37th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140255160 | Hydro Turbine - A hydro turbine includes at least two annular wheel discs, a center shaft disposed at the centers of the annular wheel discs, spokes disposed between the annular wheel discs and the center shaft, and a plurality of blades annularly disposed at the annular wheel discs. The number of the blades is at least 28 and at most the integer number of an outer circumference measured in centimeters of one annular wheel disc. The sum of arc length of one side of all the blades is 0.85-2 times the outer circumference. A blade angle formed between two line segments connecting the middle point to the two endpoints of an arc of each blade is in a range of 100°-170°. A blade installation angle formed between the chord line of the arc and a radius line of each annular wheel disc is in a range of 15°-75°. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255162 | Adjustable Floating Oil Channel for Gas Turbine Engine Gear Drive - A turbine is operably connected to drive a compressor, and to drive a fan through a gear drive. A number of intermediate gears connecting an output shaft of the turbine to a fan drive shaft for the fan. An oil channel collects oil thrown outwardly of the gear drive. A bearing support mounts bearings supporting the fan drive shaft. The oil channel and the bearing support each include mating faces that are bolted together by a plurality of bolts. The bolts extend through oil channel holes in the mating face of the oil channel. The oil channel holes have one dimension which closely receives the bolts and another dimension which is larger than an outer diameter of the extending portion of the bolts, such that the bolts may adjust radially within the oil channel holes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255163 | VEHICULAR FLUID POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE - A vehicular fluid power transmitting device has a pump impeller, a turbine runner, damper device, an annular set member and a bearing assembly. The pump impeller has a pump shell. The damper device is provided between a drive source and the pump shell in an axial direction of an output shaft, and has a damper input member that is connected to the drive source, and a damper output member that is connected to the pump shell. The damper output member is connected to the annular set member that is fixed to the pump shell. The damper input member is relatively rotatably supported via the bearing assembly by the annular set member. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255164 | Pump Fittings and Methods for Their Manufacture - A pump fitting has an inlet adaptor ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255165 | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FOR FLUIDS CONTAINING SOLID MATERIALS, AND GAP SEAL - The proposed rotary pump for transporting liquids containing solids is composed of a pump housing ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255166 | ENERGY-STORING AND POWER-GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VERTICAL-AXIS WIND GENERATOR - The energy-storing and power-generating system comprises an energy-storing system and a power-generating system. The energy-storing system comprises a high pressure gas generator, a water storage apparatus and a water turbine. The high pressure gas generator comprises at least one sealed high pressure gas tank ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255167 | CONSUMABLE ASSEMBLY TOOL FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes locating a consumable assembly tool within the engine | 2014-09-11 |
20140255168 | INTER-MODULE FLOW DISCOURAGER - An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first module, a second module, and a flow discourager. The second module is connected to the first module along a joint. The flow discourager is connected to the first module and extends to be received in a notch in the second module. The flow discourager acts to direct an ingestion gas flow away from the joint between the first module and the second module. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255169 | GAS TURBINE INCLUDING BELLYBAND SEAL ANTI-ROTATION DEVICE - A turbine including a plurality of stages, each stage including a rotatable disk and blades carried thereby. An annular gap defined between a pair of adjacent rotatable disks. A sealing band is located in opposing sealing band receiving slots formed in the adjacent disks to seal the annular gap, the sealing band including band engagement structure. A disk engagement structure is defined in the pair of adjacent rotatable disks. The disk engagement structure extends axially into the pair of adjacent rotatable disks and circumferentially aligns with the band engagement structure. A clip member is positioned in engagement with the sealing band through the band engagement structure and in engagement with the pair of adjacent rotatable disks through the disk engagement structure. The clip member restricts movement of the sealing band in only a circumferential direction of the slots. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255170 | CMC TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A component of a gas turbine engine is formed from a continuous fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composite (CMC). The component has a sealing portion which, in use, makes sealing contact with an adjacent component of the engine. The sealing portion comprises a recess formed in the CMC and filled with a finer grade ceramic relative to the surrounding CMC, a metal or an intermetallic. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255171 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR A TURBOPROPELLER - A lubrication system for a turbopropeller, includes an oil feed device for at least one enclosure and one equipment, the equipment being connected to the feed device via a displacement pump, and a pressure restricting valve mounted downstream of displacement pump and in parallel to the equipment, such that oil flows through the equipment when the same is active, and through the valve when the equipment is inactive. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255172 | LOW PROFILE PUSH-LOCK DEVICE - A push-lock device for connecting a tile to a gas turbine engine wall includes, among other things, a housing extending longitudinally along an axis; a shaft assembly within the housing, the shaft assembly including portions of both a push-down pop-up mechanism and a locking-bracket mechanism, the locking-bracket mechanism moveable to a locked position such that the locking-bracket mechanism limits movement of a tile away from a gas turbine engine wall; and a biasing member to be positioned closer to the tile than the locking-bracket mechanism. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255173 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A nozzle for a fan assembly includes an air inlet, an air outlet, an interior passage for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet, an annular inner wall, and an outer wall extending about the inner wall. The interior passage is located between the inner wall and the outer wall. The inner wall at least partially defines a bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by air emitted from the air outlet. The air outlet is arranged to direct air over an external surface at least partially defining the bore. A flow control port is located downstream from that surface. A flow control chamber is provided for conveying air to the flow control port. A control mechanism selectively enables a flow of air through the flow control port to deflect an air flow emitted from the air outlet. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255174 | MANUFACTURE OF FULL RING STRUT VANE PACK - A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed and includes a plurality of individual vane segments forming an annular ring. Each of the plurality of vane segments is formed of a ceramic matrix composite including at least one airfoil extending between an inner platform and an outer platform. An outer wrap is disposed about an outer periphery of the annular ring and over an interface between outer platforms of adjacent ones of the plurality of vane segments. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255175 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A centrifugal compressor includes: a volute casing including a first casing and a second casing that are mutually coupled, the first casing including a volute chamber therein and the second casing including an impeller installation space therein; an impeller provided in the impeller installation space so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis; and a vaneless diffuser that has an inlet that communicates with an inside of the second casing and has an outlet that communicates with an inside of the first casing. The vaneless diffuser has a width having a non-axisymmetric distribution in the circumferential direction. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255176 | PUMP HOUSING WITH AN INTERIOR FOR ACCOMMODATING A PUMP ROTOR - In a pump housing having an interior for accommodating a pump rotor, which may be transferred from a radially compressed state into a radially expanded state, and comprises a housing skin revolving in circumferential direction, as well as at least one reinforcement element, a stretch-resistant element revolving in circumferential direction is provided, which is stretched less than 5% in the expanded state as opposed to the force-free state in circumferential direction, and which limits any further expansion of the pump housing in radial direction. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255177 | OUTBOARD INSERTION SYSTEM OF VARIABLE GUIDE VANES OR STATIONARY VANES - A method of assembling a gas turbine engine comprising the steps of providing a casing having an insertion aperture in its outer surface. A guide vane is inserted through the insertion aperture. The guide vane is secured to the outer surface of the casing such that the guide vane can be serviced from an outer part of the casing. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255178 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE AIR FLOW STRAIGHTENING VANE AND ASSOCIATED FLOW STRAIGHTENING STRUCTURE - A flow straightening vane made of composite materials includes a core made up of three-dimensional woven textile rods which core is surrounded by a textile covering, this core and this covering being consolidated using a thermoset resin. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255179 | LOW PROFILE VANE RETENTION - A gas turbine having an annular casing with a series of circumferentially spaced openings defined therethrough; a plurality of vanes extending radially inwardly though respective casing openings, an outer end of the vanes projecting radially outwardly from the casing through the respective openings and located within the respective openings by grommets, and an inner end of the vanes being mounted to an inner portion of the casing; a flexible, segmented strap extending around the annular casing, surrounding the projecting outer ends of the vanes; and a spring radially loading the flexible strap configured to apply a tension force to the flexible strap. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255180 | AXIAL TURBINE - The present invention relates to an improvement of an axial turbine. Thereto, the present invention includes a submerged turbine | 2014-09-11 |
20140255181 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE DIFFUSER SYSTEM FOR A HIGH PRESSURE (HP) COMPRESSOR - A gas turbine engine includes a compressor assembly that is rotationally coupled to a shaft. The engine includes a radial diffuser assembly coupled to a shroud of the compressor assembly and positioned to receive compressed air from a centrifugal impeller. The radial diffuser assembly includes a first arcuate wall and a second wall, and a near axial diffuser coupled to the radial diffuser assembly and positioned to receive the compressed air from the radial diffuser assembly. The gas turbine includes a gas seal coupled between the second wall and a wall of the near axial diffuser, the gas seal configured to prevent the compressed air from passing through the seal while allowing relative motion between the radial diffuser assembly and the near axial diffuser. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255182 | PUSH-LOCK PIN CONNECTOR - A push-lock pin for connecting a tile to a gas turbine engine wall according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing extending longitudinally along an axis; a shaft assembly within the housing, the shaft assembly including a push-down pop-up mechanism and a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism moveable to a locked position such that the locking mechanism limits movement of a tile away from a gas turbine engine wall; and a stop feature to limit movement of the tile toward the gas turbine engine wall. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255183 | TWIST PREVENTION FOR TURBOMACHINERY - A twist prevention system for turbomachinery is disclosed. The twist prevention system has a first ring segment pair with a first radially inner ring segment and a first radially outer ring segment and a second ring segment pair having a second radially inner ring segment and a second radially outer ring segment. The ring segment pairs have mutually facing faces. A portion of the face of the first radially inner ring segment overlaps a portion of the face of the second radially outer ring segment in the radial direction. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255184 | System and Method for Reducing Rotor Blade Noise - A rotor blade includes an active flap and an airflow disturber configured to selectively alter airflow across the active flap. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255185 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALLEVIATING LOADS IN OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINES - Control methods and systems of a wind turbine belonging to an off-shore wind park that use, in case of malfunction of the load measuring system, one of the following pitch vectors for the calculation of the individual pitch command of each blade:
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20140255186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-INDEXING A PITCH BEARING OF A WIND TURBINE - A method and system for re-indexing a pitch bearing of a wind turbine includes: installing a plurality of first mounts to the fixed outer race of the pitch bearing; positioning the rotor blade to a downwardly-oriented; installing a hydraulic system; pressurizing the hydraulic system so as to support the weight of the rotor blade with the hydraulic system; detaching the rotor blade from the pitch bearing; lowering the rotor blade a predetermined vertical distance from the hub; installing a plurality of second mounts to the rotor blade; attaching a plurality of supports between the first mounts and the second mounts; transferring the weight of the rotor blade from the hydraulic system to the plurality of supports; disengaging the hydraulic system; and re-indexing the pitch bearing so as to engage a new set of pitch bearing teeth. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255187 | ATTACHMENT FEATURE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE BLADE HAVING A CURVED PROFILE - An airfoil member is disclosed having an attachment feature such as a fir tree or dovetail design that includes a curved profile formed from a combination of curves. In one embodiment, the curved profile can be a compound curve formed by a forward curve and a rearward curve that are joined at a point of common tangency. In another embodiment, the curved profile can include curves that do not meet at a common tangency. A cut out can be formed in the curved profile. In some forms, the cut out is formed on a pressure face of the attachment feature. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255188 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFLOW MEMBER HAVING SPHERICAL END - A gas turbine engine airflow member is disclosed having spherical interface shapes at a tip end and a hub end. In one embodiment, the airflow member is a fan blade. The spherical interface shapes can be convex or concave. In one form, the tip end spherical shape is axially shifted aft relative to a hub end. The tip end can include relatively little forward portion in an expanding flow path with predominant portion of the tip end in a contracting flow path. Such a configuration can occur with a midpoint and trailing edge located in the contracting flow path. A center of gravity of a swept airflow member having spherical end shape can be located on a pivot axis of the airflow member. Divot depressions can be provided to permit concave flow path shapes. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255189 | INFLATABLE AIRFOIL SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED RADAR AND INFRARED OBSERVABILITY - A method and apparatus for operating an airfoil system. A gas may be generated. The gas may be sent into an inflatable airfoil system comprising an inflatable air foil and a section. The inflatable airfoil may have an inner end and an outer end in which the inflatable airfoil may be comprised of a number of materials that substantially pass electromagnetic waves through the inflatable airfoil. The section may have a number of openings in which the inner end of the inflatable airfoil may be associated with the section. The section may be configured to be associated with a fuselage. The number of openings may be configured to provide communications with an interior of the inflatable airfoil. The section with the number of openings may be configured to reduce reflection of the electromagnetic waves encountering the section. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255190 | Wind Turbine System Constructive Arrangement - This patent refers to a system constructed by the wind turbine ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255191 | Low Shear Modulus Transition Shim for Elastomeric Bearing Bonding in Torsional Applications - A bearing assembly comprises a bearing, a shim disposed within the bearing, and a component disposed within the shim. The shim comprises a first material, the component comprises a second material, and the first material has an elastic modulus value that is lower than an elastic modulus value of the second material. An apparatus comprises an elastomeric bearing, a fiberglass shim, and a steel spindle that is connected to the elastomeric bearing through the shim. A method for reducing strain in an adhesive layer that connects a bearing to a component comprises selecting a shim material having an elastic modulus value that is less than an elastic modulus value of the component and providing instructions to connect the component to the shim by placing the adhesive layer between an outer surface of the component and an inner surface of the shim. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255192 | TURBINE ROTOR FOR A THERMOELECTRIC POWER STATION - Low-pressure turbine rotors for a thermoelectric power station include an interconnection of slender blades. The rotor includes blades bearing caps being roughly in the shape of a chevron. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255193 | CENTRIFUGAL ROTOR - A centrifugal rotor includes a rotor body, a diluent container, a piercing structure and a capping film. The rotor body has a receiving cavity. The diluent container is located within the receiving cavity and has a seal film. The piercing structure is located within the receiving cavity and in contact with the seal film. The capping film is located over the diluent container and the piercing structure for securing the diluent container and the piercing structure within the receiving cavity. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255194 | TIP SHROUDS OF TURBINE ROTOR BLADES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE RELATED THERETO - A rotor blade for use in a turbine of a turbine engine is described. The rotor blade may include an airfoil that extends from a connection with a root. The airfoil may include a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall that define an outer periphery and an outboard tip. The rotor blade may further include a tip shroud assembly disposed at the outboard tip of the airfoil. The tip shroud assembly includes a non-integral tip shroud. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255195 | Bucket Connection for a Turbine Runner - A bucket connection for a turbine runner ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255196 | DOUBLE SPLIT BLADE LOCK RING - A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades including a root portion and an airfoil portion. The rotor includes a plurality of slots that receive the root portion of a corresponding blade. The rotor includes an annular groove for a first and second retaining ring. The retaining rings are received within a common annular groove for holding each of the plurality of blades within the slots of the rotor. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255197 | ROTOR BLADES FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A rotor dual-blade for a gas turbine engine that has a first blade component extending radially between a root and a tip and a second blade component, separate from the first component, extending radially between a root and a tip, wherein the second blade component is downstream, in series, of the first blade component and at least the first blade component is made of metal while the second blade component is a light weight composite material. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255198 | TURBINE DISK FABRICATION WITH IN SITU MATERIAL PROPERTY VARIATION - A method of fabricating a functionally graded turbine engine component is disclosed and includes the step of depositing layers of powder onto a base and solidifying/fusing each layer with a first directed energy beam to define a component. The method further includes varying a process parameter between deposited layers to define different material properties within the component. The method also proposes surface enhancement approach that can be used after depositing each layer to locally customize the material properties. The method also proposes machining the different internal surfaces to achieve the proper surface finishing required. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255199 | ROTATOR - A rotator may be configured to be accommodated in a casing of a pump for sucking a fluid into the casing and discharging the fluid outside of the casing. The rotator may comprise an insert portion configured to insert a rotating shaft and one or more communicating openings. The one or more communicating openings may be disposed in a vicinity of the insert portion, and pierce the rotator in a direction along the rotating shaft. The rotator may be made of resin. A flow direction of the resin located around the insert portion and the one or more communicating openings may extend at least in the direction along the rotating shaft. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255200 | FILM COOLING OF TURBINE BLADES OR VANES - The present invention relates to a turbine assembly having an aerofoil and/or an end wall each having an outer surface with a structure for directing a flow of a cooling medium at the outer surface. The structure at the outer surface has at least a first groove and a second groove extending in the outer surface from a leading to a trailing edge and being oriented in at least two different directions with a deflection angle (α) towards each other, with the deflection angle (α) having a component in a span wise direction of the aerofoil. The structure at the outer surface of the end wall has at least a first groove and a second groove extending in an axial direction of the turbine assembly, matching an outer profile of the aerofoil and oriented in at least two different directions with a deflection angle (α) towards each other. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255201 | Removable Rotor Blade Tip - A rotor blade has a spanwise axis, a root comprising an anchor having an anchor surface configured to form at least one of a normal angle relative to the spanwise axis and an acute angle relative to the spanwise axis, and a selectively removable tip comprising a connector having a connector surface configured to complement the anchor surface. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255202 | TURBINE ENGINE NOSECONE WITH DEFORMATION REGION - An assembly for a turbine engine including a nosecone that extends along an axis between a tip end and a second end. The nosecone includes a base region and a deformation region configured integral with the base region. The base region is arranged axially between the deformation region and the second end. The deformation region is adapted to deform relative to the base region upon impact of an object, and includes a stress concentrator. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255203 | Hybrid Spinner Support - A hybrid support ring comprises a suspender and a belt, the suspender defined by a flange and a leg rearwardly extending having a lug, the suspender also extending circumferentially, the suspender formed of a first material, the belt extending circumferentially and disposed in the lug, the belt being formed of a second material. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255204 | AERODYNAMIC FAIRINGS SECONDARILY ATTACHED TO NOSECONE - An aerodynamic fan nosecone for a gas turbine engine is provided and includes a fan nosecone that may be made of composite material. To improve airflow transition to the blade members, aerodynamic fairings are provided and are secured to an exterior surface of the nosecone which enhances fuel economy. The fairings may be secured to the nosecone by various methods, including providing for the fairings to be changed out and replaced with other fairings on the same nosecone assembly. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255205 | Reduced Drag System for Windmills, Fans, Propellers, Airfoils and Hydrofoils - Airfoil and hydrofoils systems with structures having a surface texture defined by fractal geometries are described. Raised portions or fractal bumps can be included on the surfaces, forming a surface texture. The surface textures can be defined by two-dimensional fractal shapes, partial two-dimensional fractal shapes, non-contiguous fractal shapes, three-dimensional fractal objects, and partial three-dimensional fractal objects. The surfaces can include indents having fractal geometries. The indents can have varying depths and can be bordered by other indents, or bumps, or smooth portions of the airfoil or hydrofoil structure. The fractal surface textures can reduce vortices inherent from airfoil and hydrofoil structures. The roughness and distribution of the fractal surface textures reduce the vortices, improving laminar flow characteristics and at the same time reducing drag. The systems are passive and do not require applied power. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255206 | TURBINE BLADE COOLING CHANNEL FORMATION - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to turbine blades and, more particularly, to the formation of cooling channels on a surface of a turbine blade and turbine blades including such cooling channels. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of forming a cooling channel along a surface of a turbine blade, the method comprising: applying a first mask material to a first portion of a surface of a turbine blade; forming a first barrier layer atop the first mask material and atop a second portion of the surface of the turbine blade; removing the first mask material and the barrier layer atop the first mask material to expose the first portion of the surface of the turbine blade; and etching the first portion of the surface of the turbine blade to form a cooling channel along the surface of the turbine blade. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255207 | TURBINE ROTOR BLADES HAVING MID-SPAN SHROUDS - A rotor blade for use in a turbine of a combustion turbine engine is described. The rotor blade may include an airfoil that extends from a connection with a root. The rotor blade may further include a mid-span shroud configured to engage a corresponding mid-span shroud on at least one neighboring rotor blades during operation. Outboard of the mid-span shroud, the airfoil may include an outboard region that is substantially hollow, and inboard of the mid-span shroud, the airfoil may include an inboard region that is substantially solid. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255208 | Gas Turbine Blade - The gas turbine blade includes a cooling channel formed therein, and a partition disposed on its tip side for isolating the cooling channel from the outside. The partition is integrally formed with a blade portion in a position on its inner side in the radial direction with respect to the tip of the gas turbine blade. Reinforcements are provided on the outer side of the partition in the radial direction and on the inner side of the tip end wall extended from the blade portion to connect the partition with the tip end wall. Outer surface cooling holes are formed to extend from the cooling channel into communication with an outer surface of the tip end wall, and inner surface cooling holes are formed to extend from the cooling channel into an inner surface of the tip end wall through the partition. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255209 | CRANKCASE HEATER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE SPEED COMPRESSORS - A system includes a compressor having a shell housing a compression mechanism driven by an electric motor in an on state and not driven by the electric motor in an off state. The system also includes a variable frequency drive that drives the electric motor in the on state by varying a frequency of a voltage delivered to the electric motor and that supplies electric current to a stator of the electric motor in the off state to heat the compressor. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255210 | VEHICLE HAVING VARIABLE OIL PUMP - A vehicle having a variable hydraulic pump may include a sun gear that receives a torque from a power source through an input shaft, a ring gear of which an interior circumference is with a distance from an exterior circumference of the sun gear, a planetary gear that is disposed between the interior circumference of the ring gear and the exterior circumference of the sun gear, a carrier that connects with an output shaft, a hydraulic pump that pumps oil through the output shaft that is connected to the carrier, and a motor that is disposed outside the ring gear to selectively rotate the ring gear. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255211 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND MOTOR DRIVE METHOD FOR VEHICLE ELECTRIC PUMP - A motor drive device and a motor drive method for a vehicle electric pump. The device and the method set a target value according to an instruction value of a motor control amount and control the motor of the vehicle electric pump based on the target value. When the instruction value is greater than an actual control amount, the instruction value is set to the target value. Meanwhile, when the instruction value is less than the actual control amount, the actual control amount is set to the target value when the actual control amount is less than a value less than a previous target value by a predetermined value, and the value less than previous target value by predetermined value is set to the target value of this time when the actual control amount is greater than the value less than previous target value by predetermined value. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255212 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE INCLUDING HYDRAULIC PUMP - Provided is a construction machine including an engine, a hydraulic pump with a supercharger, and a hydraulic actuator, being capable of attaining both of a quick rise of engine speed and an operation of the hydraulic actuator during the rise of the engine speed. The construction machine further includes a supercharging pressure detector to detect a supercharging pressure of the supercharger and a controller to control absorption torque of the hydraulic pump, namely, pump torque. Until engine speed of the engine reaches target engine speed, the controller calculates target pump torque from a predetermined relationship between engine no-load speed and the target pump torque, corrects the target pump torque so as to make it smaller as the detected supercharging pressure is lower, and limits actual pump torque to the corrected target pump torque, until engine speed reaches target engine speed from engine speed lower than the target engine speed. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255213 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power supply circuit includes a connector for a fan, a speed adjusting circuit, a speed feedback circuit, a control module, first and second power sources, and a switching module. The speed adjusting circuit is connected to a modulation pin of the connector. The speed feedback circuit is connected to a speed pin of the connector. The control module receives a speed signal from the fan through the speed feedback circuit and outputs signals correspondingly. The switching module selects the first or the second power source to supply power for the fan according to the signals from the control module. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255214 | FRACTURING PUMP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREOF - A fracturing pump assembly includes an intensifier including a hydraulic cylinder, a compression member arranged within the hydraulic cylinder and a rotatable member, wherein the compression member is linearly actuated within the hydraulic cylinder by rotation of the rotatable member. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255215 | INTELLIGENT PUMP MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A system and method for monitoring and controlling a pump are disclosed. The method defines processing targets, derive a first actuator control signal Yc from the processing targets, and derive actual operating parameters. The method may further include the steps of comparing the actual operating parameters to predefined system and pump limits to determine a second actuator control signal Y′c, comparing the actual operating parameters to predefined fluid limits to determine a third actuator control signal Y″c, comparing the actual operating parameters to predefined normal processing limits to determine a fourth actuator control signal Y′″c, and comparing the actual operating parameters to at least one predefined abnormal processing limit to determine a fifth actuator control signal Y″″c. The method may further include determining which of the actuator control signals is a most conservative actuator control signal, and driving the pump in accordance with the most conservative actuator control signal. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255216 | PUMP SYSTEM - A pump system for a water supply mains has at least one pump device, a pressure detecting sensor at the pressure side of the pump device, a flow detecting sensor of the pump device, several pressure sensor units (D) remote arranged remotely from the pump device in different part regions of the mains, and a pump control device. The control device includes a model formation module designed in each case to produce a model (A) representing pressure loss from the pressure sensor to the position of the respective pressure sensor unit (D), based on several pressure measured values of at least two pressure sensor units (D) for the at least two associated part regions. The control device is designed for regulation of the pump device based on produced models (A), as well as to a corresponding method for regulation of a pump device in a water supply mains. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255217 | DEVICE FOR BLOWING AIR BY MEANS OF NARROW SLIT NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - A device for blowing air by a nozzle assembly includes a base seat for generating an air stream to supply air flow and a nozzle assembly supported by the base seat and comprising a slot-shaped opening for blowing air. An airflow passage is connected between the base seat and the nozzle assembly. An intake end of the airflow passage is opened on the outer surface of the base seat, and an output end is connected to the nozzle assembly by a pivot component. An intake end of the nozzle assembly is connected to an output end of the base seat by the pivot component. An impeller and an electric motor for driving the impeller to rotate are provided within the base seat. The nozzle assembly is rotatably fixed on the base seat by the pivot component. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255218 | PUMP ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF JET PUMPS - A pump assembly includes a housing ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255219 | Valve Configuration For Single Piston Fuel Pump - A single piston fuel pump comprising a pump housing a pump inlet and an outlet. The pump housing mounts a proportional solenoid operated inlet metering valve with variable orifice, an inlet check valve, a pumping chamber, a pumping piston, an outlet check valve, and a pressure relief valve, wherein the inlet metering valve, the inlet check valve, the outlet check valve, and the pressure relief valve are all mounted on a common axis. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255220 | PUMP AND CHECK RING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a pump, which comprises a pump body, a pair of check rings and a pneumatic control valve. When the pneumatic control valve is operated, a main shaft in the pump body is enabled to reciprocally move in a shaft hole, thereby enabling two diaphragms to be stretched and compressed at the same time for performing the compressing and the sucking stroke for the liquid; when subject to the hydraulic pressure, an arc-shaped convex ring of each of the check rings is deformed, and a contract ring is contracted for enclosing the main shaft thereby forming a liquid checking effect; when each of the check rings is not subject to the hydraulic pressure or the air pressure, the arc-shaped convex ring is not deformed thereby forming a slit between the contract ring and the main shaft. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255221 | WaterCraft Propulsion System and Method of Propelling a WaterCraft Through Water - A watercraft propulsion system includes a motor mounted in a container in a water-tight manner. A shaft extends from the motor through the bottom of the container to an impeller disposed in a housing outside the container. The impeller draws fluid into the housing through and opening on the back of the housing to propel a watercraft through the water. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255222 | OIL SUPPLY APPARATUS - An oil supply apparatus supplies oil from an oil pump driven by an engine preferentially to a valve timing control unit. In the oil supply apparatus, a first discharge opening and a second discharge opening having an opening area larger than that of the first discharge opening are formed such that a pressurized region of the oil pump is divided into the two discharge openings. The oil from the first discharge opening is fed to a controlling oil passage through a first discharge port and then supplied to the valve timing controller from the controlling oil passage. The oil from the second discharge opening is fed to a lubricating oil passage through the second discharge port and then supplied to a main gallery from the lubricating oil passage. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255223 | MECHANICAL ENGINE DRIVEN WATER PUMP - A mechanical engine driven water pump is disclosed for converting energy from an input heat source to a reciprocating mechanical output for powering the water pump. The mechanical reciprocating engine comprises an engine bore having an input port and an output port. An engine piston is disposed in the engine bore. An engine valve assembly is slidably mounted to the engine piston for communicating the input port and the output port with opposed sides of the engine piston for effecting reciprocal motion of the engine piston. A piston shaft is connected to the reciprocal motion of the engine piston to provide the reciprocating mechanical output the water pump. A stuffing box is interposed between the mechanical reciprocating engine and the reciprocating mechanical output for providing a positive seal for the mechanical reciprocating engine. The heat source may comprise a solar heat source, a geothermal heat source, a byproduct heat source or the external burning of a petroleum product. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255224 | MOTOR PUMP ASSEMBLY AND A MOTOR FOR A PUMP - An electric machine includes an end frame having a shaft bore extending therethrough. The end frame includes a first side and a second side. A shaft extends through the shaft bore. A bearing is supported by the end frame and is coupled to the shaft to support the shaft for rotation about a longitudinal axis. A first seal is fixedly attached to the end frame and includes an internal bore that is sized to cooperate with the shaft to form a seal point therebetween. The first seal is disposed on the first side of the end frame. A second seal is fixedly attached to the second side of the end frame. The second seal includes a movable portion in direct contact with the shaft to define a second seal point. The first seal point is on a first side of the bearing and the second seal point is on a second side of the bearing. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255225 | FLOW THRU MECHANICAL BLOOD PUMP BEARINGS - A flow thru mechanical bearing system can be used in an implantable rotary blood pump that includes a pump housing. An impeller housed in the pump housing can be radially supported by a row of at least three low friction contact points located on an inside bore of the impeller. The impeller may be axially supported by a second mechanical bearing. The second mechanical bearing may provide at least three axial contact points on the top surfaces of the impeller. The impeller is driven by a magnetic coupling which functions mainly to transmit torque to the impeller. Further, in some cases, the magnetic coupling may restrain axial motion of the impeller. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255226 | Box Lubrication Pump - A box lubricator that includes a pump with a piston housing and piston. The piston housing extends from a first end to a second end, and includes a bore extending through the piston housing from the first end of the piston housing to the second end of the piston housing. The piston housing also includes a recess disposed at the second end of the piston housing, the recess being concentric with the bore and comprising a diameter larger than a diameter of the bore. The piston is disposed inside the bore of the piston housing. At least one elastomeric seal is disposed inside the recess of the piston housing and around the piston. In some embodiments, a ball and socket joint connects the piston to the rocker arm assembly. In some embodiments, a fluid passage and a check valve are disposed inside the piston. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255227 | PLUNGER ASSEMBLY FOR A HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, AND HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - The invention relates to a plunger assembly for a high-pressure fuel pump for supporting a reciprocating pump piston ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255228 | Quick Release Pump Clamp - A diaphragm pump includes a first plate, a second plate and a diaphragm having first and second side surfaces. A fluid chamber is defined by the first plate and the first side of the diaphragm, a fluid inlet fluidly connected to the fluid chamber and a fluid outlet fluidly connected to the fluid chamber. An air chamber is defined by the second plate and the second side of the diaphragm, such that the diaphragm is retained between the first plate and the second plate. A clamp moves between a first position in which the first plate is fixedly connected to the second plate and the diaphragm, and a second position in which the first plate is disconnected from the second plate and the diaphragm to permit disassembly of the first plate, the second plate and the diaphragm. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255229 | Blood-pumping device - A blood-pumping device comprises a cavity with a U-shaped wall comprising two straight regions connected by an arch-shaped region and a U-shaped tube aligned with the U-shaped wall of the cavity to provide a support for the U-shaped tube, wherein the U-shaped tube comprises two straight regions connected by a semicircular region. The blood-pumping device further comprises an arm rotatable about a center point of the semicircular region, wherein the arm holds two wheels a distance from each other such that upon rotation of the arm the wheels roll along the U-shaped tube while putting pressure on the U-shaped tube, wherein the arch-shaped region of the U-shaped wall of the cavity comprises a recessed portion so that the wheels of the arm impose less pressure on the tube at the recessed portion and upon rotation of the arm generates a pulsating blood flow. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255230 | MINIATURE PUMP DEVICE - An air pump includes a driving unit and an airflow control unit. A piston base has a first intake through hole. A piston unit has an intake valve and a bladder portion, and the intake valve is located over the first intake through hole. A first valve base is located over the piston unit. A flow guide groove of the first valve base crosses over the paired intake valve and bladder portion. The first valve base has a first output through hole. The first valve base has a circular wall surrounding the first output through hole. A first output valve is located over the first output through hole. A second valve base is coupled to the circular wall to define a compression chamber. The second valve base has a second output through hole communicating with the compression chamber. A second output valve is located over the second output through hole. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255231 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor comprises a housing, a cylindrical rotating shaft, a fixed scroll, a movable scroll, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes an eccentric pin, and a balancer-integrated bush. The eccentric pin extends in parallel with the rotating shaft from the end part of the rotating shaft. The balancer-integrated bush is disposed between the eccentric pin and the movable scroll, includes an eccentric hole into which the eccentric pin is inserted, and configured to rotate around the eccentric pin, and further includes a balancer in an integrated manner, and is configured to rotatably move relative to the rotating shaft. An elastic member is disposed between the balancer-integrated bush and at least one of the rotating shaft and the eccentric pin, and the elastic member regulates the relatively movable range of the rotating shaft and the balancer-integrated bush. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255232 | PLANETARY ROTOR MACHINE MANIFOLD - Various apparatuses are provided for planetary rotor machines including a plurality of helical rotors and a corresponding manifold. In one example, the manifold includes a head plate to which each of the rotors is rotatably mounted. The head plate includes a fluid flow opening having a center coaxial with a central axis of the machine. The fluid flow opening comprises a plurality of ports that each correspond to one of the rotors. Each of the ports comprises an inwardly curving inner side extending between a starting point and an ending point, a first lateral arcuate side that forms with the inner side a first pointed notch in the head plate, and a second lateral arcuate side that forms with the inner side a second pointed notch in the head plate. The second lateral arcuate side is a mirror image of the first lateral arcuate side. The manifold substantially prevents fluid from bypassing a cavity created by the rotors of the machine. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255233 | COMPACTED/VERMICULAR GRAPHITE CAST IRON FOR ORBITAL OR FIXED SCROLL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORBITAL OR FIXED SCROLL USING THE SAME - Compacted/vermicular (CV) graphite cast iron for an orbital or fixed scroll and a method for manufacturing an orbiting or fixed scroll using the same are provided. The CV graphite cast iron may includes C: 3.4˜3.9%, Si: 1.7˜2.6%, Mn: 0.2˜0.8%, P: 0.02˜0.07%, S: 0.01˜0.03%, Ti: 0.02˜0.1% by weight ratio, with the remainder including iron (Fe) and other impurities. A CV ratio may be 50% or more. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255234 | Pump System - One embodiment of the pump system includes a cover housing and a main body affixed to one another for operation. A drive and idler gear may be mounted within a gear chamber in the main body for rotation there about, and inlet fluid may be provided on both the axial and radial surfaces of the drive and idler gear. The cover housing may be outfitted with one pressure relief channel or with two pressure relief channels of different geometric sizes and with different actuation pressures. The drive and/or idler gear may have dimples fashioned on an axial surface thereof, and lubricant troughs may be fashioned at various locations in the main body and/or the cover housing to reduce wear within the pump. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255235 | SELF ADJUSTING GEAR PUMP - A self-adjusting gear pump is disclosed. The pump may be a crescent internal gear pump, a gerotor pump, or an external gear pump. The pump includes a pump housing, gear housing, first and second gears, a side plate housing with a side plate, a shim and an end plate. The side plate moves between a first position contacting the first and second gears and gear housing, and a second position contacting the end plate. The side plate is spring biased toward the first position. A method is disclosed for match grinding the crescent plate (if used), gear housing and gears as a unit to provide a uniform surface. The side plate housing and side plate are similarly match ground. An assembly method is disclosed which allows the crescent plate to be moved with respect to the gear housing so that clearances between the crescent and the gear teeth are eliminated. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255236 | INTERNAL GEAR PUMP - An internal gear pump for a hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a bearing formed for a pump shaft in a tubular form. The bearing is integrally formed with a housing of the internal gear pump. The bearing is configured to mount a pinion of the internal gear pump rotatably on the bearing. The internal gear pump also includes a catch configured to connect the pinion to the pump shaft for conjoint rotation. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255237 | VANE PUMP - A vane pump is provided that may include a rotor having a plurality of slots formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof; a vane slidably inserted into each of the plurality of slots; and a cam ring configured to receive the rotor therein and having a inner circumferential surface in contact with an end portion of the vane. The rotor may be formed of nodular graphite cast iron, the vane may be formed of high speed tool steel, and the cam ring may be formed of alloy cast iron. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255238 | ROTOR OF VANE PUMP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR - A rotor of a vane pump and a method of manufacturing a rotor are provided. The rotor may be formed to include a plurality of radially formed slots and having a disk shape, and may include approximately 20% to 70% of pig iron, approximately 0.2% to 0.5% of copper (Cu), and approximately 0.1% to 0.4% of iron (Fe) by weight ratio, and scraps and steel wastes for the remainder, and may be formed of a nodular graphite cast iron including precipitated spheroidal graphite and having an austenite structure. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255239 | AIR COMPRESSOR - Disclosed is an air compressor including a cylinder including a recessed compression chamber, and an orbiter including a frame forming a main body and a piston rod protruding from the frame, wherein the piston rod includes a piston rod inner circumferential surface and a piston rod outer circumferential surface, the piston rod having an ending part formed at its end to protrude from the frame, a diameter of an imaginary circle derived from the curvature formed on the ending part formed at the end of the piston rod is larger than a width ranging from the piston rod inner circumferential surface to the piston rod outer circumferential surface, the piston rod is shaped of a transformed ring having a non-continuous portion, the piston rod inner circumferential surface is an inner circumferential surface shaped of the transformed ring, the piston rod outer circumferential surface is an outer circumferential surface shaped of the transformed ring, and the ending part is defined by the non-continuous portion of the transformed ring. Therefore, in compressing the external air due to a contact between the closed surface of the terminal portion of the compression chamber and the ending part of the terminal portion of the piston rod, a contact area is increased, thereby increasing the compressive force of the air compressor. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255240 | POWDER METALLURGY METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FINE AND ULTRAFINE GRAIN TI AND TI ALLOYS - A process includes sintering hydrogenated titanium or titanium hydride (TiH | 2014-09-11 |
20140255241 | MULTI-PART AXIAL POWDER COMPRESSION MOLD FOR COMPLEX PARTS - A method for manufacturing a titanium acetabular cup shell includes obtaining a titanium powder. A three part mold having a first part with a part-spherical inner surface, a second ram part with a part-spherical outer impact surface and a third ram part with an annular impact surface are provided to compact the titanium powder. The second and third parts are aligned along an axis within the first part. The second part is aligned along a center axis within the annular impact surface of the third part. The first mold part is filled with the titanium powder. The second mold part-spherical outer surface and the third part annular surface are moved towards the part-spherical inner surface of the first part into contact with the powder. The powder is compacted with the second part part-spherical outer impact surface and the third part annular impact surface to about 50% of its initial volume. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255242 | COMPOSITE STEEL PLATE - A composite steel plate in which at least two steel sheets are rolled to form a plate. One of the sheets has a composition that varies in a depthwise direction between nanocrystalline and micron grained. The plate is made by treating a steel sheet to produce a composition in the sheet that varies in a depthwise direction of the sheet between nanocrystalline and micron grained, stacking the treated sheet with at least one other steel sheet and rolling the sheets to form the plate. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255243 | SPLINE HUB FOR CLUTCH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A spline hub for a clutch and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The spline hub may include C: 3.4˜3.9%, Si: 2.1˜2.5%, Mn: 0.2˜0.7%, P: 0.01% or less, S: 0.009˜0.02%, Cu: 0.2˜0.4%, and Mg: 0.04˜0.07% by weight ratio, with the remainder including iron (Fe), as well as other impurities. The material forming the spline hub may have a structure in which spheroidal graphite is precipitated in an austenite matrix structure. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255244 | DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL, DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL SLAB, AND DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL - One aspect of this duplex stainless steel contains, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 0.05% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 7.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.0001% to 0.0010%, Ni: 0.5% to 5.0%, Cr: 18.0% to 25.0%, N: 0.10% to 0.30%, Al: 0.05% or less, Ca: 0.0010% to 0.0040%, and Sn: 0.01% to 0.2%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio Ca/O of the amounts of Ca and O is in a range of 0.3 to 1.0, and a pitting index PI shown by formula (1) is in a range of less than 30, | 2014-09-11 |
20140255245 | TURBOCHARGER AND A COMPONENT THEREFOR - A component for turbocharger applications, in particular in diesel engines, made of an iron-based alloy having an austenitic base structure which has a carbide structure. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255246 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING NIOBIUM NITINOL ALLOY - Guide wire devices and other intra-corporal medical devices fabricated from a Ni—Ti—Nb alloy and methods for their manufacture. The Ni—Ti alloy includes nickel, titanium, and niobium either up to its solubility limit in Ni—Ti, or in amounts over 15 atomic percent so as to provide a dual phase alloy. In either case, the Ni—Ti—Nb alloy provides increased stiffness to provide better torque response, steerability, stent scaffolding strength, and similar properties associated with increased stiffness, while still providing super-elastic or linear pseudo-elastic properties. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGHLY PURE PLATINUM POWDER, AS WELL AS PLATINUM POWDER THAT CAN BE OBTAINED ACCORDING TO SAID METHOD, AND USE THEREOF - A method for producing highly pure platinum on an industrial scale, as well as the use of said highly pure platinum. According to the method, a hexahalogenoplatinate is reduced to platinum in acidic conditions. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255248 | COPPER ALLOY SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COPPER ALLOY SHEET - An aspect of the copper alloy sheet contains 5.0 mass % to 12.0 mass % of Zn, 1.1 mass % to 2.5 mass % of Sn, 0.01 mass % to 0.09 mass % of P and 0.6 mass % to 1.5 mass % of Ni with a remainder of Cu and inevitable impurities, and satisfies a relationship of 20≦[Zn]+7×[Sn]+15×[P]+4.5×[Ni]≦32. The aspect of the copper alloy sheet is manufactured using a manufacturing process including a cold finishing rolling process in which a copper alloy material is cold-rolled, the average crystal grain diameter of the copper alloy material is 1.2 μm to 5.0 μm, round or oval precipitates are present in the copper alloy material, the average grain diameter of the precipitates is 4.0 nm to 25.0 nm or a proportion of precipitates having a grain diameter of 4.0 nm to 25.0 nm in the precipitates is 70% or more. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255249 | ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND ALLOY PLATE THEREOF - An aluminum-magnesium alloy capable of suppressing molten metal oxidation even without adding Be, and an alloy plate of the aluminum magnesium alloy, are characterized by being obtained by adding 0.20 mass % or more of Cr and/or 0.002 mass % or more of Ca to an aluminum-magnesium alloy which contains 0.8-15 mass % Mg and, as an unavoidable impurity, 0.001 mass % or more of P. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255250 | INHIBITION OF CORROSION IN BOILER SYSTEMS WITH ETHERAMINES - Aminoethers are used as corrosion inhibitors in boiler systems in which a working fluid comprising water with an aminoether corrosion inhibitor is circulated from a heater to a utilization site at which the working fluid gives up energy and decreases in temperature. A preferred class of aminoethers are the alkoxytriethyleneglycol-tert-alkylamines such as methoxy triethyleneglycol-tert-butylamine | 2014-09-11 |
20140255251 | PLASMA STERILIZATION APPARATUS AND PLASMA STERILIZATION METHOD - Disclosed is a plasma sterilization apparatus including a chamber including a sterilization target, a vaporizer heating air, a vacuum unit discharging moisture and cold air from the chamber to the outside, an air supply unit injecting heated air into the chamber, and a control unit controlling the air supply unit to inject air heated by the vaporizer into the chamber, controlling the vacuum unit to discharge air to the outside until an internal pressure of the chamber becomes a firstly set pressure, and controlling the air supply unit to inject heated air into the chamber until the internal pressure of the chamber becomes a secondly set pressure. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255252 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ZONE STERILIZATION - A portable gas transfer device for sterilization at a sterilization site includes: a housing; a pressurized gas canister held by the housing; a first passageway in fluid communication with the pressurized gas canister and configured to supply pressurized pre-sterilization gas from the pressurized gas canister to the site; a gas discharge canister held by the housing; and a second passageway in fluid communication with the gas discharge canister and configured to supply post-sterilization gas from the site to the gas discharge canister. Additional related devices, systems and methods are provided. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255253 | ARTIFICIAL PLACENTA - An artificial placenta oxygenating device for use with an infant is provided. The device comprises a first layer comprising a gas permeable membrane; and a second layer comprising a vascular network that permits circulation of fluid therethrough, wherein a portion of the gas permeable membrane is attached to and covers the vascular network, wherein the vascular network comprises an inlet that permits fluid flow into the vascular network and an outlet that permits fluid to flow out of the vascular network and wherein the inlet and outlet are positioned so that fluid flows through the vascular network and in contact with the gas permeable membrane to permit gas exchange to occur. Assemblies comprising a plurality of single artificial placenta devices is also provided. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255254 | BLOOD COAGULATION ANALYZER - In order to improve accuracy of determination of a blood coagulation time without requiring complicated work, a measurement unit | 2014-09-11 |
20140255255 | EQUIPMENT FOR RECYCLING NYLON CONTAINED IN FABRICS BY EXTRACTION OF SILICONE - Patent of invention belonging to the field of raw material recycling equipment, comprised of work tanks ( | 2014-09-11 |
20140255256 | NITROGEN-FREE OZONE GENERATING UNIT - In the present invention, a nitrogen-free ozone generating unit integrates a plurality of functional means into a single package unit, the functional means including a nitrogen-free ozone generator that is cooled to a low temperature, an ozone power source, a MFC, an APC, a heat insulating cooling water inlet pipe, and a heat insulating cooling water outlet pipe. In the nitrogen-free ozone generator, a heat insulating layer made of a heat insulating material such as an insulator is formed to cover substantially the entire surface of an ozone generator outer frame. A cooling water system is configured to set the temperature of cooling water, which is supplied to the nitrogen-free ozone generator through the heat insulating cooling water inlet pipe, to 5° C. or less and to thereby cool the nitrogen-free ozone generator. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255257 | STERILIZATION SYSTEM FOR A WATER-INTAKE FINGER AND AN AIR SPACE OF A BOTTLE FOR A WATER DISPENSER - A sterilization system uses an ozone-air mixture for treatment of a water-intake finger and an air space of a water source bottle of a water dispenser in which the bottle is installed with its neck downwards for discharge. The system includes a cone for holding the bottle vertically, the water-intake finger for water delivery from the bottle into a reservoir, an ozone generator, and a control device. Two longitudinal channels in the water-intake finger separately deliver water from the bottle into the reservoir and ozone-air mixture delivery into the bottle. The water-intake finger has a preventive cup, to prevent air penetration into the bottle from the air space of the reservoir, having an inlet channel connected to the generator for ozone-air mixture delivery into the preventive cup during water off-take from the reservoir when water poured out of the bottle is replaced with the ozone-air mixture delivered from the generator. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255258 | Exhaust Line for a Heat Engine - The exhaust line for a heat engine comprises, between an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet, a nitrogen oxide trap which is fitted on a filtering portion. It comprises, between the nitrogen oxide trap and the exhaust inlet, a branching portion which is capable of branching the exhaust gases away from the nitrogen oxide trap and switching means for the exhaust gases in order to cause them to flow through the filtering portion or branching portion. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255259 | HYDROGEN-PRODUCING CATALYTIC CONVERTER - A hydrogen-producing catalytic converter is arranged in an exhaust pipe of an engine to absorb heat from engine waste gas for actuating hydrogen production, and includes a preheating body and a catalyst bed enclosed in a heating pipe, and a plurality of heating catalysts filled between the heating pipe and the preheating body and the catalyst bed. The heating pipe has two closed ends, one of which has a gas inlet pipe connected thereto to communicate the heating pipe with a combustion gas tank, from which an oxygen-containing combustion gas is supplied into the heating pipe to heat the heating catalysts. The heating catalysts in turn heat hydrogen-producing catalysts in the catalyst bed to a working temperature thereof, so that an engine hydrogenation process can be performed as soon as the engine is started to ensure reduced air pollution and fuel consumption in the whole course of engine operation. | 2014-09-11 |
20140255260 | Catalyst Metering Device - The invention relates to a catalyst metering device with a valve formed of an iron-based alloy steel hardened to a Rockwell hardness C of at least 60. The device can be used for metering of a catalyst for an ethylene polymerization reaction. The invention further relates to ethylene polymerization wherein the catalyst is metered in a catalyst metering device with a iron-based alloy steel hardened valve, as well as to a ethylene polymerization reactor comprising such a catalyst metering device. | 2014-09-11 |