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20130149098 - Fan blade tip clearance control via z-bands: An engine has a blade, a casing surrounding the blade, an seal ring, and a passive system for connecting the seal ring to the casing and for accommodating thermal expansion of the seal ring relative to the casing so as to maintain blade tip clearance control. The passive system may... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130149100 - Gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine with a compressor rotor having compressor impulse blades that delivers gas at supersonic conditions to a stator. The stator includes a one or more aerodynamic ducts that each have a converging portion and a diverging portion for deceleration of the selected gas to subsonic conditions and... Agent: Ramgen Power Systems, LLC

20130149099 - Gas turbine engine with fan variable area nozzle to reduce fan instability: A nacelle assembly for a high-bypass gas turbine engine includes a fan variable area nozzle movable relative a fan nacelle to vary a fan nozzle exit area to reduce a fan instability.... Agent:

20130149101 - Reduced leakage balance piston seal: Balance piston assembly, apparatus, and methods are provided. The assembly includes a balance piston coupled to a rotatable shaft and configured to rotate therewith, the balance piston including a first shelf and a second shelf, the first and second shelves being axially-overlapping and radially-offset. The assembly also includes a seal... Agent: Dresser-rand Company

20130149102 - Turning gear for gas turbine arrangements: An apparatus for driving a load is provided. The apparatus comprises a multiple-shaft gas turbine comprising a high pressure compressor and a high pressure turbine drivingly connected to one another by a first gas turbine shaft and a low pressure compressor and a power turbine drivingly connected to one another... Agent: Nuovo Pignone S.p.a.

20130149103 - Ballistic materials for enhanced energy absorption and fan casings including the same: Ballistic materials for enhanced energy absorption and fan casings for turbine engines including the same are provided. A hybrid ballistic material comprises a first ballistic fabric and at least one individual member woven through at least a portion of the first ballistic fabric. The fan casing comprises at least one... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130149104 - Recirculation fan and fan assembly thereof: A recirculation fan includes a casing, a covering member, and a fan assembly. The casing has a base. The covering member is coupled with the casing to define an accommodation space. The fan assembly is disposed within the accommodation space, and includes a first impeller, a second impeller, a motor,... Agent: Delta Electronics, Inc.

20130149105 - Turbo-molecular pump: Part of the gas that is evacuated by the blade portions is evacuated by a thread groove portion that is formed of the rotor cylinder portion and a stator thread groove, and the rest of the gas is led into the rotor cylinder portion via the openings, and is evacuated... Agent: Edwards Japan Limited

20130149106 - Steam turbine, blade, and method: A stator blade ring comprising a plurality of stator blade modules defining an annular chamber is provided. The plurality of stator blade modules comprises an elongated blade portion comprising a first and a second blade shell portion, a longitudinal passageway, and at least one opening extending through at least one... Agent: Nuovo Pignone S.p.a

20130149107 - Gas turbine outer case active ambient cooling including air exhaust into a sub-ambient region of exhaust flow: A gas turbine engine including an outer case extending circumferentially around the central longitudinal axis. A cooling channel is associated with the outer surface of the outer case, the cooling channel having a channel inlet and a channel outlet. An air duct is provided including an inlet end in fluid... Agent:

20130149108 - Blade: A blade having a root portion and an aerofoil portion, wherein the aerofoil portion has a tip remote from the root portion, and a leading edge and a trailing edge, and wherein the tip of the aerofoil portion has a set-back portion extending from the leading edge or the trailing... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130149109 - Method of damping aerofoil structure vibrations: The method described herein includes providing an aerofoil structure having a root portion and an aerofoil portion, wherein the aerofoil portion has a tip remote from the root portion. In certain aspects, the tip of the aerofoil structure can be substantially surrounded by a casing with a clearance gap between... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130149112 - Gas turbine engine with fan variable area nozzle: A nacelle assembly for a high-bypass gas turbine engine includes a fan variable area nozzle movable relative to a fan nacelle to vary a fan nozzle exit area and adjust a pressure ratio of the fan bypass airflow during engine operation.... Agent:

20130149111 - Gas turbine engine with fan variable area nozzle for low fan pressure ratio: A nacelle assembly for a high-bypass gas turbine engine includes a fan variable area nozzle movable relative a fan nacelle to vary a fan nozzle exit area and adjust a pressure ratio of the fan bypass airflow during engine operation.... Agent:

20130149113 - Gas turbine engine with fan variable area nozzle for low fan pressure ratio: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section with twenty (20) or less fan blades and a fan pressure ratio less than about 1.45.... Agent:

20130149110 - Off axis pump with integrated chain and sprocket assembly: An off axis hydraulic pump for an automatic motor vehicle transmission includes an integrated chain and sprocket assembly. A first, chain drive sprocket is mounted on a shaft driven by an input to a torque converter and a second, driven chain sprocket is attached to a stub shaft which drives... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20130149114 - Housing for a blade wheel: The present invention relates to a housing for a blade wheel of a turbo machine including a flow channel which is enclosed by a housing wall; a valve flap for selectively sealing or releasing a flow opening in the housing wall; and a shaft which is connected with the valve... Agent: Voith Patent Gmbh

20130149115 - Recirculation fan and wind-guiding device thereof: A recirculation fan includes a casing, a covering member, a wind-guiding device, a passive impeller, and an active impeller. The covering member is coupled with the casing to define an accommodation space. The wind-guiding device is disposed on the covering member, and includes a wind-guiding cover and a magnetoresistive structure.... Agent: Delta Electronics, Inc.

20130149116 - Bearing housing of an exhaust-gas turbocharger: A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (24), having a mounting bore (2), a bearing device (3) which has two bearing bushes (4, 5) arranged in the mounting bore (2), between which bearing bushes is arranged a spacer (6), and a rotational speed sensor (7) which is fixed in... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130149117 - Steam turbine casing position adjusting apparatus: A steam turbine casing position adjusting apparatus capable of employing a compact low-resolution actuator is provided. A steam turbine casing position adjusting apparatus 40 includes turbine casings 21 and 37, a rotor 23, and actuators 14 and 15 that move the turbine casings 21 and 37 in the axial direction.... Agent:

20130149118 - Labyrinth seals: A labyrinth seal impedes leakage flow though a gap between confronting static and moving parts in a turbomachine. The seal includes axially spaced and circumferentially extending sealing fins arranged in leakage flow series and projecting across the gap from at least one of the confronting parts into sealing proximity with... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd.

20130149119 - Variable capacity core type heat exchanger unit: A variable capacity core type heat exchanger unit, may include a heat exchanger heat-exchanging high-temperature cooling water, a reservoir tank in which the high-temperature cooling water is inputted and thereafter, transmitted to the heat exchanger and the low-temperature cooling water is inputted and thereafter, discharged to the engine and the... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20130149120 - Gas turbine engine with outer case ambient external cooling system: A thermal barrier/cooling system for controlling a temperature of an outer case of a gas turbine engine. The thermal barrier/cooling system includes an internal insulating layer supported on an inner case surface, the internal insulating layer extending circumferentially along the inner case surface and providing a thermal resistance to radiated... Agent:

20130149121 - Gas turbine engine with multiple component exhaust diffuser operating in conjunction with an outer case ambient external cooling system: An attachment system for attaching at least one exhaust diffuser downstream from a turbine assembly in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The attachment system may include at least one attachment flange extending from a downstream edge and attached to a spring plate diffuser support structure and at least one... Agent:

20130149122 - Air-extracting type heat dissipating apparatus: An air-extracting type heat dissipating apparatus includes a frame, a fan body, a plurality of air-inhaling holes and a plurality of air-exhaling holes. The side portion of the frame has an accommodating space. The fan body is disposed in the frame and has a first side and a second side.... Agent: Delta Electronics, Inc.

20130149123 - Radial active clearance control for a gas turbine engine: The present invention comprises a gas turbine engine with a compressor for generating compressed air, a turbine comprising upstream and downstream rows of vanes, vane carrier structure surrounding at least one row of vanes and plenum structure at least partially surrounding the vane carrier structure capable of impinging compressed air... Agent:

20130149124 - Turbine: The turbine (1) according to the present invention includes: a blade body (50) having a blade (59) provided at one of a rotor rotatably supported and a stator provided around the rotor and extending in a radial direction toward the other side from one side and a shroud (51) extending... Agent:

20130149125 - Turbine and method for manufacturing turbine: The turbine includes: a shaft body supported rotatably; a plurality of turbine blade members; a casing covering the shaft body and the turbine blade row; an outer ring member that is provided on an inner periphery of the casing and includes an inner peripheral portion in which a cross-section having... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20130149127 - Structural platforms for fan double outlet guide vane: A structural platform comprises a first end, a second end, a first side wall and a second side wall, a platform body extending between the first end and the second end and further between the first side wall and the second side wall, a first fillet joining the first side... Agent: General Electric Company

20130149126 - Treated valve seat: An aluminum alloy turbine housing includes an inlet for exhaust, a turbine wheel space configured to receive exhaust via the inlet, a wastegate opening configured to receive exhaust via the inlet and to provide received exhaust to a wastegate chamber, and a locally hardened valve seat surrounding the wastegate opening.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130149128 - Advection-type fan and an impeller thereof: An impeller of an advection-type fan includes a metal base plate, a shaft and a plurality of plastic blades. The metal base plate includes a shaft-coupling portion and a peripheral portion, with a first plane facing in a first direction and a second plane facing in a second direction opposite... Agent:

20130149130 - Fan hub frame for double outlet guide vane: A fan hub frame comprises a circular hub having an opening extending axially wherein an engine core is capable of being positioned, the circular hub having a radially outer surface, the radial outer surface having a plurality of cradles, each of the cradles having a lower surface and fillets disposed... Agent: General Electric Company

20130149131 - Surround for a vertical axis wind turbine: A surround for housing a wind turbine directs and concentrates wind from any direction toward the wind turbine. The surround can be formed from an upper apron and a lower apron, each having three or more sides, typically four sides. A fin can be disposed between the upper and lower... Agent:

20130149132 - Turbomachine casing assembly: A turbomachine casing assembly including a casing adapted to encase an aerofoil structure, the aerofoil structure having a tip, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the casing substantially surrounding the tip of the aerofoil structure, wherein the casing has a set-back portion extending from a position in the region... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130149129 - Variable geometry turbocharger: An exhaust nozzle 9 has nozzle vanes 15 interposed between front and rear exhaust introduction walls 10 and 51. A space 19 is between the wall 51 and a turbine housing 1. A sealing device 25 is arranged upstream, in a direction of exhaust gas, of each through hole 24... Agent: Ihi Corporation

20130149134 - Fan: A fan includes a stationary portion, a rotating portion, and an impeller arranged to rotate about a central axis together with the rotating portion to produce an axial air current. The rotating portion includes a rotor holder. The impeller includes a cup portion arranged to cover the rotor holder and... Agent: Nidec Corporation

20130149136 - Stationary blade cascade, assembling method of stationary blade cascade, and steam turbine: A stationary blade cascade 29 of an embodiment includes stationary blade structures 50 and a ring-shaped support structure 40 supporting the stationary blade structures 50. The stationary blade structures 50 each include: a stationary blade part 51 where steam passes; and an outer circumference side constituent part 52 formed on... Agent:

20130149135 - Stator vane array: A stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes circumferentially spaced vanes about a common axis. The array of vanes further includes three or more sub-arrays, which are configured such that the vane spacing in one sub-array is different from the vane spacing in the other sub-arrays.... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130149133 - Stator vane shroud having an offset: An example stator vane assembly of a turbomachine includes a shroud having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and at least one circumferential edge. The leading edge is circumferentially offset relative to the trailing edge when installed within the turbomachine.... Agent:

20130149137 - Fan: A fan assembly includes a fan and a screen. The fan includes a bracket, and an impeller installed in the bracket. The bracket includes two opposite sidewalls each defining an opening aligning with the impeller. A hollow fixing frame is mounted to an outer surface of one of the sidewalls... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20130149138 - Fastening apparatus for fan: A fastening apparatus for fastening a fan having two boards includes a bottom plate, four fastening bases, two fastening members, two receiving members, two locking members, and two elastic members. The fastening bases are fastened to the bottom plate. Each fastening base defines a through hole. Each fastening member includes... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20130149139 - Dynamic load reduction system: Bolted together first and second flanges include bolts disposed through first bolt holes in the first flange. The bolts extend at least partially through second holes in the second flange. Bolt include bolt heads, threads, and shanks therebetween. Crushable spacers disposed around the shanks of a first plurality of the... Agent:

20130149141 - Bearing arrangement: A bearing arrangement 2 comprising an outer race 10, a shaft 4 arranged to rotate with respect to the outer race 10 thereby defining an axis of rotation 8 of the shaft 4. The shaft 4 and the outer race 10 are arranged to define a region of overlap between... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130149140 - Bearing structure and cooling fan using same: A bearing structure includes a main body internally defining a shaft space; the shaft space axially extends a full length of the main body and communicates with at least one extension space; and the extension space is radially outward extended from the shaft space and also axially extends a full... Agent: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.

20130149142 - Sliding bearing and pump device using the same: In a sliding bearing, load carrying capacity and bearing rigidity is increased without increasing a size of the bearing and the pressure of the fluid. The sliding bearing comprises a cylindrical-shaped sleeve supporting a rotatable shaft via fluid, and hydrostatic pressure pockets provided in the inner periphery of the sleeve.... Agent: Hitachi-ge Nuclear Energy, Ltd.

20130149143 - Gas turbine engine including lift-off finger seals, lift-off finger seals, and method for the manufacture thereof: Embodiments of a gas turbine engine including a lift-off finger seal are provided, as are embodiments of a lift-off finger seal and embodiments of a method for the manufacture thereof. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes an engine housing having low and high pressure cavities, a shaft rotatably... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130142615 - Blower housing: A blower housing has a discharge direction, an axis of rotation, a polar axis that intersects the axis of rotation and is substantially perpendicular to the discharge direction, an angular sweep of increasing fluid flow area, and an axial contraction located at an angularly greater value than the angular sweep.... Agent: Trane International Inc.

20130142617 - Method and equipment for detecting rotating stall and compressor: A method for detecting rotating stall in a compressor is disclosed herein. The method comprises measuring radial vibration of the rotor relative to the stator and generating a vibration measurement signal, calculating a frequency spectrum of the vibration measurement signal, identifying a plurality of frequency bandwidths of the frequency spectrum,... Agent: Nuovo Pignone S.p.a.

20130142616 - Pumping device: A pump is disclosed, with a casing comprising a substantially circular body having at least two radial inlets, at least one peripheral outlet and a transversal aperture. The casing further comprises a substantially circular impeller mounted within the body for rotation about the aperture. The impeller has a substantially uninterrupted... Agent:

20130142618 - Steam turbine arrangement of a three casing supercritical steam turbine: A steam turbine arrangement is provided and includes a first steam turbine with a first steam outlet, wherein the first steam turbine exhibiting a first sealing leakage, a second steam turbine exhibiting a second sealing leakage, and a third steam turbine with a cooling steam inlet, a functional device and... Agent:

20130142619 - Fluid turbine systems: Various fluid turbine systems and methods are described. The turbine can be a vertical axis wind turbine configured to generate power from wind energy. The turbine system can have a blade assembly. The blade assembly can have a plurality of blades rotatable about an axis. The turbine system can have... Agent: California Energy & Power

20130142620 - Method of positioning a control surface to reduce hysteresis: A method of determining the actual position of a control surface (27). The method comprises receiving a signal (34) representative of a required position of the control surface (27), repositioning the control surface (27) in response to the signal (34) by moving an actuator (26), measuring a secondary position indicator,... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130142621 - Multistage compressor with improved map width performance: A compressor typically for use in a turbocharger comprises a downstream radial compressor impeller wheel, an upstream axial compressor impeller wheel and an intermediate stator. The compressor housing has an inlet with inner and outer walls that define between them an MWE gas flow passage. An upstream opening defined by... Agent: Cummins Turbo Technologies Limited

20130142622 - Water pump for vehicle: A water pump for a vehicle may include a water pump housing, a water pump drive shaft, a bearing, a first rotation plate connected to one end of the water pump drive shaft, a first magnet mounted on one surface of the first rotation plate, an impeller rotation shaft coaxially... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20130142623 - Compressor housing and two-stage turbocharger thereof: A compressor housing surrounds an impeller of a compressor, compressing and discharging air suctioned from the impeller, the compressor may include a body having an impeller seating portion where the impeller is installed at the center of the body, an air inflow hole being in communication with the impeller seating... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20130142624 - Multi-layer acoustic treatment panel: A multilayer acoustic treatment panel including a first cellular-structure core sandwiched between a perforated skin and an intermediate skin; and a second cellular-structure core sandwiched between the intermediate skin and a continuous skin. The perforated skin includes at least one pair of high-porosity zones presenting a perforation ratio greater than... Agent: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

20130142625 - Gas-transfer foot: The present invention includes a molten metal pump and associated components that enable gas to be released into a stream of molten metal. The gas may be released into the molten metal stream (preferably into the bottom of the stream) flowing through a passage. Such a stream may be within... Agent:

20130142626 - Tank sloshing energy recovery system: A hydrodynamic energy recovery system for effecting mixing of gases within a headspace of a liquid-containment vessel containing a liquid enables mixing of the gases by converting energy of moving or sloshing liquid in a liquid-filled lower portion of the vessel into energy for moving the gases. The system includes... Agent: Parker-hannifin Corporation

20130142627 - Variable oil pump: A variable oil pump capable of rapidly ejecting a required amount of working fluid using an oil pressure of the working fluid generated according to an engine RPM, and improving a lubrication effect to improve engine efficiency. Also described is a variable oil pump, in which a gap is provided... Agent:

20130142628 - Abradable seal with axial offset: A sealing system for a centrifugal compressor includes a stator having a seal, a seal disposed in the seal housing and having an abradable portion along an inner circumference, a rotor having a plurality of rotor teeth configured to rotate within the inner circumference of the seal and configured to... Agent:

20130142629 - Preforms and related methods for repairing abradable seals of gas turbine engines: A preform, for repairing an abradable seal component of a gas turbine engine, includes a multilayer stack that has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is operative to bond the multilayer stack to a structural substrate of an abradable seal. The first layer includes structural material... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130142630 - Airfoil seal system for gas turbine engine: A turbine airfoil seal system of a turbine engine having a seal base with a plurality of seal strips extending therefrom for sealing gaps between rotational airfoils and adjacent stationary components. The seal strips may overlap each other and may be generally aligned with each other. The seal strips may... Agent: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

20130142631 - Exhaust gas housing for a gas turbine and gas turbine having an exhaust gas housing: An exhaust gas housing for a gas turbine, in which an annular gas passage, through which exhaust gas discharges from the gas turbine to the outside, is formed by a concentric inner casing and an outer casing which concentrically encompasses the inner casing at a distance, wherein the inner casing... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20130142632 - Supersonic compressor: A supersonic compressor including a rotor to deliver a gas at supersonic conditions to a diffuser. The diffuser includes a plurality of aerodynamic ducts that have converging and diverging portions, for deceleration of gas to subsonic conditions and then for expansion of subsonic gas, to change kinetic energy of the... Agent: Ramgen Power Systems, LLC

20130142634 - Method for mountng shielding on a turbine casing, and mounting assembly for implementing same: A method and structure negating thermal inertia of a solid portion, such as shielding, which influences mechanical behavior of parts of an engine structure, by reducing forces transmitted to the engine structure during an event in which a turbine blade ruptures, while preserving mechanical strength and vibratory positioning. The structure... Agent: Turbomeca

20130142633 - Turbomachine component machining method: An exemplary component manufacturing method includes scanning a first surface of a component to determine a location of pocket surfaces of the first surface. The method machines apertures in the component from a second, opposite surface of the component. The apertures each have a cooling air inlet within one of... Agent:

20130142635 - Rotary energy generating system and corresponding device: A rotary energy generating device includes an output shaft, a rotor coupled to the output shaft, and a plurality of paddles coupled to the rotor, with each paddle being moved between vertical and horizontal positions as the rotor is rotated. A chamber housing includes inlet and output pairs. A respective... Agent:

20130142636 - Turbocharger arrangement: A turbocharger arrangement comprises a turbocharger and a generator. The turbocharger comprises a turbine having a turbine wheel and a compressor having a compressor wheel. The turbine wheel and the compressor wheel are mounted to a shaft, the shaft being supported by a bearing assembly located in a bearing housing... Agent: Cummins Ltd.

20130142637 - Low rhenium single crystal superalloy for turbine blades and vane applications: A low rhenium nickel-base superalloy for single crystal casting that exhibits excellent high temperature creep resistance, while also exhibiting other desirable properties for such alloys, comprises 5.60% to 5.80% aluminum by weight, 9.4% to 9.9% cobalt by weight, 4.9% to 5.5% chromium by weight, 0.08% to 0.35% hafnium by weight,... Agent:

20130142638 - Radial flow steam turbine: Provided is a high-efficiency, realistic, radial flow steam turbine such that the steam supply method is simplified, and that a sufficient amount of steam is supplied to the interior of a turbine unit which is additionally provided in the axial direction. The radial flow steam turbine is equipped with a... Agent:

20130142639 - Apparatus and method for the forming of turbine vane cover plates: A method is provided for reconditioning a turbomachine vane cover plate, by a forming apparatus. The vane having a mounting portion, an airfoil extending radially outward therefrom and a vane head connected to the airfoil. The vane also having a cover plate connected to the vane head, bulged in a... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20130142640 - Alternate shroud width to provide mistuning on compressor stator clusters: A stator for a turbo-machine having a plurality of airfoils extending radially therefrom has a base from which the airfoils depend, and slits disposed in the base, each slit disposed adjacent a pair of airfoils, wherein a first set of adjacent slits and a distance between a second set of... Agent:

20130142641 - Turbomachine: A turbo machine is provided. The turbo machine comprises a turbo stator having a shroud, a turbo rotor having an impeller within the shroud, a brush seal between the impeller and the shroud, and at least one vane extending from the shroud toward the impeller upstream of the brush seal.... Agent: Nuovo Pignone S.p.a.

20130142642 - Mounting device for fan: A mounting device for mounting a number of fans includes a rack and a number of fixing members. The rack includes a bottom wall and two sidewalls perpendicularly extending up from opposite sides of the rack. Each sidewall defines a number of vents spaced along the lengthwise of the sidewall.... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20130142643 - Structural joint for connecting a first component to a segmented second component: A structural joint includes a first flange, a second flange and a fastener with a head and a shaft. The first flange extends out from a first component to a distal first flange end. The second flange extends out from a segmented second component to a distal second flange end.... Agent: United Technologies Corporation

20130142644 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly includes a bracket and a fan module. The bracket includes a ventilation plate. A limiting portion protrudes from the ventilation plate. The fan module is secured to the ventilation plate and includes a frame and a plurality of fan blades. The frame includes a first sidewall and... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (wuhan) Co., Ltd.

20130142647 - Bearing housing of an exhaust-gas turbocharger: A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a compressor-side housing flange (2), a central housing section (3) which is integrally connected to the housing flange (2) and in which a first partial section (4) of an oil chamber (5) is arranged; and a turbine-side housing section (6) which... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130142645 - Oil-retaining bearing fan device: An oil-retaining bearing fan device includes a fan base seat, at least one oil-retaining bearing and at least one magnetic member. The oil-retaining bearing is disposed in a bearing hole of the fan base seat. The oil-retaining bearing has at least one receiving hole for receiving the magnetic member therein.... Agent:

20130142646 - Oil-retaining bearing fan structure: An oil-retaining bearing fan structure includes a fan base seat, an oil-retaining bearing and at least one magnetic member. The oil-retaining bearing is disposed in a bearing hole of the fan base seat. The magnetic member is disposed between the oil-retaining bearing and a wall of the bearing hole. The... Agent:

20130142648 - Rotating machine: The rotating machine includes a rotating shaft, a case surrounding the rotating shaft, the case being provided with a fluid storing chamber and formed with a housing section. The rotating machine further includes a bearing disposed in the housing section and supporting the rotating shaft, and a ring-like seal member... Agent: Denso Corporation

20130136574 - Intake assemblies for wind-energy conversion systems and methods: An intake assembly for a wind-energy conversion system has a substantially vertical converging nozzle, an object extending into the nozzle, and a converging flow passage between the object and the nozzle. For some embodiments, the object may be another nozzle. There may be vanes in one or both nozzles in... Agent:

20130136575 - Method for monitoring the clearance of a kinematic link between a control member and a receiving member:

20130136576 - Wind turbine air flow guide device: The invention extends to an air flow device for wind turbines which includes a number of flow paths which assist in the movement of air through the air flow device which assists in increasing the efficiency and power output of the wind turbine. The air flow device includes flow passages... Agent:

20130136577 - Turbomachine casing assembly: A turbomachine casing assembly includes a first casing element locatable radially outward of one or more rotating aerofoil elements of a turbomachine and a second casing element located radially distal to the first casing element, with a void being defined between the first and second casing elements. Each of the... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130136578 - Turbocharger housing having a valve device, and method for manufacturing a turbocharger housing of said type: A turbocharger housing has a valve device. The valve device is formed with at least one first duct section and a second duct section. The two duct sections are arranged with their longitudinal axes parallel to one another and they are formed without any undercuts.... Agent: Continental Automotive Gmbh

20130136579 - Exhaust-gas turbocharger: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), having a shaft (2) on which are arranged a compressor wheel (3) and a turbine wheel (4), a bearing housing (5) in which are arranged a compressor-side bearing arrangement (6) and a turbine-side bearing arrangement (7) for the shaft (2), an oil inflow line (8) and... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130136580 - Cooling system for a generator of a vehicle: A cooling system for a generator of a vehicle has an engine, a generator and a wind collection box. The generator has a rotor driven by the engine and a fan synchronously rotating with the rotor. The wind collection box is connected to the generator via a first guiding tube.... Agent: Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.

20130136581 - Variable turbine geometry: A variable turbine geometry may have guide blades rotatably mounted in a blade bearing ring. An adjusting ring may be arranged on the bearing ring and an actuator may be configured to adjust the adjusting ring via a link lever. An adjustable eccentric may be arranged on the link lever... Agent: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg

20130136582 - Shroud segment producing method and shroud segment: Disclosed herein is a production method of a shroud segment that includes a forming process of molding a cylindrical fiber fabric (10) into a shroud segment shape by pressing a cylindrical surface of the fiber fabric, and a matrix forming process of impregnating the fiber fabric molded into the shroud... Agent:

20130136583 - Fluid sealing device for rotating machines: A fluid sealing device for rotating machines having a rotor part including at least one disk carried by a rotating shaft rotating in and relatively to a stator part in the presence of a fluid is disclosed. The rotating shaft has a sealing system defining a first environment at a... Agent: Turboden S.r.l.

20130136584 - Segmented thermally insulating coating: A gas turbine article includes a substrate and a thermally insulating topcoat disposed on a surface of the substrate. The surface of the substrate includes a surface pattern defining first surface regions and second surface regions. The first surface regions include incubation sites that are favorable for deposition of the... Agent:

20130136585 - Direct drive wind turbine, transport system and method of construction of a direct drive wind turbine: A direct drive wind turbine with a nacelle and a rotor including a hub, the nacelle and the hub connected in an interface region. The wind turbine includes a transport system for transporting hydraulic and/or pneumatic fluid from the nacelle into the hub. The transport system includes a rotary unit... Agent:

20130136587 - Centrifugal compressor: A centrifugal compressor, including: a housing, the housing including: an inlet, a flow channel, an impeller outlet, and an air diffusing channel; a centrifugal impeller disposed inside the housing; a rotating wall, the rotating wall including a front cascade; and a rotating disc, the rotating disc including a rear cascade.... Agent: Kangyue Technology Co., Ltd.

20130136586 - Electric pump: An electric pump includes a pump portion, a motor portion including a rotor formed in a cylinder form sharing an axis with a rotation shaft provided at the pump portion and a stator formed in an annular form arranged at an outer periphery of the rotor with a clearance between... Agent: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

20130136588 - Fibrous structure forming a flange and a counter-flange: A fibrous structure for fabricating a composite part including a matrix reinforced by the fibrous structure, the fibrous structure being made by three-dimensional weaving and presenting a main portion and a margin adjacent to the main portion. The margin presents a thickness greater than the thickness of the main portion... Agent: Snecma

20130136589 - Turbine nozzle airfoil profile: The present application provides a turbine nozzle including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0%... Agent: General Electric Company

20130136590 - Radial turbine: A radial turbine includes a radial turbine wheel provided with a main pathway in which blade height progressively increases while curving toward an axial direction from a radial direction. A sub-let is formed on a shroud side of the radial turbine wheel at a position separated from the main inlet... Agent:

20130136591 - Axial-flow fan: An axial-flow fan includes an impeller mounted on a rotating shaft of a rotary drive device and a venturi casing surrounding an outer periphery of the impeller in a radial direction and including a suction port and a discharge port facing each other in an axial direction of the rotating... Agent: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.

20130136592 - Turbine nozzle airfoil profile: A turbine nozzle is provided including a nozzle airfoil having an airfoil shape, the nozzle airfoil having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 1 wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values... Agent: General Electric Company

20130136593 - Thermal gradiant tolerant turbomachine coupling member: An exemplary turbomachine securing apparatus includes a coupling member that couples a first component to a second component within a turbomachine. The first component and the second component are both non-rotating components during operation of the turbomachine. The coupling member limiting relative circumferential movement between the first component and the... Agent:

20130129473 - Avoidance of torsional excitations in converter-controlled compressor runs: A machine has a rotor and includes a converter-controlled drive and a working machine, wherein the drive and the working machine are connected such that a torque is transmitted. A frequency converter is electrically connected to the drive. The frequency converter is embodied such that in a Campbell diagram intersection... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20130129471 - Method and system for reducing seal gas consumption and settle-out pressure reduction in high-pressure compression systems: A compressor is disclosed having a shaft seal assembly and system that allows a high-pressure compressor to settle-out at a lower pressure level during shutdown. The seal assembly may be disposed about a portion of the shaft and define a blow-down seal chamber, the seal assembly including one or more... Agent: Dresser-rand Company

20130129477 - Method for operating a compressor: A method for operating a compressor including providing suction pressure measurement, final pressure measurement, throughput measurement is provided. Using a first control characteristic map a target value for a pump surge limiter is determined from one or two of the measurements, and the pump surge limiter compares the target value... Agent:

20130129475 - Method for operating a pump: A method for operating a switchable pump, which is situated in a motor vehicle and configured to provide a setpoint pressure for a medium, the pump being activated in trailing-throttle operation of the motor vehicle.... Agent:

20130129476 - Rotary machine for compression and decompression: A rotary machine for compression and decompression, comprising a disc-shaped rotor having a first rotation axis at right angles to the plane of the rotor and situated in a plane of orientation and a disc-shaped swing element having a second rotation axis. In the orientation plane, the second rotation axis... Agent: Be-kking Management B.v.

20130129470 - Systems and methods for adjusting clearances in turbines: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for adjusting clearances in a turbine. According to one embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a turbine system. The system may include one or more turbine blades; a turbine casing encompassing the one or more turbine blades; and a thermoelectric... Agent: General Electric Company

20130129474 - Wind power plant foundation and wind power plant: There is provided a wind power installation foundation having a reinforcement comprising a plurality of steel bars and radial steel bars and a lower pylon segment having a plurality of holes in the wall of the pylon segment for receiving the bars or radial bars. In addition there is provided... Agent: Wobben Properties Gmbh

20130129472 - Wind turbine: Wind turbine systems and methods are provided. The wind turbine system includes a plurality of coaxial, counter-rotating turbine assemblies. First and second shroud assemblies define a generally spherical volume containing the first and second turbine assemblies. The first and second shroud assemblies each include a shroud member that can selectively... Agent:

20130129478 - Gas turbine rotor comprising an axially displaceable turbine rotor shaft: A gas turbine rotor for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine rotor includes a compressor rotor shaft, a turbine rotor shaft and a coupling device frictionally connecting the two rotor shafts, wherein the coupling device is designed in such a way that the friction connection also exists when... Agent:

20130129479 - Multi piece turpocharger housing: A turbocharger casing including a first casing part, wherein an oil line starts at a first opening on an outer side of the first casing part, runs through the first casing part and opens out at a second opening of a substantially hollow-cylindrical bearing receptacle of the first casing part.... Agent: Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. Kg

20130129480 - Compression apparatus: Provided is a compression apparatus for cooling multiple devices using a single fan with a small amount of electric power. An upper limit temperature, a first gain applied in a case in which a suction adjustment valve is opened, and a second gain applied in a case in which the... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho ( Kobe Steel, Ltd.)

20130129481 - Method for detecting the correct rotational direction of a centrifugal apparatus, and a centrifugal apparatus assembly: A method is disclosed for detecting the correct rotational direction of a centrifugal apparatus. The method can include detecting the correct rotational direction of the centrifugal apparatus based on an acceleration test and/or a deceleration test. The detecting of correct rotational direction of the centrifugal apparatus can include comparing an... Agent: Abb Oy

20130129482 - Vacuum pump: A vacuum pump (1) includes: a rotor (30) provided with a rotor-side discharge function unit (32); a motor (36) that drives the rotor (30) to rotate with respect to a stator-side discharge function unit (22); and a cylindrical pump casing (2) made of a magnetic material, in which the rotor... Agent: Shimadzu Corporation

20130129483 - Crack and delamination stoppers for aircraft propulsion system components: An inner fixed structure of a thrust reverser includes an inner skin, an outer skin, a cellular core disposed between the inner skin and the outer skin, and at least one crack and delamination stopper extending radially between the inner skin and the outer skin.... Agent: Rohr, Inc.

20130129484 - Systems and methods for adjusting clearances in turbines: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for adjusting clearances in a turbine. According to one embodiment, there is disclosed a turbine system. The system may include one or more turbine blades, a turbine casing encompassing the one or more turbine blades, a thermoelectric element disposed at least... Agent: General Electric Company

20130129485 - Pumping device that provides linear current: A pumping device ensures that the fluid materials such as water and liquid are transmitted from one area to another area. The pumping device includes an outer flexible pipe forming an enclosed volume between a first suction area and a destination area, which has a flexible shaft through winch the... Agent:

20130129486 - Turbocharger with annular rotary bypass valve for the turbine: A turbocharger includes a turbine wheel mounted within a turbine housing and connected to a compressor wheel by a shaft. The turbine housing defines an exhaust gas inlet connected to a volute that surrounds the turbine wheel, and an axial bore through which exhaust gas that has passed through the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20130129487 - Device for controlling pivotable vanes of a turbo-machine: A control device for controlling pivotable vanes of a turbo-machine, including: a plurality of pivotable vanes distributed in azimuth over at least 90° around the axis of the turbo-machine, the pivotable vanes being oriented substantially radially relative to the axis of the turbo-machine; and a control ring portion for controlling... Agent: Turbomeca

20130129488 - Foil bearing supported motor-driven blower: A high-speed blower designed to move and circulate dry process gas includes an axial or mixed-flow compressor driven by a brushless permanent magnet synchronous motor utilizing a remotely mounted variable frequency drive. The blower uses foil gas bearings which enable high-speed, low-power loss, and oil-free operation. The blower comprises an... Agent:

20130129489 - Turbocharger oil feed system: A feed line for connecting an oil pump to a turbocharger supplies oil to the turbocharger when the oil pump is active. The feed line includes a turbo end and a pump end, which is lower than the turbo end relative to gravity. Oil drains from at least the pump... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20130129490 - Fan assembly: A nozzle for a fan assembly has an air inlet, an annular air outlet, and an interior passage for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet. The interior passage is located between an annular inner wall, and an outer wall extending about the inner wall. The inner... Agent: Dyson Technology Limited

20130129492 - Turbocharger: A turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2), a compressor housing (3) which has a compressor outlet (20), and a silencer (21) which is arranged on an end region (22) on the compressor outlet (20) and which has a silencer housing (23) in which an insert part (25) is arranged... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130129491 - Water drainage system for blower: A water drainage system for a blower, including a shell body (1) and a shell cover (2). The shell body (1) is fitted with the shell cover (2) to form a cavity (3) in which a wind wheel is arranged. A side wall of the shell body (1) is protruded... Agent: Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

20130129494 - Axial turbomachine compressor outer casing: The invention relates to a casing, particularly of an axial turbomachine compressor. This casing comprises a support of cylindrical overall shape made of composite material, a metal ring fitted by bonding to the internal surface of the support, and a layer of abradable material fitted by plasma spray onto the... Agent: Techspace Aero S.a.

20130129493 - Turbine: A turbine is provided including an annular turbine blade body (50) disposed on a flow path, a diaphragm outer ring (11) installed at a tip side of the blade body via a clearance, and seal fins (12A, 12B, 12C) formed to protrude from the diaphragm outer ring (11) and configured... Agent:

20130129495 - Hydroelectric turbine nozzles and their relationships: Hydroelectric turbines in confined spaces depend heavily on nozzles and relationships involving nozzles and related turbine components in order to obtain maximal efficiencies for a wide range of flow conditions.... Agent: Leviathan Energy Hydroelectric Ltd.

20130129496 - Turbomachine: A turbomachine has a housing which has at least one inflow channel. A plurality of blades is arranged on a rotor wheel and an operating medium flows toward the blades. The operating medium flows via the inflow channel into at least one blade channel which is formed between two blades... Agent: Duerr Cyplan Ltd.

20130129497 - Exhaust-gas turbocharger: The invention relates to an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2) which has the following parts: a turbine wheel (3); a turbine housing (4) in which is arranged at least one turbine channel (5, 5′) which has a passage opening (6, 6′) arranged upstream of the turbine wheel (3)... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130129498 - Diffuser, in particular for an axial flow machine: A diffuser for an axial flow machine has a transition from a ring channel having a first cross sectional area into an outlet space with a second, larger cross sectional area along a machine axis of the axial flow machine. The transition includes a plurality of steps.... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20130129499 - Adaptable exhaust fan housing: The present invention provides an adaptable fan housing having indentation markings to facilitate the installation of the fan housing. The present invention also provides positioning clips and securing clips allowing to further facilitate the installation of a fan housing of the present invention within a ceiling or a wall. The... Agent:

20130129500 - Water pump mounting structure in internal combustion engine: A water pump mounting structure includes a water pump cover and a water pump housing. The water pump housing includes an upper extending portion and a lower extending portion. The upper extending portion includes a first upper fastening portion and a second upper fastening portion. The second upper fastening portion... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20130129502 - Exhaust-gas turbocharger: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2), a compressor housing (3), a bearing housing (4) which has a bearing housing axis (L), and a connecting device (5) for connecting the bearing housing (4) to the turbine housing (2) and/or to the compressor housing (3). The connecting device has... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20130129501 - Stud retention: A gas turbine engine having two components attached together via a stud retention arrangement. The stud retention arrangement includes a stud having a shaft and an integral collar that is located between two engagement sections. A recess and a groove are defined in one of the components and an anti-rotation... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20130129503 - Expandable impeller pump: An impeller includes a hub, and a plurality of blades supported by the hub, the blades being arranged in at least two blade rows. The impeller has a deployed configuration in which the blades extend away from the hub, and a stored configuration in which at least one of the... Agent: The Penn State Research Foundation

20130129504 - Bearing device and turbomachine having a bearing device: A bearing device with an arrangement of at least two bearings is provided. A filling made of an amorphous/solid active medium as a mechanism of compensating for axial loads is arranged between a bearing race of at least one of the bearings and a surrounding component of the bearing arrangement.... Agent: Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg

20130129505 - Bearing device and turbomachine having a bearing device: A bearing device, for example in a turbomachine is provided. Between bearing races of the anti-friction bearings and a casing component positioned adjacent the bearing races is arranged a device for converting an axial force between the anti-friction bearings into a torque at the bearing races in the manner of... Agent: Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg

20130129506 - Exhaust gas turbocharger with plain bearing for reducing fluid turbulence: An exhaust-gas turbocharger may include a rotor shaft arranged with at least one bearing-shaft portion in a radial bearing. The radial bearing may be a plain bearing configured to slide on a fluid film. The at least one bearing-shaft portion may be subdivided into two outer segments by an inner... Agent: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg