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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps September class, title,number 09/10

20100247284 - Airflow influencing airfoil feature array: An example gas turbine engine airfoil includes an airfoil wall establishing a cavity that extends axially from an airfoil leading edge portion to an airfoil trailing edge portion and extends radially from an airfoil inner end to an airfoil outer end. The cavity is configured to receive a baffle that... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100247286 - Feeding film cooling holes from seal slots: A cooling arrangement for a first stage nozzle of a turbine includes a slot formed in a forward face of the first stage nozzle, the slot opening in a direction facing a combustor transition piece and adapted to receive a flange portion of a seal extending between the first stage... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20100247288 - Fluid elastomeric damper assembly including internal pumping mechanism and volume compensator: Rotary wing system with a rotating blade rotating about a rotation axis. The system includes a fluid damper with a damper fluid for controlling a troublesome motion. The fluid damper has an inboard end and an outboard end, the damper inboard end attached to a first rotary wing system inboard... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20100247283 - Method and apparatus for clearance control: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a magnetic actuator configured to adjust a radial clearance between a housing and rotary blades via translational movement along a rotational axis. The system includes a controller configured to engage the magnetic actuator to adjust the radial clearance in response to feedback.... Agent: Ge Energy-global Patent Operation Fletcher Yoder PC

20100247287 - Nozzle adjusting mechanism and method: Method and nozzle adjustment mechanism for adjusting a flow of a fluid. The nozzle adjustment mechanism includes a fixed ring; at least a vane connected to the fixed ring by a pivot pin and configured to rotate with the pivot pin; an adjusting ring rotatably connected to the fixed ring... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20100247285 - Systems and methods for providing compressor extraction cooling: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing compressor extraction cooling are provided. According to one example embodiment, a method for providing compressor extraction cooling in a gas turbine comprising a compressor and a turbine section can be provided. The method can include providing a cooling medium. The method can include... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100247282 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for passive purge flow control in a turbine: Systems, methods and apparatus for passive purge flow control in a turbine are provided. Various embodiments of the invention include providing a path for air to flow to a bore of a rotor with a plurality of stacked wheels. The air flow path includes at least one inlet hole on... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100247289 - Segmented wind turbine: Disclosed are wind turbines comprising a turbine shroud and optionally an ejector shroud. The shrouds are segmented, or in other words have longitudinal spaces between segments. Such wind turbines have reduced drag load, particularly those loads due to off-axis wind forces.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100247290 - Turbine blade and gas turbine: A turbine blade and a gas turbine are provided in which the velocity of cooling fluid at the inlet of a pin fin region is improved so that the cooling performance at the trailing edge of the turbine blade can be improved. It includes an airfoil; a supply channel extending... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100247291 - Gas turbine engine article having columnar microstructure: A gas turbine engine article includes a substrate extending between two circumferential sides, a leading edge, a trailing edge, an inner side for resisting hot engine exhaust gases, and an outer side. A gaspath layer is bonded to the inner side of the substrate and includes a metallic alloy having... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100247292 - System and method of cooling turbine airfoils with sequestered carbon dioxide: A turbine power generation system with enhanced cooling provided by a stream of carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide source and a method of using a stream of carbon dioxide to cool hot gas path components. The turbine power generating system includes a compressor, a combustor, a turbine, a generator,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100247293 - Variable area turbine vane arrangement: A ring vane nozzle for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a multiple of fixed turbine vanes between an inner vane ring and an outer vane ring and a multiple of rotational turbine vanes between the inner vane ring and the outer... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100247294 - Method and apparatus for turbine interstage seal ring: A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine including a seal member and an interstage seal ring including an axially forward member coupled to a first radially inward surface of a first disk and an axially aft member coupled to a second radially inward surface of a second disk, wherein... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100247295 - Tapered roller bearing: A two-row tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring (1) having an outer diameter of at least one meter, a first inner ring (2) and a second inner ring (3) that is disposed axially adjacent the first inner ring (2). A first set of conically-formed roller bodies (4) roll between... Agent: Skf Usa Inc.

20100247296 - Turbocharger: A sealing device 25 for prevention of exhaust gas in a scroll passage 8 from leaking via a gap 19 to a turbine impeller 4 is arranged upstream, in a travel direction of the exhaust gas, of through-holes 24 via which the vane shafts 16b extend through a rear exhaust... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100247297 - Active tip clearance control arrangement for gas turbine engine: An active tip clearance control (ATCC) apparatus of an aircraft gas turbine engine is situated within a pressurized core case of the engine. First and second portions of bypass air flow passing through the respective compressed core compartment and the ATCC apparatus, are isolated from one another in order to... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20100247298 - Turbine shroud: A turbine shroud (30) of a gas turbine engine comprises a plurality of arcuate shroud segments (31) combined into an annular configuration, each shroud segment including a main body (32) defining an inner circumferential surface opposing the tips of the turbine rotor blades (11a) at a small clearance and an... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100247299 - High pressure casing access cover: A closure device for a compressor having at least one access opening, wherein the closure device includes a plug portion disposeable at least partially within and configured to substantially obstruct the at least one access opening, a head portion having a shoulder surface extending generally radially outwardly with respect to... Agent: Edmonds Nolte, PC

20100247301 - Power converting device: A power converting device includes a main body having a heat producing part housed therein, a fan case having a cooling fan therein for cooling the heat producing part provided in the main body, and a housing portion in the main body which houses the fan case. The fan case... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100247300 - Reducing inter-seal gap in gas turbine: A device for reducing inter-seal gap in gas turbines. Embodiments of a gas turbine with a first arcuate component adjacent to a second arcuate component; a first slot and a connected second slot on an end of the first arcuate component; a first seal disposed into the first slot and... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100247302 - Wind energy system: A method and system for harvesting wind energy. The system may include a wind turbine disposed subjacent to a roof assembly of building. A plurality of conduits are adjacent to and extending below the wind turbine, wherein each of the plurality of conduits defines a first portion and a second... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20100247303 - Duct member based nozzle for turbine: A nozzle for a turbine includes a duct member having a substantially uniform wall thickness. Nozzles made of different materials can be used.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100247304 - Exhaust plenum for a turbine engine: An exhaust system for gas turbine engine is provided that reduces turbulence and backflow within the exhaust system and, thus, increases the efficiency of the turbine engine. In various embodiments, the system includes an exhaust plenum that provides a gradual expansion of the exhaust gases. The exhaust plenum may also... Agent: Ge Energy-global Patent Operation Fletcher Yoder PC

20100247306 - Gas turbine engine with 2.5 bleed duct core case section: A core case section for a gas turbine engine a multitude of discreet radial extending 2.5 bleed ducts defined in part by a structural wall.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100247307 - Housing for axial-flow fan: A housing for axial-flow fan includes a frame, a seat and a plurality of stationary blades. The frame has an air inlet and an air outlet. The seat is received in the frame and at a position where the air outlet is formed. Two ends of each stationary blade are... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100247305 - Vane configurations for steam dryers: A vane configuration for a steam dryer according to an example embodiment of the invention may include a plurality of primary vanes arranged in a radial pattern around (and spaced apart from) a center line. Each of the plurality of primary vanes may be a primary corrugated sheet having alternating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100247308 - Aerostatic bearing and method for production thereof: An aerostatic bearing and a linear compressor that includes the aerostatic bearing. In an exemplary embodiment, the aerostatic bearing includes a guide element including holes, and a body structured to move along a surface of the guide element. The holes may include a first section close to the body, of... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100247309 - Lamellar seal for a turbomachine: A lamellar seal for sealing a shaft which rotates around an axis, especially in a gas turbine, includes a multiplicity of lamella (13) which are spaced one beneath the other, arranged in a concentric circle around the axis, and fixed in their position, wherein the lamellae (13) by their surfaces... Agent: Cermak Nakajima LLP

20100239410 - Compressor: A compressor typically for use in a turbocharger comprises a downstream radial compressor impeller wheel, an upstream axial compressor impeller wheel and an intermediate stator. The compressor housing has an inlet with inner and outer walls that define between them an MWE gas flow passage. An upstream opening defined by... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20100239409 - Method of using and reconstructing a film-cooling augmentation device for a turbine airfoil: A method of using a film-cooling insert for a turbine airfoil is disclosed. The method includes forming an airfoil sidewall having a film-cooling hole that extends between an airfoil cooling circuit and an airfoil surface. The method also includes forming a film-cooling insert and disposing the film-cooling insert in the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100239411 - Dual-mode wind machine: A hybrid wind machine includes a fan shaft to drive a fan, and an electrical motor/generator combination, coupled to the first shaft, so as to allow the electrical motor/generator to drive the fan shaft when the wind machine is operating in a wind generating mode. Further, the coupling of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100239412 - Film-cooling augmentation device and turbine airfoil incorporating the same: A turbine airfoil is disclosed. The airfoil includes one of a turbine shroud, liner, vane or blade, including an airfoil sidewall having a film-cooling hole that extends between an airfoil cooling circuit and an airfoil surface. The airfoil also includes an insert disposed in the film-cooling channel having a body.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100239413 - Apparatus for turbine engine cooling air management: An exemplary embodiment of the invention is directed to a turbine engine having a first, rotatable turbine rotor assembly, a second, stationary nozzle assembly disposed adjacent thereto and a wheel space which is defined between the first, rotatable turbine rotor assembly and the second, stationary nozzle assembly. The wheel space... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100239414 - Apparatus for turbine engine cooling air management: An exemplary embodiment of the invention is directed to a turbine engine having a rotatable turbine rotor assembly, a stationary nozzle assembly disposed adjacent thereto and a wheel space defined therebetween. The wheel space receives cooling air therein and includes a sealing feature located on the first, rotatable turbine rotor... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100239415 - Spring system designs for active and passive retractable seals: A spring assembly for a retractable turbine rotor seal supported in an arcuate segment may include in one embodiment a first radially inner restraining plate having a lower surface adapted to engage a surface of a turbine stator, and a flat upper surface provide with an upstanding hub; a second... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20100239416 - Wind turbine nacelle: A nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle having a first height in its installed position and a second height in its transported position, the first height being higher than the second height, comprising a bottom part having a bottom face and two opposite side faces defining a space and... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20100239417 - Impeller: A pump impeller for a centrifugal pump The impeller is defined by a shroud rotatable about an axis of rotation At least two pump vanes extend axially from the shroud, each of the vanes configured as a blunted tear drop shape and having an inside wall and an outside wall,... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100239418 - Compressor diffuser: A diffuser for a turbine engine, including an annular casing to seal compressor discharge air and struts attached to the casing to delimit an annular array of intra-strut regions, is provided and includes a ring portion, including a ring shaped annular body with a forward face disposed on a forward... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100239419 - Slidable cover for casing access port: A closure device for a casing having at least one access opening wherein the closure device includes a cover member movably disposed within an interior chamber of the casing so as to be slidably displaceable along or in the direction of a casing central axis between an open and a... Agent: Edmonds Nolte, PC

20100232929 - Cooling arrangement for a turbine engine component: An example turbine component cooling arrangement includes a film plate having a plurality of film channels extending from film channel entrances on a first side of the film plate to corresponding film channel exits on an opposing second side of the film plate. The arrangement also includes an impingement plate... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100232928 - Method of optimizing a ducted anti-torque rotor of a rotorcraft, in particular a helicopter, to minimize acoustic annoyance, and a ducted anti-torque rotor obtained thereby: The present invention relates to a method of minimizing the noise emitted by a ducted rail rotor anti-torque device at a frequency FE and perceived at a frequency FP, in which method the diameter D, the number of blades b, and the tangential speed U of the rotor are determined... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100232930 - Gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine for highly efficient fuel consumption includes as elements a rotor, a stator and a spindle. The rotor includes a system of passageways, a combustion chamber, and a plurality of exhaust ports. The system of passageways comprises a plurality of axial passageways and radial passageways configured to... Agent: Gallagher & Kennedy, P. A.

20100232931 - Heat dissipation fan: A heat dissipation fan includes a base with a plurality of holes defined therein, a stator mounted on the base and being placed around the holes of the base, and an impeller rotatably attached to the base. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades, the hub includes... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20100232933 - Air fan damping structure: An air fan damping structure is installed on an air fan which has a fan frame. The fan frame has an air inlet, an air outlet and a housing space between them to hold a fan blade assembly. The damping structure includes a first buffer and a holding member located... Agent: Ching-ling Huang

20100232932 - Air inlet shroud structure: The present invention relates to a nacelle for a turbojet, comprising an air inlet structure capable of channelling a flow of air to a turbojet fan and a middle structure (5) comprising a casing (9) designed to encircle said fan, with the air inlet structure attached to it, said structure... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20100232935 - Air bleed in compressor with variable guide vanes: A guide vane for a compressor with an airfoil, and a base plate for mounting the guide vane to a compressor casing is provided. The base plate includes an air duct sized and configured to guide compressor air off the airfoil through the air duct. Further disclosed is a guide... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100232934 - Turbine singlet nozzle assembly with mechanical and weld fabrication: Embodiments of this invention include a nozzle assembly for a turbine, the nozzle assembly including an airfoil, inner and outer sidewalls, and inner and outer rings. Each of these sidewalls and rings are coupled together at an interface through a combination of a mechanical interconnection on one end and a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100232937 - Charging device, more preferably for a motor vehicle, with a variable turbine geometry: The invention relates to a charging device, more preferably a turbocharger, with a spring for clamping the guide blade carrier (9) against a stop device arranged opposite the spring such as for example a plurality of spacer elements (12) or the like. Particularly advantageous is the use of a cantilever... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100232936 - Variable stator vane contoured button: A variable stator vane airfoil is mounted on a button centered about a rotational axis and includes circular leading and trailing edges circumscribed about the rotational axis at a button radius. Contoured pressure and suction sides extend from the circular leading edge to the circular trailing edge and are recessed... Agent: Mr. Steven J. Rosen

20100232938 - Gas turbine having seal assembly with coverplate and seal: A gas turbine and a seal assembly for a machine having a rotating shaft, a wheel coupled to the rotating shaft, the wheel including a bucket coupled to the wheel comprising a coverplate that is fastened to the wheel and the bucket and a seal positioned between the coverplate and... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100232939 - Machine seal assembly: A machine and a seal assembly for a machine having a rotating shaft, a wheel coupled to the rotating shaft, the wheel including a bucket coupled to the wheel comprising a seal that extends along a side of the bucket and the wheel, covering an interface there between.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100232940 - Turbine engine shroud ring: In one embodiment, a system includes a turbine engine that includes a rotor including multiple blades. The turbine engine also includes a shroud disposed about the blades. The shroud includes multiple segments engaged with one another via mating teeth. The mating teeth are oriented in an axial direction along a... Agent: Ge Energy-global Patent Operation Fletcher Yoder PC

20100232941 - Turbine shroud support coupling assembly: A coupling assembly for a turbine shroud is provided. The coupling assembly comprises a rotatable positioning block having a first surface, and a biasing spring having a second surface, the second surface generally facing the first surface, and the biasing spring adapted to exert a force toward the positioning block... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100232942 - Arrangement for optimising the running clearance for turbomachines: An arrangement for optimizing the running clearance for turbomachines of the axial type, such as turbocompressors, gas turbines, and steam turbines, in particular for compressors of stationary gas turbines, by controlling the inner diameter, which is relevant to the running clearance, of at least one stator structure that surrounds a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100232943 - Buried casing treatment strip for a gas turbine engine: A multiple of circumferential grooves within said arcuate engine casing and an abradable material located radial inboard of the multiple of circumferential grooves.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100232944 - method and apparatus for gas turbine engine temperature management: A turbine engine has a compressor for delivery of compressed air to a combustor. The combustor delivers hot combustion gas through an outlet to a turbine. The turbine includes a nozzle assembly, downstream turbine blades, and shroud assemblies adjacent radially distal ends of turbine rotor blades. The nozzle and shroud... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100232946 - Divoted airfoil baffle having aimed cooling holes: A baffle insert for an internally cooled airfoil comprises a liner, a divoted segment and a plurality of cooling holes. The liner has a continuous perimeter formed to shape a hollow body having a first end and a second end. The divoted segment of the hollow body is positioned between... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100232947 - Impingement cooling arrangement for a gas turbine engine: There is disclosed an impingement cooling arrangement for a gas turbine engine (6), and an engine provided with such an arrangement. The cooling arrangement comprises at least part of a casing (21) configured to define a flowpath for the passage of hot gases through the engine, and a manifold (22)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100232945 - Turbomachine inlet heating system: A turbomachine system includes a compressor having a compressor intake and a compressor extraction outlet, and an inlet system fluidly connected to the compressor intake and the compressor extraction outlet. The inlet system includes a plenum having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion through an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100232948 - Fan housing: A fan housing includes a casing body, two air vents, an assembling portion, two supporting ribs and a side outlet. The air vents and assembling portion are formed in a base plate of the casing body. The assembling portion is surrounded by the air vents. The supporting ribs spaces out... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100232949 - Multi-stage centrifugal pump (axial face seal): An axial face seal (13), which seals a pump housing in the region of the pump shaft (12), is constructed in an axially compact manner. Spring holders (24, 25), which transmit the required pressing force of a compression spring (23), are connected to one another with a positive fit in... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20100232951 - Multi-stage centrifugal pump assembly (bearing carrier): A multi-stage centrifugal pump assembly which is manufactured in the same construction type with cast components on the one hand, and with a stainless steel lining formed of sheet metal on the other hand, includes a bearing carrier (13) which is designed and suitable for the connection of a cast... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20100232950 - Multi-stage centrifugal pump assembly (shaft): With the multi-stage centrifugal pump assembly, the connection between the motor shaft (7) and the pump shaft (9) is effected by way of a thread (26, 27), which joins the fits (31, 34) lying therebehind, between a pocket hole bore (24) in the pump-side end of the motor shaft (7)... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20100232952 - Turbo compressor in an axial type of construction: A turbo compressor in an axial type of construction is disclosed. The turbo compressor having a bladed stator and a bladed rotor, and having a longitudinally split compressor casing and a guide blade ring with adjustable guide blades. The guide blades are pivotably mounted about radial axes radially within their... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100232953 - Hybrid compressor: A hybrid gas compressor has at least one rotor and shroud which define a compressor gas path extending from an inlet to an outlet. The compressor includes at least two compression stages and one diffusion stage between the inlet and outlet, the compression stages including respective circumferential arrays of blades... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20100232954 - Bypass duct of a turbofan engine: In the area of the support struts and/or the aerodynamic fairings downstream of the stator vanes, the cross-section of the bypass duct of a turbofan engine is enlarged such that the pressure variations caused by the stagnation effect of the installations and reacting on the fan are reduced, enabling the... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100232955 - Housing for a radical compressor: A housing for a radial compressor is comprised of at least two housing parts manufactured of plastic material for receiving a compressor wheel and for forming a spiral-shaped compressor passage, wherein into the housing between compressor wheel receptacle and compressor passage an annular space is introduced that annularly surrounds the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20100232957 - Blower fan: A blower fan includes a housing having a compartment. A stator and an impeller are mounted in the compartment. The housing further includes an air inlet and an air outlet both communicated with the compartment. The impeller has a hub and a plurality of vanes coupled to the hub. Each... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100232958 - Nozzle box of axial flow turbine and axial flow turbine: A nozzle box 10 includes: a lead-in pipe 20; a bent pipe 30 connected to the lead-in pipe 20 and formed so as to change a direction of a channel center line 50 to an axial direction of a turbine rotor 212; and an annular pipe 40 connected to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100232956 - Turbine singlet nozzle assembly with radial stop and narrow groove: A nozzle assembly for a turbine including an airfoil, inner and outer sidewalls, and inner and outer rings is provided. The sidewalls and rings are coupled together using a weld and mechanical interconnection, including axial and radial mechanical stops to allow for an accurate assembly, to ensure correct radial and... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20100232959 - Bearing structure of rotating machine, rotating machine, method of manufacturing bearing structure, and method of manufacturing rotating machine: A bearing device includes a turbine-side bearing 21 and a compressor-side bearing 22 each of which is a floating-bush type sliding bearing. A gap (turbine-side inner peripheral clearance TI) between the turbine-side bearing 21 and a rotating shaft 13 is set to be larger than a gap (compressor-side inner peripheral... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100226749 - Fan assembly: A bladeless fan assembly includes a nozzle and a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage, a mouth for receiving the air flow from the interior passage, and a surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226750 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air outlet mounted on a stand. The stand includes a base and a body tiltable relative to the base. The fan assembly has a centre of gravity located so that when the base is located on a substantially horizontal support... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226751 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a device for creating an air flow and an air outlet for emitting the air flow, the air outlet being mounted on a pedestal including a base and a height adjustable stand. The base includes an oscillating mechanism for oscillating the stand and the air outlet.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226752 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air inlet, an air outlet, an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet. The air outlet includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226753 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a device for creating an air flow and an air outlet for emitting the air flow. The air outlet is mounted on a stand for conveying the air flow to the air outlet. The fan assembly also includes a tilt mechanism for tilting the air outlet... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226754 - Fan assembly: A pedestal for a fan assembly includes a telescopic duct for conveying an air flow to an outlet of the fan assembly. The duct includes an outer tubular member having a first stop member, an inner tubular member located at least partially within and slidable relative to the outer tubular... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226755 - Turbine vane for a gas turbine engine having serpentine cooling channels within the outer wall: A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine having an outer wall containing a plurality of serpentine cooling channels. The serpentine cooling channels may be configured to receive cooling fluids from internal cooling fluids supply channels. The serpentine cooling channels may be positioned in the pressure side and suction side... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100226757 - Instrumented component for combustion turbine engine: An instrumented component (18, 19) for use in various operating environments such as within a combustion turbine engine (10). The component (18, 19) may have a substrate, a sensor (50, 94, 134) connected with the substrate for sensing a condition of the component (18, 19) during operation of the combustion... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100226756 - Instrumented component for use in an operating environment: An instrumented component (18, 19) for use in various operating environments such as the hot gas path section of a combustion turbine engine (10). The component (18, 19) may have a substrate, a sensor (50, 204, 210) connected with the substrate for sensing a condition of the component (18, 19)... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100226758 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base includes an outer casing, a silencing member housed within the outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226759 - Bearing apparatuses, systems including same, and related methods: A bearing apparatus is disclosed. Such a bearing apparatus may comprise a rotor including at least one bearing element mounted to the rotor and a stator including at least one bearing element mounted to the stator. At least one compliant member may be positioned between at least one selected bearing... Agent: Holland & Hart

20100226760 - Turbine engine sealing arrangement: An example turbine engine sealing arrangement includes a blade array rotatable about an axis. The blade array has a plurality of blades extending radially from the axis. A control ring is circumferentially disposed about the blade array. A plurality of tiles are secured relative to the control ring and configured... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100226761 - Turbine airfoil with an internal cooling system having enhanced vortex forming turbulators: A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and having at least one cooling system. At least a portion of the cooling system may include one or more cooling channels having a plurality of turbulators protruding from an inner surface and positioned generally nonorthogonal and nonparallel to a longitudinal axis... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100226762 - Structural members in a pedestal array: A turbine engine component has a flow path wall and a support wall. The turbine engine component has at least one cooling compact heat exchanger. Each cooling compact heat exchanger has a pedestal array and at least one structural member within the pedestal array for preventing modal crossing in operation... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20100226764 - Fan: A floor standing pedestal fan for creating an air current includes a base housing an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow, an air outlet, and a telescopic duct for conveying the air flow to the air outlet.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226763 - Fan assembly: A bladeless fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The nozzle comprises an interior passage and a mouth for receiving the air flow from the interior passage and through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. The nozzle defines an... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226765 - Radial turbomolecular pump with electrostatically levitated rotor: A radial turbomolecular pump comprising an electrostatically levitated rotor with a high compression ratio and pump speed at a chip-scale level. The levitated rotor can be sandwiched between a stator plate and a driver and multiple concentric rings of microblades can be fabricated on the rotor plate and the stator... Agent: Honeywell/ortiz & Lopez Patent Services

20100226766 - Centrifugal blower: It is intended to provide a centrifugal blower capable of suppressing the generation of noise including periodic noise that is caused by interference between a tongue and an impeller. The centrifugal blower is provided with an impeller (2) provided with plural blades around a rotating shaft; a casing (3) which... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100226767 - Diffuser arrangement: A diffuser arrangement through which a fluid may flow is provided. The diffuser includes an outer diffuser comprising an inner surface, and a flow-guiding device, which is configured such that at least part of the boundary layer flow forming on the inner surface of the outer diffuser can be accelerated... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100226768 - Axial-flow turbine: The axial-flow turbine includes an extraction chamber 15 disposed on the outer circumference of a turbine blade chamber 12 and an extraction opening 16. An outer diaphragm 8 forming the downstream-side wall surface of the extraction chamber 15 is provided with a projection 21 formed more radially inwardly than the... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100226769 - Fan assembly: A bladeless fan assembly includes a nozzle mounted on a base housing a motor and an impeller driven by the motor for creating an air flow. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow, a mouth for emitting the air flow, and a plurality of stationary guide... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100226770 - Alignment device for gas turbine casings: In one embodiment, an alignment device may be configured to align a first turbine engine casing and a second turbine engine casing. The alignment device may include a fixed portion configured to be fixedly attached to the first turbine engine casing. The alignment device may also include a bridge portion... Agent: Ge Energy-global Patent Operation Fletcher Yoder PC

20100226771 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base comprises an outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100221096 - Computer system and program product for controlling vibrations: The computer programmable system and program product include first program instructions for actively driving a first imbalance mass concentration rotor and a second imbalance mass concentration rotor at a vibration canceling rotation frequency while controlling the rotational position of the first imbalance mass concentration and the second imbalance mass concentration... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20100221095 - Steam turbine and method for extracting moisture from a steam turbine: A steam turbine is disclosed which includes a casing containing a plurality of expansion stages, each including stator and rotor airfoils. Downstream of the stator airfoils of one or more expansion stages, the casing includes a slot arranged to receive moisture that concentrates on an end wall of the stator... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100221097 - Side channel compressor: The invention concerns a side channel compressor for compressing a gas, the side channel compressor comprising a housing (3), a side channel (30) located in the housing (3) for compressing a gas, a gas inlet opening which is formed in the housing (3) and is in flow connection with the... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20100221098 - Peripheral microcircuit serpentine cooling for turbine airfoils: A turbine component has an airfoil portion with at least one central core element, a pressure side wall, and a suction side wall. The airfoil portion also has a serpentine cooling passageway in at least one of the walls. In a preferred embodiment, the airfoil portion has a serpentine cooling... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20100221099 - Apparatus, methods, and/or systems relating to the delivery of a fluid through a passageway: A method of constructing an industrial machine such that, in operation, a supply of a fluid coolant through a hollow passageway is delivered at a reduced temperature, the method including the steps of: a) identifying at least a section of the hollow passageway that transports or is meant to transport... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20100221100 - Clustered inlet particle separator: A particle separator for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The particle separator includes flow dividers operable to divide flow in a gas turbine engine particle separator and flow scavengers operable to scavenge flow in a gas turbine engine particle separator.... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20100221101 - Support of flow deflection devices in wind turbines: Using flow deflection devices (FDD) or foils as part of wind and other turbines can add greatly to their performance, but designing the devices so that they fit together and on the turbines raises the need for new designs. This patent addresses the problem and describes solutions.... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20100221102 - Core reflex nozzle for turbofan engine: A turbofan engine is provided that includes a core nacelle at least partially surrounded by a fan nacelle. The core nacelle includes a reflex nozzle providing a core exit. The core nacelle includes a contour on its exterior surface upstream from the reflex nozzle. The contour is generally conical and... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100221103 - Turbomachine: A turbomachine is provided. The turbomachine includes a rotor, a stator and a plurality of blade discs mounted on the rotor. The rotor includes a turbulator cylinder where a plurality of turbulators are provided on a curved surface of the turbulator cylinder and the stator includes an annular shroud extending... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100221104 - Aircraft fluid diversion inlet louver: An inlet system, including for an auxiliary power unit includes an inlet louver mounted to an inlet duct, the inlet louver defines a multiple of vanes positioned to shield the inlet duct from fluids which fall in direction generally transverse to a free stream airflow.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100221105 - Staged centrifugal pump apparatus for pumping a viscous fluid: A pump apparatus comprising a series of stacked impellers rotating about a common axis, for pumping a viscous fluid mixture upwardly from an underground location. The pump apparatus comprises a generally cylindrical housing having an intake at or near its suction end. A plurality of impellers are mounted in the... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20100221106 - Apparatus for receiving and transferring kinetic energy from water flow: A tangential turbine is adapted for receiving kinetic energy from a flowing fluid and comprises a supporting shroud, a rotating runner having a hub and a plurality of radial blades spaced apart on the hub, and a means for controlling the receiving. In first embodiment the controlling means comprises a... Agent: Vladimir Anatol Shreider

20100221107 - Duct for changing direction of flow, particularly for turbocharger compressor inlet: A direction changing flow duct, for example, a compressor inlet duct (34) for a turbocharger compressor cover, wherein the direction of flow is made to change abruptly in a short distance. The direction changing segment is designed to provide a balanced output, optimize air flow, minimize pressure drop, and maintain... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20100221108 - Turbine nozzle assemblies: A nozzle assembly for a turbine that may include: (1) a nozzle-blade having inner and outer sidewalls and, in part, defining a flowpath upon assembly into the turbine; (2) an outer ring; (3) a flowsplitter having a horizontal extension; (4) an interface between the outer ring and the outer sidewall... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick