Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 07/09

20090191045 - Low pressure turbine with counter-rotating drives for single spool: A low pressure turbine for a gas turbine engine includes inner and outer counter-rotating rotor sets, with both said rotor sets driving a common shaft.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090191046 - Deoiling device and turbomachine comprising this device: The invention relates to a deoiling device. It comprises a tube (46), a first bearing (16) and a second bearing (18), the first and second bearings being placed in an oil chamber (20) in which an oil fog is maintained by rotation of the bearings. A deoiler (30) is provided... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090191047 - System for reducing compressor noise: A system for reducing compressor noise includes a rotor having a plurality of blades. The blades have a nominal geometry characterized by a blade parameter. At least some of the blades are mistuned, such that they differ from the nominal geometry by greater than a manufacturing tolerance in the blade... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090191048 - Adjustment device: The present invention relates to an adjustment device (1) for adjusting a valve or a flap, in particular a pressure nozzle for actuating a bypass valve when a limit charge pressure on an exhaust-driven turbocharger is exceeded, which comprises a single- or multi-part housing (2), in particular a housing (2)... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090191049 - Turbojet compressor: The invention relates to a turbojet compressor comprising a shroud and a plurality of blades, each fixed via its root to the shroud. Level with each blade root, the shroud presents a suction-side ramp and a pressure-side ramp extending from the trailing edge of the blade to beyond its leading... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090191050 - Sealing band having bendable tang with anti-rotation in a turbine and associated methods: The turbine includes a plurality of successive stages each having a rotatable disk and blades carried thereby. A pair of adjacent rotatable disks define an annular gap therebetween and have respective opposing sealing band receiving slots aligned with the annular gap. At least one of the rotatable disks has at... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090191051 - Stackable nacelle for wind turbines: A stackable nacelle for a wind turbine includes a first piece having a top wall and integral first side walls extending at a first obtuse angle from each edge of the top wall; and a second piece, for mating with the first piece, having a bottom wall and integral second... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090191052 - Exhaust gas diffuser wall contouring: A diffuser for diffusing the exhaust gas produced by an engine, said diffuser comprising a wall or walls defining sections of the diffuser, said diffuser comprising: an initial section which extends for substantially one third the length of the diffuser, at the entry to said initial section the shape factor... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090191053 - Diaphragm and blades for turbomachinery: A diaphragm for an axial flow turbomachine, in which outer shrouds of adjacent fixed blades in a row of blades contact each other circumferentially to form a circumferentially continuous load path. Inner shrouds of the blades only contact each other on contact faces oriented to transmit loads in the radial... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090191054 - Fan unit having an axial fan with improved noise damping: Due to variations arising during manufacturing, axial fans often are slightly imbalanced, resulting in noise during operation, which is undesirable in many contexts, for example when the fan is used for ventilation purposes in a motor vehicle. A fan with improved vibration and noise damping can be achieved by elastically... Agent: Milton Oliver

20090191055 - Kinetically modulated fan structure: A kinetically modulated fan structure is provided. The fan structure comprises a housing, a plurality of blades and an equilibrating structure, wherein the equilibrating structure is disposed on the inner side of the housing, and formed integrally with the housing and the blades. Thereby, the fan structure is adapted to... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090185893 - Radial inner diameter metering plate: A nozzle assembly for directing cooling fluid in a vane comprising a hollow airfoil containing at least two cooling chambers. The chambers are separated by a generally radial rib. A metering plate mount is attached to the rib. A metering plate, having at least one aperture for tuning the cooling... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090185894 - Turbine casing: The turbine casing as described herein may include a first section flange, a second section flange, the first section flange and the second section flange meeting at a joint, and a heat sink positioned about the joint.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090185895 - Steam turbine: Disclosed is a steam turbine with a casing, wherein a turbine shaft having a thrust-compensating piston is rotatably mounted inside the casing and directed along a rotation axis, wherein a flow passage is formed between the casing and the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft has in its interior a cooling... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090185896 - Gas turbine and gas turbine cooling method: A gas turbine includes a nozzle vane and a sealing unit engaged with the nozzle vane inside a turbine supplied with combustion gases produced by mixing and burning air for combustion and fuel. The nozzle vane and the sealing unit are disposed in a channel of the downward flowing combustion... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090185897 - Particle vibration damper: Numerous cavities exist in a turbocharger for reasons of construction. If such cavities are filled with particles, inexpensive particle vibration dampers can be realized. Moreover, advantages with regard to additional containment security result in the case of possible bursting of the compressor wheel, and also with regard to noise suppression.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090185898 - Turbine casing with false flange: A turbine casing may include an outer surface with a false flange and an inner surface with a heat sink positioned adjacent to the false flange.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090185899 - Hp segment vanes: A stator vane segment, for constructing a circumferential array of like segments in a gas turbine engine, each segment in the array being separated by an axially extending joint from an adjacent segment and being releasably mounted to an outer engine casing. Each stator vane segment has: a number of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20090180858 - Method to prevent brinelling wear of slot and pin assembly: A method to prevent brinelling wear of a slot and pin assembly of an adjustable inlet guide vane mechanism includes: providing a compressor having the adjustable inlet guide vane mechanism including a control ring with a plurality of tapered slots positioned around a circumference of the control ring; providing a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090180859 - Compressed air-motor for rotationally driven tools: An air regulator comprises a housing, a shaft, a first air regulation member and an ellastic ring. The shaft is rotationally fixed within the housing. The first air regulation member is coaxially coupled to the shaft and has a plurality of first air flow apertures positioned radially about the shaft.... Agent: O''shea Getz P.C.

20090180861 - Cooling arrangement for turbine components: A turbine component includes an aft cooling circuit that extends between a turbine midsection and a turbine trailing end. The aft cooling circuit includes a trailing end section proximate the trailing end, a first interior section proximate the turbine midsection, and a first intermediate section fluidly connected between the trailing... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090180860 - Protection device for a turbine stator: Protection device (10) for a stator of a gas turbine of the type comprising a series of sectors (12) constrained to each other by connection means, each sector (12) has at least one cavity (14) having a bottom (15), in correspondence with at least one cavity (14), a corresponding sheet... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090180862 - Method of manufacturing turbine frame for vgs turbocharger, turbine frame manufactured by the method, exhaust gas guide assembly for vgs turbocharger using the turbine frame, and vgs turbocharger in which the exhaust gas guide assembly is incorporated: A novel method of manufacturing a turbine frame for rotatably holding adjustable blades in a VGS turbocharger is provided, which method is capable of manufacturing the turbine frame while almost eliminating a time-consuming cutting operation, whereby mass production of the turbine frame and the like can be realized. The method... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090180864 - Gas turbine engine case: A case for a gas turbine engine includes a single-piece case that includes a combustor case portion and a turbine case portion that is integrally formed with the combustor case portion as one piece. In one example, the single-piece case includes a transition duct/mid-turbine frame case portion is integrally formed... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090180863 - Protection device for a turbine stator: In a rest configuration in which the turbine is not operating, the second surface (17) of each sector (12) has an axial section having an eccentricity (40) with respect to the trace of the rotation axis of the turbine, whereas in an operating configuration in which the turbine is operating... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090180865 - Vane tip clearance management structure for gas turbine: Provided is a vane tip clearance management structure for a gas turbine which allows a vane tip clearance to be confirmed easily at the time of completing assembly. For this purpose, there are provided: a casing (3) rotatably supporting a rotor (2); stator vane retainer rings (11, 12, and 13)... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090180866 - Self-monitoring system for evaluating and controlling adjustment requirements of leakage restricting devices in rotodynamic pumps: A self-monitoring adjustment system is provided for evaluating and effecting adjustment of the leakage restricting mechanism between the rotating and non-rotating elements of a rotodynamic pump to restrict leakage and to establish desired gap dimensions between the rotating and non-rotating elements of the pump. The adjustment system is structured to... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20090180867 - Gas turbine engine with valve for establishing communication between two enclosures: The present invention relates to a two-spool gas turbine engine including an HP turbine stator ring and an exterior wall of the transition channel between the HP and LP stages, a first enclosure for controlling the stator ring, and a second enclosure for distributing air for blowing the exterior wall... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090180868 - Blower unit: A blower unit includes a rotation shaft, a centrifugal fan and a casing. The centrifugal fan has blades arranged around the rotation shaft. The casing has a wall part defining an opening. The ring part has a ring shape having a center coinciding with an axis of the rotation shaft.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090180870 - Blower motor flange diverter: A blower motor assembly for use in a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system of a vehicle and a method of diverting water are disclosed. The blower motor assembly may include a motor housing, configured to surround internal components of the blower motor assembly, and including a cooling channel/air intake opening.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090180869 - Inlet wind suppressor assembly: A diffuser augmented wind turbine assembly comprising an inlet wind suppressor and a shroud disposed within said inlet wind suppressor. The assembly contains a wind turbine; the wind turbine is disposed within the shroud; and the shroud is connected to a diffuser.... Agent: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

20090180871 - Methods for plugging turbine wheel holes: A method for plugging a turbine wheel hole in a turbine wheel. The method may include the steps of: 1) obtaining a turbine wheel hole plug that includes an approximate cylindrical body, a first flange at a first end of the body, and a hollow cylinder at the second end... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090180872 - Gas turbine casing for enclosing a gas turbine component: A gas turbine casing for enclosing a gas turbine component, such as a fan, a compressor, a combustion chamber or a turbine is provided. The casing includes a double wall structure having a first inner tube and a second outer tube, the first inner tube and the second outer tube... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090180873 - Armor-plated machine components and gas turbines: The invention relates to a machine component with a base made of a base material, a part of the surface of which has been equipped with armor-plating, made of a plating material with greater hardness in comparison to the base material, with the armor-plating being segmented and made up of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090180874 - \"o\" head design: A discharge head features a motor mounting plate configured for mounting on a motor; a base plate configured for mounting on a pump assembly; an elbow transition mounted on the base plate configured for providing discharge from the pump assembly; a seal housing pipe coupled to the elbow transition configured... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090175714 - Secondary blade portion containment device: A device that deploys during a blade portion failure that encompasses the engine casing is provided to prevent damage caused by the failure. A blade containment device such as a flexible interwoven structure or a net encompasses the engine casing and the blade failure path, or is embedded in the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090175715 - Impeller trap: A water cooling system of a marine engine includes a water line and a water pump. An impeller trap for the water cooling system includes a cylindrical line section having a wall and a pair of ends. A fitting is disposed on each end of the line section for mating... Agent: Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co, Lpa

20090175716 - Integrated bypass engine structure: One form of the present invention contemplates an apparatus comprising a gas turbine engine core, a gearbox accessory mounted to the engine core and substantially enclosed by an inner fairing; a nacelle having a plurality of panels, wherein the nacelle panels substantially enclose and overlap at least a portion of... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20090175717 - Multistage turbocompressor: A dynamic compressor, in particular a turbo compressor, having an exterior housing, a compressor unit featuring a tubular housing with an outer wall and a circular cross section, wherein the compressor unit is received by a circular opening which is located in the exterior housing and has an inner wall.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090175718 - System and method for passive cooling of gas turbine engine control components: A system for cooling a gas turbine engine control component comprises a control component, at least one duct in fluid communication with the component and the atmosphere, and a valve assembly located with the duct for modulating airflow to the component. A method for cooling a gas turbine engine control... Agent: General Electric Company

20090175719 - Method of manufacturing a turbomachine element and device obtained in this way: s

20090175720 - Axial fan and frame thereof: An axial fan includes a motor section, an impeller, a housing, and a plurality of supporting ribs. The motor section and the impeller are disposed on the inside of the housing. In a connecting region between an inner end portion of the supporting rib and the base section, a first... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090175721 - Combustor spring clip seal system: Aspects of the invention are directed to a sealing system for the interface between a combustor liner and transition duct. The system includes a spring clip seal. A first end of the spring clip seal operatively engages the inner peripheral surface of the transition duct. A second end of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090175722 - Steam turbines: A steam turbine is provided that is configured for post-modification for operation in a carbon capture mode. The turbine includes a turbine rotor, a turbine casing and a plurality of turbine stages. In an initial configuration of the turbine, the turbine rotor and turbine casing are each longer, by respective... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Alstom

20090169354 - Apparatus for use of flow energy: The apparatus for use of flow energy has elongated circumferential elements (18) with incident-flow surfaces (34, 35) facing the flow, which elements (8) are connected parallel to one another at intervals to form a rotating cage (1) or to form a strip, which is circumferential on a guide and in... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090169355 - Utilization of renewable energy sources with a passively savonius rotor (pvsr): A Savonius Rotor may use the flow of wind or the flow of water from undersea current or tidal movement. The Savonius Rotor is passively vented and has a base support ring, and a space frame support structure supported on the base support ring. The space frame has building block... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090169357 - Methods and apparatus for error reduction in rotor loading measurments: A method for correcting offsets in sensors includes mounting, on a rotating machine, a first set of sensors in locations selected to measure vector loads in a first set of coordinates. The method further includes mounting, on the rotating machine, a second set of sensors in locations selected to measure... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090169356 - Plasma enhanced compression system: A compression system is disclosed, the compression system comprising a rotor having a circumferential row of blades each blade having a blade tip, a static component located radially outwardly and apart from the blade tips, a detection system for detecting an instability in the rotor during the operation of the... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169358 - Water lubricated line shaft bearing and lubrication system for a geothermal pump: The present invention provides a water lubricated line shaft bearing assembly, comprising an outer annular steel shell and an inner layer made of low friction material attached to the outer shell, the inner layer having a non-uniform thickness which is formed with wall portions of increased thickness defining a plurality... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090169361 - Cooled turbine nozzle segment: A turbine nozzle segment may have a band having a flange extending radially from a non-flowpath side and an aft end. A plurality of airfoils may extend radially from a flowpath side of the band and may have trailing edges. A plurality of cooling holes may be disposed in the... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169359 - Heat exchanger arrangement for turbine engine: A turbine engine cooling arrangement includes a core passage for receiving a core flow for combustion, a first airflow source including a first passage adjacent the core passage for conveying a first airflow, and a second airflow source including a second passage adjacent the first passage for conveying a second... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090169360 - Turbine nozzle segment: A turbine nozzle segment includes a band having a flowpath side and a non-flowpath side and an enclosure disposed on the non-flowpath side of the band. A plenum may be defined between the band and the enclosure and a discourager may extend from the enclosure.... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169362 - Instability mitigation system: An instability mitigation system is disclosed, comprising a detection system for detecting an onset of an instability in a rotor during the operation of the rotor, a mitigation system that facilitates the improvement of the stability of the rotor when the onset of instability is detected by the detection system,... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169363 - Plasma enhanced stator: A compression system is disclosed, the compression system comprising a stator stage having a row of a plurality of stator vanes arranged around a centerline axis, each stator vane having a vane airfoil and at least one plasma actuator located on the stator stage. Exemplary embodiments of a detection system... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169364 - Progressive cavity apparatus with transducer and methods of forming and use: The present invention relates to a stator (100-1000) with a profiled helical bore (106,206,306,606,706,806,906,1006) having a cast material layer (102;202;302;602;702;802;902;1002) with transducers (104A-104D;304;604A-604D;710;804;904A-904C;1010) disposed therein and describes the methods of forming such stators. Cast material can be fluidic during displacing of a transducer therein. Cast material layer 202 can include... Agent: The Dickinson Law Offices Attn: David Dickinson

20090169365 - Pump: The invention relates to a pump for pumping contaminated liquid including solid matter, comprising a pump housing provided with a rotatable impeller (3) having at least one vane (9) and an impeller seat (4), the impeller seat (4) presenting at least one recess (13) in the top surface (11) thereof,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090169366 - variable geometry turbine for a turbocharger and method of controlling the turbine: There is described a variable geometry turbine having a sliding element (5) for the control of the section throat of the turbine (1) by sliding movement along an axial direction of a turbine wheel (71). The turbine wheel operates to convert a flow of working fluid into mechanical energy. At... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20090169367 - Instability mitigation system using stator plasma actuators: An instability mitigation system is disclosed, comprising a stator stage located axially proximate to a rotor, the stator stage having a row of a plurality of stator vanes arranged around a centerline axis, and a mitigation system comprising at least one plasma actuator mounted on the stator vane that facilitates... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169368 - Blade outer air seal: A turbine engine blade outer air seal segment has a body having a base portion. The base portion has a transversely concave ID face, a forward end, an aft end, and first and second circumferential edges. The body has at least one mounting hook. The body comprises a metallic member... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20090169370 - Turbine nozzle segment: A turbine nozzle segment includes a band having a plurality of tabs, an airfoil extending from the band and a support structure attached to the tabs. The support structure has a plurality of biasing structures.... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169369 - Turbine nozzle segment and assembly: A turbine nozzle segment includes a band having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tabs and a single airfoil extending from the band.... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169371 - Stator cascade of turbo type fluid machine: In the invention, stator blades are arranged in such a manner that respective intervals between the adjacent stator blades (SV) become unequal at least partly. If the stator blades are arranged as mentioned above, there are formed wave fronts having different moving directions and phases, and these wave fronts are... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090169372 - Method of producing a protective coating, protective coating, and component with a protective coating: A method for producing a wear-resistant, temperature-resistant, and corrosion-resistant protective coating for a component, in particular for components of a gas turbine, using thermal spraying, wherein during the application onto the component of the protective coating, which consists of a hard material-metal combination, in order to produce an abrasive surface... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090169373 - Centrifugal blower and bottom housing thereof: A centrifugal blower (10) includes a bottom housing (12), a top cover (14) covering the bottom housing, and an impeller (16) and a stator accommodated in a space formed between the bottom housing and the top cover. The bottom housing includes a base plate (121), and a sidewall (122) surrounding... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090169374 - Impeller for a pump unit and associated pump unit: An impeller is provided for a pump unit, in particular for a waste water pump unit, having two cover plates (2, 4), which are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction (X) and are connected to one another by at least one connecting element (8). The impeller has... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090169375 - Device for stiffening the stator of a turbomachine and application to aircraft engines:

20090169376 - Turbine nozzle segment and method for repairing a turbine nozzle segment: A turbine nozzle segment includes a first band, an airfoil extending from the first band and a support attached to the first band. The support may have a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tabs.... Agent: General Electric Company

20090169377 - Fan frame structure: A fan frame structure includes a plastic casing and a metal fixing frame. The plastic casing and the metal fixing frame are provided for an axial flow fan or a blower fan. The plastic casing includes a bottom having a plurality of first fixing portions. The metal fixing frame includes... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.