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Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/13

20130028704 - Blade outer air seal with passage joined cavities: A blade outer air seal assembly includes a body that defines a first cavity separated from a second cavity by a circumferential rib. The circumferential rib includes at least one passage which provides communication between the first cavity and the second cavity.... Agent:

20130028705 - Gas turbine engine active clearance control: An active clearance control system utilizes a working fluid stream to control radial thermal growth and thereby a clearance between turbine blades and a corresponding shroud of a gas turbine engine. Conduits disposed about a turbine case and proximate to pads defined within the turbine case include a flow surface... Agent:

20130028706 - Method and apparatus for adjusting impeller/ring clearance in a pump: In a pump arrangement, each adjusting screw has first and second end portions, a third intermediate raised portion, and a fourth portion to allow each adjusting screw to be rotated clockwise/counterclockwise. Each first end portion passes through a suction liner aperture so left-handed threads couple to a respective left-handed seal... Agent: Itt Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

20130028707 - Method for injecting water into a multistage axial compressor of a gas turbine: A method is disclosed for injecting water into a multistage axial compressor of a gas turbine. With low equipment cost, a significant power enhancement can be achieved, even under changing boundary conditions, by water being injected at a plurality of points along the axial compressor, and by the injected water... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd.

20130028708 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for sealing a bucket dovetail in a turbine: Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems methods, and apparatus for sealing a bucket dovetail in a turbine. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for sealing a gap between a bucket dovetail and a rotor wheel slot. The method can include providing a... Agent: General Electric Company

20130028710 - Compact low noise efficient blower for cpap devices: A blower includes an electric motor having a shaft, a housing having an inlet and outlet between which is defined a gas flow path, the outlet structured to direct gas exiting the blower in an axial first direction, a first impeller attached to the shaft and adapted to accelerate air... Agent: Resmed Motor Technologies Inc

20130028709 - Fan module: A fan module includes a cooling fan, a supporting rack, and a number of fasteners sandwiched between the cooling fan and the supporting rack. The fasteners are made of vibration-resistant material. The supporting rack includes two opposite supporting walls. An installing portion protrudes out from a top of each supporting... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20130028711 - Portable blower: A portable blower has a casing (2) having an opening portion (24) open in a suction face (2a) of the casing (2) facing the installation surface with an inclination and a discharge port (7) open in a top face (2d) of the casing (2); an air passage (8) inside the... Agent:

20130028712 - Gas turbine engine systems involving tip fans: Gas turbine engine systems involving tip fans are provided. In this regard, a representative gas turbine engine system includes: a multi-stage fan having a first rotatable set of blades and a second counter-rotatable set of blades, the second rotatable set of blades defining an inner fan and a tip fan... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130028713 - Seal for turbomachine segments: In one embodiment, a system includes a seal having a first sealing end portion, a second sealing end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second sealing end portions, wherein the seal has at least one metering hole configured to control a leakage flow across the seal.... Agent: General Electric Company

20130028714 - Transmission system and exhaust gas turbocharger: A transmission system for an adjusting device, of a waste gate of an exhaust gas turbocharger, including a four bar coupling mechanism, a driver arm operatively connected to a drive via a transmission, an output arm and a coupler, operatively connecting the driver and output arms, the transmission having a... Agent:

20130028715 - Internally actuated inlet guide vane for fan section: A variable inlet guide vane assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced inlet guide vanes mounted to pivot to change an angle of the guide vanes relative to an air flow. An actuator actuates the plurality of inlet guide vanes to change the angle, and is positioned radially inward of... Agent:

20130028716 - Turbine engine having a stage of variable-pitch stator vanes with independent control: A turbine engine including a stator including variable-pitch vanes that are controlled stage by stage. An actuator ring connected by crank-arms to the variable-pitch vanes is coupled to at least one adjacent specific drive unit in a general form of an actuator.... Agent: Snecma

20130028717 - Flap seal and sealing apparatus: A sealing plate for sealing a gap between two primary sealing plates is provided. The sealing plate has a sealing portion and a connector portion, wherein the sealing portion has a width which is greater than a width of the connector portion. An apparatus for sealing a gap between two... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130028718 - Strut, a gas turbine engine frame comprising the strut and a gas turbine engine comprising the frame: A strut is provided for being arranged between an annular inner structural casing and an annular outer structural casing in a gas turbine engine frame for carrying loads between the inner and outer structural casing during operation. The strut includes a first tube, which is configured to house a service... Agent:

20130028719 - Concrete volute pump: A centrifugal pump is provided capable of pumping liquid volume flow rates of at least 20 m3/sec. The pump includes a centrifugal impeller rotatable about an axis and operable to direct a liquid towards a concrete volute arranged around the impeller. The pump further includes fixed fin-like elements arranged between... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20130028720 - Centrifugal fan: There is provided a centrifugal fan including an upper casing which has an air suction opening, a lower casing, and an impeller which is disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud which is provided on an upper casing side, and a plurality... Agent: Minebea Co., Ltd.

20130028721 - Fabrication of load compressor scroll housing: A method of fabricating a load compressor scroll housing includes the steps of forging near net shape parts that are machined and subsequently welded together. The forged portions are machined to define specific features of the scroll housing along with the mating surfaces. An interface between top and bottom portions... Agent:

20130028724 - Axial-radial turbomachine: Axial-radial flow machine having an axial portion with at least one axial stage, a radial portion with at least one radial stage, a housing having an interior space with a dividing wall extending in a radial direction dividing the housing in an axial direction into a first partial space in... Agent: Man Diesel & Turbo Se

20130028726 - Flow straightener device for turbomachine: A flow straightener device for a turbomachine including an inner shell ring and an outer shell ring surrounding the inner shell ring, at least one out of the inner shell ring and outer shell ring having first orifices; at least two flow straightener vanes each including, at least at one... Agent: Snecma

20130028727 - Gas turbine and turbine stationary blade for same: A gas turbine engine and a turbine stator assembly which is capable of being cooled effectively with a small amount of air. The stator assembly comprises a stator vane disposed to be exposed to a combustion gas passage. The stator vane comprises a cooling passage defined therein. The cooling passage... Agent: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20130028725 - Resurfaced wicket gate and methods: A method for refurbishing wicket gates by applying a sheet material to at least a portion of the vane surface of the wicket gate, thus forming a new face. This sheet material may be applied by wrapping the sheet material around the vane surface. The method may further include applying... Agent:

20130028723 - System and method for generating electrical power using a shrouded turbine system: A system and method for generating electrical power using a shrouded wind turbine system. Specifically, a shrouded wind turbine system can comprise a frame, a turbine mounted to said frame, wherein said turbine comprises a hub, a plurality of blade mounts connected to said hub, said hub rotatable, such that... Agent:

20130028722 - System and method for improving turbine efficiency using a frame and shroud system: A system and method for improving turbine efficiency using a frame and shroud system is described herein. Specifically, a shroud system can comprise a frame comprising a base and a substantially vertical support structure, said substantially support structure having a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein said bottom portions... Agent:

20130028728 - Fixing device for fan: A device for fixing two fans includes a chassis, a limiting member mounted in the chassis, and a blocking member. A receiving space is bounded by the chassis and by the limiting member. The blocking member is sandwiched between the fans, and includes two angled plates which may concertina towards... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20130028729 - Power generation systems and methods: A power generation system with a plurality of mechanical devices is described. Each mechanical device has energy-capturing blades and a hydraulic pump. A power generation arrangement remote of the mechanical devices is also disclosed. Each mechanical device can include a device output conduit configured to output a pressurized output flow... Agent:

20130028730 - Compressor: In a compressor in which a housing includes a through-portion through which an end of the rotating shaft protrudes outside and in which the through-portion is sealed by a lip seal device, the through-portion includes a lip-seal-device accommodating portion formed by a flat surface that contacts an entire flat outer... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20130028732 - Rolling bearing device having a hydraulic damping device: A roller bearing device in particular in a turbocharger having a housing component having a bearing hole having an inner circumference and a rolling bearing received therein on an outer race having an outer circumference. In order to implement a component such as a rotor assembly of a turbocharger that... Agent: Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. Kg

20130028731 - Tilting pad journal bearing and steam turbine: In a tilting pad journal bearing device including a plurality of arc-shaped pads 31, 32, . . . , 36 which are incorporated in a bearing inner ring 4 swingably in a circumferential direction of a journal 2, a load applied to each of the pads 31, 32, and 36... Agent:

20130022447 - Centrifugal pump for de-watering: A method of de-watering during intermittent dry running periods with a self-priming centrifugal pump is presented. Centrifugal pumps, as opposed to diaphragm pumps, are advantageous because they are less expensive and can provide greater capacity. The shaft seals are sensitive, however, to frictional heating when water flow is interrupted. In... Agent:

20130022443 - Fan motor cooling: An example fan assembly impeller moves air along a secondary flow path when driven by a motor. The motor also drives a fan rotor to move air along a primary flow path of the fan assembly. Air moving along the primary flow path moves in a first direction. Air moving... Agent:

20130022446 - Fluidic dampening film supply method for a guiding bearing of a turbine engine shaft: A fluidic dampening film supply method for a guiding bearing of a turbine engine shaft, said turbine engine being known to vibrate according to at least one given vibratory mode, said turbine engine being adapted to enter in resonance at a given resonance speed (wr) for said given vibratory mode,... Agent: Snecma

20130022444 - Low pressure turbine exhaust diffuser with turbulators: A turbine exhaust diffuser for use adjacent a last stage row of buckets fixed to a turbine rotor includes an annular inner diffuser ring and an annular outer diffuser ring defining a flow path for steam exiting a last stage row of buckets in a first substantially axial direction at... Agent:

20130022442 - System and method for operating a turbine: A system for operating a turbine includes a rotating component and a non-rotating component separated from the rotating component by a clearance. A first actuator is connected to the non-rotating component, and the first actuator comprises a shape-memory alloy. A method for operating a turbine includes sensing a parameter reflective... Agent: General Electric Company

20130022445 - System for reducing compressor oil consumption: An air induction system for a power source including a first compressor and a second compressor is disclosed. The air induction system includes an air feed passageway that directs compressed air from the second compressor to an area between a compressor wheel and a center housing in the first compressor... Agent: Perkins Engines Company Limited

20130022448 - Uncoupling system for an aircraft turbojet engine rotary shaft: A decoupling system for a rotary shaft of an aircraft turbojet, the decoupling system including: a rolling bearing including rolling elements inserted between a first ring fastened to a stationary bearing support and a second ring mounted in a mounting chamber fastened to a rotary shaft; a transmission mechanism transmitting... Agent: Snecma

20130022449 - Radial-flow turbomachines having performance-enhancing features: A turbomachine that includes a radial-flow impeller and one or more of a variety of features that enhance the performance of machinery in which the turbomachine is used. For example, when the turbomachine is used in a dynamometer, the features enhance the useful shaft horsepower range of the dynamometer. One... Agent: Concepts Eti, Inc.

20130022450 - Pump impeller and submersible pump having such pump impeller: A non-clogging type pump impeller (1) includes: a fluid passage (18) provided in an approximately cylindrical body (10) and connecting a suction port (13) to a discharge port (14). The fluid passage (18) has a vortex shape as viewed from the axial direction. A first recess (21), which is sunk... Agent:

20130022451 - Bearing surface combined load-lock slots for tangential rotors: A system for assembling a turbine engine component has a disk having a groove, which groove has a bearing surface and an upper wall, at least one locking slot being positioned at an intersection of the bearing surface and the upper wall; each locking slot having a shaped surface; and... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130022452 - Engine compressor, particularly aircraft jet engine compressor, fitted with an air bleed system: A compressor including at least one cascade of fixed vanes, the vanes of which are mounted on a wall and between them form air-flow passages, and an air bleed system which bleeds air from the passages between two vanes, through openings made in the wall, the openings being discontinuous and... Agent: Snecma

20130022453 - Alignment member for steam turbine nozzle assembly: An alignment member for a turbine diaphragm segment is disclosed. The alignment member is configured to span radially across a portion of the turbine diaphragm segment and an adjacent turbine casing segment. The alignment member can include: a main body having a first aperture for aligning with a first corresponding... Agent: General Electric Company

20130022454 - Air turbine starter: A blade 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 is defined by a set of X-coordinates and Z-coordinates defined in any of Table I, Table II, Table III or... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20130022455 - Pump: A radial pump for fluids has a central water inlet that leads to a rotating impeller that is enclosed by an annular pump chamber extending radially outside the impeller and from which leads a water outlet. An intermediate wall is arranged in the pump chamber which is of an encompassing... Agent: E.g.o. Elektro-geratebau Gmbh

20130022456 - Axial flow action turbine: Axial flow action turbine utilizing the energy of water entering axially and tangentially into a turbine runner with cylindrical hub equipped with radial oriented buckets having cross-section consisting of segments of cylindrical tube where the segments are angularly offset along the bucket's radial axis and where the water exits the... Agent:

20130022457 - Multi-shell turbine casing system: A multi-shell turbine casing system comprises at least one supporting cell joined to at least one retaining cell. The at least one supporting cell has at least one supporting cell wall and at least one truss section. The at least one retaining cell has at least one retaining cell wall.... Agent: General Electric Company

20130022458 - Screw pump having an integrated pressure limiting valve: A screw pump includes a pump housing on which a flange section for installing the pump is formed. The screw pump further includes an integrated pressure limiting valve. The pressure limiting valve in the flange section of the pump housing is installed in the pump housing.... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20130022460 - Mechanical seal for large pumps: An improved mechanical seal assembly is provided for hydro transport applications and other similar applications, such as large high pressure slurry pumps. This mechanical seal is used in large scale pumps having an axially adjustable shaft to accommodate high wear applications by maintaining suitable pump performance. The improved seal is... Agent: Flowserve Management Company

20130022459 - Seals for reducing leakage in rotary machines: A seal assembly for a rotary machine is provided. The seal assembly includes multiple sealing device segments disposed intermediate to a stationary housing and a rotor. Each of the segments includes at least one plate and a sealing element. The seal assembly also includes multiple inter-segment gaps formed between the... Agent: General Electric Company

20130017057 - Blade outer air seal assembly: An example blade outer air seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal that is biased toward a second part. The blade outer air seal and the second part move together radially during operation. Radial inward movement of the blade outer air seal is limited exclusively by the second part... Agent:

20130017058 - Blade outer air seal having partial coating: A blade outer air seal member includes a body that extends between two circumferential sides, axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and between a gas path side and a radially outer side opposite the gas path side. A ceramic coating is initially disposed on a portion of... Agent:

20130017059 - Hole for rotating component cooling system: A rotor for a gas turbine engine comprises an annular body and a plurality of holes. The annular body is configured to rotate in a circumferential direction about an axis extending through a center of the annular body. The annular body comprises an outer diameter surface and an inner diameter... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130017060 - Tip clearance control for turbine blades: An arrangement for heating and cooling a turbine casing of a gas turbine engine, the arrangement comprising an inboard duct, adjacent to an inboard surface of the turbine casing, an outboard facing wall of the inboard duct having a plurality of impingement holes opening towards the inboard surface of the... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130017061 - Turbocharger vane: A vane (234) is provided which reduces leakage of gas in a variable geometry turbocharger (210) from the high pressure side of the vane (234) to the low pressure side of the vane (234). The vane (234) can have a channel (330, 430) along a gas bearing surface (325, 425)... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130017062 - Turbo machine with magnetic bearings: A turbomachine has a housing, a rotor shaft centered on an axis, and a plurality of bearings supporting the shaft in the housing for rotation about the axis. At least one of the bearings is an active magnetic bearing. An impeller is fixed on the rotor shaft. A copper layer... Agent:

20130017063 - Turbine: A wind turbine for capturing energy from a fluid flow comprises a rotor having a rotational axis and a plurality of rotor blades (104) arranged for rotation about the rotational axis. The rotor blades extend longitudinally in a direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis. A shield member V3 is... Agent:

20130017064 - Gas turbine airfoil with shaped trailing edge coolant ejection holes: A turbine blade or vane includes at least one internal radial channel for the circulation of cooling medium bordered on a pressure side by a pressure side wall and on a suction side by a suction side wall joined at a upstream side at a leading edge and at and... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20130017065 - Gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle: A gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle comprises a nozzle body defining a nozzle exit. An array of movable slats is disposed round the nozzle exit. Flow control walls are fixed to the nozzle body and provide flow control surfaces over which the movable slats move. The flow control walls prevent... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130017066 - Compressors with integrated secondary air flow systems: A compressor includes a rotor platform; a rotor blade; and a casing having an inner surface surrounding the tip and spaced radially outwardly from the tip to define a gap. A secondary air flow system includes a bleed inlet configured to remove secondary air flow from the primary air flow;... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130017068 - Axial turbine for a rotary atomizer: A turbine rotor, e.g., for a drive turbine of a rotary atomizer, is disclosed having a rotatably supported turbine shaft with the potential for mounting an atomizer wheel, and having at least one drive turbine wheel having a plurality of turbine blades. The turbine blades of the drive turbine wheel... Agent:

20130017067 - Method of beam welding of an impeller with performance of two passes on a slot ; impeller and turbo machine having such weld configuration: Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide welding techniques for impeller blades associated with impellers in centrifugal compressors. According to one exemplary embodiment, a connection area of the impeller blade has a “hammer”-shaped cross-sectional area which facilitates beam welding of the connection area to a slot in the... Agent:

20130017069 - Turbine, a turbine seal structure and a process of servicing a turbine: Disclosed is a turbine, a turbine seal structure, and a process of servicing a turbine. The turbine includes the seal structure. The seal structure is mechanically secured within the hot gas path of the turbine. The process of servicing includes positioning the seal structure within the hot gas path of... Agent: General Electric Company

20130017070 - Turbine seal, turbine, and process of fabricating a turbine seal: Provided is a turbine seal, a turbine, and a process of fabricating a turbine seal. The turbine seal includes a metallic foam positioned along a hot gas path of a turbine. The turbine includes a blade configured to rotate along a predetermined path in response to a hot gas and... Agent: General Electric Company

20130017071 - Foam structure, a process of fabricating a foam structure and a turbine including a foam structure: Disclosed is a foam structure, a process of fabricating the foam structure, and a turbine including the foam structure. The foam structure includes a cast metallic foam having pores and a gel positioned within at least a portion of the pores. The process of fabricating the foam structure includes providing... Agent: General Electric Company

20130017072 - Pattern-abradable/abrasive coatings for steam turbine stationary component surfaces: A pattern-abradable seal assembly is provided for a stationary steam turbine component. The seal assembly, in use, is oriented in opposition to at least one seal tooth on a rotatable turbine component so as to inhibit leakage flow across the seal assembly in one direction, the seal assembly may include... Agent: General Electric Company

20130017074 - Rotor fastening arrangement: A rotor fastening arrangement, particularly for connecting a drive shaft and a rotor hub of a centrifugal pump assembly, having a fitting surface and at least one contact surface at the drive-shaft end. Respective ends of the drive-shaft (3) and the rotor hub (1a) are each provided with an internally... Agent:

20130017073 - Wall ring for axial fan: The invention relates to a wall ring for an axial fan comprised of a supporting frame (1) on which a circular connecting piece (2) is formed, inside which the axial fan is arranged. The supporting frame (1) is assembled from a plurality of frame elements (6) by means of form... Agent:

20130017075 - Electrical submersible pump: An electrical submersible pump can include a housing with a head and a base; a shaft arranged for rotation within the housing; an impeller stack that includes ceramic impellers mounted along the shaft; a diffuser stack that includes diffusers disposed within the housing; and a spring sleeve that includes axially... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation

20130017076 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a rack, a shield, and a fan. The rack defines a first vent opening and a second vent opening aligned with the first vent opening. The shield is mounted in the rack and aligned with the first vent opening. The shield defines a circular opening corresponding... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20130017079 - Debris blowing and/or vacuum appliance: A debris blowing and/or vacuum appliance. The appliance comprises a body including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet for exhausting fluid externally of the body, a volute located in a flowpath between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and a centrifugal impeller located within the volute and rotatable by... Agent:

20130017078 - Impeller arrangement: An impeller arrangement for location for use with a blower and/or vac device, the impeller being rotatable about an axis of rotation and comprising a base, a shroud and a plurality of blades located therebetween, the shroud comprising an impeller inlet defining a passageway to the plurality of blades, a... Agent: Black & Decker Inc.

20130017077 - Rotary pump with spiral casing: A rotary pump has a pump housing enclosing a flow space and provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening, wherein the intake opening and the discharge opening are connected to each other by the flow space. An impeller wheel is disposed in the flow space and is driven... Agent: Oase Gmbh

20130017080 - Flow directing member for gas turbine engine: In a gas turbine engine, a flow directing member includes a platform supported on a rotor, a radially facing endwall, at least one axial surface extending radially inwardly from a junction with the endwall, an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the endwall, and a fluid flow directing feature. The fluid... Agent:

20130017081 - System for enhanced recovery of tangential energy from an axial pump in a loop reactor: A loop reactor axial pump system improves conversion of tangential to axial flow of a flowing slurry by attaching a straight impeller section to the inlet of an elbow section. A pump shaft extends rotatably from the elbow through guide vanes located in the impeller section, so that flow from... Agent: Flowserve Management Company

20130017082 - Assembly for aligning an inner shell of a turbine casing: An alignment assembly for mounting and aligning an inner shell within an outer shell is disclosed. The alignment assembly generally includes a first bushing and a second bushing configured to be received within at least one of an arm extending radially between the inner and outer shells and a boss... Agent: General Electric Company

20130011237 - Energy saving pump with multiple impellers: A centrifugal pump incorporates multiple impellers which are driven by a shaft at constant speed. To engage an impeller, a ball end rod is operated, which interacts with an integral structure which comprises a disc, connector or a support collar, and face gear as linking means. The integral structure is... Agent: Hcl Technologies Ltd.

20130011238 - Cooled ring segment: A ring segment for a gas turbine engine includes a panel and a first mating edge cooling system. Cooling fluid is provided to an outer side of the panel and an inner side of the panel defines at least a portion of a hot gas flow path. A cooling system... Agent:

20130011239 - Tubular inline exhaust fan assembly: An improved exhaust fan housing, and exhaust fan assembly so characterized, is generally provided. The exhaust fan housing includes a first cylindrical or conical element, a second cylindrical element interior of the first cylindrical element, and a plurality of hollow vanes traversing an annular fluid passage chamber delimited thereby and... Agent:

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20130011241 - Fan disk apparatus and method: An apparatus for a gas turbine engine comprises a spool lock for locking a compressor spool and a lift for removing a rotor from the compressor spool. The spool lock comprises an outer ring configured for attachment to a compressor case of the gas turbine engine, an inner ring configured... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130011242 - Gas turbine engine with angled and radial supports: A support structure in a gas turbine engine including an inner annular wall and an outer annular wall defining an annular flow path, a casing housing the structure defining the flow path, and a bearing compartment housing a rotor shaft bearing located radially inwardly from the inner annular wall. The... Agent:

20130011243 - Turbocharger control linkage with reduced heat flow: The life of an actuator such as a turbocharger VTG actuator is extended by reducing heat conduction from the turbine housing along the control linkage to the actuator link and into the actuator, thereby protecting sensitive electronic components. To this end, the control linkage may be equipped with cooling fins,... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130011244 - Reconfigurable heat transfer system for gas turbine inlet: A reconfigurable heat transfer system for a turbine inlet for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The reconfigurable heat transfer system includes reconfigurable heat transfer components may be moved between a first position and a second position, wherein the second position allows a portion of or all of the air... Agent: General Electric Company

20130011245 - Axial shaft seal for a turbomachine: A turbomachine has a housing having a passage extending along an axis and an annular axially directed housing face extending radially from the passage. A shaft extending axially in the passage has an outer shaft surface radially spaced from an inner surface of the passage and forming therewith an annular... Agent:

20130011246 - Gas-turbine aircraft engine with structural surface cooler: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine aircraft engine with a core engine surrounded by a bypass duct, with a substantially annular cooling element being provided in the area of a radially inner wall of the bypass duct downstream of stator vanes of the bypass duct.... Agent: Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg

20130011247 - Centrifugal fan with a multistage impeller: A centrifugal fan with a multistage impeller includes a hub and a multistage impeller having at least two stages of blade assemblies. The hub has a top section and a circumferential section extending from the top section. At least one extension section outward extends from the circumferential section. The multistage... Agent:

20130011249 - Multi-layer filter, gas turbine including a multi-layer filter, and process of filtering: A multi-layer filter, a gas turbine including a multi-layer filter, and a process of filtering are disclosed. The multi-layer filter includes a nano-fiber layer positioned to receive an airflow, a coalescing base medium layer, and a membrane layer. The coalescing base medium and the membrane layer are positioned for the... Agent: General Electric Company

20130011248 - Reduction in thermal stresses in monolithic ceramic or ceramic matrix composite shroud: A shroud for use in a gas turbine engine has a ring with a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of slots and each of the protrusions having an arc length and parallel sides.... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130011250 - Mechanical coolant pump: A mechanical coolant pump for an internal combustion engine includes a main pump body comprising a volute housing and an outlet channel. A pump wheel is arranged in the volute housing. The pump wheel is configured to pump a coolant into the outlet channel. A volute tongue wall comprising a... Agent: Pierburg Pump Technology Gmbh

20130011251 - Turbine with radial inlet and outlet rotor for use in bidirectional flows: The present invention relates to a turbine which can absorb energy from bi-directional reversing flows, as is the case of ocean wave energy converters. In the periphery of the bladed rotor (2) of the turbine there are two openings (5, 6) through which the fluid alternately enters, or exits from,... Agent:

20130011252 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base comprises an outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20130011253 - Joint assembly for an annular structure: A joint assembly for an annular structure comprises a first annular member having a first radially extending flange and a second annular member having a second radially extending flange. The first and second flanges having a plurality of first and second circumferentially aligned apertures. A plurality of fasteners are provided... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130011254 - Columnar air moving devices, systems and methods: An air moving device includes a housing member, a rotary fan assembly, and a nozzle, the housing including a plurality of air vents. The air moving device further includes at least one anti-drip structure in the form of a peripheral lip member for inhibiting water from entering the air moving... Agent: AiriusIPHoldings, LLC

20130011255 - Fan: A fan includes a housing and a motor. The housing has a compartment, at least one lateral air inlet and at least one lateral air outlet. The lateral air inlet and lateral air outlet communicate with the compartment. The motor has a stator and an impeller. The impeller is coupled... Agent:

20130011256 - Mechanical seal unit, particularly for a fire extinguishing pump: The present invention refers to a premounted mechanical seal unit, particularly for a fire extinguishing pump, comprising a rotating seal ring (2), a stationary seal ring (3), the rotating seal ring (2) and the stationary seal ring (3) defining a seal gap (4) thereinbetween, an inner sleeve (5) which is... Agent: Eagleburgmann Germany Gmbh & Co. Kg

20130004292 - Control strategy for decreasing resonance in a turbocharger: A method for operation of an engine including a turbocharger system is provided. The method includes adjusting turbocharger rotational acceleration or deceleration in response to one or more resonant frequencies. Additionally in some examples, the method may further include increasing turbocharger rotation in response to one or more resonant frequencies... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20130004290 - Turbo-machinery with flow deflector system: The present application provides a turbo-machine. The turbo-machine may include a number of buckets, a number of nozzles, and a flow deflector system. The flow deflector system may include a bucket deflector and a nozzle deflector so as to limit leakage flow losses therethrough.... Agent: General Electric Company

20130004291 - Turbomachine fluid-conduit housing coupling system and method: A shroud portion of a fluid-conduit housing provides for concentrically shrouding a portion of bladed rotor operatively coupled to a rotor shaft rotationally supported by at least one bearing operatively coupled to the centerbody. An internal cylindrical surface at an end of the fluid-conduit housing mates with a corresponding external... Agent: Williams International Co., L.L.C.

20130004293 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a first fan and a second fan stacked together. Each of the first fan and the second fan includes a frame and a supporting base received in the frame. Several extending portions extend from a bottom of the frame of the first fan. A buckling block... Agent: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.

20130004294 - Ductile alloys for sealing modular component interfaces: A vane assembly (10) having: an airfoil (12) and a shroud (14) held together without metallurgical bonding there between; a channel (22) disposed circumferentially about the airfoil (12), between the airfoil (12) and the shroud (14); and a seal (20) disposed in the channel (22), wherein during operation of a... Agent:

20130004296 - Segmented ceramic matrix composite turbine airfoil component: A segmented component for use with a gas turbine engine comprises a radially extending gas path portion. The gas path portion is for interacting with gas flow from the gas turbine engine. The gas path portion comprises a forward portion forming a leading edge of a stationary vane, an aft... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130004295 - Turbine vane: A stator for a turbine includes an arrangement of vanes including at least a first vane and a second vane circumferentially neighbouring the first vane. Each of the first vane and the second vane include: an airfoil; a channel system configured to cool the respective vane with cooling gas; and... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20130004297 - Dual fan gas turbine engine and gear train: A gas turbine engine includes a first fan, a second fan spaced axially from the first fan, a turbine-driven fan shaft and an epicyclic gear train coupled to be driven by the turbine-driven fan shaft and coupled to drive the first fan and the second fan. The epicyclic gear train... Agent:

20130004299 - Heating and ventilation fan for bathroom: A heating and ventilation fan for a bathroom comprises an ventilation fan frame, a scroll casing provided with fan blades and a motor, an air passage-switching plate, and a heater; characterized in that: an air leakage-preventing structure is provided between an air outlet of the scroll casing and the air... Agent: Panasonic Ecology Systems Guangdong Co., Ltd.

20130004298 - Turbocharger: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG), having a turbine housing (2) with a supply duct (9) for exhaust gases, having a turbine rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing (2); and having a guide grate (18), which surrounds the turbine rotor... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130004300 - Shaft assembly of an exhaust-gas turbocharger: The invention relates to a shaft assembly (1A) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a shaft (5), having a turbine wheel (2) which can be connected to one end of the shaft (5) to form a rotor, haying a compressor wheel (12) which can be connected to the other end... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130004301 - Spall resistant abradable turbine air seal: An abrasive coating for a rotor shaft, the abrasive coating having a metal bond coat layer on the rotor shaft and an abrasive layer over the bond layer for contact with vanes during operation of the rotor shaft. The abrasive coating includes a matrix containing a low strength filler having... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130004302 - Supersonic turbine moving blade and axial-flow turbine: A supersonic turbine moving blade in which increased circumferential speed due to increased blade length and average diameter reduces shock wave loss in its inflow area. It has at least one of the following features: pressure surface curvature is nonnegative from the leading to trailing edge end; negative pressure surface... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20130004304 - Fan: A fan includes a motor including a rotating portion and a stationary portion; an impeller including a plurality of blades and a blade support portion to which the blades are fixed, and arranged to cover the motor; and a housing including a lower plate portion arranged on a lower side... Agent: Nidec Corporation

20130004303 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a case, a bracket and a fan module. The cage includes a ventilation plate. An installation portion and a positioning post are located on the ventilation plate. The fan module is secured to the ventilation plate and includes a bracket and a fan secured to the... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (wuhan) Co., Ltd.

20130004305 - Machine with abradable ridges and method: A machine having a fixed part including a portion with a smooth surface is provided. The machine also includes a rotating part configured to rotate relative to the fixed part, the rotating part directly facing the portion of the fixed part, and plural ridges formed on the portion of the... Agent:

20130004306 - Chordal mounting arrangement for low-ductility turbine shroud: A shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: a 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, wherein the inner wall defines an arcuate... Agent: General Electric Company

20130004307 - Impeller and centrifugal fan having the same: An impeller and a centrifugal fan having the same are provided. The impeller includes a lower shroud, an upper shroud, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction between the lower shroud and the upper shroud. The impeller is rotatable around a rotary shaft. An outside... Agent: Minebea Co., Ltd.

20130004308 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a rack, a shield, and a fan. The rack defines a first vent opening and a second vent opening aligned with the first vent opening. The shield is mounted in the rack and aligned with the first vent opening. The shield defines a frame opening corresponding... Agent: Hon Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20130004309 - Protective internal coatings for porous substrates: A material contains open pores in which the channels and pores that are internally coated with at least one layer of phosphorus-containing alumina. Such material is formed by infiltrating a porous material one or more times with a non-colloidal, low-viscosity liquid coating precursor, drying, and curing the coating precursor to... Agent: Applied Thin Films, Inc.

20130004310 - Method for fabricating shaft sealing device and jig for fabricating shaft sealing device, and rotary machine provided with shaft sealing device: Provided is a method of fabricating a shaft sealing device, in which a plurality of thin plate pieces arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotation shaft are provided and base ends of the thin plate pieces are mutually connected, the method including a stacking step of stacking the plurality... Agent: