for regenerating a diesel particulate filter: A system for regenerating a diesel particulate filter of the present invention includes a fixing part, a fluid supplying part, a fluid inhaling part, and a controller. The fixing part fixes a housing of a diesel oxidation catalyst-diesel particulate filter assembly. The fluid supplying part supplies a fluid of high... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070130926 - Exhaust device for two-stroke internal combustion engine: The present invention discloses a compact efficient exhaust handling device that is particularly advantageous for use with small two-stroke, piston-type internal combustion engines, which device provides both exhaust scavenging and charge densification in the cylinder of the engine by utilizing a first muffler section formed in a helical or wrapped... Agent: Michael J. Caddell

20070130927 - Apparatus for controlling deceleration of hydraulically powered equipment: A machine member driven by a hydraulic actuator may oscillate, or wag, when the hydraulic actuator decelerates or stops. The degree of oscillation is a function of the machine member's ability to track a deceleration command, which ability varies with changes in the position of the machine member and the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070130928 - Method of ameliorating an end of stroke effect in an implement system of a work machine and work machine using same: A method of operating a work machine includes moving a work implement via a first actuator having a range of motion, and ameliorating an end of stroke effect on a second actuator if an end of stroke condition of the first actuator is sensed. A work machine includes an electronic... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070130929 - Wave power generator: A machine and a process to produce compressed air by sea waves, using the weight of the floating platform with its fixture using its up and down movement to compress air in both directions to absorb the maximum energy of that wave in a direct drive bidirectional pump with a... Agent: Ghazi Khan

20070130930 - Connection block for a hydrostatic piston machine: The invention relates to a connection block for a hydrostatic piston machine which is provided for simultaneous operation in a first hydraulic circuit and a second hydraulic circuit. A first working pressure duct (60) and a second working pressure duct (61) are formed in the connection block, via which ducts... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070130931 - Hydrostatic transmission controls with alternative operating modes: A hydrostatic transmission on a tractor is operated by a microcontroller providing current commands to the hydrostatic transmission pump, and manual controls that provide signals to the microcontroller so the current commands cause the hydrostatic transmission to operate in either a first mode or a second mode. In the first... Agent: Deere & Company

20070130932 - Pressure switch control for attachment coupling system: An attachment control system includes an electrical control system and hydraulic control system. The electrical control system interfaces with the hydraulic control system to ensure that attachment decoupling in response to operator electrical control can occur only when at least one hydraulic threshold condition is satisfied as indicated by a... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070130933 - Vibration control method and vibration control system for fluid pressure control circuit: A first fluid channel for operating an actuator and a second fluid channel for operating an actuator are connected to a boom cylinder, including a boom rod side line, a boom head side line. A first and second supply line and a first and second discharge line of each of... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070130934 - Hydraulic control system: What is disclosed is a hydraulic control system for controlling a hydraulic consumer actuating a working tool of a mobile equipment that is provided with oscillation damping means for attenuating oscillations during braking of the working tool. In accordance with the invention, the oscillation damping means comprise two pilot-controlled shut-off... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070130936 - Hydraulic circuit for heavy construction equipment: A hydraulic circuit for heavy construction equipment to reduce a speed of a swing apparatus while a working apparatus such as a boom is concurrently operated has a work control valve which controls a working apparatus cylinder; a confluence valve which combines a hydraulic fluid of the second hydraulic pump... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070130937 - Hydraulic system for pivoting the lateral structural parts of a truck upwards and downwards: Hydraulic system for pivoting the lateral structural parts of a truck upwards and downwards. Hydraulic system includes a hydraulic control unit provided with a hydraulic pump and hydraulic valves; a first hydraulic cylinder and a second hydraulic cylinder for pivoting a first component; and a third hydraulic cylinder and a... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070130935 - Integrated valve assembly and computer controller for a distributed hydraulic control system: A distributed hydraulic system locates a control assembly, that has electrohydraulic valves and a electronic controller, adjacent the respective hydraulically powered actuator controlled by that assembly. The control assembly includes a manifold block with ports to that the pump, tank return and actuator fluid conduits connect. One or more pressure... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070130939 - Axle driving apparatus: An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the single axle (20L) defining a proximal end portion... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070130940 - Axle driving apparatus: An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the single axle (20L) defining a proximal end portion... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070130938 - Hydrostatic transmission controls to simulate gear drive: A control apparatus is provided for a hydrostatic transmission to simulate a gear drive on a tractor. The hydrostatic transmission has a swashplate that is angularly movable to a plurality of positions, and a proportional valve that provides a control pressure to a servo piston to control the hydrostatic transmission... Agent: Deere & Company

20070130941 - Resettable bi-stable thermal valve: A temperature sensitive resettable linear actuator includes a linear actuator housing and a support shaft. The support shaft has a first end portion configured for longitudinal movement within the linear actuator housing and a second end portion extending from the linear actuator housing. The support shaft is configured to translate... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070130942 - Automobile clutch booster: A clutch booster usable for an automobile having a clutch. In one embodiment, the clutch booster includes a booster member coupled with the clutch for engaging or disengaging the clutch from the engine of the vehicle in response to a force applied to the clutch of the vehicle and means... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070130943 - Turbocharger comprising a variable nozzle device: A turbocharger comprises a variable nozzle device and an exhaust housing being mechanically and/or thermally decoupled from the variable nozzle device. Additional optional advantageous features are provided, including various axial and radial clearances and various sealing elements.... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070130945 - Electronic throttle control supercharging: A drive system. The drive system includes an engine configured to convert chemical energy into mechanical energy, an electronically-controlled air throttle configured to regulate air delivery to the engine, a supercharger configured to selectively increase pressure of the air delivered to the engine, and a supercharger diagnostic system configured to... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070130946 - Internal combustion engine with dual particulate traps ahead of turbocharger: An internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger having a turbine, a first set of combustion cylinders, and a second set of combustion cylinders. A first particulate trap is in fluid communication between the first set of combustion cylinders and the turbine. A second particulate trap is in fluid communication between... Agent: Deere & Company

20070130944 - Multi-axis turbocharger: A method for improving compressor/exhaust turbine efficiency's due to better application and control of turbines created by multiple stages.... Agent: Bradley Pelletier

20070130947 - Egr system for high egr rates: An internal combustion engine includes a first set of combustion cylinders and a second set of combustion cylinders. A first exhaust manifold is associated with the first set of combustion cylinders, and a second exhaust manifold is associated with the second set of combustion cylinders. A turbocharger includes a turbine... Agent: Deere & Company

20070130948 - Drive device for a motor vehicle: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and at least two exhaust gas turbocharger devices. At least one outlet valve is assigned to an exhaust gas turbocharger device of each cylinder of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that the exhaust gas... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070130949 - Method and apparatus for cooling and repairing of power plant boiler: A method for repairing power plant boilers provides for a water mist insertion into the furnace to provide for more rapid cooling, which allows personnel to enter into the furnace to conduct repairs in a shorter time. Water mist is provided by air-water mixing atomizing sprayers that are inserted into... Agent: Snider & Associates

20070130950 - Auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle: An auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle comprising a first engine having an accessory belt drive system comprising a belt and at least one driven pulley, the belt drivable by a driver pulley, the accessory belt drive system further comprising a motive member for driving the accessory belt drive... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20070130951 - Combustor: Provided is a combustor comprising an entrance through which the fuel flows thereinto; a combustion chamber, connected to the entrance, having a larger cross-section area than that of the entrance; and a plurality of protrusions installed along the interface of the entrance and the combustion chamber. Thus, the combustor according... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070130952 - Exhaust heat augmentation in a combined cycle power plant: A method and system for augmenting the output of a combined cycle power plant having a base gas turbine (22) driving a generator (36) and a heat recovery steam generator (42) that recovers exhaust heat (30) from the base gas turbine (22) to drive a steam turbine (60). A complementary... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070130953 - Local cooling hole pattern: A combustor assembly includes an inner and an outer liner defining a combustion chamber. The inner and outer liner includes a plurality of cooling holes that are spaced a specified distance apart. The cooling holes include a specified inclination angle and circumferential angle. A first group of cooling holes is... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070130955 - Independent pilot fuel control in secondary fuel nozzle: Disclosed herein is a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a first fuel introduction location, a second fuel introduction location, and fuel passages. The first fuel introduction location is located radially about the fuel nozzle and is connected with a fuel passage. The second fuel introduction location is located at... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070130954 - Swirler assembly: A swirler assembly. The swirler assembly may include a hub, a vane positioned on the hub, and a fuel supply passageway extending from the hub through the vane. The fuel supply passageway may include a substantially triangular shape.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070130956 - Rich catalytic clean burn for liquid fuel with fuel stabilization unit: A fuel stabilization system removes dissolved oxygen from a liquid fuel to allow vaporization of the liquid fuel without the undesirable production of insoluble materials and byproducts. The vaporized fuel is then mixed with oxidizers and reformed in the catalytic reactor. The resulting vaporized fuel provides for moderately low temperature... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070130957 - Systems and methods for power generation and hydrogen production with carbon dioxide isolation: A power generation system includes a first gas turbine system. The first turbine system includes a first combustion chamber configured to combust a first fuel stream of primarily hydrogen that is substantially free of carbon-based fuels, a first compressor configured to supply a first portion of compressed oxidant to the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070130958 - Combustor flow sleeve attachment system: Embodiments of the invention relate to a combustor flow sleeve for a turbine engine. According to aspects of the invention, the flow sleeve can be attached to one of the components in the combustor head-end by a plurality of fasteners. In one embodiment, the flow sleeve can be attached directly... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070130959 - System for driving accessory machines of a double-bodied turbine engine: The present invention relates to a system for driving first and second accessory machines of a double-bodied turbine engine with an LP shaft and an HP shaft. The system is characterized in that it comprises a first power train between the shaft of the HP rotor and the first machines... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070125063 - Integrated combustor-heat exchanger and systems for power generation using the same: A combustor-heat exchanger system comprising a plurality of cans. Each can includes an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder forming an annular space in between, wherein the inner cylinder is configured to receive and combust a fuel and compressed oxidant to generate heat and a hot gas. The outer cylinder... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070125064 - Control apparatus of extracted air booster system of integrated gasification combined cycle power plant: Provided is a control apparatus of an extracted air booster system of an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant, which control apparatus can additionally serve a sufficient pressure control function and a sufficient antisurge control function. For example, when an inlet guide vane is fully closed or has a small... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070125065 - Methods and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engines: A method is provided for operating a gas turbine engine including a core engine having a core stream duct, an inner bypass duct, an outer bypass duct, and a nozzle assembly downstream of the core engine and including a core engine nozzle and a bypass nozzle separated by a liner.... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070125066 - Turbofan engine assembly and method of assembling same: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a core gas turbine engine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, coupling a counter-rotating fan assembly to the core gas turbine engine such that air discharged from the counter-rotating fan assembly is channeled directly into an inlet... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070125067 - Exhaust system: An exhaust gas passageway of an internal combustion engine is basically provided with a main exhaust passageway, a bypass exhaust passageway, a bypass catalytic converter provided in the bypass exhaust passageway, a bypass control valve, an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor and a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor. The bypass exhaust passageway... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070125070 - Controlled air-fuel ratio modulation during catalyst warm up based on universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor input: An emissions control system for a vehicle configured to travel on a road is provided. The system typically includes a catalyst coupled to the exhaust gas path, a linear universal exhaust gas oxygen (UEGO) sensor coupled to the exhaust gas path upstream of the catalyst and configured to measure oxygen... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070125068 - System for purging sulfate from a nox trap for a motor vehicle engine: This system in which the NOx trap (1) is associated with catalyst-forming means (2) integrated in an exhaust line (3) of a vehicle engine (4), and in which the engine is associated with common manifold or “rail” fuel feeder means (7, 8) for feeding it with fuel and adapted, by... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070125069 - Temperature modified control set point for uego control during engine warm up: An emissions control system for a vehicle configured to travel on a road is provided. The system typically includes a catalyst coupled to the exhaust gas path; a linear universal exhaust gas oxygen (UEGO) sensor coupled to the exhaust gas path upstream of the catalyst and configured to measure oxygen... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070125073 - Lnt desulfation strategy: A fuel reformer is configured in an exhaust line upstream of a LNT. To desulfate the LNT, over a first period, fuel is provided to the exhaust to make the exhaust rich. While producing reformate, the reformer is allowed to heat to a relatively large extent, typically at least about... Agent: Paul V. Keller, LLC

20070125072 - Lnt desulfation strategy with reformer temperature management: Desulfation methods for an exhaust treatment system having a fuel reformer configured upstream of a LNT. Reductant is injected upstream of the fuel reformer. The reductant reacts within the reformer to generate heat, but the system is configured for some reductant to breakthrough and react in the LNT to generate... Agent: Paul V. Keller, LLC

20070125071 - Method and device for controlling the injection of reducing agent: The invention relates to a method and device (10) for controlling the injection of reducing agent upstream from a catalyst (4) in an exhaust line (2) from a combustion engine. According to the invention, the injection of reducing agent in the exhaust line is controlled on the basis of result... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070125074 - Procedure for the control of a pollutant control equipment: It is suggested to use a procedure for the control of the regeneration of a pollutant control equipment arranged in the planned internal combustion engine used for powering a motor vehicle. It will be regenerated in periodical intervals by at least one stored component and a device for the execution... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070125076 - Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for a diesel engine has a filter provided in an exhaust pipe of the engine for trapping diesel particulates contained in exhaust gas. The filter is re-generated when an accumulated amount of the diesel particulates exceeds a predetermined value. An electronic control unit estimates the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070125075 - System and method for monitoring particulate filter performance: In an apparatus having an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system for transporting engine exhaust from the engine, a particulate filter disposed in the exhaust system, and a particulate detector disposed downstream of the particulate filter in the exhaust system, a method for monitoring a performance characteristic of the particulate... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070125077 - Emission control system for a motor vehicle: The invention concerns a device for the aftertreatment of exahaust gas of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with a reducing agent generating system, whereby ammonia generated from the reducing agent generating system for the reduction of nitrogen oxides can be delivered to an exhaust gas duct of... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070125078 - Hydraulic pressure control device of construction machine: A hydraulic pressure control device of a construction machine enabling an increase in operability and working efficiency by suppressing a fluctuation in flow rates occurring before and after the switching of a merging-separating valve, in energy efficiency by accurately determining the switching timing of the merging-separating valve to suppress the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070125079 - Buoyancy propulsion air and water transfer system: An apparatus to generate electricity in a fluid includes a hollow objects or bladders to move along a path, a magnetic rail/track system to carry the hollow objects or bladders along the path, a first fill apparatus to fill the hollow objects or bladders with air/gas at a first position... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr

20070125080 - Fixing of a brake-fluid reservoir: The invention relates to a brake fluid reservoir comprising at least two lateral mounting lugs (10, 11) designed to be placed either side of a central mounting lug (20) of a brake master cylinder. Collinear holes (12, 13, 21) traverse these lugs and are designed to receive a mounting pin... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070125081 - Combined egr valve and cooler by-pass: The present invention is an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve for an engine having an exhaust gas recirculation cooler operable for receiving exhaust gas from an exhaust, and delivering the exhaust gas to an intake. The present invention also includes an exhaust gas recirculation bypass passage operable for receiving exhaust... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070125082 - Compressor in an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine: In a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine including a compressor wheel with an auxiliary rotor wheel which is rotatably supported adjacent to, and upstream of, the compressor wheel and which is movable axially between a coupled position with the compressor wheel and a decoupled... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070125083 - Method for compensating compressor lag of a hybrid powertrain: A method for compensating for the torque response of an internal combustion engine having a compressor coupled thereto for boosting cylinder air amount is presented. According to the method, a motor of a hybrid vehicle may assist the internal combustion engine to improve vehicle response. The method may improve driver... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070125084 - Combined circulation condenser: The combined circulation condenser will increase the overall efficiency of a steam plant. Less fuel will be consumed for a given power level. It has become increasingly important to conserve fuel and resources. This is true with power generation plants, as well as propulsion plants, Civilian, as well as Military.... Agent: Steven R. Miller

20070125085 - Device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel, and a combustion chamber and turbomachine provided with such a device: The invention applies to the field of turbomachines and relates to a novel device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into a combustion chamber of a turbomachine. The injection device has symmetry of revolution about an axis (33) and comprises, arranged from upstream to downstream in the gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070125086 - Device for attaching a flame-arrestor arm to an afterburner casing and afterburner comprising such a device: e

20070125087 - Gas turbine engine auxiliary component mount: A mount system for an auxiliary component includes two side brackets and a top bracket for rigidly attaching an auxiliary component to an engine casing. Each side bracket defines mount segments, a deformable member and two retainer members between the mount segment. The deformable member plastically deforms during a fan-blade... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070125088 - Method and apparatus for actuating fuel trim valves in a gas turbine: The gas turbines of the present invention have multiple combustion chambers, and within each chamber are multiple fuel nozzles. Each nozzle has its own fuel control valve to control the fuel flowing to the nozzles. To minimize the pressure drop through the fuel control valves, multiple manifolds are employed. Each... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070125089 - Method of suppressing combustion instabilities using a resonator adopting counter-bored holes: A resonator for damping pressure waves or instabilities in a system supported by acoustic energy wherein the resonator adopts the use of counter-bored openings on the downstream side of the resonator within the flow path of the system. The resonator includes a first member and a second member where the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070125090 - Determination of a signal indicative of shaft power: A gas turbine engine provides mechanical shaft power. Two parameters relating to engine operation are sensed that are representative of two different pressures, two different temperatures, or a pressure and a temperature associated with the engine. A value representative of the shaft power is determined during engine operation as a... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070125091 - System for vaporization of liquid fuels for combustion and method of use: A gas stream with a reduced oxygen concentration relative to ambient air is used to vaporize a liquid fuel or liquefied higher hydrocarbon gas, or is mixed with a vaporized gas, and the reduced oxygen vaporized fuel gas is fed to a combustion device such as a premixed or diffusion... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070125092 - Variable motive nozzle ejector for use with turbine engines: A gas turbine engine system. The system includes a compressor with a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage, a turbine with a first turbine stage and a second turbine stage, a first flow path connecting the first compressor stage and the first turbine stage, a second flow path... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070125093 - Gas turbine combustor: A gas turbine engine has a combustor module including an annular combustor having a liner assembly that defines an annular combustion chamber having a length, L. The liner assembly includes a radially inner liner, a radially outer liner that circumscribes the inner liner, and a bulkhead, having a height, H1,... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP