Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 07/07

20070172345 - Screw-centrifugal pump: A screw-centrifugal pump (1) comprises a pump housing (3) having an inlet opening (3c) and also an impeller (2) arranged within the pump housing (3) and rotatable about an axis of rotation (2d) in a direction of rotation (4a). The impeller (2) has a spirally extending blade entry edge (2a)... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070172346 - Dynamically self-balanced fluid turbine: A system and method for orienting first and second reaction turbines relative to an axis of rotation responds to a fluid flow having a flow orientation axis. The fluid flow is received in a casement. The casement has first and second endplates situated parallel and spaced apart along the axis... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070172347 - Adjustable guide device: Guide vanes are supported in a two-part or multipart housing (32, 33). Housing separation takes place radially in the region of the bearing point (25) of the vane shaft so that the separating joint (36) between the housing parts (32, 33) leads through the bearing openings (34) which are designed... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070172348 - Adjustable guide device: A guide device with adjustable guide vanes is provided with a drive for the adjustable guide vanes, in which a cylindrical driving pin and an adjusting lever are provided each with one surface pair which are matched to one another and which slide on one another in operation when the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070172349 - Assembly of sectorized fixed stators for a turbomachine compressor: An assembly of sectorized fixed compressors (50) for a turbomachine compressor, this assembly being made in a single piece and comprising two coaxial rings (20, 52) connected by radial airfoils (24), the outer ring comprising two annular mounting lugs (56, 66) on a casing of the compressor, at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172350 - Fan and impeller thereof: A fan includes an impeller and a motor. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub has a top portion, a connection portion, and at least one airflow-guiding portion. The top portion is connected to the connection portion. The blades are disposed around the connection portion.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070172351 - Repaired turbine nozzle: A trailing edge coupon for the trailing edge of a airfoil of a turbine nozzle segment is welded to an airfoil section of the nozzle segment having a damaged trailing edge portion removed. The coupon includes film cooling holes spaced one from the other along a pressure side wall portion... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070172352 - Heat dissipation fan: A heat dissipation fan used in a frame server, includes a rotation axis and a plurality of fan blades. The rotation axis is composed of a main portion and an extension portion, and the diameter of the main portion is greater than that of the extension portion. The fan blades... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070172353 - Amd packaging apparatus for minimal external space, hot plug, and redundant installation: Air moving device (AMD) packaging apparatus includes an AMD carriage structure and an associated frame receiving the AMD carriage structure. The AMD carriage structure includes an AMD holder section pivotally connected to a driver section. The associated frame is mounted in a housing of a system to be cooled and... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20070166147 - Wind turbine to produce ellectricity: A wind turbine has a hub mounted on a rotatable shaft with a ring concentrically mounted on the shaft. The ring is connected to drive wheels, which in turn drive generators to produce electricity. A controller is connected to control the speed of the turbine by controlling the number and... Agent: Daryl W Schnurr Miller Thomson LLP

20070166148 - Temperature displaying fan: An electric fan assembly has a rotating fan blade mounted with an array of light emitting devices; a thermistor mounted on the fan blade and providing an analog signal corresponding to a sensed temperature, a fan blade position synchronizing switch and a microcontroller and display driver having an analog to... Agent: Robert W. J. Usher Patent Agent

20070166150 - Methods and apparatus for controlling variable stator vanes: An actuation system for a plurality of variable stator vanes pivotally mounted in a casing of a compressor. The system includes a plurality of levers each having a proximal end and an opposite distal end. Each of the proximal ends are fixedly coupled to a corresponding stator vane of the... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070166149 - Vane system equipped with a guiding mechanism for centrifugal compressor: A vane system for a centrifugal compressor (10), comprising two rows (15, 20) of vanes (15′, 20′) installed in series inside a suction duct (14), the first row (15) of fixed vanes (15′) being suitable for homogenizing the gas flow that passes through them and sending it to the second... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070166151 - Welded nozzle assembly for a steam turbine and methods of assembly: A steam turbine nozzle singlet having a blade or airfoil between inner and outer sidewalls is provided. The sidewalls include steps or flanges which are received in complementary recesses in the rings enabling axially short low heat input welds e.g., e-beam welds. These complementary steps and recesses mechanically interlock the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070166152 - Turbomachine: The invention relates to a turbine machine, in particular, a steam turbine, comprising an inner housing, a turbine shaft, mounted such as to rotate, characterized in that the inner housing and the turbine shaft are produced from differing materials. The turbine is made from a chrome steel with 9 to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070166153 - Flow straightener for axial fans, particularly for conditioning systems: A flow straightener for axial fans particularly for conditioning systems, being constituted by a plurality of flat deflection walls, which form a substantially star-shaped profile which is adapted to be arranged coaxially and proximate to the impeller of the axial fan with which it is associated.... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070166154 - Vane platform rail configuration for reduced airfoil stress: A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed having lower thermally induced stresses resulting in improved component durability. The stresses in the vane assembly airfoils are lowered by increasing the flexibility of the vane platform and reducing its resistance to thermal deflection. This is accomplished by placing an... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070166155 - Dual use cooling fan and air circulator: A fan assembly that can be used as a cooling fan or an air circulator. The fan assembly can provide the cooling and air circulation functions simultaneously or separately. The intensity of the cooling and/or air circulation can be individually controlled and directed. The fan assembly includes a base unit,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070166156 - Cooling fan with dynamic and static blades: A cooling fan with dynamic and static blades includes a fan and a static blade device. The fan has a fan frame with two lateral sides forming an inlet and an outlet respectively and provides dynamic blades in the fan frame. The static blades are mounted at the outlet and... Agent: G. Link Co. Ltd.

20070166157 - Rotation structure for radiation fans: A rotation structure for radiation fans includes a seat to hold a radiation fan and two brackets on the seat to couple with a center hub on a body of the radiation fan. The center hub has two ends to form a first coupling space and a second coupling space... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070166158 - Reverse rotation prevention device: Apparatus and methods to prevent the rotation of a shaft in one direction using a device comprising a collar disposed around the shaft, a locking arm with an unlocked position and a locked position, and an actuator capable of moving the locking-arm between the unlocked and locked position. When the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070160456 - Pressure and current reducing impeller: A pump having a housing with a torus and a stripper region. The stripper region has a housing groove formed on the surface of the stripper region. The housing groove has a surface forming a length, width and depth of the groove. The pump also has a cover connectable to... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070160455 - Pressure and current reducing impeller: A secondary air system providing a regeneration air pump wherein the vanes of the impeller are tapered from a point along the length of the vane to the root of the vane inside the air pump. The tapered vanes create desirable flow characteristics. The tapered vanes create a non-linear flow... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20070160457 - Arrangement for detection of a shaft break in a gas turbine as well as a gas turbine: The invention relates to an arrangement for detecting a shaft break in a rotor of a first turbine (10), particularly a medium pressure turbine, of a gas turbine, particularly of an aircraft engine, whereby a second turbine (11), particularly a low pressure turbine, is positioned downstream of the first turbine... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070160459 - Blade and rotor arrangement: A fan rotor arrangement comprises a fan rotor (24) and a plurality of fan blades (26). Each fan blade (26) comprises a root portion (36) and an aerofoil portion (38). Each aerofoil portion (38) has a leading edge (44), a trailing edge (46) and a tip (48). Concave pressure surface... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070160458 - Centrifugal fan with low noise: A centrifugal fan with low noise includes a housing, a fan wheel and a recess unit. The fan wheel has a hub and a plurality of fan blade extending outward from the hub radially. The housing has a chamber therein to receive the fan wheel and has a recess unit... Agent: G. Link Co. Ltd.

20070160460 - Ram air turbine with compound geartrain gearbox: An emergency power system may provide hydraulic and electrical power to an aircraft in the event of a failure of the aircraft's primary control power system. The system may be constructed as a ram air turbine in which a single ram air fan may drive both a hydraulic pump and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070160462 - Centrifugal fan and fan frame thereof: A fan frame includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has at least one first inlet, and the second housing has at least one second inlet. The combination of the first housing and the second housing forms two independent airflow passages, at least one first outlet... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070160461 - High performance inducer: An improved high performance inducer for a pump assembly includes a set of primary blades and splitter blades to achieve a vapor-to-liquid ratio up to 1:1. Minimum back pressure is provided at the leading edge to aid in getting fluid into the blades where the vapor component of the pumped... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070160464 - Anti-wear device for a guide pivot of a variable-pitch vane of a turbomachine compressor: The invention relates to a variable-pitch vane for a turbomachine compressor, the vane including a bushing mounted to rotate about a guide pivot of the vane for mounting in a casing of the turbomachine, the pivoting contact between the bushing and the guide pivot being of the nickel-graphite and titanium... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160463 - Gap control arrangement for a gas turbine: A screw-type gap control arrangement for a gas turbine with at least one row of variable vanes 2 and with a gas-wetted surface 4 adjacent to a blade row, wherein the surface 4 has essentially the form of a spherical surface ring and, at the same time, a contraction of... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20070160467 - Flow machine for a fluid with a radial sealing gap: A flow machine for a fluid is presented with a radial sealing gap (9) between stator parts (4) and a rotor (3), wherein at least one wear ring (5) is provided at the sealing gap and is fastened to a stator part (4) via an elastically deformable fastening part. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070160466 - Cmc turbine shroud ring segment and fabrication method: Fabricating a refractory component for a gas turbine engine, such as a turbine shroud ring segment, by arranging refractory fiber tows (24) in a flaired tubular geometry (20) comprising a stem portion (21) and a funnel-shaped portion (22); impregnating the refractory fibers (24) with a ceramic matrix to form a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070160465 - Flexible floating ring seal arrangement for rotodynamic pumps: A floating ring seal arrangement for rotodynamic pumps comprises a flexible ring that is structured to fit within a circular channel formed by generally concentric grooves in the rotating and non-rotating elements of the pump, the ring further being sized to rest against the inner diameter of the groove of... Agent: Morriss O''bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070160468 - Cooling device: A cooling device is provided which is easy to assemble and provides improved cooling efficiency by preventing a back flow without fail. To this end, the cooling device has: (a) an axial fan having a plurality of vanes; (b) a power source for driving the axial fan; (c) a tubular... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070160469 - Compressor, titanium-made rotor blade, jet engine and titanium-made rotor blade producing method: What disclosed is to form an abrasive coating having abrasiveness at a blade pressure side of a deposition layer using a second electrode composed of a second molded body molded from a mixed powder including a powder of a metal and a powder of a ceramic or the second electrode... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160470 - Resting element for a compressor or turbine: Resting element (10) for a compressor or turbine comprising a first cantilever resting portion (20) and a second fixing portion (30) to a case of the compressor or turbine by means of a series of screws (60), the second fixing portion (30) comprises a third end portion (32) externally axialsymmetrical... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070160471 - Split flange v-groove and anti-rotation mating system: There is provided a turbine engine component, such as a duct pipe, comprising an annular flange, at least one element, such as two duct pipe halfs, to be mated to the flange, and mating system for joining the at least one element to the flange. The mating system includes a... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070154299 - Cross-flow wind turbine: Disclosed are various embodiments of cross-wind turbines that are capable of providing high efficiencies over a wide range of wind velocities. An airfoil stator causes wind to accelerate along its surface and creates a low pressure area on the leading face of the rotor blade during the power stroke. A... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070154300 - Fan vibration absorber device: A fan vibration absorber device comprising: left side fans; right side fans; rectangular connecting frames of equal thickness affixed to front and rear side walls of the left and right fans respectively, and through holes are defined in four corners of each of the connecting frames; flexible pads, which are... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070154301 - Device for support of an adjusting ring which encompasses at a distance a circular blade carrier: The invention relates to a device for support of an adjusting ring which encompasses at a distance a basically circular blade carrier, which adjusting ring is rotatable in the circumferential direction around a center axis which is identical with the blade carrier, in order to adjust radially extending blades of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070154302 - Geared inlet guide vane for a centrifugal compressor: A compressor assembly has a fluid inlet positioned to facilitate the passage of a fluid. The compressor assembly includes a compressor housing defining a compressor inlet and an impeller rotatably supported at least partially within the compressor housing. The impeller includes an inducer portion. A fluid treatment member is disposed... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070154303 - Axial flow cylinder of pneumatic tool: An axial flow cylinder of pneumatic tool, including: a cylinder body formed with an internal cylinder chamber; a rotary shaft rotatably disposed in the cylinder chamber along an axis of the cylinder body; and a predetermined number of movable wheels and fixed wheels mounted in the cylinder chamber. Multiple oblique... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070154304 - Fluid transfer controllers having a rotor assembly with multiple sets of rotor blades arranged in proximity and about the same hub component and further having barrier components configured to form passages for routing fluid through the multiple sets of r: Fluid transfer controllers (FTCs) having a rotor assembly with multiple rotor blade sets coupled to a hub component of the rotor assembly and further having barrier components forming passages for routing fluid through the multiple rotor blade sets are provided. More specifically, the FTCs include passages for routing fluid along... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20070154305 - Method and apparatus for assembling turbine nozzle assembly: A method for assembling a turbine nozzle assembly with respect to a combustor of a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes coupling a radial outer retaining ring to an aft end of the combustor. A plurality of turbine nozzles is provided. Each turbine nozzle includes an inner band,... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070154306 - Rotary machines and methods of assembling: A method of assembling a rotary machine having a casing extending at least partially around a rotor is provided. The method includes providing a diaphragm patch ring. The method also includes assembling a diaphragm assembly by configuring a diaphragm bore portion to receive the diaphragm patch ring and forming a... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070154307 - Apparatus and method for assembling a gas turbine stator: A gas turbine stator includes a vane assembly, and a platform that is configured to receive the vane assembly. The vane assembly includes a vane and a cap. The vane extends radially from the cap. The vane includes a pressure side shell and a separate suction side shell.... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070154308 - Heat-dissipating fan: A heat-dissipating fan has a housing and an impeller. The housing has a receiving space and one or more guide rings. The receiving space forms an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet. The guide ring is mounted near the airflow outlet and has one or two guide surfaces formed thereon... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070154309 - Cooling fan with integral housing and impeller: A cooling fan is disclosed. The cooling fan comprises fan blades having a primary blade component and a secondary blade component. The primary blade component produces an axial airflow. The secondary blades produce a radial airflow. The axial airflow and the radial airflow, respectively created by the primary blades and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP