| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
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| 20160061026 | INTERACTING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING - A fracture extending away from a first subterranean well and toward a second subterranean well may be initiated by pumping fluid into the first subterranean well. The fracture may be propagated further towards the second subterranean well by continuing to pump fluid into the first subterranean well, while monitoring a pressure in the second subterranean well. Proppant may be pumped into the second subterranean well via the first subterranean well and the fracture upon detection of a change in the monitored pressure in the second subterranean well. The change in monitored pressure in the second subterranean well may be sufficient to indicate that the first and second wells are in fluid communication and interacting via the fracture. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061027 | Electromagnetic Telemetry for Measurement and Logging While Drilling and Magnetic Ranging Between Wellbores - A method for signal communication between a well drilling instrument and the Earth's surface includes generating an electromagnetic field in an instrument disposed in drill string used to drill a wellbore. The electromagnetic field includes encoded measurements from at least one sensor associated with the instrument. A signal corresponding to an amplitude of the electromagnetic field is measured and the measurements from the measured signal are decoded. The signal comprises a voltage measured across electrodes or a voltage induced in an electromagnetic receiver disposed at a selected depth below the Earth's surface. The selected depth is at least the depth of a formation below the water table having a highest resistivity within 500 meters of the surface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061028 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORROSION DETECTION AND FORMATION EVALUATION USING INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENTS - An optical computing device and method for (1) determining and/or monitoring corrosion data in a given environment and (2) evaluating a downhole formation, both being accomplished in real-time by deriving the data from the output of an optical element. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061029 | CEMENT EVALUATION - Surface equipment of a cement analysis system (CAS) estimates a first drilling fluid slowness (FSLO) and a first drilling fluid acoustic impedance (ZMUD) based on a type and density of wellbore drilling fluid. A second FSLO is estimated based on a thickness and diameter of wellbore casing and transit time for energy emitted by a downhole tool to travel to and from the casing. An FSLO graphical interface is generated based on the first and second FSLO. A second ZMUD is estimated based on the drilling fluid type and density and one of the first and second FSLO selected utilizing the FSLO graphical interface. A ZMUD graphical interface is generated based on the first and second ZMUD. The downhole tool then obtains log data utilizing at least one parameter selected utilizing the ZMUD graphical interface. The log data includes a final ZMUD measured with respect to wellbore depth. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061030 | Milling Machine, In Particular Surface Miner, And Method For Mining Milled Material Of An Open Cast Surface - In a method for milling an opencast mining surface or for milling off layers of an asphalt or concrete traffic surface with a milling machine removing the ground surface, by milling the ground surface along a predetermined milling track and by transporting the milled material via a conveying device to at least one container of a truck that travels along next to the milling machine, a relative position between the container and the conveying device is automatically controlled to regulate the loading of the container. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061031 | PAN PITCH CONTROL IN A LONGWALL SHEARING SYSTEM - A system and corresponding method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, where the shearing mining machine includes a shearer having a cutter drum, the method includes obtaining, by a processor, desired pitch angle information, and receiving, by the processor, a pitch angle indicative of a current pitch position of the shearer. The method also includes determining, by the processor, whether the pitch angle is within a desired pitch angle range, and controlling, by the processor, a position of the cutter drum based on whether the pitch angle is within the desired pitch angle range. The desired pitch angle range is based on the desired pitch angle information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061032 | VENTILATED MINE ROOF SUPPORT - A longitudinally yieldable support for underground roof support includes an elongate outer shell filled with a solid compressible filler material. At least one air ventilation tube extends between opposite sides of the support to allow a flow of air through the support as the support yields. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061033 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE IN MOBILE MINE REFUGES - A system, device and method for rapid delivery of clean air to occupants of a deployed mine refuge from a surface source after the refuge has been deployed and before the self-contained air has been consumed or before the temperature in the refuge has increased to hazardous levels in which a drilling rig is used to a borehole in close proximity to the mine refuge's underground location and a supply duct is lowered through the borehole to the underground mine near the refuge; upon hearing an alarm sounded by the system, a refuge occupant would exit the refuge, using existing personal breathing protection, to retrieve the duct and connect it to the mine refuge. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061034 | SHIELDED DRAINING PIPE MESH - The invention relates to a shielded draining pipe mesh ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061035 | HORIZON MONITORING FOR LONGWALL SYSTEM - A method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, wherein the shearing mining machine includes a shearer having a first cutter drum and a second cutter drum, includes receiving, by a processor, shearer position data over a shear cycle. The horizon profile data includes information regarding at least one of the group comprising of a position and angle of the shearer, a position of the first cutter drum, and a position of the second cutter drum. The method also includes analyzing the shearer position data, by the processor, to determine whether a position failure occurred during the shear cycle based on whether the computed horizon profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle, and generating an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061036 | ROOF SUPPORT MONITORING FOR LONGWALL SYSTEM - A monitoring device and method for monitoring a longwall mining system having a plurality of roof supports, each roof support including a pressure sensor to determine pressure levels of the roof support during a monitoring cycle. Pressure data is obtained for the plurality of roof supports. The pressure data includes pressure information for each roof support of the plurality of roof supports over a monitoring cycle. The pressure data is analyzed to determine, for each roof support, whether a first type pressure failure occurred during the monitoring cycle. A fault quantity is generated that represents the number of roof supports determined to have had the first type of pressure failure occur during the monitoring cycle. An alert is generated upon determining that the fault quantity exceeds an alert threshold. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061037 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A rotor assembly is mounted in each of an intake-compression chamber and an exhaust-power chamber of a rotary internal combustion engine. The rotor assembly includes a split rotor main body and at least three split blades, which all include a left and a right half. Each blade is turnably assembled to the rotor main body via a pivot shaft. The left and right half bodies are correspondingly provided on their joining faces with at least one recess each, and an elastic element is received in between two facing recesses to normally generate an outward push against the two half bodies while a sufficient looseness is always maintained between the rotor assembly and the cylinder wall to allow smooth rotation of the rotor assembly. Front tips and curved backs of the blades have rollers mounted thereto, so that the blades are in rotary contact with the cylinder wall with reduced friction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061038 | ROTARY DEVICE INCLUDING A COUNTERBALANCED SEAL ASSEMBLY - A rotary device is provided. The rotary device includes a housing having a cylindrical inner surface and a rotor assembly mounted for rotation in the housing. The rotor assembly includes a rotor, at least one rocker pivotally coupled to the rotor, and a counterbalanced seal assembly. The rotor includes a central portion and a plurality of arms extending radially outward from the central portion. Each arm has a distal end disposed for sliding engagement with the inner surface. Pivoting of the rocker causes the rotor to rotate. The counterbalanced seal assembly is disposed at the distal end of at least of one of the arms, and includes a seal and a counterweight mechanism. The counterweight mechanism is configured to control a contact pressure exerted by the seal on the inner surface resulting from rotation of the rotor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061039 | ROTARY DEVICE INCLUDING A COUNTERBALANCED SEAL ASSEMBLY - A rotary device is provided. The rotary device includes a housing having an inner surface and a rotor assembly mounted for rotation in the housing about an axis defining an axial direction of the rotary device. The rotor assembly includes a rotor and a seal assembly. The rotor includes a central portion and a plurality of arms extending radially outward from the central portion. Each arm has a distal end disposed for sliding engagement with the inner surface, and at least one of the arms has a channel defined therein. The seal assembly is disposed within the channel, and includes a seal, a base defining a seal channel configured to receive the seal, and a counterweight mechanism pivotally coupled to the base. The counterweight mechanism is configured to control a contact pressure exerted by the seal on the inner surface resulting from rotation of the rotor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061040 | COMPOSITE FAN SLIDER WITH NANO-COATING - A fan slider for use in a fan assembly to push a fan blade radially outward of a rotating axis of the gas turbine engine. The fan slider may include a fan slider body coated with a nanocrystalline metallic coating and a slider spring. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061041 | BAND-TYPE FAN STRUCTURE - A band-type fan structure includes a transmission band body and multiple blades. The multiple blades are side by side disposed on the transmission band body along the surface of the transmission band body in parallel to each other. Each two adjacent blades define therebetween a flow way. When the transmission band body is continuously reciprocally moved, the blades are driven by the transmission band body to continuously reciprocally move to disturb the air in the flow ways so as to produce an air volume. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061042 | ROTARY AIRFOIL - A rotary airfoil in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil includes opposed pressure and suction sides joined together at chordally opposite leading and trailing edges. The pressure and suction sides extend in a span direction from a root to a tip. An axial component of a center of gravity of a cross-section taken chordally toward the tip of the airfoil being upstream relative to an axial component of a center of gravity of a cross-section taken chordally toward the root of the airfoil. A method for forming such blade is also presented. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061043 | TURBINE BUCKET - A turbine bucket includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a root portion, and a tip portion. The turbine bucket also includes one or more cooling passages extending through a body of the turbine bucket from an inlet to an outlet. The cooling passages are configured to route a cooling flow of fluid through the turbine bucket. The turbine bucket further includes a plenum defined within the tip portion to receive the fluid from the outlet of the cooling passages for expulsion of the cooling flow of fluid into a main flow path via at least one outlet hole proximate the trailing edge of the turbine bucket. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061044 | REGENERATING AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT - One embodiment includes a method to regenerate a component ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061045 | DECOUPLED GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A decoupled gas turbine engine includes a high spool assembly and a low spool assembly each having a rotational axis that are spaced from one-another. The engine further includes a combustor that may have a centerline spaced from the rotational axes of each spool assembly. Turning ducts of the engine are configured to re-direct airflow from one spool assembly to the next and/or between one spool assembly and the combustor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061046 | Turbine Vane With Non-Uniform Wall Thickness - A vane for use in a gas turbine engine has an airfoil extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and is generally hollow. The vane has a radially outer platform and a radially inner platform. At least one of the radially inner and radially outer platforms has thicker portions circumferentially located beyond one of the leading edge and the trailing edge, and thinner portions circumferentially beyond circumferential edges of the airfoil. A mid-turbine frame and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 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. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061048 | ROTOR BLADE WITH L-SHAPED FEATHER SEAL - A turbine engine assembly arranged relative to an axis includes a rotor blade and a feather seal with an L-shaped geometry. The rotor blade includes an airfoil and a base. The airfoil extends axially between an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge, and radially out from the base. The base includes a neck and a pocket. The neck extends axially to a downstream surface. The pocket extends laterally into the neck. The feather seal extends laterally into the pocket, and includes a down stream leg that extends substantially along the downstream surface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061049 | WEAR MONITOR FOR AN ABRADABLE LINER FOR A FAN OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An abradable liner for a gas turbine engine fan stage, comprising: a plurality of abradable layers bonded together, wherein at least one visual indicator is embedded in the plurality of abradable layers | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061050 | WEAR MONITOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An abradable liner for a gas turbine engine compressor stage, comprising: an abradable body having a radially inner surface over which an aerofoil tip passes in use; a plurality abradable depth indicators extending into the body from the surface; each depth indicator may be filled with a visual indicator. The depth indicator can be observed by a boroscope to provide a simple mechanical visual indication which can be used to provide quick and reliable information as to the extent and pattern of wear in an attrition liner. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061051 | GEARED TURBOFAN WITH THREE TURBINES WITH HIGH SPEED FAN DRIVE TURBINE - A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes a fan section includes, among other things, a fan, a first compressor section, and a second compressor section configured to compress air to a higher pressure than the first compressor section. A first turbine section is configured to drive the second compressor section. A second turbine section is configured to drive the first compressor section. A fan drive turbine section is positioned downstream of the second turbine section. The fan drive turbine section is configured to drive the fan section through a gear reduction. The fan drive turbine section has a first exit area at a first exit point and is configured to rotate at a first speed. The second turbine section has a second exit area at a second exit point and is configured to rotate at a second speed, which is faster than the first speed. A first performance quantity is defined as the product of the first speed squared and the first area. A second performance quantity is defined as the product of the second speed squared and the second area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061052 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH HIGH SPEED LOW PRESSURE TURBINE SECTION - A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan having one or more fan blades. A compressor section is in fluid communication with the fan. The compressor section includes a first compressor section and a second compressor section. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the compressor section. The turbine section includes a first turbine section and a second turbine section. The first turbine section has a first exit area at a first exit point and rotates at a first speed. The second turbine section has a second exit area at a second exit point and rotates at a second speed. A first performance quantity is defined as the product of the first speed squared and the first area. A second performance quantity is defined as the product of the second speed squared and the second area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061053 | OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES DURING TRANSIENT CONDITIONS - Aircraft engines and methods for operating such aircraft engines during transient conditions are described. An exemplary method comprises identifying a transient condition of the aircraft engine and at least partially absorbing the transient condition using an electrical system of the aircraft. When the transient condition requires acceleration of the engine, absorbing the transient condition may comprise transferring power from the electrical system to the high-pressure spool of the engine. When the transient condition requires deceleration of the engine, absorbing the transient condition may comprise transferring power from the high-pressure spool to the electrical system. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061054 | STRUCTURAL FRAME INTEGRATED WITH VARIABLE-VECTORING FLOW CONTROL FOR USE IN TURBINE SYSTEMS - The present disclosure provides systems and apparatuses for use in turbine systems that integrate structural frame elements into a variable-vectoring flow control configuration in order to reduce the weight and length of such turbine systems. In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for directing a gas flow includes an annular outer structural casing, an annular central hub disposed within the outer structural casing, and a plurality of structural support elements extending radially between the central hub and the outer structural casing. The apparatus further includes a plurality of positionally-fixed, variable-vectoring flow control bodies extending radially between the central hub and the outer structural casing and positioned circumferentially along the central hub between ones of the plurality of structural support elements. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061055 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HEAT ENGINE SYSTEM UTILIZING SUPERCRITICAL WORKING FLUID - A heat engine system and a method for generating electrical energy from the heat engine system are provided. The method includes circulating via a turbo pump a working fluid within a working fluid circuit of the heat engine system. The method also includes transferring thermal energy from a heat source stream to the working fluid by at least a primary heat exchanger, feeding the working fluid into a power turbine and converting the thermal energy from the working fluid to mechanical energy, and converting the mechanical energy into electrical energy by a generator coupled to the power turbine. At least one valve operatively coupled to a control system is modulated in order to synchronize the generator with an electrical grid. A generator breaker is closed such that the generator and electrical grid are electrically coupled and the electrical energy is supplied to the electrical grid. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061056 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ANTI-ICING SYSTEM - An anti-icing system ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061057 | LOW PRESSURE RATIO FAN ENGINE HAVING A DIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INLET AND FAN SIZE - According to an example embodiment, a gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan that has a plurality of fan blades. A diameter of the fan has a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades. Each fan blade has a leading edge. An inlet portion is situated forward of the fan. A length of the inlet portion has a dimension L between a location of the leading edge of at least some of the fan blades and a forward edge on the inlet portion. A dimensional relationship of L/D is between about 0.2 and 0.45. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061058 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR ARRANGEMENT - A gas turbine engine rotor arrangement comprising at least one blade and a disc is disclosed. The blade extends radially outwards from the disc and is secured thereto by cooperating shank of the blade and recess of the disc. The shank comprises a bottom surface facing a base surface of the recess, the bottom surface having axially extending peripheral edges. The bottom surface is shaped so that when the engine rotor arrangement is in use, liquid in a cavity between the bottom surface and base surface, acted upon by an unbalanced force in the radially outward direction, is guided by the bottom surface to flow between and away from the axial edges. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING EGR COOLING USING A RANKINE CYCLE - This disclosure relates to a waste heat recovery (WHR) system and method for regulating exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooling, and more particularly, to a Rankine cycle WHR system and method, including a recuperator bypass arrangement to regulate EGR exhaust gas cooling for engine efficiency improvement and thermal management. This disclosure describes other unique bypass arrangements for increased flexibility in the ability to regulate EGR exhaust gas cooling. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061060 | COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT THERMAL ENERGY CONSERVATION - A combined cycle power plant comprises a compressor, a combustion section including a compressor discharge casing which is disposed downstream from the compressor, a turbine disposed downstream from the combustion section and an exhaust duct disposed downstream from the turbine section. The compressor, the compressor discharge casing, the turbine and the exhaust duct define a primary flow passage through the gas turbine. A heat recovery steam generator is in thermal communication with the exhaust duct and in fluid communication with a steam turbine. A blower is in fluid communication with the primary flow passage upstream from the heat recovery steam generator such that the blower draws compressed air from the primary flow passage during turning gear operation of the gas turbine. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061061 | COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT THERMAL ENERGY CONSERVATION - A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbine having a primary flow passage, a heat recovery steam generator having a heat exchanger disposed downstream from the primary flow passage, an exhaust stack in fluid communication with the primary flow passage and disposed downstream from the heat recovery steam generator and a reversible turning gear coupled to a rotor shaft of the gas turbine. The reversible turning gear counter rotates the rotor shaft during turning gear counter rotation operation of the gas turbine and reverses flow of combustion exhaust gas from the exhaust stack through the heat exchanger and back into the primary flow passage of the gas turbine, thereby conserving thermal energy stored in the heat recovery steam generator. A method for conserving thermal energy of a combined cycle power plant during counter rotation turning gear operation of the gas turbine is also disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061062 | ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY AND VALVETRAIN ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING THE SAME - A rocker arm assembly for translating force between an intermediate member in communication with a camshaft of an internal combustion engine and a valve supported in a cylinder head of the engine. The rocker arm assembly includes a tube member and an arm. The tube member has first and second ends, a substantially cylindrical inner surface, and a tapered outer surface. The arm has a body extending between a pad for engaging the valve of the engine, and a socket for engaging the intermediate member of the engine. The body also has a tapered bore disposed between the pad and the socket. The tapered bore of the body of the arm cooperates with the tapered outer surface of the tube member so as to define a lock for constraining the arm to the tube member at a predetermined position between the first end and the second end. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061063 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - A valve timing controller has a housing, a vane rotor, a valve body and a spool. The valve body has a supply port to communicate with an external oil feed section, a first drain port to communicate with a first oil pressure chamber, and a second drain port to communicate with a second oil pressure chamber. The supply port includes a supply recess recessed outward in a radial direction from an inner wall surface of a pipe part of the valve body. The second drain port includes a drain recess recessed outward in the radial direction from the inner wall surface of the pipe part. A depth of the drain recess in the radial direction is smaller than a depth of the supply recess in the radial direction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061064 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes: a drive-side rotational member synchronously rotating with a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven-side rotational member disposed inside the drive-side rotational member and integrally rotating with a valve opening/closing camshaft; a hydrostatic pressure chamber formed by partitioning a space between the drive-side rotational and driven-side rotational members; an advance angle chamber and a retardation angle chamber formed by dividing the hydrostatic pressure chamber; an intermediate lock mechanism able to selectively switch between locked and unlocked states; an advance angle flow path allowing the hydraulic fluid to be circulated; a retardation angle flow path allowing the hydraulic fluid to be circulated; a control valve having a spool; and a phase control unit controlling the control valve. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061065 | TORSION ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLABLY PROVIDING TORQUE TO A CAMSHAFT - A torsion assembly for providing controllable torsion to a camshaft, including: a spring assembly including a first spring; and, a contact element arranged to engage at least one lobe for the camshaft. For a locked mode: the contact element is arranged to be displaced by the at least one cam lobe; the contact element is arranged to compress the first spring; and the first spring is arranged to impart a first torque to the camshaft via the contact element. For an unlocked mode, the contact element is arranged to be displaced by the at least one cam lobe and the contact element is arranged to impart a second torque, less than the first torque, to the cam shaft via the contact element. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061066 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve timing control device of internal combustion engine comprises a chain case | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061067 | ROCKER ASSEMBLY HAVING IMPROVED DURABILITY - A durable system for controlling variable valve actuation of an engine valve corresponding to a cylinder of an automobile engine. The system includes first and second crowned cams having first and second lift profiles and a rocker arm assembly. The rocker assembly includes a first arm having an end connected to said engine valve, having a high impact roller following the first crowned cam operating the engine valves according to a first lift profile. The rocker arm assembly also includes a second arm having durable slider pads riding on the second crowned cam to operate said engine valve according to a second lift profile. A latch secures the second arm relative to the first arm when in a latched position causing the valve to operate according to a second lift profile. The valve operates according to a first lift profile when the latch is not in the latched position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061068 | SWITCHING ROCKER ARM - A switching rocker arm assembly can include an outer arm having a first outer side arm and a second outer side arm, each of the first and second outer side arms having a high lift lobe contacting surface, and an inner arm disposed between the first and second outer side arms and pivotably secured to the outer arm, the inner arm having a low lift lobe contacting surface and defining a latch bore. A latch assembly can be arranged at least partially within the latch bore of the inner arm. The latch assembly can include a latch pin having an orientation pin receiving recess, a sleeve engaging the latch pin and having an orientation pin opening, and an orientation pin extending through the orientation pin opening into the orientation pin receiving recess. The orientation pin can have a substantially cylindrical first wall and a substantially cylindrical second wall. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061069 | VALVE LIFT CONTROL DEVICE WITH CYLINDER DEACTIVATION - Methods and systems are provided for a valve lift control device. In one example, a method may include rotating an adjusting camshaft of the valve lift control device in order to adjust a valve lift of one or more cylinders. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061070 | Four-stroke Engine - The invention relates to a 360° reversible four-stroke engine, including a cylinder, a plunger, a crankshaft component and a carburetor, wherein the carburetor is used for providing mixed oil and gas to an intake passage, the mixed oil and gas is communicated to an intake valve component in a rocker chamber through the intake passage, and the mixed oil and gas is communicated to an intake valve component in a rocker chamber through the intake passage; said intake passage is setup with a bypass connected to a crankshaft chamber, the bypass is a mixed oil and gas lubrication passage, the lower portion of the crankshaft chamber is connected to an one-way valve chamber, the one-way valve chamber is communicated with a cam chamber and is setup with an one-way valve therein which opens upon positive pressure of the crankshaft chamber and closes upon negative pressure of the crankshaft chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061071 | BYPASS APPARATUS OF OIL-COOLER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A bypass apparatus of an oil cooler is provided that includes an oil pump that is configured to supply oil in an oil pan to an engine through an oil cooler and an oil filter. In addition, a solenoid valve is connected to front and rear ends of the oil cooler and is configured to change a circulation path of oil by being opened or closed by a controller. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061072 | VALVETRAIN ASSEMBLY - A valvetrain for translating force and oil between a valve and intermediate member of an engine, including a rocker, a shaft, and a recess. The rocker has an inner surface, a pad for engaging the valve, a socket for engaging the intermediate member, a socket port defined in the surface, and a socket channel extending from the socket port to the socket. The shaft has a bearing surface for supporting the rocker, a channel spaced from the bearing surface, a feed port in the bearing surface, and a feed channel extending from the feed port to the channel. The rocker rotates between: closed, with the socket port and feed port aligned; and open, with the socket port spaced from the feed port. A recess is disposed in the bearing surface adjacent to the feed port and extends to a base aligned with the socket port when the rocker is open. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061073 | EXHAUST CHAMBER FOR SADDLE-RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - An exhaust chamber is disposed in an exhaust passage through which exhaust gas from an engine passes. The exhaust chamber includes: an inner case having a chamber expansion region therein; and an outer case configured to cover a portion of the inner case. The inner case has a first inner case half and a second inner case half which are obtained by division into two parts, and is formed by the first inner case half and the second inner case half being joined to each other at an inner joining portion. The outer case has a first outer case piece and a second outer case piece which are spaced from each other. The first outer case piece and the second outer case piece are each joined to a portion, on an outer surface of the inner case, which portion is different from the inner joining portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061074 | MUFFLER - A muffler ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061075 | MUFFLER SOUND-INSULATION STRUCTURE - A soundproof cover ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061076 | HONEY COMB ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a composition comprising a non-oxide silicon containing component, a water soluble phosphate component, a metal oxide ceramic component, a polysaccharide component and water to 100% w/w. This composition can be transformed into a cement that holds individual honey comb filter segments of a honey comb filter together. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061077 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification system which can suppress a decrease in engine torque during a desulfurization process applied to a NOx storage reduction catalyst. The system includes a NOx storage reduction catalyst in an exhaust pipe of an engine, and a desulfurization process control unit that controls an amount of intake air introduced to the engine to enrich the exhaust gas, and performs a desulfurization process to the NOx storage reduction catalyst. The desulfurization process control unit is configured to gradually reduce an amount of intake air when the desulfurization process is commenced. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061078 | Exhaust Gas System of an Internal Combustion Engine - An exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine comprises a pipe section which is disposed in the exhaust train of the exhaust gas system and to which a main fluid containing an exhaust gas is supplied, in particular at an angle to the flow axis of the pipe section. The exhaust gas system comprises a device for injecting a further fluid, in particular a water-urea mixture or a liquid fuel, into the pipe section. Means, in particular stationary means, for generating a swirl by which the spray cone of the injected further fluid is preferably set up are provided in the inlet region of the pipe section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061079 | AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM HAVING DYNAMIC INDEPENDENT INJECTOR CONTROL - An aftertreatment system is provided for an engine. The aftertreatment system may have at least one exhaust passage and a plurality of reductant injectors that are controllable to dose reductant into the at least one exhaust passage. The aftertreatment system may also have at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an exhaust parameter and a controller in communication with each of the plurality of reductant injectors and the sensor. The controller may be configured to dynamically adjust the dosing of the plurality of injectors, wherein adjusting the dosing includes adjusting at least one of an injector timing, an injector sequence, and a grouping of the plurality of injectors that are simultaneously injecting based on the signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061080 | CONTROL TECHNIQUES OF EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM - To provide an exhaust purifying system and a method for controlling the exhaust purifying system that avoid occurrence of clogging, breakage, or the like of a reducing agent injection valve caused by the solidification of a reducing agent and prevent reduction in the efficiency of reducing agent recovery processing and exhaust gas purification. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061081 | Catalytic Converter Apparatus - A catalytic converter apparatus includes a catalyst substrate that supports a catalyst for cleaning exhaust gas exhausted from an internal combustion engine, the catalyst substrate being heated by electrification; a case formed in a tubular shape, the catalyst substrate being accommodated inside the case and the case being attached to an exhaust pipe; an outer pipe provided at the case, the outer pipe being disposed at least at an upstream side of an exhaust gas flow direction relative to the catalyst substrate; an inner pipe provided at the case inside the outer pipe, an axial direction end portion of the inner pipe being formed in a tapered shape and a distal end face of the axial direction end portion being formed in a curved surface shape; and an insulating layer provided at least at an inner side face and the axial direction end portion of the inner pipe. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061082 | CATALYST MODULE WITH CATALYST ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a catalyst module with internal fittings made of catalyst elements, wherein the surface area of the individual catalyst elements, against which flow is directed, is greater than the flow entry surface area of the catalyst module, wherein the surface of the module side facing the main direction of flow is defined as the module entry surface, and wherein the catalyst elements in the catalyst module are positioned such that flue gas glows through said elements in a direction differing from the entry side and/or the exit side direction of flow. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061083 | SYSTEM FOR INJECTING REACTANTS IN AN EXHAUST LINE - A system to be fitted on an automotive vehicle for injecting reactants in an exhaust line of an engine of the vehicle includes a source of a liquid precursor of ammonia, a source of gaseous ammonia, an injection assembly designed to be fitted on the exhaust line and to inject liquid precursor and/or gaseous ammonia inside the exhaust line, the injection assembly including a single injector body to be fitted on the exhaust line, the injector body having a first inlet for the liquid precursor, a second inlet for the gaseous ammonia, and at least one outlet for injection inside the exhaust line. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061084 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This control device for an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust purification catalyst, which is disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and capable of storing oxygen, includes: a downstream air-fuel ratio detection means that is disposed downstream of the exhaust purification catalyst in the exhaust flow direction; and an inflow air-fuel ratio control means that controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst. If the outflow air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream air-fuel ratio detection means is equal to or less than a rich-determination air-fuel ratio, which is richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, the inflow air-fuel ratio control means sets the target air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst continuously or intermittently leaner than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio until the oxygen storage amount of the exhaust purification catalyst reaches a prescribed storage amount. If the oxygen storage amount of the exhaust purification catalyst is equal to or greater than the prescribed storage amount, the inflow air-fuel ratio control means sets the target air-fuel ratio continuously or intermittently richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio until the oxygen storage amount decreases toward zero without reaching the maximum oxygen storage amount. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061085 | CONTROL METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE - A diesel oxidation catalyst, a NOx occlusion reduction catalyst, and a diesel particulate filter are connected to an exhaust pipe of an engine, downstream of an exhaust pipe injector provided on the exhaust pipe. NOx in the exhaust gas is occluded by the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst when an air-fuel ratio is lean. The occluded NOx is reduced and purified when the air-fuel ratio is rich. When a prescribed amount of particulate matter has accumulated in the diesel particulate filter, the exhaust gas temperature is raised when performing particulate matter regeneration. The exhaust gas temperature is further raised to perform a sulphur purge. The rich condition is prohibited during the particulate matter regeneration period and the sulphur purge period. When the sulphur purge is completed, the rich condition prohibition continues until the difference between the inlet temperature of the diesel oxidation catalyst and the outlet temperature of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061086 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - It is an object to make it possible to burn and remove particulate matter without generating runaway even if the particulate matter is excessively accumulated at the time of regeneration of an exhaust gas purification device. A common rail engine and the exhaust gas purification device placed in an exhaust gas path of the engine are provided. A plurality of regeneration controls for burning and removing the particulate matter accumulated in the exhaust gas purification device can be executed. The plurality of regeneration controls include at least non-operation regeneration control for rising exhaust gas temperature by combining post injection (E) and predetermined high speed rotation speed, and recovery regeneration control which can be executed when the non-operation regeneration control fails. In the non-operation regeneration control and the recovery regeneration control, the engine is driven exclusively for burning and removing the particulate matter. The recovery regeneration control is carried out at exhaust gas temperature lower than that of the non-operation regeneration control while taking time longer than that of the non-operation regeneration control. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061087 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEGRADATION OF NOx STORAGE REDUCTION CATALYST IN EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE - An occlusion cycle and a rich reduction cycle are repeated alternately in a NOx occlusion reduction catalyst connected to an exhaust pipe of an engine. When a NOx occlusion rate decreases while the occlusion cycle and the rich reduction cycle are being repeated, a sulphur purge is performed. A NOx occlusion map, which indicates the NOx occlusion amount of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst during the occlusion cycle, as affected by aging degradation, is prepared in advance, and an ideal NOx occlusion amount is determined based on the NOx occlusion map. In the meantime, an actual NOx occlusion amount during the occlusion cycle is calculated from a NOx sensor value. Degradation of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst due to sulfur poisoning is distinguished from thermal degradation of the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst based on the difference between the ideal NOx occlusion amount and the actual NOx occlusion amount. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061088 | OXYGEN SENSOR COOLING DUCT - Methods, systems, and vehicles that control the temperature of a device included in the vehicle are presented herein. The temperature of the device is controlled by ventilating the device with drivetrain air, such as transmission cooling air. In some embodiments, the device is at a greater temperature than the drivetrain air, which cools the device. In other embodiments, the device is at a lesser temperature than the drivetrain air, which heats the device. The drivetrain air is provided to the device through an exhaust duct coupled to the vehicle's transmission. The drivetrain exhaust air is preferably circulated by the transmission. The transmission may be a continuously variable transmission. The device may be an oxygen sensor that is coupled to an engine exhaust pipe. The oxygen sensor is thermally coupled to the engine exhaust and the engine exhaust pipe, which are at greater temperatures than the transmission exhaust air. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061089 | EXHAUST DEVICE OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - An exhaust purification device of a multi-cylinder engine which improves exhaust gas purification performance by substantially uniforming a flow rate of exhaust gas throughout a treatment carrier such as a catalyst and improving dispersibility of the exhaust gas from the multi-cylinder engine to the catalyst and other components in the exhaust purification device wherein two collecting pipes are arranged at substantially symmetric positions across a partition plate part, which has a linear cross sectional shape, and is arranged centrally between the pipes which are each formed into D-shaped cross sectional shapes and comprise a first straight line part, a pair of second straight line parts connected with respective ends of a first straight line part and arranged to be substantially parallel with each other, and a circular arc part that connects ends of a pair of second straight line parts on opposite sides of the first straight line part. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061090 | Emissions Cleaning Module - An emissions cleaning module includes a first and second conduit. The first conduit contains a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) module and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) module; the second conduit contains a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) module. The emissions cleaning module is mounted to an external support by means of a mounting mechanism including at least one adjustable strap which is clamped around a conduit; and at least one saddle which is mounted to the conduit by the at least one adjustable strap. The saddle includes a curved upper surface configured to conform substantially to a portion of the conduit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061091 | COOLING WATER CONTROL APPARATUS - A cooling water control apparatus controls a cooling apparatus having first pipe which circulates cooling water through an engine; second pipe which circulates cooling water not through the engine; a switching valve whose state is changed between opened and closed states; and a supplying mechanism which supplies cooling water, and has a determining device which determines whether there is failure of the switching valve based on difference between first temperature of cooling water in first pipe and second temperature of cooling water in second pipe after the command for changing the state of the switching valve from closed state to opened state is outputted; and a controlling device which controls the supplying mechanism to supply cooling water even after the engine stops, when the engine stops while the determining device determines whether there is failure of the switching valve. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061092 | VEHICLE COOLING SYSTEM CONTROL - Methods, assemblies and systems for controlling the flow of coolant in a vehicle engine cooling system. An operating system, such as a dual mode mechanism, attached to a housing operates electronically to rotate the impeller at a desired speed and circulate the coolant. A friction clutch can be available to rotate the impeller at input speed if needed. A coolant control valve positioned in the housing and operated by an activation motor which controls the degree of rotation of the valve, regulates and controls the amount of coolant which is allowed to flow through the cooling system. Electronic control modules/units are used to control the impeller and control valve, together with control logic. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF A COOLING SYSTEM - A method and a system for controlling a vehicle cooling system includes: a velocity prediction unit makes a prediction of at least one future velocity profile v | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061094 | PRE-CHAMBER - A pre-chamber is provided. In one embodiment, the pre-chamber is part of a two-stroke combustion engine having a cylinder head with a sparkplug receptacle that has a generally frustoconical shape, and the pre-chamber is coupled to the sparkplug receptacle. The pre-chamber may include a cooling jacket with a generally frustoconical shape and a combustion chamber having an upper zone and a lower zone, which may be narrower than the upper zone. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061095 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FOR AN ENGINE - A fuel injection system for an engine is described. The fuel injection system includes a prechamber assembly mounted on a cylinder head of the engine. The prechamber assembly includes a prechamber located upstream of a combustion chamber of the engine and configured to receive air-fuel mixture. Further, the prechamber assembly includes a fuel injector to controllably supply fuel into the prechamber, where the supplied fuel mixes with the air-fuel mixture to form a homogeneous mixture of air and fuel at a predefined stoichiometric ratio. The prechamber assembly also includes a spark plug disposed at a downstream region of the prechamber, the downstream region being proximal to the combustion chamber of the engine. The fuel injection system also includes a controller operably coupled to the fuel injector, where the controller is configured to control the predefined stoichiometric ratio of air to fuel in in the prechamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061096 | PRE-COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH NOx REDUCING CATALYST - A combustion cylinder for an engine is disclosed. The combustion cylinder includes a main combustion chamber and a pre-combustion chamber. The pre-combustion chamber is fluidly connected to the main combustion chamber through a plurality of passages. The pre-combustion chamber includes an inner peripheral portion. The inner peripheral portion and the plurality of passages are coated with a layer of a NOx reducing catalyst. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061097 | UNIFLOW SCAVENGING 2-CYCLE ENGINE - A uniflow scavenging 2-cycle engine includes a cylinder inside which a combustion chamber is formed; a piston which slides within the cylinder; a scavenge port which is provided on one end side in a stroke direction of the piston in the cylinder to suck an active gas into the combustion chamber in accordance with the sliding movement of the piston; and a fuel injection unit which has an injection port located on the outside of the cylinder, and injects the fuel gas into the active gas sucked into the scavenge port. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061098 | UNIFLOW SCAVENGING 2-CYCLE ENGINE - A uniflow scavenging 2-cycle engine includes a cylinder inside in which a combustion chamber is formed; a piston which slides within the cylinder; a scavenge port which is provided on one end side in a stroke direction of the piston in the cylinder to suck an active gas into the combustion chamber in accordance with the sliding movement of the piston; and an injection unit which injects a fuel gas into the active gas suctioned to the scavenge port and is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the scavenge port or on the outside of the cylinder rather than the inner circumferential surface. Further, the amount of the fuel gas injected by the injection unit on the other end side in the stroke direction is larger than the amount of fuel gas injected by the injection unit on one end side in the stroke direction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061099 | UNIFLOW SCAVENGING 2-CYCLE ENGINE - A uniflow scavenging two-cycle engine includes a scavenge port and a plurality of injection units which inject a fuel gas into the active gas sucked into the scavenge port and have different positions of the piston in the stroke direction. The plurality of injection units are divided into at least two sets of injection unit groups include first and second injection unit groups, the first injection unit group being a set of one or a plurality of injection units located on the other end side in the stroke direction, and the second injection unit group being a set of one or a plurality of injection units located on one end side in the stroke direction, and the injection stop of the fuel gas is later in the injection unit of the first injection unit group than in the injection unit of the second injection unit group. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061100 | CHARGE AIR COOLER CONDENSATE RESERVOIR - A condensate reservoir for a charge air cooler of an engine has one or more inlets for receiving condensate from the charge air cooler, and a chamber for collecting the condensate from the charge air cooler. The condensate reservoir is configured to be in thermal communication with an exhaust gas recirculation duct of the engine such that thermal energy from the exhaust gas recirculation duct may be transferred to the condensate reservoir to vaporise the condensate collected in the chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061101 | ENGINE SYSTEM INCLUDING TURBOCHARGER AND SUPERCHARGER - An engine system, that includes a turbocharger and a supercharger, forms a boost pressure in an intake with the turbocharger, complements an insufficient boost pressure with the supercharger and supplies an exhaust gas from an exhaust line to an intake line. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061102 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM - An internal combustion engine system includes: a turbosupercharger having a turbo-compressor arranged in a first intake passage; a throttle valve provided on a downstream side relative to the turbo-compressor; a second intake passage that bypasses the turbo-compressor; and an electric supercharger in which a compressor wheel disposed in the second intake passage is driven by an electric motor. When a request to decelerate the internal combustion engine is issued during driving of the compressor wheel by the electric motor, driving of the compressor wheel by the electric motor is stopped before the throttle valve starts a valve closing operation, and the intake bypass valve opens at or after a time at which a valve closing operation of the throttle valve starts. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061103 | TURBOMACHINE - A variable geometry turbine comprising a turbine wheel mounted for rotation about a turbine axis within a housing. The housing defines an annular inlet surrounding the turbine wheel and defined between first and second inlet sidewalls. The turbine further comprises a cylindrical sleeve that is axially movable across the annular inlet to vary the size of a gas flow path through the inlet. The annular inlet is divided into at least two axially offset inlet passages. The inner diameter of the sleeve is greater than the inner diameter of the inlet passages. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061104 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM - An internal combustion engine system includes: an electric supercharger and a turbo-compressor that are arranged in series in that order; a first intake bypass passage that bypasses the turbo-compressor; and a first intake bypass valve that opens and closes the first intake bypass passage. In a case where a request to decelerate the internal combustion engine is issued during driving of the compressor wheel by the electric motor, driving of the compressor wheel by the electric motor is stopped simultaneously with the start of an opening operation by the first intake bypass valve. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061105 | APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO AND VARIABLE EXPANSION RATIO - Apparatus with variable compression ratio and variable expansion ratio for an internal combustion engine, mounted on the engine crankshaft and the assembly of the piston-connecting rod, comprising an actuating motor, a worm, a worm gear, a sun gear, a first transmission shaft, a plurality of the transmission shafts, a first eccentric sleeve, a plurality of eccentric sleeve, a front gear of the first eccentric sleeve, a plurality of the front gear of the eccentric sleeve, a plurality of the rear gear of the eccentric sleeve, a planetary gear, the rear gear of the first transmission shaft, a plurality of the front gear of the transmission shaft, and a plurality of the rear gear of the transmission shaft. An angle α between the axis of the first transmission shaft and the axis of the crankshaft is not zero, the other axes of the transmission shafts with the axis of the crankshaft coincide, or parallel but do not coincide, or form a non zero angle. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061106 | CRANKSHAFT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft having a first web portion defining an inner opening and defining an undercut proximate the inner opening, a second web portion defining an inner opening and defining an undercut proximate the inner opening and an inner bearing portion that engages with the inner opening of the first web portion and with the inner opening of the second web portion. First and second pushrods each have a piston end and a crankshaft end. The crankshaft ends of the first and second pushrods each have a concave surface placed over different portions of the inner bearing portion between the first and second web portions, and each further have shoulders adjacent their respective concave surface that engage with the undercuts of the first and second web portions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061107 | Low Pressure Shaft - A low pressure shaft is provided for interconnecting a fan or low pressure compressor of a gas turbine engine with a low pressure turbine of the engine. The shaft has an aft section whose diameter expands progressively with distance along the rearward direction of the engine. The shaft further has an annular joint portion at the rear end of the aft section for joining the shaft to a drive arm of the low pressure turbine. The rate of expansion of the diameter of the aft section decreases with distance along the rearward direction of the engine. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061108 | DIFFUSION FLAME BURNER FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A diffusion flame burner ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061109 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE SAFETY OF A POWER PLANT, AND A POWER PLANT SUITABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of increasing the safety of a power plant provided with at least one heat engine and a gearbox (BTP), the engine driving the gearbox (BTP), the gearbox (BTP) having a lubrication system implemented using an aqueous medium stored in a reserve, in which method a fluid comprising water is injected into the heat engine to increase the power developed by the heat engine without increasing the temperature of a member of the heat engine or to decrease the temperature without modifying the power developed by the engine, the fluid being taken from the reserve. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061110 | LOW NOX TURBINE EXHAUST FUEL BURNER ASSEMBLY | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061111 | GAS TURBINE SUBASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a subassembly for a gas turbine, in particular a gas turbine aircraft engine, having a turbine casing ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061112 | SHIELDED PASS THROUGH PASSAGE IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE STRUCTURE - a gas turbine engine structure includes a body radially spanning an inner portion and an outer portion. The structure body includes a first passage interior to the structure body. The first passage includes a first opening on one of a radially outward edge and a radially inward edge of the structure, and a second opening on the other of the radially outward edge and the radially inward edge of the structure. A second passage is also included interior to the structure. The second passage is approximately aligned with the first passage, and is disposed between the first passage and one of the first surface and the second surface of the structure. The second passage insulates the first passage from heat transfer through one of the first surface and the second surface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061113 | ACTIVELY COOLED BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL - A turbine component includes a main body with an upstream end and a downstream end. A cooling passage network is interior to the main body and has multiple cooling passages. A shared passage wall in the cooling passage network includes a cross passage opening connecting each passage partially defined by the shared passage wall. The cross passage further including a pressure balancing feature operable to reduce a local pressure differential in a fluid pressure in each adjacent passage at the cross passage. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061114 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE - The invention relates to a method for controlling a gas turbine, operating with an integral fuel reactivity measurement concept. In order to fast determine a safe operation range of the gas turbine with respect to flashback and blow-out, the method includes deducing the fuel composition and therefore the fuel reactivity by combined measurements of (n−1) physico-chemical properties of a fuel mixture with n>1 fuel components, for deriving the concentration of one component for each physico-chemical property of the fuel gas mixture or for determining of a ratio of the fuels with known compositions and adjusting at least one operation parameter of the gas turbine at least partially based on the determined property of the fuel gas mixture entering the combustors. With the technical solution of the present invention, by way of detecting fast changes in fuel gas, it is assured that the gas turbine may operate with varieties of fuel gas under optimized performance and in safe operation ranges. In actual applications, the present invention may improve flexibility of gas turbines and cost effectiveness of operation of the gas turbines. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061115 | CORE COWL FOR A TURBOFAN ENGINE - A core cowl for a turbofan engine may include a plurality of valleys formed in an outer surface of the core cowl. Each valley may include a convex portion upstream of a concave portion, and may be configured to disrupt a shock cell exiting a fan nozzle of the turbofan engine. Associated methods for reducing turbofan engine noise are also described. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061116 | SHAFT SEAL SYSTEM AND A COMPRESSOR HAVING A CORRESPONDING SHAFT SEAL SYSTEM - A shaft seal system which is disposed axially between a first chamber and a second chamber is disclosed. The shaft seal system includes a shaft, a casing that surrounds the shaft, and a seal which is disposed axially closer to the second chamber where the first chamber has a fluid and the second chamber is to be protected from the fluid. In this arrangement, the seal includes a pressure booster. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061117 | ROTARY ACTUATOR FOR VARIABLE GEOMETRY VANES - A rotary actuator for control of variable geometry vanes is provided. The actuator is rotary so that operating components are internalized to protect fuel from contamination. The rotary actuator is a self-contained unit so that the device may be removed from the gas turbine engine without requiring removal of additional fuel system components. Finally, some embodiments of the rotary actuator may comprise multiple actuator loops to provide adjustment for two or more rows of vanes, independently. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061118 | CONTROLLER FOR VARIABLE VALVE MECHANISM - An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, intake valves ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061119 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT CONTROL FOR A VEHICULAR ENGINE - Some embodiments are directed to a variable displacement controller for use with a vehicular engine. The controller can receive data indicative of ambient temperature and data indicative of at least one of engine speed and vehicle speed. The controller can determine engine torque value based on the engine speed, and determine a torque limit based on the ambient temperature and at least one of the determined engine torque value and the data indicative of vehicle speed. The controller can compare the engine torque value to the torque limit, and selectively activate/deactivate an engine cylinder based on the comparison between the engine torque value and the torque limit, such that the engine cylinder is deactivated if the engine torque value is less than the torque limit, and the engine cylinder is activated if the engine torque value is greater than or equal to the torque limit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061120 | MULTI-SOURCE GASEOUS FUEL BLENDING MANIFOLD - A device, system, and method are provided for blending multiple fuels in multiple states and optimizing the blended fuel for parameters including cost, energy content, pressure, etc. In a primary fuel/supplemental fuel system, the present invention allows a user to consume as much primary fuel as possible even if the primary fuel is hampered by inconsistent pressure or quality issue, thus ensuring a downstream engine runs continuously. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061121 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING AN ENGINE IN A HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVELINE - Systems and methods for increasing hybrid driveline efficiency are disclosed. In one example, an efficient engine operating region is defined within an engine operating domain based on an engine's brake specific fuel consumption. The systems and methods may increase an amount of time a hybrid driveline operates at more efficient operating conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061122 | IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE FOR USE IN A SMALL ENGINE AND HAVING A PROTECTIVE SHROUD WITH VALVE SEAT - A linear actuator includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly operatively associated with the stator assembly and mounted for rotation with respect to the stator assembly. A shaft is restricted from rotation and is associated with the rotor assembly such that rotation of the rotor assembly causes linear movement of the shaft. A capnut is associated with a distal end of the shaft for movement therewith. A shroud is coupled to the stator assembly and substantially surrounds the capnut. The shroud includes a valve seat, and an inlet communicating with an outlet through a throttle opening adjacent to the valve seat. The shaft and associated capnut are constructed and arranged to move relative to the valve seat to control air flow between the inlet and the outlet. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061123 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of suppressing occurrence of knocking due to pre-ignition and occurrence of misfire even when an operating state in a previous cycle changes in a subsequent cycle. When a ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture, which is an index indicating how a heat of air-fuel mixture in the previous cycle changes in the subsequent cycle, does not fall within an allowable range, a variable valve control mechanism capable of changing a valve-closing timing of an exhaust valve for adjusting an internal EGR gas amount is controlled by using an optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing derived by correcting a set valve-closing timing of the exhaust valve so that the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture falls within the allowable range. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061124 | VAPOR RETURN SYSTEM OF A FUEL VAPOR COLLECTING TANK - A vapor return system of a fuel vapor collecting tank includes a vapor outlet line with a first stop valve, which is arranged in the vapor outlet line of the fuel vapor collecting tank. A first vapor return branch is arranged between the vapor outlet line of the fuel vapor collecting tank and a charge air duct of a compressor in a turbocharger. A second vapor return branch is arranged between the vapor outlet line of the fuel vapor collecting tank and a fresh air suction duct of the compressor of the turbocharger. The first vapor return branch is connected by a first check valve to the charge air duct. The second vapor return branch is connected by a second check valve to a suction inlet of a venturi nozzle situated in a bypass line between the charge air duct and fresh air suction duct via a second stop valve. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE WITH EGR AND A TURBOCHARGER - A control system is provided for controlling an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes a turbocharging unit and an exhaust gas recirculation assembly. The control system is adapted to issue a boost pressure control signal. The control system includes a boost pressure controller adapted to determine the boost pressure control signal. The boost pressure controller has a first response time. The control system is adapted to issue an exhaust gas recirculation control signal for controlling an amount of recirculated exhaust gas via the exhaust gas recirculation assembly. The control system includes an exhaust gas recirculation controller adapted to determine the exhaust gas recirculation control signal independently of the boost pressure control signal. The exhaust gas recirculation controller has a second response time, wherein the first response time differs from the second response time. | 2016-03-03 |
