26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150176499 | Process for Preventing Rotating Stall and Surge in a Turbomachine - The present application provides a process for preventing rotating stall and surge in a turbomachine compressor. The compressor may include air extraction pipes connecting the compressor to a turbomachine exhaust area or to the atmosphere, at least one of the pipes is fitted with a flow regulation valve, and each valve has an adjustable degree of opening. The process includes, for at least one of the valves, a complete opening command when the compressor rotation speed is less than a predetermined threshold value beyond which there is no longer any risk of rotating stall and surge and a command for lowering the degree of opening of the valve when the rotation speed of the compressor exceeds the threshold value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176500 | FLOW OUTLET - A bleed flow discharge device for discharging bleed flow into a main fluid flow. The bleed flow discharge device has an outlet panel that comprises distinct first and second regions, both of which have bleed flow exit passages. The first region is at the downstream end of the bleed flow outlet panel relative to the main flow. The exit passages in the first region are closely aligned to a major axis of the outlet panel, whereas the exit passages in the second region have a component that points towards a perimeter edge of the exit panel. This arrangement results in good mixing of the bleed flow with the bypass flow, delayed attachment of the bleed flow onto the bypass duct surfaces, and low noise. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176501 | BLEED AIR SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH AIRCRAFTS AND RELATED METHODS - Bleed air systems for use with aircrafts and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a turbo-compressor including a compressor having a compressor inlet fluidly coupled to a low-pressure compressor of the aircraft engine and a compressor outlet fluidly coupled to a first system of an aircraft. The turbo-compressor also includes a turbine inlet fluidly coupled to a high-pressure compressor of the aircraft engine and a turbine outlet fluidly coupled to a second system of the aircraft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176502 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE USING REAL-TIME COMPONENT TEMPERATURE DATA - A device and methods are provided for controlling a gas turbine engine based at least in part on real-time detection of spatially resolved temperature distributions of a turbine engine components. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting surface temperature of one or more blade elements, by an thermal probe, in a plurality of radial locations of an airfoil row to determine real-time spatially resolved surface temperature data for the one or more blade elements of the airfoil row, and controlling the engine based on the real-time spatially resolved surface temperature data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176503 | INTEGRATED ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - Engine control assemblies for use with internal combustion engines, engines having such assemblies, and methods for operating such engines and assemblies are disclosed. In one example embodiment of an engine control assembly encompassed herein, the assembly includes a lever structure configured to rotate to any of a plurality of positions ranging from a first position to a second position. The assembly also includes at least one linking structure configured to allow rotational movement of the lever structure to influence at least indirectly an engine choking operation, where the at least one linking structure including a rod that includes a bend portion along its length, and the lever structure includes a formation with an orifice through which the rod extends. The rod and formation are configured so that at least some other rotational movement of the lever structure does not cause any corresponding movement of the choke actuation input structure. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176504 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE - In an apparatus for controlling a general purpose engine having a choke valve, a choke valve opening/closing mechanism, a choke valve opening regulating mechanism, a heater and a heater connection terminal, it is configured to detect temperature of the general purpose engine, to determine whether the heater is connected to the heater connection terminal, and to control operation of the choke valve opening/closing mechanism based on the detected temperature to open/close the choke valve when it is determined that the heater is connected to the heater connection terminal, while informing a user to manually open/close the choke valve by a manual opening/closing mechanism when it is determined that the heater is not connected to the heater connection terminal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176505 | ACCELERATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A pedal-side rotating member is composed of a boss portion rotatably supported by a pedal shaft, a spring holding portion for holding one end of a return spring, a stopper arm being operatively in contact with an inner wall surface of a supporting body, and a mechanically-weaker portion, wherein the boss portion, the spring holding portion, the stopper arm and the mechanically-weaker portion are integrally formed as one unit. The spring holding portion is so configured as to be broken away from the boss portion at the mechanically-weaker portion, if an acting force larger than a predetermined value is applied to the stopper arm when the rotating member is rotated in a direction to an acceleration fully-closed position. A broken piece is held at a position inside of the supporting body, so that rotation of the boss portion is not adversely affected by the broken piece. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176506 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine equipped with: a cylinder block in the interior of which pistons are arranged; a cylinder head containing recessed parts; cylinder liners affixed to the surfaces of hole parts of the cylinder block; and a variable compression ratio mechanism that changes the mechanical compression ratio. The variable compression ratio mechanism is formed such that the size of the combustion chamber can be changed by moving the cylinder head relative to the cylinder block. The cylinder liners extend such that the end parts facing the cylinder head are arranged within the recessed parts of the cylinder head within the range of relative movement of the cylinder head with respect to the cylinder block. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176507 | ACTUATOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO - An actuator mounting structure of a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine includes: a variable compression ratio mechanism arranged to vary an engine compression ratio in accordance with a rotational position of a control shaft; an actuator arranged to drivingly rotate the control shaft, the actuator being fixed on an actuator mounting portion provided to a side wall of a main body of the engine by using a plurality of fixing bolts, and a rigidity improvement section arranged to improve a mounting rigidity of the actuator to the actuator mounting portion, and which is provided within an inter-bolt distance between two bolts of the plurality of the fixing bolts, which are located on the both sides in a direction of a crank shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176508 | SPARK PLUG FOULING DETECTION FOR IGNITION SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for inferring spark plug fouling due to accumulation of fuel additives thereon. In one example, an engine controller may infer spark plug fouling due to accumulation of fuel additive based on a combination of engine operating parameters correlated with spark plug health. For example, the engine operating parameters may include a change in an adaptive knock term, an engine pre-ignition rate, and engine exhaust oxygen sensor switching frequency over a vehicle drive cycle, and an engine misfire rate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DUAL FUEL ENGINE - A method includes receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of sensors coupled to a dual fuel engine. The method further includes altering an actual speed of the dual fuel engine to obtain a predetermined air-fuel ratio in response to a changed operating condition of the dual fuel engine determined based on the plurality of signals, so as to maintain operation of the dual fuel engine between knock and misfire conditions. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176510 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MODEL-BASED KNOCK SUPPRESSION SYSTEM USING A MULTIPLE ACTUATION STRATEGY - The present invention provides for predicting peak cylinder temperatures above which knock in an engine may become more frequent and then provides one or more actuation approaches to reduce the knock of the engine while maintaining engine performance. The actuation approaches of the present invention include one or more of direct injection, engine gas recirculation, and spark retarding, where the application of one or more the actuation approaches is determined based upon using operational and engine characteristic inputs as well as modeling and estimation values as inputs in a feedforward control methodology. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176511 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE LEARNING OF THE AIR FUEL RATIO OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - If an amount of fuel is not increased and a direct injection air-fuel ratio learning has not been completed, fuel injection from a port fuel injection valve is stopped without executing EGR, fuel injection control is executed such that the fuel injection occurs only from an in-cylinder fuel injection valve, and the direct injection air-fuel ratio learning is executed. If the amount of the fuel is increased, the fuel injection from the port fuel injection valve is stopped without executing EGR and air-fuel ratio feedback control, and an engine and an EGR valve are controlled such that fuel injection occurs only from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176512 | METHOD TO DIAGNOSE SCR CATALYST - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a SCR system including NOx sensors upstream and downstream of catalyst. One method includes monitoring SCR performance via calculating SCR conversion efficiency at different catalyst temperatures. Further, feedgas NOx levels are artificially increased when SCR device temperature is above a threshold to obtain more reliable readings from NOx sensors. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176513 | CONTROL OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES IN RESPONSE TO EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM CONDITIONS - A system includes an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders, with at least one of the cylinder(s) being a primary EGR cylinder that is dedicated to provided EGR flow during at least some operating conditions. A controller is structured to control combustion conditions in the cylinders in response to one or more operating conditions associated with the engine. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176514 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A three-way catalyst and an NO | 2015-06-25 |
20150176515 | UAV Engine Exhaust Gas Temperature Control - For an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine, an exhaust gas temperature control method is provided during operation of the UAV engine to protect exhaust components, particularly lightweight aluminium components, from overheating or melting. The engine is operated with a leaner than stoichiometric air-fuel ratio during low or part engine load conditions. Transition to a richer than stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is made as engine load or engine speed, or both engine load and engine speed, increase(s). At sufficiently low engine loads, the air-fuel ratio can be maintained in a lean ratio region. As demand on the engine causes engine speed and load to increase, the amount of excess air available reduces. The ability to operate lean is reduced and the exhaust gas temperature increases as the mixture becomes richer. In order to obtain the demand power, and keep exhaust temperature below an exhaust gas temperature limit, the air-fuel ratio is transitioned to a richer than stoichiometric region. As engine load and speed demand decreases, the air-fuel ratio can be transitioned back to a leaner region. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176516 | DIRECT INJECTION FUEL SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLED ACCUMULATOR ENERGY STORAGE - A direct injection fuel supply system, in one exemplary implementation, includes a lift fuel pump, a positive displacement pump, at least one fuel injector and an accumulator assembly. The lift pump is adapted to be in fluid communication with a supply of fuel and the positive displacement pump is in fluid communication with and downstream of the lift pump. The at least one injector is in fluid communication with an outlet of the positive displacement pump via a high pressure fuel line. The accumulator assembly includes an accumulator and a valve, where the valve is in direct fluid communication with the high pressure fuel line and the injector. The valve is selectively controlled to at least one of an open state providing fluid communication between the accumulator and the high pressure fuel line and a closed state blocking fluid communication between the accumulator and the high pressure fuel line. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176517 | INJECTOR DRIVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An injector driver and a method of controlling the injector driver are provided. A defect of a driving channel is detected by enabling an identification of safety inspection for each channel in a driving semiconductor during an idle mode. The injector driver includes a plurality of driving switches that operate an injector and a driving semiconductor that drives of the driving switches. In addition, the driving semiconductor determines a short defect of the injector during an idle mode and detects and stores the defective short in a channel unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176518 | CYLINDER FOR APPLICATION ON AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A cylinder for an internal combustion engine may include a metallic cylinder body and an amorphous diamond-like hard carbon film disposed on an internal peripheral surface of the cylinder body. The amorphous diamond-like carbon film may include a roughness ranging from Rz 0.5 μm to Rz 4.0 μm. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176519 | ENGINE - An engine provided with a plurality of cylinders includes a plurality of connecting lines connecting a first intake port of each of the cylinders having a present firing order and a second intake port of each of the cylinders having a next firing order, and connecting valve units opening and closing the each of the connecting lines. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176520 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug may include a shell surrounding a lower part of an insulator. The shell may be provided with a tool engaging portion, a seal face configured to contact a corresponding seal of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, a cylinder engaging threaded portion having a thread diameter (D) configured to screw the spark plug in a threaded bore of the cylinder head, and an intermediate portion extending between the shoulder and the cylinder engaging threaded portion. The intermediate portion may have a length (L | 2015-06-25 |
20150176521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING A CYLINDER HEAD - A water jacket for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a coolant chamber arranged to permit the flow of coolant within the water jacket and a coolant conduit positioned to permit the flow of coolant proximate to a recess for receiving an exhaust valve mounted to the cylinder head. The coolant conduit is in fluid communication with the coolant chamber, and the coolant conduit is shaped as a complex curve. A water jacket includes a pair of apertures arranged to receive a spark plug and a fuel injector. The apertures are separated by a separating member, and a coolant chamber is arranged to permit the flow of coolant about the apertures. The separating member includes a coolant channel in fluid communication with the coolant chamber so as to permit the flow of coolant between the apertures. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176522 | PISTON FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A piston of an internal combustion engine, includes a piston upper part and a piston lower part which are supported via corresponding joining webs, in each case forming a joining zone connected in a material-to-material manner by means of a multi-orbital rotary friction weld. The joining webs and which are in each case directly connected have a wall thickness S1, S2 which is identical as far as possible. The piston encloses a combustion-chamber recess and at least one cooling duct which are made centrally or eccentrically in the piston. The combustion chamber recess and the cooling duct form a circular contour or a contour which deviates from a circular shape. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176523 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PISTON - The invention relates to a method for producing a piston ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176524 | PISTON FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a piston ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176525 | MICRO THRUSTER USES AND IMPROVEMENTS - NMSET and related device uses and improvements to the forces generated. Laminar flow control systems benefit from NMSET and related devices as they simplify installation and are easier to retrofit on existing aircraft. Necessary temperature gradients can me generated by using a heated material with the sides at different energy accommodation coefficients. Surface geometries can be used to increase the force generated. Photovoltaic film can be embedded into the membrane, providing a source of energy that can offset the power required for desired thrust. Intake scoops improve the air flow through the micro thrusters and surface geometries, and airflow diffusers increase air flow interaction with the hotter surface resulting in higher thrust outputs. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176526 | SEMI-ISOTHERMAL COMPRESSION ENGINES WITH SEPARATE COMBUSTORS AND EXPANDERS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Engine systems and associated methods, including systems with semi-isothermal compression devices are disclosed. An engine system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a compressor having a compressor inlet and outlet, a combustor having a combustor inlet coupled to the compressor outlet and further having a combustor outlet, a positive displacement expander having an expander inlet coupled to the combustor outlet, and further having an expander outlet and a work output device. A valve is coupled between the combustor and the expander to regulate a flow of hot combustion products passing from the combustor to the expander, and an exhaust energy recovery device is coupled to the expander outlet to extract energy from the combustion products exiting the expander. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176527 | AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE COMPRISING AN ENGINE COWLING WITH A THRUST-REVERSER DEVICE - The present invention relates to an aircraft gas turbine comprising an engine cowling that has a rear area, with respect to the direction of the flow, which has a thrust-reverser device, wherein the rear area is embodied in such a manner as to be translatable in the axial direction, characterized in that the rear area is mounted in a translatable manner at two rails that are arranged in parallel to each other, and that it comprises a gear rack that is mounted at each rail, respectively, with the gear rack being in mesh with a respective cog wheel, which is coupled to a common motor via a gear unit, respectively. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176528 | THRUST REVERSER DEVICE - A thrust reverser device for a turbojet engine nacelle includes a cowl mounted translating between a closing position and an opening position in which the cowl opens a passage in the nacelle and uncovers deflecting cascades. The cowl is associated with a blocking flap pivotally mounted on the cowl between a retracted position and a pivoted blocking position in which the blocking flap closes partially an air flow path of the nacelle. The blocking flap is equipped with a driving mechanism including an assembly forming a lever pivotally mounted on the cowl and articulated at each of ends of the lever, by means of driving links, respectively on the blocking flap and on a fixed structure of the thrust reverser device. In particular, the assembly and the driving links are articulated in an articulation plane substantially perpendicular to the blocking flap and substantially radial to the thrust reverser device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176529 | AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE COMPRISING A THRUST-REVERSER DEVICE WITH CASCADE ELEMENTS AND AN INTEGRATED RACK AND PINION DRIVE - The present invention relates to an aircraft gas turbine comprising a thrust-reverser device that is arranged at the rear area of an engine cowling and that has multiple cascade elements which are distributed at the circumference and which divert a stream, characterized in that the cascade elements are mounted in a displaceable manner, in that on both sides of each cascade element at least one gear rack is formed that can be displaced via a respective cog wheel which is coupled to a driving device, and in that each cascade element is connected to a rear area of the engine cowling via a coupling element for the purpose of displacing the engine cowling in the axial direction. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176530 | ULTRA HIGH OVERALL PESSURE RATIO GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine comprises a first turbine rotor positioned upstream of a second intermediate turbine rotor and a third turbine rotor positioned downstream of the first and second turbine rotors. A fan rotor and three compressor rotors, with an upstream one of the compressor rotors are connected to rotate on a shaft with a fan drive turbine and a reduced speed fan rotor through a gear reduction. A second intermediate compressor rotor for being driven by the second intermediate turbine rotor, and a third compressor rotor downstream of the first and second compressor rotors and for being driven by the first turbine rotor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176531 | CARBURETOR WITH SINGLE DIAPHRAGM FOR SUPPLYING AND METERING FUEL - A carburetor includes a body with an air intake path, a fuel pump and a fuel pressure regulator. The fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator are positioned on the same side of the body. A fuel pump and metering chamber diaphragm is sandwiched between the body of the carburetor and a pump body and cover. The diaphragm separates a pump chamber from a pulse chamber of the fuel pump and separates a fuel chamber from an air chamber in the fuel pressure regulator. Inlet and outlet flapper valves are part of the diaphragm or a separate flapper valve member positioned between the body and the diaphragm. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176532 | MAIN FUEL JET AND NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR A CARBURETOR - A carburetor includes a body with an air intake path, a fuel pump and a fuel pressure regulator and having a main fuel jet and nozzle assembly with a main fuel jet releasably coupled to the body of the carburetor. Alternatively, a main fuel jet and nozzle assembly includes a nozzle and check valve retainer formed as a single component. In other embodiments, a carburetor is provided having a fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator positioned on the same side of the body. A fuel pump and metering chamber diaphragm sandwiched between the body of the carburetor and a pump body and cover, separates a pump chamber from a pulse chamber of the fuel pump and separates a fuel chamber from an air chamber in the fuel pressure regulator. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176533 | LAYERED DIAPHRAGM - In at least some implementations, a carburetor has a metering system that controls fuel flow from a fuel source to an air-fuel passage. The metering system includes a metering diaphragm sealed to a body of the carburetor to at least partly define a metering chamber between the metering diaphragm and the body, and the metering diaphragm has a continuous layer and a discontinuous layer. The continuous layer is responsive to fluid pressure within the metering chamber and moves against the discontinuous layer to open a metering valve to allow fuel flow from the fuel source and into the metering chamber when said fluid pressure is below a reference pressure. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW OF VENT GASES TO A NATURAL GAS ENGINE - A system and method controls a flow of vent gases to a combustion engine. The system includes an inlet for receiving the vent gases, a pressure relief device that enables the vent gases to escape to atmosphere when a pressure in the inlet exceeds a predetermined relief pressure, a flow-restricting orifice, and a back pressure regulator disposed downstream of the orifice. A shut-off valve disposed between the back pressure regulator and the air intake is set to only open when an intake pressure falls below a predetermined negative intake pressure. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176535 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF ENGINE HAVING TURBOCHARGER AND METHOD THEREOF - A control apparatus of an engine having a turbocharger may include the engine generating power by combustion of a fuel, the turbocharger including a turbine operated by exhaust gas of the engine and a compressor connected to the turbine by a rotating shaft, and thus supercharging air to a combustion chamber provided in the engine by the compressor, a detecting sensor detecting pre-ignition in the combustion chamber of the engine, and a controller controlling supercharging pressure supplied to the combustion chamber by using a required torque, ignition timing of the combustion chamber, and an air-fuel ratio, and thus controlling the pre-ignition in the combustion chamber, when the pre-ignition in the combustion chamber may be detected by the detecting sensor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176536 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A HEAT ENGINE AND AN ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - The invention relates to an assembly ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176537 | EXHAUST GAS RECOVERY APPARATUS OF EGR COOLER FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is an exhaust gas recovery apparatus of an EGR cooler for a vehicle that circulates some of exhaust gases cooled by an EGR cooler to be discharged, not to an engine but to the outside in a low load operation condition or in a winter season condition, and thus maintaining a temperature of engine cooling water high. The apparatus may include a branch pipe for transferring exhaust gases discharged from the EGR cooler to a turbo charger, a flow rate control valve installed in the branch pipe for adjusting a flow rate of the exhaust gases, and a control unit for controlling an opening degree of the flow rate control valve. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176538 | MODULATING BYPASS VALVE - A modulating bypass valve includes a valve housing defining a modulating fluid passageway and a bypassing fluid passageway through the valve housing. The valve also includes a throttle plate assembly that is inserted through the valve housing and has a rotating shaft on an axis that is generally perpendicular to the modulating fluid passageway and the bypassing fluid passageway. A modulating throttle plate is attached to the shaft and located within the modulating fluid passageway. A bypassing throttle plate is attached to the shaft and located within the bypassing fluid passageway. An actuator rotates the shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176539 | ENGINE-CONTROL VALVE WITH IMPROVED OPERATION - The invention relates to an engine-control valve having a body defining an inner channel and including a flap ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176540 | FUEL VAPOR STORAGE AND RECOVERY APPARATUS - The invention refers to a fuel vapor storage and recovery apparatus ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176541 | EVAPORATED FUEL PROCESSING DEVICE - Recirculation piping that recirculates fuel discharged from a fuel pump to an intake side of a fuel pump in a fuel tank is provided. In addition, a canister is formed with a heat transfer surface that guides fuel flowing through the fuel tank during actuation of the fuel pump. When the recirculation piping recirculates the fuel discharged from the fuel pump into the fuel tank, the heat transfer surface transfers heat between the canister and the fuel discharged from the fuel pump among fuel in the fuel tank. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176542 | HIGH PERFORMANCE VACUUM VENTURI PUMP - A venturi valve assembly, having a flow tube, an upper port integrally formed with flow tube, a flow cavity disposed within the flow tube, an inlet formed as part of the flow tube such that the inlet forms a part of the flow cavity, an outlet formed as part of the flow tube such that the outlet forms a part of the flow cavity, and a venturi nozzle disposed in the flow tube. Pressurized air flows into the flow cavity from the inlet such that the pressurized air flows around the venturi nozzle. Purge vapor flows into the flow cavity from the upper port, and the flow rate of the pressurized air is increased after flowing around the venturi nozzle, increasing the flow of the purge vapor after the purge vapor is mixed with the pressurized air in the flow tube. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176543 | EVAPORATED FUEL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An evaporated fuel processing apparatus includes a casing provided with a tank port, and the casing is provided with at least one adsorbent layer filled with adsorbent which adsorbs/desorbs evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank or the like, a vapor-liquid separator separating the evaporated fuel introduced from the tank port into a vapor phase component and a liquid phase component thereof, respectively, and a filter separating the vapor-liquid separator from the adsorbent layer, and, a liquid storing member which is a component separate from the casing, and is opened at at least a tank port side for storing the separated liquid phase component is attached in the casing, and, the filter is fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the casing and the liquid storing member is sandwiched between the casing and the filter. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176544 | Filter Housing and Filter Assembly - A filter housing for receiving a filter element is provided with a first housing part having a first housing opening and a second housing opening. A second housing part is connected to the first housing part. A first connecting socket is arranged at the first housing opening of the first housing part. A second connecting socket is arranged at the second housing opening of the first housing part. A receiving space is provided in an interior of the filter housing between the first and second housing openings, wherein the receiving space accommodates the filter element. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176545 | SELF-CLEANING AIR FILTER - An air cleaner assembly includes a housing having an outer wall defining an air flow inlet, an air flow outlet and a hollow interior section. The housing is openable for service access to the interior section. A serviceable and selectively removable filter cartridge is positioned in the housing. The filter cartridge includes filter media surrounding an open central interior. A pulse jet distribution arrangement communicates with the interior of the housing and includes a device configured to direct a pulse of compressed gas into the interior of the filter cartridge. An evacuation valve arrangement is mounted to the housing to receive ejected dust from the filter cartridge and direct the received ejected dust out of the housing. The valve arrangement includes a frame, a blocking element mounted for reciprocation in relation to the frame and a biasing element for urging the blocking element into a closed position. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176546 | ENGINE - An air intake route leads air drawn in from outside into a diesel engine. The air intake route is provided with an air intake manifold and an EGR device is provided which supplies some of the exhaust to the air intake route. An introduction path for introducing exhaust supplied from the EGR device is provided inside of the air intake manifold, and an exhaust port of the introduction path is arranged downstream from and near the intake entrance in the air intake manifold. By this means, exhaust gas performance can be improved without increasing the engine size. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176547 | FLEXIBLE TURBOCHARGER AIR DUCT WITH CONSTRICTING RINGS - A turbocharger system includes a flexible duct having an elongated elastomeric body extending longitudinally between first and second ends configured to attach to respective turbocharger devices. A plurality of constricting rings are spaced longitudinally between the ends. Each constricting ring applies a radial compression force around a respective circumference of the duct. Each ring is comprised of a molded thermoplastic retained in a concentric shape by a clasp. The spacing of the constricting rings has a density sufficient to limit a volume increase of the duct under turbocharger operating pressure to less than 20%. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176548 | MIXING VALVE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a mixing valve for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the distance between pivot axes of two flaps is smaller than the diameter of the largest flap. The flaps are also connected to a single drive device. The drive device ensures a collision-free coupling of the movements of the flaps. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176549 | AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD - An intercooler ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176550 | DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SOUND - A device for transmitting sound has a transmission element shaped to form a sound symposer and forms a sound cone between a rear wall and a front-side panel, Thus, sound is projected from the latter through openings in the panel into the vehicle interior. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176551 | INTEGRATED PWM FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE - In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, an integrated PWM fuel pump driver module includes a circuit board on which at least one power semiconductor is disposed and a fuel tube downstream of a fuel pump controlled by the driver module. The fuel flowing through the fuel tube cools each power semiconductor as heat is transferred from each power semiconductor into the fuel. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176552 | DIESEL FUEL PRESSURE DETECTION BY FAST MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR - A high speed and high force magnetostrictive actuator is the preferred source of continuously controllable motion for the hydromechanical portion of a diesel fuel injector. The actuator converts continuously variable voltage and current into continuously variable force and displacement. A magnetostrictive actuator advances the state of the art of fuel injection by exerting continuously variable control through-out each injection event, including very fast transients free of overshoot or ringing. From rest, magnetostrictive fuel injector actuators have been tested to extend to their full distance of tens of micrometers without ringing and return to their rest position at near zero velocity. Complete cycles, from rest to rest, can occur in well under two hundred microseconds. A method of detecting fuel pressure takes advantage of the continuous variability in certain properties of the magnetostrictive alloy. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176553 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector, particularly for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber, is provided as including a housing having at least one spray orifice, an armature assembly that is movable linearly in the housing, along a longitudinal axis, a magnetic coil acting magnetically on the armature assembly, a valve element that is movable linearly with respect to the armature assembly and with respect to the housing, for opening and closing the spray orifice, and a pin for limiting the movement of the valve element with respect to the armature assembly. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176554 | CONTROLLED NOZZLE INJECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A nozzle injection apparatus for use in internal combustion engines includes a fuel pump for intermittently pressurizing fuel, an injection conduit in fluid communication with the fuel pump, the injection conduit permitting the pressurized fuel to be communicated to a fuel injection nozzle a control valve in fluid communication with the nozzle, wherein the control valve dynamically and selectively controls a pressure of said pressurized fuel within the injection conduit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176555 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM - A flow control system for a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided and includes an inlet port, an outlet, a return port, a 2-way control valve including a control valve member, a shuttle valve and a main valve. The control valve includes a first seat, a first resilient arrangement configured to force the control valve member towards the seat so as to close the control valve, and a first abutment that limits the lift of the control valve member away from the first seat. The first seat of the control valve is slidably arranged in the shuttle control chamber. An end stop for the first seat is provided such that the pressure in a shuttle control chamber tends to move the first seat towards the end stop. The first seat, upon its mechanical contact with a valve member is able to transmit at least a part of the force of the resilient means onto a shuttle valve body in the opening direction of the shuttle valve. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176556 | FUEL INJECTOR RAIL ASSEMBLY FOR DIRECT INJECTION OF FUEL - A fuel injector rail assembly for direct injection of fuel includes an elongate fuel distribution tube, a plurality of fuel injector sockets each formed to contain therein a fuel injection valve and being integrally secured to the fuel distribution tube, and a plurality of brackets each integrally secured to the distribution tube. The brackets each are made of pressed sheet metal and includes a mounting plate portion formed with a bolt hole for mounting the fuel distribution tube on an engine head and an opening for permitting each lower portion of the fuel injector sockets inserting therethrough, a pair of stationary arm portions extended in parallel from one side edge of the mounting plate portion at opposite sides of the respective fuel injector sockets and secured to the distribution tube. An outward flange formed at each lower end of the injector sockets is secured to an underside surface of the periphery of the opening for each injector socket. A central axis of the bolt hole is offset from a central axis of each of the fuel injector sockets in a longitudinal direction of the fuel distribution tube. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176557 | TORQUE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A torque transmission mechanism, for a starter for an internal combustion engine, is adapted to transmit a starting torque from a starter motor to a crankshaft. The torque transmission mechanism comprises a ring gear that transmits the starting torque and a one-way clutch disposed between the ring gear and the crankshaft, this ring gear comprising a gear side portion to which the starting torque is transmitted from the starter motor via gear mesh, and a flange extending between the gear side portion and an inner ring of the one-way clutch. The flange comprises an inner section which forms the inner ring of the one-way clutch and an outer section fixed to the inner section and on which the gear side portion is fixed. The inner and outer sections of the flange are fixed together by a mechanical assembly other than welding. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176558 | SPARK PLUG FOULING DETECTION FOR IGNITION SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for determining a type of spark plug fouling. In one example, a method may include differentiating spark plug fouling due to soot accumulation from spark plug fouling due to fuel additive accumulation based on a current on a control wire of the spark plug following application of a dwell command. Further, exhaust oxygen sensor degradation and/or exhaust catalyst degradation may be determined based on switching frequencies of one or more exhaust oxygen sensors and the type of spark plug fouling. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176559 | PUMPED STORAGE POWER PLANT - A pumped storage power plant performs a pumping operation by using a pump turbine, upper and lower regulating reservoirs. An upper space of one of the reservoirs is sealable. The pumped storage power plant detects an air pressure in the upper space, first and second water levels of the one and the other reservoirs. A controller of the pumped storage power plant obtains information of the detected air pressure, first and second water levels, and an electrical energy input from an external grid and used during the pumping operation. A calculation water level of the one reservoir is calculated by using the first water level and the air pressure. The controller adjusts the air pressure such that a difference between the second water level and the calculation water level becomes a desired difference that is determined by a characteristic of the pump turbine depending on the input electrical energy. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176560 | BI-ROTATIONAL GENERATOR - A fluid-driven electricity generator includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator core that includes a plurality of stator windings and one or more stator turbines connected to the stator core. The one or more stator turbines are configured to rotate in a first direction. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of permanent magnets that are substantially surrounded by the stator core. The rotor assembly also includes one or more rotor turbines connected to the plurality of permanent magnets. The one or more rotor turbines are configured to rotate in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176561 | Sea Wave Power Generation Device - A sea wave power generation device includes: a motion bar, a platform, a platform-supporting upper upright post for supporting the platform, a platform-supporting lower upright post, a hydraulic lift post, a flywheel set for connecting power generation equipment, and a platform lift control device, wherein sea wave pushes floating ball to drive the motion bar to move upwards, a rack section of the motion bar drives a first flywheel on first side to rotate, which drives a generator to generate power through a spindle; wherein after the sea wave, the floating ball drives the motion bar to move downwards under action of gravity. The rack section of the motion bar drives a second flywheel on second side to rotate, which drives the generator to generate power through the spindle, in such a manner that continuous power generation is achieved. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176562 | WAVE ACTIVATED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH THE RACK AND PINION MECHANISM - The present invention is directed to a wave activated power generation system that converts the vertical movement of one or more power generation buoys resulting from interaction with waves into energy producing gyrations via a rack and pinion mechanism. The square-shaped power generation buoys are manufactured from fiber-reinforced plastic material. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176563 | SWALLOW TAIL AIRFOIL - The aerodynamic element has a cross section in an airflow direction with a trailing edge ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176564 | WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING A SHAPED STALL FENCE OR FLOW DIVERTER - A wind turbine blade is described wherein at least on planar member is provided on the blade surface, where the planar member is arranged such that it extends at an angle to the chord of the blade. The planar member acts to re-direct airflow over the blade, to improve wind turbine performance. The planar member may be a stall fence provided towards the blade root end, further acting to divert airflow towards the root end of the blade to prevent separation of attached airflow. Additionally or alternatively, the planar member may be a flow diverter provided towards the blade tip end, to increase airflow in the tip region for increased performance and/or to disrupt the formation of tip vortices. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176565 | GENERATOR WITH VERTICAL PISTON AND RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT, WITH ORIENTABLE BLADES AND CONVERSION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY MEANS OF A VERTICAL SOLENOID DEVICE - The invention relates to a generator with vertical piston and reciprocal movement, with orientable blades and conversion of mechanical energy to electrical energy by means of a vertical solenoid device, which comprises a machine that utilizes the kinetic energy of a fluid (air or water) in order to obtain electrical energy. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176566 | System and Method of Controlling a Wind Turbine - It describes a control system and method of a wind turbine to operate it in optimum output operation in situations wherein incidents occur. To do this a series of measurements are taken of elements in the surrounding area of the wind turbine which incide it to be able to calculate blade pitch angle set-points to reorientate or move the same until positions designated in accordance with said pitch angle set-point. The method described here is based, among other parameters, on the wind speed; so that it provides for at least two possible control situations in accordance with said speed: one when the speed is less than a rated value and another when said speed is greater than a rated value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176567 | Wind Turbine with Blade Pitch System - The present invention relates to a wind turbine with blade pitch system with an angle between the longitudinal direction of the blade and axis of rotation of the bearing of the blade pitch system, disposing the driving plate of the blade pitch system between the blade and the bearing of the blade pitch system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176568 | Wind Turbine Control Method - The invention relates to a control method for wind turbines provided with a blade pitch angle control system and which are determined to be positioned in a misaligned manner with respect to the direction of incident wind. The method described herein makes use of a series of data and measurements captured in the wind turbine itself or its surroundings to process said data and generate by means of a series of processes and calculations a series of values which are used in commands on the wind turbine blade pitch angle control system to prevent anomalies and/or increase the efficiency thereof in said situation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176569 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND A MONITORING METHOD FOR A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A monitoring system for a wind turbine generator comprises: a wind speed obtaining unit for obtaining a wind speed; a wind condition identifying unit for identifying a wind condition parameter which includes at least one of a wind shear or an upflow angle of a wind which acts on a rotor of the wind turbine generator based on the wind speed obtained by the wind speed obtaining unit and at least one of a power output or a pitch angle of the wind turbine generator measured upon occurrence of the wind speed; and a fatigue load calculating unit for calculating a fatigue load of a component of the wind turbine generator based on at least the wind condition parameter identified by the wind condition identifying unit and a wind turbulence intensity of the wind which acts on the rotor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176570 | DETECTING A PITCH ANGLE ADJUSTMENT FAULT - A method for detecting a rotor blade pitch angle adjustment fault of a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided, the method includes measuring a rotor blade pitch angle speed; predicting, based on an actual rotor speed, a rotor blade pitch angle speed; indicating a fault, if a first criterion is satisfied, wherein the first criterion is satisfied, if deviation between the measured rotor blade pitch angle speed and the predicted rotor blade pitch angle speed exceeds a speed threshold. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176571 | WIND TURBINE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, WIND TURBINE, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE TO A WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine rotary electric machine has an active part having a plurality of axial active segments arranged about an axis of rotation; and a tubular structure, which extends about the axis of rotation, supports the active segments, and is divided into a plurality of first sectors connected to one another and configured to fit to a frame of the wind turbine. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176572 | SWASH PLATE FOR SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - A resin coating-provided swash plate, for a swash plate compressor, manufactured by a process shorter than a process of a conventional coating method and which allows the resin coating to be subjected to grinding processing with high accuracy and to have a high strength of adhesion to a base material of the swash plate, a method for manufacturing the swash plate, and the swash plate compressor having the swash plate. A swash plate ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176573 | SWITCHING ASSEMBLY FOR A HYDRAULIC PUMP JACK - A switching assembly for a hydraulic pump jack has a non-magnetic cylinder and a piston that is reciprocally movable within the interior bore of the cylinder. The piston has circumferential sealing means to engage the interior surface of the cylinder, and carries a magnetic element. A fluid source supplies a working fluid to the cylinder to move the piston within the cylinder. At least one magnetic sensor having a unique sensor value is externally mounted adjacent to the non-magnetic cylinder and senses at least a top of a piston stroke and the bottom of the piston stroke. A controller receives signals from the magnetically-actuated sensors as the magnetic element carried by the piston comes in proximity with and influences the at least one magnetic sensor. The controller controls piston positioning by selectively controlling the flow of working fluid to the cylinder. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176574 | Downhole Motor Driven Reciprocating Well Pump - A submersible well pump assembly has a pump housing with a pump discharge on upper end. A pump barrel is located within the pump housing, defining an annular passage between the barrel and the pump housing. A plunger is reciprocally carried in the barrel. A motor mounted below the pump housing and operatively couples to the plunger causes the plunger to reciprocate between an upstroke and a down-stroke. A valve and porting arrangement directs well fluid in the barrel below the plunger into the annular passage and out the discharge during a down stroke of the plunger. The valve and porting arrangement admits well fluid into the barrel below the plunger during the up stroke of the plunger. A connecting rod extends between the motor and the plunger. The connecting rod is in tension during the down-stroke. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176575 | Compressed Air System for a Motor Vehicle - A compressed air system for a motor vehicle with an air supply system includes an electric drive motor, which can be controlled for variable speed, an air compressor coupled to be driven by the electric drive motor, an electric power supply for supplying electric power to the electric drive motor, at least one air reservoir connected with the air compressor to receive air from the air compressor, an air utilization system connected to the air reservoir to receive air from the air reservoir, and a controller to control the speed of the electric drive motor. The controller controls the electric drive motor to determine its speed depending upon at least one of the following signals: a signal representing the activation status of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle, a signal representing the speed of the vehicle, a signal representing the temperature of the power supply, a signal representing the temperature of the electric drive motor, a signal representing the wetness level of the air compressed by the air compressor, a signal representing the load of the air compressor, a signal representing the running time of the air compressor, or a signal representing the status of the electric power supply. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176576 | COMPRESSOR AND DISCHARGING MUFFLER THEREOF - A discharge muffler may include a discharge space in the cylinder block and a pulsation and/or noise reducing member (e.g., a pulsation reducing member) engaged in the discharge space having a passage (e.g., a pulsation and/or noise reducing passage) on a circumferential surface configured to guide the working fluid to an inner space of the discharge space. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176577 | Hemi-Toroidal Fluid Pump - This specification describes technologies relating to a pump for dispensing precise quantities of fluids. In some implementations, a pump includes a rotatable portion including one or more recesses configured to receive one or more corresponding roller components; and a base portion including a fluid channel including an input aperture and an output aperture, the fluid channel being configured to receive the one or more roller components, and a flexible membrane that provides a seal between the roller components and the fluid channel, wherein, the rotatable portion is rotatably coupled to the base portion such that the fluid channel includes one or more portions sealed by the flexible membrane and one or more roller components and wherein rotation of the rotatable portion causes the one or more roller components to traverse the fluid channel pushing fluid trapped within the fluid channel and the membrane in the direction of rotation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176578 | APPARAUTS FOR FLUID PUMPING - A fluid balanced hydraulic pump has a support tower that can be mounted over a well. At least one cylinder assembly is pivotally mounted within the support tower. A prime mover provides hydraulic fluid to the at least one cylinder assembly through a wedge spool control valve that provides precise speed control with minimal maintenance requirements. Stroke speed can be easily and quickly adjusted without the need for expensive, troublesome or complicated electronic equipment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176579 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LINEAR COMPRESSOR - The control module includes a drive circuitry that drives the linear compressor based on a control signal, a detector that detects a motor current and a motor voltage corresponding to a motor of the linear compressor, an asymmetric current generator that generates an asymmetric motor current by applying a current offset to the detected motor current, and a controller that generates the control signal based on the asymmetric motor current and the detected motor voltage. Such a control module may increase a maximum freezing capacity by appropriately (or optimally) designing (setting) an initial value of a piston in a driving area or an operation area (or a high-efficiency driving area) of a compressor by considering the efficiency aspect, and executing an asymmetric operation in a high-load driving area (or a high freezing capacity driving area). | 2015-06-25 |
20150176580 | COMPRESSOR AND VALVE ASSEMBLY THEREOF FOR REDUCING PULSATION AND/OR NOISE - A valve assembly may include a valve plate having an inlet hole through which working fluid passes from a vacuum muffler, a first discharge hole through which working fluid discharged from a cylinder passes, a second discharge hole through which the working fluid from the first discharge hole passes, and a pulsation and/or noise reducing passage through which the working fluid from the second discharge hole flows; a discharge valve at or in the valve plate configured to open and/or close the first discharge hole; a valve sheet having a first hole therein communicating with the first discharge hole and a second hole therein at an outlet of the pulsation and/or noise reducing passage; and a vacuum valve in the valve sheet configured to open and/or close the inlet hole. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176581 | LIQUID RING SCREW PUMP DESIGN - Liquid ring screw pump ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176582 | FLUID PUMP CHANGEABLE IN DIAMETER, IN PARTICULAR FOR MEDICAL APPLICATION - A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided. The device has a pump housing which is changeable in diameter and with a rotor which is changeable in diameter. The device has at least one delivery element for fluid, as well as a drive shaft on which the rotor is rotatably mounted. A bearing arrangement is arranged on the drive shaft or its extension, at the distal end of the drive shaft behind the rotor seen from the proximal end of the drive shaft. The bearing arrangement has struts, which elastically brace between a hub of the bearing arrangement and the pump housing. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176583 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A rotary compression mechanism is provided with a rotor which can rotate about the axis of a shaft mounted to a casing, a cylinder which can rotate about a rotation center eccentric from the shaft, and a drive plate which is installed so as to be capable of swinging relative to one of the cylinder and the rotor and to be capable of sliding relative to the other of the cylinder and the rotor and which rotationally connects the cylinder and the rotor. Spaces which are separated from each other by both a partition point and the drive plate and which are located between the inner surface of the cylinder and the outer periphery of the rotor are operating chambers for performing compression or suction. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176584 | SCROLL PUMP - The present invention provides a scroll pump comprising: a scroll mechanism having an orbiting scroll and a fixed scroll; a drive shaft having a concentric shaft portion and an eccentric shaft portion connected to the orbiting scroll. The shaft is arranged to be driven by a motor so that rotation of the shaft imparts an orbiting motion to the orbiting scroll relative to the fixed scroll for pumping fluid along a flow path from an inlet to an outlet of the scroll mechanism. An axial lip seal is located between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll for resisting leakage of fluid from outside the scroll mechanism into the flow path. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176585 | PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE AND SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A pressure control valve ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150176586 | BLOWER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A NOISE ATTENUATING IMPELLER AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A blower assembly includes a housing including an outlet and a cutoff point positioned proximate the outlet. The blower assembly also includes an impeller including a plurality of blades that each includes a tip portion including a radially outer edge and a transition point that divides the radially outer edge into a first portion and a second portion. The impeller is positioned within the housing such that a first radial gap is defined between the cutoff point and the first portion and a second radial gap is defined between the cutoff point and the second portion. The first radial gap includes a constant width that is shorter than a width of the second radial gap. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176587 | FAN - A fan includes a stationary portion; a bearing mechanism; and a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes an impeller including a plurality of blades and an annular impeller cup arranged to support the blades. The rotor portion includes a cover portion and a cylindrical portion. The impeller is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion of the rotor portion. The outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and an inner circumferential surface of the impeller cup have a joining portion therebetween. At least one of the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and the inner circumferential surface of the impeller cup includes a groove portion recessed radially from the joining portion. The groove portion includes an upward facing surface. An adhesive is arranged in the groove portion. At least a portion of the adhesive is arranged above the upward facing surface of the groove portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176588 | Motor of a Ceiling Fan - A motor of a ceiling fan, which includes a shaft, a bearing sleeve, a limiting member, a stator and a rotor, is proposed. The shaft has a first shoulder and a second shoulder. The bearing sleeve receives a first bearing and a second bearing for supporting the shaft and has an inner flange, with the inner flange and the first shoulder jointly clamping and positioning the first bearing. The limiting member and the second shoulder jointly clamp and position the second bearing. The stator is arranged around the shaft. The rotor couples with the bearing sleeve. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176589 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FAN SPEED OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for controlling a fan speed of an electronic apparatus and the electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The method includes: detecting an input voltage, an output current, and a working temperature of the electronic apparatus; calculating a target speed of the fan according to the input voltage, the output current, and the working temperature; providing a speed control signal indicating the target speed to drive the fan and obtaining a fan speed signal indicating an actual speed of the fan; and performing a close-loop control based on the fan speed signal, so that the actual speed is adjusted to the target speed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176590 | FLOW OUTLET - A noise attenuation panel for a bleed flow is presented that causes a total pressure loss of the bleed flow before it is exhausted. The total pressure loss results from at least two regions in which the flow area contracts and then rapidly expands, with the rapid expansion causing mixing and turbulence rather than full total pressure recovery. This reduced pressure means that when the flow is exhausted into a flow (which may be the bypass flow of a gas turbine engine), its energy, and thus its noise, are reduced. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176591 | THRUST BEARINGS FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS - A bearing assembly for a centrifugal pump is configured to accommodate both forward and reverse axial thrust, and to be lubricated by process fluid. A pump incorporating a dual acting bearing assembly that is lubricated by process fluid and that is located between the final two impeller stages of the pump. A desalination system comprises a pump with an inlet for receiving seawater at a first end, an outlet for discharging high pressure seawater at a second end, one or more impellers coupled to a rotatable shaft between the first end and the second end for increasing a pressure of the seawater, and a bearing assembly lubricated by the seawater for absorbing axial thrust in both directions along the shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176592 | HEAT-INSULATING BEARING STRUCTURE - A heat-insulating bearing structure employs three disks so that peripheral edges of the disks come into contact with a circumferential side face of a rotary shaft, to support the rotary shaft. A contact part between the rotary shaft and each disk is small, and therefore, heat conduction from the rotary shaft to each disk is small. Accordingly, the bearing structure surely supports the rotary shaft even if the rotary shaft is heated to a high temperature. Each disk is provided with fins so that, when rotated, the fins draw in surrounding air and blow out the air from the peripheral edge of the disk toward the contact part between the disk and the rotary shaft, thereby cooling the contact part and surely supporting the rotary shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176593 | TURBOCHARGER WITH LUBRICANT DEFLECTOR - A turbocharger assembly can include a center housing that includes a compressor side, a turbine side, a bore that extends between the compressor side and the turbine side and a socket at the compressor side; a journal bearing disposed in the bore; and a lubricant deflector disposed at least partially in the socket. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176594 | RADIAL IMPELLER FOR A DRUM FAN AND FAN UNIT HAVING A RADIAL IMPELLER OF THIS TYPE - An impeller has an inlet and outlet. A bottom disc has an external diameter. A top disc concentric to the bottom disc at an axial distance therefrom has a suction opening for the inlet. A plurality of forward-curved blades are arranged between the bottom disc and the top disc. A flow channel has an inner inlet side and an outer outlet side formed between adjacent blades. The channel is curved convexly viewed in the running direction of the impeller. The external diameter of the bottom disc is at least 20% greater than the internal diameter of the suction opening. The top disc forms a guiding surface and an angle is formed between a tangent on the guiding surface at the inlet to the suction opening and a tangent on the guiding surface at the outlet from the flow channel on the air outlet side is at least 30°. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176595 | Dual-Sided Centrifugal Fan - A dual-sided impeller for a centrifugal blower assembly is provided. The dual-sided impeller comprises a plurality of fan ribs defined in a single continuous metal sheet and extending from a hub toward a circumference of the impeller. Each of the plurality of fan ribs has first and second vanes, wherein the first and second vanes extend in opposing directions relative to a plate region of the impeller. The first and second vanes can comprise one or more of a forward-curved vane, a backward-curved vane, a forward-inclined vane, a backward-inclined vane, and a radial vane. The centrifugal blower assembly comprises a blower housing, wherein the dual-sided impeller is disposed within the blower housing. The dual-sided impeller is continuous and is stamped and/or pressed from a single sheet of metal, such as one or more of a sheet of steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176596 | MOLDED ROTOR FOR COOLING FAN MOTOR - A cooling fan assembly operable for cooling a radiator of a vehicle includes a brushless motor and a fan element having a plurality of fan blades. The brushless motor includes a stator and a rotor. The fan element is attached at the rotor such that rotation of the rotor by the motor imparts rotation of the fan blades to enhance air flow at the radiator of the vehicle. The rotor is a molded polymeric rotor formed by injection molding a thermoplastic material. During injection molding of the rotor, a plurality of magnetic elements are at least partially overmolded by the thermoplastic material to establish the magnetic elements at the molded polymeric rotor. The rotor may have a bell-like shape, and the magnetic elements may be disposed at an inside facing surface of the rotor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176597 | PROPELLER FAN, AND AIR BLOWER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND HOT-WATER SUPPLY OUTDOOR UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME - In a blade cross-sectional view, assuming that a tangent at an end of the outer periphery is defined as LQ, an imaginary line orthogonal to the rotation axis is defined as LO, an angle formed by the tangent (LQ) and the imaginary line (LO) is defined as an outer peripheral end tangent angle (θ), and a position at which an imaginary plane including a position of an intake-side end portion of the bellmouth and a peripheral edge of the blade cross each other is defined as an overlap starting point, the outer peripheral end tangent angle on a trailing edge portion side with respect to a blade cross section including the overlap starting point is set to be smaller than the outer peripheral end tangent angle on a leading edge portion side with respect to the blade cross section including the overlap starting point. | 2015-06-25 |
20150176598 | BLOWER HOUSING, ESPECIALLY FOR A SIDE CHANNEL BLOWER - A blower housing, especially for a side channel blower, includes a first housing part ( | 2015-06-25 |