16th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160108725 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL TELEMETRY ACOUSTIC NOISE REDUCTION - A method for dual telemetry noise reduction on a drilling rig comprises receiving an acoustic signal including first telemetry data transmitted over a drill string of the drilling rig. A pressure signal is received including the first telemetry data transmitted through drilling mud of the drill string of the drilling rig. The pressure signal is substantially similar to the acoustic signal and offset from the acoustic signal by a first period of time. The telemetry data is determined and the noise contained within the acoustic signal and the pressure signal rejected responsive to both the received acoustic signal and the received pressure signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMING SOIL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRILLING INSTABILITY DURING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING - Disclosed is a system and method for horizontal directional drilling (HDD). The system and method utilize predictive algorithms to both characterize the soil within the borehole and to quantify instability within the drillstring. The soil characteristics are represented by a soil coefficient (α) which relates the curvature of the borehole with the length of thrust of the drill rig as well as by comparison of thrust while thrusting with torque while drilling. The value of (α) is obtained by comparison of the historical orientation of the drilling head over the length of the borehole and the borehole shape as determined by an arbitrary navigation sensor. Drillstring instability is determined as a function of historical thrust and torque efficiencies and windup over the length of the borehole. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108727 | Rock Formation Testing Method and Formation Testing Instrument - A method of formation testing and a formation testing instrument, comprising a first pump, a dual packer module, a reverse injection module and a second pump, the dual packer module being provided with a support arm at one side thereof capable of setting after deployed; and the dual packer module being provided with first and second probes at the other side, wherein the first probe is located above the second probe and the first and second probes can establish a channel with the formation; the second pump injecting the acidizing liquid in the reverse injection module into the fluid region in the formation by the second probe; and the first pump sucking the fluid in the formation by the first probe. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108728 | INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENT-BASED OPTICAL SENSOR NETWORK AND RELATED METHODS - An optical sensor network utilizing Integrated Computational Elements (“ICE”) provides the capability to measure chemical compositions in a variety of application environments in real-time. In one exemplary application, the network comprises a plurality of ICE modules distributed throughout a downhole well environment. The ICE modules are communicably coupled to a computer station which controls the operation and power consumption of the ICE modules. The computer station may selectively activate and deactivate one or more of the ICE modules to regulate power consumption and/or may select the optimal ICE modules to activate at any given time. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108729 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CONCURRENT DETERMINATION OF FLUID DENSITY AND VISCOSITY IN-SITU - A measurement device and method for determining the density and viscosity of a fluid in a downhole environment from vibration frequencies of a sample cavity. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108730 | THREE-PHASE FLOW IDENTIFICATION AND RATE DETECTION USING ACOUSTIC GUIDE ARRAY - An apparatus for estimating a fraction of each component of a fluid of interest flowing in a cased borehole and a property of the fluid includes an acoustic waveguide sensor having a waveguide configured to guide an acoustic signal along a waveguide path and an array of acoustic transducers coupled to the waveguide for transmitting and receiving an acoustic signal, the acoustic waveguide sensor being configured to transmit and receive a compression-wave acoustic signal that is reflected off of the casing and transmit and receive a shear-wave acoustic signal that propagates along the path. A controller is coupled to the waveguide sensor and configured to perform a compression-wave acoustic measurement on the fluid using the acoustic waveguide sensor in order to estimate the fraction of each component of the fluid and to perform a shear-wave acoustic measurement in order to estimate the property of the fluid. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108731 | Drum Housing For A Working Drum Of A Construction Machine Or Mining Machine, Construction Machine Or Mining Machine, As Well As Method For Monitoring The Condition Of A Working Drum Of A Construction Machine Or Mining Machine - In a drum housing for a working drum of a construction machine or mining machine, said working drum being provided with tools and rotating about a drum axis, with a housing shell which at least partially encloses the circumference of the working drum, and with at least one inspection opening for a monitoring device arranged in the housing shell, wherein said monitoring device inspects the condition of the working drum or the tools thereof, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a closing mechanism is arranged on the outside of the housing shell, said closing mechanism enabling closure of the at least one inspection opening. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108732 | SWITCH GAIN SCHEDULED EXPLICIT MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method for controlling an internal combustion engine using a controller that controls an air flow path by adjusting at least one of a variable geometry turbine (VGT) and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) flow rate during engine operation. The method determines inputs, such as engine speed and fuel rate from the sensor data, and employs a switch based gain-scheduled explicit model predictive controller (MPC) responsive to the inputs to determine the air flow path. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108733 | A SILENT GEAR PUMP OR MOTOR SUPPRESSING TROUBLES OF TRAPPING FLUID - Fluid delivery devices using a pair of meshed external gears, in spite of no reciprocating component for fluid delivery enabling low rotational vibration, the high noise due to the trapping phenomenon, and the teeth bouncing contact due to undesired large backlash heretofore afforded in the gear manufacturing process, restrict the employments in the industrial field requiring quiet environment such as electric motor vehicles or room services. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108734 | BLADING - A blading for a turbomachine, particularly for a gas turbine, wherein thickened areas and depressions are formed and disposed on a lateral wall having a plurality of blades such that at least one depression or thickened area is disposed at a blade pressure side and at least one thickened area or depression is disposed at a blade suction side for each blade of the plurality of blades. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108735 | TANDEM ROTOR BLADES - A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section and a compressor case with a low pressure compressor (LPC) and a high pressure compressor (HPC). The HPC is aft of the LPC. The compressor case defines a centerline axis. The compressor section also includes a rotor disk defined between the compressor case and the centerline axis. A plurality of stages defined radially inward relative to the compressor case. The plurality of stages includes at least one tandem blade stage. The tandem blade stage includes a plurality of blade pairs. Each blade pair is circumferentially spaced apart from the other blade pairs, and is operatively connected to the rotor disk. Each blade pair includes a forward blade and an aft blade. The aft blade is configured to further condition air flow with respect to the forward blade without an intervening stator vane stage shrouded cavity therebetween. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108736 | A TRIBRID WIND TURBINE BLADE - A tribrid wind turbine blade is described, wherein the blade is formed from three separate parts made using three different manufacturing approaches. A root section of the blade is formed by a load-bearing central spar having an aerodynamic shell or fairing fitted to the spar. A mainboard portion is formed from a load-bearing shell structure. A tip portion is formed as an integrally-formed element from a one-shot closed moulding process. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108737 | BLADE SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BLADE SYSTEM - A blade system for a gas turbine has a blade device and a further blade device. The blade device has a shroud, an airfoil extending from the shroud along the radial direction, the shroud has at a circumferential end a wedge face having a recess extending with a component along the axial direction, and a damping wire arranged within the recess such that the damping wire is adapted for contacting the shroud and a further wedge face of a further shroud of a further blade device arranged adjacent to the shroud along the circumferential direction. The recess includes an inclining side surface which has a normal, non-parallel with the radial direction, the further wedge face has a plane surface onto which the damping wire is abuttable. A method of manufacturing a blade system includes arranging the further shroud adjacent to the shroud and arranging a damping wire within the recess. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108738 | GAS TURBINE COMPONENT WITH PLATFORM COOLING - A gas turbine engine component includes an airfoil that extends from a first side of a platform and a cooling passage that extends through the platform and includes an inlet located on a second opposite side of the platform. The inlet is located axially upstream of the airfoil. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108739 | FILM HOLE WITH PROTRUDING FLOW ACCUMULATOR - A wall of a gas turbine engine is provided. The wall may comprise an external surface adjacent a gas path and an internal surface adjacent an internal flow path. A film hole may have an inlet at the internal surface and an outlet at the external surface. A flow accumulator adjacent the inlet may protrude from the internal surface. A method of making an engine component is also provided and comprises the step of forming a component wall comprising an accumulator on an internal surface and a film hole defined by the component wall. The film hole may include an opening adjacent the accumulator and defined by the internal surface. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108740 | GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH IMPROVED LEADING EDGE AIRFOIL COOLING - An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a body with a first side wall and a second side wall joined at a leading edge and a trailing edge, the first side wall having a first interior surface and the second side wall having a second interior surface. The airfoil further includes an internal wall disposed within of the body and extending between the first interior surface and the second interior surface to define a supply passage and a leading edge passage. The internal wall defines a plurality of cooling holes to direct cooling air from the supply passage to the leading edge passage such that the cooling air impinges upon the leading edge. The airfoil further includes a first plurality of grooves formed in the first interior surface, each the first plurality of grooves extending in a chordwise direction within the leading edge passage. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108741 | COMPOSITE COMPONENT - A composite component having a body formed from a plurality of fibre reinforced non-metallic layers. The body comprises a delamination region configured so as to permit delamination; and a deflector region configured so as to resist delamination. In the event of delamination, delamination is deflected to and continues to propagate in the delamination region. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108742 | PARTIALLY COATED BLADE - A partially coated blade for a gas turbine engine, including a fillet surface surrounding the airfoil section and connecting it to the platform section. A radially outermost portion of the pressure side and leading edge is covered by a thermal barrier coating. This portion extends radially from a first limit to the blade tip. The first limit is located at a radial distance from the platform of at most 21% of the maximum span. The fillet surface is free or substantially free of the thermal barrier coating. In another embodiment, a second portion of the pressure side and of the leading edge is free or substantially free of the thermal barrier coating, extending radially from the platform section to a second limit located a radial distance from the platform section corresponding to at least 5% of the maximum span. A method of applying a thermal barrier coating is also discussed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108743 | Turbine Blade, and Turbine Rotor and Steam Turbine Using the Turbine Blade - Disclosed is a turbine blade including a turbine blade substrate including an iron-base alloy; an erosion shield plate including a Co-base alloy; and a shim including a Ni—Fe alloy, in which the erosion shield plate is fixed to a leading edge of the turbine blade substrate with the shim therebetween by an electron beam welding. Thus, a turbine blade having a highly reliable, bonded portion of an erosion shield, and a turbine rotor and a steam turbine using the turbine blade are provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108744 | ROTOR DISK BLADE WITH FRICTION-HELD ROOT, ROTOR DISK, TURBOMACHINE AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY METHOD - A rotor disk blade for a turbine engine, the blade being made of composite material including fiber reinforcement obtained by multilayer weaving of yarns and densified by a matrix. The blade has a portion constituting an airfoil and a blade root forming a single piece, the blade root having two substantially plane opposite lateral flanks that are formed respectively extending the pressure side surface and the suction side surface of the airfoil. The blade root is clamped between two metal plates fastened against the lateral flanks of the blade root by a bolt and a nut passing through the plates and the blade root. The bolt has a head bearing against one of the two plates. The nut has a head bearing against the other plate. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108745 | GAS TURBINE HUB - A unitary one-piece hub has first and second rings and a midsection arranged between the first and second rings. The midsection includes a plurality of windows configured to receive a plurality of cross members. The windows include a lip configured to surround the cross members. A gas turbine engine and a method of providing a hub for a gas turbine engine are also disclosed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108746 | VANE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF CONTINUOUS FIBERS - A vane assembly includes a plurality of airfoils that extend from a first end to a second, opposed end. A first platform is at the first end and is joined to the plurality of airfoils. A second platform is at the second end and is joined to the plurality of airfoils. At least one of the first platform, the second platform and the plurality of airfoils include a three-dimensional arrangement of continuous fibers and at least one different one of the first platform, the second platform and the plurality of airfoils include a two-dimensional arrangement of continuous fibers. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108747 | STATOR VANE STRUCTURE AND TURBOFAN JET ENGINE USING THE SAME - A distal end portion and a proximal end portion of a guide vane formed from a composite material are respectively supported by connecting support bodies formed from a metal, and the connecting support bodies of the distal end portion and the proximal end portion are connected by a conductive wire while the conductive wire is passed through a space between a leading edge surface of the guide vane and a sheath. In a turbofan jet engine, a lightning current due to a lightning strike can be fended off while a controlling function of a stator vane formed from a composite material is ensured, and an inspection is also easy. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108748 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH DOVE-TAILED TOBI VANE - A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a TOBI module which includes a TOBI housing. The TOBI housing has a slot. A vane including a dovetail is removably received within the slot. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108749 | TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD - A turbine blade tip shroud ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160108750 | CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEAL WITH SEAL DAMPENING ELEMENTS - The present disclosure relates to sealing systems for gas turbine engines. In one embodiment, a circumferential seal for a gas turbine engine includes a first beam, a second beam, a seal shoe and at least one feature between the first beam and second beam configured to retain a beam spacer, wherein the at least one feature is configured to dampen at least one of beam and shoe vibration of the circumferential seal. Another embodiment is directed to a circumferential seal including a beam spacer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108751 | A SEAL ASSEMBLY - A seal assembly for restricting fluid leakage flow through a fluid leakage cavity defined between a first component and second component that is rotatable about an axis relative to the first component, the seal assembly comprising a fluid jet outlet configured to admit a fluid jet into the fluid leakage cavity in an upstream direction which is inclined to the axis, a first flow restriction located downstream of the fluid jet outlet and at a location such that the fluid jet admitted from the fluid jet outlet would impinge on the first flow restriction once the fluid jet has turned to flow in an axial direction, and a second flow restriction located downstream of the first flow restriction. An axial flow turbine comprising a turbine rotor mounted within a housing may incorporate such a seal assembly in a fluid leakage cavity defined between the turbine rotor and the housing. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108752 | KINETIC ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODS - Systems, methods and apparatus for subjecting high-pressure fluids to a fluid flow assembly that generates or extracts work/energy using a work producing machine. Kinetic energy from the work producing machine is converted to electricity using a generator or similar apparatus. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108753 | Insulating Test Engine Hood for a Turbine Engine on a Test Bench - The present application concerns a test engine hood for a turbine engine, such as a double flow turbine. The test hood allows replacement of a flight engine hood during tests on a test bench on the ground where the temperature conditions could damage the flight hood. The test hood includes a tubular wall of carbon-fibre epoxy composite, and metal flanges upstream and downstream. To provide thermal protection, the test hood includes a layer of silicone with a majority of polysiloxane. The layer covers the entire inner surface of the wall to create a barrier. The present application also concerns a method for testing a turbine engine on a test bench, where the turbine engine is fitted with a test casing. The present application also concerns a use of silicone for thermal insulation of the inside of the test hood of the turbine engine on a test bench on the ground. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108754 | Splitter Nose With Plasma De-Icing For Axial Turbine Engine Compressor - The invention deals with a splitter nose delimiting the inlet of a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbine engine. The splitter nose comprises a separation surface with an upstream circular edge suitable for separating a flow entering into the turbine engine into a primary flow and a secondary flow, and a plasma de-icing device. The device comprises two annular layers of dielectric material ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160108755 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A gas turbine engine component includes an exterior pressure side with a plurality of cooling holes located in the exterior pressure side. A relief cut surrounds at least one of the plurality of cooling holes. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108756 | TURBO MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH TURBO MACHINE - A turbo machine, especially gas turbine, comprises a rotor, which rotates about a horizontal machine axis, and which is enclosed by a coaxial enclosure comprising a metal casing, whereby an electrical heating system is provided on the lower half of said metal casing. A safe operation is achieved by having said heating system configured as a redundant system. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108757 | INTEGRATED OUTER FLOWPATH DUCTING AND FRONT FRAME SYSTEM FOR USE IN A TURBOFAN ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A system and method is provided for an integrated aircraft turbofan engine outer flowpath ducting and front frame that minimizes assembly interfaces and reduces overall aircraft engine weight. The system and method provide an integrated turbofan engine outer flowpath ducting and front frame system that decouples the fairing/aerodynamic duties from the struts/weight bearing duties thereby enabling efficient distribution of mechanical load. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108758 | CORRUGATED MID-TURBINE FRAME THERMAL RADIATION SHIELD - A corrugated shield comprises a mounting base and a corrugated ring section. The mounting base is disposed at an aft end of the ring section for securing the shield ring section within a generally annular cavity. The generally annular cavity is defined at least in part by a hot fluid flow path boundary wall, and a radially adjacent and spaced apart cold fluid flow path boundary wall. The corrugated ring section is configured to substantially block a line of sight between the hot fluid flow path boundary wall and the cold fluid flow path boundary wall. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108759 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING OR DISMANTLING, REPLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CAN-COMBUSTOR - The present invention concerning of a device for mounting or dismantling, replacement and maintenance of a can-combustor of a gas turbine engine including an assembly tool or assembly tool with additional frame having at least one lifting beam, at least one linear driver, wheels, at least one eccentric rolling hook for fixation of the gas turbine housing, optionally spacers for building the interface to the can-combustor, adapters, lifting points for the main crane. The eccentric rolling hook is connected to the gas turbine housing by giving in axial or quasi-axial direction a force for mounting or dismantling the can-combustor from the gas turbine housing. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108760 | TURNING DEVICE AND ROTARY MACHINE - A turning device is provided with: a casing; a drive motor provided above the casing; a drive wheel rotated by the drive motor, the drive wheel being supported on one side of a reference plane located on the drive axis of the drive motor and parallel to the vertical direction, the drive wheel being rotatable about a reference line intersecting the reference plane; a driven wheel disposed within the casing, the driven wheel being supported so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to the reference line, the driven wheel being connected to the drive wheel through an annular member; a first gear wheel coaxially connected to the driven wheel and having a first spur gear; a second gear wheel having a second spur gear meshing with a wheel gear which is provided coaxially with a rotating shaft extending parallel to the reference line, the second spur gear also meshing with the first spur gear of the first gear wheel; an arm member for rotatably supporting the second gear wheel; a movement mechanism for moving the arm member to thereby move the second gear wheel between a meshed position at which the second gear wheel is meshed with the wheel gear and a retracted position at which the second gear wheel is not meshed with the wheel gear; and a cover adapted to mountable and removable from the casing and covering the drive wheel. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108761 | CONCRETE AND TUBE HOT THERMAL EXCHANGE AND ENERGY STORE (TXES) INCLUDING TEMPERATURE GRADIENT CONTROL TECHNIQUES - A thermal heat capture, storage, and exchange arrangement, includes at least one thermal exchange and storage (TXES) array, with each TXES array including one or more TXES elements that receive a fluid flow of a heat source fluid and a working fluid, with the TXES elements providing for a transfer of thermal energy between the heat source fluid and the TXES elements. A manifold system provides the working fluid to an input of the TXES elements and receives the working fluid from an output of the TXES elements. At least one heat engine operable with the TXES array extracts heat from the TXES array and converts it to mechanical energy, with the heat engine being selectively connected to the manifold system of a TXES array to pass the working fluid through the TXES elements, such that a transfer of thermal energy between the working fluid and the TXES elements occurs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108762 | FALLING FILM EVAPORATOR FOR POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS | 2016-04-21 |
20160108763 | RANKINE CYCLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH SC-CO2 WORKING FLUID AND INTEGRATED ABSORPTION REFRIGERATINO CHILLER - A power generation system in which a Rankine condensation power cycle using supercritical CO | 2016-04-21 |
20160108764 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BUILT CAMSHAFT - An assembled camshaft and a method for producing an assembled camshaft are disclosed. The assembled camshaft may include a camshaft main body having a longitudinal axis. The camshaft main body may include a first axial section and a second axial section disposed between the first axial section and a third axial section. The second axial section may have an outer profile including a toothing extending in an axial direction. At least one sliding cam may be arranged on the second axial section. A drive wheel may be arranged on a free end of the first axial section, and a receiving element may be arranged on at least one of the first axial section and the third axial section. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108765 | CAM CARRIER MODULE FOR VEHICLES - A cam carrier module for vehicles may include a cam carrier coupled with a cylinder head, an injector penetrating through the cam carrier and the cylinder head, and a sealing device provided between the cam carrier and the cylinder head and enclosing the injector to implement sealing of the injector. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108766 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION MALFUNCTIONS BY MONITORING FLUID PRESSURE IN A CONTROL GALLERY - A system and method for diagnosing malfunctions in a variable valve actuation device. The method uses a rocker arm assembly with a hydraulically operated latch for latching together first and second arms of the rocker arm assembly when latched. The rocker arm assembly includes a source of pressurized fluid connected to a hydraulic valve that provides fluid high or low pressure fluid to the hydraulically-operated latch. A control gallery connects the hydraulic valve to the latch. A pressure transducer is positioned within the gallery and is adapted to create a signal indicating the pressure in the gallery. A control unit is coupled to the hydraulic valve and the pressure transducer. The control unit is adapted to sense engine operation parameters, actuate the hydraulic valve, read the signal from the pressure transducer; and identify malfunctions of the rocker arm assembly based upon the signal from the transducer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108769 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device includes an advancing chamber and a retarding chamber between driving and driven rotating bodies, an intermediate locking mechanism performing switching between a locked state and an unlocked state, an advancing channel connected to the advancing chamber, a retarding channel connected to the retarding chamber, and at least one electromagnetic valve supplying/discharging working fluid to/from the advancing chamber, retarding chamber, and intermediate lock mechanism due to an electricity supply amount being changed. When working fluid is discharged from the intermediate lock mechanism, and working fluid is supplied to the advancing chamber and is discharged from the retarding chamber, the maximum working fluid flow amount through the advancing and retarding channels is greater than the maximum working fluid flow amount through the advancing and retarding channels when the electromagnetic valve is controlled such that the working fluid is supplied to the intermediate lock mechanism. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108770 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device is configured to be capable of appropriately setting a valve opening/closing timing within a short period of time from start-up of an internal combustion engine. An advancing chamber and a retarding chamber for relative phase control are formed between a driving rotating body that rotates synchronously with a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine and a driven rotating body that rotates integrally with a valve opening/closing camshaft, and a lock mechanism that locks the relative rotation phase at a locked phase is provided. During start-up of the internal combustion engine, a controller starts fluid-filling control for filling the advancing chamber and the retarding chamber with a fluid, and performs unlock control for releasing a locked state of the lock mechanism before filling of the fluid by the fluid-filling control is completed. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108771 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When a lock demand of a camshaft phase occurs, a control mode of a hydraulic control valve s switched to a locking mode after an actual camshaft phase is controlled to a lock phase, and a lock pin (an inner pin and an outer pin) is moved to a lock position. Thus, the camshaft phase is locked at the lock phase, and a timing advance chamber and a timing retard chamber are made a state of communicating with each other through a back space. In this state, a locking time filling control is executed. In the locking time filling control, the control mode of a hydraulic control valve is switched to a filling mode, the hydraulic oil is supplied to a timing advance chamber, both of the timing advance chamber and the timing retard chamber are filled with the hydraulic oil, the back space is filled with the hydraulic oil, and thereafter the control mode of the hydraulic control valve is returned to the locking mode. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108772 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108773 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108775 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE CAM TIMING DEVICE - Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108777 | GAS EXCHANGE VALVE ACTUATOR FOR AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF A GAS EXCHANGE VALVE OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE - An actuator for axial displacement of a gas exchange valve of a combustion engine is configured to be connected to a pressure fluid source and a pressure fluid sink, respectively, and to be driven by a gaseous pressure fluid and includes an actuator piston including an actuator piston disc and an actuator piston rod projecting therefrom in the axial direction, a cylinder volume, the disc separating the cylinder volume into a first part and a second part and being displaceable back and forth in the axial direction in the cylinder volume between an inactive position and an active position, the first part being configured for controllable fluid communication with the pressure fluid source and the pressure fluid sink, respectively, and a hydraulic circuit includes a chamber, the free end of the rod being arranged therein, wherein the rod is displaceable back and forth in the axial direction in a channel. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108778 | VALVE-TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve-timing control apparatus includes an electric motor; a speed-reduction mechanism configured to reduce a rotational speed of the output shaft of the electric motor; a slip ring provided on a surface of a tip portion of the electric motor; a cover member provided to cover at least a part of the surface of the tip portion of the electric motor; a power-feeding brush disposed in the cover member and being in contact with the slip ring; and an angle sensing mechanism configured to sense a rotational angle of the output shaft of the electric motor. The angle sensing mechanism includes a detected portion attached to the output shaft of the electric motor, and a detecting portion attached to the cover member and opposed to the detected portion. The power-feeding brush is located so as not to overlap with the detected portion in a vertically-upper direction from the detected portion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108779 | VARIABLE VALVE MECHANISM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism, which includes a rocker arm including an input member and an output member; a switching device that switches a drive state of the valve by displacing the switching pin between a coupling position at which the switching pin extends between the first pinhole in the input member and the second pin hole in the output member and a non-coupling position at which the switching pin does not extend; and a lost motion spring. A displacement clearance is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the first or second pin hole and an outer peripheral surface of the switching pin to permit the relative displacement in a range of the displacement clearance at a coupled time so that a tappet clearance is not formed with the input member urged toward the cam by the lost motion spring. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108780 | VARIABLE VALVE MECHANISM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine, which includes a rocker arm that includes a roller arm including a roller that rotatably abuts against a cam and a side arm provided at a side of the roller arm and that drives a valve, and a switching device that includes a switching pin and a hydraulic chamber provided inside the rocker arm and that switches a drive state of the valve by displacing the switching pin between a coupling position at which the switching pin extends between the roller arm and the side arm and a non-coupling position at which the switching pin does not extend between the roller arm and the side arm based on variations in hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber. The switching pin is provided on an axis of the roller, and the hydraulic chamber is provided inside the roller arm. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108781 | VARIABLE-FLOW RATE OIL PUMP - A variable-flow rate oil pump includes: a main oil pump; a subsidiary oil pump; a control valve provided with a spool valve body; a main discharge oil passage; a subsidiary discharge oil passage merging with the main discharge oil passage; a main relief oil passage branching from the main discharge oil passage; a subsidiary relief oil passage branching from the subsidiary discharge oil passage; and a check valve permitting a flow only in one direction from the upstream side to the downstream side of the subsidiary discharge oil passage. The control valve is positioned at respective intermediate points of the main relief oil passage and the subsidiary relief oil passage, and the control valve is positioned on the upstream side of the check valve in the subsidiary discharge oil passage, and an engine speed at which the subsidiary discharge oil passage. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108782 | VIBRATION-TYPE OIL SEPARATOR AND BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A vibration-type oil separator includes a housing having a blow-by gas entering path through which a blow-by gas enters, an oil-discharging path which discharges an oil separated from the blow-by gas to outside, and a gas-discharging path which discharges a gas obtained by separating the oil from the blow-by gas to the outside. A vibration cylinder has an orifice formed thereon for escaping the gas and generating vibration by a back pressure of the blow-by gas and an external force applied to the housing to separate the oil and the blow-by gas. A fixing rod fixes the vibration cylinder in an internal space of the housing, in which both side portions thereof are fixed to the housing and a central portion thereof is fixed to the vibration cylinder. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108783 | REGENERATION ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - A device for determining any regeneration abnormality of a particulate filter | 2016-04-21 |
20160108784 | WHITE SMOKE REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR DIESEL VEHICLE - A white smoke reduction system for a diesel vehicle reduces white smoke generated from a diesel vehicle. The white smoke reduction system includes a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) mounted on an exhaust line connected to an engine to oxidize exhaust gas through a catalyst. A filter module is connected to a rear end of the DOC to collect particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas and is coated with a ceria (CeO | 2016-04-21 |
20160108785 | Method for operating a device for the dosed supply of a liquid - A method for operating a device configured to provide a dosed supply of a liquid. The device has: a pump delivering the liquid and having a pump housing having an inlet and an outlet, an eccentric on the pump housing, and a deformable diaphragm arranged between the pump housing and the eccentric. The deformable diaphragm and the pump housing delimit a delivery path from the inlet to the outlet and form at least one seal of the delivery path, the seal being displaceable along the delivery path by a movement of the eccentric to deliver the liquid. The method comprises: detecting a demanded dose amount of the liquid; activating the pump to deliver the liquid by the pump; stopping operation of the pump when the delivered amount of the liquid corresponds to the demanded dose amount; deactivating the pump when the eccentric is situated in a predefined park position. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CALCULATE CONCENTRATION OF DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID (DEF) - A system to calculate concentration of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in an exhaust of an engine is disclosed. The system includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) module, a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) module, a first NOx sensor, a second NOx sensor, and a control module. The SCR module is adapted to receive exhaust gas. The diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) module introduces the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) into the exhaust and is upstream of the SCR module. The first NOx sensor is in fluid communication with exhaust to detect a first NOx value of the exhaust gas at a location upstream of the SCR module. The second NOx sensor is in fluid communication with exhaust to detect a second NOx value of the exhaust gas at a location downstream of the SCR module. The control module is in communication with the first NOx sensor, the SCR module, and the second NOx sensor to calculate a numeric value of the concentration of the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) based on a conversion ratio. The conversion ratio is calculated according to a NOx differential between the first NOx sensor and the second NOx sensor relative to a predicted NOx differential for a given amount of DEF injected. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108787 | BYPASS EXHAUST PATHWAY TO ALLOW GASES TO BYPASS THE START CATALYST OF A VEHICLE - A system for improving the fuel economy of a vehicle includes an engine configured to produce an initial exhaust gas, a first exhaust pipe connected to the engine, a start catalyst connected to the first exhaust pipe and a second exhaust pipe connected to the start catalyst. The system also includes a bypass exhaust pipe connected to the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe and a valve positioned at one end of the bypass exhaust pipe and configured to move between a closed position and an open position for directing the initial exhaust gas to the start catalyst and/or the bypass exhaust pipe. The system includes an electronic control unit that is used to control the first valve to be in the closed position or the open position based on an estimated temperature of the start catalyst. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS FLOW IN ENGINE SYSTEM - A method and system for controlling an exhaust gas flow in an engine system are provided. The method includes detecting operating conditions of an engine and operating a valve that is disposed on a line bypassing a catalyst unit based on the operating conditions such that exhaust gas bypasses the catalyst unit. The operating conditions include a vehicle speed, an engine rotation speed, a fuel injection amount, an accelerator pedal signal, a coolant temperature, or a lambda value of exhaust gas. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108789 | CONSTANT MASS FLOW INJECTION SYSTEM - Exhaust aftertreatment assemblies and methods of manufacturing and operating exhaust aftertreatment assemblies. The exhaust aftertreatment assembly includes a reductant delivery device, a reductant source fluidly coupled to the reductant delivery device, a mixing chamber positioned between the reductant delivery device and the reductant source and thereby fluidly coupling the reductant source to the reductant delivery device, and a compressed air source fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber upstream of the mixing chamber with respect to the reductant delivery device. The compressed air source provides compressed air to mix with reductant in the mixing chamber. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108790 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM OF ENGINE - A waste heat recovery system of an engine is provided. The waste heat recovery system includes an inlet member adapted to introduce exhaust gases in the aftertreatment system, and an outlet member adapted to receive the exhaust gases from the Selective Catalytic Reduction module. The outlet member includes a first surface defining a passage, and a second surface coupled with a power generation module. The power generation module includes a plurality of power generating units having a first lead and a second lead. The power generating units are adapted to generate electric power based on a temperature gradient between the first and second lead. At least one of the first lead and the second lead is exposed to the exhaust gases. An electric load is coupled with the plurality of power generating units for utilizing the power generated by the plurality of power generating units. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108791 | Aftertreatment Control for Detection of Fuel Contaminant Concentration - A method and a system for determining if fuel containing more than the desired concentration of sulfur is being combusted in an engine. The engine includes a selected catalytic reduction (SCR) module or a lean NOx trap (LNT) and the system includes various sensors and a controller for calculating NOx conversion ratio and ammonia slip. Timers are utilized for purposes of positively identifying when sulfur in the fuel is causing a substandard performance of the exhaust system. If the timers or time periods are not satisfied, a conversion ratio failure or an ammonia slip failure is attributable to equipment failure, and not sulfur in the fuel. However, if the timers are satisfied, then sulfur in the fuel is positively identified as the problem thereby enabling the operator to eliminate equipment failure as a possible source of the conversion ratio or ammonia slip failure. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108792 | COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST SYSTEM - A component ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160108793 | Diesel Exhaust Fluid Pump Electronics and Tank Unit Cooling - A housing for an exhaust fluid pump electronics and tank unit may include a chamber and a deflection flange. The housing may include a removable cover including a vent and a cover flange. The cover flange may be removably coupled to the deflection flange. A duct may be disposed on the housing and capable of fluidly communicating the chamber to a negative pressure source. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108794 | REDUCING TURBOCHARGED ENGINE OVERHEATING - A method comprising in response to coolant loss in a turbocharged engine, deactivating one or more engine cylinders while limiting engine load of one or more active cylinders based on an engine speed, and a cylinder head temperature. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VARIABLE WATER PUMP BASED ON FLOW RATE CONTROL MODES - A method for controlling a variable water pump, in which a variable water pump for circulating a coolant is simultaneously controlled in association with an integrated flow rate control logic which controls a coolant flow based on a driving status of a vehicle, includes controlling the variable water pump to circulate the coolant and an integrated flow rate control valve to control the coolant flow using the integrated flow rate control logic. Flow rate control modes are classified into a heating mode and a fuel efficiency mode in consideration of operation information of an engine and the driving status of the vehicle. An operation of the variable water pump is controlled based on the operation information of the engine and the driving status of the vehicle in the heating mode or the fuel efficiency mode. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108796 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat is fitted with a heat sensing portion caused to expand and move by heat transmitted from a coolant, and controlling a flow rate of the coolant flowing into a radiator or an engine by operation of the heat sensing portion. The thermostat includes a flow-changing wall mounted at a lower portion of the thermostat such that the flow-changing wall changes a flow direction of the coolant, towards a vicinity of the heat sensing portion. The flow-changing wall comprises a coupling poriton fixedly coupled to a lower portion of the heat sensing portion, and a skirt extending towards a lower portion of the coupling portion such that the skirt changes the flow direction of the coolant, towards the coupling portion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108797 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat for controlling the flow of a coolant into a radiator and a bypass circuit is provided. When the bypass circuit is to be closed, the thermostat displaces a shaft that is operably attached to a bypass plate. When in the closed position, the bypass plate is configured to engage a top wall of the bypass circuit so as to prevent the flow of coolant into the bypass circuit. To minimize the formation of a water pressure pulses generated by the closing of the bypass circuit, only a portion of the bypass plate initially contacts the top wall. Such limited contact allows for the restriction of the flow of coolant into the bypass circuit, and interrupts the even flow of coolant around the bypass plate. Such restriction and/or interruption allows for the gradual closing of the bypass circuit, which minimizes the associated water hammer effect. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING TURBOCHARGER EFFICIENCY - Methods and systems are provided for enhancing turbocharger performance for a boosted engine system configured to operate with a pattern of deactivated cylinders. In one example, a method may include, in response to a demand for boost, operating with a cylinder pattern based on boost demand and turbocharger configuration. The specific pattern may depend on the pattern constraints imposed by engine load and NVH metrics. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108799 | TWIN TURBO ENGINE - There is provided an arrangement of an internal combustion engine with a sequentially parallel twin turbocharger, in which at least one turbocharger has an electrical energy converter which can be used optionally as a motor for driving a compressor in the lower rotational speed range of the internal combustion engine or as a generator for charging a connected battery. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108800 | WASTEGATE ACTUATOR GAIN ADJUSTMENT - Various methods for controlling a wastegate actuator are provided. In one example, a method comprises adjusting one or more wastegate controller gains responsive to limiting current supplied to a wastegate actuator, the current limited in response to a temperature of the wastegate actuator exceeding a threshold | 2016-04-21 |
20160108801 | TURBOCHARGER CONTROL - A rotary device is coupled to the rotary mechanism of a turbocharger for selectively adding torque to and subtracting torque from the rotary turbocharger mechanism. A controller causes the rotary device to apply torque to the rotary turbocharger mechanism which causes the compressor to operate at a power level which creates a target pressure in the intake manifold different from existing pressure in the intake manifold. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108802 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGING AND EXHAUST-GAS RECIRCULATION - Methods and systems are provided for a compressor bypass passage. In one example, a method may include flowing bypassed charge air through an annular passage into an intake passage. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108803 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Supply a control device for an internal combustion engine in which an abnormality of an exhaust-bypass valve, such as a WGV, can be certainly detected under wide operation conditions. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108804 | Oscillating Rotary Engine - An oscillating rotating engine has one or more rotating and oscillating rotors traveling around a shaft, crankshaft or central axis. As the rotor oscillates and rotates in one consistent motion, successive chambers are positioned at intake, compression, ignition, and exhaust locations to complete the two or four cycle combustion sequence, one or more times per rotation in relation to the accompanying housings. Igniting the air-fuel mixture in the ignition position causes the rotor to oscillate and rotate, and if present, rotate the crank shaft. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108805 | High efficiency portable power plant - A high efficiency and high output electrical generator sized to match the electrical demands of generating power for lighting and operation of large amperage electrical machinery including an improved gear belt drive designed to allow the a diesel engine to run at a lower rpm, resulting in optimal fuel conservation benefit and longer run time on a tank of fuel, the engine, generator and motor mounts form a uniquely unitized mounting system employing a modular bell housing and generator adaptor plate supporting the engine, gears, belt drive and generator components. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108806 | TWO SPEED BELT DRIVE SYSTEM - A two speed belt drive system comprising a crankshaft module ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160108807 | TURBOFAN ENGINE FRONT SECTION - A turbofan engine includes a geared architecture for driving a fan about an axis. The geared architecture includes a sun gear rotatable about an axis, a plurality of planet gears driven by the sun gear and a ring gear circumscribing the plurality of planet gears. A carrier supports the plurality of planet gears. The geared architecture includes a power transfer parameter (PTP) defined as power transferred through the geared architecture divided by gear volume multiplied by a gear reduction ratio and is between about 430 and 645. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108808 | Turbofan Engine Bearing and Gearbox Arrangement - A turbofan engine ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160108809 | INTEGRATED INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLY USING ELECTRICITY - The present invention relates to an integrated plant which comprises a plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide and a plant for electricity generation, the plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide being connected to the plant for electricity generation via a conduit and electricity being generated in the plant for electricity generation from a product gas obtained in the plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide. This integrated plant affords flexible use of electricity by a method in which, at times of a high electricity supply, the plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide is operated and at least some of the hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrocarbons obtained in addition to hydrogen cyanide is stored and, at times of a low electricity supply, stored hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrocarbons are fed to the plant for electricity generation. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108810 | Dual Compressor Turbocharger - A dual compressor turbocharger includes two compressors. One compressor supplies fuel pressure, and one compressor supplies air pressure. The dual compressor turbocharger includes a turbine driven by exhaust of an engine and a shaft coupled to the turbine. The first compressor is mounted on the shaft and includes a first inlet coupled to an air supply and a first outlet coupled to an air intake of the engine. The second compressor is mounted on the shaft and includes a second inlet coupled to a fuel supply and a second outlet coupled to a fuel supply rail of the engine. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108811 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE NACELLE - A nacelle for a turbofan gas turbine engine is provided. An inner wall of the nacelle defines an air intake which directs air into the fan section of the engine. The intake has, in flow series, an intake lip, a throat and a diffuser. The diffuser has, in flow series, first and second flow conditioning sections over both of which the flow cross-sectional area of the diffuser increases with increasing downstream distance from the throat. In addition, over the second section the nacelle inner wall lies substantially on a surface of an oblique circular cone having an apex which is offset from the centreline of the engine. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108812 | CONDUIT FOR GUIDING LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSOR INNER DIAMETER SHROUD MOTION - Conduits for guiding the motion of an inner diameter shroud of a low pressure compressor of a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The inner diameter shroud has at least three slots formed in one or more radially inwardly extending flanges. Each of the conduits are configured to assemble with a respective one of the at least three slots. Each conduit comprises a bushing having a first panel, and the first panel is capable of being inserted in a respective one of the slots of the inner diameter shroud. The conduit further comprises a bracket capable of being attached to a bearing support of a fan intermediate case of the gas turbine engine. The bushing is capable of being attached to the bracket. A contact between the first panel and the at least one slot of the inner diameter shroud restricts a circumferential rotation of the inner diameter shroud with respect to a central axis of the gas turbine engine when the first panel is inserted in the at least one slot, but allows a radial motion of the inner diameter shroud with respect to the central axis. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108813 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED DUCTED HEAT EXCHANGER - A ducted heat exchanger system for a gas turbine engine includes an additive manufactured heat exchanger core with a contoured external and/or internal geometry. A method of additively manufacturing a heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes additively manufacturing a core of a heat exchanger to set a ratio of local surface area to flow area to control a pressure drop per unit length along the core. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108814 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED DUCTED HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEM WITH ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED FAIRING - A ducted heat exchanger system for a gas turbine engine includes an additive manufactured heat exchanger core with a contoured external and/or internal geometry. A method of additively manufacturing a heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes additively manufacturing a core of a heat exchanger to set a ratio of local surface area to flow area to control a pressure drop per unit length along the core. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108815 | HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY - A heat exchanger assembly for a gas turbine engine including a frame, including a non-planar outer wall, a non-planar inner wall spaced radially inward from the non-planar outer wall to form a frame cavity therebetween, an inlet side extending between the non-planar outer wall and the non-planar inner wall, an inlet passage extending through the inlet side, an outlet side extending between the non-planar outer wall and the non-planar inner wall opposite the inlet side; an outlet passage extending through the outlet side, and a continuous non-planar core disposed within the frame cavity and in flow communication with the inlet passage and the outlet passage. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108816 | Media Pads with Mist Elimination Features - The present application provides a media pad for cooling an inlet air flow to a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The media pad may include a first media sheet with a chevron corrugated surface having a first mist eliminator and a second media sheet with a wavy corrugated surface having a second mist eliminator. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108817 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE SUPPORT STRUCTURES - A ducted fan gas turbine engine has a propulsive fan, a fan case surrounding the fan, a core engine, and a plurality of support structures which transmit loads from the core engine to the fan case. Each support structure has two support struts which extend from the core engine to a joint radially outwardly of the fan case. The support struts are spaced apart at the core engine but converge to meet at the joint. Each support structure further has two structural elements which extend from the joint to respective fixing positions on the fan case at opposite sides of the joint. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108818 | FLUID CONDUIT - A fluid conduit for a gas turbine engine. The conduit includes a superelastic material such as TNTZ or Ti2448. The conduit is installed such that at least part of the conduit is subject to a stress which lies in one of a superelastic and a plastic region of the material in use. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108819 | Fuel/Oil Manifold - A single, unitary fuel/oil manifold for a gas turbine engine is provided which comprises one or more interfaces for mounting various fuel system and lubricating system components directly to the fuel/oil manifold. The fuel/oil manifold also defines fluid passages for transferring fuel or lubricant from one component to another component. Packing numerous fuel system and lubricating system components within the fuel/oil manifold reduces cost and weight and simplifies maintenance. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108820 | AUTOMATED TUNING OF MULTIPLE FUEL GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION SYSTEMS - Provided herein is a method for automated control of the gas turbine fuel composition through automated modification of the ratio of fuel gas from multiple sources. The method includes providing first and second fuel sources. The method further includes sensing the operational parameters of a turbine and determining whether the operational parameters are within preset operational limits. The method also adjusting the ration of the first fuel source to the second fuel source, based on whether the operational parameters are within the preset operational limits. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108821 | RADIALLY FASTENED FIXED-VARIABLE VANE SYSTEM - A split case assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an outer diameter case defining a partial case structure for a gas turbine engine and multiple fixed-variable vanes attached to an inner diameter surface of the outer diameter case. Each of the fixed-variable vanes protrudes radially inward from the outer diameter case. Each of the fixed-variable vanes in the plurality of fixed-variable vanes is interfaced with one of a plurality of inner diameter boxes at a radially inward end of the fixed-variable vane, such that the inner diameter boxes define an inner diameter of a flow path and the outer diameter case defines an outer diameter flow path. Each of the fixed-variable vanes are interfaced with the one of the plurality of inner diameter boxes through at least one inner diameter shoe in a plurality of inner diameter shoes. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108822 | CYLINDER DEACTIVATION APPARATUS OF ENGINE - A cylinder deactivation apparatus of an engine is configured to selectively deactivate at least one of a plurality of cylinders in accordance with operation states of an engine. The cylinders are configured to receive intake air from an intake manifold. The apparatus includes: at least one deactivation intake port having first and second ends. The first end communicates with the intake manifold. An intake channel connects the second end of the deactivation intake port to the at least one of the cylinders that is selectively deactivated. A deactivation throttle valve is disposed in the deactivation intake port and configured to selectively open or close the deactivation intake port. A controller is configured to control an operation of the deactivation throttle valve such that intake air is selectively supplied to the at least one of the cylinders. | 2016-04-21 |
20160108823 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THROTTLE VALVE AND LIMITING SPEED OF VEHICLE - Provided is an apparatus for controlling a throttle valve and limiting a speed of a vehicle, in which an upper limit of an opening of a throttle valve is set by a mechanical lever at an indoor driver's seat to limit a maximum value of an amount of mixture supplied to an engine of a vehicle so that a driver may drive the vehicle, thus a sudden unintended acceleration accident of the vehicle occurring due to an electronic control device can be prevented and a speed limit can be freely controlled so that the vehicle can be driven while maintaining a predetermined speed. The apparatus includes: a hollow housing ( | 2016-04-21 |
20160108824 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided an internal combustion engine control apparatus that is capable of determining accurately from an ignition discharging time period whether the intake valve and the exhaust valve are in the operative condition or in the inoperative condition. A cylinder deactivation controller causes a first ignition controller to perform a first ignition control on the basis of the ignition timing when issuing no cylinder deactivation request, and causes a second ignition controller to perform a second ignition control on the basis of an energizing time period when issuing the cylinder deactivation controller. The discharging time period is calculated by a discharging time period calculation section on the basis of an ion current signal output from the ignition coil. | 2016-04-21 |