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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100021281 - Power management system and method: The present disclosure is directed to a method for power management in a machine. The method for power management may include sensing a parameter indicative of a torque applied to a torque consuming device rotatably driven by a power source. The method may further include modifying a quantity of fuel... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20100021282 - Side-channel pump: A side-channel pump for pumping a medium by means of an impeller having a ring of rotor chambers, comprising pockets in a radially outer region delimited by the rotor chambers. The pockets are filled by means of leakage with the medium to be pumped and create an axial force on... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20100021283 - System and method for providing supercritical cooling steam into a wheelspace of a turbine: A system for cooling a high pressure section of a turbomachine includes a conduit configured to carry cooling steam from a boiler to a space upstream of a first stage nozzle of the turobmachine. The conduit extends through a housing of the turbomachine and a nozzle diaphragm of the first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20100021284 - Regenerative braking for gas turbine systems: The present invention is directed to an energy storage system comprised of a heat block having a relatively high specific energy capacity. The heat block can be used, for example, with a regenerative braking system for gas turbine powered vehicles to improve fuel efficiency.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20100021285 - Gas turbine engine compressor variable stator vane arrangement: A compressor variable stator vane arrangement comprises at least one stage of variable stator vanes. A speed sensor measures the rotational speed of the compressor rotor. A pressure sensor measures the outlet pressure of the compressor. A second pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a third pressure sensor measure the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100021286 - Actuated variable geometry mid-turbine frame design: A mid-turbine frame assembly includes a mid-turbine frame, a ring structure and a plurality of actuated struts. The ring structure surrounds the mid-turbine frame, and has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The actuated struts connect the ring structure to the mid-turbine frame. The actuated struts are strain actuated... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100021287 - Turbine housing insert in sliding variable-geometry turbocharger: A turbocharger includes a thin-walled insert installed in the bore of the turbine housing. The insert is generally ring-shaped and is radially resilient. The insert can be made of sheet metal formed into a ring shape, and in some embodiments is a split ring. A piston is axially slidable in... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20100021288 - Uav pod cooling using integrated duct wall heat transfer: Electronic equipment frequently requires cooling to maintain the integrity and reliability of the equipment, and to elongate the life expectancy of the equipment. When in operation, the fan of a UAV creates airflow comprising outside air directed across the duct of the UAV. Utilizing this airflow generated by the fan... Agent: Honeywell/s&s Patent Services

20100021289 - Method for applying a nia1 based coating by an electroplating technique: The present invention provides a coated article made using a plating process, either electroless or electrolytic, whereby nickel is plated on the article using a solution that includes a suspension of powders or containing one or more of the following elements: Ni, Cr, Al, Zr, Hf, Ti, Ta, Si, Ca,... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20100021290 - Ceramic matrix composite turbine engine vane: A vane has an airfoil shell and a spar within the shell. The vane has an outboard shroud at an outboard end of the shell and an inboard platform at an inboard end of the shell. The shell includes a region having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) varying with... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20100021291 - Diffuser apparatus in a turbomachine: A diffuser apparatus in a turbomachine is provided comprising a diffuser structure and stabilizing structure. The diffuser structure includes inner and outer walls defining a flow passageway through which gases flow and diffuse such that kinetic energy is reduced and pressure is increased in the gases as they move through... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100021292 - Fluid deflector for fluid separator devices: A fluid deflector is for a fluid separator including a central axis and an enclosed wall having an open end and an inner circumferential separation surface extending about the axis to define an interior separation chamber. The fluid deflector includes a base disposeable proximal to the wall open end and... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100021293 - Slotted compressor diffuser and related method: A compressor diffuser for a gas turbine includes: a compressor diffuser having an upstream end and a downstream end, the downstream end defined by a peripheral annular edge, the annular edge formed with a plurality of substantially axially-oriented slots extending from an opening at the downstream edge in an upstream... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20100021294 - Fan structure for mounting in a light steel structure of a ceiling: A fan structure is disclosed to include a fan holder holding a fan motor and a fan blade, a bottom cover frame, which has smoothly arched bottom wall, a horizontal mounting flange extending around the smoothly arched bottom wall and mounted in one frame sash of a light steel structure... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20100014956 - Fluid flow machine featuring a groove on a running gap of a blade end: A fluid-flow machine has at least one row of blades 5 having blade ends moving relative to one of a hub 3 and a casing 1, with a gap 11 positioned therebetween. At least one groove 7 extends essentially in a circumferential direction of the machine is in an area... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100014957 - Thrust balance of rotor using fuel: A method of at least partially balancing axial thrust loads and an engine in which the method is carried out is disclosed herein. The engine includes a combustion chamber and a fuel system operable to direct pressurized fuel to the combustion chamber. The engine also includes a rotor operable to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20100014958 - Turbine engine rotor disc with cooling passage: Disclosed is a gas turbine engine rotor disc with a plurality of cooling passages having an essentially radial orientation relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor disc, each cooling passage having an inlet and an outlet and being included relative to a rotor disc surface and a cut-out... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100014959 - Fan having adjustment of the orientation and flow rate of an air flow: An aerator includes a duct (50) defining a chamber in which a portion of the inner surface defines a spherical segment, a profiled body (60) with a holding device (62), and a ring (52) having an outer surface defining a portion of a sphere having the same radius as the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100014960 - Gas-turbine engine with variable stator vanes: A gas-turbine engine includes stator vanes (1) angularly variable about their longitudinal axes by actuating elements in order to control airflow supplied to downstream rotor blades (6). The actuating elements are arranged in the most confined downstream stages of the compressors and/or turbines, with these stages being exposed to high... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100014961 - Turbocharger: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) having variable turbine geometry (VTG) having a turbine housing (2) with a supply duct (9) for exhaust gases; having a turbine rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing (2); and having a guide grate (18) which surrounds the turbine rotor... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20100014962 - Turbine vane of a gas turbine: A turbine vane of a gas turbine, especially a gas turbine aircraft engine, is disclosed. The turbine vane includes a vane base body with an outer surface forming a suction side and a pressure side, the outer surface of the vane base body being at least partially coated with a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100014963 - Centrifugal pump: A centrifugal pump having a casing axially divided into two casing halves; an intake and a discharge; as well as an at least one-stage flow channel between the intake and the discharge for a medium to be pressurized; and a shaft mounted for rotation within the casing and being driven... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20100014964 - Electro-formed sheath for use on airfoil components: An article for protecting an airfoil component includes a sheath having an outer side and an inner side that forms a cavity for receiving a leading edge of the airfoil component. The sheath is made of cobalt and phosphorous to protect the leading edge of the airfoil component from erosion.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100014965 - Centrifugal type blower: A centrifugal-type blower includes a shaft, a fan, and a casing. The casing includes an inlet, an air passage, and a side wall part. A first distance from a center of the fan to the wall part at an inlet side end portion in a radial direction of the fan... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100014967 - Axial fan for conveying cooling air for a cooling device of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an axial fan (1) for conveying cooling air for a cooling device of a motor vehicle, wherein the axial fan (1) has axial vanes (4) each having a front edge (4a) and a rear edge (4b), a van tip (4c) and a circumferential ring (5) which... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100014966 - Fastening device for fans: A fastening device is used for connecting a first and a second fan together. The two fans each have an upper flange and a lower flange and a cylindrical body interconnecting the upper flange and the lower flange. The fastening device includes a plate-shaped pad and two resilient portions respectively... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100014968 - Centering device: A gas turbine engine (10) comprising a rotating member (16), a support structure (22) and a centering device (30), the centering device (30) centres the rotation of the rotating member (16) which is supported within the support structure (22), characterised in that the device includes a first member (34) and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100008755 - Method of extending tubing life of a peristaltic pump: A method is provided for extending useful life of tubing of a peristaltic pump. The method can comprise switching inlet and discharge hoses between respective inlet and outlet ends of the tubing of the peristaltic pump, and reversing a direction of rotation of a rotor of the peristaltic pump. In... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100008756 - Steam turbine and method of cooling steam turbine: A steam turbine 20 is provided with a casing 109, a turbine rotor 25 disposed through the casing 109, and labyrinth portions 50, 55 which are disposed at the boundary between the casing 109 and the turbine rotor 25. The steam turbine 20 is further provided with a sealing steam... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100008757 - Ducted fan assembly for radio-controlled model: A ducted fan assembly includes a housing unit, a motor, and a propeller. The housing unit includes a duct member, and a hollow seat member disposed in the duct member. The motor is mounted to an exterior of the seat member, and includes a power cord extending through the seat... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20100008761 - Coolable airfoil trailing edge passage: An airfoil suitable for use in a gas turbine engine having at least one feed passage at least in part defined along a feed axis which is at least perpendicular to a cavity axis to reduce dirt ingestion into a trailing edge passage.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100008760 - Gas turbine engine assemblies with recirculated hot gas ingestion: A gas turbine engine assembly includes a housing including an annular duct wall that at least partially defines a mainstream hot gas flow path configured to receive mainstream hot gas flow. The assembly further includes a stator assembly including a stator vane that extends into the mainstream hot gas flow... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100008758 - Leading edge cooling with microcircuit anti-coriolis device: A turbine engine component, such as a high pressure turbine blade, has an airfoil portion having a pressure side, a suction side, and a leading edge. A cooling system is provided within the leading edge. The cooling system includes at least one peripheral leading edge cooling channel for creating anti-Coriolis... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20100008759 - Methods and apparatuses for providing film cooling to turbine components: Methods and apparatuses for film cooling of one or more turbine components are provided. A cooling gas flow passage provides a cooling gas to an turbine component with the hot gas path of a turbine. The cooling gas flow passage includes at least one feed aperture operable to receive cooling... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100008762 - Engine blower: An engine blower includes a centrifugal blower, an engine, and a frame for supporting the centrifugal blower. The centrifugal blower is supported by a back support of the frame via a flexible vibration-proofing section while being connected to the back support via a belt-shaped stopper. An engaging hole is provided... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20100008763 - Turbomachine including an adaptable intake system and method of controlling airflow to a turbomachine: A turbomachine includes a compressor having a compressor intake, and an intake system mounted upstream of the compressor intake. The intake system includes a housing and a plurality of selectively positionable vanes arranged within the housing. The plurality of selectively positionable vanes are moveable between a first position to remove... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100008764 - Gas turbine engine with a variable exit area fan nozzle, nacelle assembly of such a engine, and corresponding operating method: A turbofan engine includes a fan variable area nozzle having a multiple of vents through a fan nacelle and a sleeve system movable relative to the vents by an actuator system. The fan variable area nozzle changes the effective area of the fan nozzle exit area to permit efficient operation... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100008765 - Tailorable design configuration topologies for aircraft engine mid-turbine frames: An expandable mid-turbine frame assembly includes a first bearing cone, a second bearing cone and a mid-turbine frame. The mid-turbine frame assembly connects to a gas turbine engine casing and transfers a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing towards the engine casing.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100008766 - Variable geometry vane ring assembly with stepped spacer: A vane ring assembly includes a lower vane ring (20), an upper vane ring (30), one or more guide vanes (80) positioned at least partially between the vane rings, and a spacer (50) positioned between the lower and upper vane rings (20, 30) for maintaining a distance between the lower... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20100008767 - Spherical thrust bearing system for turbochargers: A turbocharger thrust bearing assembly, which maintains a constant relationship between the thrust faces, for example by use of gimbal or spherical segment geometry. Spherical geometry, while more difficult to manufacture than that of a flat thrust bearing, provides a more constant relationship between the thrust pads and thrust washers... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20100008768 - Pump: A pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, includes at least one flow-leading part with an at least regional surface layer (50) of an elastomer. The flow-leading part with the surface layer (50) is formed as a multi-component injection moulded part, with a base structure (55) made of plastic as a... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20100008769 - Sealing mechanism with pivot plate and rope seal: A sealing system for sealing a gap between a dovetail tab of a bucket and a rotor. The sealing system may include a sealing slot positioned about the dovetail tab and a pivot plate positioned within the sealing slot. The sealing slot may include a pivot point and a rest... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100008770 - Protection of thermal barrier coating by a sacrificial coating: According to an embodiment of the invention, an article of manufacture for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The article comprises a part having a surface covered with a ceramic thermal barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating has an outer surface covered with a sacrificial phosphate coating, wherein... Agent: General Electric Company

20100008771 - Pump unit: A pump assembly has a housing formed of at least two metallic housing parts (2) and at least one diffuser (12) arranged in the housing, wherein the diffuser (12) is fixed between the two housing parts in the axial direction, and the two housing parts (2) are directly or indirectly... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20100008772 - Nacelle for the jet engine of an aircraft: The invention relates to a nacelle for a turbojet, of the type comprising a downstream structure having an outer structure (6) that defines, together with an inner concentric structure (9) for surrounding the downstream portion of the turbojet, an annular flow channel (8), characterised in that a portion at least... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100008773 - Turbine blade and gas turbine equipped with a turbine blade: The invention relates to a turbine blade comprising a vane that runs along a blade axis and a platform region, located at the root of the vane having a platform that extends transversally to the blade axis. The aim of the invention is to configure a delimitation of a flow... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100008774 - Variable geometry turbocharger lower vane ring retaining system: A vane ring assembly which includes a lower vane ring (22), an upper vane ring (30), one or more guide vanes (80) positioned at least partially between the vane rings, and a plurality of spacers (42, or 50) positioned between the lower and upper vane rings for maintaining a distance... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20100008775 - Flow-routing component of a pump: A flow-routing component of a pump is composed of at least two parts, a first part (2) of the component being manufactured by metal-powder injection molding, and a second part (4) of the component being manufactured from sheet metal. A pump assembly is also provided having such a flow-routing component.... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20100003121 - Variable area fan nozzle for accommodating a foreign object strike event: A gas turbine engine system includes a fan (14) and a fan bypass passage (30) downstream of the fan (14) for conveying a bypass airflow from the fan. A nozzle (40) associated with the fan bypass passage (30) includes a plurality of different positions that influence the bypass air flow.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100003122 - Turbo engine: The invention concerns a turbo engine, especially a gas turbine, with a stator and a rotor, wherein the rotor has rotating blades and the stator has a housing (11) and guide blades (12), wherein the rotating blades at the rotor side form at least one rotating blade ring, and the... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20100003123 - Inlet air heating system for a gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine has an inlet for delivering air into a compressor section. The compressor section is connected to feed air into a combustion section, wherein the air mixes with fuel and combusts. The combustion section is connected to turbine rotors such that products of combustion can pass over... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100003124 - Pump with cutting impeller and pre-cutter: A pump includes a cutting impeller (38) and a pre-chopper (50) driven by a shaft portion (46) that projects axially from the cutting impeller (38), with the pre-chopper (50) being surrounded by an intake port (22) of the pump, the intake port having, at least on a part of its... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg, Esq Suite 419

20100003125 - Clearance arrangment: With regard to gas turbine engines it is necessary to maintain clearance between a rotating blade assembly and a casing to maintain efficiency. Thermal expansion and other factors are transients mean it is advantageous to provide active adjustment. By utilisation of piezo electric pumps 51, 52 operable at relatively high... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100003126 - Wind guiding cover: A wind guiding cover, mounted on a fan, includes a rotating ring and a plurality of slats. The rotating ring is pivoted to the fan, and has an opening for an air flow generated by the fan to pass through. The rotating ring has a weight portion for offsetting the... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100003127 - Air cooled bucket for a turbine: A bucket for a turbine is described. The bucket includes a dovetail portion configured to couple the bucket to a turbine wheel, the dovetail portion having a lower surface. The bucket also includes a shank portion that extends from the dovetail portion and an airfoil having a root and a... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100003128 - Combustor transition piece aft end cooling and related method: A transition duct for a gas turbine includes a tubular body having a forward end and an aft end; a plurality of cooling channels formed on an exterior surface of the tubular body at the aft end; a closure band surrounding the aft end, covering at least a portion of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20100003129 - Flow control redistribution to mitigate high cycle fatigue: The present invention provides a method operable to improve pressure recovery and/or distortion within engine inlet. This method involves providing a first fluid flow to primary jet vortex generator(s) operable to inject fluid at a first injection rate into a boundary layer of a primary fluid flow within the inlet.... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20100003130 - Windmill device: A wind power engine including a stator having stator blades and a rotor having rotor blades. The rotor is positioned inside the hollow area of the stator and is rotationally movable with respect to the stator about an axis of rotation. The stator blades are positioned in such a way... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20100003131 - Axial fan: An axial fan forms an air inlet on one side and an air outlet on an opposite side along an axis of the axial fan. The axial fan includes a base, a bearing, a stator and a rotor. A central tube extends upwardly from the base. The stator is around... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100003132 - Turbocharger: The invention refers to a turbocharger with a compressor (8) which has a compressor wheel (9) which is fixed on one end of a rotor shaft (6); with a turbine (2) which has a turbine rotor (10) which comprises a turbine wheel (5) which has a connecting journal (17) which... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC