| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 415174200 | Resilient, flexible, or resiliently biased | 40 |
| 20080232956 | Turbine Blade and Gas Turbine Equipped with a Turbine Blade - The invention relates to a turbine blade ( | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090028695 | Fluoropolymer bushings - A bushing-like part made from a fluoropolymer and circumferentially oriented continuous high tensile modulus fibers is useful as a part for pumps and compressors and other similar types of apparatus. These parts may be useful at high temperatures and/or very corrosive environments, often lengthen the time between required maintenance checks, and usually perform better than metal bushings under nonstandard operating conditions. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028696 | Thermoplastic polymer bushings - A bushing made from a thermoplastic polymer and circumferentially-oriented continuous high tensile modulus fibers is useful as a part for pumps and compressors and other similar types of apparatus. These parts may be useful at high temperatures and/or in very corrosive environments, often lengthen the time between required maintenance checks, and usually perform better than metal bushings under nonstandard operating conditions. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090087307 | REDUCED PRESSURE LOAD FINGER SEAL ASSEMBLY - A sealing assembly for achieving a fluid seal between a rotatable shaft and a housing circumscribing the rotatable shaft to inhibit fluid leakage therebetween a high pressure fluid region and a relatively lower pressure fluid region. The sealing assembly includes at least one primary seal, comprising an axial stack of a plurality of diaphragm members, including an upstream diaphragm and a downstream diaphragm. A plurality of finger seal plates are positioned between the upstream diaphragm and the downstream diaphragm. The plurality of diaphragm members define a passageway in fluid communication with the high pressure fluid region and a low pressure fluid region. The sealing assembly includes at least one secondary seal positioned within the passageway and configured to convert fluid from a high pressure axial pressure balance to a low pressure axial pressure balance thereby reducing a radially inward pressure load. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090136339 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SEALING IN ROTARY MACHINES - A method for assembling a rotary machine is provided. The method includes providing at least one seal assembly that includes at least one annular seal housing defined by a top wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, that are connected together such that a cavity is defined within the housing, coupling a plurality of flexible plates within the cavity such that the plates are axially-spaced from the front wall and the rear wall within the cavity, coupling at least one side plate to the at least one annular seal housing such that the at least one side plate is moveable with respect the front wall and the rear wall, and coupling the at least one sealing assembly within a rotary machine to facilitate sealing between a rotary component and a stator component. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090169369 | TURBINE NOZZLE SEGMENT AND ASSEMBLY - A turbine nozzle segment includes a band having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tabs and a single airfoil extending from the band. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090169370 | TURBINE NOZZLE SEGMENT - A turbine nozzle segment includes a band having a plurality of tabs, an airfoil extending from the band and a support structure attached to the tabs. The support structure has a plurality of biasing structures. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090196742 | RETRACTABLE COMPLIANT PLATE SEALS - A seal arrangement for sealing the space between a rotating element and a stationary element, the sealing arrangement comprising a compliant plate seal housing supported adjustably in the stationary element, the compliant plate seal housing supporting a compliant plate seal; and a spring system provided between the compliant plate seal housing and the stationary element to bias the compliant plate seal housing in a direction away from a surface of the rotating element. Alternatively, or additionally, one or more actuators may be provided to move the compliant plate seal housing in a direction away from a surface of the rotating element. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100008769 | Sealing Mechanism with Pivot Plate and Rope Seal - A sealing system for sealing a gap between a dovetail tab of a bucket and a rotor. The sealing system may include a sealing slot positioned about the dovetail tab and a pivot plate positioned within the sealing slot. The sealing slot may include a pivot point and a rest ledge such that the pivot plate pivots about the pivot point and into the gap when the bucket rotates. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100068042 | BRUSH SEAL FOR A TURBO-MACHINE - A brush seal for a turbo-machine for sealing a gap between a rotating and a stationary component is disclosed. Elastically flexible bristles are arranged in a plurality of rows that are adjacent to each other. A film or a disk is arranged between at least two rows of bristles, the film or the disk extending in the longitudinal direction of said bristles. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100239415 | SPRING SYSTEM DESIGNS FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RETRACTABLE SEALS - A spring assembly for a retractable turbine rotor seal supported in an arcuate segment may include in one embodiment a first radially inner restraining plate having a lower surface adapted to engage a surface of a turbine stator, and a flat upper surface provide with an upstanding hub; a second radially outer restraining plate having a flat lower surface and an upper surface adapted to engage a surface of the arcuate segment, the radially outer restraining plate formed with an opening receiving the upstanding hub; and at least one spring telescoped over the upstanding hub and exerting a radially outward biasing force on the second radially outer restraining plate, and adapted to exert a radially outward retracting force on the arcuate segment. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100254807 | TURBINE ROTOR SEAL PLATE WITH INTEGRAL FLOW DISCOURAGER - A seal plate for a turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine has a central axis. The seal plate comprises a forward face extending radially from the central axis. The forward face comprises a flat portion extending circumferentially around the central axis, and a front flow discourager coupled to the flat portion and extending outward from the flat portion. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110014035 | HIGH-RELIABILITY TURBINE METAL SEALING MATERIAL - A metal sealing material used in a sealing device which can reduce a gap between a stator and a rotor of a turbine. The metal sealing material used in a sealing device for a stator and a rotor of a turbine includes a surface layer and a lower layer composed of a porous metal layer, wherein the porosity of the surface layer is smaller than the porosity of the lower layer; the porosity of the surface layer is 60 to 65% and the porosity of the lower layer is 67 to 75% or less; and the porous metal layer has a thickness of 0.3 to 3.0 mm and may include, as a main component, an MCrAlY alloy where M is either one of Ni and Co or both thereof, and h-BN as a solid lubricant. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110020113 | Seal Structure for Preventing Leakage of Gases Across a Gap Between Two Components in a Turbine Engine - A seal structure is provided for preventing leakage of gases across a gap between first and second components in a turbine engine. The seal structure is adapted to be received in first and second adjacent slots provided in the first and second components. The seal structure may comprise: a wear resistant layer; and a deformable layer defined by a material having one of a varying density and a varying porosity. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110033283 | TURBOMACHINE ROTOR COMPRISING AN ANTI-WEAR PLUG, AND ANTI-WEAR PLUG - A turbomachine rotor including a disc including a rim and axial slots machined in the rim for the individual housing of blades, a ring being attached to one face of the rim, the ring being pierced with holes in the axial continuation of the slots, at least some of the holes in the continuation of the slots including a plug. The plug includes a first half-plug made of a first wear-resistant material and a second half-plug made of a second material, one of the two half-plugs bearing on one side of the ring and the other bearing on the other side of the ring and being connected to one another through the hole. The plug is configured to form an anti-wear device. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110064566 | APPARATUS FOR IMPELLER SEALING IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS - The invention relates to a device for impeller sealing in centrifugal pumps for fluid media, by means of which the gap between pump housing ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110171012 | ROTATING MACHINERY WITH DAMPING SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention is a damping system for rotating machinery such as gas turbine engines. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for damping systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110182722 | TURBOCHARGER - Fluid leakage from high to low pressure sides through an annular gap formed between constructional members of a turbocharger and extending radially of a turbine shaft can be prevented. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120027574 | BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL AND REPAIR METHOD - An article of manufacture has a body formed in part of a first metal alloy and in part of a second metal alloy, the second metal alloy having a thermal coefficient of expansion that is less than the thermal coefficient of expansion of the first metal alloy. A BOAS segment for a gas turbine engine is disclosed wherein the formation of cracks due to thermal mechanical fatigue in the body of the disclosed BOAS segment is minimized, if not eliminated, through a unique construction of the disclosed BOAS segment, whether original equipment manufacture or a repaired blade outer air seal. A method for manufacture of a BOAS segment and a method for modifying a BOAS segment are disclosed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120156011 | AIR CYCLE MACHINE SEAL LAND - An air cycle machine includes a bearing housing with a shaft bore. A rotor shaft is arranged in the shaft bore and includes knife edges extending from the rotor shaft. A seal engages the shaft bore and includes an outer diameter and an inner diameter providing a seal land axially aligned with the knife edges. A radial clearance between the seal land and the knife edges is nominally 0.006 inch. The inner diameter is arranged between lateral sides of the seal that define a width. In one example, a tapered surface extending at an angle relative to the outer diameter from the lateral side to the seal land, the tapered surface facing the large end. The outer diameter to the inner diameter provides a first ratio of 1.25-1.28, and the inner diameter to the width provides a second ratio of 4.33-5.58. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120171024 | BEARING HOLDING STRUCTURE AND FAN MODULE USING SAME - A fan module includes a frame; a fan wheel; and a bearing holding structure having a hollow bearing cup, an elastic member, and a bearing. The frame has a base, on a center of which the hollow bearing cup is formed. A portion of an inner wall surface of the hollow bearing cup is radially inward protruded, forming a shoulder portion between the inner wall surface and the protruded portion. The elastic member includes a first and a second section tightly bearing on the shoulder portion and the inner wall surface, respectively, and the bearing is tightly supported on the elastic member. The fan wheel has a shaft extended through the bearing and is therefore rotatably mounted on the base and located in the frame. With the elastic member, the bearing is tightly received in the hollow bearing cup without colliding therewith, and stable operation of the bearing is ensured. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120189435 | ASSEMBLY FOR PREVENTING FLUID FLOW - According to one aspect of the invention, an assembly for preventing fluid flow between turbine components includes a shim and a first woven wire mesh layer that includes a first surface coupled to a first side of the shim and a second surface of the woven wire mesh layer opposite the first surface. The assembly also includes a first outer layer coupled to the second surface of the woven wire mesh layer, where the first outer layer includes a high temperature non-metallic material. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120288361 | ROTATING BRUSH SEAL - A brush seal for use between a rotating component and a stationary component in a turbomachine is disclosed. The brush seal according to embodiments of this invention includes a set of bristles having a fixed end and a free end, wherein the fixed end is attached to the rotating component with a mechanical clamping element and the free end extends towards the stationary component, and wherein the set of bristles are angled axially at an axial angle with respect to the rotating component. In one embodiment, the fixed end of the set of bristles are wrapped at least partially around a core element and the clamping element partially surrounds the core element and the fixed end of the set of bristles, wherein the clamping element secures the fixed end of the set of bristles within a circumferential groove in the rotating component. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120321450 | Flow Machine - A flow machine includes two structural component parts that cooperate with one another by a bellows seal so that the bellows seal forms a medium barrier between two spaces of the flow machine which directly adjoin the two structural component parts. The flow machine is constructed as a gas turbine, and one space of the two spaces is a hot-gas space of a high-pressure stage of the gas turbine. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120328419 | Brazed Turbine Seal - A gas leakage seal for a turbine, including first and second cloth layers having woven warp and weft wires, wherein the first and second cloth layers are brazed together by a flux paste whereby the cloth layers have their edges aligned and the brazing substantially seals gaps between the wires along substantially the entire length and width of the brazed together cloth layers. Weld beads having a thickness greater than the combined thickness of the brazed together cloth layers connect the edges of the cloth layers along their length. The turbine includes two members with aligned recesses in which opposite of the weld beads are received. The seal is made by brushing a nickel and/or cobalt based flux paste on one side of one of the cloth layers, brazing that cloth layer to a side of the second cloth layer to substantially seal the gaps between the wires, and creating weld beads with an electron beam to connect the edges of the cloth layers along their length. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130108418 | METALLIC STATOR SEAL | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130142630 | AIRFOIL SEAL SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine airfoil seal system of a turbine engine having a seal base with a plurality of seal strips extending therefrom for sealing gaps between rotational airfoils and adjacent stationary components. The seal strips may overlap each other and may be generally aligned with each other. The seal strips may flex during operation to further reduce the gap between the rotational airfoils and adjacent stationary components. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130170964 | Contoured Honeycomb Seal for Turbine Shroud - The present application provides a stage of a turbine engine. The stage may include a bucket, a shroud facing the bucket, and a contoured honeycomb seal on the shroud. The contoured honeycomb seal may include a first step with a first shape and a second step with a contoured shape. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140255170 | CMC TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A component of a gas turbine engine is formed from a continuous fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composite (CMC). The component has a sealing portion which, in use, makes sealing contact with an adjacent component of the engine. The sealing portion comprises a recess formed in the CMC and filled with a finer grade ceramic relative to the surrounding CMC, a metal or an intermetallic. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140271149 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE, MACHINE AND SELF-ALIGNING FOIL BEARING SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique machine. A further embodiment is a unique self-aligning foil bearing system. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for machines and self-aligning foil bearing systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150300191 | ASSEMBLY FORMING A GASKET FOR A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING A BRUSH SEAL - An assembly forming a gasket for a turbomachine, includes a brush seal made of a plurality of sealing elastic bristles surrounding a core, a retaining ring including a recess to at least partly accommodate the brush seal, and a bearing cover, placed in contact with the brush seal to hold it in position against the retaining ring, the brush seal being located between the retaining ring and the bearing cover. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150361815 | BRUSH SEAL ASSEMBLY - A brush seal assembly is operable to seal a gap between a diaphragm and a rotor of a turbine. A brush seal assembly includes: a brush configured to have one end inserted into one side of a diaphragm and the other end protruding toward a rotor; a support strip configured to support one side of the brush; and a back plate configured to support one side of the support strip. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150361816 | BRUSH SEAL ASSEMBLY - A brush seal assembly may seal a gap between a diaphragm and a rotor of a turbine. The brush seal assembly includes a brush, one end of which is inserted in a rotor facing surface of a diaphragm while the other end thereof protrudes toward a rotor, and a support strip spaced apart from one side of the brush so that one side end portion of the support strip is fixed and the other side end portion thereof supports one side of the brush. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160032749 | Leaf Seal for Sealing Off a Shaft Rotating Around an Axis - A leaf seal for sealing off a shaft rotating around an axis, particularly in a gas turbine, is disclosed. The leaf seal includes a plurality of leaves arranged spaced apart from one another, where the leaves are produced integrally with a basic element supporting the leaves by a generative production process. A process for producing a leaf seal for sealing off a shaft rotating around an axis is also disclosed. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160061047 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE SEAL - A seal for sealing a radially outer component of a gas turbine engine stator to a radially inner component thereof includes an axially resilient seal carrier adapted for mounting the seal carrier and including at a radially inner portion thereof, a pair of radially spaced, axially extending, radially resilient jaws adapted to clamp a sealing element such as a rope seal there between in sealing engagement with a radially inner component of the engine stator. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160123343 | SEALING DEVICE - Provided is a sealing device including: an impeller configured to rotate; a casing including a groove portion in a surface facing the impeller; a floating ring configured to float between the casing and the impeller and configured to be inserted into the groove portion; and a centering ring provided inside the groove portion and provided between the casing and the floating ring. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160130962 | FLOW MACHINE - A flow machine with a rotor-side shaft includes: a stator-side housing in which the rotor-side shaft is mounted; a seal bushing configured to seal a gap between the stator-side housing and the rotor-side shaft; a retaining bolt configured to center the seal bushing at the stator-side housing in a heat-resilient manner; and a clamp configured to fix the seal bushing in a positively engaging manner at the stator-side housing while ensuring a radial displaceability of the seal bushing relative to the stator-side housing. | 05-12-2016 |
| 415174300 | Seal lies against axial face of runner hub | 3 |
| 20120177486 | RUNNER FOR CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEALS - A runner assembly for a circumferential seal assembly includes a runner having an inwardly extending runner mounting flange, a flexible mounting structure and a retainer assembly therefore. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20130343879 | TURBINE COMPRISING A SEALING DEVICE BETWEEN THE STATOR BLADE CARRIER AND THE HOUSING - The invention relates to a turbine of a power plant, having a stator, which has a housing and in the housing at least one stator blade carrier comprising stator blades. A rotor is provided which has a rotor shaft having rotor blades. At least one sealing device is provided which axially seals the respective stator blade carrier with respect to the housing and separates two regions having different pressures from one another. Improved sealing action is achieved in that the sealing device includes an axially acting primary sealing ring extending in the circumferential direction, and an axially acting additional sealing ring extending in the circumferential direction. The primary sealing ring facing the region has the lower pressure. The additional sealing ring facing the region has the higher pressure. The primary sealing ring is attached axially rigidly on the stator blade carrier. The additional sealing ring is attached axially movably, wherein the additional sealing ring is tensioned axially in the direction of the region having the higher pressure by means of at least one spring element. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20150337856 | ELECTRIC BLOWER - Embodiments of the invention provide an electric blower, including a diffuser having a cover and an impeller sequentially disposed at one side in a shaft direction thereof, a front disposed at the other side in the shaft direction of the diffuser, and an elastic body mounted between the front and the diffuser to support the diffuser. | 11-26-2015 |
