Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 04/07

20070092368 - Mirror device for a vehicle: A retracting mechanism, which rotates a mirror for viewing a region substantially to a rear of the vehicle, has a motor, a cover which accommodates another end side of the motor, and a case main body which accommodates one end side of the motor and is rotatably supported at a... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070092369 - Bracket/spacer optimization in bladeless turbines, compressors and pumps: A bracket and/or spacer in a bladeless turbine, compressor or pump comprising of a hub for axial mounting and one or more arms connected to the hub. Said bracket and/or spacer configuration conforming in part or completely to the forming fluid flow chambers in the neighboring disk for the entrance... Agent: Erich A Wilson

20070092370 - Centrifugal fan clutch for an electronics cooling fan: An electronics cooling fan comprises a centrifugal clutch adapted to disengage and freewheel upon fan failure.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070092371 - Strained capable conductive/resistive composite hybrid heater for thermal anti-ice device: A rotor blade of a helicopter is presented. In an embodiment, the rotor blade includes a body; and a heating mat arranged in the body and configured to supply heat to said body. The heating mat includes a first plurality of fibers and a second plurality of fibers electrically connected... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070092372 - Variable geometry inlet guide vane: An inlet guide vane provides improved, smooth airflow and avoids separation of flow even at high incidence angles. The inlet guide vane includes a strut having opposite side surfaces that are continuously curved to provide a controlled velocity distribution at the trailing edge of the strut. The inlet guide vane... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20070092373 - Centrifugal fan and fan frame thereof: A centrifugal fan, comprising a frame and a first guide portion. The frame comprises a bottom portion and a curved wall connected thereto. The curved wall comprises an airflow inlet. The first guide portion disposed along the curved wall at the bottom portion comprises a beginning area, a middle area,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070092374 - Air diffuser: An air diffuser includes a body having a body having a substantially flat upper surface and a concave lower surface. A plurality of slots is formed through the body in fluid communication with the upper and lower surfaces. A flow modulator is rotatably affixed to the lower surface, the flow... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070086882 - Turbine fuel pump: A turbine fuel pump includes an impeller having blades, each including a linear blade portion extending linearly in the radial direction of the impeller and a curved blade portion extending circularly curvedly from the head of the linear blade portion to the forward side of the impeller as viewed in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070086884 - Rotor shaft, in particular for a gas turbine: A rotor shaft, particularly for a gas turbine, includes a cooling air supply disposed inside the rotor shaft and a plurality of cooling air ducts connected to the cooling air supply and extending essentially radially outward toward an outside of the shaft, wherein each of the cooling air ducts has... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070086883 - Turbine shroud assembly and method for assembling a gas turbine engine: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes coupling a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades about a rotatable main shaft of the gas turbine engine. The main shaft is aligned in an axial direction of the gas turbine engine. A shroud assembly is coupled to the... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070086885 - Bleed valve outlet flow deflector: A bleed valve assembly for discharging bleed air into a gas turbine engine bypass plenum includes a bleed flow duct, a bleed valve, and a flow deflector. The bleed flow duct is contoured such that it delivers uniformly flowing bleed air to the flow deflector when the bleed valve is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070086886 - Variable nozzle for a gas turbine: Variable nozzle (10) for a gas turbine fixed to a shaft (11) equipped with a pressurized upper surface (12) and a depressurized lower surface (14) opposite to the upper surface (12), the variable nozzle comprises a series of substantially “C”-shaped sections, each having a first rounded end (20) and a... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070086887 - Active clearance control system for gas turbine engines: A gas turbine engine generally includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The turbine can include an integrated manifold comprising a plenum defined by a manifold disposed in connection with a divider plate and opposite a shielding plate comprising a plurality of apertures. The integrated manifold also includes a... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070086888 - Pump apparatus and method: A pump including a pump housing, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a pumping chamber in fluid communication with both the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, a motor for pumping a working fluid, and a plate that is at least partially constructed of a heat conductive material and that... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070086889 - Composite tip shroud ring: A gas turbine engine includes a tip shroud ring rotatably supported on a last stage blade assembly in a turbine. The tip shroud ring is formed entirely of a fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite material to provide a very light weight tip shroud ring, but also a very strong ring.... Agent: Paul Matheny Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.

20070086891 - Axial flow turbine: An axial flow turbine provided with a stage composed of a turbine nozzle and a turbine rotor blade arranged in an axial flow direction. Both end portions of a nozzle blade of the turbine nozzle are supported by a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring, and a flow... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070086890 - Optimized nozzle box steam path: Disclosed herein is a nozzle box assembly including a torus, a steam path ring, and a bridge ring. The torus has a plurality of steam inlets and an annular steam outlet. The steam path ring has an annular steam inlet, the annular steam inlet has an inner diameter (ID) and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070086892 - Machine tooled diaphragm partitions and nozzles: Partitions have an airfoil coupled at opposite ends to inner and outer side walls. The side walls each mount radially extending male dovetails. The inner web and outer ring of a diaphragm include complementary shaped dovetail grooves. The male dovetails have a reduced diameter portions while the female grooves similarly... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070081887 - Composite fan containment case for turbine engines: A composite fan casing for a gas turbine engine is provided includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a core having a plurality of core layers of reinforcing fiber bonded together with a thermosetting polymeric resin. Each core layer includes a plurality of braided reinforcing fibers with the braids of reinforcing fibers... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070081888 - Series fans with flow modification element: A series fan assembly has a primary fan, a flow modification element to reduce swirl, and a secondary fan, mounted in a series configuration. A connecting sleeve directs the combined output into an enclosure containing components to be cooled, or a heat sink. A sliding drawer is configured within said... Agent: Distributed Thermal Systems Ltd.

20070081889 - Multi-stage friction vacuum pump: A multi-stage vacuum pump includes at least one turbo-compressor stage (11) and is equipped with a circular compressor stage (33) on the pressure side of the turbo-compressor stage. The pump has small axial dimensions, enabling the compression to be increased without significantly increasing the space requirement.... Agent: Fay Sharpe Fagan Minnich & Mckee

20070081890 - Shroud with aero-effective cooling: A turbine shroud section includes a cooling passage that bleeds cooling air through an opening in a surface. The cooling passage forms an angle relative to an expected fluid flow direction. The angle defines an angular component in a circumferential direction, which is aligned with the expected fluid flow direction... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070081891 - Cooling fan assembly: A cooling fan assembly includes a cooling fan unit having a rotating shaft and a plurality of rotating vanes combined with the rotating shaft, and a flow control unit provided in a front of a ventilation direction of the cooling fan unit to control a flow of air to reproduce... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070081892 - Steam turbine exhaust diffuser: An axial flow steam turbine includes an exhaust diffuser in the form of a volute for diffusing the exhaust steam and turning the exhaust steam from a generally axial flow direction to a generally radial direction. The volute exit may be at the bottom or to one side of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070081893 - Pump apparatus for semiconductor processing: The invention relates to a pump apparatus for use in semiconductor processing. The apparatus may include a single pump configured to transition a substance flow from about molecular pressure to about atmospheric pressure.... Agent: Ira Lee Zebrak The Boc Group, Inc.

20070077137 - Altitude density differential pressure induced draft powered wind turbine electric generating system: The idea that I am seeking to patent is the use of the difference in pressure between atmospheric elevations. When a conduit is placed between a higher elevation and a lower elevation the difference in altitude density will create an upward flow of air inside the conduit. My idea is... Agent: Danny F. Beard

20070077138 - Fluid pumping system: A fluid pumping system is disclosed that includes a housing in which a fluid flows. The fluid pumping system also includes a vane wheel that is rotatably supported in the housing and that has a plurality of vane portions. At least one of the vane portions is swept-forward such that... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070077139 - Cooling fan noise reduction apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to distribute acoustic spectral energy associated with a primary blade-passing frequency tonal component of fan noise and with harmonics thereof. The energy may be spectrally distributed by irregularly spacing a plurality of fan blades or stationary structures associated with the fan, or both. The... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070077140 - Packaging for dispensing a fluid: A packaging for dispensing a fluid, such as a lotion, includes a container for containing the fluid; a pump assembly adapted for dispensing the fluid from the container; a fan housing mounted on the container; a fan assembly rotatably mounted on the fan housing and operably connected to the fan... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20070077141 - Ring seal system with reduced cooling requirements: Aspects of the invention are directed to systems for reducing the cooling requirements of a ring seal in a turbine engine. In one embodiment, the ring seal can be made of a ceramic material, such as a ceramic matrix composite. The ceramic ring seal can be connected to metal isolation... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070077142 - Shaft seal for a transmission expander or compressor, and transmission expander or compressor having a shaft seal: A shaft seal for a transmission expander or compressor having at least one rotor which rotates in a housing and is arranged in a floating manner on a shaft, the shaft seal having a seal arrangement with seal tips attached on the hub of the rotor. A stationary sealing ring... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane