Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 06/07

20070147983 - Vortex-flow blower device: A vortex-flow blower device includes an impeller having a plurality of fins, a blower housing that has a vortex flow chamber for accommodating the impeller and extends from a start point on a side of a the fluid inlet port to an end point on a side of a fluid... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070147984 - Turbo compressor: A first compression stage and a second compression stage being arranged at positions adjacent to each other. The first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller are arranged in such an orientation that back sides of the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller face to each other. A... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070147985 - Turbo compressor: A first centrifugal impeller and a second centrifugal impeller are arranged in such an orientation that back sides of the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller face to each other. Bearings are cylindrical roller bearings and a thrust bearing. The cylindrical roller bearings are arranged at two axially... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070147986 - Fan system: A fan system is electrically connected with a driving source and includes a first fan, a second fan and an energy storage. The second fan is rotated by the first fan for generating an electric energy. The energy storage is electrically connected with the second fan for storing the electric... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070147988 - Centrifugal compressor and dry gas seal system for use in it: The present invention relates to a centrifugal compressor using a dry gas seal system for protecting seal means. A multistage centrifugal compressor has primary dry gas seal means for preventing leakage of working gas from a machine inner side, and secondary dry gas seal means for backing up the first... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070147987 - Self-aspirated flow control system for centrifugal compressors: A flow control system for a centrifugal compressor includes a plurality of suction holes provided in a diffuser and configured to facilitate suction of a flow control stream from a boundary layer fluid from the diffuser. A plurality of blowing holes are provided in a first interconnecting duct coupled to... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070147989 - Fan or compressor casing: The surge margin of a fan or compressor stage may be increased by radial, circular grooves in the casing (2) encircling the rotor stage. The present invention provides improved aerodynamic performance by replacing circumferential grooves by multiple helical grooves 18. Preferably the grooves (18) have multiple start and end positions... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070147990 - Sealing device: A sealing device by which the leakage of fluid is further reduced by securely maintaining the adhesion between a base material and an abradable layer and further strengthening the prevention of fluid leakage is provided. The sealing device according to the present invention includes seal strips provided to either one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070147991 - Method for repairing a turbine engine vane assembly and repaired assembly: A repaired turbine engine stationary vane assembly, including at least one airfoil bonded between inner and outer bands, is provided by a method of providing first and second vane assembly members bonded at respective circumferential edges, for example by brazing or welding. The first vane assembly member includes the outer... Agent: General Electric Company

20070147992 - Fan and fan housing thereof: A fan includes an impeller, a fan housing and a motor. The fan housing includes a frame, a base and a plurality of stationary blade sets. The base is disposed inside the frame. Each of the stationary blade sets includes a plurality of stationary blades disposed between the frame and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070147993 - Turbo-engine stator blading, turbo-engine comprising the blading and turbo-engine blade: The turbo-engine stator blading of the invention comprises a crown of fixed blades mounted on a ring, each blade comprising a platform intended to be fastened to the ring. The blading is characterized in that the ring comprises a plurality of individual receptacles for the platforms, the said receptacles being... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070147994 - Protection device for a turbine stator: Protection device for a stator of a turbine comprising a series of annular sectors (12) which can be coupled by connection means, each sector (12) comprising a first side surface (13) which has at least one cavity (14) equipped with a bottom (15), each bottom (15) of the at least... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070147995 - Blower system: A blower system which is easy to maintain and obtains motor cooling air from the inside of the spiral casing, that is, a blower system wherein the blower case and the motor holding housing are comprised as separate members, the spiral casing is provided with an enlarged part enlarged in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070140832 - Centrifugal impeller: A centrifugal impeller employed in a centrifugal machine, includes a main body, the main body generally being conical and defining a shaft bore in a center portion thereof; and a plurality of blade groups evenly arranged surrounding the shaft bore in sequence, each of the blade groups having a plurality... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070140829 - Modular hydraulic or hydroelectric machine: Low-head modular hydraulic machine (10), usable for generating hydroelectric energy or for directly using the mechanical power. The machine (10) is provided with an adjusting element (50) for setting a stable operating point at constant speed and power, irrespective of the instantaneous power required by the user. The excess power... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070140830 - Wind power plant of cyclone type and method of obtaining energy from such: A wind power plant having a tower (12) open at the top and provided with a side inlet (13) for the wind for generating a cyclone in the tower and a substantially horizontal turbine (19) that has inlets (21, 22) through the base and outlet to the center of the... Agent: Holland & Bonzagni, P.C.

20070140831 - Support structure of multi-segmented blower for a split air conditionner: A support structure of a multi-segmented blower for an air conditioner, which is modified from an inventor's prior art, blower assembly with multi segmented support arrangement for split air conditioner, rearrange and design the posts on a base of air conditioner, which set a trough and a pressure plate on... Agent: Pong Koochingchai

20070140833 - Vacuum pumping arrangement: A regenerative pumping mechanism comprises a rotor having a series of blades positioned in an annular array on one side of the rotor, and a stator having an annular channel within which the blades rotate. In order to control the axial clearance between the rotor and the stator, an axial... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070140834 - Centrifugal turbo machine with axial thrust control member: There is provided a centrifugal turbo machine comprising: a volute casing; a rotation axis coupled with the volute casing through a bearing; an impeller which is coupled to an end of the rotation axis and sucks fluid with a centrifugal force due to its rotation; and an axial thrust control... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070140835 - Cooling systems for stacked laminate cmc vane: Embodiments of the invention relate to various cooling systems for a turbine vane made of stacked ceramic matrix composite (CMC) laminates. Each airfoil-shaped laminate has an in-plane direction and a through thickness direction substantially normal to the in-plane direction. The laminates have anisotropic strength characteristics in which the in-plane tensile... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070140836 - Blower: A blower includes a fan blade assembly. The fan blade assembly includes a cylinder, fan blades, and damping ribs. The fan blades are fixed by an upper ring, a lower outer ring, and a lower inner ring. The cylinder is surrounded by the fan blades and coupled to the lower... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070140837 - Turbomachine with variable stator: b

20070140838 - System and method to exhaust spent cooling air of gas turbine engine active clearance control: An exemplary thermal air exhaust system includes circumferentially extending exhaust passages to exhaust thermal control air from an annular region between an outer casing and a distribution manifold encircling an axially extending portion of the casing after the thermal control air has been sprayed on at least one thermal control... Agent: Steven J. Rosen Patent Attorney

20070140839 - Thermal control of gas turbine engine rings for active clearance control: A gas turbine engine thermal control apparatus includes at least one annular spray tube having spray holes oriented to impinge thermal control air onto a fillet between an outer casing and a forward thermal control ring and, in a more particular embodiment, into a center of the fillet. The apparatus... Agent: Steven J. Rosen Patent Attorney

20070140841 - Stamped torque converter stator blades and a torque converter stator with stamped blades: The present invention broadly comprises a blade for a torque converter stator including a body, a first end, and a second end; a stator blade assembly; and a stator for a torque converter including a plurality of blades, a housing, and a core ring. The first end is arranged to... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070140840 - Use of a thermal barrier coating for a housing of a steam turbine, and a steam turbine: The invention relates to the use of a thermal insulating layer for a housing of a steam turbine in order to even out the deformation behavior of different components based on different heatings of the components.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070140842 - High efficiency fluid movers: Fluid movers produce at least predominantly laminar flow internally in an axial or a radial direction in a rotor. A fluid mover rotor comprises a matrix of passages of appropriate size to produce at least predominantly laminar flow spaced circumferentially around the rotor. The passages may provide axial, radial or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070140843 - Methods and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engine stator assemblies: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine is provided. The method comprises coupling a first turbine nozzle within the engine, coupling a second turbine nozzle circumferentially adjacent the first turbine nozzle such that a gap is defined between the first and second turbine nozzles and providing at least one... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070140844 - Axial flow fan: An axial flow fan includes a motor placed on a frame and including a rotor rotatable around a rotation axis. An impeller is attached to an outer circumference of the rotor to rotate around the rotation axis and includes blades for generating an air flow when the rotor rotates. A... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070140846 - Cleaning device: The cleaning device for the exhaust gas turbine comprises openings, which open out into the flow duct upstream of the nozzle ring, for injecting a cleaning liquid from the radially inner side into the annular flow duct, a cavity, which is connected to the openings, for distributing the cleaning liquid... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070140845 - Support structure in a turbine or compressor device and a method for assembling the structure: The present invention relates to a support structure and a method for assembling a support structure in a turbine or compressor engine for rotatably supporting a rotor member in a stator member. The support structure includes an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of struts which extend radially... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070134083 - Regenerative pump: A regenerative pump includes a casing having a fluid passage connecting an inlet with an outlet. An impeller has vanes faced to the fluid passage that includes an arc passage. An outlet passage communicates with the outlet. The outlet passage is substantially constant in cross sectional area. A communication passage... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070134084 - Flow redirector for compressor inlet: A flow redirector for channeling flow from an upstream source to a compressor has a circular inlet located on its upstream end. The inlet is disposed off of the main axis of the compressor. The compressor is configured to receive annular shaped, axial flow from the flow redirector. The flow... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070134085 - Double-ended blower and volutes therefor: A variable speed blower for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) ventilation of patients includes two impellers in the gas flow path that cooperatively pressurize gas to desired pressure and flow characteristics. Thus, the blower can provide faster pressure response and desired flow characteristics over a narrower range of motor speeds,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070134086 - Impeller for compressor: An object is to improve the efficiency of a compressor by preventing localized concentration of a boundary layer occurring on the surface of a hub, and by inducing a reduction in the thickness of the boundary layer. There is a compressor impeller having a plurality of blades, and a hub... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070134087 - Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines: A method facilitates the assembly of a gas turbine engine. The method of assembly comprises providing a turbine nozzle including an inner band, an outer band, and at least one vane extending between the inner and outer bands, coupling the turbine nozzle within the gas turbine engine, such that the... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070134088 - Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines: A method facilitates the assembly of a gas turbine engine. The method comprises providing a turbine nozzle including an inner band, an outer band, and at least one vane extending between the inner and outer bands, wherein the vane includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together at... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070134089 - Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines: A method facilitates the assembly of a gas turbine engine. The method of assembly comprises providing a turbine nozzle including an inner band, an outer band, at least one vane extending between the inner and outer bands, and at least one leading edge fillet extending between the at least one... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070134090 - Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a turbine nozzle including an inner band, an outer band, and at least one vane extending between the inner and outer bands, coupling the turbine nozzle within the gas turbine engine, such that the turbine nozzle is downstream from a... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070134091 - Fan frame and wire arrangement mechanism thereof: A wire arrangement mechanism including a guiding slot and an arranging slot is formed on a fan frame. The guiding slot includes a bottom wall and two holding walls extending therefrom. The arranging slot is defined by an outer frame and a confining portion connected thereto. The arranging slot is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128016 - Multi-range clearance measurement system and method of operation: A system for measuring clearance between a stationary object and a movable object is provided. The system includes at least one sensor configured to be disposed on the stationary object and configured to measure an operating parameter corresponding to the movable object and a controller coupled to the at least... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070128017 - Variable stator vane assembly and bushing thereof: A variable stator vane assembly and a bushing thereof. The bushing includes a metal bushing body and a wear-resistant coating. The assembly includes a rotatable trunnion and a first metal bushing. The trunnion is capable of being located in a through hole extending between outer and inner surfaces of a... Agent: General Electric Company

20070128018 - Turbine wheel in an exhaust gas turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger: In a turbine wheel of an exhaust gas turbine comprising a turbine wheel with a hub and a plurality of turbine wheel blades which are arranged on the turbine wheel hub and which extend axially between a turbine wheel inlet and a turbine wheel outlet, the turbine wheel blades are... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070128019 - Blower: A blower includes a scroll housing and a damping rib. The scroll housing includes a body portion for guiding air, a hopper portion for discharging the air through an outlet, and a recess formed between the body portion and the hopper portion. The damping rib is adjacent to the recess... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070128020 - Bladed stator for a turbo-engine: The present invention relates to a bladed stator for a turbo-engine, in particular a bladed stator sector comprising an inner platform (3) and an outer platform (4), at least one blade (2) fixed between said platforms (3, 4), at least one of said platforms (3, 4) comprising at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070128021 - Turbine nozzle with purge cavity blend: A turbine nozzle for a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle segment having an airfoil-shaped vane with a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge and opposed curved pressure and suction sides. An arcuate inner band segment is attached to the root of the vane. The inner band... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070128022 - Fan frame and heat disspation fan incorporating the fan frame: A heat dissipation fan includes a fan frame, a stator mounted to the frame, and a rotor rotatably disposed around the stator. The fan frame includes a bracket, a central tube for positioning the stator, and a supporting member. The supporting member is made of a material having a higher... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070128023 - Serial fan with a plurality of rotor vanes: A serial fan includes a frame, a plurality of rotor vanes, a support connected to the frame through a plurality of connecting parts. The plurality of rotor vanes are arranged in series in the frame along an axial direction and the plurality of connecting parts are disposed therebetween to minimize... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128024 - Method of modifying a turbocompressor: In a method of modifying a turbocompressor, the compressor blades are replaced by new compressor blades in such a way that the delivered mass flow of the compressor increases. At the same time, the capacities for blowing off during the start-up are increased.... Agent: Cermak & Kenealy LLP