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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/11

20110286831 - Partitioning of turbomachine faults: An example method of partitioning turbomachine faults includes using a modeling computer to model a system, to establish a modeled gas path parameter, and to establish a modeled subsystem parameter. The method then determines a gas path condition representing a difference between an actual gas path parameter and the modeled... Agent:

20110286832 - Back to back turbine: Since a normal turbine will not rotate in one direction with a bidirectional force, this turbine uses two turbines back to back to rectify this force. When the flow comes in one direction the turbine will present one face, when the flow reverses direction the turbine will present the other... Agent:

20110286833 - Vacuum pump: A vacuum pump has the outer side of the pump housing provided with retaining elements. These serve to receive at least one mass element. With these mass elements, which are preferably arranged asymmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vacuum pump, vibrations that occur can be suppressed.... Agent: Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Gmbh

20110286834 - Guide vane for a gas turbine: A guide vane is provided for a gas turbine and has an airfoil extending in the radial direction between an inner platform and an outer platform. The airfoil extends transversely to the direction of the hot gas flow between a leading edge and a trailing edge and has a pressure... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20110286835 - Turbomachine having a compensating piston: A turbomachine including a compensating piston that is sealed by means of a seal with respect to a stator is provided. Conventional compensating pistons consume significant amounts of process fluid, which can cause a considerable loss of efficiency. The turbomachine provides the solution in that the stator partially carrying the... Agent:

20110286837 - Exhaust-gas turbocharger: An exhaust-gas turbocharger includes an outer housing, a bearing flange connected to the outer housing by a material joint, and a turbine wheel rotatable about a rotation axis. Formfittingly connected to the bearing flange is an inner housing which is formed with a collar having at least one section in... Agent: Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh

20110286836 - Geared turbofan engine with integral gear and bearing supports: A gas turbine engine includes a bearing and a bearing support having a second wall extending between first and second ends and operatively supported by the bearing at a first end. An engine case is secured to the second end radially outward of the first end. A second wall integral... Agent:

20110286838 - Turbocharger having fastening elements for fastening vane bearing rings of a variable turbine geometry vtg: A turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry device has one or two blade bearing rings. At least one or more fastening elements are provided for fastening the one or two blade bearing rings. The respective fastening element has at least one section formed with a knurl and/or at least one... Agent: Continental Automotive Gmbh

20110286839 - Fan case with rub elements: A turbofan engine comprising an annular inner wall surrounding tips of the fan blades, a layer of insulating material surrounding the inner wall, and an outer casing including an annular outer wall surrounding the insulating material and concentric to the inner wall and at least two annular rub elements extending... Agent:

20110286840 - Liquid ring pump with liner: A liquid ring pump is provided that includes an annular housing having an inner surface forming a housing cavity. The annular housing is filled with an operating fluid during operation of the pump. The operating fluid forms an eccentric liquid ring in the annular housing during operation of the pump.... Agent:

20110280706 - Helico-axial pump, a rotor for a helico-axial pump, method for the hydrodynamic journalling of a rotor of a helico-axial pump, as well as a hybrid pump with a rotor for a helico-axial pump: The invention relates to a helico-axial pump (1) for pumping a multi-phase mixture (M), said helico-axial pump (1) including a rotor (2) rotatably journalled in a pump housing (6) about a longitudinal axis (A), wherein the rotor (2) includes a compression stage (K) with a helico-axial impeller (3) and a... Agent: Sulzer Pumpen Ag

20110280705 - Water pump and water pump system and method: This disclosure relates a water pump, a system for cooling internal combustion engine components including a water pump, and a method for operating an internal combustion engine including a water pump. The water pump, system and method provide protection of the pump impeller during dry pump operation, such as when... Agent: Cummins Intellectual Properties, Inc.

20110280707 - Wind turbine utilizing wind directing slats: Various embodiments of a wind turbine are disclosed having a plurality of pivotable slats disposed about a rotor coupled to one or more blades. Each of the plurality of slats can be pivoted such that the open slats on a windward side redirect the wind to cause rotation of the... Agent:

20110280708 - Vertical axis wind turbins: A vertical axis wind turbine comprising a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of substantially rigid blades mechanically coupled to the shaft, each of the plurality of blades comprising an elongate body having an upper and a lower end, wherein the upper end and the lower end... Agent:

20110280709 - Wind-gas engine assembly and motor vehicle with the same: A wind-gas engine assembly and a motor vehicle with the same are provided. The wind-gas engine assembly comprises a high pressure gas engine (20) and a wind resistance engine (22) independent of each other. The high pressure gas engine generates primary power through injection of the high pressure gas. The... Agent:

20110280710 - Reversible system for injecting and extracting gas for fluid rotary machines: Herein described is a system for injecting and extracting gas for a fluid rotating machine of the type comprising at least one stator case, one first stage which receives the gas flowing into the machine, one final stage, downstream of which the gas is discharged from the machine, and one... Agent:

20110280711 - Fan device having simultaneously foldable blades: A fan device having simultaneously foldable blades includes a rotatable driving unit. A plurality of supporting frames extend outwardly from the driving unit, each supporting frame has a pivot mounted on one end thereof. A plurality of shells are respectively mounted on the supporting frames, each shell has a center... Agent:

20110280712 - Passage wall section for an annular flow passage of an axial turbomachine with radial gap adjustment: A passage wall section of an annular flow passage of an axial turbomachine is provided. A guide ring has a first toothing arrangement which is in contact with a second toothing arrangement arranged on a sidewall of a circumferential groove which accommodates the guide ring, wherein for axial displacement of... Agent:

20110280713 - High volume pump having low hydrostatic head: A pump for providing high volume flows with a low hydrostatic head. The pump is particularly suited for heated fluids such as those from a solar collector and the like.... Agent: Pdm Solar Inc.

20110280714 - Two-piece bearing housing for a centrifugal pump: A two-piece bearing housing is provided for use in centrifugal pumps having or requiring multiple chambers for enclosing or confining bearings or seals, and/or providing lubricant or coolant to the bearings and seals of the pump, the two-piece housing providing several improvements including the ability to make the two pieces... Agent: Envirotech Pumpsystems, Inc.

20110280715 - Curved labyrinth seals: In one embodiment, a system includes a rotary machine and a packing seal that is disposed between rotary and stationary components of the rotary machine. The packing seal includes a pair of seal lands spaced axially along the rotary component and a seal tooth disposed at an axial position between... Agent: General Electric Company

20110280716 - Gas turbine engine compressor components comprising thermal barriers, thermal barrier systems, and methods of using the same: Gas turbine engine compressor disks having a hot flowpath side; a shaft having a first surface positioned in the hot flowpath side; and a thermal barrier applied to at least the first surface of the shaft where the thermal barrier is operable to maintain the temperature of the shaft below... Agent:

20110280717 - Steam device: In one embodiment, a steam device includes a high-temperature member and a low-temperature member. One surface of the high-temperature member is exposed to high-temperature steam, and the other surface is cooled by cooling steam having a temperature lower than the high-temperature steam. The low-temperature member is disposed to face the... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110280718 - Pressurizing centrifugal pump: In a pressurizing centrifugal pump, tips of blades are arranged at a level lower than that of an outer circumferential surface of a blade plate by a level difference provided from the outer circumferential surface toward a central position of the blade plate. The outer circumferential surface of the blade... Agent: Yonehara Giken Co., Ltd.

20110280719 - Fan and shroud assembly: An axial flow fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades surrounded by a shroud. The shroud includes an annular first wall which extends radially outwardly, an annular second wall which extends axially and radially outwardly, and an annular third wall which joins the first wall to the second wall.... Agent:

20110280720 - Inner housing for a turbomachine: A three-shell steam turbine is provided. The three-shell steam turbine includes an outer housing, an outer inner housing and an inner inner housing, wherein the outer inner housing is arranged around the inner inner housing, in such a way that a cooling steam chamber is formed in between and a... Agent:

20110280721 - Gas turbine: A gas turbine including a plurality of hook elements disposed one inside the other and designed substantially in the form of hollow cones or hollow cylinders, and including a stator blade support, is intended to enable an especially high efficiency while maintaining the greatest possible operating safety and operating life.... Agent:

20110274533 - Fluid turbine with moveable fluid control member: A shrouded fluid turbine includes an impeller for generating power from a fluid stream and a shroud surrounding the impeller. The impeller and/or the shroud have a moveable member for controlling power generation in the fluid turbine. The shroud has a plurality of mixing lobes on a trailing edge thereof,... Agent: Flodesign Wind Turbine Corp.

20110274534 - Sealing assembly: A sealing assembly is provided for sealing against a component. The sealing assembly comprises a seal carrier and a continuous seal element that is attached to the seal carrier at at least two discrete positions of attachment. The seal element is provided with a sealing surface that is arranged to... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110274535 - Turbocharger assembly having heat shield-centering arrangements: A turbocharger for internal combustion engines, having a heat shield disposed between a turbine housing and center housing of the turbocharger for shielding the center housing from exhaust gases passing through the turbine. The heat shield in one embodiment is centered on a generally conical surface of the center housing,... Agent: Honeywell International, Inc.

20110274536 - Steam turbine: A plurality of blades are studded in a rotor disc integrated with the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of vanes are attached to a casing covering the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, and an internal diaphragm disposed on rotor-side surfaces of the... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110274537 - Blade excitation reduction method and arrangement: An impeller shroud is configured to receive an impeller. The impeller shroud establishes a plurality of air-bleed holes configured to communicate air with an impeller. The air-bleed holes are circumferentially distributed about the impeller shroud. The circumferential spacing between some adjacent air-bleed holes within the plurality of air-bleed holes is... Agent:

20110274538 - Ceramic gas turbine shroud: An example gas turbine engine shroud includes a first annular ceramic wall having an inner side for resisting high temperature turbine engine gasses and an outer side with a plurality of radial slots. A second annular metallic wall is positioned radially outwardly of and enclosing the first annular ceramic wall... Agent:

20110274539 - Turbine housing for a supercharger: A turbine housing for a supercharger, includes an inlet opening, a turbine seat and a race extending from the inlet opening to the turbine seat, the race including a first spiral chamber (7) which mouth into the turbine seat and a second spiral chamber (8) which mouth into the turbine... Agent: Alpraaz Ab

20110274540 - Turbomachine casing: A turbomachine casing forming a continuous annular ring extending over 360° around a bladed wheel and serving as a propagation medium for rotating waves, each rotating wave being generated by two standing waves of the same frequency, and the casing including at least one longitudinal stiffener at its outer periphery... Agent: Snecma

20110274541 - Annular flange for fastening a rotor or stator element in a turbomachine: A radial annular flange including in inner or outer periphery alternating solid portions including orifices for passing fastener bolts, and hollow portions having bottoms that are substantially flat. The bottom of at least one keying hollow portion is situated radially inside, or outside, respectively, a circle centered on the axis... Agent: Snecma

20110274542 - Turbocharger and manufacturing method for turbocharger: A turbocharger includes: a turbine wheel that is driven by exhaust gas from an engine and supported rotatably by a predetermined rotary shaft; and a turbine housing that forms an exhaust gas passage that leads the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing includes a housing main... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20110268554 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling turbine guide vane positions: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling turbine guide vane positions. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for controlling at least one turbine guide vane. The method includes receiving a reference signal associated with the at least one... Agent: General Electric Company

20110268555 - Friction brake for wind energy systems, wind energy system and method for upgrading: A friction brake is provided for use in a wind energy system. The friction brake includes a piston adapted for being at least temporarily in contact with a braking surface, the piston having an outer circumferential surface that comprises a outer contact area. Further, the piston brake includes a housing... Agent:

20110268556 - Plasma actuator controlled film cooling: A film cooling apparatus with a cooling hole (46) in a component wall (40). A first surface (42) of the wall is subject to a hot gas flow (48). A second surface (44) receives a coolant gas (50). The coolant flows through the hole, then downstream over the first surface... Agent:

20110268558 - Noise reducer for rotor blade in wind turbine: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer... Agent: General Electric Company

20110268557 - System and method for attenuating the noise of airfoils: A system and method for reducing the noise of an airfoil is provided. The airfoil includes a main portion including a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil further comprises a noise attenuator coupled to the main portion and disposed proximate to at least a portion of the trailing... Agent: General Electric Company

20110268560 - Gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine has an annular bypass duct defined between a fan nacelle and a core fairing through which fan air is discharged. One or more bifurcator members are positioned inside the exit of the bypass duct to bifurcate the air flow in the bypass duct around the bifurcator... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110268559 - Turbocharger with turbine nozzle vanes and an annular rotary bypass valve: A turbocharger includes an annular bypass passage to allow exhaust gas to bypass the turbine wheel. An annular bypass valve is disposed in the bypass passage. The bypass valve comprises a fixed annular valve seat and a rotary annular valve member arranged coaxially with the valve seat. The valve member... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110268561 - Turbine engine rotor wheel with blades made of a composite material provided with a spring ring: A turbomachine rotor wheel including blades made of composite material; an annular mounting plate; a plurality of composite material blades mounted on the mounting plate, each blade also including a top platform at its tip carrying radial labyrinth teeth; an orientation disk fastened coaxially around the mounting plate and including... Agent: Snecma

20110268563 - Gas turbine engine: A heat exchanger arrangement for a gas turbine engine. The arrangement including a flow path within an outer cowl, which flow path locates a heat exchanger part way therealong. A valve is provided at an inlet end of the flow path to selectively receive fluid into the flow path from... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110268562 - Gas turbine engine airfoil integrated heat exchanger: A heat exchanger apparatus includes: (a) an airfoil having opposed pressure and suction sides, a root, a tip, and spaced-apart leading and trailing edges; and (b) a plenum integrally formed within the airfoil which is configured to receive a flow of circulating working fluid; and (c) inlet and outlet ports... Agent: General Electric Company

20110268564 - Gas turbine with securing plate between blade base and disk: A turbine rotor is provided. The turbine rotor has a plurality of blades assembled into blade rows and arranged on a turbine disk. Each blade has a blade root arranged in a blade retaining slot of the turbine disk extending in an axial direction. A locking plate is arranged between... Agent:

20110268565 - Tunnel turbine system generates potential energy from dorment kinetic energy: A generator system includes a pipe line which includes a control valve for diverting input gas or liquid into a pair of bypass pipe lines, whose output is coupled with two nozzle venture inlets in a turbine housing. Gas or liquid entering the turbine housing through the nozzle venture inlets... Agent:

20110268566 - Method for the manufacture of a circular revolution thermomechanical part including a titanium-based load-bearing substrate lined with steel or superalloy, a turbomachine compressor housing which is resistant to titanium fire obtained using this method: A method for manufacture of a compressor housing which is resistant to a titanium fire (burning titanium). A ring made of steel, steel alloy, or superalloy which is incombustible in the presence of a titanium fire is ring roll-bonded with a ring made from titanium or titanium alloy.... Agent: Snecma

20110268567 - Cooling or heating fan magnetically attachable to metal board: The present invention provides a cooling or heating fan magnetically attachable to a metal board. The cooling or heating fan has a disk-form or stand-form base whose lower surface is provided with a plurality of strong permanent magnets so as to magnetically attach the cooling or heating fan to iron-made... Agent: