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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/12

20120045312 - Vane carrier assembly: A vane carrier assembly is provided for supporting vanes within a main engine casing of a gas turbine engine. The vane carrier assembly comprises a plurality of vane support panels positioned adjacent to one another so as to define a vane support assembly. The support panels are assembled such that... Agent:

20120045313 - Flow device comprising a cavity cooling system: A flow device having a cooling-air injection system for injecting cooling air into cavities (20, 24) between sealing elements (14a, 14b) or sealing bodies (16a, 16b), respectively, on the side of the guide vanes and on the side of the rotor is disclosed.... Agent: Mtu Aero Engines Gmbh

20120045314 - Road with inlayed wind harnessing technology: A method and apparatus is provided for harnessing the wind energy generated by vehicles passing on a roadway. A roadway is provided with a trench extending from a surface of the roadway. The trench may be provided along an extended stretch of the roadway or as a discrete trench section... Agent:

20120045315 - 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 center of gravity located so that when the base is located on a substantially horizontal support... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20120045316 - 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 center of gravity located so that when the base is located on a substantially horizontal support... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20120045317 - Fuel actuated bleed air system: A gas turbine engine bleed air system includes one or more fuel-actuated bleed air supply valves and, in some cases, a pneumatically actuated overpressure valve. Each fuel-actuated bleed air supply valve is mounted on a bleed air supply conduit and is coupled to a source of pressurized aircraft fuel. Each... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20120045318 - Method and apparatus for air flow control: According to one aspect of the invention, an air flow control apparatus includes a guide vane to be positioned between an air inlet and a rotor of a turbomachine. Further, the guide vane includes a geometry configured to control an air flow incidence on the rotor, the guide vane further... Agent: General Electric Company

20120045319 - Impingement cooling for turbofan exhaust assembly: A system comprises a bypass duct, a turbine case, a turbine exhaust ring and a splash plate. The turbine case is formed along a radially inner margin of the bypass duct, and the turbine exhaust ring is coaxially disposed within the turbine case. The splash plate extends axially along the... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120045320 - Air turbine starter turbine nozzle airfoil: A vane profile section for an Air Turbine Starter includes an airfoil which defines an airfoil profile section through a leading edge and a trailing edge, the airfoil profile section defined by a set of X-coordinates and Y-coordinates.... Agent:

20120045321 - Wind turbine nacelle: The present invention relates to 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... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120045322 - Vacuum pump: A multi stage vacuum pump for pumping corrosive fluid with a first flow section of material less resistant to corrosion than the material of a second flow section downstream of the first flow section.... Agent: Edwards Limited

20120045323 - Fan: A centrifugal fan includes an impeller including a main plate rotating about a center axis and a plurality of vanes fixed to the main plate in a circumferentially spaced-apart relationship, and a bell mouth arranged at an air intake side of the impeller to define an air inlet including a... Agent: Nidec Servo Corporation

20120045324 - Hub flowpath contour: An apparatus is provided and includes a turbine including a platform, a casing and a turbine bucket having a hub coupled to the platform and a trailing edge defined relative to a direction of fluid flow through the turbine and a diffuser, defined between a central surface and a downstream... Agent: General Electric Company

20120045325 - Fan housing module: A fan housing module includes a base unit and a cover unit engageable with the base unit. The base unit includes a plurality of bases integrally formed with each other to form a structure in the same array arrangement. Alternatively, the cover unit includes a plurality of covers integrally formed... Agent:

20120045326 - Sliding clip method for anti-rotation and thrust constraint of a rolling element bearing cartridge: To solve both axial and rotational constraint problems in turbochargers with rolling element bearings (REBs), a REB cartridge is mounted to the bearing housing in a way that is not rigid, thus allowing for an oil damping film At the same time, the REB cartridge is held both axially and... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20120039702 - compressor: A compressor has a housing defining a gas inlet flow path and a gas outlet and a rotatable impeller wheel between the gas inlet flow path and the gas outlet. The housing has an inner wall defining a surface located in close proximity to radially outer edges of impeller wheel... Agent:

20120039701 - Closed cycle brayton cycle system and method: Method and unit for generating energy with improved efficiency. A Brayton cycle unit includes a multistage compressor configured to compress a flowing medium; a first heat exchanger fluidly connected to the multistage compressor and configured to transfer heat from a working medium passing the first heat exchanger to the compressed... Agent: Nuovo Pignone S.p.a.

20120039703 - Fragment containment assembly and method for adding a fragment containment assembly to a turbine: A fragment containment assembly for a turbine is provided. The fragment containment assembly includes a plurality of bands disposed around a shroud of the turbine and positioned such that the shroud is disposed between blades of the turbine and the bands along radial directions outwardly extending from a shaft of... Agent:

20120039704 - Turbocharger for a combustion engine with magnets arranged along an air inlet channel: f

20120039705 - 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 center of gravity located so that when the base is located on a substantially horizontal support... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20120039706 - Compressor having a guide vane assembly with a radially variable outflow: A compressor is disclosed. The compressor has at least one guide vane assembly which can be adjusted to change the outflow angle, and a rotor which is connected downstream of the guide vane assembly. The guide vane assembly and rotor are arranged between a housing and a hub of the... Agent: Mtu Aero Engines Gmbh

20120039707 - Method of repairing knife edge seals: A knife edge seal assembly includes at least one knife edge and at least one honeycomb ring seal. The at least one knife edge has material removed to a first knife edge radial height and the least one honeycomb ring seal has material removed to a finished radial thickness for... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120039708 - Gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine including a stator vane directing hot combustion gases onto rotor blades is provided. The stator vane includes a platform disposed at the side of the vane radially inward/outward with respect to the axis of rotation of the engine, the platform having a trailing edge portion downstream... Agent: Siemens Aktiengeselischaft

20120039710 - Intermediate casing of aircraft turbomachine including structural connecting arms which perform separate mechanical and aerodynamic functions: A structural connecting arm for an intermediate casing of an aircraft turbomachine with a ducted fan, wherein the arm is configured to connect a hub and an outer ferrule of the casing, and including an aerodynamic outer surface manufactured such that the arm also forms an outlet guide vane. Multiple... Agent: Snecma

20120039709 - Method and device for adjusting the rotor position in a gas turbine or steam turbine: A method is provided for adjusting the position of a rotor of a turbine. The turbine includes a first casing and a second casing. The second casing, in a bearing region of the rotor, has a fixed relative position, with regard to a rotor end, and is screwed to the... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20120034064 - Contoured axial-radial exhaust diffuser: In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes a gas turbine diffuser. The gas turbine diffuser includes an axial diffuser section including a first duct portion having an axial flow path along a centerline of the gas turbine diffuser. The gas turbine diffuser also includes an axial-radial diffuser section coupled... Agent: General Electric Company

20120034065 - Auto power-off and actuation circuit for a fan: An automatic power-off and actuation circuit for a fan comprises a drive unit, a detection unit, a voltage-modulating unit, a comparison unit, an auto-restart unit, a regulation unit and a controlled IC, wherein the detection unit is electrically connected to the drive unit, the voltage-modulating unit is electrically connected to... Agent:

20120034066 - Vacuum pump: A vacuum pump includes: a pump main body; a control unit which drives and controls the pump main body; a connector device including a first connector member on the pump main body side and a second connector member on the control unit side, at least one of power and a... Agent: Shimadzu Corporation

20120034067 - Turbocompressor and system for a supercritical-fluid cycle: A turbocompressor for use with a process fluid and including an axial expansion turbine for expanding the process fluid and a centrifugal compressor for compressing the process fluid. The turbine and compressor share a common shaft, all of which can be housed by a common housing that encloses sealed spaces.... Agent: Concepts Eti, Inc.

20120034068 - Ventilation inlet: A ventilation inlet comprising a ventilation pipe to receive flow from a first flow zone and to deliver the flow to a second flow zone; a divider arranged to divide a portion of the ventilation pipe into a static pressure zone and a total pressure zone; and a deflector arranged... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20120034069 - Transverse axis turbine with controllable display: A transverse axis fluid turbine with controllable display components thereof is disclosed. The turbine has a base structure, rotor rotatably attached to the base structure and at least three blades rotatably attached to the rotor. A matrix array of light reflective or emitting elements is mounted on the flat blade... Agent:

20120034070 - Circumferential ring propulsors and control assemblies for manned or unmanned underwater vehicles: A propulsor and control system for an underwater vehicle (35) having annular fore and aft circumferential shrouds (4 & 5) surrounding the hull (2). The fore and aft circumferential shrouds (4 & 5) form respective fore and aft circumferential shroud gaps (6 & 16) between the fore and aft circumferential... Agent:

20120034071 - Diffuser apparatus, centrifugal compressor, and turbo supercharger: A diffuser apparatus which includes a diffuser provided as a passage space communicated with the exit side of an impellor radially outwardly of the impellor of a centrifugal compressor, the apparatus including a housing portion which houses a rotational plate therein so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20120034073 - Anti-rotation method for a rolling element bearing cartridge: To solve heat soak and reduced heat rejection capability problems in turbochargers with rolling element bearings (REBs), the REB cartridge is mounted to the bearing housing in a way that is not rigid, thus allows for an oil damping film, but, at the same time, the REB cartridge is held... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20120034072 - Seal assembly: A seal assembly arranged adjacent to a primary flow region, the seal assembly including: first and second components; a seal arranged between the first and second components to seal a secondary flow region from the primary flow region; and a first recess portion provided in the first component and arranged... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20120034074 - Part of a casing, especially of a turbo machine: A part of a casing of a turbomachine is provided. The part is of one piece of material. The part includes a cavity extending along a circumference of a rotational axis of the turbomachine, the cavity having a radially outer wall and a radially inner wall. The part also includes... Agent:

20120034075 - Cooling arrangement for a turbine component: A cooled component wall (52) with a combustion gas (36) on one side (56) and a coolant gas (48) with higher pressure on the other side (58). The wall includes a cooling chamber (60) with an impingement cooling zone (62), a convective cooling zone (64), and a film cooling zone... Agent:

20120034076 - Fan case containment system and method of fabrication: Composite article includes a generally cylindrical body having an internal grid structure interleaved with casing layers formed of reinforcing fibers disposed in a resin matrix. The composite article may be utilized in a fan case containment system for aircraft engine applications. Methods for fabricating the composite article are also provided.... Agent: General Electric Company

20120034077 - Hvac diffuser with mounting receptacle for variable blower control: An automotive HVAC diffuser connects to a blower and a variable blower control (VBC) module having a plurality of cooling fins. An inlet receives air flow from the blower. An outlet is downstream from the inlet. An enclosed passageway is provided between the inlet and the outlet for forming a... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings, LLC

20120034078 - Impeller and centrifugal compressor including the same: Provided is an impeller of a centrifugal compressor including: a hub fixed to a rotation shaft; and a plurality of blades extending outward from a center portion of the hub on one surface of the hub, wherein a length of the blade is greater than a straight length between an... Agent:

20120027568 - Low-pressure steam turbine and method for operating thereof: The disclosure relates to a multi-stage low-pressure steam turbine and a method for operating thereof. The steam turbine includes a last stage in which the leading edge of each vane of the last stage is skewed so as to form a W shaped K-distribution across the span of the vanes.... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20120027567 - Mechanically-coupled turbomachinery configurations and cooling methods for hermetically-sealed high-temperature operation: The present invention provides a hermetically sealed turbomachine, such as a motor-driven blower and a turbine driven generator, capable of reliable high-temperature operation, especially for large sized turbomachines. The hot blower, compressor or turbine end of the turbomachine is separated from the cooler electric motor, generator or alternator end of... Agent: R&d Dynamics Corporation

20120027566 - Method and system for operating a wind turbine: A method, system and computer program product for operating a wind turbine is disclosed. For operating the wind turbine a set of operational data points are sensed via a sensing module. The set of operational data points may include bending stress values. Based on the bending stress values, a load... Agent: General Electric Company

20120027564 - Method for the pressure regulation of a barrier fluid and a pumping device for a method of this kind: A method for the pressure regulation of a barrier fluid in a pumping device (10) is introduced, which includes a pump unit (11) with a shaft (12) and a pump housing (13), a drive unit (17), which is mechanically coupled to the pump unit and a shaft sealing arrangement (16.1,... Agent: Sulzer Pumpen Ag

20120027569 - Rotating machine with shaft sealing arrangement: A rotating machine comprising such as an axial power turbine or a turbocharger has a housing with a bearing cavity and a chamber separated by a first wall. A shaft is rotatable about an axis in the bearing cavity, extends through an opening in the first wall and is mounted... Agent:

20120027565 - System and method for controlling leak steam to steam seal header for improving steam turbine performance: A turbine system is provided wherein during self-sealing operating conditions, excess leakoff steam is restricted from being dumped to a steam seal header and is diverted into the working steam flow path, hence increasing net output and efficiency for the turbine system. A related method is also provided.... Agent: General Electric Company

20120027570 - Shaft assembly for a gas turbine engine: A shaft assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a shaft, an annular fluid collection cavity, and a bearing. The shaft is rotatable around an axially extending shaft centerline. The annular fluid collection cavity is formed by an axial panel extending between a forward radial panel and an aft radial... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120027571 - Fan and vibration-absorbing boss thereof: A fan including a hub part, a blade part and a vibration-absorbing boss, all constituent elements of which are injection molded, thereby reducing production costs. The fan has a minimized contact area between the vibration-absorbing boss and the hub part to prevent the vibration-absorbing boss from being deformed by high-temperature... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

20120027572 - Turbine ring assembly: A turbine ring assembly includes a ring support structure and a plurality of ring sectors, each including a single piece of ceramic matrix composite material. Each ring sector includes a first portion forming an annular base with an inside face defining an inside face of the turbine ring and an... Agent: Snecma

20120027573 - Seal teeth for seal assembly: In an embodiment, a seal assembly for a rotating element is disclosed. The seal assembly includes: a plurality of arcuate packing rings configured to form an annulus proximately surrounding the rotating element; and a plurality of radially and circumferentially extending seal teeth coupled to each of the plurality of arcuate... Agent: General Electric Company

20120027574 - Blade outer air seal and repair method: An article of manufacture has a body formed in part of a first metal alloy and in part of a second metal alloy, the second metal alloy having a thermal coefficient of expansion that is less than the thermal coefficient of expansion of the first metal alloy. A BOAS segment... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120027575 - Labyrinth seal: A labyrinth seal is provided for forming a seal between a first and a second component which rotate relative to each other. The seal has an abradable lining mounted to the first component, and a plurality of fins projecting from the second component. The fins are arranged in abutment with... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20120027576 - Turbine stage shroud segment: A shroud segment for a turbine stage of a gas turbine engine forms an endwall for the working gas annulus of the stage. The segment also provides a close clearance to the tips of a row of turbine blades which sweep across the segment. In use a leakage flow of... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20120027577 - Axial fan and slide mold: An axial fan includes an impeller and a housing including a side wall surrounding an outer circumference of the impeller. The side wall preferably includes at least one flat surface portion defined in an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a slit group including slits arranged to be spaced apart in... Agent: Nidec Corporation

20120027578 - Systems and apparatus relating to diffusers in combustion turbine engines: A discharge diffuser that includes: a forward section and a dump cavity, the forward section being configured to direct discharge from the compressor to the dump cavity; an inner diffuser wall that defines an inner radial flowpath of the upstream section; and an outer diffuser wall that defines an outer... Agent: General Electric Company

20120027579 - Fan module and fan rail thereof: A fan module and a fan rail thereof are provided. The fan module includes a fan, two fan rails, and a holder. The fan rails are disposed at both sides of the fan, in which each fan rail includes a main body and a ring, the main body has a... Agent: Giga-byte Technology Co.,ltd.

20120027580 - Fan module and fan rail thereof: A fan module and a fan rail thereof are provided. The fan module includes a fan, two fan rails and a holder. The fan rails are respectively disposed at opposite sides of the fan, and each of the fan rails includes a main body and a ring-pull, wherein the ring-pull... Agent: Giga-byte Technology Co.,ltd.

20120027581 - Reinforced concrete gas turbine outer case: A turbomachine outer case includes a pair of outer case sections, each provided with attachment flanges for securing said pair of outer case sections about an internal rotor structure, the pair of outer case sections constructed of a cement composite material. The outer case sections may be lined with a... Agent: General Electric Company

20120027582 - Floating packing ring assembly: A packing ring assembly for use between a rotating and a stationary component in a turbomachine is disclosed, the assembly including an arcuate packing ring casing, an arcuate packing ring segment positioned at least partially within the packing ring casing, and a resistance component configured to allow movement of the... Agent: General Electric Company

20120027583 - Vacuum pump: A vacuum pump includes a housing, a rotor located in the housing and having a shaft and pump-active elements supported on the shaft, a stator having pump-active elements and located in a separate housing part of the housing, for driving the pump, bearings for rotatably supporting the rotor shaft, and... Agent:

20120027584 - Turbine seal system: In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes a multi-stage turbine including a first turbine stage including a first wheel having multiple first slots spaced circumferentially about the first wheel, and multiple first blade segments each coupled to at least one of the multiple first slots. The multi-stage turbine also... Agent: General Electric Company