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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps July category listing 07/12

20120189426 - Blade outer air seal assembly and support: An example blade outer air seal support assembly includes a main support member configured to support a blade outer air seal. The main support member extends generally axially between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. The leading edge portion is configured to be slidably received within a... Agent:

20120189427 - Gas turbine engine flow path member: A gas turbine engine flow path member is disclosed which includes an extending end portion capable of contacting a surface of the turbine engine. The flow path member includes openings to pass a cooling fluid to cool the extending end portion. The flow path member, furthermore, can be made using... Agent:

20120189424 - Mateface cooling feather seal assembly: A feather seal assembly includes a seal having a directional passage to direct an airflow generally non-perpendicular to the seal.... Agent:

20120189425 - System and method for reducing corrosion in a compressor: A system for reducing corrosion in a compressor includes a compressor blade having a corrosion potential. A sensor connected to the compressor blade generates a signal reflective of the corrosion potential. A power supply connected to the compressor blade at an electrical connection produces an electrical potential at the electrical... Agent: General Electric Company

20120189428 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine device comprising a base frame which supports a vertical axis wind operated rotor, the axis being associated to a user device and being contained in a matchingly-dimensioned cylindrical casing exhibiting two openings, respectively an inlet and an outlet, aligned perpendicular to the rotor axis, the casing being... Agent: Comet - S.r.l.

20120189429 - Bearing system for gas turbine engine: A bearing system for a gas turbine engine includes a spring defined about an axis of rotation. The spring has a multiple of beams which extend between a flange structure and an attachment structure. A damper defined about the axis of rotation and mounted to the spring to at least... Agent:

20120189430 - Ring gear mounting arrangement with oil scavenge scheme: A turbine engine includes an input shaft and a fan shaft rotatable about an axis. The fan shaft supports fan blades. An epicyclic gear train is connected between the input shaft and the fan shaft. The epicyclic gear train includes a plurality of star gears, a carrier supporting the plurality... Agent:

20120189431 - Compressor arrangement: Compressor arrangement having an axial compressor and a radial compressor which are arranged axially one behind the other on a common driveshaft which can be coupled to a drive and which each have a compression fluid input and a compression fluid output. The axial compressor is provided with first control... Agent: Man Diesel & Turbo Se

20120189432 - Aggregate vane assembly: An aggregate vane assembly is disclosed herein. The aggregate vane assembly includes a core vane assembly encircling a central longitudinal axis and having a plurality of core vanes each extending radially between an inner hub and an outer band. The core vane assembly extends along the central longitudinal axis between... Agent:

20120189433 - Variable geometry turbine: A variable geometry turbine comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel supported in the housing for rotation; an annular inlet passage defined between respective inlet surfaces defined by an annular nozzle ring and a facing annular shroud; the nozzle ring can vary the size of the inlet passage; a circumferential array... Agent:

20120189434 - Coating with abradability proportional to interaction rate: A seal in a gas turbine engine component between an airfoil with a radial outward end and a seal member adjacent it coated with an abrasive layer having a ceramic component in a matrix of a metal alloy with hexagonal BN. The ceramic component is selected from silica, quartz, alumina,... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20120189435 - Assembly for preventing fluid flow: According to one aspect of the invention, an assembly for preventing fluid flow between turbine components includes a shim and a first woven wire mesh layer that includes a first surface coupled to a first side of the shim and a second surface of the woven wire mesh layer opposite... Agent: General Electric Company

20120189436 - Temperature control ring for vehicle air pump: An annular device for the temperature control of a pump is provided. That device is in fluid communication with the radiator coolant system of a vehicle, and the engine-warmed coolant flows through the annular device to warm the pump and thaw ice buildup. The device is removable and can be... Agent: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

20120189437 - Hermetic compressor: The present invention refers to a hermetic compressor and, more specifically, a hermetic compressor comprising a centrifugal pump (1) to provide oil for the moving parts of said compressor. In the compressor of the present invention, the vertical shaft (7) extends axially from the rotor to form a free end... Agent:

20120189438 - Gas turbine engine stator vane assembly: A method of assembling gas turbine engine front architecture includes positioning inner and outer fairings relative to one another. Multiple vanes are arranged circumferentially between the inner and outer fairings. A liquid sealant is applied around a perimeter of the vanes to seal between the vanes and at least one... Agent:

20120189439 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a channel structure and a centrifugal fan. The channel structure includes a housing and at least a slit. The housing has an accommodating space and a flow channel adjacent to each other. The slit is extended along the flow channel. The flow channel is communicated with... Agent:

20120189440 - Ventilation assembly: A ventilation assembly has a support structure, an electric motor and a fan connected to the motor. The fan has a cup-like hub with an annular side wall and a bottom wall and which define internally a housing in which the motor extends. The hub further has a plurality of... Agent:

20120189441 - Axial flow turbine: An axial flow turbine includes in axial flow series a low pressure turbine section and a turbine exhaust system. The low pressure turbine section includes a final low pressure turbine stage having a circumferential row of static aerofoil blades followed in axial succession by a circumferential row of rotating aerofoil... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20120183386 - Cooled gas turbine engine member: A gas turbine engine is disclosed having a vane disposed in a flow path of a gas turbine engine component, for example a gas turbine engine compressor. The vane is in thermal contact with a heat tube that extends through a wall of the engine component and into a space... Agent:

20120183385 - Method for preventing surge in a dynamic compressor using adaptive preventer control system and adaptive safety margin: A method of preventing surge in a dynamic compressor is disclosed. The method includes providing an anti-surge valve having an adjustable opening for increasing the flow through a dynamic compressor. The next step is sensing process conditions in the dynamic control to determine a compressor load variable. A control system... Agent:

20120183387 - Shrouded wind turbine system with yaw control: A wind energy systems includes a shroud for each turbine. The shroud is adapted to direct and accelerate wind towards the turbine. A strong adaptable support assembly is provided for securing turbines to a structure. An air glide yaw assembly facilitates rotational movement of the structure allowing the turbines to... Agent:

20120183388 - Systems and methods for swirl brake tapering: A centrifugal compressor is disclosed. The centrifugal compressor comprises a first duct configured to receive a process gas, an impeller connected to the first duct and configured to compress the process gas, wherein the impeller has an outer surface, a first seal comprising, a first plurality of swirl brakes configured... Agent:

20120183389 - Seal system for cooling fluid flow through a rotor assembly in a gas turbine engine: A sealing system for a rotor assembly in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The sealing system may include a seal formed from a side block and an upper seal that seals a gap between a radially outward extending first rotor supply channel in a rotor assembly terminating at an... Agent:

20120183390 - Pivot arrangement for a motorized device: In the exemplary embodiment, an electric rotary fan has a fan head including a rotary motor and a fan blade, the fan blade rotated by the motor for producing an air stream. A pair of rubber bushings are each disposed between the fan head and a stand and each have... Agent:

20120183391 - Turbomachinery with integrated pump: The disclosed embodiments include self-lubricating oil feed systems that may include an integral bearing. The oil feed systems may include gear pumps suitable to minimize the axial profile of the oil feed systems. Additionally, the oil feed systems may be directly coupled to turbomachinery having a gear, and provide for... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20120183392 - Cast turbine housing with stamped volute: A turbine housing includes a housing having a volute section. A volute insert is positioned within an interior portion of the volute section. The surface of the volute insert may be smoother than the interior surface of the volute to reduce turbulence and increase air flow within the volute.... Agent:

20120183393 - Assembly and method for preventing fluid flow: According to one aspect of the invention, an assembly to be placed between adjacent turbomachinery components is provided, where the assembly includes a first shim comprising a U-shaped cross-section geometry, wherein the first shim is configured to form a seal between adjacent components. The assembly also includes an insert placed... Agent: General Electric Company

20120183394 - Turbomachine shroud: An example turbomachine shroud assembly includes an annular shroud configured to receive a rotating component. A radially outer surface of the annular shroud establishes positioning slots and relief slots. The positioning slots are configured to receive a support finger that limits radial movement of the annular shroud. The relief slots... Agent:

20120183395 - Radial compressor diffuser: A radial compressor diffuser for a radial compressor stage includes a flow channel which extends radially outwards and which has a cylindrical inlet cross-section on a first radius which extends radially inwards and a cylindrical outlet cross-section which extends radially outwards. A radial diffuser outlet blade is provided in the... Agent:

20120183396 - Fan module with toolless fastener: An exemplary fan mount for mounting a fan which has a connecting hole includes a frame and a fastener. The frame comprising a sidewall defining a chamber for receiving the fan and a connecting wall extending inwards from the sidewall towards the chamber. A hollow elastic pole extends out from... Agent: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.

20120183397 - Exhaust system for steam turbine: The shape (vertically symmetric) of a flow guide 5A according to a conventional technology was modified into the shape (vertically asymmetric) of a flow guide 5 such that the length of a downstream flow guide portion 5d is greater than that of a upstream flow guide portion 5u. Numerical analyses... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20120177476 - Turbocharger operating system and method for an internal combustion engine: A method of operating a turbocharger apparatus on an internal combustion engine, having a first oil circuit and a second oil circuit, includes steps of sensing a plurality of engine operating parameters via a plurality of sensors associated with the internal combustion engine; providing oil to the engine from the... Agent:

20120177477 - Cross-flow fan, molding die, and fluid feeder: Disclosed is a cross-flow fan where an inner diameter (d) and an outer diameter (D) of a fan blade meet the relationship expressed by 0.55≦d/D≦0.95. In cross-flow fan, (N) representing number of fan blades, a chord length (L) and outer diameter (D) of fan blades, and (M) representing number of... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20120177478 - Impingement plate for turbomachine components and components equipped therewith: An impingement plate adapted to reduce thermally-induced strains and stresses that may damage the plate or its attachment to a second component. The plate includes an interior region having cooling holes, a peripheral wall surrounding the interior region and projecting out of the plane of the interior region, a peripheral... Agent: General Electric Company

20120177479 - Inner shroud cooling arrangement in a gas turbine engine: A component in a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil and a shroud. The shroud has an outer surface supporting an end of the airfoil and defines a portion of an annular gas path. The shroud includes axial edges extending between upstream and downstream edges thereof. Each of the axial... Agent:

20120177480 - Rotor with cooling passage: A gas turbine engine is disclosed having a cooling passage that rotates with a turbine and is capable of providing cooling flow to the turbine. In one embodiment the cooling passage can receive cooling flow from an interior of a shaft of the gas turbine engine and increase the pressure... Agent:

20120177481 - Gas turbine: This gas turbine includes a turbine cooling structure of cooling a turbine by using cooling air and a filter that reduces dust in the cooling air on an upstream side of the turbine. Furthermore, the gas turbine includes a supply pipe for supplying the cooling air to the filter, a... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120177482 - Guide vane for a turbo-compressor, guide vane arrangement, turbo-compressor, motor vehicle and method: A guide vane of a turbo-compressor has variable turbine geometry, in particular for a motor vehicle. The guide vane has a profile with a lower side, an upper side and a front edge. The guide vane is characterized by a nose which extends along the front edge of the vane,... Agent: Continental Automotive Gmbh

20120177483 - System for adjusting brush seal segments in turbomachine: A system includes a brush seal segment. The brush seal segment includes a movable support including a head, an extension, and a seal surface, wherein the head is configured to mount in a chamber. The brush seal segment also includes a brush coupled to the movable support along the seal... Agent: General Electric Company

20120177484 - Elliptical sealing system: The present application provides an elliptical sealing system for use with a rotor and a stator housing of a rotary machine. The elliptical sealing system may include a number of sealing segments with an abradable coating thereon. The sealing segments with the abradable coating thereon may have a substantially elliptical... Agent: General Electric Company

20120177485 - Cover plate with interstage seal for a gas turbine engine: An air seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first cover plate with a radially extending knife edge seal defined about and axis of rotation. The first cover plate is mountable to a first rotor disk for rotation therewith, the first radially extending knife edge seal interfaces with... Agent:

20120177486 - Runner for circumferential seals: A runner assembly for a circumferential seal assembly includes a runner having an inwardly extending runner mounting flange, a flexible mounting structure and a retainer assembly therefore.... Agent:

20120177487 - Transition duct: A transition duct is provided for coupling a combustor and a turbine section of a gas turbine. The transition duct includes a transition duct skin. The transition duct skin comprises a first surface section, a second surface section, and a clinch welded joint connecting the first surface section and the... Agent:

20120177488 - Process for joining silicon-containing ceramic articles and components produced thereby: A process for joining silicon-containing ceramic articles, and particularly ceramic articles and CMC articles that contain both silicon carbide and free silicon. The process entails providing a reactive metal-containing braze material between the articles, and then heating the braze material and the articles to react the reactive metal with the... Agent: General Electric Company

20120177489 - Gas turbine nozzle arrangement and gas turbine: A sealing element is provided for sealing a leak path between a radial outer platform of a turbine nozzle and a carrier ring for carrying said radial outer platform. The carrier ring has an axially facing carrier ring surface and the radial outer platform has an axially facing platform surface.... Agent:

20120177490 - Attachment of threaded holes to composite fan case: A composite fan case includes a composite fan case body having an outer surface. A bolt attachment is attached to the outer surface of the fan case and has an internal composite boss with at least one threaded metallic insert. The boss is attached to the outer surface of the... Agent:

20120171010 - Removable steam inlet assembly for steam turbine: A removable steam inlet assembly and lifting fixture for a steam turbine are provided to facilitate lifting of the upper exhaust hood of the steam turbine. The removable steam inlet assembly is detached from the steam inlet of the turbine inner casing for the lift and mounted to the upper... Agent: General Electric Company

20120171011 - Wind turbine-type device: The invention relates to a wind turbine-type device for utilizing the energy contained in an air flow. Said device is equipped with a rotating cylinder (2a) with rotating vanes (2), a stationary guiding cylinder (4a) surrounding the rotating cylinder (2a), said guiding cylinder having guiding blades (2) and capturing vanes... Agent:

20120171012 - Fan module: A fan module includes a fan, a temperature sensor, and a shield. The temperature sensor includes a cable. The shield is mounted on the fan. The shield includes a clip. The clip includes two elastic pieces. A restricting slot and a receiving space are located between the two elastic pieces.... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20120171013 - Cross-flow fan, molding die, and fluid feeder: A cross-flow fan includes a plurality of fan blades circumferentially spaced from each other. The fan blade has an inner edge portion on the radially inner side, and an outer edge portion on the radially outer side. A blade surface extends between the inner edge portion and the outer edge... Agent:

20120171014 - Barrel-type multistage pump: A barrel-type multistage pump with uniformed velocity distribution in an axial direction, on a cross-section of a rotating flow channel, to suppress fluid loss in a last stage, and including: plural stages of centrifugal impellers, covered by an inner casing; diffusers and return channels provided on downstream sides of said... Agent: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.

20120171015 - System for providing cooling and purging air flow to a rotary machine online monitoring system: In one embodiment, a system includes a sight tube configured to optically communicate with an interior of a rotary machine via insertion within an inspection port. The sight tube includes a window and multiple openings configured to direct purge air across the window. The system also includes a curtain tube... Agent: General Electric Company

20120171016 - Ram air turbine inlet: An inlet for a ram air turbine. The inlet is positioned forward of a turbine shaft, which is configured to rotate about a portion of an object. The inlet has a fixed geometry that chokes airflow through the inlet to prevent overspeed of the turbine shaft.... Agent:

20120171017 - Anti-rotation for thrust washers in planetary gear system: A bushing for use in a planetary gear system has a cylindrical body portion defining a bore extending along a central axis to be received on a planetary gear shaft. A tab extends axially beyond a nominal body portion of the bushing and is received in a notch in a... Agent:

20120171018 - Gas turbine engine compressor arrangement: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a gear arrangement configured to drive the fan section, a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes a low pressure compressor section and a high pressure compressor section. The turbine section is configured to drive compressor section and the... Agent:

20120171019 - Attachment interface for a gas turbine engine composite duct structure: A duct includes a first and second composite duct section and a first and second metallic support ring section the second metallic support ring section abuts the first metallic support ring section.... Agent:

20120171020 - Variable geometry vane system for gas turbine engines: One embodiment of the present invention is a unique variable geometry vane system. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and turbomachinery variable geometry vane systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of... Agent:

20120171021 - Conduit for turbomachine and method: A turbomachine includes a compressor having a cartridge that is configured to slide in and out of an external casing. The turbomachine further includes an electrical motor having a motor shaft configured to be connected to the compressor shaft. A conduit is configured to extend through the statoric part of... Agent:

20120171022 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for a turbine interstage rim seal: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing a turbine interstage rim seal. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for sealing a turbine rotor-bucket interface. The method can include linking a first portion of one or more rim seal... Agent: General Electric Company

20120171023 - Mounting apparatus for low-ductility turbine shroud: A turbine shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a central axis includes: an arcuate shroud segment 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 between opposed first and second end faces and... Agent: General Electric Company

20120171024 - Bearing holding structure and fan module using same: A fan module includes a frame; a fan wheel; and a bearing holding structure having a hollow bearing cup, an elastic member, and a bearing. The frame has a base, on a center of which the hollow bearing cup is formed. A portion of an inner wall surface of the... Agent: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.

20120171025 - Vane with spar mounted composite airfoil: A vane includes a composite airfoil having one or more outer pockets and one or more outer spars received therein respectively. The outer spars extending radially inwardly from an outer bridge of the outer vane mount outwardly supporting airfoil. The spars may be integrally formed with the bridge and adhesively... Agent:

20120171026 - Centrifugal fan, molding die, and fluid feeder: A centrifugal fan includes a plurality of fan blades circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The fan blade has a front edge portion to which air flows in a rear edge portion from which air flows out, and a blade surface extending between the front and rear edge portions. The... Agent:

20120171027 - Structural low-ductility turbine shroud apparatus: A turbine shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a central axis includes: an arcuate shroud segment 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 between opposed first and second end faces and... Agent: General Electric Company

20120171028 - Vane with spar mounted composite airfoil: A vane includes a composite airfoil having one or more pockets and one or more spars received therein respectively. The spars extending radially away from a bridge of a vane mount supporting airfoil. The spars may be integrally formed with the bridge. The spars may be adhesively bonded to the... Agent:

20120171029 - Turbine engine rotating cavity anti-vortex cascade: A gas turbine engine rotor drum includes spaced apart discs providing a cavity between the discs. The discs are configured to rotate in a rotational direction about an axis. An annular support is mounted on at least one of the discs and within the cavity. A cascade of relatively short... Agent:

20120171030 - Discharge scroll and turbomachine: Provided is an exhaust scroll capable of reducing mixing loss caused by fluid swirling inside the exhaust scroll and fluid flowing thereinto, while collecting and discharging the fluid which has flowed. The exhaust scroll is provided with a scroll body (11) in which a space having a substantially annular cross... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120171031 - Removable upper steam guide segment for steam turbine: An upper steam guide segment may be a height limiting clearance for a lift of the upper exhaust hood of a steam turbine. The upper steam guide segment for a steam turbine is made detachable from a steam guide. The upper steam guide segment is bracketed to a butterfly plate... Agent: General Electric Company

20120171032 - Guide device for a centrifugal blower: A centrifugal blower including a hollow housing and an impeller having a plurality of blades disposed in the hollow housing, wherein the impeller causes a fluid received in a fluid inlet of the hollow housing to flow in a radially outward direction to a fluid outlet of the hollow housing.... Agent: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.

20120171033 - Pumps: A pump shaft (10; 12) and a pump member (16; 18) mountable on the shaft for rotation with the shaft have respective contact surfaces that contact when the pump member is mounted on the shaft. At least one of the contact surfaces is formed such that corrosion products of the... Agent: Edwards Limited