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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps August inventions list 08/10

20100215475 - Vacuum pump: A turbomolecular vacuum pump (54) comprises a housing (70) and a rotor (52) supported by a bearing arrangement (64) for rotation relative to the housing (70). The bearing arrangement (64) comprises a bearing (72, 74, 76, 78) supported in both radial and axial directions by a resilient support (80) comprising... Agent: Edwards Vacuum, Inc.

20100215476 - Gas turbine combustion system cooling arrangement: Cooling is provided for a gas turbine combustion system that includes a first member, such as a liner, having exterior and interior surfaces that define a wall therebetween and a central area. A second member, such as a cap, is located adjacent that interior surface. A source of cooling gas... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100215477 - Borescope boss and plug cooling: A coolable borescope boss includes cooling passages extending through the boss and oriented for spraying cooling air into a hole extending through the boss. Centerlines of the cooling passages may intersect the a hole axis of the hole. The cooling passages may be cylindrical or open slots disposed through the... Agent: Steven J. Rosen

20100215478 - Impeller device and manufacturing method for rotary impeller: An impeller device may include a magnetic detecting element and a magnetic body, which is paired with the magnetic detecting element, for detecting a rotational position of a rotary impeller. The rotary impeller is formed with a bottomed recessed part having an opening into which one of the magnetic detecting... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100215479 - Gas turbine engine inlet with noise reduction features: A gas turbine engine comprising a fan section, a compressor, a combustor and a turbine, includes a nacelle having an inner nacelle surface defining an inlet duct designed to reduce an inlet duct area of the inlet duct to increase acoustic attenuation. The gas turbine engine also includes a spinner,... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100215481 - Running-gap control system of an aircraft gas turbine: A running-gap control system of an aircraft gas turbine with a core engine including a turbine whose blade rows have a running gap 13 to the turbine casing 12, with the turbine casing 12 being surrounded by a core-engine ventilation compartment 15 enclosed by a fairing 2 of the core... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100215480 - Systems and methods for engine turn down by controlling compressor extraction air flows: Systems and methods for controlling compressor extraction air flows from a compressor of a turbine system during engine turn down are provided. In one embodiment, a method for controlling compressor extraction air flows from a compressor of a turbine system during turn down includes a control unit monitoring one or... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100215482 - Adjusting ring for a charging device, more preferably for an exhaust gas turbocharger of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a charging device, more preferably an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle with a variable turbine/compressor geometry (1) with a plurality of adjustable guide blades, which are each engaged with an adjusting ring (2) via a corresponding lever (3, 3′) and which are preferentially jointly... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100215483 - Actuator: In one embodiment a system is disclosed that includes an actuation device coupled with a turbomachinery mechanism. The actuation device can include multiple fluid pathways and a valve to alternatively place each of these pathways in fluid communication with a supply port while another of the pathways is in fluid... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20100215484 - Turbine energy generating system: A turbine energy generating system includes a combustion chamber for converting fuel into energy by igniting an air and fuel mixture, a turbine for converting energy produced by the combustion chamber into mechanical energy, and a generator for converting mechanical energy produced by the turbine into electrical energy in the... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20100215485 - Centrifugal compressor: A centrifugal compressor that includes an impeller, a diffuser and a shroud. One of the diffuser and shroud includes a plurality of recesses and the other of the diffuser and shroud includes a plurality of radial vanes. The shroud covers the impeller and diffuser such that each radial vane projects... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100215487 - Centrifugal impeller/propeller pump system: A housing includes a major component. The major component has a planar section. The planar section has an aperture constituting an inlet. The major component has a generally cylindrical peripheral section. A tangential extension is provided. The aperture constitutes an outlet. The housing also includes a minor component. The minor... Agent: Michael J. Colitz, Jr.

20100215486 - Multiblade air blower: A multiblade air blower has a multiblade impeller, a casing, an orifice, an axially overlaid portion, and an airflow collision prevention device. The multiblade impeller includes a main plate and a blade. The blade has a blade end face, and is provided at the main plate to form a blade... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100215488 - Fluid flow energy concentrator: An energy conversion system for converting energy of naturally occurring fluid flow into output power. The energy conversion system includes an accelerator plate that has a leading edge and an upper surface that is substantially linearly inclined from the leading edge and transitions into a gradually increasing inclined shape so... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100215489 - Diffuser: A diffuser that includes a plurality of radial vanes having a blade count of between 15 and 20, a solidity of between 0.6 and 0.8, and a radius ratio of vane inlet to impeller outlet of less than 1.5. Additionally, a compressor that incorporates the diffuser.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100215490 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for linking machine stators: Systems, methods, and apparatus for linking machine stators are provided. A bracket may be utilized to link adjacent stators within a machine, for example, a turbine. The bracket may include a body portion, a first plurality of extensions, and a second plurality of extensions. The body portion may include a... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100215491 - Rotor assembly: A rotor assembly that includes a shaft to which are mounted an impeller, a rotor core and a bearing cartridge. The bearing cartridge is mounted between the impeller and the rotor core and comprises a pair of bearings, a spring that applies a preload to each of the bearings, and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100209229 - Airfoil inserts, flow-directing elements and assemblies thereof: Disclosed are examples of flow-directing elements, airfoil inserts, and assemblies thereof. A flow-directing element has an inner buttress with an airfoil extending outwardly therefrom. The airfoil includes a cavity that extends within the airfoil to an exit port disposed in the inner buttress. A shelf disposed about the buttress defines... Agent: O''shea Getz P.C.

20100209230 - Air conditioning device for vehicle seats: s

20100209231 - Combination of mechanical actuator and case cooling apparatus: A rotor blade tip clearance control apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of circumferentially distributed segments which form an annular shroud surrounding the outer tips of a row of rotor blades. A mechanical arrangement is operatively connected to the segments. Actuation of the arrangement causes the segments... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100209232 - Charging device: The invention relates to a charging device (1), more preferably an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle, which turbine geometry comprises guide blades (5) rotatably mounted in a blade bearing ring (4), wherein the blade bearing ring (4) with a side is directly exposed to a hot gas flow... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100209233 - Catenary turbine seal systems: In one embodiment, a catenary seal structure may be mechanically supported only by two adjacent rotor wheels to isolate a volume between the two adjacent rotor wheels. The catenary seal structure may be annularly disposed about the rotational axis of the adjacent rotor wheels.... Agent: Ge Energy-global Patent Operation Fletcher Yoder PC

20100209234 - Method for producing a turbine housing and turbine housing: A housing for a thermal turbomachine is provided. The housing includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is subjected to greater thermal loading and the outer layer is subjected to less thermal loading, the inner layer being made of a more heat resistant material than the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100209235 - Method and apparatus for a structural outlet guide vane: In one aspect, a method for assembling an outlet guide vane is provided. The method includes providing an outlet guide vane frame having a first side and a second side. The outlet guide vane includes a radially inward flange coupled to a radially outward flange by a leading edge. A... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20100209236 - Impulse turbine for use in bi-directional flows: A bi-directional flow impulse type turbine arrangement (120) for use with a bi-directional reversing flow (F, F1, F2), and in particular for use with an oscillating water column power plant (110). The turbine arrangement (120) has a rotor (120), and first and second sets of guide vanes (140, 142) located... Agent: Edmonds Nolte, PC

20100209237 - Vane: A vane for use in a duct, such as an exhaust duct in a gas turbine engine, comprises a shear web arranged to extend substantially across the duct and to be fixedly attached to at least one wall thereof, and one or more vane plates removably mountable on the web.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100209238 - Turbine vane airfoil with turning flow and axial/circumferential trailing edge configuration: An airfoil with turning flow comprises a first surface, a second surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The first and second surfaces extend from the leading edge to a trailing edge. A chord extends from a midpoint of the leading edge to a midpoint of the trailing edge,... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100209239 - Vane: A vane for a duct, such as an exit guide vane for an exhaust duct of a gas turbine engine, comprises a vane plate, an interior strut and an internal wall disposed between the vane plate and the strut. The vane further comprises a fluid inlet in the form of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100209240 - Vane fixing apparatus and method: A vane fixing apparatus for removably fixing a vane plate (14) to a web (12) is described. The vane fixing apparatus comprises a mounting bracket (16) attached to the vane plate (14), and a mounting block (20,30) held on the web (12) by at least one fastener (18), wherein the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100209241 - Fastener arrangements: A fastener arrangement 22 for fastening two or more articles 62 together, the two or more articles 62 having a first length, the fastener arrangement 22 comprising: a fastener 24 including an elongate clamping member 36 for being received in an aperture 64 of the two or more articles 62,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100202871 - Gearbox for a wind turbine, a method of converting wind energy and use of a gearbox: A gearbox for a wind turbine. The gearbox includes at least one first epicyclical gear stage, at least one second gear stage, and a torque transferring shaft including a shaft part and a connection part, wherein the torque transferring shaft is adapted for connecting a first gear of the first... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100202869 - Hubless windmill: Systems, apparatus and methods for generating power from fluid motion, such as wind are provided. The apparatus is a wing-shaped airfoil with cup-shaped indentations that allow the airfoil to harness wind energy throughout a wide range of wind speeds and from different wind directions. The indentations harness wind energy at... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20100202870 - Method and apparatus for lubricating a thrust bearing for a rotating machine using pumpage: A fluid machine and method of operating the same includes a pump portion having a pump impeller chamber, a pump inlet and a pump outlet and a turbine portion having a turbine impeller chamber, a turbine inlet and a turbine outlet. A shaft extends between the pump impeller chamber and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100202872 - Multilayer shielding ring for a flight driving mechanism: A shielding (6) of a turbine housing (3) of an aircraft engine against radial escape of blade fragments, especially for a high-speed low-pressure turbine, is characterized in that the shielding (6) is embodied as a rigid ring-shaped component of several layers (8). Through the decoupling of the containment function from... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20100202873 - Ceramic matrix composite turbine engine: In one embodiment a transition section for a turbine engine is provided that includes one or more components constructed of a ceramic matrix composite. The transition section may fluidly connect a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine within the gas turbine engine. The transition section may include a transition duct... Agent: Ge Energy-global Patent Operation Fletcher Yoder PC

20100202874 - Variable nozzle mechanism: When changing a nozzle blade angle by rotating a drive ring, a contact load generated between an inner circumferential surface of the drive ring and an outer circumferential surface of a mount can be reduced, allowing the drive ring to rotate smoothly and reducing the amount of wear and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100202875 - Compressor-side shaft seal of an exhaust-gas turbocharger: The piston ring sealing points of a sealing apparatus between the rotor and the housing of a continuous-flow machine each have a piston ring, a cylindrical contact surface, which is directed radially inward, on the housing, as well as an axial stop on the rotor. In this case, the piston... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100202876 - Steam turbine facility: Provided is a steam turbine facility capable of suppressing the possibility of vibration occurrence and a drastic increase in facility cost, thereby realizing an increase in size of the facility, even if steam conditions of 650° C. or higher are adopted. In a steam turbine facility including a high-pressure turbine,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100202877 - Turbocharger diffuser: A housing (410, 510, 610, 700, 800, 900) for a turbocharger (400, 500, 600) is provided. The housing (410, 510, 610, 700, 800, 900) has an impeller chamber (403, 503, 603), diffuser (450, 550, 650, 750, 850, 950) and scroll (420, 520, 620, 720, 820, 920) in fluid communication with... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20100202878 - Turbo engine and method for producing such a turbo engine: A flow machine having a housing, an axial diffuser, a rotor for deflecting a fluid between an axial direction and a radial direction, a spiral, and an axial diffuser insert which is at least partially received in the housing. A spiral contour is formed in the diffuser insert and, together... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20100202879 - Extraction unit for turbine and related method: An extraction unit for a steam turbine includes an end plate mounted downstream of a selected stage of a steam turbine, the end plate sealing the selected stage from the atmosphere, and an extraction pipe passing through the end plate for extracting steam from the selected stage.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100202880 - Coating for gas bearing: The invention relates to a vacuum pump in which the gas bearing is coated with a hard layer, and to a process for preparing such gas bearing of a vacuum pump.... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20100196137 - Closed-loop control for a gas turbine with actively stabilized compressor: A regulating system for a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft engine, has devices for blade-tip injection for increasing the compressor stability, these devices being activated as needed. The regulating system has devices for active clearance control, preferably in the high-pressure compressor, with which the radial clearance in the high-pressure... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100196138 - Machine for displacing fluid: A machine, such as a pump or motor, includes a housing with two chambers which are delimited therein. The chambers are delimited between a partition wall which is arranged centrally in the housing and extends on all sides, and displacement members which are situated on either side of the partition... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100196140 - Device for inhibiting the flow of oil along a rotating shaft: An oil control device inhibits the flow of oil along a shaft (8) rotating about an axis. The oil control device comprises an annular body (19) for rotation with said shaft (8) and includes a first face (30) extending generally radially from said axis. A second radially outer circumferential surface... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP Suite 2800

20100196139 - Leakage flow minimization system for a turbine engine: A sealing system is applied to the interface between a stator and a rotor in a turbine engine to minimize fluid leakage across the interface. One interface can be defined between portions of neighboring rotor disks and a stator. The sealing system includes one or more rows of flow guides,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100196141 - Fuel cell compressor system: The invention provides a fuel cell compressor system that comprises a motor, including a motor shaft driven by the motor; a drive housing at least partially surrounding the motor shaft; a first gear set driven by the motor shaft; a carrier torque tube driven by the first gear set; and... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20100196142 - Power generating apparatus using fluid: It is about a power generating apparatus using fluid, which can obtain maximum power from natural energy with converted rectilinear motion into rotary motion, such as water. As the present invention, the apparatus using fluid includes; a bucket to put fluid in for loading itself; an Opening-and-shutting valve, which installed... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100196143 - Axial compressor: An axial compressor comprises a stator component and a rotor component, which cooperate to perform work on a fluid flow in a primary flow-passage defined by the stator and rotor components, the stator component and the rotor component further defining a secondary flow-passage which interconnects a higher pressure region and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100196144 - Vertical axis wind turbine system: A vertical axis wind turbine system includes a vertical shaft rotatably mounted about a vertical axis and an upper platen coupled to the vertical shaft. Vanes are coupled to the vertical shaft and extend downward from the upper platen. Each vane has a concave face and an opposing convex face.... Agent: Design Ip, P.C.

20100196145 - Turbine assembly for an exhaust gas-driven turbocharger having a variable nozzle: A turbocharger with an exhaust gas-driven turbine includes a variable nozzle formed by a stator supporting fixed vanes and defining bypass openings, and a rotor supporting movable vanes and defining bypass channels. Each fixed vane overlaps with a movable vane by a varying extent dependent on rotational position of the... Agent: John C. James Honeywell Transportation Systems

20100196146 - Turbocharger with variable turbine geometry: The guide blades provided for the variable turbine geometry are adjustably arranged within a radial gap through which gases can flow on a moveable carrier ring, which is axially clamped against stops on or in the radial gap with a thrust spring device. According to the invention, the thrust spring... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100196147 - Vane frame for a turbomachine and method of minimizing weight thereof: A vane frame for a turbomachine and a method for minimizing the weight of a vane frame. The vane frame includes an inner shroud made up of a plurality of inner shroud segments, an outer shroud circumscribing the inner shroud and made up of a plurality of outer shroud segments,... Agent: Hartman And Hartman, P.C.

20100196148 - Turbomachine: A turbomachine comprises a housing (71) defining a bearing cavity (71) a and a turbine chamber (77a) separated by a first wall. A heat shield (72) is disposed between the first wall and the turbine wheel (77), a heat shield cavity (78) being defined between the first wall and the... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP Suite 2800

20100196149 - Apparatus and method for preventing cracking of turbine engine cases: A method for preventing cracking of a turbine engine case includes the steps of disposing at least two rails upon an exterior surface of a turbine engine case; and securing a first rail to a first means for attaching at least one fan exit guide vane to the turbine engine... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20100196150 - Boundary layer wind turbine with tangential rotor blades: A wind turbine having rotor assembly with a plurality of stacked disks (1) for rotation about an axis. At least one set of the stacked disks has disks being closely spaced from each other for creating a boundary layer effect on surfaces of the disks that contributes in rotating the... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20100196151 - Protective coatings for molten metal devices: Disclosed are components covered with a protective coating for use in a molten metal bath (or comparable environment) and devices including such components. The protective coating is preferably a ceramic sleeve adhered to a non-coated component by cement. A component with the protective coating is more resistant to degradation in... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20100196153 - Fluid turbine systems: Various fluid turbine systems and methods are described. The turbine can be a vertical axis wind turbine configured to generate power from wind energy. The turbine system can have a blade assembly. The blade assembly can have a plurality of blades rotatable about an axis. The turbine system can have... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100196152 - Rotary pressure transfer device with improved flow: A rotary pressure transfer device utilizes a multi-channel, generally cylindrical rotor (15) that revolves with its flat end faces juxtaposed with flat end surfaces of a pair of flanking end covers (19, 21) in which inlet and outlet passageways are provided. The design is such that there are only oblique... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100196154 - Turbine blade cascade endwall: Provided is a turbine blade cascade endwall that is capable of suppressing a vortex generated on a suction surface of a turbine stator blade and that is capable of reducing secondary-flow loss due to this vortex. A turbine blade cascade endwall that is positioned on a tip side of a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100196155 - Annular vane assembly for a gas turbine engine: An annular vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The assembly includes a vane segment, the vane segment includes an arcuate rail and a vane that extends radially inwardly from the arcuate rail. The assembly also includes a hollow cylindrical casing, the inside curved surface of which an... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department