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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps April category listing, related patent applications 04/12

20120099960 - System and method for cooling a nozzle: A nozzle includes a center body and a shroud circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the center body to define an annular passage between the center body and the shroud. The nozzle further includes apertures through at least one of the center body or shroud, a plenum in fluid... Agent: General Electric Company

20120099961 - Rotary machine having non-uniform blade and vane spacing: A system, including a rotary machine including: a stator, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, wherein the rotor comprises a plurality of blades having a non-uniform spacing about a circumference of the rotor.... Agent: General Electric Company

20120099962 - Rotor for turbomachines: A rotor for turbomachines having a plurality of blades, and wherein a damping member, housed inside a respective chamber arranged between the two blades of each pair of adjacent blades of said rotor, is pushed, in use, by the centrifugal force against two surfaces, each of which is carried by... Agent: Avio S.p.a.

20120099963 - Engine mount system for a turbofan gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a gear train defined along an engine centerline axis, and a spool along the engine centerline axis which drives the gear train, the spool includes a low stage count low pressure turbine.... Agent:

20120099964 - Turbocharger turbine: A turbocharger turbine having a double-layer flow passage and a variable cross-section, including a turbine housing, a volute diffuser channel, a power turbine, a volute gas feeding passage, and a partition wall. The volute gas feeding passage is arranged in the turbine housing. The partition wall is arranged in the... Agent:

20120099965 - Turbocharger turbine: A turbocharger turbine which has a wastegate slide sleeve (8), which is provided in a wastegate arrangement (5) and which closes off the wastegate duct, as a shut-off element. The wastegate arrangement (5) comprises a bypass duct (6) which runs in the turbine housing (2); a wastegate duct (7) which... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20120099966 - Compressor with cyclone and internal oil reservoir: A rotary compressor including a housing that defines an inlet, a low pressure chamber, an outlet, and a high pressure chamber defining a high pressure lubricant sump. A drive shaft passes through the housing and a compression element is coupled to the drive shaft between the low pressure chamber and... Agent: Thermo King Corporation

20120099967 - Steam turbine: A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20120099968 - Abrasive rotor shaft ceramic coating: An abrasive coating on a rotor shaft interacts with cantilevered vanes to form an abradable air seal in a turbine engine. The abrasive coating includes a metal bond coat, and an abrasive layer containing a plurality of abrasive grit particles in a ceramic matrix. The grit particles may be selected... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120099969 - Damper seal and vane assembly for a gas turbine engine: One embodiment of the present invention is a vane assembly for a gas turbine engine. Another embodiment of the present invention is a damper seal that may be employed in conjunction with a vane assembly of a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods and combinations... Agent:

20120099970 - Friable ceramic rotor shaft abrasive coating: An abrasive coating on a rotor shaft interacts with cantilevered vanes to form an abradable air seal in a turbine engine. The abrasive coating includes a metal bond coat, and an abrasive layer containing a plurality of abrasive CBN grit particles in a ceramic matrix.... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120099971 - Self dressing, mildly abrasive coating for clearance control: An abrasive coating for rotor shafts that interact with cantilevered vanes to form an abradable air seal in a turbine engine. The abrasive coating including a metal bond coat layer on the rotor shaft, and an abrasive top coating bond coat layer for contact with vanes during operation of the... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120099973 - Low density abradable coating with fine porosity: A low density abradable coating for use as a seal material is formed by depositing a metal bond coat followed by depositing a low density, porous, abradable metal seal layer on the bond coat. The seal layer is formed by co-depositing metallic sponge particles and metal precursor particles. The metal... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120099972 - Rough dense ceramic sealing surface in turbomachines: An abrasive coating is formed on a rotor shaft that rotates with respect to cantilevered vanes. The coating is formed by thermal spray techniques and comprises a ceramic layer on a metal bond coat. The coating surface is roughened by crush grinding or by grit blasting to increase the abradability... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120099974 - Methods for cooling a carrier fluid of an electric power plant, electric power plants and cooling system: A method for cooling a carrier fluid is provided. The carrier fluid is used to drive a turbine in an electric power plant. According to a first embodiment, at least part of a cooling process is performed by leading the carrier fluid and/or a cooling fluid for cooling the carrier... Agent:

20120099975 - Fan case and mount ring snap fit assembly: A disclosed fan containment case includes a mount ring that supports a portion of the engine core. The mount ring includes openings and features that define a mounting location for the gas turbine engine. The example fan containment case includes a generally cylindrically shaped fan case that extends between an... Agent:

20120099976 - Fan containment systems with improved impact structures: Methods and apparatus are provided for a fan containment system for a gas turbine engine having a plurality of fan blades includes a cylindrical casing with an inner surface surrounding the plurality of fan blades and an opposing outer surface; a first layer of fabric material positioned on the exterior... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20120099977 - Fluid directing system for turbines: A directing system for directing fluid entering an axial flow turbine along an inlet flow direction. The turbine includes a plurality of turbine blades. The directing system includes a base structure, a plurality of directing segments attached to the base structure, downstream of the base structure, and a directing segment... Agent:

20120099978 - Turbine component having easily removable protective layer, set of turbine components, a turbine and a method for protecting a turbine component: Turbine components are often shipped individually and are not shipped assembled into a turbine. To this end, the turbine blade has to be protected of external stresses and external damage. This is done by an easily removable protective coating that easily evaporates during the first operation of the newly produced... Agent:

20120099981 - Aeroengine fan casing made of composite material, and a method of fabricating it: An aeroengine fan casing is made of composite material comprising fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix. The casing (10) is secured to at least one ring (24) or ring sector that is situated on the inside face of the casing and that is mechanically connected to an equipment fastener part... Agent: Snecma

20120099980 - Plastic housing of a radial flow compressor: The invention relates to a housing (1) of a radial flow compressor, comprising an intake pipe (4), a compressor duct (7) and an outlet pipe (5), wherein the housing comprises a housing body (basic construction) comprising at least an upper housing member (3) and a lower housing member (2) made... Agent:

20120099979 - Portable blower with wear resistant discharge end: A portable blower having a propulsion unit for continuously generating a supply of pressurized fluid and a conduit assembly for controllably directing fluid from the propulsion unit to and through a discharge opening on the conduit assembly. The discharge opening is bounded by a rim, defined at least partially by... Agent: Echo, Inc.

20120099982 - Turbine distributor element made of cmc, method for making same, distributor and gas turbine including same: A turbine nozzle element including an inner annular platform sector, an outer annular platform sector, and at least one vane extending between the platform sectors and connected to both of them. The nozzle element includes a single piece of composite material including fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix that is... Agent: Snecma

20120099983 - Torque balanced, lift rotor module, providing increased lift, with few or no moving parts: A device for continuous torque/anti-torque force balance, except for trim adjustments, of the torque requirements of a single lift rotor while lifting varying load weights and with varying power settings, using a relatively short, cylindrical, vertical duct, flared at the top, air entry end, which flare the lift rotor plane... Agent:

20120099984 - Mechanical seal: A mechanical seal is disclosed having a rotatable sealing face and a stationary sealing face that are in opposed relation and arranged to be urged, into contact to form a seal. One of the sealing faces is mounted on a support assembly that includes a biasing device operative to move... Agent:

20120099985 - Abrasive cutter formed by thermal spray and post treatment: A seal for a gas turbine engine component having an airfoil with a radial outward end and a radial inward end, one of which is bare metal. A seal member is adjacent to the bare metal end of the airfoil wherein the seal member is coated with a abrasive layer... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120099986 - Liquid seal, shaft seal apparatus and pump apparatus using the same: A liquid seal has an annular lip portion and an annular fixing portion to be fixed to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole, in which the lip portion is connected to the fixing portion and is provided so that a tip thereof is extended in an axial direction,... Agent: Advics Co., Ltd.

20120093628 - Fluid pump changeable in diameter, in particular for medical application: The invention relates to a fluid pump device, in particular for the medical application, with a compressible pump housing (6) and rotor (7), as well as with an actuation means (8) which runs in the sleeve (4) and on whose end the fluid pump is arranged. In order to utilise... Agent: Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh

20120093627 - Method for site specific energy capture optimization through modular rotor blade tip extension: A power generating system wherein a turbine (34) is mounted on top of a tower (30) or tethered underwater. The turbine (34) includes a rotor having a main blade (20) connected to a rotor hub (40) and an extender blade tip (22, 22′) attached to the main blade (20). During... Agent: Clipper Windpower, Inc.

20120093629 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a nozzle and a system for creating a primary air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes at least one outlet for emitting the primary air flow, and defines an opening through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20120093630 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a nozzle and a system for creating a primary air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an outlet for emitting the primary air flow, and defines an opening through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the primary air... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20120093631 - Multi-stage turbocharger arrangement: The present invention relates to a multi-stage turbocharger arrangement (1), having a high-pressure turbocharger (20) which has a turbine housing (26A), a bearing housing (27A), a compressor housing (28A); and having a low-pressure turbocharger (21) which has a turbine housing (26B), a bearing housing (27B), a compressor housing (28B); wherein... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20120093632 - Variable turbine nozzle system: A nozzle is disclosed for use in a turbine or compressor. In an embodiment, each of a plurality of vanes is supported by an outer shroud including a plurality of outer shroud segments disposed adjacent to adjoining segments in end-to-end relationship. Each segment includes a hole therethrough, dimensioned to receive... Agent: General Electric Company

20120093634 - Bonded turbine bucket tip shroud and related method: A turbine bucket includes an airfoil portion and a tip shroud at a radially outer end of the airfoil portion. The tip shroud includes a first radially inner tip shroud component formed integrally with the airfoil portion and composed of a first metal material, and a second radially outer structural... Agent: General Electric Company

20120093633 - Turbomachine seal assembly: A turbomachine seal assembly includes a plurality of sealing strips configured and disposed to inhibit a flow of fluid from passing through a channel defined by a first member and a second member. At least one of the plurality of sealing strips includes a paddle element that is configured and... Agent: General Electric Company

20120093635 - Axial flow fan: An axial flow fan includes an impeller rotatable about a central axis with a plurality of rotor vanes, a motor that drives the impeller, a base portion that supports the motor, a housing that includes an intake vent, an exhaust vent, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding the impeller and... Agent: Nidec Corporation

20120093636 - Turbomachine and impeller: Turbomachine for increasing the pressure of a fluid or mixture of fluids, comprising an inlet and an outlet, a casing, a rotatable shaft arranged in the casing, diffusers or similar operatively arranged in the turbomachine, and a means for rotation operatively connected to the shaft. The turbomachine is distinguished in... Agent:

20120093637 - Axial compressor: An axial compressor includes a plurality of stator vanes attached to an inner surface of a casing defining an annular flow path and a plurality of rotor blades attached to a rotating rotor defining the annular flow path. A flow path is defined between a pressure surface of a stator... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20120093639 - Apparatus and method for aligning a turbine casing: A casing includes an inner shell and an outer shell that surrounds the inner shell and comprises a plurality of inflection points. An annular flange is between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a plurality of joints attach the inner shell to the annular flange. A connector is... Agent: General Electric Company

20120093640 - Micro turbine: The present invention discloses a micro turbine which can be a power source of a distributed pneumatic turbine generator and comprises: a first outer casing comprising a gas inlet, a first accommodating space and a first connecting part; a second outer casing comprising a second accommodating space, a second connecting... Agent: National Tsing Hua University (taiwan)

20120093638 - Plug-in fan: A plug-in fan is assembled at a periphery of an electronic device. By an operation of the plug-in fan, temperature resulted when the electronic device is operating is decreased. An assembly plane of the periphery of the electronic device is formed with a plurality of plug-in holes, and corresponding assembly... Agent:

20120093642 - Strut and a gas turbine structure comprising the strut: A strut for application between an outer ring and an inner ring in a gas turbine structure and a gas turbine structure including such a strut are provided. The strut includes an end portion which has a diverging shape so that an internal space is formed in the end portion... Agent: Volvo Aero Corporation

20120093641 - Turbine casing: A casing includes an inner shell and an outer shell that surrounds the inner shell and comprises a plurality of inflection points. An annular flange is between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a plurality of joints attach the inner shell to the annular flange. A connector is... Agent: General Electric Company

20120093643 - Multistage turbocompressor: A multistage turbocompressor is provided for compressing a process gas. The turbocompressor has includes a rotor and a casing. A gas seal is associated in each case with a first turbocompressor stage and a last turbocompressor stage for sealing a penetration of a rotor shaft through a wall of the... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20120087775 - Turbine bucket shroud tail: The present application provides an axial flow turbine. The axial flow turbine may include a stator casing and a turbine bucket positioned about the stator casing. A tip shroud may be positioned on the turbine bucket. A shroud tail may be attached to the tip shroud at a downstream end... Agent: General Electric Company

20120087776 - Multi-inlet vacuum pump: A multi-inlet vacuum pump has a first pump device (10) and a second pump device (12). The first pump device (10) includes a first rotor element (18) having a plurality of first rotor discs (20, 21) arranged consecutively in the delivery direction (36). The second rotor disc includes a second... Agent: Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Gmbh

20120087777 - Guiding apparatus for guiding the movement of a pool cleaner: A guiding apparatus (10) for guiding movement of a pool cleaner (not shown) of the kind set forth in a pool includes a fluid flow passage (12) having an inlet (14) and an outlet (16) to which portions (18) and (20) of a pool cleaner hose are connected in use... Agent:

20120087778 - Machine unit layout system: Provided is a machine unit layout system that simplifies the layout of a compressor unit and an expander unit and is extremely effective in terms of not only the reliability of the entire machine but also maintainability. Two separate compressors, a low-pressure-side compressor and a high-pressure-side compressor (11A, 11b), are... Agent:

20120087779 - Supersonic compressor startup support system: A supersonic compressor includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a fluid conduit extending therebetween, and at least one supersonic compressor rotor disposed within the fluid conduit and including a fluid flow channel that includes a throat portion. The supersonic compressor also includes a fluid control device coupled in fluid... Agent:

20120087780 - Integrated actuator module for gas turbine engine: An actuator module for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of actuators mounted within a common actuator housing.... Agent:

20120087781 - Layer system for rotor/stator seal of a turbomachine and method for producing this type of layer system: The present invention creates a layer system for the rotor/stator seal of a turbomachine, in particular a compressor, which is disposed between components of the turbomachine and can be run in with a movement of the components relative to one another, in such a way that at least one of... Agent: Mtu Aero Engines Gmbh

20120087782 - Gas turbine: A gas turbine includes a rotor having a rotor groove and a rotor bore extending through the rotor, the rotor bore having a diffuser-shaped rotor bore exit. A blade is attached to the rotor and includes a blade tip having at least one dust hole. An airfoil has a leading... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20120087784 - Inducer for gas turbine system: An inducer for a casing of a gas turbine system is disclosed. The inducer includes a plurality of orifices defined in the casing, the plurality of orifices disposed in an annular array about the casing, and a plurality of cartridges, each of the plurality of cartridges configured to mate with... Agent: General Electric Company

20120087783 - System and method for turbine compartment ventilation: According to an aspect of the invention, a method for ventilating a turbine compartment is provided, the method comprising directing an air flow from an air intake to a first air conduit, transferring a first heat between the air flow and a first fluid within a heat exchange apparatus and... Agent: General Electric Company

20120087785 - Multi-stage turbocharger arrangement: The present invention relates to a multi-stage turbocharger arrangement (1), having a high-pressure turbocharger (20) which has a turbine housing (26A), a bearing housing (27A), a compressor housing (28A); and having a low-pressure turbocharger (21) which has a turbine housing (26B), a bearing housing (27B), a compressor housing (28B); wherein... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20120087786 - Stator structure of turbo molecular pump and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention discloses an improved stator structure of a turbo molecular pump and a method for manufacturing the same. The stator comprises a plurality of stator blade assemblies, and each stator blade assembly comprising an inner shroud ring, an outer shroud ring and a plurality of stator blades, wherein... Agent: Prosol Corporation

20120087787 - Turbofan jet engine: There is a turbofan jet engine including an engine core. The engine core includes a fan and a compressor. The engine core includes a combustion chamber and a turbine functionally coupled to the compressor. The engine core includes a nozzle in fluid communication with the turbine. The turbofan jet engine... Agent:

20120087788 - Steam turbine nozzle assembly having flush apertures: A steam turbine nozzle assembly having a flush aperture is disclosed. In one embodiment, the steam turbine nozzle assembly includes a diaphragm assembly comprising: an inner diaphragm ring segment; an outer diaphragm ring segment; a static nozzle blade positioned between the inner diaphragm ring segment and the outer diaphragm ring... Agent: General Electric Company

20120087789 - Fan module: A fan module includes two brackets, a holder, and a fan. Each of the brackets has a first assembling portion. The holder has a U-shape body and an opening, and two of the second assembling portions are respectively disposed at two sides of the U-shape body. The fan is placed... Agent: Giga-byte Technology Co.,ltd.

20120087790 - Fan mounting assembly: A fan mounting assembly includes a mounting tray and a fan. The mounting tray includes a base plate and at least one mating block protruding from the base plate. The fan includes a housing and a blade accommodated in the housing. The blade is configured to blow air from a... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20120087791 - Wind turbine device: Wind turbine device comprising a rotor (1) provided with multiple rotor blades (13), wherein the rotor (1) is circumferentially encircled by a casing (2) including a forward and a rear casing section (21, 22) positioned mutually spaced having a spacing provided as an annular slit (23); and at least some... Agent:

20120082539 - Variable geometry turbine: A variable geometry turbine for a turbocharger has a plurality of vanes disposed in an inlet passageway of a turbine housing outboard of the turbine wheel. The vanes are movable so as to adjust the effective cross-section area of the inlet between a first position in which the area of... Agent:

20120082540 - Low-ductility open channel turbine shroud: A turbine shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: a plurality of arcuate shroud segments arranged as an annular shroud, each of the shroud segments comprising low-ductility material and having a cross-sectional shape defined by opposed forward and aft walls, and opposed inner and outer walls, the walls extending... Agent: General Electric Company

20120082541 - Gas turbine engine casing: An engine casing for a gas turbine engine, such as, but not limited to, a gas turbine engine fan case, is disclosed which includes an annular case shell formed of a substrate material that is at least partially coated by a nanocrystalline metal coating. A method of manufacturing such an... Agent:

20120082542 - Steam turbine rotor, method of manufacturing the same, and steam turbine: In one embodiment, a steam turbine rotor has a first and a second rotor, a first and a second flange, a bolt, and a cap nut. The first flange is connected to an end portion of a first shaft of the first rotor and has a first through hole. The... Agent:

20120082543 - Axial-flow pumps and related methods: Miniature (mesoscale) axial-flow pumps including an inlet guide, a stator spaced apart from the inlet guide, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the inlet guide and the stator.... Agent:

20120082544 - Girder for supporting a tidal turbine fairing and tidal turbine comprising such a girder: This girder (8) for supporting a tidal turbine fairing has a parallelogram-shaped cross-section (S), taken perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis (A8) of the girder (8). It comprises at least one slot (86a, 86b) extending generally parallel with the longitudinal axis (A8) of the girder (8). a cross-section (S) taken perpendicularly... Agent: Alstom

20120082545 - Seal arrangement for variable vane: A variable vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The variable vane assembly includes a vane operable to pivot about a pivot axis. The vane includes a flap portion positionable in a fluid stream for controlling a flow of fluid. The vane also includes a stem portion... Agent:

20120082546 - Turbomachine: A turbomachine, particularly a steam turbine, is provided. The turbomachine includes a machine housing and a shaft, which is guided through and guided out of the machine housing, at least on one side, wherein at least one annular gap present between the shaft and the machine housing is sealed by... Agent: