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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps October categorized by USPTO classification 10/11

20110262265 - Installation having a thermal transfer arrangement: A gas turbine engine 2 is installed in a nacelle 4 to define a bay 16 which is ventilated by air entering the bay 16 through an intake 27. A partition 28 in the bay 16 includes a permeable wall 34 provided with flow passages 36 which direct the air... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110262266 - Linear actuator for a variable-geometry member of a turbocharger, and a turbocharger incorporating same: A linear actuator for a variable-geometry member of a turbocharger comprises a fixed portion and a movable portion that can undergo primary translational movement along a longitudinal axis and secondary rotational movement about one or more other axes. A sensor assembly is included, comprising a permanent magnet fixedly mounted on... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110262267 - Energy efficient air conditioning system: An energy efficient air conditioning system preferably includes a compressor, a reaction turbine, an electrical generator, an expansion device, an evaporator coil, an evaporator fan and a refrigerant gas. A condenser coil and fan are replaced with the reaction turbine. Hot high pressurized gas is piped into the reaction turbine... Agent:

20110262268 - Turbo-machine with blade wheels: The invention describes a turbo-machine with blade wheels, comprising a housing (2), a rotor (4) which is held in a rotatable manner by the housing (1), at least two rotatably arranged blades which are distributed uniformly along a circular line of the rotor (4) and which are mounted with their... Agent:

20110262269 - Valves for gas-turbines and multipressure gas-turbines, and gas-turbines therewith: A multiport valve suitable for use with a gas-turbine allowing switching of a mode of gas-turbine operation between a Brayton cycle and an inverse Brayton cycle, and a gas-turbine configured to switch between a high-pressure operation mode according to a Brayton cycle and a low-pressure operation mode according to an... Agent: Etv Energy Ltd.

20110262270 - Nacelle equipped with at least one excess pressure flap: The present invention relates to a jet engine nacelle (1), of the type comprising an aft section forming an external structure (2) which, together with a concentric internal structure (4) comprising an internal panel (10) intended to surround a down-stream portion of the jet engine, defines an annular flow duct... Agent: Aircelle

20110262271 - Axial fan: An axial fan is provided. The axial fan includes a hub, an impeller having a plurality of blades mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hub, and a housing surrounding the impeller. Each of the blades has a front edge angle (α) within a range of −8° to −20°,... Agent: Minebea Co., Ltd.

20110255951 - Axial thrust balanced impeller for use with a downhole electrical submersible pump: An electrical submersible pumping system having a pump, a motor, a shaft connecting the pump and motor. Coaxially stacked rotating impellers and stationary diffusers are coaxially housed within the pump. Radial ports are formed in a hub of the diffusers that direct fluid pressurized by an impeller to a cavity... Agent: Baker Hughes Incorporated

20110255952 - Compressor gas flow deflector and compressor incorporating the same: A turbocharger compressor includes a compressor housing having a housing wall that includes a shroud that defines a central air channel and a compressor inlet in fluid communication with the central channel and an inlet duct. It also includes a compressor wheel configured to draw air into the compressor inlet... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20110255953 - Turbo machine and method to reduce vibration in turbo machines: A turbo machine (1) comprises a casing (2) and a first volute tongue (12), an impeller (3) with at least one vane (4), and a flow splitter plate (5) comprising a second volute tongue (13) for splitting a flow of a fluidic medium produced by the impeller. The flow splitter... Agent: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepastnatuurwetenscappelijk Onderzoek Tno

20110255954 - Fluid-driven mill: A fluid-driven mill includes: a supporting unit including a vertical shaft and a plurality of stoppers; and a plurality of vertical plate members, each of which is pivoted to the supporting unit so as to be rotatable relative to the supporting unit about a corresponding rotational axis which is parallel... Agent:

20110255955 - Charging device: A charging device may include a turbine housing and a bearing housing. The bearing housing may have a bearing arrangement for a shaft carrying a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel. A gasket may be arranged by metal-to-metal connection between a radially orientated flat surface of the turbine housing and... Agent:

20110255956 - Gas turbine having cooling insert: A gas turbine including a plurality of rotor blades assembled into rotor blade rows and arranged on a turbine shaft and including a plurality of guide vanes assembled into guide van rows and mounted on a turbine housing by means of a guide van carrier is provided. The guide vane... Agent:

20110255957 - Fan with reduced noise: Four tapered portions are formed on an end portion of an inner wall surface of an air channel at four locations corresponding to four corners of the profile of a surface of a housing where a suction port is formed. The four tapered portions are each inclined outwardly in a... Agent: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.

20110255958 - Seal member for hot gas path component: A seal member for a hot gas path component in a gas turbine system is provided. The seal member includes a first seal pin, a second seal pin spaced from the first seal pin, and at least one cross-member. The at least one cross-member has a first end and a... Agent: General Electric Company

20110255959 - Turbine alignment control system and method: A turbine that includes a rotor, an inner turbine shell, an outer turbine shell, and a sliding engagement between the inner turbine shell and the outer turbine shell. The inner turbine shell is a single piece construction that completely surrounds at least a portion of the rotor, and the outer... Agent: General Electric Company

20110255960 - Specialty pump with heat exchanger and system: A specialty pump and heat exchange system having a fluid pump driven by a gear assembly. The fluid pump has a pump casing and an inboard head that form a fluid passageway when connected together. The gear assembly uses lubricant in the transmission and that lubricant is cooled by being... Agent:

20110255962 - Diffuser having blades with apertures: A diffuser for a mixed flow or centrifugal compressor of a gas turbine. The diffuser includes at least one vane presenting a pressure side, a suction side, and a first flank. The vane includes a plurality of orifices opening out into the suction side and/or the pressure side and communicating... Agent: Turbomeca

20110255961 - Solid feed guide apparatus for a solid feed pump: In one embodiment, a system includes a solid feed pump. The solid feed pump includes a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, a curved passage disposed between the rotor and the housing, an inlet port coupled to the curved passage, an outlet port coupled to the curved passage, a... Agent: General Electric Company

20110255964 - Bypass duct of a turbofan engine: On a turbofan engine, at least one of the downstream guide vanes (1) of the downstream guide vane assembly (2) arranged behind the fan in the bypass duct, and a fairing element (3) arranged behind a downstream guide vane, are provided as a combined—one-piece and aerodynamically shaped—vane and fairing element... Agent: Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg

20110255963 - Centrifugal compressor: Provided is a centrifugal compressor having improved operation performance to improve durability. The centrifugal compressor includes an impeller connected to a rotary shaft and configured to radially eject a fluid suctioned in an axial direction upon rotation thereof; a shroud configured to cover front and rear sides of the impeller... Agent:

20110255965 - Fan structure and stator module therefor: A fan structure comprises a stator module and a fan frame, the stator module comprises a fixing plate, an insulating holder, and a stator core. The fixing plate has a first surface, an opposite second surface and at least one fixing portion formed on the second surface and having a... Agent:

20110255966 - Arrangement comprising a shaft seal: A shaft seal for sealing a gap between a shaft and a casing is provided. The shaft seal includes a plurality of sealing modules, at least one fluid supply and one fluid drain, and a first main seal on which a major partial pressure difference occurs. Conventional shaft seals of... Agent:

20110250047 - Airflow from a blower with one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for improving the airflow exiting a blower that has one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower that include: determining a rotational speed of an impeller in... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110250048 - Airflow from a blower with one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for improving the airflow exiting a blower that has one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower that include: determining a rotational speed of an impeller in... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110250049 - Airflow from a blower with one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for improving the airflow exiting a blower that has one or more adjustable guide vanes that are affixed to the blower at one or more pivot points located in an outlet of the blower that include: determining a rotational speed of an impeller in... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110250050 - Single fan tray in a midplane architecture: A chassis may include a front section that contains a first electronic circuit board oriented in a first plane, a rear section that contains a second electronic circuit board oriented in a second plane, where the first plane and the second plane are substantially orthogonal, a midplane dividing the front... Agent: Juniper Networks, Inc.

20110250046 - Turbofan engine performance recovery system and method: Methods and apparatus are provided for improving engine performance in a turbofan gas turbine engine following foreign object ingestion in turbofan gas turbine engines that include an intake fan that includes a plurality of fan blades, and that is disposed within and surrounded by a fan case. The occurrence of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110250051 - Fc fan flow measurement system: An airflow volume sensing means for determining the flow rate through a fan includes a curved inlet cone with a pressure sensor at the minimum diameter of the cone, wherein the flow volume sensing means is particularly suited for FC centrifugal fans (centrifugal fans with forward curved fan blades). With... Agent: Trane International Inc.

20110250052 - Rotor imbalance load limiting system and method: Methods and apparatus are provided for limiting the load on a rotor support structure when a rotationally mounted rotor becomes imbalanced. The rotor is rotationally mounted within a plurality of circumferentially spaced variable volume hydraulic fluid receptacles that at least engage the rotor and have hydraulic fluid disposed therein. Each... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110250053 - Fluid turbines: Shrouded fluid turbines of various configurations are disclosed. The shrouded fluid turbines include an impeller, a turbine shroud surrounding the impeller, and an ejector shroud around the turbine shroud. The ejector shroud may completely surround the turbine shroud. The turbine shroud may have a plurality of mixing lobes that form... Agent:

20110250054 - Device for controlling maintenance actuators for the cowlings of a turbojet engine nacelle: The invention relates to a device (9) for controlling the maintenance actuators (7a, 7b) of the cowlings of a turbojet engine nacelle of an aircraft, that comprises a first stage (12) to be connected to an electric power network (10) of the aircraft, at least one second power stage (13a,... Agent: Aircelle

20110250055 - Ring diffusor for an axial turbomachine: A ring diffuser for an axial turbomachine is provided. The ring diffuser includes an outer wall and an inner wall coaxial thereto, between which a diffuser channel extends in a ring shape along an axial extension from an inflow-side end diverging to an outflow-side end, wherein the inner wall and... Agent:

20110250056 - Circumferential sealing arrangement: A circumferential sealing arrangement is disclosed herein. The circumferential sealing arrangement includes a seal runner operable to be fixed to a structure for concurrent rotation with the structure about an axis. The circumferential sealing arrangement also includes a housing that encircles the seal runner or is encircled by the seal... Agent:

20110250057 - Radial pre-swirl assembly and cooling fluid metering structure for a gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine comprises a pre-swirl structure coupled to a shaft cover structure and located radially between a supply of cooling fluid and a flow path. The pre-swirl structure defines a flow passage and includes a plurality of swirl members in the flow passage. A flow direction of cooling... Agent:

20110250058 - Turbine nozzle apparatus and associated method of manufacture: A turbine nozzle is constructed from a plurality of associated circumferential turbine nozzle segments each of which incorporates at least one pre-formed annular-segment passage bounded at a first azimuthal boundary by a first portion of a first bounding nozzle vane, and at a second azimuthal boundary by a second portion... Agent:

20110250059 - Centrifugal pump: In a centrifugal pump, in particular a radial or semi-axial pump including a housing with a pump chamber and a dry chamber, a drive shaft rotatably supported in the housing and connected to an impeller for pumping a liquid flow medium disposed in the pump chamber and a shaft seal... Agent:

20110250060 - Blower: A blower drawing air into the air path and discharging air to the discharge duct, including: a frame forming an outer shell; a fan driven by a motor and having a fan outlet, inside the frame; a duct connection part having a duct connection opening, connected to the discharge duct,... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110250062 - Fluid turbine: A fluid turbine comprises a turbine shroud and an optional ejector shroud. The turbine shroud and/or the ejector shroud are formed from a hard shell and a membrane. The hard shell forms a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an interior surface of the shroud. The membrane forms an exterior... Agent:

20110250061 - Stationary vane assembly for a turbine engine having a reduced weight, and turbine engine comprising at least one such stationary vane assembly: A stationary vane assembly of a turbine engine including an inner casing and a high-pressure turbine guide vane assembly including at least two angular sectors including blades, the angular sectors being fixed on the casing, each angular sector including a platform and a fastening tab. The fastening tab protrudes from... Agent: Snecma

20110250063 - Support bar for steam turbine nozzle assembly: A support bar for a steam turbine nozzle assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the support bar includes a hook-shaped portion for engaging a lip portion of a steam turbine diaphragm, wherein the steam turbine support bar is configured to non-affixedly join a steam turbine casing to the steam turbine... Agent: General Electric Company

20110250064 - Shroud vortex remover: Tip shrouds on last stage buckets for condensing steam turbines may create significant blockage and form a vortex at the wall of the steam guide of the diffuser, causing the steam flow to separate from the wall of the steam guide. Vortex formation reduces the effective flow area for the... Agent: General Electric Company

20110250065 - Centrifugal fan: An exemplary centrifugal fan includes a casing defining an air outlet, and an impeller in the casing. An air channel is defined in the casing between a sidewall of the casing and outermost free ends of the impeller. The sidewall includes a first curved section adjoining a second curved section.... Agent: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.

20110250066 - Peripheral control ejector: A system for augmenting ducted fan thrust is provided, the system including a peripheral ejector comprised of inner and outer cowling members. With the addition of actuators mounted between the trailing edges of the inner and outer cowling members, the system may be used to generate control moments in the... Agent: Aerofex, Inc.

20110250067 - Shaft seal: A shaft seal of the rotating wheel shaft of a turbomachine includes a rotating wheel-side seal and a bearing-side seal between the bearing housing and the shaft. An oil outlet chamber is arranged between the rotating wheel-side seal and the bearing-side seal. The oil outlet chamber is delimited by a... Agent: Abb Turbo Systems Ag

20110243708 - Methods, systems and apparatus relating to tip clearance calculations in turbine engines: A method of calculating the tip clearance during operation of a combustion turbine engine that includes the steps of: measuring a cold tip clearance and a cold shell-to-shell distance; while the combustion turbine engine is operating, measuring an operating parameter and measuring a shell-to-shell distance with a proximity sensor; calculating... Agent: General Electric Company

20110243709 - Non-integral platform and damper for an airfoil: A section of a gas turbine engine includes a damper which extends from a disk between a first blade and a second blade to provide a dissipating vibratory motion energy in the form of friction heating.... Agent:

20110243710 - Turbo compressor and turbo refrigerator: A turbo compressor is provided including: a pump which sends lubricant stored in an oil tank having an open portion; and a control valve which adjusts the flow rate of the lubricant returning to the oil tank by dividing the stream of the lubricant sent from the pump; and an... Agent:

20110243711 - Interior cooling channels: Cooling channels through the interior of a machine component that include: a first set of cooling channels, the first set of cooling channels including a plurality of parallel channels that reside in a first plane; a second set of cooling channels, the second set of cooling channels including a plurality... Agent: General Electric Company

20110243712 - Bearing vibration measuring device for a turbomachine: A bearing vibration measuring device for a turbo machine in which an outer housing and an inner housing are held concentrically at a distance from one another by way of at least one strut is provided. A bearing housing is disposed which is accessible from the outer housing through a... Agent:

20110243713 - Fan control circuit: A fan control circuit includes a first switch element, a second switch element, and a fan connector. A first control terminal of the first switch element is connected to a fan control terminal to receive a pulse width modulation signal. A first terminal of the first switch element is connected... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110243714 - Sealing structure on a shroud of a turbine blade: A device on a shroud which is provided on a turbine rotor blade tip has a cutting structure designed like a line of ribs, locally projecting over the shroud radially to the rotational axis around which the turbine rotor blade is rotatably arranged. The sealing structure has a longitudinal extent... Agent:

20110243715 - Abradable turbine air seal: An abradable seal for a gas turbine engine includes a metal alloy and a plurality of pores in the metal alloy. The plurality of pores have a diameter of approximately 1 to 10 microns.... Agent:

20110243716 - Blade outer air seal with improved efficiency: An air seal for use with rotating parts in a gas turbine engine has a matrix of agglomerated fine hBN (hexagonal boron nitride) powder, the particles of which having a first dimension, and of a fine metallic alloy powder, the particles of which having a second dimension. An hBN (hexagonal... Agent:

20110243717 - Dead ended bulbed rib geometry for a gas turbine engine: A component within a gas turbine engine includes a dead ended rib which at least partially defines an internal cooling circuit flow path, the dead ended rib defines a bulbed rib profile.... Agent:

20110243719 - Non-circular aft nacelle cowling geometry: A nacelle for a turbofan propulsion system that extends along a centerline includes a forward cowling and an aft cowling. To improve the fit of a turbofan propulsion system in the space between the wing and ground of a fixed-wing aircraft, the aft cowling of the nacelle is modified. The... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20110243718 - Reinforced fan frame structure: A reinforced fan frame structure includes a frame body and at least one metal ring. The frame body has a seat portion with a centered bearing cup axially forward extended from the seat portion. The metal ring is integrally associated with the seat portion and has an inner circumferential edge... Agent:

20110243720 - High efficiency blower housing with unequal size inlet openings: An air handler blower assembly includes a blower housing containing a centrifugal fan and a motor mounted on the blower housing and connected to the fan. The blower housing has opposite first and second air inlet openings that are coaxial with the fan, and the first inlet opening is larger... Agent: Rbc Horizon, Inc.

20110243721 - Simplified variable geometry turbocharger with vane rings: The flow path of exhaust gas to the turbine wheel (70) of a turbocharger is influenced by relative motion between two rings of vanes, at least one of which being provided on a vane ring. The outer ring of vanes contains a plurality of vanes (92, 122), the inner ring... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20110243722 - Anti-rotation slot for turbine vane: A fixed vane section for a gas turbine engine includes an anti-rotation slot that receives a pin for maintaining a desired position while providing for movement encountered during operation. The example anti-rotation slot includes a compound radius on inner surfaces to reduce stresses encountered during operation.... Agent:

20110243723 - Fan guard: A fan guard includes a bracket, a guide sheet and at least two guide ribs. The bracket defines a vent in the center of the bracket. The guide sheet is located in the center of the vent. The at least two guide ribs interconnect the bracket and the guide sheet.... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110243724 - Turbine airfoil to shround attachment: A turbine airfoil (31) with an end portion (42) that tapers (44) toward the end (43) of the airfoil. A ridge (46) extends around the end portion. It has proximal (66) and distal (67) sides. A shroud platform (50) is bi-cast onto the end portion around the ridge without bonding.... Agent:

20110243725 - Turbine shroud mounting apparatus with anti-rotation feature: A turbine shroud mounting apparatus includes: (a) a shroud hanger having an arcuate body and including an arcuate first hook which protrudes radially inward and extends axially forward from the body, so as to define a first slot in cooperation with the body; (b) an anti-rotation element disposed within the... Agent: General Electric Company

20110243726 - Canopy for a wind turbine nacelle: A canopy for a wind turbine nacelle is provided. The canopy includes a frame made of bars and covering plates. The frame is self supporting, the bars are made of metal, and the covering plates are made of a material that comprises a polymer material and/or a sandwich material comprising... Agent:

20110243727 - Steam turbine half shell joint assembly: A joint assembly for a steam turbine includes a threaded stud extending through mating openings in a first flange of the first half shell and in a second flange of the second half shell; a first nut threaded onto a first end of the threaded stud adjacent the first flange;... Agent: General Electric Company

20110243728 - Blower designed for fitting particularly in a chamber furnace: The blower designed particularly for fitting in a chamber furnace has the hub of the rotor wheel in the shape of a solid of revolution with its slant height described by n degree polynomial and its Dp2 outlet diameter greater than Dp1 inlet diameter and the outward diameter of the... Agent: Seco/warwick S.a.