24th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150159551 | GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine stage, in particular to an aircraft gas turbine. This gas turbine includes at least one casing having at least one bleed duct and at least one bore, and further includes at least one variable guide vane having a trunnion, a rotary plate, and a guide vane airfoil. The trunnion is disposed in the bore, and the guide vane airfoil is integrally formed with the rotary plate. The guide vane airfoil integrally formed with the rotary plate extends beyond this rotary plate in such a way that, viewed in the direction of flow of the gas path of the gas turbine, a flag corner of the guide vane airfoil, which corner faces the bleed duct and/or is in particular a virtual one, is located downstream of the beginning of the inlet opening of the bleed duct. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159552 | INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electrical power and thermal management system may include a power plant operable to provide power to an electrical generation device. The system may include at least one conversion/distribution assembly configured to provide electrical power to a first electrical bus. The system may also include a thermal management system configured to circulate coolant to at least one heat source. A controller may be in communication with the power plant, the electrical generation device, the conversion/distribution assembly, the electrical power bus, and the thermal management system. The controller may be configured to integrally manage electrical and thermal steady and transient demands, wherein the controller is operable to selectively distribute power to the electrical power bus and regulate produced thermal energy in response to electrical and thermal demands, respectively. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159553 | METHODS FOR USE IN TESTING GAS TURBINE FILTERS - Methods of testing gas turbine filter elements under high or low temperature operating environments are provided. In one aspect, the method includes performing a fractional efficiency test on a filter. The method also includes heating or cooling the filter to a temperature that is higher or lower than an ambient temperature. The method further includes performing a second fractional efficiency test on the filter after the filter has been heated or cooled for a period of time at the temperature. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159554 | AIRCRAFT TURBOFAN COMPRISING AN INTERMEDIATE RING WITH SIMPLIFIED DOWNSTREAM SUPPORT - This invention relates to an assembly ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159555 | INTERNAL HEATING USING TURBINE AIR SUPPLY - A gas turbine engine that includes a heat exchanger for heating a fuel gas using compressed air generated by the engine. The heat exchanger is positioned within an outer housing of the engine and receives the fuel gas at a first input prior to the fuel being mixed with a combustion portion of the compressed air and receives a cooling portion of the compressed air at a second input prior to the cooling portion of the compressed gas being sent to cooling flow channels. The heat exchanger also includes a first output that directs the fuel from the heat exchanger to be mixed with the combustion portion of the compressed gas and a second output that directs the cooling portion of the compressed gas to the cooling flow channels. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159556 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPARTING CORROSION RESISTANCE TO GAS TURBINE ENGINES - Methods and systems for imparting corrosion resistance to gas turbine engines are disclosed. Existing and/or supplemental piping is connected to existing compressor section air extraction and turbine section cooling air piping to supply water and anti-corrosion agents into areas of the gas turbine engine not ordinarily and/or directly accessible by injection of cleaning agents into the bellmouth of the turbine alone and/or repair methods. An anti-corrosion mixture is selectively supplied as a liquid-steam mixture to the compressor and/or the turbine sections of the gas turbine engine to coat the gas turbine engine components therein with a metal passivation coating which mitigates corrosion in the gas turbine engine. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159557 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPARTING CORROSION RESISTANCE TO GAS TURBINE ENGINES - Methods and systems for imparting corrosion resistance to gas turbine engines are disclosed. Existing and/or supplemental piping is connected to existing compressor section air extraction piping and turbine section cooling air piping to supply water and anti-corrosion agents into areas of the gas turbine engine not ordinarily and/or directly accessible by injection of cleaning agents into the bellmouth of the turbine alone and/or repair methods. An anti-corrosion mixture is selectively supplied as an aqueous solution to the compressor and/or the turbine sections of the gas turbine engine to coat the gas turbine engine components therein with a metal passivation coating which mitigates corrosion in the gas turbine engine. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159558 | Method And System For Dispensing Gas Turbine Anticorrosion Fluid - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for dispensing turbine engine anticorrosive protection. In an embodiment, a method may include selecting an anticorrosion fluid for a gas turbine engine and applying the anticorrosion fluid to the gas turbine engine. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159559 | Method and System for Compressor On Line Water Washing With Anticorrosive Solution - Methods and systems may dispense turbine engine anticorrosive protection. In an embodiment, a method may include determining a condition of a gas turbine engine while the gas turbine engine is online, wherein the condition includes the power output level of the gas turbine engine and applying, based on the condition, an anticorrosion fluid to the gas turbine engine while the gas turbine engine is online. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FOREIGN MATTER IN GAS TURBINE - A system for extracting foreign matter in a gas turbine is provided. The system includes a variable bleed valve (VBV) disposed between a booster and a high pressure compressor configured to bleed at least a first flow from a core engine flow path into a bypass flow path to extract foreign particles. The system also includes a wedge structure disposed in the core engine flowpath proximate to the variable bleed valve and configured to allow the at least first flow into the bypass flow path through an extraction passage or at least a second flow through a recovery passage into the core engine flow path. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159561 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PURGE FLOW IN A GAS TURBOMACHINE AND A TURBOMACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of controlling purge flow in a gas turbomachine system includes detecting a fault condition in the gas turbomachine system, initiating a shutdown of the gas turbomachine system, introducing a purge flow into a gas turbine portion of the gas turbomachine system, categorizing the fault condition as one of a category one fault and a category two fault, and validating the purge flow if the fault condition is a category one fault and invalidating the purge flow if the fault condition is a category two fault. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159562 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Gas Turbine Combustor - An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a rotating speed detector for detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, a recorder for recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine detected by the rotating speed detector, an arithmetic unit for calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine recorded in the recorder, and a fuel control unit for judging a starting situation of reduction in the rotating speed of gas turbine on the basis of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine calculated by the arithmetic unit and controlling respectively a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159563 | AUTOMATED EXTENDED TURNDOWN OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBINED WITH INCREMENTAL TUNING TO MAINTAIN EMISSIONS AND DYNAMICS - An auto-tune controller and tuning process implemented thereby for measuring and tuning the combustion dynamics and emissions of a GT engine, relative to predetermined upper limits, are provided. Initially, the tuning process includes monitoring the combustion dynamics of a plurality of combustors and emissions for a plurality of conditions. Upon determination that one or more of the conditions exceeds a predetermined upper limit, a fuel flow split to a fuel circuit on all of the combustors on the engine is adjusted by a predetermined amount. The control system continues to monitor the combustion dynamics and to recursively adjust the fuel flow split by the predetermined amount until the combustion dynamics and/or emissions are operating within a prescribed range of the GT engine. Additionally, a method of automated extended turndown of a GT engine to find a minimum load is provided. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159564 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A natural gas system for a vehicle includes a fuel pod, a conduit defining a flow path, a fuel control module, and an accumulator. The fuel pod includes a fuel tank configured to store natural gas. The conduit includes a first end coupled to the fuel pod and a second end configured to be coupled to an engine. The fuel control module is disposed along the flow path and configured to regulate a flow of natural gas to the engine. The accumulator is disposed along the flow path downstream of the fuel control module. The accumulator is configured to buffer variations in the flow of natural gas such that the engine receives a consistent flow of natural gas. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159565 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The density of fuel being used by a compression-ignition engine and the flammability of the fuel (readiness to ignite when injected into a combustion chamber of the engine, under the current operating conditions of the engine) are respectively detected. When the flammability is excessively low and the density is above a threshold value, the oxygen concentration of the intake air supplied to the cylinders is increased until the flammability reaches a reference condition, while when the flammability is excessively low and the density is below the threshold value, the compression ratio of the engine (and/or each pilot injection amount) is increased until the flammability reaches the reference condition. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159566 | VAPORIZED FUEL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a closing valve provided in a vapor path connecting an adsorbent canister to the fuel tank, a pressure sensor configured to detect the inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit configured to determine whether the amount of increase in the inner pressure of the fuel tank is within an acceptable range or not, to learn a valve opening start position of the closing valve when the inner pressure of the fuel tank is reduced by an amount not less than a predetermined value, and to stop or prohibit the learning of the valve opening start position of the closing valve when the amount of increase in the inner pressure of the fuel tank is not within the acceptable range during or before the learning of the valve opening start position of the closing valve. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159567 | VAPORIZED FUEL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister loaded with an adsorbent capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a closing valve provided a vapor path connecting the canister and the fuel tank and having a valve seat and a valve movable portion such that a distance between the valve seat and the valve movable portion is stroke amount, a pressure sensor configured to detect inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit. The electric control unit is configured to perform abnormal state depressurization control of the fuel tank, in a state that the pressure sensor cannot detect the inner pressure of the fuel tank, by setting the stroke amount of the closing valve at a fail-safe value in which the closing valve is closed, and then changing the stroke amount in a valve opening direction of the closing valve from the fail-safe value. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159568 | VAPORIZED FUEL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path connecting the canister and the fuel tank and having a valve seat and a valve movable portion, a pressure sensor configured to detect inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit. The electric control unit is configured to set a learning value that is an axial distance between the valve seat and the valve movable portion at a valve opening start position at a fail-safe value such that the closing valve is in the valve closing state when the inner pressure of the fuel tank decreases by less than a predetermined value after repeating a stroke control process more than predetermined times. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING COMBUSTION PHASE OF ENGINE BY ANGULAR ACCELERATION SIGNAL AND COMBUSTION DATA OF SINGLE CYLINDER - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of detecting a combustion phase of an engine by an angular acceleration signal and combustion data of a single cylinder. The method may include calculating a point of maximum angular acceleration of each engine cylinder during an explosion stroke, detecting a combustion phase of an engine cylinder provided with a combustion pressure sensor, calculating a time difference between the point of maximum angular acceleration and the combustion phase of the engine cylinder provided with the combustion pressure sensor, and determining a combustion phase of an engine cylinder where the combustion pressure sensor is not mounted by using the time difference and the point of maximum angular acceleration of the engine cylinder where the combustion pressure sensor is not mounted. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159570 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SAFETY OF A BI-FUEL VEHICLE - A method and system for controlling safety of a bi-fuel vehicle may safely control the bi-fuel vehicle when it is in an accident. The method may include detecting a pressure of a vaporizer configured to decompress and vaporize liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that is one fuel of the bi-fuel vehicle, determining whether the detected pressure of the vaporizer is equal to or higher than a predetermined high pressure, determining whether the detected pressure of the vaporizer is equal to or lower than a predetermined low pressure, determining whether an airbag has been inflated, and switching to a gasoline mode configured to use gasoline if at least one of the detected pressure is equal to or higher than the predetermined high pressure, the detected pressure of the vaporizer is equal to or lower than the predetermined low pressure, and/or the airbag has been inflated is determined to be true. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159571 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE SPEED - A method of controlling an engine speed of a machine is provided. The method includes determining if an engine power demand is below a rated engine power. The method further includes determining if a drive motor of the machine is operating within a constant power region. The method also includes comparing an available engine power with the engine power demand. The method further includes changing the engine speed such that an available engine power is greater than the engine power demand by a predetermined margin. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159572 | SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE OF ENGINE SYSTEM - Aspects of the disclosure include a system for controlling an exhaust gas communicated from an engine system to a turbine component of a turbocharger system. The system can include a sensor configured to determine a temperature of the exhaust gas; and a controller configured to adjust an engine system speed based on the temperature of the exhaust gas being greater than or less than a temperature safety window. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159573 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-IGNITION CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for mitigating knock and/or pre-ignition. Each of a spark timing retard, cylinder enrichment, and engine load limiting is adjusted based on a knock sensor output generated in a single defined crank angle window, and not based on knock sensor output generated outside the defined crank angle window. A severity of the mitigating actions is adjusted in proportion to the knock sensor output intensity with the severity of the mitigating action increased as the knock sensor output intensity increases. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159574 | FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES - A first computer-implemented diagnostic method can run in response to an imminent deceleration fuel cutoff (DFCO) event. A second computer-implemented diagnostic method can run on engine shutdown. Both diagnostic methods involve controlling fuel injectors and a fuel pump to make the fuel rail pressure change from a desired minimum to a desired maximum. Measurements from the fuel rail pressure sensor at these endpoints can then be used to detect a fault of the fuel rail pressure sensor. One or both diagnostic methods can be implemented. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159575 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING A SWITCH ELEMENT OF A VALVE DEVICE - In a method for actuating a switch element of a valve device between a first end position and a second end position, in a normal mode within a cycle following an end of a first energization, a movement of the switch element in a first direction effected by the loading device is retarded in a first direction by a brief second energization (“braking pulse”) that is introduced within the cycle once a pause period has ended following a characteristic point in time. It is provided that the optimum pause period and/or the optimum variable characterizing the braking pulse be ascertained in an adaptation mode. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159576 | ADAPTIVE LEARNING OF DUTY CYCLE FOR A HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - Methods and systems are provided for closed loop operation of a high pressure fuel pump connected to the direct injectors of an internal combustion engine. During operation of the high pressure pump a dead zone may exist where a substantial change in the pump duty cycle does not correspond to a substantial change in the fuel rail pressure. To operate outside the dead zone, a relationship between the pump duty cycle and fuel rail pressure is learned upon completion of several pump and engine conditions, thereby improving high pressure pump operation and reducing pump degradation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159577 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine has a fuel pump capable of pumping fuel from a fuel tank to the internal combustion engine, a motor driving the fuel pump, a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure of the fuel pumped from the fuel pump, and a control unit configured to output control signals to the motor. The control unit is configured to perform feedback control of duty ratio of the control signals for the motor, and to control the duty lower limit guard value in order to limit an amount of decreases of the duty lower limit guard value in the step-like manner when a duty lower limit guard value decreases. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159578 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING INJECTOR VARIABILITY IN A MULTIPLE INJECTOR SYSTEM - Various systems and methods are described for diagnosing injector variability in a dual fuel, multi-injector system. In one example, a single injector in one cylinder is enabled while remaining cylinders are fueled with a first fuel and subsequently, a second fuel is injected via the enabled injector into the one cylinder in a predetermined sequence and fuel rail pressure drops are measured. Further, measured pressure drop after each injection event is corrected for an increase in injector closing delay. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159579 | Fuel Injection System and Method Combining Port Fuel Injection with Direct Fuel Injection - A system and method for injecting fuel into an engine is provided where a low-pressure fuel pump is connected in fluid communication with at least one port fuel injector and a high-pressure fuel pump is connected in fluid communication with at least one direct fuel injector. The port fuel injector is disposed along an intake path of the engine and the direct fuel injector is disposed adjacent a cylinder of the engine. A lost motion lifter selectively couples the high-pressure fuel pump and the engine. A pump deactivation module switches the lost motion lifter to selectively deactivate the high-pressure fuel pump from the engine in response to partial load operation of the engine. The pump deactivation module may additionally switch the port fuel injector to an activated state and the direct fuel injector to a deactivated state. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159580 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device of an internal combustion engine of the invention is provided with: cooling fuel injection control means for controlling fuel injection through a fuel injection valve so as to inject cooling fuel through the fuel injection valve when a temperature of the fuel injection valve exceeds a predetermined temperature at a time when the internal combustion engine is stopped; and cooling fuel amount setting means for setting an amount of cooling fuel. The cooling fuel amount setting means sets the amount of cooling fuel of an open cylinder, which is a cylinder the intake valve of which is in an open state when the internal combustion engine is stopped, to be smaller than the amount of cooling fuel in another cylinder other than the open cylinder. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159581 | ENGINE HAVING COMPOSITE CYLINDER BLOCK - An engine is provided. The engine includes a thermo-molded composite cylinder block including a front engine cover attachment interface and a transmission attachment interface. The engine further includes a cylinder liner comprising a different material than a composite cylinder block and integrally molded with the composite cylinder block, the cylinder liner defining a portion of a boundary of a cylinder and including a top deck at least partially extending across a water jacket cavity surrounding the cylinder. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159582 | ENGINE HAVING COMPOSITE CYLINDER BLOCK - An engine is provided. The engine includes a thermal set composite cylinder block including a front engine cover attachment interface and a transmission attachment interface and a cylinder liner integrally molded with the composite cylinder block, the cylinder liner defining a portion of a boundary of a cylinder. The engine further includes a bulkhead insert extending through the thermal set composite cylinder block and is directly coupled to a cylinder head. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159583 | PISTON FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston assembly for internal combustion diesel engine having a piston diameter of 160-650 mm, the piston assembly including a top part, a body part and a gudgeon pin connectable to each other, the top part defining, when installed in a cylinder, the piston side of a combustion chamber, and the body part having an aperture for a gudgeon pin, bosses for distributing forces between the piston and the gudgeon pin, the body part having an interior, an outer surface and operable connecting surfaces, the gudgeon pin for pivotally connecting the piston to a connecting rod, is configured to be assembled and lockable by locking elements to the body part aperture in a given rotational orientation such that there is provided a conduit for supplying cooling oil from the connecting rod via the gudgeon pin to the bosses and to a cooling gallery between the top and body parts. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159584 | PARTICULAR ARRANGEMENT OF A COOLING DUCT CONNECTING BORE OF A COOLING DUCT - The arrangement relates to a method for producing a cooling duct piston for an internal combustion engine, having the steps of producing a top piston part by introducing a combustion bowl, a cooling space of a part of a cooling duct and overflow ducts, producing a bottom piston part by introducing a part of a cooling duct, and joining the piston parts, wherein at least one transfer duct is created by bores. A cooling duct piston produced by the method is disclosed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIR OF CAST COMPONENT - A method for repairing a cast component having a damaged area is provided. The method includes scanning an area adjacent to the damaged area to create a scan. The method includes forming a dam with a void. The void has a profile corresponding to the scan. The method includes positioning the dam adjacent to the damaged area. The method includes heating the cast component. The method includes introducing a repair material into the dam. The method also includes cooling the cast component. The method further includes removing an excess material from the cast component. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159586 | BRAYTON CYCLE ENGINE - To provide refrigeration below 200 K, a Brayton cycle engine contains a light reciprocating piston. The refrigerator includes a compressor, a gas-balanced reciprocating engine having a cold rotary valve, a counterflow heat exchanger, a gas storage volume with valves that can adjust system pressures, a variable speed engine and a control system that controls gas pressure, engine speed, and the speed of the piston. The engine is connected to a load such as a cryopanel, for pumping water vapor, through insulated transfer lines. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159587 | CLUSTER ROCKET MOTOR BOOSTERS - A projectile for firing from a launcher includes a propulsion stage having non-axisymmetric boosters arranged about a longitudinal axis of the propulsion stage. The propulsion stage may further include a central booster about which the non-axisymmetric boosters are arranged. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159588 | EGR CYLINDER OPERATION IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A system includes an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders. At least one of the cylinders is a primary EGR cylinder that solely provides EGR flow during at least some operating conditions. Operation of the primary EGR cylinder is controlled separately from the other cylinders to reduce internal residuals in the primary EGR cylinder. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159589 | Engine System And Method - An engine system includes a plurality of cylinders including one or more donating cylinders and one or more non-donating cylinders. A control module controls an operation of the one or more donating cylinders relative to, or based on, the operation of the one or more non-donating cylinders. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159590 | Recirculated Exhaust Gases Distribution Device, Corresponding Inlet Manifold And Corresponding Inlet Module - Disclosed is a recirculated exhaust gases distribution device ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159591 | NON-RETURN VALVE DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A non-return valve device for an internal combustion engine includes a valve housing comprising an aperture with a downstream end arranged in a duct housing. The aperture defines a flow cross section. A valve seat surrounds the flow cross section. A valve closing member, provided as leaf springs, adapts, closes or opens the flow cross section. A distance between each of the leaf springs in their maximum opened position at the downstream end of the aperture and the duct housing arranged opposite to each of the leaf springs has a maximum which is twice as large as a distance between each of the leaf springs in their maximum opened position and the valve seat arranged opposite to each of the leaf springs. Defining inner walls of the duct housing downstream of the valve housing are arranged so that the flow cross section is first continuously reduced and then continuously enlarged | 2015-06-11 |
20150159592 | ENGINE SYSTEM HAVING TURBO CHARGER - An engine system having a turbocharger may include an engine block, a turbocharger, an intake line and an intercooler. The engine block may include a cylinder head disposed on an upper side of the engine block, an intake manifold disposed at one side of the cylinder head, and an exhaust manifold disposed at the other side of the cylinder head. The turbocharger may compress intake air by exhaust gas exhausted from the exhaust manifold, and the intake line may be formed from the turbocharger to the intake manifold to transfer the intake air compressed by the turbocharger to the intake manifold. The intercooler may be disposed on the intake line adjacent to the intake manifold to cool the compressed intake air. The compressed intake air discharged from the turbocharger may pass a side of the cylinder head and an engine coolant flowing the cylinder head may cool the compressed intake air. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159593 | ENGINE SYSTEM HAVING TURBOCHARGER - An engine system having a turbocharger may include a cylinder head at which an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold may be placed, the turbocharger connected to the exhaust manifold to compress intake air by a first exhaust gas exhausted from the exhaust manifold, an intake line that may be formed between the turbocharger and the intake manifold through the cylinder head to transfer a compressed air compressed by the turbocharger, an intercooler placed between the intake line and the intake manifold to cool the compressed air, an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line that recirculates a second exhaust gas that may be exhausted from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold, and an EGR cooler that may be placed between the EGR line and the intake manifold to cool an EGR gas, wherein a low temperature coolant passing through the cylinder head cools the compressed air. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159594 | ACTUATOR WITH VALVE RETURN - A number of variations may include a product, which may include an actuator including a rotatory portion for moving a valve from a first position to a second position and a biasing spring for retuning the valve to the first position. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159595 | ACTUATOR WITH VALVE RETURN - A number of variations may include a product, which may include an actuator including a rotatory portion for moving a valve from a first position to a second position and a biasing spring for retuning the valve to the first position. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159596 | BLOWBY GAS VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR SUPERCHARGER-EQUIPPED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A blowby gas ventilation system for a supercharger-equipped internal combustion engine, which discharges blowby gas from a crankcase into intake air, includes a positive crankcase ventilation passage through which the blowby gas is delivered from the crankcase to an intake passage. The positive crankcase ventilation passage branches, in an intermediate location in the positive crankcase ventilation passage, into a first path that is used during natural aspiration of the internal combustion engine and a second path that is used during supercharging of the internal combustion engine, and a part of the positive crankcase ventilation passage, which includes a branching portion between the first path and the second path, is formed integrally with a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159597 | ACTIVE PURGE PUMP SYSTEM MODULE FOR EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM - An active purge pump system module is provided for an evaporative emission control (EVAP) system for a vehicle. The EVAP system includes a fuel tank, a vapor collection canister in communication with the fuel tank, an air intake, and a purge valve connected between the canister and the air intake. The active purge pump system module includes a pump in fluid communication with the canister to move air independently of operation of the engine. A bypass valve assembly communicates with an upstream side and a downstream side of the pump to bypass the pump. In a closed position of the bypass valve assembly, the pump, when activated, moves purge vapor from the canister, through the purge valve, and to the engine to be consumed during combustion, and when the bypass valve assembly is opened and the pump is deactivated, vehicle refueling is permitted. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159598 | VAPORIZED FUEL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a vapor path connecting the canister to the fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path, a purge path connecting the canister to an intake path of an engine, a pressure sensor for detecting the inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit controlling the vaporized fuel processing apparatus. When the inner pressure of the fuel tank is in excess of the measurement range of the pressure sensor, the learning of the valve opening start position is prohibited, and pre-learning depressurization control is performed through change of the stroke amount of the closing valve in the valve opening direction until the inner pressure of the fuel tank is within the measurement range of the pressure sensor. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159599 | AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM FOR AN ENGINE - An air filtration system ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159600 | Filter Device, in Particular for Gas Filtration - A filter device is provided with a filter housing and a housing cover closing off the filter housing. A filter element is disposed in the filter housing. The filter element has a clamping element that is resting with a clamping force on a first housing part that is provided on the filter housing or on the housing cover. The filter element further has a lever element that, in the mounted state of the filter element in the filter housing, is resting on a second housing part that is provided on the filter housing or on the housing cover and force-loads the clamping element against the first housing part. The clamping element and the lever element form a single part and are preferably provided on an end disk of the filter element. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159601 | BIDIRECTIONAL VALVED ASPIRATOR FOR SURGE CONTROL AND VACUUM GENERATION - An aspirator coupled between an inlet of a compressor and an engine intake manifold may include sonic/supersonic expansion curves for both forward and reverse flow through the aspirator. Suction flow may enter a first entraining port coupling an ambient side of the aspirator with a vacuum source during reverse flow through the aspirator, whereas suction flow may enter a second entraining port coupling a manifold side of the aspirator with the vacuum source, the first entraining port counter sunk relative to a nominal slope of the aspirator to reduce flow disruption caused by the port during forward flow through the aspirator. A radial-flow aspirator shut-off valve arranged in series with the aspirator may be controlled to enable or disable motive flow through the aspirator, and motive flow may enter the valve in a direction perpendicular to a motive flow axis of the aspirator when the valve is open. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159602 | Fluid Guiding Element of an Air Intake System of an Engine - In a method for producing a fluid guiding element of an air intake system of an engine, a polymer is melted to a melted polymer material. A foam-generating foaming agent is added to the melted polymer material. The melted polymer material together with the foaming agent is molded to a fluid guiding element by forming a polymer foam. Molding is preferably done by injection molding in an injection mold. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING FILTER ELEMENT PERFORMANCE - A system for testing at least one air filter element is provided. The system includes a test rig, wherein the test rig includes an elongated duct, and at least one measurement device coupled to the duct. The at least one measurement device is configured to measure at least one characteristic representative of a condition within the duct. At least one air filter element is coupled within the test rig. At least one first salt spray test is performed on the at least one air filter element. The collected salt spray water and equivalent amount of dry salt remaining in the test rig are quantified. At least one second salt spray test is performed on the at least one air filter element, wherein the at least one air filter element is dust loaded prior to the at least one second salt spray test. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159604 | INTAKE SYSTEM OF SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - An intake system includes an air cleaner that is disposed above an engine main body mounted on a vehicle body frame and connected to cylinder heads of the engine main body and an air introducing unit for introducing air into an air inlet provided at a lateral part of the air cleaner on at least one side thereof in a vehicle width direction. The air introducing unit has an opened front end and is connected to the air cleaner so as to bend an intake direction from a vehicle front-rear direction to the vehicle width direction. In the air inlet, a plurality of ribs partition the air inlet into plural sections. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159605 | Pneumatic emergency shut-off valve - A drive device for generating a drive movement includes a consumer, a fuel tank, which is connected to the consumer through a fuel line, and a pneumatically operable emergency shut-off valve in the fuel line. The emergency shut-off valve shuts off the fuel line in a closed position and allows fuel to pass through in an open position. The device provides a greater level of safety, in that the emergency shut-off valve remains in its closed position, or even automatically shifts to the closed position, in the event of defective operation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159606 | FUEL PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A pneumatic fuel pressure regulator and a mechanical fuel pressure regulator are disclosed wherein the pneumatic fuel pressure regulator uses a mechanical adjustment screw to position a spring locator and spring force exerted on a diaphragm assembly controlling flow through a base fuel block. The mechanical fuel pressure regulator includes a stepper motor and a threaded drive shaft to control pressure exerted on a diaphragm assembly to regulate passage through a base fuel block. A dual stage system combines the pneumatic and mechanical regulators in a dual base unit having two ports separately controlled by the separate regulators. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159607 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - The invention relates to a fuel injection valve comprising a housing ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159608 | CARBON CONTAMINATION RESISTANT PRESSURE ATOMIZING NOZZLES - A pressure atomizing nozzle for injecting fuel includes an inlet housing configured to thermally isolate the interior space from external conditions and to remain relatively cool under operation so as to substantially eliminate heat soak back from the inlet housing to the interior space thereof after operation. First and second coolant conduits cool the nozzle tip region actively during operation and passively after operation. A cooling air jacket is configured to thermally isolate inboard components from exterior conditions, to provide clean air during operation to the nozzle tip region for diluting carbon to reduce carbon deposits in the nozzle tip region and for cooling the same, and to provide passive cooling to the nozzle tip region after operation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159609 | WEAR RESISTANT INSERT ELEMENT FOR A BAFFLE BODY AND BAFFLE BODY FOR A PLUNGER OPERATED FUEL PUMP - A wear resistant insert element is configured to be inserted into a shaft of a baffle body for a plunger operated fuel pump. The baffle body absorbs the energy of a pressure wave generated during pumping operation of the fuel pump. A wear resistant insert element may be made of ceramic and inserted into the baffle body such that an end surface of the baffle body is configured to absorb the energy of a fuel pressure wave and resist wear. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159610 | TAPPET - A plunger ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159611 | High-Pressure Fuel Supply Pump Having Electromagnetically-Driven Intake Valve - Responsiveness is improved in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159612 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector injecting a fuel toward a combustion chamber mounted to a gasoline engine is provided with plural injection ports through which the fuel is injected. Each injection port includes an injection-port axial line limiting a pointing direction of the injection port, and the injection-port axial lines point to different directions. The injection ports include at least one intake injection port the injection-port axial line of which points to an intake space in the combustion chamber between a top surface of a piston of the internal combustion engine and an intake valve of the internal combustion engine. The intake injection port is defined by an inner peripheral wall surface extending in the injection-port axial line of the intake injection port and having a straight shape. The injection ports further include at least one exhaust injection port the injection-port axial line of which points to an exhaust space in the combustion chamber between the top surface of the piston of the internal combustion engine and an exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust injection port is defined by an inner peripheral wall surface separated from the injection-port axial line of the exhaust injection port toward an outlet opening and having an enlarged shape toward the outlet opening. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159613 | IDLE REDUCTION ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND RESTART SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE - An idle reduction engine shutdown and restart system for a machine is disclosed. The machine can include an engine operably connected to a drivetrain including ground engaging propulsion members. The drivetrain can be configured to transmit mechanical energy between the engine and the ground engaging propulsion members. The idle reduction engine shutdown and restart system for the machine can include a starter operatively associated with the engine and configured to effectuate ignition of the engine. The idle reduction engine shutdown and restart system for the machine can further include an idle reduction engine shutdown and restart controller electronically and controllably connected to the engine and configured to shut down the engine in an engine shutdown mode. The idle reduction engine shutdown and restart controller can additionally be electronically and controllably connected and configured to actuate the engine and the starter to start the engine in one or more of an initial engine start mode and one or more engine restart modes. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159614 | Using A DC Or AC Generator As A Starter With Fault Detection - A power generation and starting device for a utility vehicle having a battery source capable of storing electrical energy, a logic/driver module operably coupled to the battery source and capable of outputting power to a drive system of the utility vehicle, an internal combustion engine capable of outputting a mechanical driving force, and a generator system operably coupled to the internal combustion engine and electrically coupled to the logic/driver module. The generator system is capable of operating as a generator in response to the mechanical driving force of the internal combustion engine, thereby outputting electrical energy to the logic/driver module. The generator is further capable of operating as an electric motor in response to input of electrical energy from the logic/driver module to drive the internal combustion engine during startup of the internal combustion engine. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159615 | ENGINE OFF TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT - A vehicle system includes an engine temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a vehicle engine and a remote engine controller system configured to compare the measured engine temperature to a predetermined threshold. The engine controller selectively activates the engine based on the measured engine temperature relative to the predetermined threshold to prioritize the heating of the engine block over heating of the vehicle cabin. In some implementations, the remote engine controller system selectively activates the engine when the measured temperature is below a minimum temperature and deactivates the engine when the measured temperature is equal to or greater than a target temperature. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159616 | STARTER RETURN MECHANISM - A permanently engaged starter assembly includes a ring gear, a return gear, and a starter gear. The return gear is fixed to a shaft of a starter return mechanism. The starter gear is arranged for fixing to a shaft of a starter motor and arranged in a torque path between the ring gear and the return gear. In an example embodiment, the ring gear has a central axis and the return gear is radially outside of the starter gear when measured from the ring gear central axis. In an example embodiment, the ring gear includes a first gear tooth, the return gear includes a second gear tooth, and the starter gear includes third and fourth gear teeth engaged with the first and second gear teeth, respectively. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159617 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - Since a pinion gear unit which rotates according to the rotation of an output rotation shaft driven by the motor unit, a pushing mechanism which moves the pinion gear unit towards an engagement location of the pinion gear and an engine starting gear, and a bracket which includes a bracket main body unit which supports the motor unit and the pushing mechanism and a nose unit which extends from the bracket main body unit to a side opposite to the motor unit and rotatably bears a tip portion of the output rotation shaft on a side opposite to the motor unit, and which is attached to an engine side are included, a first stopper unit which restricts the movement of the rotation member to the direction of the engine starting gear is provided on the output rotation shaft, a second stopper unit which restricts the movement of the pinion gears to the direction of the engine starting gear by pushing and biasing of the elastic member is provided on the rotation member, and positioning the first stopper unit is positioned on a side opposite to the engine starting gear with respect to the second stopper unit, it is possible to shorten the shaft length of the rotation member and to shorten the entire length of the engine starting device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159618 | IGNITION TIMING CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is provided an ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine capable of appropriately performing knock learning by performing knock learning adapted to an engine combustion phenomenon. The inventor has found the principle of a knock reduction effect due to ignition retard is that “if a combustion period moves toward the retard side, a cylinder volume during the combustion period increases, resulting in curbing of rise in the temperature and pressure of unburned gas”. An ignition timing control device according to the present invention is capable of new knock learning based on the principle, which learns a “cylinder volume rate”. The cylinder volume rate is a parameter determined from the amount of change in cylinder volume. Even when an operational status changes, learned ignition timing obtained from knock control means can be set to an appropriate value by reflecting the learned cylinder volume rate. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159619 | Ship Screw, Pump Screw or Turbine Screw - A ship screw, pump screw or turbine screw for use under water or another liquid, comprising a front side and a rear side, wherein water or another liquid is forced from the front side to the rear side in use, and comprising a hub and at least two blades extending from said hub, wherein the blades are substantially helical/spiral shaped, their effective surface area increasing from the front side toward the rear side. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159620 | DEVICE FOR OBTAINING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM HYDROPOWER - An onflow element for an installation for generating electrical energy from hydropower. The onflow element includes an onflow wall with an onflow side as well as a free immersion edge delimiting the onflow wall, wherein the onflow wall has a bending seen in a cross sectional plane transverse to the free immersion edge. The bending is designed in a manner such that the onflow wall is designed arched towards an onflow direction directed to the onflow side. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159621 | Electrical Generator - A generator system and method is provided for generating electricity using a closed-loop/self-contained system which employs a tank of pressurized fluid to turn a turbine which in turn operates a generator or alternator then the spent fluid is pumped back to the pressurized tank to continue the process. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159622 | SYSTEM FOR WAVE ENERGY HARVESTING EMPLOYING TRANSPORT OF STORED ENERGY - A system employs wave energy harvesting apparatus and a water vessel (e.g., a ship) carrying an energy storage apparatus (e.g., array of batteries). The energy harvesting apparatus is preferably also carried by the water vessel, but may be fixed or carried by a separate water vessel. The water vessel is operated in an energy storing mode at an energy harvesting location subject to wave activity, during which the energy storage apparatus stores energy from the wave activity as harvested by the energy harvesting apparatus. The water vessel is operated in an energy transporting mode to transport the stored energy from the energy harvesting location to an energy releasing location (preferably onshore, but may be offshore) having a connection to an electrical power grid. The water vessel is operated at the energy releasing location in an energy releasing mode in which the stored energy is transformed into appropriate AC electricity supplied to the electrical power grid. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159623 | WAVE RESPONSIVE ELECTRICAL GENERATOR - A wave responsive electrical generator device having a buoyant member connected to an anchor by a tether line member, the line member passing through a sheave mounted within the buoyant member and descending to a counterweight, whereby vertical motion of the buoyant member results in rotation of the sheave, which in turn operates an alternator to produce electricity, wherein the line member is a plurality of belts mechanically interlocking with the sheave. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159624 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE WITH A CONE ANGLE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACURING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE WITH A CONE ANGLE - A wind turbine rotor blade ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE SYSTEM - A method for controlling a wind turbine system may generally include controlling a wind turbine to operate at a speed and torque setting within a permissible operating region defined between maximum and minimum operating curves, receiving a speed de-rate request and/or a torque de-rate request to de-rate the wind turbine based on a limiting constraint of the wind turbine system, determining an adjusted speed setting and/or an adjusted torque setting for the wind turbine based on the speed de-rate request and/or the torque de-rate request, determining whether an adjustment of the wind turbine operation to the adjusted speed setting and/or the adjusted torque setting would place the turbine outside the permissible operating region and, if the adjustment would place the operation outside the permissible operating region, adjusting the speed setting and/or the torque setting to a new speed and/or torque setting defined along the maximum or minimum operating curve. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159626 | POWER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND POWER SYSTEM WITH A DISPATCHING ALGORITHM - The present invention relates to a power system having a plurality wind turbine generators and a power plant controller arranged to communicate with the plurality of wind turbines generators, where each of the plurality of wind turbine generator being related to a wind turbine controller, the wind turbine controller being arranged to control an active power output in its related wind turbine generator according to an active power set point received from the wind power plant controller; a first subset of wind turbine generators operating at an active power output unrestricted of the active power set point; and a second subset of wind turbine generators operating according to an active power set point; and wherein the wind power plant controller communicates the active power set point, in accordance with the active power output of the first subset of the plurality of wind turbines generators, so as to reduce active power fluctuation of the aggregated active power output of the first and second subset of the plurality of wind turbines generators. The present invention also relates to method accordingly. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159627 | CONTROLLING WIND POWER PLANT WITH NEGATIVE POWER CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO GRID FREQUENCY INSTABILITY - A method of controlling a wind power plant, the wind power plant having a plurality of wind turbines and being connected to a power grid is provided. The method includes (a) detecting a grid frequency instability, (b) selecting a subset of wind turbines, (c) modifying a power reference for each wind turbine in the selected subset of wind turbines to respond to the grid frequency instability, and (d) applying the modified power references to the corresponding wind turbines in the selected subset of wind turbines. A wind power plant controller, a wind power plant, a computer program, and a computer program product are also provided. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159628 | OFFSHORE CONTRA ROTOR WIND TURBINE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system for an energy efficient contra rotor wind turbines. The system comprises two dual aerodynamic rotors composed of plurality of helically contoured blades. The blades on the outer rotor are set to spin in the first direction about the outer shaft, while the blades on the inner rotor are set to spin in a second direction about the co-axially mounted inner shaft. The inner shaft drives the magnetic field of a generator; the outer rotor drives the wound armature of the generator. Additionally the optimal blade setting can be done by means of the tip speed selection and requiring no blade pitching and no yawing requirement and also control the rotors speeds whenever their rotational speeds exceed the design limits Energy extraction can be enhanced by means of coaxially ducted flow concept in horizontal axis wind turbines. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159629 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE - The invention relates to a vertical-axis wind turbine of the type comprising a set of blades around a central shaft and an electrical generator, as well as a rotor coupled to both the blades and the electrical generator. The rotor includes a central cavity intended to receive a column. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159630 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - One embodiment of a system for receiving wind and converting it to storable power, includes a wind capturing apparatus, including a least three sails, the least three sails having a shape, oriented to have an axis of rotation perpendicular to a surface on which the system is positioned, wherein the wind capturing device captures induced wind; an axle, in communication with wind capturing apparatus such that it receives rotational energy when the wind capturing apparatus rotates about the axis of rotation; and a generating unit, the generating unit receiving rotational energy from the axle and transforming it into storable energy. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159631 | MAIN BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A WIND TURBINE - The invention provides a drive train for a horizontal axis wind turbine, comprising—a main shaft provided with a rotor attachment flange adapted to be connected to a rotor of the wind turbine, and—a main bearing housing having a main body at least partly enclosing the main shaft and extending from a first end to a second end, a distance from the second end to the rotor attachment flange being larger than a distance from the first end to the rotor attachment flange, the main body presenting at the second end a component attachment flange for a connection of the housing to a further drive train component,—the main bearing housing carrying the main shaft via a first bearing and a second bearing, a distance between the second bearing and the rotor attachment flange being larger than a distance between the first bearing and the rotor attachment flange,—the main bearing housing having a first seat for the first bearing, and a second seat for the second bearing,—the main bearing housing comprising a seat flange extending from the main body at least partly radially inwards, the second seat being located on a distal end of the seat flange. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159632 | WIND TURBINE BLADE VIBRATION DETECTION AND RADAR CALIBRATION - A wind turbine ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159633 | MONITORED COMPONENT CONNECTION, WIND POWER INSTALLATION, METHOD OF MONITORING A COMPONENT CONNECTION FOR UNWANTED RELEASE OF THE COMPONENT CONNECTION IN THE CONNECTED CONDITION - The invention concerns a monitored component connection comprising a first component forming a holding portion, a second component forming a receiving portion, and a connecting portion which holds the second component to the first component in the connected condition, wherein the connecting portion engages into a connection receiving means of the receiving portion. According to the invention it is proposed that for monitoring for an unwanted connection weakness in the component connection in the connected condition the connection receiving means can be acted upon with a testing pressure, and the testing pressure can be monitored for a defect deviation which is sufficient to indicate a connection weakness in the component connection in the connected condition. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159634 | WIND TURBINE TOWER SUSPENSION MEANS - A method of mounting elements in a wind turbine tower, whereby the elements are partly or completely attached to the wind turbine tower by means of magnetic attraction forces. Wind turbine suspension units may be attached to the wind turbine tower, preferably completely or partly to the inner wall by means of magnetic attraction forces, which present structure-weakening attachments to the tower or part of the tower. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159635 | WIND TURBINE TOWER - A self-supporting wind turbine tower with walls comprising an upper portion ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159636 | SPRING BASED ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATOR - The present invention discloses a spring based generator for conversion of the vibrational energy into significantly storable electrical energy. The present invention's generator is portable and does not need any fluid like petrol, diesel, water etc. for its starting or running. The manufacturing and maintenance cost of the generator is highly less due to least complex assembly. The present invention creates minimum noise and provides continuous power generation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159637 | INERTIAL TRACTION SYSTEM - Inertial traction system based on counter-rotating masses (W) with a variable arm between a maximum value and a minimum value and rotating with an angular direction equal and opposed between each other in planes at least parallel between each other, comprising at least a rotor in order to keep the rotation of said pair of masses (W), means for varying said arm, controllable decoupling means between said rotor and said pair of masses (W), first control means in order to control at least said means for varying the arm in order to compose the respective centrifugal and/or Coriolis forces of the respective masses in order to generate impulses according to a movement line (V) so that a number or an intensity of said impulses is prevalent with respect to a single direction (I) of said line (V). | 2015-06-11 |
20150159638 | Pump Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a pump device that is capable of improving a discharge performance. A first orifice | 2015-06-11 |
20150159639 | Metering System and Metering Pump Therefor - The present invention relates to a metering system for metering a liquid metering medium, with a suction line, which is filled with a metering medium at the liquid pressure p | 2015-06-11 |
20150159640 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - A hermetic compressor includes: a main bearing ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159641 | Peristaltic Linear Pump and Method of Operation - The present disclosure provides a linear peristaltic pump that is capable of dispensing varied amounts of liquid from a tube. The linear peristaltic pump includes an adjustably attached squashing plate that is configured to move lengthwise in the housing of the pump. The amount of liquid dispensed from a tube disposed in the pump varies based on the location of the squash plate in the housing. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159642 | PROCESSING LIQUID SUPPLYING APPARATUS, PROCESSING LIQUID SUPPLYING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a feed pump ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159643 | MAGNETICALLY-RETAINED SHIELDING CAP FOR PERISTALTIC PUMP - A shielding cap with a cover for use with a peristaltic pump includes a magnet to generate an attractive force between the shielding cap and a pump component to retain the shielding cap in place, and may further include a lip which allows the shielding cap to rest flush against a pump component, and a sidewall which allows the shielding cap to seal an opening in a pump component. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159644 | Device and Method for Operating A Fuel Feed System and Fuel Feed System - A device for operating a fuel feed system having an electric pump, arranged within a fuel tank, in order to convey fuel from the fuel tank to a fuel accumulator, is configured to perform closed-loop or open-loop control of the rotational speed of the electric pump as a function of a predefined value for a pressure in the fuel accumulator. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159645 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - In a compressor that changes a discharge capacity by using an actuator, a variable displacement swash plate type compressor capable of realizing reduction in manufacture cost is provided. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159646 | SENSORLESS DISTURBANCE DETECTION IN METERING PUMPS WITH STEPPING MOTOR - The present invention concerns a method of sensorless detection of functional disturbances of a positive displacement pump ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159647 | STAY ROD ASSEMBLY - A stay rod assembly for reciprocating pump assembly is disclosed. The reciprocating pump assembly includes a power section having a power source to reciprocate a plunger. A cylinder section has a chamber to receive the reciprocating plunger from the power section. The stay rod assembly secures the cylinder section to the power section. The stay rod assembly includes a stud and the sleeve. The stud has a first end, a second end, a middle portion extending between the first end the second end, and a shoulder between the first end and the middle portion. The sleeve surrounds the stud and has a first loading end adjacent the shoulder, and a second loading end adjacent the second end of the stud. The sleeve is configured to be pre-compressed and to pre-tension the stud for reducing cycling stresses. | 2015-06-11 |
20150159648 | PLANETARY ROTOR MACHINE WITH SYNCHRONIZING MECHANISM - Various examples of planetary rotor machines and synchronizing mechanisms are provided. In one example, a planetary rotor machine comprises a plurality of helical rotors for compressing or expanding a fluid. Each of the helical rotors is configured to rotate about a rotor rotational axis, and each of the rotor rotational axes is equally spaced from a central axis of the planetary rotor machine. A rotor shaft is fixedly coupled to each of the helical rotors and extends axially along the rotor rotational axis. A rotor crank is coupled to each of the rotor shafts and comprises a rotor crank arm that extends away from the rotor rotational axis. Each rotor crank arm comprises a rotor crankpin at a distal end that is laterally spaced from the rotor rotational axis. A synchronizing plate is rotatably coupled to each of the rotor crankpins for non-rotative epicyclic oscillation with respect to the plurality of rotor shafts and the helical rotors. A driver crank is rotatably coupled to a central bearing in a geometric center of the synchronizing plate. A driveshaft is fixedly coupled to the driver crank and located coaxial with the central axis of the planetary rotor machine | 2015-06-11 |
20150159649 | Refrigerant Compressor and Refrigeration Cycle Device - A refrigerant compressor ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150159650 | Scroll Pump Having Axially Compliant Spring Element - A scroll pump includes a frame, a stationary plate scroll, an orbiting plate scroll, a non-energized type of tip seal or seals, an eccentric drive mechanism assembled to and supported by the frame and to which the orbiting plate scroll is assembled so as to be drivable by the eccentric drive mechanism in an orbit about a longitudinal axis of the pump, and an axial compliance system including a flexure. The flexure is interposed between a bearing of the eccentric drive mechanism and a flexure-locating surface of the eccentric drive mechanism. The flexure allows the orbiting plate scroll to move away from the stationary plate scroll in the case of an assembly process which would otherwise result in the tip seal(s) being too forcefully engaged with the plate of the opposing plate scroll. | 2015-06-11 |