11th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120063853 | STACKABLE SEGMENTAL RETAINING WALL BLOCK - A multi-component segmented retaining wall (SRW) block that may form a mortarless retaining wall. Each SRW block includes an interlocking face unit and an anchor unit that may be interlocked by complementary connector elements. The face units each have a front face that has one or more coplanar stacking surfaces to provide greater stability when the face units are stacked for shipping. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063854 | SYNTHETIC GROUND COVER SYSTEM FOR EROSION PROTECTION FOR USE WITH OR WITHOUT A SAND/SOIL BALLAST - A system for covering various types of ground where water and wind erosion protection are needed comprises a composite of at least one geotextile tufted or knitted with synthetic yarns (forming a synthetic turf), an open grid mesh, and a geo-filter (filter fabric). The filter fabric is positioned in direct contact with the ground surface, the open grid mesh is positioned over the filter fabric, and the synthetic turf is positioned over the open grid mesh. The system provides a beneficial erosion protection that does not require maintenance and can be used to cover slopes without requiring vegetative support and/or a topsoil layer. An optional sand layer can be placed atop the synthetic turf as desired as infill to ballast the material and protect the system against wind uplift. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063855 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GEOLOGICAL GRADATION FEATURING DISASTER PREVENTION AND ECOLOGIC FUNCTION - Provided is a method for manufacturing geological gradation layer featuring disaster prevention and ecologic function, which uses on-site earth or gradation materials commonly adopted in road construction, including aggregates, soils, gravels, or a mixture of water permeable concrete, and most importantly, added with uniquely arranged hollow bodies, all constituents being mixed and laid on soil stratum, and subjected to ramming, to form an ecological gradation layer. The ecological gradation layer provides an effect of supporting and also provides the functions of water storage, water preservation, and improving earth, whereby earth microorganisms and earth protozoa may establish a beneficial survival environment in earth, making the gradation layer exhibiting the characteristics of high water content and prompting breeding of microorganisms. When the atmosphere gets hot, water is released from the soil as vapor to alleviate the heat island effect and when rainwater precipitates, the rainwater can be stored for use in draughts. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063856 | DUST COLLECTING DEVICE - It is an object of the invention to provide a technique which contributes to improvement of operability in a dust collecting device which is used with a power tool for performing an operation using an internal dust suction type bit and collects dust generated by operation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063857 | Indexable Drill and Drill Body - An indexable drill includes an insert attachment seat and a chip discharging groove formed so as to extend from a leading end surface to a trailing end side of the drill in the direction of the axis of rotation and through which chips generated by the cutting insert are discharged, and in that a wall surface defining the chip discharging groove at least partly includes a smoothed surface with a surface roughness of at most 0.5 μm in terms of arithmetic average roughness Ra, the wall surface of the chip discharging groove is partly formed on a thinned wall portion thinned by the central edge attachment seat and the outer peripheral edge attachment seat, and a crossing portion between the first wall surface and the second wall surface in the thinned wall portion is rounded. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063858 | Indexable Drill and Drill Body - A drill body of an indexable drill includes: a chip discharging groove which discharges chips produced by a cutting insert on a wall surface defining the chip discharging groove; and an insert attachment seat on which the cutting insert formed in a front end side, in a rotational axis direction, of a first wall surface of the chip discharging groove that faces a drill rotation direction is detachably mounted. A chip formation portion is formed which includes at least any of a plurality of protruding portions that protrudes outward from a second wall surface and a plurality of concave portions that is concave inward from the second wall surface, at least in a front end portion of the second wall surface of the chip discharging groove that faces a rear side of the drill rotation direction. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063859 | Drill Bit - A drill bit for a boring tool comprises a shank configured for engagement with the boring tool and a working tip having a first end attached to the shank and an opposite second end, and a conical helical thread extending substantially continuously from end to end. The thread root may include a rounded portion while the crest may be flat. The configuration of the helical thread, such as the crest width, thread depth, thread angle, cross sectional area and base width are adjusted as a function of the length of the threaded working tip to maximize bending strength and optimize thread wear and operability. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063860 | Drilling Tool - Chips are segmented to have a desired width and the chip controllability is improved and the tool rigidity is improved. A drilling tool is provided that includes: a tool body; a chip discharge groove formed at the outer periphery of the tool body; at least one sub-groove formed at an inner face facing the front side in the tool rotation direction T of the chip discharge groove; a rake face; a tip end flank face; and a cutting edge formed at a ridge line at which the tip end flank face intersects with the rake face. The plurality of rake faces form a step-like shape having at least one step section. The drilling tool is configured so that the turnup section of the sub-groove is turned up in a different direction from the direction along which the turnup section of the chip discharge groove is turned up. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063861 | HOLDER FOR A CUTTING TOOL, A CUTTING TOOL AND A CUTTING INSERT - A holder for a cutting tool includes a body having a first channel for receiving a stem portion of the cutting tool. The body has a second channel intersecting with the first channel. The holder further includes a plunger to be inserted in the second channel, the plunger having a third channel the cross section of which at least partly overlaps with the cross section of the first channel when the plunger is inserted into the body so as to enable the stem of the cutting tool to extend into the third channel when the stem is inserted in the first channel. The holder further includes a mechanism for locking the stem against movement relative to the body by means of the plunger. A cutting tool for use in such a holder and a cutting insert are also provided. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063862 | Method of Forming Parts on a CNC Machine - A method of forming a part from a workpiece mountable on a porous spoil-board on the worktable of a CNC machine having means for applying a negative pressure on the underside of the workpiece, providing a pressure differential across the mounted workpiece, and a cutting tool displaceable along x, y and z axes, including programming the controller of the machine to generate a cutting pattern, computing the area of the part, comparing the computed area value of the part with a predetermined area value and positioning the cutting tool along the Z-axis to provide less than a through cut of the workpiece where the computed area value is less than the predetermined area value and providing a through cut when a computed area value exceeds the predetermined area value, mounting the workpiece on the worktable, actuating the negative pressure applying means and operating the machine to execute such program. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063863 | LOCKING THREADED FASTENER - A self-locking threaded fastener that can be driven using conventional driving tools. The threaded fastener includes a fastener body and a locking band. The body includes a) a threaded portion and an unthreaded portion and b) an aperture extending radially from the unthreaded portion. The locking band includes a curved portion within the unthreaded portion of the fastener body and a tang extending into the aperture to limit angular movement of the tang with respect to the body. The curved portion terminates at an end having a range of radial movement with respect to the fastener body. When the threaded fastener is turned in a loosening direction, the locking band inhibit loosening of the threaded fastener. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063864 | Ratchet locking mechanism for threaded fastener - A fastening device including a fastener having a head portion and an elongated threaded body portion extending axially from the head portion. The threaded body portion includes opposing flat sections. A lock washer has a lower surface with an array of radially extending engagement teeth. The lock washer also defines an axial aperture for receiving the fastener. The axial aperture has two flat inner surfaces for cooperating with the two flat sections of the threaded body portion to prevent relative rotation of the washer and threaded body portion. A threaded lock nut mates with the threaded body portion. The lock nut has an upper surface with at least one cantilevered pawl members for ratcheted engagement with the array of radially extending engagement teeth of the lock washer. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063865 | Screw - The present invention discloses a screw, which comprises a shaft, a head and a thread. The shaft has an awl on one end thereof. The head is formed on the other end of the shaft and has an engagement groove. The thread is formed on the surface of the shaft and spirally extends from the awl to the head. The thread has two surfaces whose edges are connected with each other to form a cutting edge. The thread includes at least one receiving groove having a guiding face, a collecting face and a connecting face. The connecting face connects the guiding face and the collecting face to form a debris-receiving space. The debris-receiving surface penetrates the two surfaces of the thread. The connecting face has a crushing portion with a ragged surface. Thereby, the screw can provide higher locking strength. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063866 | FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC BOLT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A fiber reinforced plastic bolt(FRP) and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The FRP bolt is useful in the industrial areas which require a bolt having electric-insulation, anti-corrosive, thermal-insulation, and non-magnetic properties. The method for producing the FRP bolt includes the steps of: winding a prepreg around a surface of an internal body, wherein the internal body includes a first reinforcing fiber which is unidirectionally aligned along the axis of the bolt, and a synthetic resin which is impregnated into the first reinforcing fiber, and the prepreg includes a second reinforcing fiber and a thermosetting resin which is impregnated into the second reinforcing fiber; forming a fiber reinforced plastic round bar by heat-hardening the prepreg; and forming a screw thread on the surface of the fiber reinforced plastic round bar. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063867 | Sheet Processing Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same - A sheet processing apparatus that performs sheet processing with respect to a plurality of printed sheets and a method of controlling the apparatus are provided. A bookbinding process is performed with respect to a plurality of sheets, and pressure is applied to a spine of a bound stack of sheets to flatten the spine. At this time, the amount of pressure applied to the spine is set in advance, and a square back process is executed while controlling application of the pressure to the spine in accordance with the set pressure amount. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063868 | METHOD FOR BINDING A BUNDLE OF LOOSE LEAVES OR THE LIKE AND END LEAF APPLIED THEREBY - Method for binding a bundle of loose leaves or the like in a cover. The method includes the step of providing an end leaf that includes a fixing strip on a side edge, with the fixing strip partly fixed to the end leaf and provided with a strip of glue on a part of the fixing strip which is not fixed to the end leaf. On the side of the fixing strip turned away from the end leaf, said strip of glue being provided with a removable foil. Another step is binding a free edge of the bundle of loose leaves together with the end leaf. Further steps include removing the foil, and providing the bound edge of the bundle of leaves and the end leaf in the back of the cover and fixing thereof in the cover only by the strip of glue. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063869 | LOAD PORT APPARATUS - To prevent an overload from being imposed on a door drive mechanism when driving a door increased in weight due to upsizing so that reproducibility of a stop position of the door can be ensured, provided is a load port apparatus in which the door drive mechanism for driving the door in a direction perpendicular to an opening-portion forming plane is constituted by: a rotary cylinder capable of pivoting a cam follower from an angle of 0° to an angle of 180°; and a slider including a cam groove capable of housing the cam follower within a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotary cylinder, the cam groove extending in a vertical direction, and in which the door is supported by the slider. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063870 | SYSTEM FOR INJECTING FASTENERS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AIRCRAFT OR OTHER ASSEMBLIES - The injector assembly receives fasteners such as bolts used in the manufacture of composite aircraft wing structures, at a high speed from a supply thereof, such as a cartridge. The injector assembly includes a post assembly which includes a hollow post housing having a post mass and a mass stop pin positioned within the housing. The bolt moves through a feed tube assembly, a muzzle member and into a chamber portion of the injector assembly. A urethane contact member is positioned at a forward end of the mass. A source of compressed air moves the mass and the contact member into a position slightly past the rear end of the housing and into a chamber portion of the injector assembly. When the bolt contacts the contact member at high speed, the mass is moved back toward a base portion of the post assembly. The mass is sufficient to dissipate the kinetic energy of the moving bolt without damage thereto. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063871 | Grain cart having a single auger discharge conveyor - A grain cart has a wheel supported frame on which is mounted an open top container having inclined bottom walls and including a single discharge auger conveyor having a lower section extending from a sump for the container adjacent a front left inclined corner portion of the container. The auger conveyor has an extended upper section supported by a hinge assembly having a pivot axis offset and askewed at an acute angle from the auger axis. The hinge assembly provides for pivoting the upper conveyor section between an inclined grain discharge position projecting upwardly, laterally outwardly and forwardly from the container and a stored position inclined downwardly at a substantial angle from the hinge assembly in front of the container. In the stored position, the grain discharge outlet is located lower than the top surfaces of the wheels. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063872 | Attachment for handling bales of hay - An attachment for handling hay bales comprising a fork member having a bottom portion including a plurality of tines, and a back portion attached to the bottom portion and extending perpendicularly upwards therefrom. A hydraulically operated push frame member having a shape and size that is similar to the back portion. An articulated frame attached between the back portion and the push frame that is adapted to push the push frame linearly from one end of the tines adjacent the back portion to a distal end of the tines, the articulated frame including an elongated rod member rotatably attached to the back portion, a piston adapter member attached to the rod member and adapted to be pivotally attached to a hydraulic cylinder for rotating the rod member when the hydraulic cylinder is actuated. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063873 | WORKPIECE TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING THE SAME - A workpiece transporting apparatus includes a hand, a rotating portion for rotatably holding the hand, an arm provided in the hand and having one end provided at the rotating portion, and a holding portion provided in the hand and provided to another end of the arm for holding a workpiece, in which a center portion of the holding portion is disposed with a predetermined interval from an axial line extended from a rotational center of the rotating portion toward another end of the arm. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063874 | LOW PROFILE DUAL ARM VACUUM ROBOT - Embodiments of dual arm substrate transfer robots are provided herein. In some embodiments, a dual arm substrate transfer robot may include a central actuator to rotate the transfer robot about a central axis; a linkage arm having a first end and a generally opposing second end, wherein the linkage arm is coupled to the central actuator proximate a center of the linkage arm between the first and second ends; a first forearm rotatably coupled to the first end of the linkage arm; a second forearm rotatably coupled to the second end of the linkage arm; a first forearm actuator to control the rotation of the first forearm with respect to the linkage arm; and a second forearm actuator to control the rotation of the second forearm with respect to the linkage arm, wherein the first and second forearm actuators are laterally offset from the central actuator. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDGE JUSTIFICATION OF MAIL ITEMS - An edge justification device for a mail processing machine. The device shifts the mailpiece from bottom edge justified to top edge justified. The amount of shift is determined as a function of the height of the mail piece. One embodiment solves the problem of switching from bottom to top registration by having a series of steerable nips, which are arranged in line, parallel to the mail flow direction. As the mail piece travels though the justifier, the nips will rotate to impart a lateral velocity to the mail piece, shifting it over to properly justify it. In a further embodiment, the nips of the justification device are not steerable. Rather, a whole nip assembly that is transporting the mail piece is moved laterally to switch from bottom to top justification. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063876 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SINGULATING BELT IN A MAILPIECE FEEDER - A system for conveying mailpieces along a feed path includes a plurality of conveyances. A first conveyance is operative to convey mailpieces along the feed path and includes a singulating and drive belt. The singulating and drive belts define a throat for singulating a mailpiece from the stack of mailpieces. A second conveyance accepts mailpieces from the first conveyance and conveys singulated mailpiece downstream of the first conveyance. The system further includes a series of sensors extending from the first to the second conveyance for issuing a gap signal indicative of the relative spacing between sequential mailpieces along the feed path. Additionally, the system includes a means, responsive to the gap signal, for developing a variable opposing force between the singulating and drive belts to optimize singulation of mailpieces along the feed path. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063877 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MAILPIECE CONVEYANCE IN A MAILPIECE FEEDER - A system for conveying mailpieces along a conveyance path and singulating a mailpiece from a stack of mailpieces along the conveyance path. The system includes a first conveyance for conveying mailpieces at a variable velocity and a second conveyance, downstream of the first conveyance, for conveying mailpieces at a constant velocity along the conveyance path. A series of optical sensors extends from the first to the second conveyance and is operative to issue a gap signal indicative of the relative spacing between sequential mailpieces along the conveyance path. A processor is responsive to the gap signal and is operative to control the first conveyance to decrease the relative spacing between sequential mailpieces when the gap signal exceeds a threshold value. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063878 | TRACTION CONTROL FOR SINGULATING MAILPIECES IN A MAILPIECE FEEDER - A system for singulating mailpieces including a first conveyance including a pair of opposing belts for singulating a mailpiece from a stack of mailpieces. The system includes an actuation mechanism operative to apply a force pulse through one of the belts to momentary separate mailpieces of the stack and augment singulation of the mailpiece from the stack by the first conveyance. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063879 | ENERGY EFFICIENT IPS BLOWER ASSEMBLY - According to the invention a method and apparatus relating to a blower that is used in an environment of particle contaminated air, as with a helicopter engine, is disclosed. The blower has a power input, a fan, a power output attaching to the fan, and a clutch disposed between the power input and the power output whereby the power input may be selectively coupled to the power output to move the fan to vent the particle contaminated air. The clutch, which may be electrically, mechanically or hydraulically engaged, is activated by a user, a particle or altitude sensor, or by a full authority digital electronic controller (“FADEC”). | 2012-03-15 |
20120063880 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A rotor assembly is disclosed herein. The rotor assembly includes a hub disposed for rotation about an axis of rotation. The rotor assembly also includes at least one blade fixed with the hub for concurrent rotation with the hub. The at least one blade extends along a height axis radially outward from the hub with a root portion proximate to the hub at a first end of the height axis and an airfoil portion extending radially inward from a second end of the height axis opposite the first end. The rotor assembly also includes a sheath extending at least partially around the root portion. The sheath is pivotally engaged with the at least one blade to pivot about the height axis and allowed to weathervane to reduce noise. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063881 | ABRADABLE BUCKET SHROUD - The present application provides an abradable bucket shroud for use with a bucket tip so as to limit a leakage flow therethrough and reduce heat loads thereon. The abradable bucket shroud may include a base and a number of ridges positioned thereon. The ridges may be made from an abradable material. The ridges may form a pattern. The ridges may have a number of curves with at least a first curve and a second curve and with the second curve having a reverse camber shape. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063882 | Internally-cooled centrifugal compressor with cooling jacket formed in the diaphragm - An internally-cooled centrifugal compressor ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063883 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LOW SPEED LOW TORQUE TESTING OF A ROTOR IN A TURBOMACHINERY - Methods and devices for performing a low torque low speed test to determine whether a rotor of a turbomachinery is free to rotate are provided. A method includes automatically applying a torque to the rotor, the torque gradually increasing up to a predetermined torque value. The method further includes monitoring the speed of the rotor while the torque is gradually increased. The method also includes outputting an indication that the rotor is free to rotate after the speed of the rotor becomes positive, or outputting an indication that the rotor is locked when the speed of the rotor remains zero and the applied torque has reached the predetermined torque value. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063884 | CLEARANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, TURBOMACHINE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A RUNNING CLEARANCE BETWEEN A ROTOR AND A CASING OF A TURBOMACHINE - The invention relates to a clearance control system for adjusting a running clearance (L) between a rotor ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063885 | FLUID CHANNELING DEVICE FOR BACK-TO-BACK COMPRESSORS - A fluid channeling device including a channeling body, an axial transfer channel, and a radial outlet channel. The channeling body includes first and second annular body sections spaced axially apart and a tubular body section extending between the first and second body sections. The axial transfer channel is defined axially through the channeling body, and is configured to fluidly couple a first compression assembly with a second compression assembly. The radial outlet channel is defined radially through the channeling body and is configured to fluidly couple the second compression assembly with an outlet. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063886 | Anti-Vibration Fan - The fan of the invention includes a frame and a vibration absorber. The frame has a fixing recess at a corner thereof. The vibration absorber has an elastic body fastened in the fixing recess and a pin with a circular trough. A portion of the elastic body protrudes from the frame. The pin is fixed at the portion of the elastic body for fastening the frame on a panel. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063887 | DOUBLE FAN FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR A COOLANT RADIATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The utilization of double fans for engine cooling of motor vehicles is known. Said fans generate a flow of air which then serves to cool a heat exchanger, in particular a coolant radiator for motor vehicles. The double fan is herein characterized by an optimal use of the surface of the coolant radiator that is to be cooled, so as to be able to achieve a cooling performance as high as possible. The assembly of the double fan has up to now been such that a separate electric motor is provided for each blower. The double fan ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063888 | ABRADABLE COATING WITH SAFETY FUSE - An abradable coating for interaction with tips of airfoils (such as vanes or blades of a compressor of a gas turbine engine) includes a metal bond coat thermal, a ceramic layer, and an abradable layer. The ceramic layer on the metal bond coat provides insulation and acts as a fuse that is adapted to spall off upon high rub interaction. The abradable coating on the ceramic layer contacts the tips of the airfoils during operation of the compressor. The abradable coating is sufficiently abradable to roundup the coating by contact with the airfoil tips. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063889 | FLUID MACHINE - A fluid machine of an embodiment includes a sealing portion formed of an annular minute gap between a runner band of a runner configuring a rotating portion and a sealing liner which is a stationary portion and arranged in opposition to the runner band. A groove having a quadrangular cross-sectional shape is formed circumferentially on a surface of the sealing liner configuring the sealing portion. In a cross section perpendicular to a groove forming direction of the groove, an angle θ, formed between a side WU of the groove on the most upstream side with respect to the flowing direction of the leakage flow and a side W | 2012-03-15 |
20120063890 | WIND TURBINE NACELLE WITH COOLER TOP - The present invention relates to a wind turbine nacelle having a first face with a longitudinal extension in a wind direction, comprising a cooling device having a cooling area and extending from the first face of the nacelle, and a cover having at least one inner face, the cooling device being enclosed by the first face of the nacelle and the inner face of the cover. A first distance between at least one of the faces and the cooling area is at least 30 mm. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063891 | COOLED COMPONENT FOR A GAS TURBINE - A cooled component for a gas turbine is disclosed, which by an outer side of a wall delimits hot gas passage of the gas turbine and on an inner side has a device for impingement cooling. The impingement cooling device can include a multiplicity of impingement cooling chambers which are arranged next to each other, operate in parallel, are covered by impingement cooling plates which are equipped with impingement cooling holes, and are impinged upon by cooling air during operation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063892 | BIDIRECTIONAL FAN HAVING SELF-ADJUSTING VANE - A bidirectional centrifugal fan having a self-adjusting vane is disclosed. In one embodiment, the fan includes a driving disc having a pivot pin extending therefrom; a vane pivotably attached to the pivot pin, the vane including an aperture extending at least partially therethrough; and a trailing disc including a guide arm for receiving the aperture of the vane. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063893 | TURBINE EXHAUST PLENUM - In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes a turbine engine including an axial-radial diffuser section disposed about a first longitudinal axis downstream in an exhaust flow path from a turbine section. The system also includes an exhaust plenum including a first plenum portion disposed about the axial-radial diffuser section, wherein the first plenum portion includes a curved wall portion that diverges away from a circumference of the axial-radial diffuser section. The exhaust plenum also includes a second plenum portion extending away from the first plenum portion downstream along a second longitudinal axis of the exhaust plenum approximately crosswise to the first longitudinal axis. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063894 | TURBINE NOZZLE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING TURBINE NOZZLE ASSEMBLIES - A method is provided for repairing a turbine nozzle assembly with an insert and a support structure. The method includes positioning the insert on the support structure of the turbine nozzle assembly; and plug welding the insert to the support structure of the turbine nozzle assembly. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063895 | ELECTRONIC MODULE AND METHOD USED FOR FITTING A LIGHT BEACON ON THE BLADE TIP - The electronic module ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063896 | LOAD MITIGATION DEVICE FOR WIND TURBINE BLADES - The present invention includes a rotor blade ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063897 | Differential Pitch-Control to Optimize Co-Rotating Stacked Rotor Performance - A rotor system for a rotorcraft having at least one rotor blade pair operably associated with a differential pitch assembly operably for controlling a pitch angle of an upper rotor blade and the lower rotor blade in the rotor blade pair. Operation of the differential pitch assembly changes the pitch of the upper rotor blade more severely than the pitch of the lower rotor blade. As such, the rotor system is configured to provide optimum pitch of the upper and lower rotor blades during a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063898 | POWER GENERATING APPARATUS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TYPE - It is intended to provide a power generating apparatus of renewable energy type in which a hydraulic pipe between a hydraulic pump installed inside a nacelle and a hydraulic motor installed near a bottom part of a tower can handle the turning motion of the nacelle. In the power generating apparatus of renewable energy type ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063899 | TURBO FAN AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A blade front edge of a turbo fan has, between a main-plate-side blade front edge and a shroud-side blade front edge, a projecting blade front edge which distances away from a blade rear edge (located in a rotation direction A) as it furthers away from a main plate, which curves to a position away from a rotation center, and, in a range close to the main plate, a main-plate-side front-edge skirt portion which distances away from the blade rear edge and inclines away from the rotation center as it becomes closer to the main plate. On the other hand, a main-plate-side blade rear edge, which is a range close to the main, plate of the blade rear edge, is substantially perpendicular to the main plate and a shroud-side blade rear edge, which is a range close to a shroud, is inclined so as to gradually distance away from the blade front edge (behind in the rotation direction A) as it furthers away from the main plate. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063900 | METHOD FOR EXAMINING AN ELECTRIC ENERGY ACCUMULATOR - The invention relates to a method for examining an electric energy accumulator ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063901 | WIND TURBINE BLADE PITCH-CONTROL SYSTEM, AND WIND TURBINE ROTOR AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A pitch-control system according to the present invention includes a cylinder support portion provided on a rotor hub, a support point thereof being located away from a front end face (unsupported end) of the rotor hub on the opposite side of the rotor hub; a decentered coupling point provided at a decentered location on a root-side end face of the wind turbine blade; and a cylinder that is installed so as to pass through the unsupported end of the rotor hub, a coupling portion that is provided on a portion that protrudes to the outer side from the unsupported end being coupled in a freely rotatable manner to the support point via a spherical joint, and a coupling portion that is on the inner side of the unsupported and being coupled in a freely rotatable manner to the decentered coupling point via a spherical joint. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063902 | ENERGY GENERATION PLANT, IN PARTICULAR WIND POWER PLANT - An energy generation plant, in particular a wind power plant, has a drive shaft, a generator ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063903 | COUPLING STRUCTURE - A coupling structure for connecting an impeller to a motor shaft of a liquid pump, includes a carrier rod sleeved on the shaft, and a seal assembly connecting the carrier rod to a housing of the pump. The carrier rod is fixed to the shaft by way of a screw thread structure. The seal assembly includes a rotating seal sealingly fixed on an outer surface of the carrier rod and fixed to the carrier rod for rotation there with by an interlocking structure. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063904 | LEVER-ARM VIBRATION DAMPER FOR A ROTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A vibration damper for a rotor blade of a gas turbine engine, includes a plate for placing between an inner bearing surface and an outer bearing surface of the rotor, the bearing surfaces extending in directions that are substantially axial and being radially spaced apart from each other, the plate being folded so as to form two plate portions that are inclined relative to each other, the mass of the plate being distributed in such a manner that its center of gravity is situated on the side of one of these plate portions, the free end of the other plate portion being designed to bear radially against the inner bearing surface, and the junction zone between the two plate portions being designed to bear radially against the outer bearing surface under the effect of centrifugal force when the rotor is rotating so as to provide axial sealing against gas. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063905 | BUSHING FOR A VARIABLE SET BLADE - A bushing for a variable set blade includes a cylindrical part configured to receive the blade, the root of the blade being able to rotate in the cylindrical part, and a base including: a first side able to be put in contact with a first edge of a circumferential groove of the ring, and/or a second side able to be put in contact with a second edge of the circumferential groove of the ring. At least one of the first side or second side of the base includes at least one bevel through which the first side or the second side is able to be put in contact with one of the first edge or second edge of the circumferential groove so as to block the bushing in rotation. The invention finds a particularly interesting application in the field of aircraft. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063906 | Fan Blade - To improve upon a fan blade ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063907 | CIRCUMFERENTIAL BLOCKING DEVICE OF CLAMP VANES FOR TURBINE ENGINE, WITH IMPROVED RADIAL DEPLOYMENT - The invention relates to a device ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063908 | TURBINE VANE NOMINAL AIRFOIL PROFILE - A turbine vane for a turbine machine comprising an intermediate section having a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I wherein Z is a radial distance along a stacking axis that is normal to a centerline of the turbine machine and contain the X and Y values with Z value beginning at innermost aerodynamic point and the Z values represent a radial height of the vane and the X and Y values define the nominal airfoil profile at each radial height Z. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063909 | FAN BLADE WITH WINGLET - A fan blade ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063910 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH BASE PART HAVING INHERENT NON-IDEAL TWIST - A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine is divided into a root region closest to the hub and an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub. A transition region has a profile gradually changing in the radial direction from the circular or elliptical profile of the root region to the lift generating profile of the airfoil region, and includes at least a first longitudinal segment extending along at least 20% of a longitudinal extent of the airfoil region. A base part has an inherent non-ideal twist, such as no twist, or a reduced twist compared to a target blade twist, so that an axial induction factor of the first base part at a design point deviates from a target axial induction factor. A number of flow altering devices are arranged so as to adjust the aerodynamic properties of the first longitudinal segment. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063911 | DUAL BRAZING ALLOY ELEMENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT AND USES THEREOF - A dual brazing alloy element for a materially integral connection of a ceramic surface to a metallic surface includes a first layer having a Ni-based brazing alloy with a Ni content of at least 50% by weight and having at least one component configured to lower a melting point of the Ni-based brazing alloy selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Mn, Sn and Ge. A second layer includes an active brazing alloy material having a total content of 1-15% by weight of at least one active element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Hf, Zr and V. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063912 | PROCESS FOR SMOOTHING THE SURFACE OF A PART MADE OF CMC MATERIAL - A method of smoothing the surface of a ceramic matrix composite material part that presents a surface that is undulating and rough. The method includes depositing a refractory vitreous coating on the surface of the part, the vitreous coating essentially containing silica, alumina, baryte, and lime. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063913 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING PREDESIGNED SEGMENT - A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine is manufactured with a root region with a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub, an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub and a transition region having a profile gradually changing the root region to the airfoil region. A first blade design is used for the first base part on a first longitudinal section of an airfoil region of a second blade, so that an induction factor of the first base part on the second blade deviates from a target induction factor. The first longitudinal section of the second blade is provided with flow altering devices so as to adjust the aerodynamic properties of the first longitudinal segment to substantially meet the target induction factor at the design point on the second blade. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063914 | LOW-PRESSURE TURBINE - A low-pressure turbine for a turbomachine including turbine disks with festooned annular flanges for fastening to a festooned annular flange of a drive cone connecting the turbine disks to a turbine shaft, solid portions of the festooned annular flanges of the turbine disks and of the drive cone being connected to peripheries of the turbine disks and of the drive cone, respectively, via concave filets that are asymmetrical. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063915 | VIBRATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A vibration control apparatus of a wind turbine generator that can be installed in a small space inside a tower, without a weight increase of the tower, and that can change the natural frequency thereof is provided. Included is a swinging rod extending in the vertical direction and suspended from beams provided on an upper part of the tower via a first universal joint; a flange part extending outward from the upper end outer surface of the swinging rod in the radial direction along the circumferential direction; a pendulum including a bob attached to the swinging rod and capable of moving up and down in the vertical direction; and a plurality of attenuation devices each of whose upper end is attached to the beams with a second universal joint and whose lower end is attached to the flange part with a third universal joint. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063916 | TURBINE BLADE PLATFORM COOLING SYSTEMS - The present application provides a turbine blade cooling system. The turbine blade cooling system may include a first turbine blade with a first turbine blade platform having a cooling cavity in communication with a pressure side passage and a second turbine blade with a second turbine blade platform having a platform cooling cavity with a suction side passage. The pressure side passage of the first turbine blade platform is in communication with the suction side passage of the second turbine blade platform. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063917 | ROUGHING PUMP METHOD FOR A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - In order to provide a simple and energy-efficient rough pumping method for a displacement pump ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063918 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLEARANCE OF MECHANICAL BACK-UP BEARINGS OF TURBOMACHINERY UTILIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC BEARINGS - Apparatus and method for determining the clearance and wear of mechanical back-up bearings of turbomachinery utilizing electromagnetic bearings. In order to reduce the prospects of catastrophic failure during a shut-down or loss of electrical power, a rotating apparatus utilizes the electromagnetic bearings to manipulate the shaft to measure the clearance of the mechanical back-up bearings. When power is restored, a programmable controller provides power to the electromagnetic bearings to automatically move the shaft in accordance with a predetermined sequence to contact the mechanical back-up bearings to determine the clearance of the mechanical back-up bearings. These values are stored in the controller memory. The measured clearance is compared to prior clearance measurements of the mechanical back-up bearings to determine the wear of the back-up bearings. The actual wear is compared to the allowable wear for the bearings. If actual wear exceeds a predetermined value, a warning is generated. If the actual wear equals or exceeds the allowable wear, the controller automatically locks the turbomachinery from further operation until repair or replacement is accomplished. Otherwise, the controller centers the shaft to permit normal operation of the turbomachinery. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063919 | FLUID-WORKING MACHINE VALVE TIMING - A fluid-working machine has a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, high and low pressure manifolds, and high and low pressure valves for regulating the flow of fluid between the working chamber and the high and low pressure manifolds respectively. A controller actively controls at least one said valve to determine the net displacement of working fluid of the working chamber on a cycle by cycle basis. At least one said valve is a variable timing valve and the controller causes the valve to open or close at a time determined taking into account one or more properties of the performance of the fluid working machine measured during an earlier cycle of working chamber volume. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063920 | OIL SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION - Oil supply apparatus having an electric motor, an oil pump driven by the electric motor and supplying oil to a transmission, an oil temperature sensor detecting oil temperature, and a controller setting a drive torque value and controlling the electric motor so that the electric motor outputs a drive torque according to a detection oil temperature. The controller is configured to perform rotation speed control of the electric motor so that when judging that there is a possibility that the detection oil temperature and oil temperature close to the oil pump are different at electric motor starting, the electric motor rotates at a lower rotation speed than where the electric motor rotates by the drive torque value according to the detection oil temperature before performing the electric motor control by which the electric motor outputs the drive torque according to the detection oil temperature. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063921 | Control Algorithm of Variable Speed Pumping System - A pumping system includes a pump for moving water. In one aspect, this is in connection with performance of an operation. The system includes a variable speed motor operatively connected to drive the pump. A value indicative of flow rate of water is determined and the motor is controlled to adjust the flow rate indicative value toward a constant. A value indicative of flow pressure is determined and the motor is controlled to adjust the flow pressure indicative value toward a constant. A selection is made between flow rate control and flow pressure control. In another aspect, the pump is controlled to perform a first operation, and is operated to perform a second water operation. Control of operation of the pump to perform the first water operation is altered in response to operation of the pump to perform the second operation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063922 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS/METHOD FOR ELECTRIC OIL PUMP - Motor control apparatus for an electric oil pump includes the control command generating section configured to drive the motor control section by the first current command signal obtained from the fixed second target torque signal of the second signal generating section in a first stage, when the control command generating section receives the start command of the motor from the host control device when engine stops, to output the sum signal of the first current command signal and the second current command signal to the current control section, and to drive the motor control section by the third current command signal in a second stage, and to switch the output of the target torque switching section from the fixed second target torque signal to the first target torque signal of the first signal generating section in a third stage. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063923 | POSITIVE GRIP FINGERS IN A PERISTALTIC PUMP - A method for enhancing peristaltic pumping in a tube type infusion pump is provided. The method includes providing an adhesion region on a pumping finger of an infusion pump for creating an adhesion between the pumping finger and a pumping segment of the infusion pump such that when the pumping finger is moved from an occluded position to an initial position the adhesion forcibly restores the pumping segment from an occluded state to a non occluded state. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063924 | RECIPROCATING FLUID PUMPS INCLUDING MAGNETS, DEVICES INCLUDING MAGNETS FOR USE WITH RECIPROCATING FLUID PUMPS, AND RELATED METHODS - Reciprocating fluid pumps include a plunger configured to expand and compress in a reciprocating action to pump fluid, and one or more magnets carried by the plunger. The one or more magnets may be used to impart a force on the plunger when the plunger expands and compresses in the reciprocating action within a pump body responsive to a magnetic field. Shuttle valves for shifting flow of pressurized fluid between at least two conduits include a spool movable within a valve body and one or more magnets carried by the spool. The one or more magnets may be used to impart a force on the spool responsive to a magnetic field. Reciprocating fluid pumps may include such shuttle valves. Methods include forming and using such pumps and shuttle valves. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063925 | Metering Pump - A fluid metering pump is provided having reciprocating pumps including a first fluid displacer and a second reciprocating pump include a second fluid displacer. A transmission and stroke adjuster assembly for couples a prime mover to each of said first and said second fluid displacers and converting a rotary movement of the prime mover into a reciprocating stroke movement of said first and said second fluid displacers resulting in a continuous fluid flow free of fluid pulsing. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063926 | COMPRESSOR HAVING A CLUTCH DEVICE - The invention relates to a compressor for generating compressed air in a vehicle, having a crankshaft and an interface area set up for fastening a clutch device, by means of which the crankshaft of the compressor can be connected to or disconnected from a drive device. According to the invention, the interface area is designed for receiving an annular, crucible-shaped receptacle element, and the crucible-shaped receptacle element is designed as a cylinder for receiving a piston that can be acted on by a pressure medium for actuating the clutch device. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063927 | CONTROL AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS FOR A VARIABLE CAPACITY ENGINE OIL PUMP AND AN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR - A control system includes an oil pump module and a diagnostic module. The oil pump module, based on engine operating conditions, selectively generates a first mode request signal to initiate a first transition from operating an oil pump of an engine in one of a first pressure mode and a second pressure mode to operating the oil pump in another one of the first pressure mode and the second pressure mode. The second pressure mode is different from the first pressure mode. The diagnostic module, based on when a driver starts the engine, selectively generates a second mode request signal to initiate consecutive transitions from operating the oil pump in the second pressure mode to operating the oil pump in the first pressure mode. The diagnostic module diagnoses a pump fault when a first oil pressure change associated with the consecutive transitions is less than a first predetermined pressure change. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063928 | Pump Having a Filter Arrangement - A pump for pumping a medium from a suction side to a pressure side includes a filter arrangement. The filter arrangement includes an inflow path, a first outflow path, and a second outflow path. A hydrophobic membrane filter is arranged between the inflow path and the first outflow path. A hydrophilic membrane filter is arranged between the inflow path and the second outflow path. At least one section of the hydrophobic membrane filter and one section of the hydrophilic membrane filter are located opposite each other at a distance of no more than 1 mm so that a gas bubble that moves along with a medium flowing in the inflow path comes into contact with the hydrophobic membrane filter during the movement. The first and second outflow paths of the filter arrangement are connected to the suction side of the pump. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063929 | HYDRAULIC PUMP STRUCTURE FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR OR TIDAL CURRENT GENERATOR AND METHOD OF MOUNTING HYDRAULIC PUMP - An object of the present invention is to provide a hydraulic pump structure which improves the ease of mounting the hydraulic pump on the main shaft, and a method of mounting the hydraulic pump which can be performed in a simplified manner. A hydraulic pump unit | 2012-03-15 |
20120063930 | MANUAL/PNEUMATIC PUMP STRUCTURE - A manual/pneumatic pump structure includes: a barrel member having a barrel body defining a fuel collection space; a cover body disposed on the barrel body for sealing the fuel collection space; a pneumatic gas-sucking member having a main body disposed on the cover body and a Venturi tube section positioned in the main body, an inlet passage being formed in the main body in communication with an inlet of the Venturi tube section, an outlet passage being formed in the main body with a first end in communication with an outlet of the Venturi tube section, a second end of the outlet passage being permissible to communicate with the atmosphere; and an isolation section for isolating internal passage of the pneumatic gas-sucking member from the atmosphere. The isolation section has a movement space within which a stopper body is movable between a blocking position and an unblocking position. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063931 | Electrical Submersible Pump System Having High Temperature Insulation Materials - Electric submersible well pumping systems operable in well temperatures of above about 180° C. (356° F.) utilize high temperature electrical insulation. The electrical insulation includes E-base polyimide films or perfluoropolymer TE films on various components. The insulation films are employed around magnet wires that are threaded through slots in the stator. Slot insulation of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film surrounds the magnet wires in the stator slots. Sheets of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film extend around and between phase loops of the magnet wire at the lower end of the stator. The motor contains a PAO oil having additives to dissipate acid generated by epoxy used in the motor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063932 | Electrical Submersible Pump System Having High Temperature Insulation Materials and Buffered Lubricant - Electric submersible well pumping systems operable in well temperatures of above about 180° C. (356° F.) utilize high temperature electrical insulation. The electrical insulation includes E-base polyimide films or perfluoropolymer TE films on various components. The insulation films are employed around magnet wires that are threaded through slots in the stator. Slot insulation of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film surrounds the magnet wires in the stator slots. Sheets of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film extend around and between phase loops of the magnet wire at the lower end of the stator. The motor contains a PAO oil having additives to dissipate acid generated by epoxy used in the motor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063933 | Electrical Submersible Pump System Having Improved Magnet Wire Leads - Electric submersible well pumping systems operable in well temperatures of above about 180° C. (356° F.) utilize high temperature electrical insulation. The electrical insulation includes E-base polyimide films or perfluoropolymer TE films on various components. The insulation films are employed around magnet wires that are threaded through slots in the stator. Slot insulation of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE surrounds the magnet wires in the stator slots. Sheets of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film extend around and between phase loops of the magnet wire at the lower end of the stator. The magnet wires in the stator have lead portions that extend The motor contains a PAO oil having additives to dissipate acid generated by epoxy used in the motor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063934 | Electrical Submersible Pump System Having High Temperature Slot, End Bell and Phase-to-Phase Insulation - Electric submersible well pumping systems operable in well temperatures of above about 180° C. (356° F.) utilize high temperature electrical insulation. The electrical insulation includes E-base polyimide films or perfluoropolymer TE films on various components. The insulation films are employed around magnet wires that are threaded through slots in the stator. Slot insulation of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film surrounds the magnet wires in the stator slots. Sheets of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film extend around and between phase loops of the magnet wire at the lower end of the stator. The motor contains a PAO oil having additives to dissipate acid generated by epoxy used in the motor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063935 | Inverter-Integrated Electric Compressor - An inverter-integrated electric compressor configured in such a manner that a motor is incorporated within a compressor, a control circuit board is provided to an inverter section which is provided with a motor drive circuit for driving the motor, and electric component parts including the control circuit board is fixed within a containment space surrounded by a compressor housing, wherein the control circuit board is fixed within the housing space through a board-fixing section, and a board vibration-isolating member, said board vibration-isolating member consisting of an electrically insulative elastic material, is provided between the control circuit board and the board-fixing section. A frame member having a convcave holding section may be loaded on the control circuit board, and a board vibration-isolating member, said board vibration-isolating member consisting of an electrically insulative elastic material, may be provided between the control circuit board and the frame member. The inverter-integrated electric compressor has highly reliable performance and configured in such a manner that the vibration of the control circuit board of the motor drive circuit is suppressed as much as possible. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063936 | MODULAR FLUID END FOR A MULTIPLEX PLUNGER PUMP - A modular fluid end for a multiplex plunger pump, each module machined from a single-piece steel forging with a plunger bore intersected by a linear suction/discharge bore and pumped fluid is discharged straight out through a top of the module into a discharge manifold made up using 1502 frac iron components. A compression clamp applies a crush load to opposed sides of the modules to extend service life. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063937 | SUCTION ARRANGEMENT FOR A HERMETIC REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR - The suction arrangement of the present invention is for a hermetic compressor of the type which includes a hermetic shell; a cylinder block defining, in a single piece, a shell portion and a compression cylinder having an end opened to the exterior of the hermetic shell and closed by a valve plate; a head affixed to the cylinder block onto the valve plate so as to define, with the latter, at least one suction chamber receiving refrigerant gas from a gas inlet pipe external to the hermetic shell. The suction arrangement of the present invention comprises a gas inlet duct defined through the shell portion and through the valve plate and having an outer end hermetically coupled to the gas inlet pipe and an inner end opened to the suction chamber. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063938 | FUEL FEED APPARATUS - A reservoir is in a bottomed tubular shape and located in a fuel tank. A lid member closes an opening of the reservoir. A pump unit discharges fuel stored in the reservoir to an exterior of the fuel tank. The pump unit is supported by a holding portion of the lid member. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063939 | HIGH PRESSURE PUMP INCLUDING HOLLOW STUD - A high-pressure fluid pump is operable to pressurize a fluid and includes a hollow stud including a first end, a second end, and a cylindrical space extending between the first end and the second end and a housing fixedly coupled to the first end of the hollow stud. A high pressure cylinder is disposed within the cylindrical space of the hollow stud. The high pressure cylinder includes a bore that extends from a first end to a second end of the high pressure cylinder. A seal head is engaged with the first end of the high pressure cylinder to define a seal therebetween and an end cap is coupled to the second end of the hollow stud and the seal head. The end cap is operable to apply a compressive force to the seal head to compress the seal head against the cylinder and to apply a tensile load to the hollow stud. A plunger is movable within the bore to pressurize the fluid in a space defined by the piston, the seal head, and the high pressure cylinder. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063940 | SUCTION AND DISCHARGE MECHANISMS FOR AN APPLIANCE REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR - Suction and discharge mechanisms for the compressor of a refrigeration cycle are provided. Two discharge ports for the removal of refrigerant from a compressor are described. Additionally, the present invention can provide a suction valve having an aperture for the flow of refrigerant around and through the suction valve when it is in an open position. As such, the present invention can provide a refrigerant compressor having an improved coefficient of discharge and increased efficiency. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063941 | ECCENTRIC-SCREW PUMP - An eccentric-screw pump has an axially split stator having axially opposite intake and output ends and an elastomeric liner defining an axially throughgoing passage. Respective intake and output housings are releasably secured to the intake and output ends of the stator. An axially extending screw rotor in the passage has an end in the intake housing. A drive includes a rotatable universal joint having a pair of relatively swivelable parts in the intake housing. Respective generally complementary formations on the end of the rotor and on one of the universal-joint parts can fit axially together to rotationally couple the one universal-joint part with the rotor. A latch secures the formations axially together for angular force transmission between the one universal-joint part and the rotor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063942 | SHROUDED THRUST BEARINGS - A rotary blood pump includes a casing defining a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber has a blood inlet and a tangential blood outlet. One or more motor stators are provided outside of the pumping chamber. A rotatable impeller is within the pumping chamber and is adapted to cause blood entering the pumping chamber to move to the blood outlet. The impeller has one or more magnetic regions. The impeller is radially constrained in rotation by magnetic coupling to one or more motor stators and is axially constrained in rotation by one or more hydrodynamic thrust bearing surfaces on the impeller. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063943 | METAL COMPOSITE POWDER, SINTERED BODY, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a composite powder of a metal and carbide (carbonitride) for a structural material, a sintered body, and methods of preparing the composite powder and sintered body. The composite powder for a structural member has a composition of M | 2012-03-15 |
20120063944 | BEARING COMPONENT - Bearing component ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120063945 | STEEL FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL USE - Provided is a steel for machine structural use which has excellent machinability (particularly, with respect to tool life) for both intermittent cutting with a high-speed steel tool and continuous cutting with a cemented carbide tool while maintaining strength properties required of the steel for machine structural use. Specifically, the steel for machine structural use contains C: 0.05-0.9 mass %, Si: 0.03-2 mass %, Mn: 0.2-1.8 mass %, P: 0.03 mass % or less, S: 0.03 mass % or less, Al: 0.1-0.5 mass %, N: 0.002-0.017 mass %, and O: 0.003 mass % or less, and contains one or more selected from a group consisting of Ti: 0.05 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %) and B: 0.008 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %), with the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies all of the following inequalities (1)-(3) below: | 2012-03-15 |
20120063946 | HOT WORK TOOL STEEL WITH OUTSTANDING TOUGHNESS AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - A hot work tool steel family with exceptional thermal diffusivity, toughness (both fracture toughness and notch sensitivity resilience CVN—charpy V-notch) and trough hardenability has been developed. Mechanical resistance and yield strength at room and high temperatures (above 600° C.) are also high, because the tool steels of the present invention present a high alloying level despite the high thermal conductivity. Given the exceptional resistance to thermal fatigue and thermal shock, wear resistance can be severely increased for many applications requiring simultaneously resistance to thermal cracking and wear like is the case for some forging and some parts of die casting dies. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063947 | MOLYBDENUM-BASED TARGET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A TARGET BY THERMAL SPRAYING - Target of nominal thickness (e), comprising at least one molybdenum-based compound, characterized in that it has:
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20120063948 | NANOWIRE PREPARATION METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND ARTICLES - Preparation methods, compositions, and articles are disclosed and claimed. Methods for reducing metal ions to metals, the metal products, and articles comprising the metal products are claimed. The claimed inventions are useful for electronic and optical applications. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063949 | Sterilization and Decontamination of an Enclosed Environment - A method of sterilisation, decontamination and/or sanitation of an enclosed environment, the method comprising the steps of measuring the temperature of an enclosed environment to be treated; calculating the relative humidity required to provide a desired partial pressure at the measured temperature, the actual desired partial pressure required being based on a predetermined optimum partial pressure at a base temperature corresponding to an optimum operating temperature for that environment; introducing a predetermined quantity of water to the environment to provide the calculated relative humidity for the measured temperature; discharging ozone into the humidified environment; maintaining the ozone level at a concentration that will achieve the required degree of decontamination, sterilisation and/or sanitation of the humid environment; and reducing the ozone level to an acceptable safe exposure level. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063950 | BACILLUS STRAINS USEFUL FOR ANIMAL ODOR CONTROL - A composition is provided that includes | 2012-03-15 |
20120063951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ODORS IN A BLIND - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling a concentration of descenting particles within a temporary structure. The temporary structure comprises a plurality of sidewalls and a roof interconnecting the sidewalls. A plurality of selectively openable and closeable upper windows and lower vents are disposed in the sidewalls. The lower vents are disposed at a location below the upper windows. An ozone generator is disposed within and coupled to the temporary structure to produce descenting particles that are controlled within a hunting zone of the temporary structure to be between about 0.04 and 0.1 ppm. | 2012-03-15 |
20120063952 | UV RESISTANT CLEAR LAMINATES - A multilayer construct includes a fluoropolymer first layer; a UV resistant fluoropolymer adhesive layer, and a third layer, wherein the fluoropolymer adhesive layer is between the first and third layers. The adhesive layer can optionally include an ultraviolet radiation absorber. | 2012-03-15 |