Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 10/07

20070248449 - Cowling: A cowling of the invention includes a cover body and an empennage connected with the cover body. The cover body includes an accommodating space for receiving an impeller, and a first opening serving as an air inlet for the impeller. According to the wind direction, the empennage will adjust the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070248451 - Vortex hydraulic turbine: An apparatus for generating electric power from water currents comprises a housing having at least one pair of channel, at least one pair of turbine assemblies and at least one pair of generator assemblies. Each channel of the pair has an axial intake, an axial discharge opening and a side... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070248450 - Automatic self-feathering and resetting sail restraint for migler's vertical axis wind turbine: An improved sail restraint for Migler's vertical axis wind turbine in which excessive wind speed automatically causes the sails to be feathered, protecting them from wind damage, and, when the wind speed is reduced to an allowable level, the improved sail restraint automatically allows the sails to be reset to... Agent: Bernard Migler

20070248452 - Retractable compliant abradable sealing system and method for rotary machines: An abradable structure is provided on an inner face of a stationary component of the rotary machine or on a rotating component. During operation of the rotary machine, operating fluid pressure biases the stationary component against the rotating component, allowing minimal clearances to be maintained between the rotating component and... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070248453 - Improving centrifugal compressor performance by optimizing diffuser surge control and flow control device settings: A method is provided for controlling operation of a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, a variable geometry diffuser communicated with the outlet, and inlet guide vanes communicated with the inlet, wherein the method includes the steps of: determining a loading parameter indicative of onset of surge; and independently... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (utc)

20070248454 - Device for changing the pressure of a fluid: A device for changing the pressure of a fluid having a shaft with rotor blades spiraling in a first direction located on the shaft. The rotor blades rotate adjacent stator vanes that spiral along a stator housing in a direction opposite the first direction. The device changes the pressure of... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070248455 - Apparatus and method of diaphragm assembly: A method facilitates assembling a diaphragm assembly for a steam turbine. The method includes forming at least one opening within a radially outer band and forming at least one opening within a radially inner band. The method further includes coupling at least one partition to at least one opening within... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070248456 - Filtration device combined with self-priming pump: The present invention provides a filtration device combined with self-priming pump in which a filter replacement work is easy and safe, and removal of air inside of a pump and priming are not necessary. And this filtration device is characterized to provide with a pump unit, which is a valveless-construction... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070248457 - Rub coating for gas turbine engine compressors: Rub coatings, and methods for applying rub coatings, are provided for compressor assemblies of gas turbine engine assemblies. The coating may be applied as an initial coating to a new surface of a component, as well as a repair and replacement corrosion resistant rub coating for applying to a previously... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070248458 - Centrifugal fan: A centrifugal fan includes a spiral-shaped housing with a driving mechanism and multiple internally mounted centrifugal impellers. The driving mechanism is mounted on a circular base. At least two support brackets links the circular base to the spiral-shaped housing, wherein profiles of the support brackets are involute curves based upon... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070248459 - Centrifugal fan: A centrifugal fan includes a spiral housing, a driving mechanism and multiple internally mounted impellers. The driving mechanism and the centrifugal impeller, rotated by the driving mechanism, are installed in the spiral housing. A spiral flow channel is defined between the centrifugal impeller and the spiral housing. When the centrifugal... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070248460 - Magnetic-attaching structure for a fan: A magnetic-attaching structure for a fan includes a fan body and a magnetic unit. The magnetic unit is mounted with the fan body, and then the magnetic-attaching structure for a fan can be easily assembled or changed so that the air-inhaling or air-exhausting directions are also changed. The fans can... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070248461 - Fan generating medium wind pressure and air supply: A fan includes a casing with a small inlet and a wide outlet. A blade unit includes a hub and a plurality of inclined blades extend radially from an outer periphery of the hub. The hub is located close to the inlet and the inclined blades extend toward the outlet.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070243058 - Wind powered turbine engine - horizontal rotor configuration: A wind powered turbine engine comprising an internalized containment and control chamber, intake enhancement, vacuum induction exhaust port and horizontally rotating rotor The turbine functions similarly to a steam or gas turbine engine. The radius of the control chamber decreases progressively as it curves around the periphery of the turbine... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP (other)

20070243059 - Techniques for movement through gas or liquid or liquid without a velocity boundary layer: A technique of generating a flow from a gas. The technique includes the steps of selecting molecules from the gas on a nanoscopic or microscopic scale, and generating the flow from the selected molecules. The gas can be air. In one embodiment, the molecules are selected based on the direction... Agent: Swernofsky Law Group PC

20070243060 - System for controlling wind turbine power, consisting in varying the coefficient and size of the swept areas: A system for controlling the output power of wind turbines by active and dynamic modification of the power coefficient and swept bands dimension is described. At low wind speeds the turbine operates with maximum swept band areas and high power coefficients. At high wind speeds a reduction of swept band... Agent: Roger Pitt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070243061 - Seal between rotor blade platforms and stator vane platforms, a rotor blade and a stator vane: A rotor and a stator assembly, wherein the rotor (30) comprises at least one stage of rotor blades (32) and the stator (34) comprises at least one stage of turbine stator vanes (36). The rotor blades (32) have aerofoils and platforms (42) and the turbine stator vanes (36) having aerofoils... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070243062 - Steam turbine variable clearance packing: Disclosed herein is a packing ring assembly including a packing ring segment, a bar, a cover plate, and a spring. The packing ring segment has an axial slot. The bar is disposed within the slot. The cover plate is disposed along an outer periphery of the packing ring segment. And,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070237623 - Variable clearance positive pressure packing ring and carrier arrangement with leaf springs: A packing ring assembly is provided and includes an arcuate carrier ring segment having an aperture formed therethrough, an arcuate packing ring segment including an attachment component extending through the aperture of the carrier ring segment and movably associating with the carrier ring segment and the packing ring segment, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070237624 - Resilient seal on trailing edge of turbine inner shroud and method for shroud post impingement cavity sealing: A sealing arrangement for the post impingement cavity of a stator shroud segment is provided that includes a resilient seal to reduce air leakage and improve turbine energy efficiency. The stator shroud segment includes an outer shroud having a leading edge groove and a trailing edge groove; and a plurality... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070237625 - Vibration absorption device for a fan: A vibration absorption for a fan includes a frame, fans, positioning outer jackets, and pins, wherein the positioning outer jacket is inserted into a latching hole of fan, an outer-projected circular ring of pin is attached to a first groove of frame, and a circular ring of ping is attached... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070237626 - Cooling channel for a fan motor for a ventilation, heating, and/or air conditioning system: Ventilating device (1) comprising a casing (6) intended to channel at least one air flow (3) created by a blower wheel (5), the said casing (6) delimites a main air channel (7) in which a main air flow (3a) circulates and a secondary air channel (8) intended to bring towards... Agent: Valeo Climate Control Corp. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070237627 - Offset blade tip chord sealing system and method for rotary machines: A rotary machine includes a rotary member disposed inside the stationary member, wherein the rotary member includes at least one airfoil having an upstream side wall, a downstream side wall, and a tip portion disposed between the upstream and downstream side walls. A sealing system is disposed on the tip... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070237628 - Variable clearance positive pressure packing ring and carrier arrangement with coil type spring: A packing ring assembly is provided and includes an arcuate carrier ring segment, an arcuate packing ring segment movable relative to the carrier ring segment, an attachment component disposed in association with the packing ring segment and in association with the carrier ring segment, and an actuator component configured to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070237629 - Gas turbine compressor casing flowpath rings: A flowpath ring is securable in a machined groove of a gas turbine compressor stator casing. The ring includes a connector section engageable with and shaped corresponding to the machined groove. A flowpath section is disposed radially inward relative to the connector section and includes a clearance surface disposed facing... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070237630 - Vane shroud through-flow platform cover: A turbine vane array (10) for a combustion assembly (8) in a combustion turbine engine. The vane array (10) includes a plurality of stationary vane assemblies (12), each vane assembly (12) including at least one airfoil (24) and inner and outer shroud segments (26, 28) attached to opposing ends of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070237631 - Sacrificial inner shroud liners for gas turbine engines: A split shroud system for a gas turbine engine having a pair of annular-shaped shrouds that each have an inner pocket; to form a pair of inner pockets. Each of the pair of pockets having liner parts that form a circle. Liner parts of one of the pair of pockets... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070237632 - 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)

20070237633 - Vane assembly with grommet: A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine including a shroud ring with openings and isolating means isolating a vane extremity within each opening, the isolating means cooperating to form a continuous gas path surface completely covering at least an axial portion of a surface of the shroud ring.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070237634 - Quick connect flange plate: A mounting plate for connecting a first air channeling apparatus and a second air channeling apparatus is provided. The first air channeling apparatus includes an air outlet and a flange projecting outward from the air outlet. The mounting plate is mounted to the second air channeling apparatus and comprises an... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070237635 - Inverted stiffened shell panel torque transmission for loaded struts and mid-turbine frames: A mid-turbine frame connected to at least one mount of a gas turbine engine transfers a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing to the mount. The mid-turbine frame includes a plurality of inverted panels and a plurality of struts. The inverted panels... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070231120 - Impeller for fuel pump and fuel pump in which the impeller is employed: An impeller is employed for a fuel pump and boosts a pressure of fuel by rotating the fuel in a pump passage formed in the fuel pump in a rotational direction of the impeller. The impeller includes a plurality of vane grooves formed adjacent to each other in the rotational... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070231117 - Two-way generation tidal power plant with one-way turbines: The invention is a two-way generation tidal power plant with one-way turbines. The purpose of the invention is to have a two-way generation tidal power plant with the same high efficiency for both ebb and flood generations. In order to achieve this, additional head and tail reservoirs for a power... Agent: Alexander Gokhman

20070231118 - Vertical wind turbine system with adjustable inlet air scoop and exit drag curtain: A wind driven vertical axis power generating system is disclosed. An air scoop directs air from the prevailing wind into an air turbine. An exit drag curtain provides for an efficient re-entrainment of the power generating air back into the prevailing wind. The design provides for an efficient method of... Agent: Loen Patent Services

20070231119 - Fan controlling system and method: A fan controlling system and method is applicable to an electronic device with a fan for adjusting a temperature of the electronic device. The fan controlling system includes a plurality of temperature sensors installed in different regions inside of the electronic device for sensing temperatures around the regions, a mapping... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070231121 - Side channel compressor with housing shells and running wheel: The invention relates to a side channel compressor, comprising a housing shell and a running wheel. The running wheel is mounted to be rotatable with respect to the housing shell to provide two annular sealing areas between the housing shell and the running wheel. The housing shell between the first... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070231123 - Device for cooling a turbomachine turbine casing: Device for cooling a turbine casing in a turbomachine, this turbine comprising several stages each including a nozzle assembly (18) formed of an annular row of fixed vanes (20) and an impeller mounted to rotate in a cylindrical shroud formed of ring sectors (34) fixed to the casing, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231122 - Turbine nozzle segment, turbine nozzle, turbine, and gas turbine engine: A turbine nozzle segment, a turbine nozzle, a turbine, and a gas turbine engine. The turbine nozzle segment is provided with an outer band 39 of an arc shape, an inner band 41 of an arc shape, a thick stator vane 43 in which an insertion hole 49 to which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231124 - Method and apparatus for inspecting turbine nozzle segments: A method for inspecting a turbine nozzle segment includes positioning the turbine nozzle segment on a base of a tool, with the outer forward face and the inner forward face of the turbine nozzle segment contacting a surface of the base. The outer wall is positioned between a first pedestal... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070231125 - Preswirl guide device: The preswirl guide device for generating a preswirl in the intake region of a compressor comprises a multiplicity of guide vanes, which are pivotable about a respective vane shank connected to the guide vane, and a pivotable adjusting ring and adjusting levers for transmitting torque from the adjusting ring to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070231127 - Device for attaching ring sectors around a turbine rotor of a turbomachine: A device for attaching ring sectors (20) around a turbine rotor (18) in a turbomachine, each of the ring sectors comprising at its upstream end a circumferential rim (44) being able to be held on an annular casing rail (48) by an annular locking member (50), and at its downstream... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231126 - System and method for mounting a fan shroud: A system for mounting a fan shroud to a radiator assembly comprises a fan shroud having a general profile defining at least one fan shroud slot aligned along a first axis. A fan shroud mount is carried by the radiator assembly. The fan shroud mount has a general profile defining... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070231128 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a fan including a plurality of fan blades, and each of the fan blades includes a tip. The fan assembly also includes a fan shroud surrounding the fan blades. The fan shroud includes a recess, and the recess includes an inner surface and at least two... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070231129 - System, method, and apparatus for a power producing linear fluid impulse machine: A linear fluid impulse engine enables efficient conversion of the kinetic energy of large volume flows of fluid at low velocity into useful work. The linear fluid impulse engine is suited for ease of manufacture and installation, is tolerant of suspended abrasives in the fluid, and is fish-friendly. The linear... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070231130 - Centrifugal fan: In a centrifugal fan including a casing, a rotatable impeller disposed in the casing, a motor for driving the impeller, a control board for controlling the motor, and an ejection port for cooling air, a dust proof projection is formed to the casing to prevent invasion of dusts from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231131 - Stator vane with localized reworking of shape, stator section, compression stage, compressor and turbomachine comprising such a vane: The invention relates to a novel reworking of a geometric shape of a stator vane in order locally to reduce the stress levels. It proposes a novel type of stator section in which a local reworking of the geometry of the vanes has been performed, this reworking making it possible... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231132 - Device for attaching ring sectors to a turbine casing of a turbomachine: Device for attaching ring sectors (20) to a turbine casing (16) in a turbomachine, comprising, at the upstream ends of the ring sectors (20), circumferential coupling means (70, 72) engaged on a casing rail (50) and clamped axially onto the casing rail by a C-section annular locking member (80) engaged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231133 - Turbine module for a gas-turbine engine: The invention concerns a turbine module for a gas turbine engine that includes at least an annular distributor and a turbine rotor inside a casing, where the annular distributor includes a variety of elements in the form of a ring sector, of which a first part supports fixed blades positioned... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231134 - Integrated strut design for mid-turbine frames with u-base: A mid-turbine frame connected to at least one mount of a gas turbine engine transfers a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing to the mount. The mid-turbine frame includes a single point load structure and a plurality of struts. The single point... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070231135 - Rotary blood pump: The present invention provides a rotary blood pump with both an attractive magnetic axial bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. In one embodiment according to the present invention, a rotary pump includes an impeller assembly supported within a pump housing assembly by a magnetic axial bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. The... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc.