Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions

20090263232 - Compact air cooling system: An apparatus for air cooling an object. The apparatus includes a plate including a first surface and a second surface and a plurality of aerodynamic fins being fixedly disposed on the first surface in an arrangement along periphery of the plate. The arrangement of the plurality of aerodynamic fins defining... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090263233 - Fluid flow machine with blade row-internal fluid return arrangement: A fluid flow machine has a flow path (2) which is confined by at least one wall, on which at least one row of blades (6, 7) is fixedly mounted. At least one fluid offtake opening (9) and at least one fluid supply opening (10), which are connected by at... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20090263234 - Centrifugal compressor with surge control, and associated method: A centrifugal compressor for compressing a fluid comprises a compressor wheel having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a compressor housing in which the compressor wheel is mounted. The compressor housing includes an inlet duct through which the fluid enters in an axial direction and is led by the... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20090263235 - Damper: Dampers (56, 76, 96) are utilised with regard to mounting arrangements (50, 70, 90) in gas turbine engines (10) in order to facilitate cooling. It is known to provide slotted upper surface or cottage roof dampers to enhance cooling effect. However, cooling efficiency cannot be optimised and improving cooling effectiveness... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090263236 - Electromechanical drive for actuating valves: The invention relates to an electromechanical drive for actuating valves, especially in steam turbines including an electromotor, a linear unit, a clutch and an electronic control unit. The linear unit includes a piston rod which is guided in a power-transmission thread of a screw nut, and is arranged, at least... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090263237 - Coated turbine component and method of coating a turbine component: Turbine components with different types of coatings on different parts thereof are described. The coatings are chosen such that they are especially adapted to the thermal and corrosive conditions being present on the parts of the component during use. A method to coat a turbine component is also described.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090263238 - Ducted fan with inlet vanes and deswirl vanes: A fan apparatus includes a ducted housing with an axis of rotation including a first section and a second section. The fan apparatus further includes a first plurality of vanes being radially coupled within the first section and a second plurality of vanes being radially coupled within the second section.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090263239 - Ring structure with a metal design having a run-in lining: A ring structure with a metal design for a moving blade of axially flowed through compressor and turbine stages, particularly in gas turbine engines is provided. The ring structure includes a circular ring-shaped outer wall, a circular ring-shaped inner wall, which is located at a short radial distance from the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090263240 - Multiblade centrifugal blower: A multiblade centrifugal blower in which a length from a rear end to a front end of an outer edge of a blade is shorter than a length from a rear end to a front end of an inner edge of the blade. Moreover, a bell mouth is located at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090263241 - Diffuser and exhaust system for turbine: A diffuser and exhaust system is provided for a turbine having an axial-radial diffuser and an exhaust hood including diffuser inner and outer flow guides that extend from an inlet to an outlet. The exhaust hood includes two throats or flow passages between the diffuser outlet and an exhaust hood... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Alstom

20090263242 - Fan arrangement: A miniature fan arrangement has a fan (10) including an electronically commutated drive motor (21), a first circuit board (52) associated with said motor, and a fan housing (30). The fan also has a mounting part arranged radially outside the fan housing (30), and has a membrane (32), made of... Agent: Oliver Intellectual Property LLC

20090263243 - Combustion turbine including a diffuser section with cooling fluid passageways and associated methods: A combustion turbine includes a compressor section, a combustion section downstream from the compressor section, and a turbine section downstream from the combustion section. A diffuser section is downstream from the turbine section and has an outer wall, an inner wall, and at least one strut member extending therebetween. The... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090257862 - Wind turbine with mixers and ejectors: A Mixer/Ejector Wind Turbine (“MEWT”) system is disclosed which routinely exceeds the efficiencies of prior wind turbines. In the preferred embodiment, Applicants' MEWT incorporates advanced flow mixing technology, ejector technology, aircraft and propulsion aerodynamics and noise abatement technologies in a unique manner to fluid-dynamically improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090257864 - Hydraulic machine member with an abrasion-resistant reinforced edge and a hydraulic machine using this member: This hydraulic machine member has at least one flow of water passing through it, and comprises at least one wetted surface extending between two edges of the member, at least one of the edges of the member and part of the adjacent wetted surface being reinforced and formed by at... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090257865 - Ni-base alloy for turbine rotor of steam turbine and turbine rotor of steam turbine: An Ni-base alloy for a turbine rotor of a steam turbine contains in percent by weight C: 0.05 to 0.15, Cr: 22 to 28, Co: 10 to 22, Mo: 8 to 12, Al: 0.8 to less than 1.5, Ti: 0.1 to 0.6, B: 0.001 to 0.006, Re: 0.1 to 2.5,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090257863 - Turbine assembly: The ‘hydrokinetic turbine assembly’ is a device for the conversion of the kinetic energy of oscillating tidal currents into rotary torque to generate clean electric power. This device is a horizontal axis hydroturbine with a plurality of trapezoidal symmetrical blades placed at about 45 degrees to the axis. The inclination... Agent: Asia Power Dev. Foundation, Inc. C/o Roger Prioreschi

20090257866 - Stator blade for a turbomachine, especially a steam turbine: The invention relates to a stator blade (4) of a turbomachine, especially of a steam turbine, which has the following geometric features. A lean curvature, a swept curvature, a twist in the radial direction of the respective blade (4), a hub-side circumferential step (14) which in the direction of flow... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090257867 - Turbine, in particular for an exhaust-gas turbocharger, and exhaust-gas turbocharger: e

20090257868 - Diffuser: An improved diffuser apparatus for use in connection with gas turbines that will markedly increase the fuel efficiency of the turbine. The improved diffuser apparatus improves the performance of the diffuser apparatus by insuring that the gas flow supplied by the turbine is free from unnecessary energy losses due to... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20090257869 - Cooling fan: A cooling fan includes a fan housing, a rotor and a stator. The fan housing forms an air inlet and an air outlet at two opposite sides thereof, respectively. A base is received in the fan housing and arranged at the air outlet of the fan housing. A guiding wall... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090257871 - Enhanced axial air mover system with handle: Implementations of an enhanced axial air mover system address various issues such as drying performance, transportability, storage, use, and assembly. Some implementations include ergonomic positioning of a carrying handle relative to positioning of a fan-assembly to make the system easier to carry. Enclosures with variable diameter profiles increase air flow... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090257870 - Thin-type blower of heated air: A thin-type blower of heated air relates to air regulation device. It comprises a base and a shell installed on the base, and fans, electric component and heating component mounted inside the shell; an air outlet and an air inlet are mounted in front and in rear of the shell;... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090252592 - System for controlling a plurality of turbomachine discharge valves: The invention relates to a pneumatic unit for activating a plurality of discharge valves of a turbomachine, the pneumatic unit having activation outlets corresponding to the number of discharge valves forming said plurality of discharge valves, and a single control input receiving a single control signal from an electronic control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090252593 - Cooling apparatus for combustor transition piece: Disclosed is an apparatus for cooling a transition piece of a combustor includes at least one wrapper disposed at the transition piece located outboard of the transition piece. At least one support boss is located between the at least one wrapper and the transition piece. The at least one support... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090252594 - High-speed air spindle: A high-speed air spindle including a spindle 1 supported by a first bearing 3 at the leading end side in the axial direction and a second bearing 2 at the rear end side, a driving air turbine 4 fixed in a spindle portion between the first bearing 3 and the... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090252595 - Non-contacting face seals and thrust bearings: Apparatus is for spacing two relatively rotatable facing surfaces in use by entraining gas between the surfaces. The apparatus includes a first portion defining a generally frusto-conical surface, a second portion including at least one flat surface disposed on a carrier, the flat surface being located adjacent the first portion... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090252596 - Fluid flow machine with fluid injector assembly: A fluid flow machine has a flow duct 2 confined by a wall of a casing 1, with a fluid supply chamber 8 being arranged in an area of the wall, which is in flow connection with an injector insert 9. The injector insert 9 is provided with an injector... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20090252598 - Gas turbine inlet temperature suppression during under frequency events and related method: A method is provided for augmenting power output in a gas turbine electrical power-generating plant including a multistage compressor, a combustor and a multistage turbine component, during events when grid frequency drops below a predetermined target frequency. The method is carried out by a) providing a supply of liquified air... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090252597 - Valve system for a gas turbine engine: A valve system intermediate a secondary flow path and a primary flow path to selectively communicate secondary airflow into the primary gas flow path and control airflow injected from a higher pressure plenum into a lower pressure flowpath.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090252599 - Ring seals for gas sealing and vibration damping: A connection device for connecting two turbine housings (1, 2) of a two-stage turbocharging system includes a male/female joint for joining the two turbine housings; a cylindrical ring seal (3) installed under compression inside the male/female joint for sealing exhaust gas; and a vibration damper (4) in a shape of... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Patent Central LLC

20090252600 - Actuation of a turbofan engine bifurcation to change an effective nozzle exit area: The invention relates to a turbine engine that includes a spool supporting at least one of a compressor and a turbine. A turbofan is coupled to the spool The spool is arranged in a core nacelle, and the turbofan is arranged upstream from the core nacelle. A fan nacelle surrounds... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090252601 - Control ring for variable turbine geometry: The invention relates to a variable turbine geometry (12) of a supercharging device, in particular an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine. The variable turbine geometry (12) comprises guide vanes (30) that are assigned to the circumference of a turbine rotor and are operated by means of a... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090252602 - Turbine blade tip gap reduction system: A turbine blade sealing system for reducing a gap between a tip of a turbine blade and a stationary shroud of a turbine engine. The sealing system includes a plurality of flexible seal strips extending from a pressure side of a turbine blade generally orthogonal to the turbine blade. During... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090252603 - Airfoil for nozzle and a method of forming the machined contoured passage therein: A nozzle in which an airfoil includes a pressure surface and a suction surface that join at substantially opposing chordal ends of the airfoil to form a leading edge of the airfoil and a trailing edge of the airfoil. A trailing edge passage is defined through the airfoil through which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090252604 - Thermal management system for a gas turbine engine: A thermal management system and method for a miniature gas turbine engine includes a forward cover having a filter portion along an axis of rotation of a gas turbine engine, a first lubrication passage and a second lubrication passage.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090252605 - Extended length cutoff blower: A blower assembly including a blower housing having a side wall with a first portion extending from the initial cutoff through an angle of at least 45° or more, the first portion having a radius which is substantially constant or which increases at a relatively small rate. The side wall... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20090252606 - Workpiece, and also a welding method for the manufacture of a workpiece: The invention relates to a workpiece (1), in particular a rotor disc, an impeller or guide wheel for a turbine, for a pump or for a compressor, including a base body (2) with a guide vane (3), wherein the guide vane (3) is welded in notch-free manner to the base... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090252607 - Fluid pump and method for producing a fluid pump: The invention relates to a fluid pump, in particular a liquid pump for a cooling and/or heating circuit of a motor vehicle, having a pump housing and having a rotationally fixed shaft, which is arranged in the pump housing, for an inner rotor which has an impeller wheel. According to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC