Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 07/08

20080181762 - Method and device for reducing axial thrust and radial oscillations and rotary machines using same: A method and apparatus to reduce the axial thrust in rotary machines such as compressors, centrifugal pumps, turbines, etc. includes providing additional peripheral restrictive means (7) attached at the peripheral portion of the disk forming the subdividing means (4) on the side facing the rotating rotor (2). An additional ring... Agent: Boris Leschinsky

20080181761 - Methods and systems for turning rotary components within rotary machines: A method and apparatus of turning rotary components of a rotary machine having a brake disc includes providing a turning gear assembly. The turning gear assembly includes a gear plate, a pinion gear and a gear motor coupled to the pinion gear. The method also includes coupling the turning gear... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20080181763 - Turbofan gas turbine engine: In a turbofan gas turbine engine, a fan shaft is rotatably mounted and radially supported by a bearing in a bearing support structure supported from a fixed engine structure by radially frangible bolts and radially extending spokes. The radially inner ends of the radially extending spokes are mounted on a... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080181764 - Air conditioner: There are provided a projection 12b arranged at the leading end of a stabilizer 12 on the downstream side of an air stream F flowing along a surface 12a of the stabilizer opposing an impeller so as to protrude toward the impeller to define the shortest distance to the impeller,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080181765 - Seal chamber conditioning valve for a rotodynamic pump: In a rotodynamic pump, a seal chamber conditioning valve mechanism is positioned at least partially within the seal chamber of the pump to selectively and intermittently deliver fluid to or discharge contents from the seal chamber to modify the condition or content of the seal chamber and effectively protect the... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20080181766 - Ceramic matrix composite vane with chordwise stiffener: A means (22) for structurally stiffening or reinforcing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) gas turbine component, such as an airfoil-shaped component, is provided. This structural stiffening or reinforcing of the airfoil allows for reducing bending stress that may be produced from internal or external pressurization of the airfoil without incurring... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080181768 - Axial rotor section for a rotor of a turbine: Disclosed is an axial rotor section for a rotor of a turbine, on which a sealing element, which is provided on an end side surface, is secured by means of a bolt against movement in the circumferential direction, with the bolt being reliably secured against becoming loose by means of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080181767 - Turbine seal plate locking system: A seal plate assembly is provided in a rotor disc for a turbine engine. The seal plate assembly includes a radially extending flange on the disc and an annular groove defined between a radial surface on the flange and a face of the disc. An annular outer surface extends axially... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080181769 - Tone noise reduction in turbomachines: A blade for a turbomachine extends in use, in a radial direction relative to the axis of the turbomachine. The turbomachine has at least one operating condition which generates supersonic fluid flow at the blade. The blade is adapted to provide, at the supersonic operating condition, a leading edge sweep... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080181770 - Aeroengine drain assembly: A gas turbine engine has a nacelle, a plurality of pipes and a drains assembly, the drains assembly including a drains mast that extends through the nacelle and provides an outlet for the pipes. The engine is characterised in that drains assembly has a connection block defining internal passages and... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080181771 - Electric generating system: A system for providing low cost electric power without consumption of limited natural resources, pollution, or greenhouse gas emission, and is independent of wind conditions. Additionally, the system of the present invention includes a venturi-like collar positioned at the top of one or more stacks increasing air flow.... Agent: Michael I Kroll

20080175703 - Electric turbine bypass fan and compressor for hybrid propulsion: An electric turbine compressor fan for hybrid propulsion wherein the compressor contains one or more rotor stages (compressor and diffuser), each being driven by one or more electric ring motors, such that the compressor rotor stages are designed and tuned more precisely to the compression ratio to be attained within... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080175704 - Pump oil mister with improved service life: A centrifugal environmentally safe pump including a motor driven pump shaft having a fluid pumping impeller affixed thereto. A plurality of annular shaft supporting bearing assemblies are disposed along the shaft adjacent a lubrication chamber, the lubrication chamber housing lubrication fluid (e.g. oil) maintained at a level below rotating portions... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, Llc

20080175705 - Frame structure for anti-vibration fan: An anti-vibration fan includes a frame, a bottom chassis and an elastic frame. The elastic frame includes a plurality of curved plate-like suspending arms, each having a first suspending arm section. An end of the suspending arm section has a bent section with a curved shape at its middle section,... Agent: Hdsl

20080175706 - Steam turbine: A steam turbine has: a casing; a rotor rotatably arranged in the casing; a nozzle diaphragm concentrically arranged with respect to the rotor, the nozzle diaphragm being engaged with the casing; moving blades arranged in circumferential direction on outer circumference of the rotor at positions adjacent to the nozzle diaphragm;... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080175707 - First and second stage turbine airfoil shapes: The first stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and R set forth in Tables I and II, respectively, and second stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values set forth in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080175708 - Air supply system for a vehicle: The present invention relates to an air supply system for a vehicle, which includes a curved diffuser passageway and a volute formed on upper portion of the diffuser passageway to sufficiently secure a length of the diffuser passageway, thereby enhancing a pressure conversion efficiency and reducing a size of the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080170935 - Axial-flow fan: When it is assumed that a thickness of a stator core is TSt as measured in parallel with an axial direction of a rotary shaft and a thickness of the fan housing is TFr as measured in parallel with the axial direction, a ratio of TSt/TFr is defined as 8%... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080170936 - Micro-fluidic systems based on actuator elements: The present invention provides micro-fluidic systems, a method for the manufacturing of such a micro-fluidic system and a method for controlling or manipulating a fluid flow through micro-channels of a such a micro-fluidic system. Herefore, an inner side of a wall of a microchannel is provided with actuator elements which... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080170937 - Pump with an elastic device on a rolling bearing: Pump (1) comprising a rotary shaft (30), a bearing housing (80) that is fixed relative to the rotary shaft, at least one rolling bearing (70) the inner ring (71) of which is connected to the said rotary shaft and the outer ring (76) of which is able to slide in... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080170938 - Centrifugal compressor: A technology for widening the operating range of a high-pressure ratio centrifugal compressor including a vaned diffuser is provided. The solidity of each vane in the vaned diffuser is set to the optimum value at which the region, in which burbles do not occur when the air flows into the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080170939 - Diaphragm for turbomachines and method of manufacture: A turbine diaphragm includes an annulus of static blades and an outer diaphragm ring surrounding the annulus of static blades and welded to the outer platforms. Each static blade has an inner platform, an aerofoil, and an outer platform. The inner platforms serve the function of an inner diaphragm ring,... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20080170940 - Light steel frame fan structure: A light steel frame fan structure comprises a rotating disk, a fixing ring. A receiving groove is disposed on the rotating disk, an axial column is disposed in the receiving groove and a locking hole is disposed on the axial column; a hollow engaging column is projected from on surface... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080166218 - Centrifugal pump for abrasive fluid: A centrifugal pump for abrasive fluid. The pump may include a bearing housing mounted to a tank containing an abrasive fluid. The bearing housing may house wear-susceptible components in a manner distancing and isolating the components from the fluid. A shaft may be coupled to the bearing housing and disposed... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20080166219 - Vacuum pump: A differentially pumped mass spectrometer system comprises a mass spectrometer having first and second pressure chambers through which, during use, ions are conveyed along a path. A pump assembly (10) for differentially evacuating the chambers (62, 66, 68) is attached to the mass spectrometer. The pump assembly comprises a housing... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20080166220 - Airfoil, sleeve, and method for assembling a combustor assembly: A method for assembling a combustor assembly is provided. The method includes providing at least one sleeve having a plurality of inlets, and coupling at least one airfoil to at least one of the plurality of inlets defined in the at least one sleeve. The airfoil includes a pair of... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20080166221 - Apparatus and method for active gap monitoring for a continuous flow machine: An apparatus and method for active gap monitoring for a continuous flow machine, in particular an aircraft propulsion device, which has a rotor and a housing which surrounds the rotor forming a rotor gap, is disclosed. The apparatus having a cooling channel which is arranged on the external circumference of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080166222 - Turbine rotor and steam turbine: A turbine rotor 300 includes: a high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 where high-temperature steam passes; low-temperature turbine rotor constituent parts 302 sandwiching and weld-connected to the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301 and made of a material different from a material of the high-temperature turbine rotor constituent part 301;... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080166223 - Plenum/plug fan assembly: An aero acoustic fan assembly is provided and generally includes a fan wheel, a frame, and first and second air outlet diffusing structures. The fan wheel generally, and typically includes an axial air inlet delimited by an air inlet cone, an annular air outlet, a back plate, and front plate... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080166224 - Blower housing for climate controlled systems: A blower for use in a climate controlled system includes an outer housing, a plurality of protruding members extending from the outer housing, an inlet opening in the outer housing, an impeller positioned with an internal cavity or space defined by the outer housing and a filter configured for placement... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080166225 - Turbine blade tip and shroud clearance control coating system: A turbine blade tip and shroud clearance control coating system comprising an abrasive blade tip coating and an abradable shroud coating are provided. The abrasive layer may comprise abrasive particles of cubic zirconia, cubic hafnia or mixtures thereof, and the abradable layer may be a nanolaminate thermal barrier coating that... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080166226 - Nozzle guide vane arrangement: A nozzle guide vane arrangement comprising a vane member having a platform portion extending forwards of a leading edge of the vane member, the platform portion having a first securing member and a second securing member to provide at least part of the means to retain the vane member in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080166227 - Nozzle assembly: Varying the fan nozzle flow area in a gas turbine engine allows adjustment of the bypass flow for varying operational conditions such as cruise and take off. However, care must be taken with regard to variation in order not to introduce drag or operational susceptibility to failure. By provision of... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080166228 - Wind power conversion apparatus driven by fly wheel: A wind power conversion apparatus driven by a fly wheel includes a wind channel, a fly wheel and a rotating shaft. The wind channel is configurated into a long hollow tapered tubular shape with both ends open. One end, which being larger is cross section, serves as a wind inlet,... Agent: Hdsl

20080166229 - Methods and apparatus for fabricating a turbine nozzle assembly: A method for fabricating a nozzle segment for use within a turbine nozzle assembly. The method comprises providing a nozzle segment including an outer band, an inner band, and at least one vane extending there between, wherein at least one of the inner band and the outer band is formed... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20080166230 - Fan frame having embedded power source contact terminals and method for manufacturing the same: A fan frame has embedded power source contact terminals. The fan frame includes a fan frame and a pair of contact terminals for connecting to a power source. When the fan frame is made by means of plastic injection molding, the pair of contact terminals is formed in the fan... Agent: Hdsl

20080166231 - Method and apparatus for forming wind turbine machines: A wind turbine includes a nacelle connected to a unitary tube bedplate.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20080166232 - Vent and grilles: A fan assembly includes a casing, which is substantially cylindrical in shape with a fan motor and fan blades located therein, so that air can be drawn into the casing and delivered therefrom. A grille extends over an open end of the casing and has a plurality of angular curved... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20080166233 - Turbine component with repaired seal land and related method: A method of repairing a turbine component seal land includes: (a) removing material along substantially the entire seal land to provide a preform-receiving face; (b) locating a repair preform along and engaged with said preform-receiving face; (c) brazing the preform to said preform-receiving face; (d) and finish machining an exposed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080159845 - System air fans in integrated control apparatus: A system air fans integrated control apparatus for a computer system which has a plurality of heat sources and a plurality of air fans corresponding to the heat sources includes a plurality of detection units to detect the heat sources and output a plurality of temperature alteration parameter signals, a... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080159846 - Apparatus and system having an over temperature fuse in a signal tube for a gas turbine engine: Apparatus comprising a signal tube extending from an engine component on a hot side of a firewall in a gas turbine engine to an engine control mechanism disposed on a cool side of the firewall. The apparatus includes a fuse in the portion of the signal tube extending through the... Agent: General Electric Company

20080159847 - Centrifugal pump with screw pump accelerator and reverse flow vane: Apparatus and method for centrifugal pump with screw pump accelerator and reverse vane impeller adapted for use in sample collection from drilling fluid containing drill cuttings.... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, Plc

20080159848 - Top plate structure for high location installation type air conditioner: A high location installation type air conditioner includes a body casing (3) for accommodating a fan (5), a fan motor (9), and a heat exchanger (4), and a top plate (32) forming a top surface of the body casing (3) for suspending the fan (5), the fan motor (9), and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080159849 - Welded turbine shaft and method for producing said shaft: The invention relates to a turbine shaft that is aligned in a longitudinal direction. Said shaft comprises a central region and two outer regions, which are fixed to the central region in the longitudinal direction. The central region is produced from a material with a higher heat resistance than the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080159850 - Replaceable blade outer air seal design: A blade outer air seal system includes a body that extends between two circumferential sides, a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a radially inner side and a radially outer side. An attachment section associated with the body and includes at least one engagement surface that is transverse to... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080159851 - Guide vane and method of fabricating the same: A method for fabricating an outlet guide vane includes the steps of fabricating a structural spar from a first material, fabricating a fairing from a second material, and installing the fairing onto the spar so as to at least partially surround the spar and form an airfoil. An outlet guide... Agent: General Electric Company

20080159853 - Heat transfer device in a rotating structure: A cooling system includes a moving rotor system which in turn includes: a disk on which a plurality of heat conducting structures are distributed, the heat conducting structures having a cross section optimized for maximum surface area to footprint area; the heat conducting structures having a shape to optimize the... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.a.

20080159852 - Heat transfer system for turbine engine using heat pipes: A heat transfer system is provided for a turbine engine of the type including an annular inlet cowling. The heat transfer system includes at least one heat pipe disposed in contact with an interior of the casing. The heat pipe is thermally coupled to a heat source, such that heat... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.a.

20080159854 - Methods and apparatus for fabricating a fan assembly for use with turbine engines: A method for fabricating a fan assembly is provided, wherein the method includes providing a rotor having a plurality of rotor blades. At least one rotor blade is fabricated from a frangible material. The method also includes coupling a casing substantially circumferentially about the rotor, and positioning the casing a... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080159855 - Hydro nrgy: A submersible water turbine, wherein the flow through the turbine is supplied by multiple chamber assemblies 4 which empty and fill in sequence. Each chamber assembly has a static cylinder 20 and a moveable cylinder 30 which slides in the static cylinder. Water is admitted by valve 22 and released... Agent: Salvator Spataro

20080159856 - Guide vane and method of fabricating the same: A method for fabricating an outlet guide vane includes the steps of fabricating a structural spar from a first material, fabricating a fairing from a second material, and installing the fairing onto the spar so as to at least partially surround the spar and form an airfoil. An outlet guide... Agent: General Electric Company

20080159857 - Turbine or compressor device and method for assembling the device: Method and arrangement for providing a turbine or compressor device having a rotor (1), that includes a first rotor section (2) having at least one disc-shaped or annular element (3) which has a multiplicity of blades (4) arranged in series on a circumferential path for guiding a gas flow, and... Agent: Novak Druce And Quigg LLP (volvo)

20080159860 - connecting system: This invention relates to a system for connecting two ferrules of an axial compressor case. A ferrule comprises a female flange, while the other ferrule comprises a male flange. Both the female flange as well as the male flange are substantially annular and comprise a proximal face intended to be... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080159859 - Connecting system with jaws of two ferrules, including a compressor: This invention relates to a system for connecting two ferrules in an axial compressor case. Each of the ferrules comprises a substantially annular flange and comprising a proximal face adapted to be integral with the ferrule, and a distal face. The system further comprises securing members for clamping distal faces... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080159858 - System for connecting two substantially tubular members, a case comprising such a system and use thereof: A system for connecting two substantially tubular members, in particular ferrules of an axial compressor case, comprising two flanges, each comprising a proximal face and a distal face and securing members for clamping distal faces one against the other comprising a junction latch adapted to be housed into at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.