33rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150225992 | MONEY STORAGE DEVICE AND MONEY STORAGE DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM - To further strengthen the security function of a money storage device, a money storage device which stores collected money is configured to: receive a locked state releasing instruction signal that instructs releasing of a locked state, from a money storage device managing server which manages the money storage device, via a communication network and a repeater by using wireless communication; and release the locked state in response to the reception of the locked state releasing instruction signal. | 2015-08-13 |
20150225993 | LOCKING INSERT MECHANISM AND RECEIVER TO SECURE PERSONAL WEAPONS, VALUABLES AND OTHER ITEMS - A personal security apparatus to house weapons, valuables, and/or items requiring concealment includes a lockable insert mechanism to securely house items and at least one receiving apparatus adapted to mount the insert mechanism into or onto various structures and a lockable access door that provides convenient, rapid access to the items contained in the personal security apparatus and further prevents access by unauthorized persons. | 2015-08-13 |
20150225994 | GLAZING WITH EMBEDDED MICROSTRUCTURES FOR DAYLIGHTING AND SEASONAL THERMAL CONTROL - A glazing for daylighting and seasonal thermal control, the glazing including a pane defined between an outside-oriented interface and an inside-oriented interface, the pane comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a parabolic reflective surface with a focus point located on the second component. | 2015-08-13 |
20150225995 | MOLDED PLASTIC ACCESS DOOR - A molded access door assembly for an access opening in a wall or ceiling is provided including a molded frame having a frame channel to form the outside of the access door assembly, the frame channel having spaced apart exterior and interior walls joined at the top edge by a top wall and having a lip extending from the bottom edge of the inner wall into the interior of the molded access door assembly to define an opening. The lip provides a stop rest for the door in the closed position has a means of attaching the access door assembly to the wall or ceiling. The assembly also includes a door having a top surface and a first part of a hinge assembly along one edge of the top surface which cooperates with a matching second part of the hinge assembly along one edge of the frame channel to allow the door to move between an open and a closed position. | 2015-08-13 |
20150225996 | BLINDS SYSTEM FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN TWO INSULATED WINDOW PANES - Present invention refers to the blinds that are found in a closed space between two window panes ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150225997 | RAISING/LOWERING MECHANISM FOR A ROLLER BLIND - A raising/lowering mechanism for a roller blind ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150225998 | Screen Window for Garage Door - A sliding screen window for a garage door may be built into new garage doors or may be sold separately for installation on existing garage doors. The window would generally, but not necessarily, be installed on the top panel of a garage door. The screen panel may be oblong in shape or may feature a decorative pattern of screened and non-screened shapes. Behind the screen is a plurality of transparent or opaque sliding plates that may be moved aside to allow air to flow through the garage door. | 2015-08-13 |
20150225999 | AUTOMATED SHADE CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING BRIGHTNESS MODELING - Automated shade systems comprise motorized window coverings, sensors, and controllers that use algorithms to control operation of the automated shade control system. These algorithms may include information such as: 3-D models of a building and surrounding structures, shadow information, reflectance information, lighting and radiation information, ASHRAE clear sky algorithms, log information related to manual overrides, occupant preference information, motion information, real-time sky conditions, solar radiation on a building, a total foot-candle load on a structure, brightness overrides, actual and/or calculated BTU load, time-of-year information, and microclimate analysis. Modeled brightness information may be utilized to control shades. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226000 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - A drive arrangement ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150226001 | MOTORIZED WINDOW TREATMENT - A motorized window treatment may provide a low-cost solution for controlling the amount of daylight entering a space through a window. The window treatment may include a covering material (e.g., a cellular shade fabric or a roller shade fabric), a drive assembly for raising and lowering the covering material, and a motor drive unit including a motor configured to drive the drive assembly to raise and lower the covering material. The motorized window treatment may comprise one or more battery packs configured to receive batteries for powering the motor drive unit. The batteries may be located out of view of a user of the motorized window treatment (e.g., in a headrail or in a battery compartment). The motorized window treatment may use various power-saving methods to lengthen the lifetime of the batteries, e.g., to reduce the motor speed to conserve additional battery power and extend the lifetime of the batteries. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226002 | Fixed Ladder Portable Mounted Support Assembly - The invention provides an adjustable ladder mounted system to facilitate the use of a lifting or support apparatus. This steel clamping system distributes the weight to four (4) different locations of a permanently mounted fixed ladder. The clamping system adjusts for all common ladder rail/leg sizes, and differences in spacing of the ladder rungs. This design allows for ease of set-up and use by a single worker, results in a solidly supported lifting structure/pole/shaft, economically produced, and can be easily moved from one location to another. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226003 | LADDERS, LADDER COMPONENTS AND RELATED METHODS - Ladders, ladder components and related methods are provided including various embodiments of a combination ladder. In some embodiments, a platform is provided that is fixedly coupled with a rail assembly of a combination ladder. The platform may pivot between a useable position or state and a stowed or stored position or state. The platform may maintain a position relative to certain rungs of the rail assembly while being displaceable relative to other rungs of the rail assembly. A hand rail may be coupled to the rail assembly and a tray may be coupled with the hand rail. The tray and the platform may be configured to maintain a constant distance between one another while the rail assembly is adjusted for height. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226004 | TECHNIQUE TO VERIFY UNDERGROUND TARGETS UTILIZING VIRTUAL REALITY IMAGING AND CONTROLLED EXCAVATION - A system and method for locating and verifying a position of an underground target utilizes a virtual reality display to guide a cutting probe to the target. Initial coordinates of the target may be obtained from prior survey data and a vertical access borehole is excavated at the initial coordinates in a first attempt to verify the target position. If the target it not encountered at the initial coordinates, a lateral sensor is positioned within the vertical access borehole to determine three-dimensional coordinates of the target. A second borehole is then excavated by a cutting head that is guided to the three-dimensional target coordinates with the assistance of a virtual reality display that shows both the target coordinates and a real time position of the cutting head. A down-hole camera or other sensor positioned within the second borehole may verify the presence or condition of the target. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226005 | Drill with Integrally Formed Bent Sub and Sonde Housing - A fluid-actuated directional percussive impact tool includes a back head for connection to a pressurized fluid source and a tool casing housing a drill bit longitudinally movable with respect thereto. The drill bit has a central axis extending longitudinally therethrough. A sonde housing is coupled between the back head and the tool casing and has a sonde disposed therein. The sonde housing has a central axis extending longitudinally therethrough. A bent sub is integrally formed with the sonde housing and connects the sonde housing to the tool casing such that the central axis of the drill bit intersects the central axis of the sonde housing at a non-zero angle. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226006 | METHOD AND AN INSTALLATION FOR CUTTING UP A MASS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE - Disclosed are examples of methods and systems for cutting up a reinforced concrete mass, in which a drilling tool is provided. In various embodiments, the drilling tool comprises: a drill tube earning a cutter member; a device for causing the drill tube to vibrate, the device comprising a vibration generator for generating longitudinal vibration in the drill tube; a device for injecting a drilling fluid at the distal end of the drill tube; and a device for moving the drill tube along its longitudinal direction. In the disclosed methods and systems, the reinforced concrete mass is cut up by drilling at least one hole with the help of the drill tool by causing the drill tube to vibrate while injecting the drilling fluid into the mass from the distal end of the drill tube. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226007 | DRILL BIT FOR HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING - A bit body for a drill bit for horizontal directional drilling includes a pair of legs and a small wedge member disposed between the pair of legs. A roller cone is rotatably mounted to each bearing shaft extending from a respective leg. The roller cones support full coverage cutting structures. A center jet nozzle is configured to direct drilling fluid between the pair of roller cones. A stabilizer member maintains an upright drilling position of the drill bit within the borehole. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226008 | ONE PIECE REAMER FOR USE IN BORING OPERATIONS OF GAS AND OIL MINING - The present invention extends to a single piece reamer having multiple sets of blades. Each set of blades can be positioned at opposite ends of the reamer. In some embodiments, each blade can be positioned on the reamer to have a leftward orientation. Also, in some embodiments, each blade can have a rounded radial edge such that the radius of the blade with respect to the reamer is greater at the middle than at the edges. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226009 | Near-Bit Borehole Opener Tool and Method of Reaming - The present disclosure relates to a near-bit borehole opener (reamer) tool and a method of drilling a wellbore comprising: (a) disposing in the wellbore a tool string; (b) lowering and rotating the tool string and drilling a first portion of the wellbore having a first diameter with the drill bit, wherein the at least one cutter assembly of the borehole reamer is in a closed position; (c) reaming with the second borehole reamer a portion of the wellbore to a second diameter larger than the first diameter, wherein a rat hole portion of the wellbore is not reamed with the second borehole reamer, said rat hole portion of the wellbore having the first diameter; (d) extending the at least one cutter assembly of the first borehole reamer; and (e) concurrently rotating and moving the first borehole reamer up or down in the rat hole portion of the wellbore with the first diameter and abrading and cutting away the wellbore wall contacted by the at least one cutter assembly of the first borehole reamer assembly, thereby enlarging the diameter of a portion of the rat hole portion of the wellbore. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226010 | MILL-DRILL CUTTER AND DRILL BIT - A mill-drill cutter for an earth boring bit includes a cutting structure secured to a substrate. The cutting structure has a drilling edge, and the substrate has a milling edge. The substrate is configured to be received in a cutter pocket of the earth boring bit. The drilling edge of the cutting structure is disposed radially internal to the milling edge of the substrate. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226011 | METHODS OF FORMING POLYCRYSTALLINE COMPACTS - Methods of forming a polycrystalline compact for use in an earth-boring tool include sintering a plurality of hard particles with catalyst material to form a polycrystalline material that includes a plurality of inter-bonded particles of hard material integrally formed with the catalyst material and introducing at least a portion of the polycrystalline material to a reactive material to remove at least a portion of the catalyst material contained within the polycrystalline material. The reactive material may include at least one of a molten glass, an ionic compound, a leaching liquor, and a chemical plasma. The reactive material may be introduced to the polycrystalline material at a temperature of greater than or equal to a melting point thereof. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226012 | Downhole Self-Isolating Wellbore Drilling Systems - One example of a downhole self-isolating wellbore drilling system to pulverize formation cuttings includes a cutting grinder tool and an isolation tool. The cutting grinder tool can be attached to a drill string uphole relative to a drill bit attached to a downhole end of the drill string. The cutting grinder tool can receive and pulverize formation cuttings resulting from drilling a formation using the drill bit. The isolation tool can be attached to the drill string uphole relative to the cutting grinder tool. The isolation tool can control flow of the pulverized formation cuttings mixed with a drilling mud uphole through the drill string. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226013 | Wellbore Component Life Monitoring System - Wellbore component life monitoring system. A life of a component in a wellbore can be monitored by periodically receiving a load value of a load while the load is being applied to a component in a wellbore. While the load is being applied to the component in the wellbore, a fatigue on the component caused by the load can be periodically determined based, at least in part, on the periodically received load value. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226014 | ULTRA-HIGH TOUGHNESS AND HIGH STRENGTH DRILL PIPE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - The invention discloses a drill pipe having ultra-high toughness and high strength and comprising the following chemical elements in mass percentage: C: 0.24-0.30%, Si: 0.1-0.5%, Mn: 0.7-1.5%, Cr: 0.7-1.5%, Mo: 0.5-0.75%, V: 0.01-0.10%, Nb: 0.01-0.05%, P≦0.015% , S≦0.005%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a process of manufacturing the drill pipe having ultra-high toughness and high strength, comprising: heating the drill pipe as a whole to 900-950° C.; subjecting the inner surface of the drill pipe to axial-flow water-spray cooling and the outer surface of the drill pipe to laminar-flow water-spray cooling while controlling the amount of the water sprayed at thickened ends of the drill pipe and that along the pipe body to be different from each other; and controlling the tempering temperature to be 650-675° C. The inventive drill pipe having ultra-high toughness and high strength has a longitudinal full-size impact toughness at −20° C. of at least 100 J and has a strength of 135 ksi. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226015 | DOWNHOLE TOOL WITH ROTATIONAL DRIVE COUPLING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A downhole tool ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150226016 | CORE BARREL AND RELATED DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is disclosed herein drilling apparatus, in particular for use in the field of oil prospecting, comprising: a first tubular member ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150226017 | DRILLING ASSEMBLY - A tool assembly is described. In embodiments, the tool assembly has an elongated body having uphole and downhole ends adapted for forming a tool joint, where the body has an axial through bore and at least one aperture in a side wall of the elongated body for receiving a keying element, and an inner de-coupling sleeve movable within the through bore of the elongated body. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226018 | Downhole Separation Apparatus and Method - A downhole separation apparatus for releasing a pipe string from a bottom hole assembly is disclosed. The apparatus has a tubular collet body, a tubular bottom sub, and a piston collet positioned within the collet body. The collet piston has a plurality of collet fingers threadedly engaging an internal profile of the bottom sub. Separation is accomplished by pumping a circulation ball through the pipe string until it lands on a ball seat inside the collet piston. Increasing fluid pressure then shifts the piston collet axially downward within the collet body thereby causing the collet fingers to collapse to disengage the bottom hole assembly from the pipe string. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226019 | Wireless downhole tool positioning control - For a free falling well tool sub having one or more pipe bore centering cages, a collapsible material cone secured inside of the centering cage half length with the cone base opening in the downhole direction restricts the rate of pipe bore fluid flow past the cone and thereby restricts the descent rate of the tool. The rate of descent may be regulated with fluid flow by-pass apertures in the sub. A collapsible material cone in a bore centering cage having a base opening in the up-hole direction may be used as piston to drive the tool sub along horizontal segments of a deviated well bore. Both cones may be used separately or together. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226020 | Articulating Component of a Downhole Assembly, Downhole Steering Assembly, and Method of Operating a Downhole Tool - This invention relates to an articulating component ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150226021 | FIBRE COMPOSITE ROD PETROLEUM WELL INTERVENTION CABLE - The fibre composite rod intervention cable is for a petroleum well, and has a length of at least 2 to 10 km or more with the following sequence: a central electrical cable portion, a bonding layer, a generally unidirectional carbon fibre composite mantle layer, a protective, balanced braided fibre composite layer; the central electrical cable portion includes a generally central electrical conductor with a first cross-section conductive area an inner insulation layer on the central electrical conductor, and a coaxial electrical conductor layer having a second cross section conductive area equal to the first cross-section conductive area. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226022 | WEAR SENSOR FOR A PIPE GUIDE - The present disclosure relates to a system and a method to grip a tubular member and sense wear for a pipe handling apparatus. The system includes a pipe handling apparatus having a bore formed therein with an axis defined therethrough, a pipe guide disposed adjacent to an opening of the bore of the pipe handling apparatus, and a wear sensor coupled to the pipe guide. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226023 | DOWNHOLE TOOL AND METHOD FOR PASSING CONTROL LINE THROUGH TOOL - A method and apparatus for a downhole tool. In one embodiment, a method of deploying a tool in a wellbore is disclosed and consists of installing a tool body at an upper end of a tubular string extending from a wellbore, the body having at least one control line groove formed on its outer surface for housing at least one control line, the at least one control line housed therein; providing an assembly, the assembly strung on the at least one control line and including a compressible element with at least one ring on each end thereof; at least one ring on each end of the element; a locking ring at an upper end of the assembly. The method further includes installing the assembly over the body whereby the at least one control line is housed between the body and the assembly. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226024 | LATCHING ASSEMBLY - A latching assembly has a tubular housing having an inner surface that defines an inner bore and an outer surface. A latch moves between a latch position that extends out from the outer surface and an unlatched position that is retracted from the latch position. A latching actuator moves between a first axial position that moves the latch to the latch position and a second axial position that moves the latch to the unlatched position. A manual release moves axially in response to a mechanical force to selectively move the latching actuator to the second axial position. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226025 | POSITIVE RETRACTION LATCH LOCKING DOG FOR A ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE - A latch and method for use is provided for latching an item of oilfield equipment. The latch has a housing containing a latch member, and the latch member is movable between a radially engaged position in which it is engaged with the item of oilfield equipment, and a radially retracted position in which it is disengaged from the item of oilfield equipment. An actuator is configured to drive the latch member into the radially engaged position. Further, the actuator is configured to drive the latch member toward the radially retracted position. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226026 | BLOWOUT PREVENTER INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - A blowout preventer (BOP) installation and removal device, includes: a carriage for supporting a BOP assembly, the BOP assembly having a BOP axis; the carriage being mounted on a linear actuator that has a translation axis that is parallel to the BOP axis; and a rotator mounted to the carriage and connectable to the BOP for rotating the BOP about the BOP axis. A combination of a BOP assembly mounted to the carriage of the BOP installation and removal device with the rotator connected to the BOP and the BOP axis parallel to the translation axis. A rotation of the BOP aligns the axis of the BOP with the axis of the well. A method of using the BOP installation and removal device including installing a BOP assembly on a well. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226027 | METHOD AND MATERIALS FOR PROPPANT FRACTURING WITH TELESCOPING FLOW CONDUIT TECHNOLOGY - Acid-soluble plugs may be employed within telescoping devices to connect a reservoir face to a production liner without perforating. Such technology eliminates formation damage and debris removal associated with perforating, as well as reducing risk and time. The plugs may provide enough resistance to enable the telescoping devices to extend out from the production liner under hydraulic pressure. The plugs may then be dissolved in an acidic solution, which may also be used as the hydraulic extension fluid. After the plugs are substantially removed from the telescoping devices, the reservoir may be hydraulically fractured using standard fracturing processes. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226028 | DOWNHOLE REPEAT MICRO-ZONAL ISOLATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - An assembly and method to repeatedly set and isolate multiple sections along a zone of interest in a single downhole trip is disclosed. The assembly includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe adapted to telescope along the outer pipe. After a first section of a zone of interest is isolated, the inner pipe may be telescoped up along the outer pipe, and then set to isolate a second section above the first section. This process may be repeated as desired to stimulate and/or test each desired section along a zone of interest. Once the inner pipe is completely telescoped inside the outer pipe, the inner pipe may be disconnected from the outer pipe via use of a disconnect assembly. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226029 | GROUT DELIVERY - A grout delivery system for delivery of grout to a downhole location within a borehole. The grout comprising a settable mixture of first and second flowable components. The grout delivery system is adapted to be conveyed to the location within the borehole to which grout is to be delivered and to be subsequently retrieved. The delivery system comprises a delivery head, a first reservoir for receiving a charge of the first component, and a second reservoir for receiving a charge of the second component. The delivery system is operable to cause supplies of the first and second components to be conveyed to a mixing zone at the delivery head where they are mixed to form the grout and delivered into the borehole. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226030 | Coiled Tubing Surface Operated Downhole Safety/Back Pressure/Check Valve - Systems and methods for allowing intervention into a wellbore with a valve assembly that can be selectively opened and closed. An intervention work string has a multi-cycle open/close valve assembly which can be selectively opened to perform intervention tasks in the wellbore. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226031 | MULTI-STAGE FLOW DEVICE - A multi-stage flow sub usable in wellbore operations provides for flow of fluid from a tool string to a wellbore annulus, and may provide for one or more of controlling wellbore pressure during a tool operation, or preventing stripping of wet string. The multi-stage flow sub may include a housing having an axial bore and at least one flow passage. A sleeve within the housing may have an axial bore, a shoulder acting as a ball seat, and first and second axially offset flow passages. A first burst disc may be in fluid communication with the first flow passage, and a second burst disc may be in fluid communication with the second flow passage, the second burst disc having a higher burst pressure than the first burst disc. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226032 | COMBINED PERFORATING AND FRACKING TOOLS - A tool for both perforating a well casing in a hydrocarbon formation and for subsequently fracturing the formation. The tool allows not only perforation and fracking, but in a preferred embodiment allows both perforation of the casing and fracking of the formation without having to further reposition the tool within the wellbore. The tool comprises a cylindrical member having thereon an upper and lower seal member and a longitudinal bore therein, and a cooperating piston which operates a punch to perforate the well casing. A flushing port is provided immediately uphole of the upper seal member, which port when said tool is lowered downhole allows fluid flowing up a longitudinal channel to flush an annular region immediately uphole of said upper seal, thereby greatly reducing the incidence of sand impaction and thereby better allow the tool to be moved uphole for further perforation and fluid injection into the formation. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226033 | REMOTE AND MANUAL ACTUATED A WELL TOOL - A well tool having an actuator sleeve in a housing. The actuator sleeve has an internal shifting tool engaging profile. The tool has an actuator in the housing that is responsive to a remote signal to change from an unactuated state to an actuated state and shift the actuator sleeve from a first position to a second position. A fluid chamber in the housing is defined between the actuator sleeve and the actuator. The fluid chamber contains a fluid to communicate movement of the actuator to the actuator sleeve. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226034 | Apparatus and Method for Perforating a Wellbore Casing, And Method and Apparatus for Fracturing a Formation - Apparatus and methods for selectively actuating sliding sleeves in sub members which are placed downhole in a wellbore, to open ports in such sub members to allow fracking of the wellbore, or to detonate explosive charges thereon for perforating a wellbore, or both. A simplified dart and sleeve is used which reduces machining operations on each. The dart is preferably provided with coupling means to permit a retrieval tool to be coupled thereto, which upon the retrieval tool being so coupled allows a bypass valve to operate to assist in withdrawing the dart from within the valve subs. Upward movement of the retrieval tool allows a wedge-shaped member to disengage the dart member from a corresponding sleeve to allow the dart to be withdrawn. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTING FLUID AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG A WELLBORE - A system and method for selectively actuating sliding sleeves in valve sub-members which are placed downhole in a wellbore, via one or more darts inserted into said wellbore, to thereby open a ports or ports in such sub-members to allow fracking of the wellbore. The dart is preferably coupled, or provided with coupling means to permit coupling, to a retrieval tool, which upon the retrieval tool being so coupled allows a bypass valve to be opened to thereby assist in withdrawing the dart from within the valve sub-members. Upward movement of the retrieval tool allows a wedge-shaped member to disengage the dart member from a corresponding actuated sleeve to allow the dart to be withdrawn from the wellbore. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226036 | PACKER PLUG RETRIEVAL TOOL AND RELATED METHODS - A method includes running a downhole tool into a wellbore, operating the downhole tool in a suction mode and removing debris from the wellbore, and operating the downhole tool in a circulation mode. A tool includes a body sub, a debris sub coupled to the body sub, a suction sub disposed in the debris sub, an annular jet pump sub disposed in the body sub and in fluid communication with the suction tube, and a seal sub disposed in the annular jet pump sub and configured to move from a first position to a second position. The tool operates in a first mode when the sea sub is in the first position and in a second mode when the seal sub is in the second position. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226037 | DOWNHOLE ROLLER - An apparatus comprising a housing to be coupled to an end of a downhole tool, a member rotatably coupled to the housing, and first and second arms extending from the member. A first wheel is rotatably coupled between the first and second arms, a second wheel is rotatably coupled with the first arm opposite the first wheel, and a third wheel is rotatably coupled with the second arm opposite the first wheel. The first, second, and third wheels independently rotate relative to the first and second arms, and collectively rotate with the member relative to the housing. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226038 | VOCAL DRILLING ALARM NOTIFICATION - A system, method and apparatus for speech based control of an oil well control system. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226039 | CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR USING SAID CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A containment system for recovering hydrocarbon fluid from a leaking device comprises a dome situated above the leaking device and forming a cavity for accumulating hydrocarbon fluid from the leaking device, and an injection system that inputs an injection fluid into the cavity. The injection system comprises a plurality of first injectors near the domes inner surface. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226040 | Leak-Off Assembly for Gravel Pack System - A gravel pack assembly for a borehole has first and second joints and a foil. The basepipes of the joints connect end-to-end, and both of the basepipes having filters for filtering fluid passage from a borehole into bores of the basepipes. Transport tubes are disposed along the first and second joint, and a jumper tube expands across the connected ends of the basepipes and connects the transport tubes together. The foil encloses an area across the connected ends. The foil has an external surface defining an annulus thereabout with the borehole. The foil has end rings abutting the filters of the joints. At least a section of the foil leaks fluid from the borehole to the area enclosed by the foil, and at least a filter portion of the assembly filters the leaked fluid from the area to at least one of the first and second bores. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226041 | SUBTERRANEAN WELL TOOLS WITH DIRECTIONALLY CONTROLLING FLOW LAYER - Disclosed herein is a flow direction controlling layer for use in controlling the flow of fluids in subterranean well tools. The control layer comprises micro check valve arrays formed in the tool. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226042 | OPEN HOLE EXPANDABLE JUNCTION - A method for lining an open hole section of a wellbore includes lowering a tubular member through a cased section of the wellbore, expanding the tubular member in an open hole section of the wellbore, thereby anchoring the tubular member in the wellbore, forming a window in a sidewall of the tubular member, and drilling a lateral wellbore through the window. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226043 | Limited Entry Phased Preforating Gun System and Method - A limited entry perforating phased gun system and method for accurate perforation in a deviated/horizontal wellbore is disclosed. The system/method includes a gun string assembly (GSA) deployed in a wellbore with shaped charge clusters. The charges are spaced and angled such that, when perforated, they intersect at a preferred fracturing plane. Upon fracturing, the fractures initiate at least principal stress location in a preferred fracturing plane perpendicular to the wellbore from an upward and downward location of the wellbore. Thereafter, the fractures connect radially about the wellbore in the preferred fracturing plane. The fracture treatment in the preferred fracturing plane creates minimal tortuosity paths for longer extension of fractures that enables efficient oil and gas flow rates during production. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226044 | PERFORATING GUN WITH ECCENTRIC ROTATABLE CHARGE TUBE - A perforating gun includes an orienting device retained in a carrier and a charge tube rotatably connected to the orienting device. The orienting device misaligns a center axis of the charge tube with a different second axis such that gravity can cause the charge tube to rotate about the different second axis. The charge tube does not rotate about the center axis of the charge tube while the charge tube rotates about the different second axis. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226045 | Devices And Methods For Landfill Gas Well Monitoring And Control - A landfill well control system is disclosed which provides the ability to input a user selected set point to control a flow related variable at a landfill wellhead. A flow control actuator controls movement of a landfill gas (LFG) flow control valve. A sensor may be used for sensing the flow related variable. A controller is operably associated with the flow control actuator and the sensor. A user interface has a set selection for enabling a set point associated with the flow related variable, which is to be controlled by the system, to be input by the user. The controller operates to control the LFG flow control valve as needed to maintain the set point in an autopilot-like fashion. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226046 | WELLBORE DESANDING SYSTEM - The invention relates to system and method for desanding an oil well that includes a fluidizing device (TORE), connected to a downhole pump that connects to a production tubing such that a supply duct is connected to the discharge of the pump and a discharge duct is connected to the suction of the pump. Embodiments include a pressure balance transition device between the TORE and the pump and/or a flow splitting device in the production tubing after the discharge of the pump. Other embodiments relate to a system and method for desanding an oil well in which a fluidizing unit is connected to a pump such that the supply duct is connected to an opening in the pump body or pump rotor and a discharge duct is connected to the suction of the pump. If connected to the rotor, the supply duct is integral to the pump rotor. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226047 | Constructed Annular Safety Valve Element Package - An annular safety valve sealing package comprises an annular safety valve comprising a tubular housing; a first annular sealing element comprising a first elastomeric material and disposed about the tubular housing of the annular safety valve; a second annular sealing element comprising a second elastomeric material and disposed about the tubular housing of the annular safety valve adjacent the first annular sealing element; and a third annular sealing element comprising a third elastomeric material and disposed about the tubular housing of the annular safety valve adjacent the second annular sealing element and on an opposite side of the second annular sealing element from the first annular sealing element. At least two of the first elastomeric material, the second elastomeric material, or the third elastomeric material have different compositions. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226048 | DOWNHOLE INJECTION ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ANNULAR ORIFICE - A downhole injection apparatus having a sleeve disposed in a tubular housing. The sleeve and housing define an annular orifice through which steam flows prior to injection into the wellbore. Water condensate collects at the orifice or restriction proximate the orifice and is mixed with or entrained into the flow of steam. The sleeve preferably has a plurality of generally radial ports such that steam flows from interior the sleeve to the annulus. Preferably the injection ports and sleeve ports are angled to reduce or eliminate radical changes in direction of the steam flow. The injection sleeve is preferably removable and replaceable with other similar sleeves allowing easy assembly on-site and selection of annulus and annular orifice dimensions by the operator. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226049 | ASSESSMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROL OF DRILLING OPERATIONS AND/OR GEOLOGICAL-CHARACTERISTIC ASSESSMENT - In monitoring/control of drilling operation a dimensionality of a full-scale model (e.g., characterizing variables related to cuttings transport, gas migration and/or the like) is reduced and data from a plurality of geographically distributed (e.g., depth varying) sensors is received, and a surrogate model is used to estimate variables in real-time. Use of the surrogate model may enable, e.g., particle-filtering processes to be employed during the estimation while still allowing for real-time estimations, avoiding excessive use of reasonable computational resources (e.g., memory and processing speeds) and/or the like. Operating controls or the like may then be set based on the estimated variables. For example, drilling control parameters may be adjusted based on estimated variables to avoid lost circulation, kicks, stuck pipe, and catastrophic events, optimize drilling parameters such as rate of penetration, improve drilling success probabilities and efficiency and/or the like. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226050 | Method and Apparatus for Communicating Incremental Depth and/or Other Useful Data of a Downhole Tool - A method and apparatus for communicating incremental depth and/or other useful data of a downhole tool. The incremental depth and/or other useful data of the downhole tool being communicated by measuring at least one change in the downhole system, detecting the change downhole, and subsequently determining the incremental depth and/or other useful data of the downhole tool. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALLY PERFORMING WELL TESTING - A method for locally performing a well test may include receiving, at a processor, data associated with a flow of hydrocarbons directed into an output pipe via a multi-selector valve configured to couple to one or more hydrocarbon wells. The method may also include determining one or more virtual flow rates of the liquid and gas components based on the data. The method may then send a signal to a separator configured to couple to the output pipe, wherein the signal is configured to cause the separator to perform a well test for a respective well when the virtual flow rates of the liquid and gas components do not substantially match well test data associated with the respective well, wherein the well test data comprises one or more flow rates of the liquid and gas components determined during a previous well test for the respective well. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226052 | ESTIMATING AND PREDICTING WELLBORE TORTUOSITY - Estimating and predicting wellbore tortuosity. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: receiving, by a computer system, an indication of rotational drilling time and slide drilling time for a wellpath; calculating a value indicative of tortuosity for the wellpath based on the indication of rotational drilling time and slide drilling time for the wellpath; determining, by the computer system, that the wellpath exceeds a tortuosity threshold, the determining based on the value indicative of tortuosity; and changing a drilling parameter regarding the wellpath responsive to determining that the wellpath exceeds the tortuosity threshold. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226053 | REACTIVE MULTILAYER FOIL USAGE IN WIRED PIPE SYSTEMS - A sealed chamber for disposal in a wired pipe segment includes a base element, electronics supported in a chamber in the base element and a sealing layer that prevents the electronics inside the chamber from harmful gases and fluids, the sealing layer comprising a reactive multi-layer foil material (RMFM). | 2015-08-13 |
20150226054 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOWNHOLE TOOL AND SURFACE LOCATION - A system for communicating between a downhole tool and a surface location. The system may include a downhole tool disposed within a subsea riser. The downhole tool may include a device that actuates between first and second positions. An internal transducer may be coupled to the downhole tool and transmit a signal indicative of the position of the device. An external transducer may be positioned on an exterior of a riser. The external transducer may receive the signal from the internal transducer through the riser. A transponder may be positioned on an exterior of the riser and coupled to the external transducer. The transponder may transmit a signal to a surface location indicative of the position of the device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226055 | Subsea Dummy Run Elimination Assembly and Related Method - A system and method to determine and adjust positioning of a subsea test tree (“SSTT”) within a blowout preventer (“BOP”), the system including an SSTT, at least one sensing mechanisms to detect the position of one or more BOP rams and a fluted hanger. Once the assembly is deployed, the ram positions are detected and the position of the fluted hanger is adjusted while deployed to accordingly adjust the spacing between the SSTT and the fluted hanger, thereby eliminating the need of a dummy run. Another system and method improves a dummy run by providing a lightweight joint and dummy hanger deployed on a line (e.g., wireline, slickline, etc.). Through the use of a line and the lightweight of the joint and dummy hanger, the dummy run operation is conducted quickly and efficiently. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226056 | MULTI-USE DATA PROCESSING CIRCUITRY FOR WELL MONITORING - A circuit for processing data associated with a well may include a power port that receives an input voltage and a processor. The processor may receive data associated with one or more properties of the well and a well device configured to control a flow of hydrocarbons extracted from the well. The processor may also receive a value that corresponds to the input voltage. The processor may then operate in a first power mode when the value is not greater than a threshold, such that the first power mode may limit one or more processes performed by the processor to conserve power. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226057 | Wireless Communication for Downhole Tool Strings - A wireline interface sub includes a wireline-interface-sub housing mechanically coupleable to a wireline and a wireline-interface module electrically coupleable to the wireline. A first tandem sub includes a first-tandem-sub housing mechanically coupled to the wireline-interface-sub housing, a first-tandem-sub-upside transceiver wirelessly coupled to the wireline-interface module, and a first-tandem-sub-downside transceiver electrically coupled to the first-tandem-sub-upside transceiver. A first gun sub includes a first-gun-sub housing mechanically coupled to the first-tandem-sub housing, a first-gun-sub transceiver wirelessly coupled to the first-tandem-sub-downside transceiver, and a first-gun-sub detonator coupled to, and triggerable by, the first-gun-sub transceiver. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226058 | MUD PULSE TELEMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING RECEIVE ARRAY PROCESSING - Mud pulse telemetry systems and methods may employ a downhole pulser to encode a digital telemetry data stream as pressure fluctuations in a fluid flow stream. An arrangement of spatially separated sensors acquire pressure-responsive measurements at multiple positions within the plumbing of a drill rig. A receiver collects and digitizes the measurements from the spatially separated sensors and subjects them to a principal components analysis (PCA) to determine those one or more basis vectors associated the telemetry signal. The PCA process may employ decomposition of a spatial correlation/covariance matrix or a temporal-spatial correlation/ covariance tensor. The selected basis vector(s) are then used to obtain the telemetry signal for demodulation into the telemetry data stream. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226059 | Determining Properties of OBM Filtrates - Methods and apparatus for operating a downhole tool within a wellbore adjacent a subterranean formation to pump contaminated fluid from the formation into the downhole tool while measuring first and second fluid properties of the contaminated fluid. The contaminated fluid comprises native fluid from the formation and a contaminant. The downhole tool is in communication with surface equipment located at surface. The downhole tool and/or surface equipment is operated to estimate a formation volume factor of the contaminated fluid based on at least one of the first and second fluid properties of the contaminated fluid. A linear relationship is then estimated between the first fluid property and a function that relates the first fluid property to the second fluid property and the estimated formation volume factor of the contaminated fluid. A fluid property of the contaminant is then estimated based on the estimated linear relationship. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226060 | SELECTABLE SIZE SAMPLING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to terminate sampling of fluid into one of a set of fluid sampling chambers sharing a common inflow sampling line by operating a set of closure mechanisms. Further activity may include initiating sampling of the fluid into another one of the set of fluid sampling 5 chambers, wherein the fluid sampling chambers are configured to sample the fluid in the sampling line in a selected sequence, such that filling a prior fluid sampling chamber as part of the sequence enables sampling in the next fluid sampling chamber as part of the sequence, and wherein the closure mechanisms comprise individual check valves | 2015-08-13 |
20150226061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FLOW CAPACITY OF A RESERVOIR - The disclosure relates to a computer implemented method and system for determining a flow geometry of a subsurface reservoir, as well as a method of hydrocarbon production with flooding. A general embodiment of the disclosure is a method for determining a flow geometry of a subsurface reservoir, the method comprising: (a) receiving production related data for the reservoir, wherein the reservoir is associated with a flooding operation; (b) generation a heterogeneity factor from the production related data; (c) calculating a flow geometry of displacement of hydrocarbons from the reservoir responsive to the heterogeneity factor; and (d) outputting the flow geometry. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED WELL ANALYSIS AND CONTROL - A system may include a well device to control a flow of hydrocarbons extracted from a well and a monitoring device to receive data associated with one or more properties of the well and the well device. The monitoring device is disposed on the well device and receives pressure data and temperature data associated with the well device. The monitoring device may then determine an inflow performance relationship, a tubing performance relationship, a choke performance relationship, and a wellhead performance relationship, or any combination thereof based on the pressure data and the temperature data. The monitoring device may also generate at least one plot that illustrates the inflow performance relationship, the tubing performance relationship, the choke performance relationship, and the wellhead performance relationship, or any combination thereof. The monitoring system may then display the at least one plot on a display device disposed on the monitoring system. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226063 | Fluid Analysis Methods and Apparatus for Determining Gas-Oil Ratio - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for determining a gas-oil ratio based on downhole fluid analysis measurements and calibrated gas-oil ratio parameters. According to certain embodiments, the parameters for calculating the gas-oil ratio may be calibrated using historical data from the reservoir. For example, previously determined gas-oil ratios may be employed to calibrate the parameters to the reservoir. The calibrated parameters may then be employed during sampling operations to determine the gas-oil ratio. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226064 | POWER CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a power control apparatus. A piston partitions a hydraulic chamber of a cylinder body unit into a first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic chamber. A screw shaft unit passes through the piston and is threadedly coupled to the piston. The first hydraulic chamber and the second hydraulic chamber are directly connected to each other by a single hydraulic chamber connection pipe. A valve unit is provided on the hydraulic chamber connection pipe. Force of rotating the screw shaft unit, required to move the piston, is controlled by adjusting the degree of opening of the hydraulic chamber connection pipe. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226065 | TURBINE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO HOLLOW 3D WHEELS NESTED INSIDE ONE ANOTHER - Firstly, the turbines direct the fluid tangentially through channels provided around a stationary hollow wheel and the jets are received in buckets in a rotating wheel surrounding the stationary wheel, operating on the Pelton wheel principle. This novel method can be used to construct turbine assemblies that can recover energy from moving fluids, like wind turbines and marine turbines, using a minimum capture surface and obtaining a maximum yield. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226066 | KINETIC ENERGY ATOM-POWERED ENGINE - A device for converting the kinetic energy of molecules into useful work includes an actuator configured to move within a fluid or gas due to collisions with the molecules of the fluid or gas. The actuator has dimensions that subject it to the Brownian motion of the surrounding molecules. The actuator utilizes objects having multiple surfaces where the different surfaces result in differing coefficients of restitution. The Brownian motion of surrounding molecules produce molecular impacts with the surfaces. Each surface then experiences relative differences in transferred energy from the kinetic collisions. The sum effect of the collisions produces net velocity in a desired direction. The controlled motion can be utilized in a variety of manners to perform work, such as generating electricity or transporting materials. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226067 | AIRFOIL ARRAY WITH AIRFOILS THAT DIFFER IN GEOMETRY ACCORDING TO GEOMETRY CLASSES - An airfoil array includes a plurality of airfoils that differ in geometry over a plurality of geometry classes. An airfoil can include an airfoil body that has a first distinct piece and a second distinct piece that seats together with the first distinct piece. The first distinct piece and the second distinct piece include a mistake-proof feature configured such that the second distinct piece fully seats with the first distinct piece. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226068 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF A LIGHTENED TURBOMACHINE BLADE - A manufacturing process of a lightened blade for turbomachines, comprising the steps of manufacturing a semi-finished product provided with an oblong plate-like portion whose shape substantially approximates the shape of the main airfoil-shaped body of the shaped airfoil of the lightened blade to be built; obtaining, substantially at the centre of one of the two faces of said plate-like portion, at least one hollow seat of predetermined shape; positioning in abutment on the surface of the face of the plate-like portion where the hollow seat is, a covering plate, the dimensions of which exceed those of the hollow seat, so as to cover the surface of the face of the plate-like portion where the hollow seat is, up to the larger lateral edges of the same plate-like portion; fixing in a rigid and unmovable way the covering plate on the face of the plate-like portion by means of an adhesive layer or lap welding that affects the perimeter strip or flap of the covering plate that rests directly on the surface of the face of the plate-like portion, outside the hollow seat; and finally, stripping/removing, by means of mechanical machining with material removal, the excess material from the resulting work piece, so as to obtain the shaped airfoil of the lightened blade. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226069 | ROTATING TURBINE COMPONENT WITH PREFERENTIAL HOLE ALIGNMENT - A turbine airfoil includes: a concave pressure sidewall and a convex suction sidewall joined together at a leading edge and a trailing edge, and extending between a root and a tip; an internal rib extending between the pressure sidewall and the suction sidewall; and a crossover hole formed in the rib, the crossover hole having a noncircular cross-sectional shape with a major axis defining a maximum dimension of the cross-sectional shape; wherein the major axis of the crossover hole lies in plane with the rib and is non-parallel to an imaginary curvilinear lateral centerline which defines a locus of points lying halfway between the pressure and suction sidewalls. The orientation of the crossover holes minimizes stress concentration caused by the presence of the crossover holes. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226070 | SHROUDED BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine comprises a platform, a blade root, an airfoil portion defining pressure and suction sides, and a shroud provided at a tip of the airfoil portion opposite to the blade root. The shroud includes a body having a radially outer face opposite to the airfoil portion, upstream and downstream generally parallel fins extending outwardly from the outer face, and two ribs extending outwardly from the outer face. Each of the fins has an end disposed toward the pressure side and another end disposed toward the suction side. The ribs extend from and connecting the upstream fin to the downstream fin at locations other than the ends of the upstream and downstream fins. The ribs converge toward the downstream fin at an angle of between about 10 and about 45 degrees. A shroud for a blade is also presented. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226071 | INTEGRAL TEXTILE STRUCTURE FOR 3-D CMC TURBINE AIRFOILS - An integral textile structure for 3-D CMC turbine airfoils includes top and bottom walls made from an angle-interlock weave, each of the walls comprising warp and weft fiber tows. The top and bottom walls are merged on a first side parallel to the warp fiber tows into a single wall along a portion of their widths, with the weft fiber tows making up the single wall interlocked through the wall's thickness such that delamination of the wall is inhibited. The single wall suitably forms the trailing edge of an airfoil; the top and bottom walls are preferably joined along a second side opposite the first side and parallel to the radial fiber tows by a continuously curved section in which the weave structure remains continuous with the weave structure in the top and bottom walls, the continuously curved section being the leading edge of the airfoil. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226072 | WELDED DUAL CHAMBER IMPINGEMENT TUBE - A tube for being installed into a guide vane of a turbine is provided herein. The tube includes a tube wall for forming a fluid channel and a dividing wall which is arranged inside the fluid channel. The dividing wall includes a first edge and a second edge which is spaced apart from the first edge. The first edge is fixed to a first surface section of the tube wall. The dividing wall is formed in such a way that the second edge resiliently abuts in a detachable manner against a second surface section of the tube wall such that the dividing wall divides the fluid channel in a first channel (I) and a second channel (II). | 2015-08-13 |
20150226073 | TURBINE VANE ARRANGEMENT - A guide vane arrangement of a gas turbine and a method of manufacturing a guide vane arrangement of a gas turbine are provided herein. The guide vane arrangement includes a first guide vane device including a first radially inner platform and a first number of first airfoils, and a second guide vane device including a second radially inner platform and a second number of second airfoils. The first guide vane device and the second guide vane device are arranged along a circumferential direction of the turbine, wherein the first number of the first airfoils differs to the second number of the second airfoils. The first guide vane device is designed with a higher heat resistance than the second guide vane device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226074 | TURBOMACHINE GUIDE VANES WITH IMPROVED VANE PROFILE - A set of turbomachine guide vanes including plural vanes arranged around an annulus, each vane having a leading edge extending between root and tip ends, the leading edge offset between these two ends being greater than 10% of the blade height. A tangential stacking of the guide vanes towards the suction face side, the curve of tangential stacking, of the position, in the direction tangential to the annulus, of centers of gravity of successive vane cross sections along the vane height, is a curve that increases constantly towards the suction face side. The curve, near the vane tip end, has an accentuated gradient towards the suction face side compared with the rest of the curve, and has a mean gradient near the vane tip end that is greater than at least 1.2 times the mean gradient of the curve over the portion between 30% and 90% of the vane height. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226075 | SECURING PART STRUCTURE OF TURBINE NOZZLE AND TURBINE USING SAME - A securing part structure of a turbine nozzle provided with a plurality of turbine nozzle segments, each having a plurality of stator vanes, arranged annularly around an axis of a jet engine and secured between a turbine case and a shroud of the jet engine, wherein in the turbine nozzle segment, an arc-shaped outer band coupling distal ends of the plurality of stator vanes to each other is provided, a hook of the outer band is engaged with a nozzle support groove of the turbine case from behind, a recessed portion of the outer band is fitted with an anti-rotation tab from behind, and an anti-rotation slot formed in the shroud is fitted with a protruding portion from behind so that the turbine nozzle segment is secured between the turbine case and the shroud. Reduction of performance loss and extension of a life of the turbine case can be realized. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226076 | SEAL FOR A ROTARY MACHINE - A rotary machine includes a machine rotor, a machine stator, a labyrinth seal disposed between the machine rotor and the machine stator, a dry gas seal disposed between the machine rotor and the machine stator, the dry gas seal being disposed downstream of the labyrinth seal, the labyrinth seal including a labyrinth seal rotor, and, a labyrinth seal stator, the labyrinth seal stator having a cavity containing a heat transfer medium configured to transfer heat between the labyrinth seal stator and a zone adjacent the labyrinth seal stator to cool or heat a pressurized process fluid before the process fluid bears against the dry gas seal. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226077 | SEAL DAMPER WITH IMPROVED RETENTION - A seal damper system includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades that each include a platform and an air-foil that extends radially outwardly from the platform. A pocket is arranged circumferentially intermediate the blades and radially inwardly of the platform. A seal damper is arranged in the pocket. The seal damper includes a base section that extends along an axial dimension from a first axial end to an opposing second axial end. The base section joins a first arm that extends radially inwardly from the first axial end and a second arm that extends radially inwardly from the second axial end. The first arm includes a free end having a pair of spaced apart shoulders. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226078 | TURBINE ENGINE CASING AND ROTOR WHEEL - The invention relates to an assembly comprising a turbine engine casing and a bladed rotor wheel arranged therein. The casing presents an inside wall having a circumferential strip of abradable material. Facing the tips of the blades, the casing presents upstream the strip of abradable material, and downstream a circumferential groove. The strip of abradable material is defined downstream by the circumferential groove. The downstream end of the circumferential groove is in register with or downstream from the trailing edges of the blades. This arrangement optimizes the use of abradable material in the casings of the turbine engines. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226079 | Hydro-Electrenergy - Hydro-electrenergy is a concept that is capable of turning the world energy sources around to the whole new direction from being mainly reliant on carbon footprint to be completely extricated from it. This idea is an innovation of alternative energy sources. It can create the powerful airflow by manipulating the interactions between air and water in our atmosphere and harness the kinetic energy of that powerful airflow, thus an ample supply of electricity is generated around the clock any where on the planet. The entire gadgets of the apparatus are driven by the gravity and buoyancy. The most powerful and reliable forces in the world. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226080 | HydroQueen - The HydroQueen is a new concept in water turbines her vertically helical shaped paddles make her unique. She is a hydro turbine unit that can be varied in size to suit the needs of the client. The beauty in the simplicity of the HydroQueen allows us to make sustainable energy to most any site worldwide. Her helical blades will turn water current into useable energy. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH OF AIRFOILS - A method comprising the steps of determining normalized delta times of arrival corresponding to a plurality of blades based upon actual times of arrival corresponding to the plurality of blades, and determining static deflections of the plurality of blades by removing effects of one or more common factors from the normalized delta times of arrival corresponding to the plurality of blades. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226082 | INSTRUMENTED VANE - A vane intended to be mounted in a supply fluid pattern, the vane comprising:
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20150226083 | CERAMIC CENTERBODY AND METHOD OF MAKING - A ceramic centerbody ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150226084 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL CASING FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE, AND A CASING OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of fabricating a composite material casing for a gas turbine engine, the method including making an outer shroud including a platform and a flange, making an inner shroud of smaller diameter than the outer shroud and including a platform and a flange, making a plurality of casing arms, each including a blade that is terminated at each radial end by a respective platform, arranging a plurality of openings in the respective platforms of the shrouds, each opening serving to receive a platform of a casing arm, and assembling the casing arms with the outer shroud and with the inner shroud by inserting the platforms of the casing arms in the openings of the shrouds. A composite material casing is obtained by such a method. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226085 | BAFFLE WITH FLOW AUGMENTATION FEATURE - One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a component for a gas turbine engine. The component includes a baffle provided in an internal cavity of the component. The baffle includes a wall having an orifice therethrough, and the baffle further includes a lobe extending from the wall and at least partially covering the orifice. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226086 | ROTATIONAL DUCTED FAN (RDF) PROPULSION SYSTEM - In accordance with the present invention, an embodiment of a rotational ducted fan motor comprises a monolithic rotational ducted fan rotor, an electric propulsion system, a static aft-shroud comprising electrochemical-energy-storage, and an engagement system. The rotational ducted fan rotor is the portion of a ducted fan motor comprising a propeller, a duct, and a center hub, and having the effect of increasing the pressure difference from upstream to downstream of the propeller. The electric propulsion system comprises permanent magnets affixed to the rotational ducted fan rotor, repelling magnetic coils affixed to the static aft-shroud and electrical power provided by the electrochemical-energy-storage comprised within the aft-shroud. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226087 | FAN ROTOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine fan rotor having a disk carrying blades, a substantially frustoconical cover mounted on the disk, and axial retention device for retaining the blades and including a ring mounted in an annular groove in the disk and forming a bearing surface for roots of the blades. The ring is festooned or crenellated and co-operates with a festooned radial annular lip of the disk. The rotor also has at least one axial tooth inserted in hollow portions of the ring and of the lip of the disk. Two coaxial parts arranged radially inside the disk have respective first and second fastener flanges for fastening to the disk, said flanges being axially interposed between the cover and the disk, being circumferentially offset relative to one another, and being fastened independently of one another to the disk. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226088 | CYLINDRICAL CASE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CYLINDRICAL CASE - A cylindrical case includes a case main body made of a composite material of reinforcing fibers impregnated with a thermosetting resin, and an outward flange on the case main body. The outward flange includes: a bonding layer; a foundation layer disposed on the bonding layer; one flange constituting layer having a leg layer which is laminated from one slope surface of the foundation layer to the bonding layer and a wall layer which rises from the one slope surface; and the other flange constituting layer having a leg layer which is laminated from the other slope surface of the foundation layer to the bonding layer and a wall layer which rises from the other slope surface. The foundation layer is formed by laminating roving layers, while the flange constituting layers are formed by laminating a plurality of biaxial fabric layers including a biaxial fabric of a non-crimp structure. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226089 | GRID VALVE ASSEMBLY - A grid valve assembly for a steam turbine is provided. The grid valve assembly may include an annular stationary member disposed between an upstream stage and a downstream stage of the steam turbine. The annular stationary member may define a plurality of stationary member openings extending radially therethrough from an outer circumferential surface to an inner circumferential surface thereof. The grid valve assembly may also include an annular rotatable member rotatably disposed about the outer circumferential surface of the annular stationary member. The annular rotatable member may define a plurality of rotatable member openings extending radially therethrough. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226090 | GAS AND STEAM TURBINE SYSTEM HAVING FEED-WATER PARTIAL-FLOW DEGASSER - A method for operating a gas and steam turbine system, in which, in an associated waste-heat steam generator, the heat contained in the expanded working medium of an associated gas turbine is utilized for the generation of steam for an associated steam turbine with at least one low-pressure part and one high-pressure part, the low-pressure part being assigned in the waste-heat steam generator a low-pressure stage with a low-pressure drum, gases dissolved in the water or steam being degassed essentially of steam for the low-pressure part from the low-pressure drum, and, to regulate degassing, steam production in the low-pressure drum being varied in that heat is displaced inside the waste-heat steam generator, the heat in the waste-heat steam generator being displaced in that less heat is extracted from the working medium in a medium-pressure stage or high-pressure stage of the gas and steam turbine system. | 2015-08-13 |
20150226091 | RANKINE CYCLE WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system associated with an internal combustion engine is in a configuration that enables handling of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gas by using the energy recovered from a Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system. The system includes a control module for regulating various function of the internal combustion engine and its associated systems along with the Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system. | 2015-08-13 |