Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 03/07

20070071591 - Protection system for turbo machine and power generating equipment: A limit switch 6 is placed on an end portion of the trip rod 4, which converts the mechanical deviation of the trip rod 4 into an electrical signal. The electrical signal from the limit switch 6 is transmitted to quick acting solenoid valves placed in a drive unit for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070071592 - Temperature control device of simple cooling fan: A temperature control device of a simple cooling fan includes a fan motor, a driver device, and a temperature control device. The driver device is electrically connected to the fan motor. The temperature control device is electrically connected to the fan motor and the driver device. The driver device detects... Agent: Hdsl

20070071593 - Blade for a gas turbine: A gas turbine blade (1) has a shroud (3) which is cooled by different cooling mechanisms in various regions (A, B, C) according to the different thermal load. In a first region (A), in a fin (8), bores are provided, by which a convective cooling of the fin and a... Agent: Cermak & Kenealy LLP

20070071594 - Apparatus and methods for minimizing solid particle erosion in steam turbines: Solid particle erosion in a steam turbine is minimized by diverting through holes in appendages of outer rings of the diaphragms, a portion of the steam from the steam flow path thereby bypassing downstream rotating components. The hole through the first stage appendage lies in communication with a passage through... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070071595 - Turbocharger with a variable nozzle device: A turbocharger comprises a center housing (3) and a turbine housing (1) with a variable nozzle device arranged there between. The turbocharger further comprises an annular arrangement of adjustable vanes (7) interposed in an annular nozzle (9) for defining a plurality of nozzle passages, wherein the vanes (7) are axially... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070071596 - Liquid drug delivery micropump: A pump system for the subcutaneous delivery of a liquid medicament, having a pump module (10) comprising a stator housing (28) with a chamber (30), a rotor (32) rotatably and axially slidably received in the chamber and comprising a first axial extension (46) with a liquid supply channel (50) and... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070071597 - High pressure first stage turbine and seal assembly: A high pressure first stage turbine and seal assembly are described. In one embodiment, a high pressure turbine section is provided. The turbine section includes at least one stage, at least one rotor and a bucket assembly. The bucket assembly includes a bucket and an attachment fixture. The stage has... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070071598 - Device for controlling clearance in a gas turbine: The turbine casing includes a circumferential wall coaxially surrounding a ring that surrounds the moving blades of the turbine. The casing includes a plurality of perforations delivering air for ventilating the outside face of the circumferential wall in uniform manner.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071599 - High-strength heat resisting cast steel, method of producing the steel, and applications of the steel: A high-strength heat resisting cast steel which has high creep rupture strength at temperatures of 620° C. or above, high toughness, and good weldability. A method of producing the steel, a steam turbine casing, a main steam valve casing, and a steam control valve casing, each casing being made of... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070071600 - Method and assembly for aligning a turbine: A method for aligning an inner shell of a turbine assembly with an outer shell of the turbine assembly along a transverse centerline of the turbine assembly perpendicular to an axial centerline of the turbine assembly includes positioning a first gib key assembly with respect to the transverse centerline. The... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070065272 - Centrifugal water lift electrical generator: A water lift generator system for generating electricity by a water system propelled by the force of water cycling through the system. A multi-reservoir water lift system includes a central reservoir having lower jets for rotating the reservoir. A basin below the reservoir catches water falling from the reservoir and... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20070065273 - Methods and apparatus for double flow turbine first stage cooling: Method and apparatus for cooling a double flow steam turbine are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes supplying steam to the turbine to form a main inlet steam flow, allowing steam to bleed from the main inlet flow to an annulus bounded by an inner shell, nozzle plate and... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070065274 - Method for operating a turbo engine and turbo engine: Means for driving a flow are arranged in cavities which are formed, in particular, in multishell casings of turbo engines. In one embodiment, within the cavity, ejectors are arranged which are supplied via suitable means with a propellant flow which, in turn, activates the flow, for preference a circumferential flow.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070065275 - Windmill odor control and fluid evaporating device: A windmill odor control and fluid evaporating device having a windmill head mounted on top of a windmill tower and having a plurality of rotor blades. A delivery hose is arranged around the windmill head and is supported by a support frame in fluid manifold. The delivery hose has a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070065277 - Centrifugal compressor including a seal system: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller that defines an outside diameter and is rotatable about an axis to provide a flow of compressed fluid. A portion of the compressed fluid passes around the outside diameter to define a leakage flow. An extension extends from the impeller and includes a first... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070065276 - Impeller for a centrifugal compressor: An impeller for a centrifugal gas compressor includes a stationary seal member that includes a plurality of seal tips. The impeller is operable to produce a flow of fluid. The impeller includes a hub having a front face and a back face. A plurality of blades extends from the front... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070065278 - Radial out-flowing rotary ram-in compressor: A radial out-flowing rotary ram-in compressor for use in gas turbine engines and the like, having a plurality of vanes attached to discs, with the opposing parts of each two adjacent vanes defining a feeding channel in-between. In operation, working gases are rammed through the feeding channels in a generally... Agent: Essam T. Awdalla

20070065279 - Blade structure for a radial airflow fan: A fan includes a hub rotatable about an axis and having an open end and a closed end, and a plurality of blades extending from the hub. Each of the blades has a leading side surface, a trailing side surface, an inner lateral edge corresponding to the open end of... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070065280 - Blowing mechanism for column type electric fan: A blowing mechanism for a column type electric fan comprises an impeller, a driving motor, a tube-like air ducting assembly, and a swing mechanism. The driving motor is mounted onto a supporting plate which is attached to a housing of the fan. A micromotor of the swing mechanism is fixed... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070065281 - Fan and fan frame thereof: A fan includes a fan frame and an impeller. The fan frame has a housing, a base and at least one supporting element. The inner wall of the housing has at least one guiding portion for increasing an airflow intake of the fan, and the base is disposed within the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070059154 - Lateral channel compressor: A lateral channel compressor with an impeller (12) which is arranged in a casing and which is supported so that it is rotatable around an axial rotational axis (4); the impeller having a plurality of impeller blades (20) which are arranged in a working area (2) which is formed by... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070059155 - Counter-rotating axial-flow fan: A first motor 25 rotates, in one of two rotating directions, the first impeller 7 including a plurality of front blades 28 in a suction opening portion 15 of a housing 59. The second motor 49 rotates, in the other rotating direction opposite to the one rotating direction, the second... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070059156 - Rotary centrifugal and viscous pumps: A pump device (10a, 10b, 10c) includes means for both transferring rotational momentum to the fluid by viscous forces, and imparting centrifugal forces to the fluid. The pump (10a, 10b) can include a wiper (44) extending partially across at least one rotatable disc surface (48, 48b, 48c) of at least... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070059157 - Fluid flow engine: A fluid flow engine comprises a shaft supported in a bearing housing by means of a bearing shell. There are at least two lubricating bores in the bearing shell each having a predetermined geometry as to diameter, length and angular arrangement with respect to the bearing shell. At least one... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. Patent Administrator

20070059158 - Turbine cooling air sealing: A turbine engine section has a stationary vane stage and a rotating blade stage. The blade stage is spaced from the vane stage to form an annular chamber therebetween. A manifold delivers a pressurized fluid to the chamber. An outer diameter (OD) sealing means restricts leakage of the pressurized fluid... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070059159 - System and method for augmenting power output from a gas turbine engine: The present invention discloses a method and system for augmenting shaft output of stationary gas turbines that can be used in multiple modes of operation. The system comprises a washing unit (25, 27, 28) adapted to inject a spray (26) of atomized liquid so as to impinge on the compressor... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070059160 - Engine, vehicle provided with such an engine, and a connecting element between a first and a second element of an engine: An engine includes a first element, a second element, an exhaust duct which extends from the first element into the second element, a connecting element which connects the first element to the second element and delimitates the exhaust duct at the transition between the first and second elements, the connecting... Agent: White, Redway & Brown LLP

20070059161 - Pivot bushing for a variable-pitch vane of a turbomachine: A pivot bushing for a variable-pitch vane of a turbomachine, the bushing being for mounting in a recess in a ring of the turbomachine, the recess being of a shape that is substantially complementary to the shape of the bushing. The bushing comprises a substantially tubular body of longitudinal axis... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070059162 - Trackable, identifiable foreign material exclusion device: A foreign material exclusion device which is adapted to be utilized in tubes, pipes, or the like to prevent entry of debris into a potentially sensitive area of an assembly, such as a turbine assembly utilized in a power plant. In one embodiment, the device is adapted to be connected... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20070059163 - Labyrinth seal in a stationary gas turbine: The invention relates to a segmented inner ring for holding guide blades. According to the invention, a lateral wall opposing the front side of the inner ring and pertaining to a shaft shoulder formed-on the rotor shaft extends radially, and respectively one half of a labyrinth seal is formed on... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070059164 - Turbine module for a gas turbine engine: The present invention relates to a turbine module for a gas turbine engine comprising at least one turbine disk (3) and a disk-shaped component (5) mounted on the turbine disk upstream relative to the gas flow, said module comprising a means of assembly to the compressor of said engine, wherein... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070059165 - Disposable spirometer with plastic injection moulded turbine: A small dimension throwaway turbine device for checking the breathing flux, to be used in spirometric instruments, allowing an extreme simplification in project and realization, and comprises a turbo-turbine (4) with an inlet deflector (1) and an outlet deflector (3), and a single-piece mobile equipment comprising a blade (2) and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070059166 - Pump apparatus and methods of making and using same: Pump apparatus and methods of making and using same are disclosed. One inventive apparatus includes at least two pump stages having different performance characteristics combined in series to substantially match an intended pumping application. An inventive method includes selecting two or more pump stages having different performance characteristics that when... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070059167 - Centrifugal blower for air handling equipment: An air handling blower for HVAC equipment includes a blower housing adapted to accommodate centrifugal impellers of selected inside and outside diameters of the impeller blades wherein the inside diameter of the largest diameter impeller accommodated by the housing is not less than the outside diameter of the smallest diameter... Agent: William J. Beres The Trane Company

20070059168 - Volute for a centrifugal compressor: A volute for use in a centrifugal compressor that includes an impeller. The volute includes a housing defining a central aperture, an inlet channel, and a fluid collecting channel. The central aperture is adapted to receive the impeller such that the impeller discharges a fluid to the inlet channel. The... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070059169 - Foreign object damage resistant vane assembly: A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine including a shroud with openings defined therein about a circumference thereof and vanes extending radially from the shroud with a vane tip in each opening. Isolating means are disposed in each opening to isolate the vane tip from the shroud ring. Each... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070059170 - Diffuser for a centrifugal compressor: A diffuser for use in a centrifugal compressor that includes an impeller that discharges a high-velocity flow of fluid. The diffuser includes a platform having a blade portion and defining a substantially circular aperture. The impeller is disposed at least partially within the aperture such that the high-velocity fluid exits... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070053769 - System for powering a vehicle air temperature control system air mover, and related method: A system for powering an air mover of a vehicle air temperature control system. The air mover powering system includes first and second power sources, and a primary path positioned between the first power source and the air mover. The primary path has a first state in which the primary... Agent: Stephen T. Sullivan

20070053770 - Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines: A method of assembling a gas turbine engine that includes providing a rotor assembly including a rotor shaft, an air duct, and a rotor disk that includes a mounting arm, wherein the mounting arm extends radially inward from the rotor disk towards the rotor shaft and coupling a rotor impeller... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070053771 - Electronic product having airflow-guiding structure and method for fabricating the airflow-guiding structure thereof: An electronic product (such as a switch) having an airflow-guiding structure and a method for fabricating the airflow-guiding structure thereof are disclosed, and are featured in using an industrial double-faced adhesive tape to mount a plastic airflow-guiding plate made of flame retardant grade of polypropylene in the housing, thereby forming... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070053772 - Methods and apparatus for assembling a rotary machine: A method for assembling at least one seal assembly to a turbine having a casing extending at least partially around a rotor is provided. The method includes coupling the seal assembly to the casing such that the seal assembly extends into a fluid flow passage defined between the rotor and... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070053773 - Integrated nozzle wheel for reaction steam turbine stationary components and related method: An integrated nozzle wheel for a turbine stator component includes a three hundred sixty degree wheel formed from a single piece of stock material, a radially inner portion of the wheel machined to include a plurality of nozzles, each having an airfoil portion and a radially inner tip shroud portion;... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.c.

20070053774 - Fan and scroll design for high efficiency and low noise: A centrifugal fan assembly including a housing having a lower surface and a parallel inlet wall that defines an inlet opening. A shaft is supported by the housing for rotating about an axis. A plurality of fan blades are disposed about the shaft and extend radially from the axis for... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070053775 - Fan frame: A fan frame with a fan wheel includes a plurality of guide flow members and a fan wheel. The guide flow members are joined to a rib part with a plurality of ribs in a way of each of the guide flow members being connected to at least one of... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070053776 - Control device for fluid pressure and flow direction: A control device for fluid pressure and flow direction includes a fan and a frame member. The fan has an inlet and an outlet and the frame member provides at least a first opening and a second opening at two lateral sides thereof. A middle solid part is disposed in... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070048121 - Method and arrangement for control of direct current motor: The present invention relates to a method for control of a direct current motor in one or several fan units, each comprising a fan, which method comprises: generation of a control signal from a first control unit which is external in relation to the said fan unit; transmission of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070048122 - Debris-filtering technique for gas turbine engine component air cooling system: Air cooling passages for a gas turbine engine component, and in particular, a blade outer air seal, are provided with a filtering technique to filter impurities before they can reach a metering location. The air filtering techniques include the provision of a plurality of openings which each have a small... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070048123 - Fan housing: A fan housing and a fan have stationary blades for guiding airflow. Each stationary blade has at least one airflow-guiding element extending therefrom along the circumference of the fan. The side wall of the airflow-guiding element changes the direction of the airflow so that the airflow at the outlet is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070048124 - Dirt separator for gas turbine air supply: A gas turbine engine is provided with a radially outer cooling air flow. A dirt separator is placed in the path of the radially outer cooling air flow, and includes a radially outer leg that defines a space to capture dirt or other impurities. A radially inner leg of the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070048125 - Rotary structure of a heat dissipating fan: The invention discloses a rotary structure of a heat dissipating fan capable of maintaining the operation of an axle of the heat dissipating fan along a single axial line by means of a base of the heat dissipating fan and two fixing members disposed at two contact ends of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070048126 - Variable stator vane lever arm assembly and method of assembling same: A variable stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine including an actuation ring including an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side, a second side, and at least one recess that is defined between the upper surface, the lower surface, the first side, and the second side, a... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070048127 - Access port for dirt removal for gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine is provided with a dirt separator placed in a path of the radially outer cooling air flow, and includes a radially outer leg that defines a space to capture dirt or other impurities. An access port is provided in a turbine engine case in an area... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070048128 - Manufacturable and inspectable cooling microcircuits for blade-outer-air-seals: A method for manufacturing a cooling microcircuit in a blade-outer-air-seal is provided. The method broadly comprises the steps of forming a first section of the blade-outer-air-seal having a first exposed internal wall, forming a second section of the blade-outer-air-seal having a second exposed internal wall, and forming at least one... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070048129 - Fan and fan housing with airflow-guiding stationary blades: A fan includes a fan housing and an impeller. The fan housing includes a frame, a base disposed in the frame, a plurality of stationary blades disposed between the frame and the base, and a plurality of airflow-guiding elements extending inward from the frame and toward the base. The airflow-guiding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070048130 - Stacked steampath and grooved bucket wheels for steam turbines: The steampath for a steam turbine includes stacked stator rings each mounting inwardly directed nozzles and stacked rotor wheels each mounting outwardly directed buckets mounting blades. By alternately stacking the stator rings and rotor wheels, the nozzles and buckets of the various stages are interdigitated to form a steampath. Each... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070048131 - Methods and apparatus for controlling contact within stator assemblies: A method enables a stator assembly for a turbine engine to be assembled. The method comprises forming a recess within a portion of each base, and coupling the stator vanes within the turbine engine in a circumferentially-spaced arrangement such that the recessed portion of each base facilitates reducing excitation responses... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)