Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 01/07

20070020083 - Pressure relief arrangement for a pump: A pressure relief arrangement for a pump (10) which includes a pump housing assembly with a pumping chamber (25) therein, the pump housing assembly including a section (41) mounted for movement between a normal operating position and a venting position, a shearing element (45) being adapted to retain the section... Agent: Morriss O'bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070020084 - Compressor, in particular lateral channel compressor: The compressor, in particular lateral channel compressor, comprises a casing member (2, 4) and an impeller (6) which is disposed therein rotatably about an axial axis of rotation and which is spaced from the casing member (2, 4) by a sealing gap (18). The sealing gap is sealed by means... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070020085 - Centrifugal fan: A centrifugal fan includes a cylindrical housing for housing an impeller, a motor for driving the impeller and a disk-like circuit board that are arranged coaxially in an accumulated manner. When the impeller rotates, air is taken in along the axial direction of the housing and goes out through an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070020087 - Turbine shroud segment feather seal located in radial shroud legs: A turbine shroud assembly is configured to adequately adjust a distribution of cooling air flow such that air leakage between radial shroud legs of adjacent shroud segments is minimized, while permitting cooling air to leak between platforms of adjacent shroud segments in order to cool sides of the platforms thereof.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070020088 - Turbine shroud segment impingement cooling on vane outer shroud: A cooling arrangement in a turbine section of gas turbine engines is used to direct cooling air within shroud segment platforms for cooling the turbine shroud while forming substantially straight cooling air streams for impingement cooling on a turbine vane outer shroud.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070020086 - Turbine shroud segment transpiration cooling with individual cast inlet and outlet cavities: A shroud segment of a turbine shroud of a gas turbine engine comprises a platform with front and rear legs. The platform defines a plurality of axially extending holes with individual inlets on an outer surface of the platform for transpiration cooling of the platform of the turbine shroud segment.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070020089 - A device for damping vibration of a ring for axially retaining turbomachine fan blades: A device for damping vibration of a retention ring for axially retaining turbomachine fan blades, the blades being designed to be mounted via their roots on a rotary disk having an annular flange extending axially and provided with a plurality of radial crenellations for coming into contact with a plurality... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070020092 - Gear train variable vane synchronizing mechanism for inner diameter vane shroud: The present invention comprises an inner diameter vane shroud that accommodates a mechanism for synchronously rotating an array of variable vanes. Particularly, the invention comprises an inner diameter vane shroud that has a gear channel that runs circumferentially through the vane shroud. An array of variable vanes is rotatably mounted... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070020094 - Inner diameter variable vane actuation mechanism: A variable vane actuation mechanism is comprised of a first drive vane arm and a second drive vane arm for driving a first variable vane array and a second variable vane array, respectively, of a stator vane section of a gas turbine engine. The first drive vane arm and second... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070020093 - Lightweight cast inner diameter vane shroud for variable stator vanes: An inner diameter vane shroud for use in a gas turbine engine is comprised of lightweight cast forward and aft shroud components. The forward and aft shroud components are made with an investment casting technique that creates a hollow cavity that runs in a circumferential direction through each component. The... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070020090 - Rack and pinion variable vane synchronizing mechanism for inner diameter vane shroud: An inner diameter vane shroud of a variable vane assembly accommodates a synchronization mechanism for coordinating rotation of an array of variable vanes. The inner diameter vane shroud has a gear track that runs circumferentially through the vane shroud. An array of variable vanes is rotatably mounted in the vane... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070020091 - Synch ring variable vane synchronizing mechanism for inner diameter vane shroud: A variable vane assembly includes a sync ring mechanism for synchronously rotating an array of variable vanes. The variable vane assembly comprises a drive vane, a synch ring, a vane arm and a plurality of follower vanes and follower arms. An inner diameter end of the drive vane rotates in... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070020095 - Apparatus and method for active control of blade tip clearance: An active blade clearance control system for a gas turbine engine. The clearance between the tip of a rotatable blade and an inner surface of a blade track is adjusted by moving the blade track relative to the tip of the blades. A split control ring is manipulated to adjust... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070020096 - Hydraulic turbine and stay ring: A stay ring of a hydraulic turbine has: a ring-shaped upper wall, a ring-shaped lower wall arranged below the upper wall forming a ring-shaped flow channel between the upper wall and the lower wall; and stay vanes arranged in array with spaces in a peripheral direction in the ring-shaped flow... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070020097 - Turbine housing and floatation assembly: The invention relates to a turbine housing comprising a housing (2) body having a first end (8), second end (12) and a central region (4), wherein the housing body comprises a bore running therethrough, and wherein the bore tapers from a first larger cross-section at and/or in the region of... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070020098 - Cooling fan and shroud with modified profiles: A cooling system includes a cooling fan with an outlet and an inlet and a shroud surrounding at least a portion of the cooling fan. The cooling fan includes a plurality of fan blades, and each fan blade includes an inlet portion and an outlet portion that define an outer... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070014657 - Blade for wind turbine: A blade for a wind turbine includes a means for causing air at an increased velocity and/or pressure to escape from exit openings in the blade, thereby to apply a force that increases the rotational velocity of the blade. In one embodiment of the invention described a fan or vacuum... Agent: Marvin N. Gordon

20070014658 - Vertical axis wind mill with variable pitch flat blades and booster curtains: A vertical axis wind mill with variable pitch flat blades and booster curtains that are all moved by electrical motors which are controlled by a weather vane.... Agent: Sid S. Mollinger

20070014659 - Rotary tool: A rotary device having an inlet adapter for connecting the device to a pressurized fluid source, a turbine rotor, and an input passage. The input passage provides fluid communication between the input adapter and the turbine rotor, has a first end proximate the inlet adapter and an opening downstream from... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070014660 - System for optimal alignment of a shaft of a gas turbine: A system for substantially aligning a shaft of a turbine engine with components of the turbine engine. The system includes a horizontal bed adapted to support a shaft in a horizontal orientation, at least one stand for rotatably supporting the shaft in the horizontal orientation, at least one sensor for... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070014661 - Blower: A blower includes a housing and a plurality of impellers. The impellers are disposed in the housing, and a mutual air-gathering passage is formed between the impellers and the housing. Compared to the prior art, the mutual air-gathering passage of the blower of the present invention can collect the airflow... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070014662 - Pump housing assembly with liner: A pump housing assembly which includes a pump casing (12) and a liner (20), the pump casing (12) including at least two parts (13, 14) which are adapted to be connected together in an assembled position wherein the pump casing (12) includes opposed front and rear sides, the two parts... Agent: Morriss O'bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070009346 - Single-molecule systems: A system comprising elements that interact with individual molecules so as to generate and sustain a flow from those molecules. Preferably, the elements include an enclosure defined by physical, mathematical, or statistical boundaries, and the elements include components that move rotationally within said enclosure.... Agent: Swernofsky Law Group PC

20070009347 - Generate electricity by concentrating wind, by moving transportation, by flowing of liquid, by sun burning, etc in utility of housing, industry, etc: Generate electricity by concentrating wind, by water pressure, by sun burning, by moving transportation, etc to obtain free electricity in utility of housing, industrial domains, etc to be a project profitable to all of us.... Agent: Henri Duong

20070009348 - Wind guiding hood structure for wind power generation: A wind guiding hood for wind power generation includes a frame, a wind guiding hood, a turbine and a wind direction detector. The turbine is installed in the wind guiding hood, and the wind guiding hood is pivotally connected into the frame. After the wind direction detector installed on the... Agent: Hdsl

20070009349 - Impingement box for gas turbine shroud: An impingement box for a turbine shroud. The impingement box may include a first side with an air access aperture positioned therein and a second side with a number of impingement holes positioned therein. The second side may be positioned a predetermined distance above a floor of the shroud such... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070009350 - Sealing arrangement: A face seal acts across a gap between first and second machine, particularly a gas turbine, components operating at elevated temperatures. One end of a sealing element is housed in a recess in the first component and its other end seals against a plane surface of the second component under... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070009351 - Fan apparatus with adapting device: In a fan apparatus, a fan cover has a first coupling side coupled to a first adapting side of an adapting device, and a fan has a second coupling side coupled to a second adapting side of the adapting device.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070009352 - Method and device for reducing pressure fluctuations in an induction pipe of a water turbine or water pump or water-pump turbine: The invention relates to a turbine or pump or pump turbine, comprising a rotor which has a plurality of rotating blades and a hub, a housing which has a distributor for regulating the currents flowing into the rotor, and an induction pipe for guiding the water flowing out of the... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070009353 - Airflow generating structure and the apparatus thereof: An airflow generating structure and the apparatus thereof includes a hub, a holding section extended outwards from one end of the hub, and a plurality of spoilers located on the periphery of the holding section in the axial direction that are spaced from one another. Each of the spoilers has... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070009354 - Centrifugal fan: A fan includes a fan housing located on an axis. The apparatus has axially front and rear sections that together define a chamber. Air can enter the chamber through an inlet in the front section. An impeller in the chamber is configured to rotate about the axis to drive the... Agent: Mitchell Rose Jones Day

20070009355 - Impeller drive for a water jet propulsion unit: A water propulsion unit having an intake housing, a pump housing and an outlet with two spaced apart counter rotating impellers being located in the pump housing. The impeller blades on one impeller have an opposite pitch to the blades of the second impeller. The impellers are configured so that... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070009356 - Fan holder assembly: A fan holder assembly includes a fan duct, a fan, and a holder that secures the fan to the fan duct. The holder is a frame and defines an air hole in the center thereof. A first locking means is formed from the edge of the holder, and a second... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070003403 - Wind turbine blade wirh lift-regulating means: Wind turbine blade (10) including adjustable lift-regulating means (12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21) arranged on or at the surface of the wind turbine blade (10), said lift-regulating means being provided with activating means by means of which they can be adjusted and thus alter the aerodynamic properties of the... Agent: Donald S Dowden Cooper & Dunham

20070003404 - Oil pressurized electric motor: The invention is directed to develop for the more powerful motor to provide the supplemental torque with the rotating shaft of the conventional motor by the dint of oil pressure produced by the rotating operation of the vanes fixed on the identical shaft penetrated into the front and the rear... Agent: Yoshioki Tomoyasu

20070003405 - Turbo machinery speed monitor: This invention relates to a speed monitor apparatus for monitoring speed and acceleration of rotating turbine equipment (turbomachinery) and for operating an overspeed trip to shut down the equipment in the event that the speed or acceleration exceed predetermined thresholds. The invention provides a speed monitor module having an input... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070003406 - Pump: A pump, including a pump housing, defining an impeller chamber in fluid communication with a pump inlet and pump outlet. An impeller is rotatable within the impeller chamber and is attached to an adaptor shaft. The adaptor shaft is rotatably held in an intermediate housing that also serves as a... Agent: John R. Hlavka Watts Hoffmann Co.

20070003407 - Mounting arrangement for turbine blades: In order to improve cooling of a blade 31, 41/disc 32, 42 combination, a pre-swirler feature 40, 50 is utilised in order to present coolant air through presentational pathways typically incorporating holes 37 or grooves/slots such that coolant air displaces hotter air leaked past a seal 35, 45. The swirler... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070003408 - Turbine with adjustable vanes: There is provided an adjustable vane turbine and turbine generator using the same, in which hydrodynamic properties are employed to adjust adjustable vanes automatically in response to flow condition such as the flow rate of the working fluid, thereby simplifying the system using the adjustable vanes and reducing cost. In... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070003409 - Device for use in a blower configuation: A device for application in a fan configuration is configured, in particular, to be directly driven by an electric motor. In the fan configuration, a centrifugal fan wheel is mounted to rotate in unison with a drive shaft. The centrifugal fan wheel, for producing a directed airflow, is surrounded by... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070003410 - Turbine blade tip clearance control: Aspects of the invention relate to a system and method for actively managing blade tip clearances in a turbine engine, particularly under steady state operating conditions such as at base load. Aspects of the invention involve routing a portion of air from a rotor cooling air circuit to a vane... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070003411 - Variable displacement turbine liner: A turbine stage of a gas turbine engine (10) is surrounded by a ring of liner segments (34). The liner segments (34) can be moved radially in unison towards and away from the tips or fins (38) of blades (36), by rotation of a connected unison ring (18), so as... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070003412 - Abradable material composition, a thermomechanical part or casing including a coating, and a method of fabricating or repairing a coating presenting said composition: The invention relates to an abradable material composition comprising a resin-based matrix, in particular a silicone matrix together with filler comprising hollow beads. In characteristic manner, the hollow beads withstand high temperatures and are made of refractory material. The hollow beads are preferably made of an alumino-silicate material. The composition... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003413 - Composite fan and frame thereof: A composite fan frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame has a first surface formed with at least one first protrusion portion. The second frame has a second surface formed with at least one first recess portion. When the first surface touches the second surface,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070003414 - Housing for a centrifugal fan, pump, or turbine: A housing for a blower, fan or pump or turbine, the housing adapted to be associated with a rotor adapted in use to cooperate with fluid flowing through the housing wherein the housing comprises a shroud for guiding the fluid moving in association with the rotor, the rotor having at... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP