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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps July category listing 07/11

20110182712 - Method of controlling a wind power plant: It is presented a method for controlling the instantaneous power output from a wind power plant. Wind speed and wind directions are determined, wherein an upper limit power output for the specific wind speed and wind direction is determined from a previously measured power output value at the same wind... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20110182713 - Blower fan unit and blower fan system: A blower fan unit includes a housing, a fan, a support unit to support the housing rotatably, and a exhaust tube projecting from the outlet, the exhaust tube producing a reaction force by guiding the airflow toward an upstream side of movement of the peripheral surface synchronized with rotation of... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110182715 - Adjusting device for variable guide vanes and method of operation: A device, system, or method to position variable guide vanes disproportionately is provided. An adjusting device for guide vanes of an axial-flow machine, includes a plurality of rotatably mounted rings of variable guide vanes, a plurality of levers which are arranged on the outer sides of a guide vane carrier... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20110182714 - Exhaust gas turbocharger: An exhaust gas turbocharger includes a waste gate valve and an adjusting device for adjusting the waste gate valve. The adjusting device is connected to the waste gate valve and disposed on a housing of the exhaust gas turbocharger. The adjusting device is fastened to the housing of the exhaust... Agent:

20110182716 - System for controlling variable geometry apparatuses in a turbine engine: A control system for controlling at least two variable-geometry devices of a turbomachine, and a turbomachine including such a control system, the system including an actuator that actuates both devices; one of the devices including at least one stage of variable-pitch stator vanes, and the other device being an air-bleed... Agent: Snecma

20110182717 - Turbocharger: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG), comprising a multiplicity of guide blades (7). Each guide blade (7) has a blade lever (19, 19′), wherein the center plane (Em2) of an intermediate region (24; 24′) of the blade lever (19, 19′) is arranged so as... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20110182718 - Centrifugal pump assembly: A centrifugal pump assembly with at least one impeller (8) and with a thrust bearing (44) which includes a rotating (50) and a stationary (48) bearing part. The rotating (50) as well as the stationary (48) bearing part are designed in a self-aligning manner.... Agent: Grundfos Management A/s

20110182719 - Method and appartus for labyrinth seal packing rings: A seal assembly for a turbomachine may include at least one arcuate plate coupled to an interior surface of a stationary housing; a circumferentially-segmented packing ring disposed intermediate to a rotor and the plate; a plurality of arcuate teeth disposed intermediate to the ring and the rotor, wherein a clearance... Agent: General Electric Company

20110182720 - Gas turbine shroud with ceramic abradable coatings: There is provided a gas turbine shroud including a ceramic abradable coating used as a gap adjusting component that can reduce a fluid leakage from a gap and increase turbine efficiency. A gas turbine ceramic abradable coating includes a bond layer, a thermal barrier ceramic layer, and a porous ceramic... Agent:

20110182721 - Sealing arrangement for a gas turbine engine: The present invention relates to a sealing arrangement between a stator assembly and a rotor 12 of a gas turbine engine, the rotor 12 being rotatable about an engine axis, the stator assembly comprising vanes 22 provided at their radially inner ends with a vane support structure 28 which comprises... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110182722 - Turbocharger: The turbocharger has a sealing device for prevention of fluid leakage from high to low pressure sides through a radially extending annular gap 15 formed between a shroud 10 and a shroud-confronting portion 14 which constitute the turbocharger, the sealing device having a frustoconical disc spring seal member 24 arranged... Agent: Ihi Corporation

20110182723 - Turbomachine aircraft propeller: The invention relates to an aircraft propeller (1) comprising a turbomachine (8) housed in a nacelle (10) and a cooler (14) capable of being traversed by a hot fluid, which is to be cooled by thermal exchange with cold air external to the cooler. The propeller (1) comprises an air... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s)

20110182724 - Cooling system of ring segment and gas turbine: A cooling system of a ring segment for a gas turbine, which includes first cooling passages disposed in an axial direction of the rotating shaft of a main body of the segment body, second cooling passages disposed at one end portion in a direction approximately perpendicular to the first cooling... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110182725 - Refrigerant pump assembly: A refrigerant pump assembly includes a drive motor (2) and a centrifugal pump (4). The centrifugal pump (4) is surrounded by a tubular container (18) which with a first axial end is sealingly connected to a motor housing of the drive motor (2) and at an opposite axial end (20)... Agent: Grundfos Management A/s

20110182726 - As-cast shroud slots with pre-swirled leakage: A system for forming a seal slot in a shroud assembly has a first element having a longitudinally extending slot and a second element having a longitudinally extending slot for receiving a portion of the first element. The first element has a pair of opposed surfaces and the second element... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20110182727 - Turbojet engine nacelle: The invention relates to a nacelle (1) for a turbojet engine, comprising: —an air intake structure able to channel a flow of air towards a fan of the turbojet engine and comprising at least one longitudinal outer panel (40) incorporating an air intake lip (4a), —a middle structure (5) intended... Agent: Aircelle

20110182728 - Nacelle equipped with a device for detecting the locking state of a locking device: The present invention relates to a nacelle comprising a mid-section and an aft-section formed from two half-shells (9a) interconnected by a locking device (10) actuated by an operating handle (13) equipped with a secondary locking system comprising a latching member (19) for latching said operating handle in its locking position,... Agent: Aircelle

20110182729 - Leaf seals: A leaf seal 10 for location between a higher-pressure region and a lower pressure region of a rotary machine is configured so that radial movement of the free ends of the leaves 20 during operation of the rotary machine affects the aerodynamic forces acting upon the leaves 20. In particular,... Agent:

20110176908 - Method and apparatus for efficiently generating and extracting power from an air flow to do useful work: This invention relates to a clean, efficient, substantially isentropic method and apparatus for transforming the internal energy of a mass flow of a fluid, such as air, into increased flow kinetic energy and then efficiently transferring this additional kinetic energy to a power take-off means for doing useful work. The... Agent:

20110176907 - Multi-piece turbocharger bearing: An exemplary multi-piece bearing for a turbocharger includes a cylindrical piece that has a coefficient of thermal expansion, opposing ends and an outer surface and an inner surface that extend between the opposing ends where the outer surface includes one or more lubricant openings; an end piece that has a... Agent:

20110176909 - Vehicle hydraulic control unit: A vehicle hydraulic control unit capable of preventing a vane from being pulled into a vane groove when a vane pump driven by an engine stops. The present hydraulic control unit supplies discharge oil in an external pump to a vane back pressure chamber of a vane pump, when an... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110176910 - Turbomolecular pump with a flexible mount: The flexibly-mounted turbomolecular pump comprises a leaktight casing mounted on a structure via a mechanical damper, a vertical support driven by an electric motor, radial magnetic bearings, an axial magnetic bearing, radial detectors, an axial detector, an emergency mechanical bearing, and a control module comprising power supply circuits and servo-control... Agent: Societe De Mecanique Magnetique

20110176911 - Assembling titanium and steel parts by diffusion welding: A method of assembling together titanium parts and steel parts by diffusion welding, the method interposing two thin layers of niobium or vanadium and copper respectively between a titanium part and a steel part, evacuating the assembly of parts and interposed metal layers, and subjecting the assembly to hot isostatic... Agent: Snecma

20110176912 - Turbocharger and holding disk therefor: The invention describes a holding disk for use in turbochargers, in particular for diesel engines, said holding disk consisting of an iron-based alloy having an austenitic base structure with dendritic carbide precipitations.... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20110176913 - Non-linear asymmetric variable guide vane schedule: A variable inlet guide vane arrangement for a compressor includes a case defining an inlet of the compressor; at least one vane support coaxially disposed within the case; a plurality of vanes circumferentially disposed around the circumference of the case, each vane being pivotally mounted between the case and the... Agent:

20110176914 - Turbocharger and blade bearing ring therefor: A blade bearing ring for turbocharger application in diesel engines is described, which consists of an iron-based alloy with an austenitic basic structure having dendritic carbide precipitations.... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20110176915 - Blade for a water turbine: A turbine blade is described which includes a blade root;a blade tip; a leading edge extending from the blade root to the blade tip; a trailing edge extending from the blade root to the blade tip; a blade root chord defined as a straight line between the leading edge and... Agent: Atlantis Resources Corporation Pte Ltd.

20110176916 - Centrifugal fan and impeller thereof: A centrifugal fan includes a housing defining an inner space therein and an impeller rotatably received in the inner space of the housing. The impeller includes a hub, a blade ring surrounding the hub, a plurality of first blades extending from the hub to the blade ring, and a plurality... Agent: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.

20110176917 - Exhaust gas diffuser wall contouring: A diffuser for diffusing the exhaust gas produced by an engine is provided. The diffuser includes a wall or walls defining sections of the diffuser, the diffuser including a first section and a second section following the first section, wherein the rate of increase of the cross-sectional area of the... Agent:

20110176918 - Turbine: To provide a turbine that is capable of deforming (tilting) of a support portion (more specifically, a circular-truncated cone portion). A turbine that is provided with a vertically divided casing that is divided into two portions in a longitudinal direction and a support portion that supports a stator-blade ring disposed... Agent:

20110171004 - Cross-flow fan, blower and molding machine for impeller: A cross-flow fan is formed by stacking in the direction of the central axis line a plurality of impellers including a plurality of blades. A cross section of a blade perpendicular to the rotational central line is formed to decrease from a first reference plane of the blade toward the... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20110171005 - Steam turbine: According to an embodiment, at least one first outer ring has an annular outer ring cavity to which external cooling steam is supplied. A radial direction cooling hole connecting with the outer ring cavity is formed in the stator blades connected to the first outer ring. An annular inner ring... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110171006 - Turbine engine bypass fan-bleed noise reduction: Apparatuses are provided for reducing noise generation from a dead ended conduit in a gas turbine engine. In particular A scooped bellmouth is provided that comprises a bellmouth within a surface having an outer perimeter an inner perimeter and a ramp diverging from the surface at a first end, the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110171007 - Convertible fan system: A convertible fan system is disclosed having a fan rotor with a plurality of fan blades having an arcuate splitter that forms a portion of an inner flow passage and an outer flow passage wherein an inner portion of the fan blade pressurizes an inner flow in the inner flow... Agent:

20110171008 - Turbocharger and adjustment ring therefor: An adjustment ring for turbocharger applications, particularly in diesel engines, is described, which consists of an iron-based alloy with an austenitic basic structure with dendritic carbide precipitations.... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20110171009 - Variable-vane assembly having unison ring guided radially by rollers and fixed members, and restrained axially by one or more fixed axial stops: A variable-vane assembly for a variable nozzle turbine comprises a nozzle ring supporting a plurality of vanes affixed to vane arms that are engaged in recesses in the inner edge of a unison ring. The unison ring is rotatable about the axis of the nozzle ring so as to pivot... Agent: Honeywell International, Inc.

20110171010 - Sealing system between a shroud segment and a rotor blade tip and manufacturing method for such a segment: An arrangement including a turbine blade is provided. The turbine blade includes at least a root, an airfoil and a tip which is mounted to a rotor by means of the root. The rotor extends along a machine axis. The arrangement also includes a circumferential casing segment which includes a... Agent:

20110171011 - Blade outer air seal formed of stacked panels: A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine has a plurality of stacked panels extending for at least a part circumferential extent, and extending from a radially outer location to a radially inner location. The plurality of stacked panels are mounted together. A turbine section is also claimed.... Agent:

20110171012 - Rotating machinery with damping system: One embodiment of the present invention is a damping system for rotating machinery such as gas turbine engines. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for damping systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and... Agent:

20110171013 - Shroud seal segments arrangement in a gas turbine: A gas turbine is provided that includes a rotor which is rotatable around an axis and equipped with rotor blades, and which is concentrically enclosed at a distance by a casing, which is equipped with stator blades, forming an annular hot gas passage. Rings with stator blades and rotor blades... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd.

20110171014 - Nacelle comprising at least one surge trap: The invention relates to a nacelle for a turbojet engine, comprising a rear section forming an outer structure which defines, together with a concentric inner structure (4) comprising an inner panel (10) for surrounding a downstream part of the turbojet engine, an annular flow channel for a so-called secondary flow.... Agent: Aircelle

20110171015 - Centrifugal compressor and fabricating method thereof: Provided is a centrifugal compressor. In the centrifugal compressor, a plurality of sub-compressors each of which includes an impeller are connected in parallel to increase a compression capacity, the plurality of sub-compressors are each assembled to a single common shaft that is rotated by a driving unit, and the impellers... Agent:

20110171016 - Austenitic ductile cast iron: The invention provides an austenitic ductile cast iron alloy composition including about 2.2% to about 2.4% by weight carbon; about 3.5% to about 4.0% by weight silicon; about 28% to about 29% by weight nickel; about 2.5% to about 3.0% by weight chromium; about 0.9% to about 1.1% by weight... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110171017 - Exhaust-gas turbocharger: The present invention relates to an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2) and having a mani-fold section (3) which is connected to the turbine housing (2), wherein the turbine housing (2) and the manifold section (3) are formed as a single-piece cast part.... Agent: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

20110171018 - Turbine nozzle assembly: In exemplary embodiments, a nozzle can include a first flow wall, a second flow wall and a vane disposed between the first and second flow walls, wherein the vane is mechanically coupled to the first flow wall and in contact with the second flow wall.... Agent: General Electric Company

20110171019 - Locking device comprising a telescopic connecting rod equipped with return means: The present invention relates to a locking device (10) designed to fixedly attach a first element (9a) to a second element, comprising a locking member (12) intended to equip the first element, an additional locking element intended to equip the second element, and a control handle (13) connected to the... Agent: Aircelle

20110171020 - Turbo compressor/journal foil bearings with axial retainers: An apparatus and method for maintaining separation of two journal foil bearing assemblies, where each journal foil bearing assembly comprises one or more foils with lugs formed thereon for insertion into axial grooves of a bore, the means comprising a pin for insertion into each groove so that an edge... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110164958 - Centrifugal reverse flow disk turbine and method to obtain rotational power thereby: A centrifugal reverse flow disk turbine for power generation, comprising; a) a turbine shaft; b) a disk rotor disposed on said turbine shaft; c) a housing, having said turbine shaft and said disk rotor, bearings, seal devices, and at least one jet nozzle means; d) a plurality of radially engraved... Agent:

20110164957 - Method and apparatus for double flow turbine first stage cooling: A cooling path is defined through a double-flow steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a generator end and a turbine end and a double-flow tub diaphragm disposed axially between the generator end and the turbine end. A first stage of the steam turbine includes a plurality of first stage nozzles... Agent:

20110164959 - Fan: A bladeless fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base housing a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the base and a mouth through which the air flow is... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20110164960 - Heat transfer enhancement in internal cavities of turbine engine airfoils: An airfoil includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side; a plurality of internal cooling cavities extending radially within the airfoil, one of the plurality of internal cavities extending along the trailing edge. The trailing edge is provided with a plurality of coolant exit... Agent: General Electric Company

20110164961 - Coating system for clearance control in rotating machinery: The invention relates to gas turbine engine seal systems having a rotating member with an abrasive tip surface disposed in rub relationship to a stationary seal member with an abradable surface. The abrasive tip surface is coated with a metallic alloy matrix having ceramic abrasive particles embedded in and projecting... Agent:

20110164962 - Turbine blade with tip brush seal: A turbine rotor blade with a brush seal formed between the blade tip and an outer shroud to form a seal for a blade outer air seal. The brush seal includes fibers made from a high temperature resistant material that has long wear life such as fibers of alumina-boria-silicate in... Agent: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.

20110164963 - Coating system for clearance control in rotating machinery: The invention relates to gas turbine engine seal systems having a rotating member with an abrasive tip surface disposed in rub relationship to a stationary seal member with an abradable surface. The abrasive tip surface is coated with a metallic alloy matrix having ceramic abrasive particles embedded in and projecting... Agent:

20110164964 - Sealing and purging arrangement for a main bearing region: Apparatus for sealing and purging a bearing region includes a bearing housing having at least one hole that allows a flow of air to flow through the at least one hole, and at least one bearing seal that allows the flow of air to flow through the at least one... Agent: General Electric Company

20110164966 - Method and apparatus to improve wake flow and power production of wind and water turbines: A wake flow injector method and apparatus are presented to improve the power production of wind and water turbines by directly injecting higher-energy fluid or air directly into the wake flow region behind the rotor or turbine.... Agent:

20110164965 - Steam turbine stationary component seal: A steam turbine and a seal member between stationary components of a steam turbine are disclosed. The seal member is annular, with a cross-section having an elongated seal member and bulbous ends that are adapted to be inserted into grooves in the stationary components to form point seals between the... Agent: General Electric Company

20110164967 - Axial flow machine having an asymmetrical compressor inlet guide baffle: An axial flow machine having an asymmetrical air inlet and, downstream therefrom, a compressor having an inlet guide baffle composed of guide vanes is characterized in that at least some of the guide vanes of the inlet guide baffle have a vane profile and/or an angle of attack that deviate(s)... Agent: Mtu Aero Engines Gmbh

20110164968 - Impeller for centrifugal pump and pump including the same: A centrifugal pump impeller 11 includes an impeller body in which an inner channel 35 is formed, and a single centrifugal vane 37 provided in the impeller body so as to have a leading edge at an outlet and a trailing edge at a predetermined point of an outer periphery... Agent: Shinmaywa Industries, Ltd.

20110164969 - Method for producing a vane, such a vane and a stator component comprising the vane: A method for producing a vane for application in a component in a gas turbine engine includes casting at least one of a vane leading edge part and a vane trailing edge part and connecting the leading edge part and the trailing edge part.... Agent: Volvo Aero Corporation

20110164970 - Stator blade for a turbomachine, especially a stream turbine: The invention relates to a stator blade (4) of a turbomachine, especially of a steam turbine, which has the following geometric features. A lean curvature, a swept curvature, a twist in the radial direction of the respective blade (4), a hub-side circumferential step (14) which in the direction of flow... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20110164971 - nozzle stage for a turbomachine compressor: The invention relates to a nozzle stage for a turbomachine compressor, the stage comprising two coaxial shrouds, a radially inner shroud and a radially outer shroud, and radial vanes extending between the shrouds and being connected via their ends to the shrouds, together with a support for abradable material that... Agent: Snecma

20110164972 - Hollow steam guide diffuser having increased pressure recovery: A steam turbine includes a diffuser that has a bearing cone and an inner plate of a steam guide that define a passage through which steam flows. An outer plate is disposed with respect to the inner plate such that an opening is located between the inner and outer plates.... Agent: General Electric Company

20110164973 - Pump housing support: A pump housing support for use in a pump assembly, the pump assembly including a plurality of component parts which include a seal housing, a drive shaft having a rotation axis, an impeller and a pump housing, the pump housing which includes a main liner. The pump housing support comprises:... Agent:

20110164974 - Compressor and method for operating a compressor and fuel cell device with a compressor: A compressor with a housing having an air guide section and a bearing section, and a moving part having a compressor wheel and a shaft connected to the compressor wheel in a pivot-proof manner. The shaft is pivot-supported in the bearing section, and the compressor wheel is accommodated in a... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC