34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140234017 | LONG LIGHT METAL BILLET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plurality of short light metal billets | 2014-08-21 |
20140234018 | CONNECTING MEMBER OF STRUCTURE - A bracket includes a cylindrical portion and a plate-shaped portion that are integrally formed. The cylindrical portion is provided at one end side of a blank along one direction and is provided with a slit extending over an entire length of the cylindrical portion in the one direction as a result of forming a portion at the one end side of the blank along the one direction into a cylindrical shape extending in the one direction. The plate-shaped portion is provided at the other end side of the blank along the one direction. The cylindrical portion of the bracket is inserted in the cylindrical body member formed of an aluminum alloy material, and the body member and the cylindrical portion are clinched by electromagnetic tube compression. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234019 | Alarm method for avoiding inappropriate rudder bar actuation - A method for producing a connector, in particular for repair, in particular in the field of aviation and aerospace, including the steps of: providing a base layer; attaching a first layer of fibre composite material having a first rigidity to the base layer; attaching a second layer of fibre composite material having a second rigidity to the first layer, offset therefrom, the second rigidity being greater than the first rigidity; and riveting the first layer to the base layer and riveting the second layer to the first layer and to the base layer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234020 | DEVICE FOR FIXING A LOWER GLASS FOR A CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CABIN - An apparatus can detachably fix the lower glass of the cab according to a working environment through simple adjustment of an adjustment knob. The apparatus detachably fixes the lower glass of the cab according to a working environment includes a lower bracket fixedly installed on a lower side of a window frame of the cab and including a rubber member to prevent a secession of the lower glass; a knob support plate including a fixing plate having a guide groove and a position setting hole, and a support plate having a compression pad, wherein the fixing plate is fixedly installed on an upper side of the window frame and the support plate compressively supports one side of an upper portion of the lower glass; and an adjustment knob provided with a projection portion that is fitted into the guide groove to be slidably guided clockwise or counterclockwise. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234021 | Shaft with a Flange Connection - A flange connection on a shaft having at least two diameters of different size, wherein the diameter of the flange connection is smaller than a diameter of the roller bearing seat. Machine parts on the shaft can thereby be rapidly and simply interchanged without the flange having to be removed in the process. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING DUCT BY INSERTED CORNER MEMBERS - An air transport duct, and sections of such duct, capable of connection to a support by support members and attachment members formed from two mating members. Each section has two terminal open ends and a flange disposed around each open end for connection to a flange of an adjacent section. Each flange includes two relatively transverse receiving channels adjacent to a corner of the flange, and an insertable corner member positioned into the channels. The corner member is attached to the flange by a load-bearing connection, and can support a predetermined portion of a weight of the duct by connection of the corner member to a first mating member connectable to a second mating member secured to a corresponding support member. A method of connecting a duct to a support by forming a load-bearing connection between a corner member and a flange. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234023 | ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT MECHANISM AND OPERATION TOOL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an attachment/detachment mechanism detachably fixes an insertion member and an outer sheath member. The mechanism includes a removal preventing member and a rotation preventing member. The removal preventing member is configured to restrict movement of the insertion member inserted in the outer sheath member relative thereto in a removing direction. The rotation preventing member is configured to restrict movement of the insertion member inserted in the outer sheath member relative thereto in a rotating direction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234024 | SURFACE MOUNT WEDGE BARRIER - The present disclosure relates to a system including an anchor configured to be disposed within a foundation, wherein an upper side of the anchor is configured to be exposed at a surface of the foundation and a wedge-style anti-ram security barrier configured to mechanically couple to the anchor and mount to the surface of the foundation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234025 | PRECAST LEVELING SEGMENT BELOW A TRAFFIC BARRIER ATOP AN EARTH RETAINING WALL SYTEM - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a roadside barrier segment to sit on top of a retaining wall to provide impact resistance to vehicular traffic. Concrete traffic barriers are pre-cast in a controlled manufacturing environment then transported as a modular precast concrete segment to the jobsite and installed interlocking directly on top of an earth retaining wall. The precast concrete segment is designed to have a counterweight from soil backfill on a stem of the precast segment that resists overturning pressures from vehicle impact on the traffic barrier segment that extends above the roadway surface. The stem may be triangular in shape to capture more of the backfill soil. A vertical node may be placed on one side of the segment and a receiving channel on the opposite side of the segment to allow the interaction of adjacent segments to share impact loads from motor vehicles. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234026 | ASPHALTENE BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - Photovoltaic devices and methods of making the same, are disclosed herein. The cell comprises a photovoltaic device that comprises a first electrically conductive layer comprising a photo-sensitized electrode; at least one photoelectrochemical layer comprising metal-oxide particles, an electrolyte solution comprising at least one asphaltene fraction, wherein the metal-oxide particles are optionally dispersed in a surfactant; and a second electrically conductive layer comprising a counter-electrode, wherein the second electrically conductive layer comprises one or more conductive elements comprising carbon, graphite, soot, carbon allotropes or any combinations thereof. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234027 | ACRYLIC-MODIFIED ASPHALT REJUVENATING EMULSION - A polymer-modified emulsion used for rejuvenating or repairing deteriorated asphalt pavement includes an asphalt phase containing an asphalt and a rejuvenating agent, and an aqueous phase including water, an acrylic polymer or copolymer and an emulsifying agent. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234028 | BERM AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A berm to increase capacity of an existing landfill comprises a reinforced portion and backfill material. The landfill comprises a waste-receiving recess having a surface and an outer perimeter, an edge surface peripherally adjacent at least a portion of the outer perimeter, and an existing accumulation of waste within the recess having a collective top surface. The reinforced portion has opposing inner and outer surfaces and comprises structural fill material and a plurality of reinforcing members disposed therein. The backfill material has an inner surface adjacent the inner surface of the reinforced portion. The inner surface of the reinforced portion and the adjacent inner surface of the backfill material are substantially non-planar. The backfill material is at least partially encapsulated by an impermeable membrane. At least a portion of the berm sits on at least a portion of the edge surface of the landfill. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234029 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY OF DAMAGED SUBSEA PIPELINE SECTIONS - Apparatus and methods are described for subsea pipeline servicing, including line-pack testing, physical integrity testing, recovery of damaged sections of pipelines, and product removal from subsea structures. In one embodiment of the invention, a subsea pipeline service skid is provided including at least one sample collection bladder affixed to the skid and in fluid communication with a skid mounted pump dimensioned to pull a sample from the subsea pipeline. In another embodiment, a product removal bladder is provided for removal of the hydrocarbons from a subsea structure. In one embodiment, a method of wet-buckle remediation is provided using a subsea pump to unweight the pipeline. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234030 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING A HOLLOW PILE IN THE GROUND - There is provided an apparatus for securing a hollow pile in the ground. The pile has a wall with an inner surface. The apparatus includes a first actuator and a second actuator. Each of the actuators has a central chamber, a pair of spaced-apart peripheral chambers, a pair of pistons interposed between the central chamber and the peripheral chambers, respectively, and a pair of piston rods coupled to and extending outwards from respectively ones of the pistons. The piston rods of the first actuator are shaped to form protrusions in the pile when the first actuator is actuated to move its piston rods outwards. The apparatus includes a pair of support members operatively connected to the piston rods of the second actuator. The support members are shaped to abut and support the inner surface of the pile when the second actuator is actuated to move its piston rods outwards. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234031 | METHOD, KIT AND SYSTEM FOR INJECTING GROUT INTO A BOREHOLE, METHOD OF DEPLOYING A TUBE INTO A BOREHOLE FOR GROUT INJECTION AND LEADER FOR USE IN A GROUT INJECTION SYSTEM - The system and method to inject grout into a borehole uses a leader comprising opposite fore and aft portions, a pressure-bearing member between the fore and aft portions, and a leader passage extending from a fore opening at the leader fore portion to an aft opening in the leader aft portion. A tube is attached to the leader and connected to the leader aft opening. The leader is inserted into the borehole with the fore portion first. An impelling fluid is injected in the borehole downstream of the pressure-bearing member and exteriorly of the tube, resulting in pressure being applied on the pressure-bearing member and the leader consequently advancing towards the borehole bottom end, the leader carrying the tube with it to deploy the tube in the borehole. Upstream fluid located in the borehole upstream of the pressure-bearing member is evacuated out of the borehole through the leader passage and the tube. The injection of the impelling fluid is stopped when the leader reaches a leader target position and grout is then injected in the borehole, gradually filling the borehole. The impelling fluid is evacuated from the borehole through the leader passage and the tube while the grout is injected. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234032 | METHOD OF TRANSSHIPPING SOLID PARTICULATES IN AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OF SOLID PARTICULATES USING MINERAL SUSPENDING AGENT - A method of transshipping solid particulates in an aqueous suspension of solid particulates, comprising dispersing solid particulates in an aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one mineral suspending agent to form the aqueous suspension of solid particulates. The aqueous suspension of the solid particulates is hauled via a first vehicle a distance greater than or equal to 1 km. The aqueous suspension of the solid particulates is transferred from the first vehicle to a second vehicle. The aqueous suspension of solid particulates is hauled via a second vehicle a distance greater than or equal to 1 km. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234033 | SUBSTRATE CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PEELING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a substrate conveyance apparatus capable of suppressing a substrate from being damaged. The substrate conveyance apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles, and a main body unit. The plurality of nozzles are configured to jet a gas toward a surface of a substrate to hold the substrate in a non-contact manner. The main body unit is provided with the plurality of nozzles. At least surfaces of the plurality of nozzles are formed of a resin. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234034 | POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE AND POWDER SUPPLY METHOD - A powder supply device includes a controller configured to receive an output from a load cell and an output from a pressure indicator, wherein the controller obtains a powder weight or a rate of change in the powder weight in a feed tank on the basis of a value obtained by subtracting a value proportional to the output from the pressure indicator from the output from the load cell and controls the flow rate of the powder to be supplied to outside of the feed tank on the basis of the powder weight or the rate of change in powder weight in the state in which a closing valve is closed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234035 | HOLDER FOR HEAD REPLACEMENT-TYPE CUTTING TOOL AND HEAD REPLACEMENT-TYPE CUTTING TOOL - The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool is provided with a holder main body and a tubular coupling member | 2014-08-21 |
20140234036 | High Speed Milling Tool and Tangential Ramping Milling Insert Therefor - A single-sided tangential ramping milling insert for high speed milling includes opposite insert seating and top surfaces and a peripheral surface which extends therebetween. The milling insert has a reference plane (P) which passes through the entire peripheral surface, midway between the seating and top surfaces. The peripheral surface includes two opposite side surfaces. Each side surface includes a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge connected to the first cutting edge and extending transversely thereto, a ramping cutting edge connected to the second cutting edge and located opposite the first cutting edge, and a rake surface which extends from at least a portion of the first cutting edge toward the insert seating surface. The milling insert includes two ramping relief surfaces, each of which extends from a ramping cutting edge of one side surface towards the first cutting edge of the opposite side surface. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234037 | CUTTING INSERT AND INDEXABLE INSERT-TYPE CUTTING TOOL - A cutting insert and an indexable insert-type cutting tool includes a cutting edge ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234038 | HIGH SHEAR CUTTING TOOL - A high shear angle cutting tool and method of making is disclosed. A rotary cutting tool with a plurality of teeth can cause damage to a work piece during cutting. By orienting the cutting angle of the teeth relative to the rotational central axis to high shear angle such as 50 or 70 degrees, the tool creates a high compression cut which is cleaner and less damaging to the work piece. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234039 | NOVEL RIGID UNIVERSAL CARTRIDGE FOR HOLDING SYSTEM - In view of the foregoing, an embodiment herein provides a rigid cartridge for multiple and universal application of all machining processes. The rigid cartridge includes a cylindrical body, a guiding & locating body connected to bottom side of cylindrical body, and a combination screw having a left hand [LH] thread and a right hand [RH] thread, wherein the cylindrical body includes a flat for locking the cartridge with the cutter body by using a locking screw, wherein the combination screw is connected to the bottom end of said guiding & locating body. The LH thread is provided in cartridge side and RH thread is provided in cutter body side or vice versa. In the cutter body or boring bar, a slot is provided for enabling to rotate the combination screw in clockwise or anti-clockwise direction to move the cartridge in forward and backward direction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234040 | Cutting Tool and Cutting Insert Having Insert Key And Recesses For Extracting And Mounting Therein - A cutting insert has upper and lower faces, and a peripheral surface with two longitudinal insert side surfaces. Two similar through-going transverse insert key recesses open out to the insert side surfaces and to the insert lower surface. Each insert key recess has a similar profile when viewed in transverse cross sections of the cutting insert. Each insert key recess is limited by an insert recess top surface and insert recess side surfaces. The insert recess side surfaces are symmetrical about a plane. A holder blade for holding the cutting insert has upper and lower jaws for clamping the cutting insert therein, and a holder recess. The lower jaw has a leading surface and lower jaw recess. A cutting-tool key has two key members, fitted into the holder recess and an insert key recess, to force the cutting insert to mount it to or extract it from the cutting tool. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234041 | MINIATURIZED CUTTING PLATE - The invention relates to a cutting plate for a chip-removing cutting tool, comprising a cutting plate top face and a cutting plate bottom face, one or more lateral faces, cutting edges at the transition between the cutting plate top face and the one or more lateral face, and a circular chip recess in the cutting plate top face that has an outside diameter d | 2014-08-21 |
20140234042 | Driving Device For Exerting A Translatory And Rotary Motion On A Drive Shaft For Driving A Deburring Tool And Method For The Operation Thereof - Method for operating a driving device for exerting a translatory and rotatory motion on a drive shaft ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234043 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING GEAR AND CUTTER FOR PROCESSING GEAR - A method for processing a gear includes a first cutting process starting the cutting of a work by moving a cutter in a first cutting direction while maintaining a cutting depth of the work at a setting value and reducing the cutting depth of the work before a first cutter portion reaches an end portion of a cutting area in the first cutting direction and a second cutting process synchronously rotating the work and the cutter in a reverse direction of rotational directions of the work and the cutter in the first cutting process, maintaining the cutting depth of the work at the setting value, and cutting the end portion of the cutting area by moving the cutter in a second cutting direction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234044 | MACHINING TOOL WITH CUTTING FLUID PASSAGEWAY HAVING OPENED UPPER PORTION - A cutting fluid passageway that supplies a cutting fluid is disposed in a machining space (inside of a machine tool) of a machining tool isolated by a cover. The cutting fluid passageway is formed so that the upper portion thereof is opened in the passageway direction. Then, the cutting fluid is supplied from the cutting fluid passageway to a workpiece and a tool during machining or to the inside of the machine tool on which scattered chips produced by the processing are accumulated. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234045 | MACHINE TOOL PROVIED WITH TABLE HAVING WIPER FOR REMOVING CHIPS DEPOSITED ON MOVABLE COVER - The machine tool includes a saddle, a table which moves relative to the saddle, a telescopic cover fixed to the saddle, and a wiper fixed to the table. The telescopic cover protects a guide member which supports the saddle in such a manner as to be capable of moving with respect to the bed. When chips generated by the working of a workpiece placed on the table have deposited on the surface of the telescopic cover, the wiper fixed to the table removes the chips by the movement of the table and causes the chips to fall. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234046 | CUTTING DEVICES - A cutting device may include a cutting unit having a cutter for trimming an edge portion of a workpiece or forming a groove in a workpiece. The cutting device may further include a base assembly configured to support the cutting unit with respect to the workpiece, and a grip device capable of being mounted to and removed from the cutting unit independently of the base assembly and configured to be capable of being grasped by a user during a cutting operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234047 | MACHINE TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CHIP SCRAPER - A machine tool includes a saddle supported by a guide member installed on a bed and configured to move relative to the bed in a first direction and a table supported by a guide member installed on the saddle and configured to move relative to the saddle in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The machine tool further includes a protective cover installed on a side face of the table or the saddle which is parallel to a travel direction of the table or the saddle and adapted to protect the guide member from chips and a scraper installed on the protective cover and adapted to scrape out chips built up in a neighborhood of the guide member. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234048 | CARGO DUNNAGE DEVICE - A dunnage device for securing a load to a cargo deck includes an elongated tubular body having an interior space. A transverse wall is positioned within the interior space of the tubular body. The elongated tubular body is adapted to be positioned on the cargo deck. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SEALING SYSTEM - A sealing system adapted for use on an item of equipment having a male threaded component including a male threaded section having an interior portion. The sealing system comprises a female threaded component having a female threaded section and a scraper seal groove. The sealing system also comprises a scraper seal that is configured to be disposed in the scraper seal groove of the female threaded component and fit into the male threaded section of the male threaded component. The forces produced by the item of equipment pass directly to the female threaded component from the male threaded section. A method for sealing an interior portion of a threaded section of the male threaded component comprising providing such a sealing system and screwing the male threaded component, into the female threaded component. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234050 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION FASTENER AND CAP FOR LIGHTNING PROTECTION FASTENER - To provide a lightning protection fastener or the like, that can reliably seal an arc between the cap and a member such as a wing panel. An end part | 2014-08-21 |
20140234051 | Assembly Improving, Low Mass, Fastener Head - An assembly improving, lower mass fastener head that is easier to handle and reduces the amount of material that is required in manufacturing the fastener comprises three lugs at multiples of 60 degrees around an axis of a threaded body. Those portions of a hex head that are not necessary for application and transmission of torque, nor necessary to resist axial loading, nor necessary to axially stabilize the fastener head within current driving tooling may be removed. Compatibility with existing hex head tools is maintained while improving handling of the fastener by an assembler and reducing material used in the fastener head. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234052 | Hybrid Fastener and Method of Making the Same - A hybrid fastener comprises a composite body having a tip, and a metal sleeve surrounding and locked to the tip. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234053 | ELASTIC FASTENERS - Elastic fasteners for fastening, securing or otherwise holding objects together are disclosed. The elastic fasteners include a head, an elastic shaft, and a retainer clip. The retainer clip includes a slot having a width that is smaller than the diameter of the elastic shaft. The end of the elastic shaft may be pulled to thereby stretch the elastic shaft and to decrease its diameter, allowing the retainer clip to be installed on the elastic shaft by inserting the stretched elastic shaft into the slot of the retainer clip. After the retainer clip is installed on the stretched elastic shaft, the end of the elastic shaft may be released to unstretch the elastic shaft and increase its diameter, thereby engaging in the slot of the retainer clip. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234054 | Tolerance Compensation Apparatus - The invention relates to an apparatus for the compensation of tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising a hollow-cylindrical base element and a hollow-cylindrical compensation element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element. The apparatus is characterized in that a fixing means is provided by which the compensation element can be fixed in the compensation position relative to the base element. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234055 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A post-processing apparatus includes a suspension member that suspends a center-folded booklet by being inserted into the booklet along a fold of the booklet, a pair of clamp members that are disposed so as to face outer surfaces of the booklet suspended by the suspension member and that clamp the booklet by moving closer to each other, and a post-processing mechanism that performs a post-processing operation on the booklet clamped by the clamp members. The suspension member includes an upwardly tapering portion whose thickness between opposing sheets of the booklet, into which the suspension member has been inserted, gradually decreases upward, and the suspension member supports an inner surface of the booklet with the upwardly tapering portion. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234056 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A post-processing apparatus includes a support member that supports a center-folded booklet by being inserted into the booklet along a fold of the booklet, a pair of clamp members that are disposed so as to face outer surfaces of the booklet supported by the support member and that clamp the booklet by moving closer to each other, and a post-processing mechanism that performs a post-processing operation on the booklet clamped by the pair of clamp members. The pair of clamp members clamp the booklet while moving relative to the booklet in a direction (up-down direction in the figure) so as to move away from the fold of the booklet, the direction being perpendicular to both of a clamp direction of the booklet and a direction in which the fold of the booklet extends. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234057 | Apparatus And Methods For Moving Wafers - Provided are apparatus and methods for simultaneously swapping a processed wafer with an unprocessed wafer. A robot with a rotatable stage, a first blade assembly and second blade assembly extends both assemblies at the same time in opposite directions to pick up both a processed and unprocessed wafer. Rotation of the robot allows the unprocessed wafer to be placed in the position previously occupied by the processed wafer and vice versa. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234058 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE ACCOMMODATION METHOD - A substrate can be appropriately accommodated in a cassette. A substrate transfer device includes a substrate transfer unit that delivers the substrate with respect to the cassette configured to accommodate the substrate; a detection unit that detects the substrate accommodated in the cassette; and a control device than controls the substrate transfer unit. Further, the control device includes a transfer control unit configured to control the substrate transfer unit to accommodate the substrate at a predetermined target accommodation position; a determination unit configured to determine an actual accommodation position for the substrate based on a detection result of the detection unit after the detection unit detects the substrate accommodated in the cassette; and a correction unit configured to correct a predetermined target accommodation position as an accommodation position for another substrate based on a difference between the actual accommodation position and the target accommodation position for the substrate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234059 | REMOTE WELLSITE MATERIAL TRACKING - A wellsite system that includes a bulk material transporter, a mobile tagger, and an uplink. The bulk material transporter includes a supply of a bulk material, a meter to measure output from the supply, and a data logger to log the output as a function of a predetermined parameter. The mobile tagger assigns transfer parameters to each transfer of the bulk material from the supply to one of multiple assets located at the wellsite, including the output measured by the meter. The uplink wirelessly transmits data from the log and the transfer parameters to remote data storage not located at the wellsite. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234060 | Transport Deck Frame with Separate Tilt and Dump Pivot Connections - A deck for a truck or trailer has a base frame and a deck frame movable relative to the base frame to either one of a tilt position or a dump position. A first pivot connection between the frames defines the pivot axis of the tilt position while a second pivot connection separate and spaced from the first pivot connection defines the pivot axis of the dump position. A common lift mechanism between the frames lifts the deck frame to either one of the tilt or dump positions depending upon the operative condition of the first and second pivot connections. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234061 | Frame assembly of moveable stowage device and its application as a transport vehicle - The present invention discloses a frame assembly of movable stowage device and its application as a transport vehicle. The frame assembly moving stowage comprises a frame, a rolling chute, a drive sprocket, a driven sprocket, a transmission chain, a towing hook device, a towing hook guide-rail and a power device. The frame assembly can be used to load and unload a dustbin with a transfer vehicle. No special lifting equipment is required when the frame assembly is used. The automatic and modern transport vehicle of present invention makes the transportation of garbage faster and more efficient, which meets the desired requirements of logistics for the transportation of garbage. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234062 | SHOVEL - An upper turning body is mounted on a lower travelling body to be capable of turning. An attachment is arranged in the upper turning body. A power storage device is arranged in the upper turning body together with the attachment. A discharge current from the power storage device drives electric parts. The power storage device has a housing in which a first flow path for coolant's flow is formed. A power storage module is arranged inside the housing. The power storage module includes stacked power storage cells, and the power storage cells are thermally coupled to the first flow path. The housing includes a lower housing and an upper housing. The first flow path is formed in one of a bottom panel of the lower housing and an upper panel of the upper housing. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234063 | DUCKBILL EJECTOR - A duckbill pod ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234064 | Sealing System, An Industrial Robot With A Sealing System, And Method For Providing A Sealing Surface - A sealing system including a rotary sealing surface on a rotary shaft and a rotary shaft lip seal, of which the rotary sealing surface has a surface coating layer of a solid lubricant substance. The invention further includes an industrial robot having several axes of rotation, including a manipulator with drive units for rotating robot parts according to the axes of rotation of the robot, and at least one of the drive units having a rotary shaft provided with such a sealing system. In addition, the invention includes a method for providing a rotary sealing surface on a rotary shaft, including coating the intended sealing surface of the rotary shaft with a surface coating layer of a solid lubricant substance. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234065 | LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF OPERATION - A laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of container carriers. The container carriers each comprise at least one magnetically active device such as, for example, at least one permanent magnet, and carry a sample container. The system further comprises a transport plane to carry the container carriers and a number of electro-magnetic actuators being stationary arranged below the transport plane. The electro-magnetic actuators move a container carrier on top of the transport plane by applying a magnetic force to the container carrier. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234066 | PICKING SYSTEM HAVING AN ARTICULATED ARM GRIPPER - A picking system for the automated picking of articles, comprising a detection station for detecting the position of an article to be picked on a supplying conveyor, and an articulated arm gripper for picking up the article from the storage loading implement from the supplying conveyor and for depositing the article in the order loading implement on a discharge conveyor. The articulated arm gripper comprises an essentially upright longitudinal arm and an articulated arm which can be bent about an angle of articulation and on which a gripping device for gripping the article is provided. The articulated arm gripper is designed for picking up the at least one article to be picked from a storage loading implement which is transported on the supplying conveyor. The longitudinal arm of the articulated arm gripper is at least twice as long as the articulated arm. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234067 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING PRINT SHOP PRODUCTS SUPPLIED IN A PRODUCT STREAM ON TWO SEPARATE STACKS - A device for delivering print shop products supplied in a product stream in two separate stacks contains a transport belt on which the print shop products are deposited, a first deflection roller, a second deflection roller arranged in an horizontal plane with the first deflection roller, a third deflection roller arranged below the second deflection roller, and a stationary fourth deflection roller arranged below the third deflection roller and guiding the transport belt. An actuator jointly moves the second and third deflection rollers in parallel with a horizontal plane from a first delivery position, in which the print shop products are transported to a first stop, into a second delivery position, in which the print shop products are transported to a further stop. First and second first adjustment devices change a distance between the bottom of the respective first and second product receiving spaces and the horizontal plane. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234068 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESTACKING STACKED ARTICLES - A destacker for automatically destacking a plurality of vertically stacked articles that is particularly useful in destacking magnetic moulds used in the chocolate manufacturing industry. Each article comprises at least one slanted notch. The destacker includes at least one hammer having a blade that moves from a retracted position to an extracted position, wherein at the extracted position the blade engages a gap formed by the slanted notch between the bottommost article and the article located above the bottommost article to release the bottommost article from the plurality of stacked articles. The bottommost article then drops onto a conveyor to be transported to the production line. The destacker further includes oppositely disposed pair of mould carriers and oppositely disposed pair of mould lockers that assist the destacker to feed the stack of moulds in a downward direction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234069 | QUICK-DISCONNECT HANDLE FOR LIFTING AND CARRYING LARGE FLAT PLANAR OBJECTS - A method of moving a large, flat planar object with a pair of quick-disconnect wide handles attached to an elongated handle rod, to enable a person to quickly lift the large, flat planar object, such as moving plywood panels or table-tops, doors, or other large flat items. The quick-disconnect feature uses a quick disconnect clamp with the addition of an elongated handle and attachment of a rod attachment to it; whereby one such clamp is used at each rod end attaching the handle to the large, flat planar object being carried. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234070 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Onboarding of Bucket Cooling Flows - Systems and methods Embodiments for facilitating onboarding of a cooling fluid are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, a system may include a rotor assembly, a wheel space cavity adjacent to the rotor assembly, and a bucket shank cavity in fluid communication with the wheel space cavity. The system may also include at least one protrusion disposed on the rotor assembly in the wheel space cavity. The at least one protrusion may be configured to direct the cooling fluid radially from the wheel space cavity to the bucket shank cavity to minimize pressure loss in the cooling fluid. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234071 | BEARING HAVING PRE-LOADING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF THE BEARING - A bearing is provided which includes a first set of rolling elements, a second set of rolling elements spaced away from the first set of rollers, a race at least partially enclosing the first and second sets of rolling elements, and a pre-loading element in the race between two outer sections of the race applying pre-load forces to the first and second set of rolling elements. In this way, a simplified bearing structure is achieved while better maintaining pre-load forces. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234072 | MULTIPLE SPOOL TURBOCHARGER - Systems and methods for a multiple spool engine turbocharger are described. In one example approach, a multi-spool turbocharger comprises a compressor including a plurality of counter-rotating compressor spools and a turbine including a plurality of counter-rotating turbine spools. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234073 | CASING COOLING DUCT - A turbine includes an inner casing to which at least a stator vane of a turbine section is mountable, and an outer casing arranged around the inner casing in such a way that an outer cooling channel is formed between the inner casing and the outer casing. The outer cooling channel includes a fluid inlet through which a cooling fluid is injectable from an outer volume of the turbine into the outer cooling channel. The cooling channel includes a fluid outlet such that the cooling fluid is exhausted into an inner volume of the turbine. The fluid inlet is located with respect to the fluid outlet such that the cooling fluid inside the outer cooling channel includes a flow direction which has a component that is orientated in opposite direction with respect to a main flow direction of a working fluid of the turbine. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234074 | METHOD OF MIXING BETWEEN A PRIMARY FLOW AND A SECONDARY FLOW IN A TURBINE ENGINE, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND TURBINE ENGINE - The invention relates to a method of mixing in a discharge conduit, in a turbine engine with two or more flows, of a primary flow and a secondary flow, the two flows emerging in said discharge conduit by two coaxial ducts, separated by an internal housing which has an end downstream relative to the flow direction of the flows, the two coaxial ducts each being defined between an internal wall and an external wall, upstream of the downstream end of the internal housing, and the secondary flow surrounding the primary flow, characterised in that it consists of disposing at least one divergent radial deflection means in primary duct, spaced apart from the walls of said primary duct. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234075 | EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - An exhaust gas turbocharger may include a shaft mounted in a bearing housing carrying a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel. The shaft may include a sealing bush arranged on the shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The sealing bush together with a bearing housing cover may at least partially delimit an annular oil centrifuging space arranged coaxially to the sealing bush. The bearing housing cover may include a guiding nib located radially outside the sealing bush partially covering the sealing bush in axial direction. The guiding nib may be configured to guide oil separated in the oil centrifuging space onto the rotating sealing bush. The rotating sealing bush may be configured to direct the oil into the oil centrifuging space in response to centrifugal force creating an oil swirl. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234076 | OUTER RIM SEAL ASSEMBLY IN A TURBINE ENGINE - A seal assembly between a hot gas path and a disc cavity in a turbine engine includes a non-rotatable vane assembly including a row of vanes and an inner shroud, a rotatable blade assembly adjacent to the vane assembly and including a row of blades and a turbine disc that forms a part of a turbine rotor, and an annular wing member located radially between the hot gas path and the disc cavity. The wing member extends generally axially from the blade assembly toward the vane assembly and includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart flow passages extending therethrough from a radially inner surface thereof to a radially outer surface thereof. The flow passages effect a pumping of cooling fluid from the disc cavity toward the hot gas path during operation of the engine. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234077 | COOLING SYSTEM OF RING SEGMENT AND GAS TURBINE - A cooling system of ring segment is provided with: a collision plate that has a plurality of small holes; a cooling space that is enclosed by the collision plate and a main body of the segment body; a first cavity that arranged is the upstream end portion of the segment body in the flow direction of the combustion gas so as to be perpendicular to the axial direction of a rotating shaft; a first cooling passage that communicates from the cooling space to the first cavity; and a second cooling passage that communicates from the first cavity to a fire combustion gas d gas space in the downstream end portion of the segment body in the flow direction of the combustion gas. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234078 | METHOD FOR SETTING A GEAR RATIO OF A FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine includes a fan section including a fan rotatable about an axis. A speed reduction device is connected to the fan. The speed reduction device includes a planetary fan drive gear system with a planet gear ratio of at least 2.5. A bypass ratio is greater than about 11.0. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234079 | Geared Architecture for High Speed and Small Volume Fan Drive Turbine - A gas turbine engine includes a flex mount for a fan drive gear system. A very high speed fan drive turbine drives the fan drive gear system. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234080 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BLEEDING COMPRESSOR AIR IN A TURBOFAN ENGINE - A device for bleeding compressor air in a turbofan engine includes a low-pressure compressor of a primary duct, a fan stator arranged in a secondary duct downstream of a fan, and an arrangement for discharging compressor air from the low-pressure compressor into the secondary duct. The arrangement includes air guiding devices to guide compressor air into the secondary duct upstream of the fan stator relative to the flow direction in the secondary duct, past the stator vanes of the fan stator in a separate duct in the axial direction and is only mixed with the air of the secondary duct downstream of the fan stator. The separate duct is formed by a plurality of hollow structures extending in the longitudinal direction each between two adjacent stator vanes of the fan stator, with the hollow structures having a closed circumference in cross-section. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234081 | TRANSLATING VARIABLE AREA FAN NOZZLE PROVIDING AN UPSTREAM BYPASS FLOW EXIT - A variable area fan nozzle assembly for a turbofan engine includes a nacelle having an aft edge and a translating nozzle segment having a forward edge and a first end. The nozzle segment is movably disposed behind the aft edge such that an upstream bypass flow exit is defined between the aft edge and the forward edge when the nozzle segment is in a deployed position. A deflector is disposed between the aft edge and the forward edge proximate to the first end. The deflector substantially prevents bypass flow from exiting the upstream bypass flow exit in a region that is proximate to the first end. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234082 | BUMPER FOR SYNCHRONIZING RING OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A synchronizing assembly for a gas turbine engine has a synchronizing ring. A bumper assembly has a cradle and a bumper held within the cradle. The cradle is secured to the synchronizing ring by at least one fastener without the fastener extending through the bumper. An engine is also disclosed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234083 | ACTUATOR SEALING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Actuator devices useable to change orientation of one or more vanes, including an actuator rod and an actuator device body configured to allow the actuator rod to move along the axis inside the actuator device body, and having an inlet flange configured to allow a third fluid to enter a space between the actuator device body and the actuator rod, and an outlet flange configured to allow the third fluid to exit the actuator device body. Besides providing a fluid seal between the first fluid and the second fluid, the third fluid may also heat the actuator rod thereby preventing ice formation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234084 | STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine includes a turbine main body having blades supported rotatably, a steam channel which is connected to the turbine main body and in which steam flows, a regulating valve configured to linearly move to adjust opening/closing of the steam channel, and an opening/closing drive mechanism configured to drive the regulating valve. The opening/closing drive mechanism includes an electric motor configured to rotate by an electric power being supplied, a conversion mechanism configured to convert rotational motion of the electric motor into linear motion of the regulating valve, and a brake operated by regenerative energy of the electric motor. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234085 | BUSHING ARRANGED BETWEEN A BODY AND A SHAFT, AND CONNECTED TO THE SHAFT - A variable area vane arrangement includes a stator vane, a bushing and a vane platform with an aperture. The stator vane rotates about an axis, and includes a shaft that extends along the axis into the aperture. The bushing is connected to the shaft, and is arranged within the aperture between the vane platform and the shaft. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234086 | BUSHING ARRANGED BETWEEN A BODY AND A SHAFT, AND CONNECTED TO THE SHAFT - A variable area vane arrangement includes a stator vane, a bushing and a vane platform with an aperture. The stator vane rotates about an axis, and includes a shaft that extends along the axis into the aperture. The bushing is connected to the shaft, and is arranged within the aperture between the vane platform and the shaft. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234087 | INLET GUIDE VANE RETENTION FEATURE - A variable vane assembly includes a vane having a trunnion. The trunnion includes a partial flange. A shroud supporting the trunnion in a recess has a forward axial half and an aft axial half. The recess includes a retainer portion which receives the partial flange. An engine and a vane are also described. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234088 | MODULAR BLADE OR VANE FOR A GAS TURBINE AND GAS TURBINE WITH SUCH A BLADE OR VANE - The invention relates to a modular blade or vane for a gas turbine, which includes the modular components of a platform element with a planar or contoured surface defining a platform level and a through-opening therein, and an airfoil, extending through the platform element. The airfoil includes a load carrying structure extending along a longitudinal axis of the airfoil, having a root portion for fastening on a blade or vane carrier of the gas turbine, having a tip portion, and having at least one interior passage, extending from the root portion to the tip portion of the airfoil. An aerodynamically shaped shell extends in a distance over the carrying structure and defining the outer contour of the airfoil. A longitudinally extending gap, is disposed between the carrying structure and the shell. A number of through-holes in the carrying structure direct a cooling medium from the interior passage into the gap. The shell is integrally joined to said carrying structure by a first joint in a region below the platform level of the platform element. The shell is joined to the carrying structure by at least one additional joint, wherein said at least one additional joint is a form-fit joint, allowing relative movement in longitudinal direction between shell and carrying structure. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234089 | ACTUATING ASSEMBLY FOR A THRUST REVERSER OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - An actuating assembly for an aircraft engine thrust reverser includes a drive shaft bearing a master pinion; a ball screw bearing a slave pinion engaging with the master pinion; a nut capable of translating over the ball screw as a result of the rotation of the ball screw; an extension tube rigidly secured to the nut and a lock assembly to block the rotation of the drive shaft in a so-called direct jet position of the reverser. The extension tube includes, at its free end, a member for connecting to a portion of the reverser prior to being actuated. In particular, the lock assembly includes an abutment secured to the drive shaft, and a cotter moveable between a locking position and an unlocking position. The reduction ratio (R) between the slave and master pinions is even. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234090 | REAR NACELLE ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOJET ENGINE - A rear nacelle assembly for turbojet engine includes an inner structure surrounding a downstream portion of the turbojet engine. In particular, the inner structure is movable in rotation between an operating position in which it forms a downstream fairing and defines an annular stream of cold air with a thrust reverser cowl, and a maintenance position in which the inner structure moves away from the downstream portion. A suspension pylon is further provided to mount the thrust reverser cowl and the inner structure. The thrust reverser cowl slides between an opening position clearing air flow deviation grids and a closing position recovering the air flow deviation grids. Moreover, the thrust reverser cowl is mounted on the suspension pylon by a pivot connection sliding around a main axis, and the inner structure is mounted on the suspension pylon by a pivot connection around the main axis. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234091 | TURBINE FOR TURBOCHARGER AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING TURBOCHARGER - A purpose of the invention is to reduce size and weight and to make assembly easier while maintaining high response performance or the like required for a turbocharger for an automobile. A rotor blade upstream flow channel space s | 2014-08-21 |
20140234092 | DUAL FAN COAXIAL FLOW BLOWER HOUSING ASSEMBLY - A blower assembly including a housing for a first scroll fan and a second scroll fan that are connected by a shaft to a motor that rotates the fans. The first and second scroll fans are coaxially mounted on the shaft. Fresh air ports and recirculated air ports are provided for the circulation of fresh air and recirculated air, respectively. The fresh air ports and recirculated air ports may be selectively opened and closed by doors to control the flow of air from the outside and from the passenger compartment as controlled by the HVAC system. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234093 | VEHICULAR FLUID POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE - A vehicular fluid power transmitting device includes a pump impeller, a turbine runner, a damper device, a set member, and a centering member. The pump impeller has a pump shell to which torque from a drive source is input. The damper device has a damper input member and a damper output member. The damper input member is connected to an output shaft of the drive source. The damper output member is connected to the pump shell. The set member is fixed to the pump shell, and is connected to the damper output member. Also, the centering member is provided protruding toward the pump shell from the output shaft of the drive source, and is fitted together with the damper input member. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234094 | TURBOMACHINES HAVING GUIDE DUCTS - Turbomachines having guide ducts are disclosed. One disclosed example turbomachine includes a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation and having rotor blade ducts, a housing having housing ducts to allow the inflow or outflow of working medium and guide blade ducts fixed in the housing, where the rotor blade ducts are in fluid communication with the housing ducts via the guide blade ducts. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234095 | AEROFOIL FOR AXIAL-FLOW MACHINE - An aerofoil, such as a vane, for an axial flow machine, the aerofoil having first and second ends and opposing pressure and suction surfaces extending between said first and second ends in a span-wise direction. A first portion of the span of the aerofoil towards the first end the aerofoil has a location of greatest camber which is closer to a trailing edge than a leading edge of the aerofoil. In a further portion of the aerofoil span the camber is either uniform between the leading and trailing edges or else a location of greatest camber is closer to the leading edge than the trailing edge. In the first portion of the span of the aerofoil the pressure and/or suction surface may turn to a greater extent towards the trailing edge than towards the leading edge of the aerofoil. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234096 | TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT WITH AN EROSION AND CORROSION RESISTANT COATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A COMPONENT - A turbomachine component of a stationary turbomachine includes a substrate made of high alloyed 10% to 18% chromium steels or titanium alloys or nickel base alloys or cobalt base alloys with a substrate surface and an erosion and corrosion resistant coating system. The coating system includes a first layer, which is deposited on the substrate surface of the turbomachine component and acts as a corrosion resistant layer and a second layer. The second layer is deposited on the first layer and acts as an erosion resistant layer, wherein the first layer is a Zr single layer and the second layer is a W/WC multilayer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234097 | HORIZONTAL-TYPE WIND TURBINE WITH AN UPSTREAM DEFLECTOR - Horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) systems are described that include a turbine with deflector in front of the turbine in order to change flow encountered by the turbine's blades. Such an arrangement improves turbine efficiency and may be embodied in a range of size scales for numerous wind (or water) power generation applications. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234098 | TURBINE CASE RETENTION HOOK WITH INSERT - A method of repairing a turbine engine case includes the steps of removing worn material from a retention hook in a casing, and inserting an insert into a recess within the hook. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234099 | AXIAL BLOWER - Disclosed is an axial blower that comprises a substantially circular cylindrical blower pipe wherein, in the blower pipe, a blower stator is provided that includes a central construction arranged in the blower pipe and a number of guide blades being disposed downstream of the blower rotor to the effect that they are, at their proximal ends, secured to the central construction and, at their distal ends, securely mounted to the inner side of the blower pipe, whereby the guide blades and the central construction are secured relative to the blower pipe. The central construction includes a number of separate stator segments that are mutually secured to each other; and wherein each of the guide blades is configured as an integral unit along with one of the stator segments. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234100 | FAN DEVICE ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - A fan device mounting structure is provided, which is capable of sufficiently suppressing transmission of vibrations in X, Y, and Z directions generated from a fan device, that is, all translational-direction vibrations and all axial-rotation-direction vibrations, to a chassis in which the fan device is mounted. The fan device mounting structure includes: a fan device | 2014-08-21 |
20140234101 | AXIAL BLOWER, A BLOWER ROTOR - An axial blower | 2014-08-21 |
20140234102 | RADIAL FLUID DEVICE WITH VARIABLE PHASE AND AMPLITUDE - According to one embodiment, a radial fluid device comprises a cylinder block, first and second pluralities of pistons, a first cam disposed about the first plurality of radially extending cylinders, and a second cam disposed about the second plurality of radially extending cylinders. The direction of rotation of the second cam is independent of the direction of rotation of the first cam. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING WIND FARM POWER PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY - A method and system for improving power production efficiency on a wind farm having of a plurality of spatially distributed wind turbines is provided. The method includes receiving a wind measurement that includes a wind direction impinging on a turbine ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234104 | ROTOR BLADE WITH CONTROL FLAP - A rotor blade ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234105 | FLOATING WIND TURBINE - A floating wind turbine ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234106 | Balancing Weight for a Fan Wheel - A balancing weight to balance a blower wheel. The balancing weight is constructed in two pieces consisting of a spring clip and a supplemental weight. The spring clip features a retaining section for securing on the blower wheel and a receptacle section for mounting the supplemental weight. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234107 | HORIZONTAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE USING AIRFOIL BLADES WITH UNIFORM WIDTH AND THICKNESS - A horizontal-axis wind turbine using airfoil blades with uniform in width and thickness, comprising a tower installed vertically from ground surface, a nacelle rotatable connected to center of a vertical axis on top of the tower, a rotating body axially bonded to the nacelle, and one or more blades connecting and forming a pitch angle on the outer periphery of the rotating body, and the blade having an airfoil shape and having uniform in width and thickness in a longitudinal direction and generating torque from lift about a tip of the blade is provided. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234108 | ROTOR WITH A CURVED ROTOR BLADE FOR A WIND POWER PLANT - In order to optimise a rotor ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234109 | METHOD OF MAKING A ROOT END JOINT OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND A ROOT SEGMENT FOR SUCH A JOINT - A method of making a root end joint for a wind turbine. A plurality of root segments ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234110 | TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD AND MID-SPAN SNUBBER WITH COMPOUND CONTACT ANGLE - A turbine bucket adapted to be supported on a turbine or rotor wheel includes an airfoil portion extending radially relative to a longitudinal axis of the rotor wheel and having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. At least one tip shroud extends in opposite circumferential directions, the shroud having a first hard face adapted to engage a mating second hard face on a shroud extending circumferentially from an adjacent bucket. The first hard face defined by a surface portion that varies circumferentially with an increasing radius as measured from the longitudinal axis of the rotor wheel. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234111 | BLADE ARRANGEMENT - A blade arrangement is provided having a blade carrier and a retaining groove arranged therein, which retaining groove has projections extending along side walls thereof forming undercuts and into which a number of blades are inserted forming a blade ring of a turbomachine. Each blade has a blade root which engages into the undercuts, and each blade is pressed against the projections by an element arranged between a blade root underside and a groove base of the retaining groove. It is further provided that each element is of plate-like form and has, in the projection of the blade airfoil in the direction of the groove base, at least one bead, arranged beneath the blade airfoil, for imparting a pressing action, and in the longitudinal direction of the retaining groove, only part of the blade root which the element presses against is covered. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234112 | ROTOR BLADE - A blade at least part of which is arranged in use to rotate outside of a casing of a gas turbine engine. The blade has a main body, a tip fence and a blend region defining a curve between the main body and the fence. The blend region has a radius of curvature below five inches and the fence extends anhedrally from the blend region with respect to the main body. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234113 | WIND TURBINE BLADE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a wind turbine generator includes a cutting step of cutting a base blade at m cutting planes into (m+1) sections where m is an even number, the m cutting planes being at different positions in a blade length direction; and joining step of joining (m/2+1) sections of the (m+1) sections together to obtain a wind turbine blade which is shorter than the base blade, the (m/2+1) sections including a blade-root section which is closest to a blade root and a blade-tip section which is closest to a blade tip, the blade-root and blade-tip sections being non-adjacent to each other. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234114 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH ASYMMETRICAL SPAR CAPS - A wind turbine blade ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234115 | WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING TWISTED SPAR WEB - A radially twisted wind turbine blade ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234116 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING WING SECTIONS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH SECTIONS - A device for connecting sections of wings such as wind turbine blades, which has, at the ends of adjacent sections, central box structures that are placed end-to-end and are clamped together by clamping rods, and a method for producing sections of wings such as wind turbine blades, which includes a step of producing devices for connecting the sections in the form of central joining box structures | 2014-08-21 |