23rd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180156103 | MOUNTING INTERFACE FOR EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT ASSEMBLY - An exhaust gas treatment assembly comprises a housing which is radially inwardly deformed in a clamping region to retain a block of ceramic or other material which may be arranged as a filter or catalyst within the housing. The clamping region is deformed to a first surface level and includes local protuberances which extend radially outwardly to a second surface level and support a mounting surface for mounting the assembly in a mounting connector. The first surface level may vary to accommodate the dimensions of each individual block while the second surface level is fixed so that the mounting surface can fit in a mounting assembly with standardised dimensions. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156104 | INTERCOOLER HAVING A CONDENSATE COLLECTOR - An intercooler may include a condensate collector configured to collect condensate precipitated in the intercooler. The condensate collector may be separate from the intercooler and disposed below the intercooler. The condensate collector may include at least one expansion chamber, the at least one expansion chamber arranged above an inlet and an outlet of the condensate collector during operation of the intercooler. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156105 | SUPERCHARGER - A supercharger includes: a turbine housing including a bypass passage configured to cause an exhaust gas to flow so as to detour around a turbine wheel; and a wastegate valve configured to controlling an amount of the exhaust gas flowing through the bypass passage. The wastegate valve includes a valve body including a valve plate and a valve stem, a support portion having a support hole, a shaft, and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the shaft. The valve body is assembled to the support portion in a state where the valve stem is passed through the support hole, and rotates along with rotation of the shaft. In an axial direction, a clearance between the valve stem and the support plate in an axial direction of the shaft is smaller than a clearance between the valve stem and the support plate in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the axial direction. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156106 | OIL PRESSURE REGULATOR - A turbocharger lubricating oil pressure regulator ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156107 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION CHAIN - An electromechanical power transmission chain comprises an electric machine ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156108 | ASYMMETRIC CAM TRANSMISSION WITH COAXIAL COUNTER-ROTATING OUTPUT SHAFTS - A drive transmission, having two counter-rotating cams bearing-mounted within a housing about a rotational axis. The counter-rotating cams have asymmetrical lobe profiles which are operative to drive a corresponding pair of coaxial drive shafts in opposite directions along the rotational axis. The asymmetry of the lobe profiles prevents the cams from locking when the lobe apexes pass the top and bottom dead center positions relative to the follower or drive pins. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156109 | BOUNDARY LAYER EXCITATION AFT FAN GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A boundary layer ingestion engine includes a gas generator and a turbine fluidly connected to the gas generator. A fan is mechanically linked to the turbine via a shaft such that rotation of the turbine is translated to the fan. A boundary layer ingestion inlet is aligned with an expected boundary layer, such that the boundary layer ingestion inlet is configured to ingest fluid from a boundary layer during operation of the boundary layer ingestion engine. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156110 | COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE AND POWER GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A compressed-air storage and power generation method according to the present invention is provided with: a first air-compression step; a first air-storage step; a first air-supply step; a first power-generation step; a first heat-exchange step; a heat-medium storage step; a second heat-exchange step; and an air-discharge step. In the air-discharge step, when the amount of compressed air stored in a pressure-accumulation tank ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156111 | GRID SCALE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS USING REHEATED AIR TURBINE OR GAS TURBINE EXPANDERS - Electrical power systems, including generating capacity of a gas turbine, where additional power is generated from an air expander and gas turbine simultaneously from a stored compressed air and thermal system. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156112 | MICRO-CHP GAS FIRED BOILER WITH GAS TURBINE ASSEMBLY - A micro-CHP gas boiler comprises a heat exchanger having a combustion space surrounded by a water flowpath, and a gas turbine assembly which is installed in the combustion space. The gas turbine assembly includes a generator surrounded by an annular combustion chamber and cooled by a water jacket which forms part of the flowpath, and a fuel gas compressor which is integrated into the thrust runner on the turbine rotor shaft between foil air bearings. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156113 | SPEED SENSOR PROBE LOCATION IN GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for a gas turbine engine includes affixing a speed sensor probe in the gas turbine engine. The sensor probe is operable to determine a rotational speed in the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a first spool that is coupled at a first axial position to a compressor hub that is coupled to drive a first compressor. The first spool is coupled at a second, different axial position to a fan drive input shaft that is coupled to drive a fan drive gear system. The second turbine is coupled through a second spool to drive a second compressor. The speed sensor probe is affixed at a third axial position that is axially forward of the first axial position and axially aft of the second axial position. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156114 | BEARING FOR TURBINE ENGINES - Embodiments of bearings for turbine engines are provided herein. In some embodiments, a fan shaft assembly for a turbine engine may include a fan shaft; a stationary support; and at least one bearing disposed between the stationary support and fan shaft, the at least one bearing comprising: an inner raceway; an outer raceway; a row of a plurality of spherical roller bearings disposed between the inner raceway and outer raceway; and a cage disposed between the inner raceway and outer raceway. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156115 | NUT ANTI-ROTATION VIA AN INSERT - Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system associated with a bearing compartment of an engine, comprising: a nut, and an insert seated in a pocket formed within an interior of the nut. Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a method comprising: seating an insert in a pocket formed within an interior of a nut of an engine, operating the engine subsequent to seating the insert in the pocket, removing the insert from the pocket subsequent to operating the engine, and seating a second insert in the pocket subsequent to removing the insert from the pocket. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156116 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a pump that moves a lubricant, a lubricant tank that stores the lubricant, a first engine component and a second engine component each requiring lubrication from the lubricant, a conduit between the lubricant tank and the first engine component and between the lubricant tank and the second engine component, a scheduling valve positioned in the conduit between the lubricant tank, and the first engine component and the second engine component, and a controller including a memory and a processor that controls the scheduling valve, wherein the memory includes an engine performance model, wherein the engine performance model includes stored relationship values between more than one condition experienced by the gas turbine engine during operation and a position of the scheduling valve, and wherein the scheduling valve varies a flow of the lubricant to the first engine component, the second engine component and the lubrication tank based on comparing the more than one condition with the engine performance model. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156117 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A method of controlling lubrication flow to a first engine component, a second engine component and a lubrication tank of a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, determining more than one condition experienced by the gas turbine engine, comparing with a processor on a controller the more than one condition against an engine performance model stored in memory on the controller, wherein the engine performance model includes stored relationship values between the more than one condition and a position of a scheduling valve, the scheduling valve disposed between the lubricant tank and the first engine component and between the lubricant tank and the second engine component, pumping a lubricant from the lubricant tank through a conduit to the scheduling valve using a pump, and controlling the position of the scheduling valve to vary a flow of the lubricant to two or more of the first engine component, the second engine component and the lubrication tank based upon the comparing of the more than one condition experienced by the gas turbine engine. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156118 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM - A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The lubrication system is configured to provide pressurized air and lubricant to a bearing sump of the gas turbine engine to cool and lubricate a bearing included in the bearing sump. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156119 | CONDENSATION COOLING SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A cooling system for a gas turbine engine comprises a closed circuit containing a change-phase fluid, at least one heat exchanger configured to receive a first coolant from a first engine system for the change-phase fluid in the closed circuit to absorb heat from the first coolant, whereby the cooling system is configured so that the change-phase fluid at least partially vaporizes when absorbing heat from the at least one heat exchanger. The closed circuit has a cooling exchanger adjacent to an annular wall of a bypass duct, the cooling exchanger configured to be exposed to a flow of cooling air in the bypass duct for the change-phase fluid to release heat to the cooling air and condense at least partially, the cooling exchanger having conduits configured to feed the vaporized change-phase fluid from a heat exchange with the at least one heat exchanger to the cooling exchanger, and to direct condensed change-phase fluid by gravity from the cooling exchanger to the at least one heat exchanger. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156120 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A cooling system for a gas turbine engine comprising a closed circuit containing a change-phase fluid, the closed circuit having at least one cooling exchanger configured to be exposed to a flow of cooling air for the change-phase fluid to release heat to the cooling air. A plurality of heat exchangers in are heat exchange relation with the change-phase fluid in the closed circuit, the plurality including at least a first heat exchanger configured to receive a first coolant from a first engine system for the change-phase fluid to absorb heat from the first coolant, and a second heat exchanger configured to receive a second coolant from a second engine system for the change-phase fluid to absorb heat from the second coolant. The system is configured so that the fluid at least partially vaporizes when absorbing heat from at least one of the first coolant and the second coolant and at least partially condenses when releasing heat to the cooling air. A method for cooling engine systems of a gas turbine engine is also provided. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156121 | Gas Turbine Engine With Intercooled Cooling Air and Controlled Boost Compressor - A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor section having a downstream most end and a cooling air tap at a location spaced upstream from the downstream most end. The cooling air tap is passed through at least one boost compressor and at least one heat exchanger, and then passed to a turbine section to cool the turbine section, the boost compressor being controlled to provide a desired pressure to the turbine section. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156122 | Heat Exchanger Mounted at Rear of Gas Turbine Engine for Challenging Temperature Applications - A gas turbine engine has a fan rotor delivering air into a bypass duct defined between an outer fan case and an outer interior housing. The fan rotor also delivers air into a compressor section, a combustor, a turbine section. A chamber is defined between the outer interior housing and an inner housing. The inner housing contains the compressor section, the combustor and the turbine section. A first conduit taps hot compressed air to be cooled and passes the air to at least one heat exchanger. The air is cooled in the heat exchanger and returned to a return conduit. The return conduit passes the cooled air to at least one of the turbine section and the compressor section. The heat exchanger has a core exhaust plane. The turbine section has at least a first and a downstream second rotor blade row, with the core exhaust plane located downstream of a center plane of the second blade row. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156123 | COOLING DEVICE FOR USE IN A POWER PLANT - A cooling device for use in a power plant, having at least two controllable fans, which are designed to produce an air flow having a specified flow direction during operation, at least two closing flaps, which close respective flow cross-sections, and a heat exchanger, which thermally interacts with the at least two air flows for heat exchange as a secondary medium, wherein the closing flaps are not operated by a mechanical adjusting device but rather are each to be opened merely by one of the two air flows as a result of the dynamic pressure when a minimum flow rate is reached. Furthermore at least two holding devices are provided, which hold the closing flaps in an open position when the closing flaps are opened. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156124 | TURBINE ENGINE FRAME INCORPORATING SPLITTERS - A frame apparatus for a turbine engine includes: a turbomachinery stage discharging into a downstream flowpath, the stage including a rotor carrying an array of axial-flow rotor airfoils; and a frame disposed downstream of the turbomachinery stage, the frame including: a support structure comprising at least one of a hub and an annular casing; an annular array of stationary struts carried by the support structure, each strut having an airfoil shape with spaced-apart pressure and suction sides extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge thereof, the stationary struts defining spaces therebetween; and the stationary struts defining spaces therebetween; and a plurality of splitters carried by the support structure, the splitters positioned in the spaces between the stationary struts, wherein at least one of a chord dimension of the splitters and a span dimension of the splitters is less than the corresponding dimension of the stationary struts. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156125 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLY METHOD AND SYSTEM - An assembly system for assembling a gas turbine engine including a support beam defining a horizontal plane for assembly of engine components along a horizontal axis substantially parallel with the support beam. A forward arm is supported on the support beam for supporting a forward portion of an engine component. An aft arm is supported on the support beam for supporting an aft portion of the engine component. An aft mounting ring is attachable to an aft end of an engine assembly. A forward mounting ring is attachable to a forward end of the engine assembly. A drive is mounted to the aft arm engageable to the aft mounting ring for rotating the engine assembly about the horizontal axis. A roller is supported on the forward arm and engageable to the forward mounting ring to support the first end of the engine assembly during rotation about the horizontal axis. A method is also disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156126 | SEGMENTED FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM - A fuel manifold may be provided for use in a turbine engine. The fuel manifold may include four discrete segments including a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment. The fuel manifold may also include a first line coupled to the first segment and the second segment and a second line coupled to the third segment and the fourth segment. The first line may be configured to supply a first portion of the fuel to the first segment and a second portion of the fuel to the second segment. The second line may be configured to supply a third portion of fuel to the third line and a fourth portion of fuel to the fourth segment. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156127 | OPERATION OF A GAS TURBINE COMPRISING AN INTERPOLATED OPERATING CURVE DEVIATION - An operating method for a gas turbine by partial-load operation, includes setting of a power setpoint value for a predefined temperature value; determining the two operating curves as a function of temperature according to the power of the gas turbine, wherein the power setpoint value is located between said operating curves; determining the difference in power of said two operating curves at the substantially constant predetermined temperature value; determining a power deviation from the predetermined power setpoint value of one of the two operating curves at the substantially constant predetermined temperature value; calculating an interpolated operating curve deviation on the basis of the difference in power and the power deviation, wherein the temperature is a turbine outlet temperature or a computationally determined turbine inlet temperature. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156128 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR INNER CAP AND EXTENDED RESONATING TUBES - A damping system and apparatus are disclosed for dampening acoustic pressure oscillations of a gas flow in a combustor of a gas turbine engine having at least one combustor with a combustor liner. A second inner cap portion is disposed on the at least one combustor. The second inner cap portion can have a hot surface, a cold surface, at least one burner opening protruding from the cold surface, and at least one neck ring having an internal opening and protruding from the cold surface. At least one extended resonating tube having a resonating tube neck is integrated with and protruding from the at least one neck ring. The at least one extended resonating tube is disposed between adjacent burner openings, and is configured such that the radial dimension is less than the axial dimension. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156129 | AIRCRAFT FIRE SEAL STRUCTURE AND AIRCRAFT - A fire seal structure prevents flame from coming out of a fire-prevention region of an aircraft. The fire seal structure includes: a first seal compressed and elastically deformed between two members of the aircraft; and a second seal pressed against the first seal in a direction intersecting a compression direction in which the first seal is compressed. A wall of the first seal pressed by the second seal includes a bent groove including at least one bent part. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156130 | AIRCRAFT SEAL STRUCTURE AND AIRCRAFT - A seal structure for sealing a gap between a first member and a second member of an aircraft includes: a plate spring-shaped first elastic seal; and a second elastic seal. When the first member and the second member are stationary with respect to each other, the first elastic seal elastically deforms between the first member and the second member to seal the gap, whereas the second elastic seal does not seal the gap. When the first member and the second member move closer to each other and the first elastic seal is elastically deformed, the second elastic seal elastically deforms between the first member and the second member to seal the gap. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156131 | SEALING COOLING INNER FIXED STRUCTURE - An inner fixed structure (IFS) seal arrangement may comprise an IFS comprising an inner skin, and outer skin, and a cellular core located between the inner skin and the outer skin, an IFS seal, a seal retainer configured to retain the IFS seal, and a cooling flow channel disposed between the outer skin and the seal retainer. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156132 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE MAINTENANCE TOOL - A maintenance tool for gas turbine engine includes a rail system having a plurality of rail segments insertable through one or more inspection holes of the gas turbine engine for assembly within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance tool additionally includes a maintenance head movable along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system for performing maintenance operations within the core air flowpath. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156133 | Cooling Air for Gas Turbine Engine with Supercharged Low Pressure Compressor - A gas turbine engine has a fan driven by a fan drive turbine through a gear reduction, a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor is driven by a high pressure turbine and the low pressure compressor is driven by a low pressure compressor drive turbine through a mechanical transmission that increases the speed of the low pressure compressor relative to the low pressure compressor drive turbine. A tap taps air from the low pressure compressor and delivers the tapped air as cooling air to the high pressure turbine. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156134 | GEAR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A disclosed gas turbine engine includes a fan including a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis, a bypass duct, a compressor section and a bypass ratio greater than 10. A combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section and a fan drive turbine in communication with the combustor. A gear system provides a speed reduction between the fan drive turbine and the fan and transfer power input from the fan drive turbine to the fan at an efficiency greater than 98%. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156135 | METHOD FOR SETTING A GEAR RATIO OF A FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine includes a fan with a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an engine centerline longitudinal axis. The fan has a low corrected fan tip speed less than 1400 ft/sec. A bypass ratio is greater than 13 and less than 20. A fan pressure ratio less than 1.48. A speed reduction device comprises a gear system with a gear ratio of at least 2.6 and less than or equal to 4.1. A low and high pressure turbine is in communication with a first and second shaft, respectively. The low pressure turbine includes at least three stages and no more than four stages. The high pressure turbine includes two stages. The gear ratio is configured such that in operation the fan blade does not exceed a fan tip speed boundary condition or a second stress level. A low pressure turbine rotor does not exceed a first stress level. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156136 | EROSION SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD IN AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a method includes flowing an exhaust gas from a turbine of a gas turbine system to an exhaust gas compressor of the gas turbine system via an exhaust recirculation path; evaluating moist flow parameters of the exhaust gas within an inlet section of the exhaust gas compressor using a controller comprising non-transitory media programmed with instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions; and modulating cooling of the exhaust gas within the exhaust recirculation path, heating of the exhaust gas within the inlet section of the exhaust gas compressor, or both, based on the evaluation. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156137 | FLUTTER SENSING AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method of operation for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, reducing a rotational speed of a fan relative to a shaft through a gear train, driving the shaft with a first turbine, driving a compressor with a second turbine, communicating airflow from the fan through a bypass passage defined by a nacelle, the nacelle extending along an engine axis and surrounding the fan, and having a bypass ratio of greater than 10, discharging the airflow through a variable area fan nozzle defining a discharge airflow area, detecting an airfoil flutter condition associated with adjacent airfoils of the fan, and moving the variable area fan nozzle to vary the discharge airflow area and mitigate the airfoil flutter condition. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156138 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - It is provided a control system for a gas turbine engine. Therein, at least one piezoelectric, in particular piezoresistive element arranged at a bearing adapted to support a shaft of the gas turbine engine is provided, wherein the piezoelectric element is adapted to provide information indicative for a force acting on the bearing to a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is adapted to determine a thrust force of the gas turbine engine based on the information provided by the piezoelectric element. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156139 | HYDROMECHANICAL CUTOFF DEVICE WITH HYSTERESIS FOR A TURBOMACHINE LUBRIFICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a lubrication system for turbomachine. The hydromechanical cutoff device is configured to close when a rotation speed of a turbomachine shaft reduces and becomes lower than a first threshold, and wherein the hydromechanical cutoff device is configured to open when the rotation speed of the shaft increases and becomes higher than a second threshold higher than the first threshold. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156140 | SWITCHING ROCKER ARM FOR INTERNAL EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION - A switching rocker arm constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes an outer arm, an inner arm, a latch, an inner roller and a first torsion spring. The outer arm has a pair of outer arm portions and a connecting arm extending therebetween. The connecting arm includes an outwardly extending tab. The inner arm is pivotally secured to the outer arm and has an outwardly extending protrusion. The latch is configured to selectively extend to engage the outwardly extending tab. The inner roller and bearing is configured on the inner arm. The first torsion spring is disposed between the outer arm and the inner arm. A first end is engaged to the connecting arm and is restrained from outward movement by the outer arm and restrained from inward movement by the outwardly extending tab. A second end is restrained by the outwardly extending protrusion. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156141 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR SUPERCHARGING SYSTEM - A control apparatus of a supercharging system for supplying an engine with compressed intake air, includes: a supercharger including a compressor configured to compress the intake air to be supplied to the engine; and a controller for controlling a control device affecting operation of the compressor. The controller includes: a compressor map storage part configured to store a compressor map which indicates a relationship of an intake volume flow rate, a pressure ratio, and a compressor rotation speed in the compressor; a current position calculation part configured to calculate a current position of an operational point of the compressor on the compressor map every predetermined period; a moving direction calculation part configured to calculate a moving direction of the operational point on the compressor map on the basis of the current position of the operational point calculated by the current position calculation part; and a control part configured to control the control device on the basis of the current position of the operational point calculated by the current position calculation part and the moving direction of the operational point calculated by the moving direction calculation part. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION AND HEAT RECOVERY - Methods and systems are provided for a single heat exchanger coupled to a main exhaust passage upstream of one or more exhaust catalysts or in between two exhaust catalysts for exhaust heat recovery and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooling. In one example, in the pre-catalyst configuration of the heat exchanger, during exhaust heat recovery, a portion of exhaust may be routed via the heat exchanger while the remaining portion of exhaust may be routed directly to the exhaust catalysts, and fueling may be adjusted on a per-cylinder basis to maintain a target exhaust air-fuel-ratio at the exhaust catalysts. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY - Methods and systems are provided for exhaust gas heat recovery using a bottoming cycle comprising an exhaust heat exchanger. In one example, a method may include maintaining a target thermal energy input to the heat exchanger by opportunistically flowing exhaust through the heat exchanger after storing a portion of thermal energy from the exhaust in a thermal storage device or prior to flowing exhaust through the heat exchanger, heating the exhaust by drawing thermal energy from the thermal storage device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156144 | VEHICLE POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - The objective of the invention is to cause a load for reducing the warm-up time of an exhaust gas purifying device to be generated efficiently, and to make effective use of the energy required to reduce the warm-up time of the exhaust gas purifying device. The present invention relates to a vehicular storage battery system used in a vehicle | 2018-06-07 |
20180156145 | VEHICLE ROLLOVER SAFETY DEVICE UTILIZING A CIRCULAR ARC LEVEL - A vehicle safety rollover device utilizing a circular arc level for detecting vehicle rollover is disclosed. Upon detection, the device automatically shuts-off power to an ignition system and notifies for shut-down of the electrical system of the vehicle. The circular arc level is capable of measuring gravitational norm deviation while remaining impervious to the effects of acceleration, deceleration, impact, and centripetal forces. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HEAT MANAGEMENT FOR VEHICLE - A system of heat management of a vehicle may include a cooling line in which coolant cooling an engine flows therethrough; an exhaust heat retrieving apparatus for retrieving heat of exhaust gas discharged from a combustion chamber of the engine through operation fluid; a heat storage apparatus which stores heat of exhaust gas retrieved by the exhaust heat retrieving apparatus using the operation fluid and includes phase change material; a coolant heat exchanger in which heat stored in the heat storage apparatus and the coolant are heat-exchanged; a driving information detector for detecting a driving information including a temperature of the coolant and a temperature of the phase change material; and a controller for controlling the temperature of the coolant through the exhaust heat retrieving apparatus or the heat storage apparatus based on the temperature of the coolant and the temperature of the phase change material when the vehicle starts. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156147 | Fuel Injection Control Device - Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of accurately detecting a valve opening delay time of a fuel injection valve, and implementing high-precision minute injection control. A valve opening delay time of a fuel injection valve is estimated on the basis of a plurality of valve closing delay times obtained when the fuel injection valve is operated with injection pulse widths that are different injection pulse widths from each other and with which the fuel injection valve is in an intermediate lift state. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156148 | INJECTION CONTROL UNIT - An injection control unit includes a constant-current control unit executing a constant current control to control a current of a coil to be in a predetermined current range lower than a peak current by allowing or interrupting a first voltage applied to the coil after the peak current starting to open an injector is applied to the coil driving the injector, and a high-voltage applying control unit applying a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the coil in a case where a condition that the current of the coil becomes lower than the predetermined current range is met when the constant-current control unit executes the constant current control. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FAULT CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH A VALVETRAIN OF AN ENGINE - A system for detecting a fault condition in a valvetrain of an engine is configured to measure one or more operating parameters associated with the engine and determine if the operating parameters satisfy pre-defined corresponding boundary conditions. If so, a pair of values of at least one performance parameter is measured corresponding to measurement on a first and second bank of cylinders present on the engine. The difference between the pair of values is determined and used to compute at least one measure of variation for the at least one performance parameter in a time segment. If the at least one measure of variation for the at least one performance parameter exceeds a pre-defined limit for the engine, the valvetrain is flagged as faulty. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156150 | ALARM SYSTEM AND ALARM METHOD - An alarm system is used for a vehicle including a fuel pump and an engine. The alarm system includes a measuring device, a computing device and a warning device. The measuring device is used to read a current rotation speed of the engine and respectively measures a plurality of running times of a plurality of rotation speed values of the current rotation speed. The computing device calculates a plurality of consuming times of the fuel pump corresponding to the rotation speed values according to the running times of the rotation speed values, respectively. When an accumulating consuming time accumulated by the consuming times reaches a default critical value, the warning device generates a warning message. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156151 | METHOD OF DETECTING A CLOGGING OF A FUEL INJECTOR IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting a clogging of a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine. Each fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors may be tested for a clogging. A test injector is switch off. A requested value of a fuel quantity to be injected by the other fuel injectors of the plurality of fuel injectors is adjusted to operate the internal combustion engine in an idle mode. A difference is calculated between the requested value of the fuel quantity and a reference value of the fuel quantity to be injected by all the fuel injectors of the plurality of fuel injectors to operate the internal combustion engine in idle mode. The calculated difference for each test injector is used to identify if the test injector is clogged. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156152 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP - A control device for a high-pressure pump includes: a determination unit, an acquisition unit, and an electric power setting unit. The determination unit determines whether a movable portion of an electromagnetic valve has been moved to a closed position to close the electromagnetic valve when the electromagnetic valve is energized. The acquisition unit acquires, as an electromagnetic-valve response time, a period of time from a start of the energization of the electromagnetic valve until when it is determined that the electromagnetic valve has been closed. The electric power setting unit sets a supply power to the electromagnetic valve by repeating a process in which the supply power to the electromagnetic valve is reduced so as to be smaller than a previous value until the electromagnetic-valve response time reaches a predefined upper limit value. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156153 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE CURRENT VALUE FOR ACTUATING A FUEL INJECTOR - A method for determining a reference current value for actuating a fuel injector, comprising a solenoid drive, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described. The method comprises the following: (a) acquiring a multiplicity of current profiles with repeated actuation of the fuel injector, wherein each current profile has a temporal progression of the current strength of a current flowing through the solenoid drive, and wherein each actuation of the fuel injector comprises the following steps: (aa) applying a boost voltage to the solenoid drive of the fuel injector until the current strength of the current flowing through the solenoid drive reaches a first predetermined value, (ab) waiting for the current strength to reach a second predetermined value during a first free-wheeling phase, (ac) applying the boost voltage to the solenoid drive again until the current strength reaches the first predetermined value, and (ad) waiting for the current strength to reach the second predetermined value during a second free-wheeling phase, wherein the first predetermined value is varied for each actuation, the method also comprising (b) determining a multiplicity of magnetic flux profiles, wherein each magnetic flux profile corresponds to one of the multiplicity of acquired current profiles, and (c) selecting the reference current value on the basis of an analysis of the associated current profiles and magnetic flux profiles. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156154 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FAULTY COMPONENTS OF A FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - A method for identifying faulty components of a fuel injection system is disclosed, wherein a secondary injection is performed individually by each injector during a test routine, after the secondary injection several predefined parameters of the fuel injection system are determined, and a combined assessment of the determined parameters is used to draw conclusions about whether or not components of the fuel injection system are faulty. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156155 | METHOD OF HONING HIGH-POROSITY CYLINDER LINERS - Methods of honing a surface are disclosed. The method may include spraying a coating having an initial average bulk porosity onto an engine bore wall and honing the coating to create an intermediate honed surface. The method may then include cleaning the intermediate honed surface and honing the intermediate honed surface with a cutting force of, for example, 110-130 kgf after the cleaning step. This may create a honed surface having an average porosity greater than the initial average bulk porosity. The methods may create a honed surface having a porosity that is more porous than the initially sprayed coating. The increased porosity of the honed surface may allow for increased oil retention in, for example, engine bores. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156156 | PISTON FOR VEHICLE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a method for manufacturing a piston, including: a piston assembling step of forming a piston assembly by assembling a first piston part, a bonding member and a second piston part, wherein the first piston part has two or more bonding surfaces separate from each other and extending in a circumferential direction, and the second piston part has two or more bonding surfaces separate from each other and extending in the circumferential direction; a piston diffusion brazing step of diffusion brazing the first piston part, the bonding member and the second piston part under an open atmosphere by heating the formed piston assembly; and a piston cooling step of cooling a piston unit formed by diffusion brazing the first piston part, the bonding member and the second piston part. The piston diffusion brazing step is performed in a piston manufacturing device which includes a partially opened heating zone, a heater for providing heat into the heating zone, and a moving unit moved in one direction in the heating zone. In the piston diffusion brazing step, the piston assembly is heated while being moved at a predetermined speed through the heating zone in one direction by the moving unit. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156157 | PISTON FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine having two skirt wall ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156158 | ROCKET MOTOR WITH ENERGETIC GRAIN HAVING REGION WITH ENERGETIC DISPOSED THEREIN - A rocket motor ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156159 | REGENERATIVE HYBRID ROCKET MOTOR - Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for a hybrid rocket engine with regenerative fuel capability having a permeable inner wall structure that allows for non-solid fuel propellant to seep through and be used to generate thrust. The regenerative hybrid rocket motor design of the present disclosures may utilize various non-solid materials found in space, such as asteroid regolith, as fuel that can be provided through the permeable inner wall structure, even in a generally unrefined capacity. The design and placement of the permeable wall structure on the inside of the nozzle portion of the rocket may allow for a calculated layer of non-solid fuel propellant to seep through, due to the pressurized differential properties of space, and be exposed to an oxidizer element, which can then be ignited to generate thrust, thereby allowing for a propulsion system that can be refueled more easily. Other industrial applicabilities are also disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156160 | Portable Engine Working Machine And Rotary Carburetor Incorporated Therein - To improve responsiveness of fuel supply control, a rotary carburetor | 2018-06-07 |
20180156161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBUSTING VOLATILE VAPORS - A system for combusting volatile vapors includes a carburetor having intake valves for receiving base fuel from a fuel source, ambient combustion air, and volatile vapors from a vapor source. A plurality of sensors measure and generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and associate combustion engine operation. One or more programmable controllers receive the sensor data and control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor based on the received sensor data. To increase the burn of volatile vapors, an engine loading system automatically operated by the controller(s) applies an automatically adjustable braking load on the engine. The load level applied is based on the sensor data and commensurate with maintaining stable engine running conditions. The loading system decreases time necessary to remediate a site. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156162 | EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS DIAGNOSTICS FOR A MULTI-PATH PURGE EJECTOR SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a high load purge line of a boosted engine system for undesired evaporative emissions. In one example, a method for diagnosing the high load purge line includes drawing vacuum in the high load purge line under natural aspiration conditions and concurrently purging a fuel vapor canister. In this way, the high load purge line may be diagnosed for undesired evaporative emissions without disrupting a canister purge schedule. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156163 | Pump Device for Building Up Pressure in a Fuel Tank - A pump device includes an electrical delivery pump, a first port for an air filter, a second port for a fuel tank, a valve opening, a connecting line, a bypass line, and an electrical switching valve. The connecting line connects the ports via the valve opening, which has a valve seat formed at the opening, a valve body receptacle, and a valve body configured to interact with the seat and adjustable in a direction of the seat by a delivery flow of the delivery pump. The bypass line branches off from the connecting line upstream of the opening, and has a throttled bypass outlet opening into the connecting line downstream of the opening. The switching valve has an electrical actuator, for example a magnet coil, operable to move the body. Such a pump device requires less structural space and reduced production costs relative to conventional pump devices. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156164 | TURBINE HOUSINGS AND TURBINE HOUSING MANIFOLDS HAVING INTEGRATED BYPASS VALVES FOR DEDICATED EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION ENGINES - Provided herein are turbocharger manifolds, and turbocharger and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems incorporating the same. The manifold comprises a body, at least one non-dedicated EGR vein, a dedicated EGR vein, and an EGR bypass valve in fluid communication with the dedicated EGR vein, wherein the dedicated EGR vein converges with the at least one non-dedicated EGR veins downstream from the EGR bypass valve. The dedicated EGR vein is in fluid communication with an EGR conduit. The EGR bypass valve can selectively allow or prevent fluid communication between the dedicated EGR vein and the EGR conduit. The EGR bypass valve can comprise a two-way valve having a gate movable from a first position to a second position. The manifold can comprise a one-piece construction with a turbocharger turbine housing. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156165 | CHARGE AIR COOLER WITH AN INTEGRATED BYPASS - A charge air cooler may include inlet and outlet chambers adjacent one another and separated by a baffle defining a bypass passage for airflow therethrough. The charge air cooler may also include heat exchange conduits connected between the inlet and outlet chambers. A valve may be disposed in the bypass passage and configured to selectively redirect at least a portion of the airflow through the bypass passage responsive to a charge air cooler outlet temperature being below a condensation temperature of the airflow. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156166 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake manifold includes: a surge tank extending in a cylinder arrangement direction; an air introduction port provided in one end, in a longitudinal direction of the surge tank, of the surge tank extending in the cylinder arrangement direction and configured to introduce air into the surge tank; and a gas introduction passage opened inside the surge tank on an intake-air downstream side of the air introduction port, the gas introduction passage being configured to introduce blowby gas of an internal combustion engine into the surge tank. The gas introduction passage extends in the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the surge tank. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156167 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine includes: a partition member partitioning an accommodation space in an engine compartment into a main chamber and an intake chamber while having an inter-chamber opening; a fan disposed in the main chamber to generate cooling air flowing through an air intake opening, the intake chamber, the inter-chamber opening, and the main chamber in this order by sucking air in the engine compartment in a suction direction; a duct joined to an outer wall to enclose the air intake opening and including an inner peripheral surface enclosing a duct passage leading to the air intake opening and an outer peripheral surface. The duct extends in a duct extension direction different from the suction direction of the fan, disposed in the intake chamber to define a duct surrounding space around the outer peripheral surface of the duct. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156168 | BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This blow-by gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is provided with a vacuum pump which supplies negative pressure to a brake booster. The blow-by gas recirculation device includes: a fresh-air introduction passage for introducing a fresh air into crankcase from an intake passage upstream of a throttle valve; a PCV device for recirculating, to the intake passage downstream of the throttle valve, blow-by gas in the crankcase; and a suction/recirculation means which uses the vacuum pump to suck the blow-by gas from inside the crankcase, in a region where the blow-by gas ventilation quantity by the PCV device is insufficient, and recirculate the blow-by gas to the intake passage, while the fresh air is being introduced from the fresh-air introduction passage. As a result, the blow-by gas concentration in the crankcase is reduced, engine oil contact opportunities are reduced, and oil deterioration is inhibited. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156169 | Air Fin for a Heat Exchanger, and Method of Making the Same - An air fin for a heat exchanger has air channels defined by corrugations, the corrugations having generally planar flanks joined by alternating crests and troughs. Perforations extend through portions of at least some of the flanks and are aligned within two spaced apart planes. A rectangular aperture extends through at least two consecutive ones of the corrugations, and is bounded by the two planes. A method of making the air fin includes forming perforations into a continuous strip of metal sheet at regular intervals, corrugating the strip to form crests and troughs between the perforations, and punching out a portion of the strip at regular intervals. The punching out includes shearing webs between the perforations, and results in the formation of the rectangular aperture. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156170 | INTAKE DISTRIBUTOR WITH AN INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGER - Disclosed is an intake distributor for an internal combustion engine that includes an integrated heat exchanger. This exchanger includes a support plate that ensures its rigid mounting in the distributor and peripheral seal that form an essentially continuous circumferential airtight barrier between the exchanger and the distributor, peripherally dividing the interstitial volume into two. The subdivision plane of the interstitial volume is perpendicular in relation to the plane of the support plate, and the peripheral seal consist of two complementary components that are connected to one another and made integral with the exchanger. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156171 | CHECK VALVES AND VENTURI DEVICES HAVING THE SAME - Check valves, Venturi devices and engines having such check valves, define an internal cavity having a first port and a second port, a first seat and a second seat, and a translatable seal disk. The check valves have an outlet conduit extending from the second port and/or the first seat has a first annular seal bead and a second annular seal bead disposed radially inward of the first annular seal bead with a plurality of ribs extending between the first annular seal bead and the second annular seal bead within the fluid flow path of the first port. The outlet conduit defines an outlet passageway having a restrictor profile that is circular in a transverse profile, and the ribs decrease the flow area of the fluid flow path of the first port by about 10% to about 60%. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156172 | DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING INTAKE NOISE AND RADIATED NOISE - The invention concerns a device ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156173 | Method and apparatus for modifying an OEM fuel system for bi-fuel use - The present invention is a system and method for adapting and modifying an existing mono-fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine to run as a bi-fuel system by reusing and repurposing OEM components of the mono-fuel system. The bi-fuel system makes use of an integration plate that may be mounted to the system fuel filter in substantially the same location as the fuel filter is mounted in the mono-fuel configuration. The integration plate also may deliver either fuel types into the existing engine fuel intake port thus the system does not require the creation of a secondary fuel intake port for the secondary fuel. The integration plate may also be situated such that it minimizes the space it must use within the engine compartment and it may use the preexisting engine mounting points designed for the fuel filter in the mono-fuel system. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156174 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE FOR PUMP MODULE - A pump module is disposed on a bottom portion of a fuel tank in the fuel tank. The pump module includes a suck-up unit for sucking up a fuel and a plurality of engaged portions. A bracket includes a base portion, a plurality of engaging portions, and a flow path. The base portion is a frame member fixed to the bottom portion and surrounding the pump module in a state where a lower end portion is in contact with the bottom portion. The engaging portions protrude from the base portion toward an upper side of the fuel tank and are respectively engaged with the engaged portions of the pump module. The flow path is disposed in the base portion and allows an inside of a frame of the base portion and an outside of the frame of the base portion to communicate with each other. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156175 | HIGH PRESSURE DIESEL FUEL PUMP PUMPING ELEMENT - The present disclosure generally relates to a pumping element of a fuel pump for an internal combustion engine wherein the pumping element comprises a pumping chamber and a check valve assembly having a first insert including a passage in flow communication with a fuel outlet, and a second insert being disposed adjacent the pumping chamber, the second insert including a bore in flow communication with a fuel inlet, a plurality of through holes in flow communication with the pumping chamber, and an inlet check valve plunger disposed in the bore for movement between an opened position wherein inlet fuel from the fuel inlet flows past the inlet check valve plunger through the plurality of through holes to the pumping chamber and a closed position wherein outlet fuel from the pumping chamber flows through the plurality of through holes past the inlet check valve plunger to the passage of the first insert. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156176 | HIGH PRESSURE VALVE - A cap assembly adapted to be fixed on the body member of a pressure regulating valve defines an internal cylindrical volume for enclosing a magnetic plunger member. The cap assembly includes a cylindrical magnetic cap member in which is totally inserted a non-magnetic cylindrical tube member, the tube member being adapted to be fixed on the valve body member. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156177 | MONITORING OF A STARTUP PROCEDURE WITH SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM - A monitoring method for use in a motor vehicle is proposed. The motor vehicle comprises a speed control system with stop and go function. The monitoring method comprises starling, upon standstill of the motor vehicle, monitoring of a startup procedure of the motor vehicle. The method further comprises monitoring the startup procedure, during the startup procedure, by comparing an actual movement with a maximum movement profile. The actual movement results from measured movements of the motor vehicle. The maximum movement profile represents predefined movements of the motor vehicle. The method further comprises triggering a signal when a currently measured actual movement profile exceeds the maximum movement profile. A monitoring system, and a system comprising the monitoring system and the speed control system with stop and go function are further described. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156178 | STOP-START VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle and method of controlling a vehicle having an engine and braking system having an associated braking pressure include stopping the engine responsive to the brake pressure being above a first threshold, restarting the engine responsive to the brake pressure falling below a second threshold, reducing the second threshold for a predetermined time after the vehicle speed falls below a speed threshold, and resetting the second threshold after the predetermined time. The predetermined time may be modified based on input from a user interface or a user-selected vehicle operating mode. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156179 | IGNITION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition system for an internal combustion engine that utilizes a single primary coil and a single secondary coil to drive a pair of spark plugs. Current flowing in both a first direction and a second direction passes through the primary coil. The current flowing through the primary coil induces corresponding current in the secondary coil, which flows from the secondary coil to one of two spark plugs. Each spark plug is coupled to the secondary coil such that each of the two spark plugs receives current flowing only in a single direction. The current flowing through the ignition system can be from either a power source or created by the rotation of a flywheel having a series of magnet clusters. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156180 | HANDHELD ENGINE-DRIVEN WORKING MACHINE - A handheld engine-driven working machine comprises an internal combustion engine and an ignition control device; wherein the ignition control device can switch its control between a normal mode and a operation mode, wherein during the operation mode, the ignition timing within the high speed range is maintained at a second BTDC angle, and the ignition timing within the medium speed range is advanced more than a third BTDC angle between a first BTDC angle and the second BTDC angle, and wherein at any rotational speed within the medium speed range, the ignition timing during the operation mode is advanced more than the ignition timing during the normal mode. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156181 | Control Device for Internal Combustion Engine for Vehicle - When an accelerator opening degree becomes zero, a fuel cut-permission vehicle speed is set on the bases of a cooling water temperature. During a delay time, torque reduction has the characteristic of being dependent on cooling water temperature, and in an unwarmed state, a relatively large amount of air is supplied. The fuel cut-permission vehicle speed has the characteristic of taking a high value when an engine is not warmed up and cooling water temperature is low, in accordance with delay time air amount reduction control, which is performed in accordance with cooling water temperature. This reduces any shocks or odd feelings experienced by an occupant. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156182 | IGNITION CONTROL SYSTEM - In an ignition control system, a primary current control unit performs discharge generation control one or more times during a single combustion cycle. The discharge generation control allows a spark plug to generate a discharge spark. A parameter calculating unit successively calculates a parameter correlated with energy of a discharge spark. An energy density calculating unit successively calculates energy density that is energy per unit length of the discharge spark. When the energy density is greater than a predetermined value during a predetermined period after a primary current is interrupted during a single combustion cycle, an integrated value calculating unit calculates an integrated value by integrating the parameter during the predetermined period. The primary current control unit performs the discharge generation control again when the integrated value calculated by the integrated value calculating unit is less than a predetermined determination threshold. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156183 | Runner for a Fluid Machine Having Removable Blades - A runner is for a fluid machine. The runner includes a runner hub and one or more curved blades. The blade is removably fixed to the runner hub by fixing elements that extend into a double curved first socket portion of the blade. The first socket portion bears against the runner hub at one or more contact surface that is plane. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156184 | ENERGY STORAGE AND GENERATION SYSTEM - An energy storage and generation system uses a combination of compressed air energy storage systems and fluid energy systems, to store energy producing capability at a time when electricity requirements are low, to release that stored energy producing capability at a time when electricity requirements are high. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156185 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING AND STORING ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN THE FORM OF COMPRESSED AIR - A device and method for converting electric energy into pneumatic energy and vice versa, which involves: pumping a liquid forming a liquid piston into a conversion chamber in which a quantity of air is trapped until the air reaches a pressure of a compressed air storage vessel; or churning a liquid by expanding the compressed air in a conversion chamber which is filled with a quantity of liquid, in which device or method the pumping or the churning of the water takes place in the same conversion chamber and consecutively in at least two pumping or churning stages, respectively, provided so as to operate in different pressure ranges. The present device and method can be used in particular in the field of converting and storing electric energy. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156186 | Turbine System and Method - Some embodiments of a turbine system described herein provide a turbine that rotates in response to fluid flow, and include a rampart device that remains relatively stationary compared to the turbine and is shaped to affect fluid flow for effective power generation. The rotation of the turbine can drive a generator to output electrical energy. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156187 | MOUNTING FOR A TIDAL TURBINE - A marine turbine and tower combination in which the turbine is mountable on the tower, The turbine has a co-operating member to interact with the tower to enable the turbine to be mounted on the tower in a pre-determined alignment. In one arrangement, the support tower comprises a substantially horizontal thruster plate mounted on top of the tower. The thruster has a central aperture to receive a downwardly directed stud on the turbine the thruster plate providing lateral support for the turbine. The stud has a vertical reaction interface around a lower part of the stud which is supported vertically by a reaction ring mounted on the tower. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156188 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY ECOLOGICAL POWER UNIT - A power unit including an enclosed housing, a shaft passing through the central section of the enclosed, a motor located outside the housing and mounted to the first end of the shaft, a turbine located inside the housing and mounted into the shaft, the turbine includes a hub, a top end, a bottom end, and blades, sealing fins located at the bottom end of the turbine; and a pump located inside the housing and mounted on the turbine. The pump includes fins that are inserted in grooves located on the hub of the turbine. The fins of the pump are joined to the blades of the turbine creating that the pump, turbine, and shaft move as unitary unit. The fins of the pump maintained by two spaced crowns by insertion form cells that guide a flow of fluid. A space free of fluid with a defined volume occupies the bottom end of the pump. In a non-working position, the space free of fluid has a cylindrical shape. In a working position, because of rotation of the fluid, the space free of fluid has a paraboloid shape. The rotation of the fluid at a minimum angular velocity creates a virtual barrier, and generates a thrust. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156189 | USE OF BUOYANCY TYPE POWER GENERATION METHOD - To improve and use a “buoyancy type power generation method”. A method for harnessing buoyancy and a device therefor are described as prior art in Patent No. JP 5789231 B2 “Buoyancy Type Power Generation Method”. The present invention, adds “self-supply of driving power” as a new feature to the prior art. That is, the present invention is “a self-contained power generation method and a device therefor, for driving itself by means of power produced by itself and for generating power that can be used industrially”. Presented are: a “gap operation type float” and a “rotary type float” which have simple operating methods and configurations as novel power generation devices of the present invention; various devices such as a self-reliant electric-power plant, a bubble injection water maker, a wired electric aircraft, and a seismic isolator as utilization inventions that use the power generation device of the present invention; and various uses of the power generation device of the present invention, for the respective industrial fields. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156190 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade that includes a shell defining an interior cavity. The rotor blade also includes exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. Each of the pressure side, the suction side, the leading edge, and the trailing edge extends between a tip and a root. The shell defines a span and a chord. A shear web is positioned in the interior cavity and coupled to the shell. The shear web includes a lattice structure. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156191 | A WIND TURBINE AND A WIND TURBINE BLADE - A wind turbine blade, comprising: a shell with an aerodynamic profile forming an outer surface on the suction side and the pressure side of the blade, and at least one reinforcing member comprises a rod ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180156192 | NEGATIVE-PRESSURE SUCTION-TYPE FLUID-DRIVING DYNAMICAL MACHINE - A negative pressure air suction type fluid-driven power machine comprises a fluid pressure accumulation bin, a necking port, a flow inlet, a flow guiding cover, a fluid-inlet flow guiding cover, turbine driving blades, a turbine housing, a turbine shaft, a turbine bracket, nozzles surrounding peripheries of the turbine driving blades, a turbine fluid outlet, a fluid negative-pressure flow guiding cover, a fluid negative-pressure outlet, an external driving fluid inlet, an external driving fluid flow guiding cover, and nozzles. The negative pressure air suction type fluid-driven power machine is formed using a gravity acceleration fluid generated by a fluid flowing to a direction opposite to operation of an object as a main driving power source and using a fluid air suction phenomenon as an auxiliary power source, and can replace some effects of steam engines, internal combustion engines, motors and the like. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156193 | MASTLESS WIND TURBINE FOR POWER GENERATION - A mastless vertical axis wind turbine that comprises a plurality of sails that rotate about a vertical axis under the influence of wind. A platform is connected to and in tension with the plurality of sails at one or more points about the bottom of the plurality of the sails. Also, an external frame is connected to and in tension with the plurality of sails at one or more points about the top of the plurality of the sails. The external frame itself comprises a plurality of legs that converge above the plurality of sails at a central point about the vertical axis of rotation and extend beyond the path swept by the plurality of sails. A coupling mechanism connects one or more of the plurality of legs to the plurality of sails and allows the sails to rotate about the vertical axis of rotation while the legs remain stationary. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156194 | ROTARY CONVERTER OF WIND ENERGY WITH A VERTICAL AXIS OF ROTATION - A rotary converter of wind energy with a vertical axis of rotation includes a rotor with a vertical axis of rotation | 2018-06-07 |
20180156195 | WIND AND WATER POWER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-STAGE LINEAR GENERATORS - A power generation assembly for use in generating electrical power from air or water currents includes a rail system including at least one rail and a vane assembly, drivable by the air or water currents. A car assembly is slidably mounted to the rail and coupled to the vane assembly: wherein movement of vanes of the vane assembly generates linear movement of the car assembly. An electrical energy generating system includes two or more independent sets of stator windings carried by the rail system, and a piston, carried by the car assembly, wherein linear movement of the piston relative to the stator windings generates electrical energy. A switching system is operable to controllably and individually activate each of the two or more independent sets of stator windings. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156196 | RAMPING POWER IN A WIND TURBINE USING GAIN SCHEDULING - The invention relates to a control system for a wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a power generator configured to generate power dependent on a power reference and a pitch system configured to adjust the pitch of a blade of the wind turbine dependent on a pitch request. The control system comprises a controller configured to determine the pitch request dependent on an adjustable gain. A gain scheduler comprised by the control system is configured to set the adjustable gain to an increased gain value if a rate of change of the power reference, e.g. an external power reference, exceeds a threshold. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156197 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF WIND TURBINES - A method is provided of controlling a wind turbine that is operating according to a control signal causing the wind turbine to be over-rated above the wind turbine's rated power. The method comprises: obtaining one or more signals, or values of variables, that indicate the fatigue lifetime of one or more of the wind turbine's components from turbine sensors; applying a lifetime usage estimator algorithm to the signals or values to determine measures of the fatigue life consumed by each of the turbine components; calculating, for each of the turbine components, a rate of consumption of fatigue life based on the measures of the fatigue life consumed by each of the turbine components; and controlling the turbine to reduce the amount of power by which the wind turbine is over-rated based on the rate of consumption of fatigue life for at least one of the turbine components. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156198 | WIND GENERATOR WITH ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - The present invention is a wind generator system particularly suitable for small wind applications that harnesses low velocity wind effectively. The wind generator system comprises a drive shaft; one or more retreating blades and one or more advancing blades attached to the drive shaft and extending radially outwardly therefrom; a generator assembly coupled to the drive shaft and effective for generating electrical power; and a energy storage system comprising a mechanical bellows. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156199 | Energy Kite Winching Using Buoyancy - Offshore airborne wind turbine systems with an aerial vehicle connected via a tether to an adjustably buoyant body are disclosed. The tether may be coupled to an underwater mooring through which it may move, or it may be coupled to a floating platform through which it may move. The buoyancy of the buoyant body may be adjusted to change the tension in the tether or for other purposes. Methods related to changing the buoyancy are also disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156200 | BLADE LOAD SENSING SYSTEM FOR A WIND TURBINE - A method for determining the load on a wind turbine blade, comprising: measuring the blade load by way of a wind turbine blade load sensor; estimating the temperature of the blade; and determining, based on the estimated temperature and the measured load, a temperature-corrected value for the load on the wind turbine blade. The invention also relates to a sensor system for a wind turbine blade, the system comprising a load sensor; a processing unit interfaced with the load sensor and configured to provide a temperature-corrected load parameter as an output, wherein the processing unit includes: a temperature estimation module that determines an estimated temperature of the blade in the vicinity of the load sensor based on at least one wind turbine parameter; and a load compensation module that determines the temperature-corrected load parameter based on the estimated temperature and the measurement of the load sensor. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156201 | WIND TURBINE HAVING AN IDENTITY MARKER ARRANGEMENT - A wind turbine ID marker arrangement to enable a wind turbine installation to be identified from the air, the ID marker arrangement comprising a display surface to which a pattern of tiles are removably attached. | 2018-06-07 |
20180156202 | SPAR CAP ASSEMBLY FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A spar cap assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade with a carbon fiber-reinforced spar cap, a lightning conductor, which extends along the spar cap, and an equipotential bonding element, which connects the spar cap and the lightning conductor together electrically conductively, wherein the spar cap includes a plurality of layers of pultruded semi-finished products and the equipotential bonding element comprises a sheet of a carbon fiber material, which rests against an end face of an end on the blade root side of one of the pultruded semi-finished products and against an end face of an end on the blade tip side of one of the pultruded semi-finished products. | 2018-06-07 |