43rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130280002 | 3-Point Wheelchair Passenger Securement System - The embodiments described and claimed herein are improved wheelchair passenger securement systems and stations. In particular, one embodiment described and claimed herein is a system comprising a barrier module and a wall-side module, which incorporate three separate restraint devices which are configured to secure a wheelchair at three separate attachment points. The system can optionally include a moveable excursion barrier or a pull-mechanism to pre-tension at least one of the restraint devices the wheelchair securements. In a simpler embodiment, three restraint devices, such as retractors, are provided for attachment to the vehicle surfaces or structures in, for example, a generally right-triangular configuration. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280003 | VEHICLE CHOCK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A vehicle chock assembly is capable of spacing a vehicle from a surface having a height. The chock assembly is well-suited for use in spacing a vehicle being transported in a pick-up truck from the forward end wall of the truck bed and/or the rear wall of the truck cab. The chock assembly includes a first chock and a second chock supported relative to one another in an adjustable manner by a connecting rod or other connecting structure. A method of using the chock assembly to space a vehicle from a surface is also disclosed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280004 | TORQUE CONTROL BOLT FOR HOSE CLAMP - Disclosed is a torque control bolt for a hose clamp, which is configured to transmit a torque from a tool to a fastening bolt of a hose clamp to induce the fastening of the hose clamp, and then to be ruptured to prevent the transmission of torque exceeding a set value so as to prevent the damage of the hose clamp and the hose. The control bolt includes: a rupture bolt with a fastening body to transmit the torque from the tool to a head of the fastening bolt; a coupling unit formed on the head and the rupture bolt and configured to keep the coupling force between the head and the rupture bolt; and a rupture section formed on the rupture bolt and configured to prevent the torque from the tool from being transmitted to the fastening bolt when the torque exceeds the set value. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280005 | RIVET FASTENER - A rivet fastener includes a fastener body and a fastener pin which is inserted into the fastener body. A head of the fastener body defines a channel for receiving a head of the fastener pin, with lateral lands of the fastener body head exposed outwardly of sides of the fastener pin head. The exposed surface of the fastener body head defines hollows or recesses to accommodate tips of fingers of an installer. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280006 | LOCKING FASTENER FOR SECURING COMPONENTS IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR - A threaded fastener includes a head, a threaded shank extending from a bottom face of the head along a longitudinal axis of the fastener, and an annular flange oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis and surrounding the bottom face of the head. A surface has a receiving hole in which the shank of the threaded fastener is disposed with the bottom face of the head contacting the surface. The surface further has a crimping recess spaced apart from the receiving hole. A portion of the annular flange overlaps and is deformed into the crimping recess. The fastener may be a screw or bolt. In the case of a bolt, a nut engages the distal end of the threaded shank. The nut also includes an annular flange that is deformed into a crimping recess on a surface proximate to the nut. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280007 | LOCKING AND UNLOCKING NUT STRUCTURE - A locking and unlocking nut structure contains a body including a through hole, a diameter of the through hole being larger than that of a screw rod (tube), the body also including a semi-circular recess with a starting segment and a stopping segment, the body further including a slot and an diameter-decreased screw section; a slidable block retained in the semi-circular recess and moving between the starting segment and the stopping segment, the slidable block including first threads, while the slidable block is fixed on the starting segment, a distance from the first threads of the slidable block to an inner wall of the through hole is larger than an outer diameter of the screw rod (tube); while the slidable block is fixed on the stopping segment, a distance from the first threads to the diameter-decreased screw section is equal to the outer diameter of the screw rod (tube). | 2013-10-24 |
20130280008 | Bolted joint of the cover of an access opening in an aircraft lifting surface - A bolted joint for connecting a cover of an opening in a primary structure of a lifting surface of an aircraft to the primary structure. The bolted joint includes two first bolted joints on either side of a symmetry axis of the cover arranged without any lateral clearance, two second bolted joints on either side of the symmetry axis on the side of the cover opposite to that of the two first bolted joints, arranged without any lateral clearance in the holes of the primary structure and with a linear lateral clearance in the holes of the cover; a plurality of third bolted joints along the border of the cover arranged without any lateral clearance in the holes of the primary structure and with a radial clearance in the holes of the cover. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280009 | RETAINING PIN ASSEMBLY FOR A LIFTING SYSTEM - A retaining pin assembly for a lifting system which includes a hook prong and a hook cam. The retaining pin assembly includes at least one lock arm assembly having a first end with at least one aperture which aligns with an opening through the hook cam and having an opposed second end with at least one aperture which aligns with an opening through the hook prong. A hook cam retaining pin has a head and has a shaft passing through the hook cam opening and the lock arm first end aperture, wherein the shaft has at least one groove therein parallel to the axis of the shaft. A retaining ring surrounds the hook cam shaft, the retaining ring having at least one inwardly extending tab received in the shaft groove in order to retain the pin in the lock arm. A recess in the lock arm receives the retaining ring therein. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280010 | WATERPROOF SCREW, SEALING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR STRUCTURE INSTALLATION, AND STRUCTURE FOR STRUCTURE INSTALLATION - A waterproof screw includes a screw member including a head portion and a shank portion and a sealing material covering the circumference of the shank portion. The sealing material has a shear storage elastic modulus G′ at 25° C. and a frequency of 1 Hz of 50000 Pa or less. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280011 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING AN AIRCRAFT MONUMENT - An aircraft monument mounting system is disclosed having a rail adapted to support a monument panel thereon, the rail including a recess for receiving an attachment device from below. The attachment device comprises a threaded fastener such as a poppet, a lock nut, an eccentric washer, and a thumbwheel. Rotation of the thumbwheel causes the eccentric washer to move the panel laterally, and the lock nut can raise or lower the panel, providing flexibility as to the positioning of the panel without disrupting the attachment point to the aircraft structure. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280012 | Pinned Connections - Improved connection systems for pinned connections are disclosed. Although the connection systems may be utilized in dragline excavating systems, the connection systems may also be utilized for pinned connections in a variety of other types of mining, dredging, forestry, and construction equipment. An insert utilized in the connections systems has a frustroconical shape that joins with an aperture in an element being joined by the connection system. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280013 | THERMAL BREAK FASTENER - A thermal break fastener includes a head that has a top side and an underside. The head has diameter. A shank depends from the underside of the head and has an end that has a longitudinal bore therein, opposite the head. The shank is formed from a thermally non-transmissive material. The shank has a diameter less than the diameter of the head. A seal is positioned on the shank. A driving/boring element has a driving point and a self-counter-bore cutter spaced from the driving point. The self-counter-bore cutter has a diameter about equal to the diameter of the shank. The driving/boring element is mounted to the shank with the self-counter-bore cutter disposed at about the end of the shank opposite the head. A two-piece configuration includes a driving/boring element including a self-counter-bore cutter and a separate a sealing head with a seal positioned on the sealing head. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280014 | METHOD FOR APPLYING AT LEAST ONE ENCLOSING ELEMENT TO A FLAT PRODUCT COMPOSITION, AND ENCLOSING ELEMENT APPLYING DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method for applying at least one strip section ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280015 | DATA EDITING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - In casing-in bookbinding, in which a book sheet block of book sheets is wrapped with a cover, an input of pieces of information about the length of a short side of the book sheets, the length of a long side of the cover, and the thickness of a spine cover of the cover is received. Judgment is made, based on the received information, whether the length of the long side of the cover is less than a value obtained by adding the thickness of the spine cover to twice the length of the short side of the book sheets. If the length of the long side of the cover is less than the obtained value, an alert is issued to urge the user to change at least one of the pieces of information. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280016 | CUTTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A cutting device includes a cutting unit and a pre-processing unit. The cutting unit performs fore-edge cutting processing and top-edge/tail-edge cutting processing in a state in which a blade inclines toward a paper surface of a booklet. The fore-edge cutting processing is to cut off a first edge part of the booklet parallel to a spine of the booklet. The top-edge/tail-edge cutting processing is to cut off a second edge part of the booklet perpendicular to the spine. Of the top-edge/tail-edge cutting processing, in first top-edge/tail-edge cutting processing in which the blade cuts the booklet from a side opposite to the spine, before the blade abuts the spine, the pre-processing unit makes a cut at a point of the spine along a cutting direction in which the blade cuts the spine, the point where the blade abuts the spine. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280017 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing system | 2013-10-24 |
20130280018 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LATERALLY STORING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A STORING DEVICE - Device for storing an automotive vehicle transversely relative to its longitudinal axis on a parking space of a storage facility, having a surface-maneuverable, driverless transporting means which is disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automotive vehicle when receiving the automotive vehicle and has horizontally extending pairs of forks which are disposed thereon at one side and perpendicularly, the forks of the pairs of forks being displaceable individually horizontally along the transporting means and the pairs of forks moving under wheels respectively of a vehicle axle from one side of the automotive vehicle in order to grip the wheels by displacing the individual forks horizontally towards each other, whereupon the automotive vehicle is lifted for transporting, surface-maneuverable supports ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280019 | GRAIN CART SEED TENDER - A grain cart apparatus for transporting products to an air seeder cart has a tank with a bottom trough, and an auger conveyor extending under the trough and conveying products from the tank to an upright oriented discharge auger conveyor. Ports along the trough are opened and closed by valves. A partition wall divides the tank into front and rear portions and corresponding front and rear sets of ports. Front and rear valve actuators activate corresponding front and rear valves. Front and rear auger apertures are defined in a bottom wall of the horizontal auger under the front and rear sets of ports. A product conveyor is mounted under the horizontal auger such that products flowing through the ports and through the auger apertures enter the product conveyor and are carried to a product discharge at a rear end of the grain cart. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280020 | HARD TOP REMOVAL HITCH ATTACHMENT - A hard top removal/placement device permits one person to safely and easily remove or place a hard top off/on a vehicle anywhere the vehicle is located and without requiring additional people for its operation. The device is portable, so it can be carried with the user, in the vehicle, and used anywhere—in a parking lot, at a campsite, at the beach, at the user's home, or the like. The device is compact and lightweight and does not need a structure to be mounted to in order for it to be used. The device can simply attach to their trailer hitch receiver and be ready to use in minutes. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280021 | FLUID CONVEYANCE SYSTEM FOR EARTHMOVING MACHINE - An earthmoving machine includes a frame, a boom, an elongated member, an attachment, a conduit, and a reel. The frame supports a fluid source. The boom includes a first end coupled to the frame and a second end opposite the first end. The elongated member is movably coupled to the boom and includes a first end and a second end. The attachment is coupled to the second end of the elongated member. The conduit is in fluid communication with the fluid source and conveys fluid between the fluid source and the attachment. The reel supports at least a portion of the conduit. The reel is rotatable to reel in and pay out the conduit as the elongated member moves relative to the boom. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING AN EXCAVATOR HAVING A BOOM AS A LIFTING APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for using an excavator having a boom as a lifting apparatus. The apparatus includes a metal plate having a first face and a second face. An excavator bucket quick connect coupling is secured to the first face of the plate, whereby the plate is connected to the boom of the excavator. An arm is provided having a first end and a second end. The first end of the arm is fixed to the second face of the plate and the second end has a coupling for attaching a lifting line. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280023 | TRANSFER ASSEMBLY SUCH AS ASSOCIATED WITH A PRESS OPERATION AND INCLUDING FLUID CYLINDER RELEASED MECHANISM FOR HANDLING PARTS WITH LARGE TWO DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS - A transfer assembly incorporated into a part forming operation including a structure exhibiting a generally open interior. A pair of elongated pivotal supports extend in parallel fashion along inner facing sides of the structure and channel the received opposite edges of each part delivered from the part forming operation. A rotary actuating component is mounted at an intermediate end location of the structure between the sides and pivotally interconnects to the end supports via a pair of linkage arms. A proximity trigger switch determines delivery of a part from the out feed location and, upon being activated, actuates the rotary component to separate the side extending supports to release the part for stacking in plural fashion within the open interior, following which reverse actuation of the rotary component pivotally resets the supports for receiving a subsequent part. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280024 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING SAMPLE HOLDERS - An apparatus and methods for dispensing sample holders for use in an automated sample analyzer is disclosed herein. The apparatus for dispensing sample holders includes a rotating carousel for housing stack of sample holders. Stacks of sample holders from the rotating carousel are fed into a chute where sample holders contact a set of rotating members having helical threads thereon. The helically threaded rotating members engage the sample containers and separate each sample holder from the remaining sample holders in the stack by rotation of the helically threaded rotating members. The sample holder can then be transferred for use in an automated sample analyzer. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280025 | VEHICLE RECOVERY ASSEMBLY - The invention disclosed herein relates to a vehicle recovery assembly ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280026 | SINGLE GEOMETRY PALLETIZED FRAMING SYSTEM - A palletized framing system for a motor vehicle body assembly system in which the pallet with a body structure positioned thereon is positioned at the framing station on balls to establish the vertical Z dimension with the pallet free to float on the balls in longitudinal X and lateral Y dimensions, whereafter positioners carried by one of the gates of the framing station engage and lock onto the pallet to precisely position the pallet and the body structure at the framing station at X and Y dimensions corresponding to the precisely attainable X and Y positioning of the gate. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280027 | ANTI-VORTEX SHEDDING GENERATOR FOR APU SUPPORT - An assembly for use with a power-producing unit includes an annular case, a hub positioned radially inward of the case, a fluidic flow path defined between the case and the hub, a plurality of support tubes each extending between the case and the hub, and a flow modifying structure positioned on an exterior surface of at least a first one of the support tubes and configured to reduce vortex shedding of a passing fluid. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280028 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a high pressure compressor rotor having a plurality of disks and a shaft; at least one forward cavity formed between a rim of at least one of the disks and the shaft and at least one aft cavity formed between a rim of at least one other of the disks and the shaft; a first flow of cooling air in the at least one forward cavity; and a second flow of cooling air in the at least one aft cavity. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280029 | AXIAL FAN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An axial fan includes a fan frame, an impeller and a motor. The fan frame has a frame body, a base and plural connecting members. The base is disposed at the center of a side of the frame body. The connecting members connect the frame body to the base. The impeller is accommodated in the frame body and disposed on the base. The impeller has a rotating shaft, a hub and plural blades disposed around the hub. The motor is disposed on the base and connects with the rotating shaft to drive the impeller to rotate. When the impeller rotates forwardly, the airflow is induced to flow through the connecting members, blades, and one side of the frame body away from the base. When the impeller rotates reversely, the airflow is induced to flow through the side of the frame body, blades and connecting members. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280030 | BYPASS FOIL - An apparatus for providing electrical power includes a foil having a leading inlet, at least rotor internal to the foil and downstream from the inlet and a trailing flow separator partially within a trailing chamber. The apparatus also includes leading and trailing edges configured such that fluid flowing through the foil experiences decreased pressure and increased velocity at the trailing edges relative to the leading edges. In a method utilizing the disclosed apparatus within a fluid flow, a first quantity of a high-pressure fluid is passed, at a low velocity, into the leading inlet of the bypass foil. One or more rotors are rotated by the flow and the rotational energy is translated into electrical power with a generator. After turning the rotors, quantity of fluid is ejected, at a high velocity, to the trailing edges of the bypass foil at an area of low fluid pressure. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280031 | THRUST REVERSER - A thrust reverser for the nacelle of a turboreactor includes at least one fixed front frame that can be mounted downstream of a fan casing of the turboreactor and directly or indirectly supports at least one flow deviation vanes, in which at least part of the flow deviation vanes can be detached from the front frame and moved in translation independently therefrom when a maintenance operation is being carried out on the reverser. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280032 | TURBOCHARGER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A turbocharger arrangement in an internal combustion engine is provided. The turbocharger arrangement includes a turbocharger housing surrounding a sealed inner space and a shaft extending through the turbocharger housing. The turbocharger arrangement further includes a turbine wheel arranged on the shaft and driving a compressor unit, a bearing arrangement mounting the shaft in the turbocharger housing, an oil supply device lubricating the bearing arrangement, and a pressure changing unit in fluidic communication with the sealed inner space configured to adjust the pressure in the sealed inner space based on engine operating conditions. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280033 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVIAN MITIGATION FOR WIND FARMS - A wildlife detection system includes a tracking device, a receiver, and a wildlife deterrent system. The tracking device may be mounted to a wildlife. The receiver is configured to track movement of the tracking device relative to an object of danger to the wildlife. The wildlife deterrent system is configured to reduce risk of danger to the wildlife in response to movement of the wildlife within a predetermined distance from the object of danger as tracked by the receiver. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280034 | WIND DIRECTION ADJUSTABLE BLADE TYPE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE - The present invention relates to a wind direction adjustable blade type vertical axis wind turbine that is configured to allow blades to be automatically swung, thereby making more efficient use of wind power. The wind turbine includes: a rotating shaft adapted to be rotated by means of wind power; an upper plate adapted to be coupled to the upper portion of the rotating shaft; a lower plate adapted to be coupled to the lower portion of the rotating shaft; a plurality of blades disposed between the upper plate and the lower plate; and swing motion units disposed between the top end of each blade and the upper plate and between the underside end of each blade and the lower plate in such a manner as to form the center of rotation of each blade, while allowing each blade to be rotatable in accordance with the wind direction. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280035 | System for the Heating and Pumping of Fluid - A fluid heating and pumping system comprising a housing that has an inlet and outlet opening as well as a plurality of turbine chambers. Each of the turbine chambers has: an inlet end, outlet end, is mounted to a driveshaft, a stator and rotor, and is constructed to create a circuitous flow path for fluid flow. Each of the rotors is: designed to move the fluid through the housing, and has a plurality of rotor vanes with each having a fin at the inlet end. The fin extends past the plane of an adjacent rotor vane to extend the circuitous flow path through the rotors. The fins, shearing plane, and outlet orifice all create thermal energy as the fluid is transferred along and between the rotor and stator vanes, through the shearing plane and between the adjacent turbine chambers as the fluid flows. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280036 | AXIALLY-SPLIT RADIAL TURBINE - An axially-split radial turbine includes a forward rotor section and an aft rotor section being mechanically and abuttingly coupled to one another along an annular interface that resides within a plane generally orthogonal to a rotational axis of the axially-split radial turbine. The axially-split radial turbine can be provided as part of a gas turbine engine. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280037 | Energy Conversion Device - An energy conversion device includes a vehicle. The vehicle includes a wheel. The wheel includes a chamber. The chamber is configured to contain a fluid. The fluid is configured to produce centrifugal energy. The wheel is configured to rotate and produce energy from the centrifugal energy. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280038 | Pressure Exchange Noise Reduction - Various aspects of the technology provide for reducing noise and vibration in a pressure exchanger for high pressure fluid handling equipment such as a desalination system, by disposing grooves between a seal surface and a port. The groove reduces a hammer effect in moving high pressure fluid to a low pressure port and moving low pressure fluid to a high pressure port. Reduction in the hammer effect, in addition to reducing noise, reduces vibration that can cause deterioration of high pressure fluid handling equipment. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280039 | Wind turbine with oil lubrication - Lubrication method and wind turbine comprising a rotor with a hub supported by a main bearing with two opposite bearing races coaxially spaced by rotatably fitted bearing rollers in a lubrication area which is sealed by oil sealing rings between the bearing races. The lubrication area comprises one or more oil inlets operatively connected to an oil supply, and one or more oil outlets. The vertical distance between the outlet(s) and the lowest point of the lubrication area is 0-0.2 times the inner diameter of the outer bearing race. The inlet (s) and the oil supply are configured to supply an oil flow not exceeding the drain capacity of the one or more outlets. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280040 | COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - A cooling assembly for a gas turbine system includes a turbine nozzle having at least one channel comprising a channel inlet configured to receive a cooling flow from a cooling source, wherein the at least one channel directs the cooling flow through the turbine nozzle in a radial direction at a first pressure to a channel outlet. Also included is an exit cavity for fluidly connecting the channel outlet to a region of a turbine component, wherein the region of the turbine component is at a second pressure, wherein the first pressure is greater than the second pressure. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280041 | OIL PUMP - An oil pump including an upstream pump unit including an upstream inner rotor and an upstream outer rotor; a downstream pump unit including a downstream inner rotor and a downstream outer rotor as being arranged adjacently to the upstream pump unit in a predetermined axis line direction; a rotary shaft concurrently rotating the upstream inner rotor and the downstream inner rotor; and a housing which contains the upstream pump unit and the downstream pump unit as supporting the rotary shaft and which includes an inlet port for sucking oil from the outside into the upstream pump unit, an ejection port for ejecting a part thereof to the outside in a pressurization process of the upstream pump unit, a communication port for providing communication between the upstream pump unit and the downstream pump unit, and a discharge port for discharging oil from the downstream pump unit to the outside. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280042 | JOURNAL BEARING WITH DUAL PASS COOLING FOR AIR MACHINE - A compressor rotor compresses air and delivers the compressed air to a downstream inlet and across a turbine rotor. A shaft rotates with the turbine rotor and the compressor rotor. The shaft is hollow with an inner bore and an outer periphery. At least one journal bearing supports a portion of the shaft, and has an inner bore spaced from the outer periphery of the shaft. A cooling air path is provided between the shaft outer periphery and the bearing inner periphery, and along a length of the bearing to at least one connection hole. The connection hole provides cooling air from an outer periphery of the shaft to the inner bore of the shaft. In a separate feature, a shaft for use in an air supply machine includes a hollow interior, with such a connection hole. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280043 | Electronic Means for Detecting Buffered Main Shaft Seal Wear or Failure in a Turbine Engine - In accordance with an embodiment, a gas turbine engine is provided having a bearing chamber leak detection system. The gas turbine engine includes a rotatable shaft, a bearing assembly supporting the rotatable shaft, and a plurality of bearing chamber seals surrounding the rotatable shaft creating an annular bearing chamber enclosing the bearing assembly. One or more walls substantially surrounding the bearing chamber create a plenum between the walls and the bearing chamber, and a pressurized air inlet to the plenum is provided. The pressurized air inlet includes an airflow sensor configured and positioned to sense a flow of pressurized air into the plenum, such that airflow at the sensor is indicative of airflow from the plenum into the bearing chamber via one or more of the plurality of bearing chamber seals. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280044 | CORROSION MONITORING DEVICE - This disclosure describes, in one embodiment, a corrosion monitoring device to monitor fluid flowing to a turbo-machine. The device comprises an elongated body member in the form of a threaded rod. The elongated body member comprises test elements that have material properties responsive to the corrosive components. In one example, the test elements comprise cylindrical tubes that can slide onto the threaded rod. The assembly is positioned in flow streams and, more particularly, finds particular use in the flow stream of fluid found in an inlet system that couples with a turbine (e.g., a gas or steam turbine). | 2013-10-24 |
20130280045 | AIRFOIL INCLUDING DAMPER MEMBER - An airfoil includes an airfoil body that defines a longitudinal axis. The airfoil body includes a leading edge and a trailing edge and a first sidewall and a second sidewall that is faced apart from the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall join the leading edge and the trailing edge and at least partially define a cavity in the airfoil body. A damper member is enclosed in the cavity. The damper member includes a first end and a second end. The first end is connected in a first joint to the first sidewall at a first longitudinal location and the second end is connected in a second joint to the second sidewall at a second, different longitudinal location. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280046 | BYPASS TURBOJET - A bypass turbojet including a fan wheel carrying blades and surrounded by an annular casing, the casing including an air suction mechanism sucking air from an annular clearance formed between the casing and radially outer ends of the blades of the fan wheel. The air suction mechanism includes an inlet including at least one inlet slot formed in an inside wall of the casing and connected to a suction channel extending downstream. The inlet slot of the suction mechanism is situated axially in register solely with upstream portions of chords of the blades of the fan wheel at their radially outer ends. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280047 | Stator Seal for Turbine Rub Avoidance - A stator seal for a turbine assembly includes a seal base securable to a turbine stator and including an annular inner surface, and an abradable coating disposed on the annular inner surface. The abradable coating and the annular inner surface have a predefined cross-sectional profile including a transient operation section that facilitates axial expansion and a steady state operation section that facilitates a tighter clearance. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280048 | SEAL FOR A TURBINE SYSTEM - A seal for a turbine system includes a rotor, a bowl region and a stator assembly having a tip strip disposed proximate the rotor. Also included is a packing head disposed proximate the tip strip. Further included is a flex seal having a first end portion fixedly secured to at least one of the tip strip and the packing head, with a second end portion slidably engaged with at least one of the tip strip and the packing head. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280049 | BLADE HAVING POROUS, ABRADABLE ELEMENT - A blade includes an airfoil having a base and a free, tip end. The tip end includes at least one porous, abradable element. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280050 | TURBINE VIBRATION REDUCTION SYSTEM - A turbine vibration reduction system includes a nozzle, a bucket in operable communication with the nozzle, and a structure having at least one opening configured to inject fluid into flow traveling past the nozzle and the bucket to disrupt formation of a vortex. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280051 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly includes an annular nozzle and a system for creating a primary air flow. The nozzle includes an outer wall and an inner wall surrounded by the outer wall, the inner wall defining a bore having a bore axis. The nozzle also includes an interior passage located between the inner and outer walls, and extending about the bore axis for receiving an air flow, and an air outlet located at or towards the front of the nozzle for emitting the air flow. The nozzle is configured to emit the air flow through the air outlet in a direction extending away from the bore axis. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280052 | NACELLE FOR A BYPASS TURBOFAN ENGINE - A nacelle for an aircraft bypass turbofan engine includes an upstream section via which an airflow enters, a middle section surrounding the fan of the turbofan and a downstream section having an inner structure and an outer structure delimiting a flow duct in which the air flows. The outer structure includes one cowling movably mounted on the inner fixed structure. The nacelle also has a top to accept a pylon for attaching a wing of the aircraft. The nacelle further includes one first panel mounted on the inner structure on one side of the nacelle and one second panel mounted on the other side of the nacelle. The first panel undergoes a physical interference with a part of the wing. The second panel increases the air removed from this other side of the nacelle during thrust reversal. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280053 | AXIAL COMPRESSOR - The axial compressor has a two-stage guide vane cascade at the discharge-side end of the rotor. The guide vanes of the second stage of the cascade are staggered in the circumferential direction in relation to the guide vanes of the first stage in such a way that vortex streamers created by the guide vanes of the first stage cannot impinge upon the guide vanes of the second stage. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280054 | TURBINE ENGINE STATOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY OF THE SAME - A turbine engine stator stage includes a plurality of vanes with each of the plurality of vanes having a camber angle. The plurality of vanes is arranged in a plurality of groups with each group including a pre-determined sequence of vanes. The ordering of vanes within each group is determined by the camber of the individual vanes. This results in an arrangement of vanes within the stator stage which can modify the flow characteristics of the air entering the stator stage to reduce the circumferential pressure variation in the flow region immediately downstream of the stator stage. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280055 | DOUBLE-ENDED BLOWER AND VOLUTES THEREFOR - A variable speed blower for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) ventilation of patients includes two impellers in the gas flow path that cooperatively pressurize gas to desired pressure and flow characteristics. Thus, the blower can provide faster pressure response and desired flow characteristics over a narrower range of motor speeds, resulting in greater reliability and less acoustic noise. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280056 | Turbocharger Containment Assembly - A turbine assembly and turbocharger containing the same are disclosed. Such an assembly can include a turbine housing for a turbocharger having an inlet portion, a central portion, and a hollow cylindrical portion defining a hollow passageway and an outlet. The inlet portion, central portion, and hollow cylindrical portion are in fluid connection with one another which allows a fluid to enter and pass through the inlet portion to the central portion, pass through the central portion to the hollow passageway, and pass through the hollow passageway to exit the turbine housing through the outlet. The assembly also includes a containment assembly at least partially disposed in the hollow passageway of the hollow cylindrical portion. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280057 | TURBINE ASSEMBLY - A turbine assembly is provided assembly having rotor defines a plurality of recesses disposed about an axis of rotation (Ar). Each of the recesses having a wide end and a narrow end. The recesses are disposed in the alternating orientations such that the wide ends and the narrow ends of the adjacent recesses are proximate to one another to minimize wake turbulence, thereby optimizing efficiency. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280058 | WIND MACHINE WITH AERODYNAMIC ELEMENTS TO CONCENTRATE AND ACCELERATE AN AEOLIAN FLOW ENTERING FROM OUTSIDE - The present invention relates to a wind machine with aerodynamic elements to concentrate and accelerate an Aeolian flow entering from outside, said machine being characterized in that it is provided with a housing ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280059 | AIRFOIL HAVING TAPERED BUTRESS - An airfoil includes an airfoil body that defines a longitudinal axis. The airfoil body includes a leading edge and a trailing edge and a first side wall and a second side wall that is spaced apart from the first sidewall. The first side wall and the second side wall join the leading edge and the trailing edge and at least partially define a cavity in the airfoil body. At least one of the first side wall and the second side wall includes at least one longitudinally elongated buttress that tapers longitudinally. The at least one longitudinally elongated buttress defines an increased thickness of, respectively, the first side wall or the second sidewall. The at least one longitudinally elongated buttress projects partially across the cavity toward the other of the first side wall or the second sidewall. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280060 | COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER HAVING VANES WITH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTIONS - A diffuser is disclosed for use with a compressor. The compressor diffuser may have a ring-shaped generally flat plate, a plurality of first vanes disposed radially around an upper surface of the plate, and a plurality of second vanes shorter than the first vanes. Each of the second vanes may be connected to the plate between adjacent first vanes. The first and second vanes may each have a high-pressure side and an opposing low-pressure side, and each may tilt towards one of its corresponding high- and low-pressure sides at a lean angle that changes along its meridional length. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280061 | FAN - A fan includes a nozzle and a device for creating a primary air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes a mouth for emitting the primary air flow, and defines a bore through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan is drawn by the primary air flow emitted from the mouth and which combines with the primary air flow to produce a combined air flow. To allow a user to adjust at least one parameter, for example at least one of the profile, orientation and the direction, of the combined air flow, the fan comprises an insert which is locatable at least partially within the bore of the nozzle. The fan may be provided with a set of such inserts. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280062 | COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR VACUUM EXHAUST DEVICE AND VACUUM EXHAUST SYSTEM - Provided is a coupling structure for vacuum exhaust devices each including a pump chamber and a casing that demarcates the pump chamber. The coupling structure includes a first end surface formed on a first side of the casing, and a second end surface formed on the second side of the casing, the second side being the opposite side of the first side. The casing of a first vacuum exhaust device and the casing of a second vacuum exhaust device among a plurality of vacuum exhaust devices are arranged to be directly superposed on each other such that the first end surface provided to the first vacuum exhaust device and the second end surface provided to the second vacuum exhaust device come into contact with each other. By fastening the first end surface and the second end surface, the first vacuum exhaust device and the second vacuum exhaust device are connected to each other such that gas can flow between the casing of the first vacuum exhaust device and the casing of the second vacuum exhaust device. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280063 | DUAL SPRING BEARING SUPPORT HOUSING - A bearing support housing for a gas turbine engine includes: an annular mounting flange; a first bearing cage including: an annular first bearing support ring; and an annular array of axially-extending first spring arms interconnecting the first bearing support ring and the mounting flange; and a second bearing cage including: an annular second bearing support ring; and an annular array of axially-extending second spring arms interconnecting the second bearing support ring and the mounting flange, the second spring arms defining spaces therebetween. The first spring arms are received between the second spring arms, and the bearing cages are sized so as to permit independent flexing motion of the first and second spring arms. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280064 | WIND TURBINE WITH ADJUSTABLE DAMPER - A wind turbine is provided, comprising a rotor arranged at a nacelle, the nacelle supported by a tower, and a damper including a movable mass. The damper is adapted for variably adjusting a frequency response of the wind turbine. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280065 | PROPELLER BLADE PITCH ACTUATION SYSTEM - A propeller blade pitch actuation system includes a propeller control module (PCM), a PCM drain line, a first drain line, a drain line restriction, a second drain line, and a valve. The PCM drain line connects to the PCM to drain hydraulic fluid. The first drain line is downstream of the PCM drain line and the drain line restriction is downstream of the first drain line. The second drain line is downstream of the PCM drain line. The valve includes a first valve position and a second valve position. The first valve position connects the PCM drain line to the first drain line and the second valve position connects the PCM drain line to the second drain line. Hydraulic pressure of the first drain line between the valve and the drain line restriction is greater than hydraulic pressure of the second drain line. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280066 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE IN NOISE REDUCED OPERATION MODES - According to the present disclosure, a method of operating a wind turbine including operating the wind turbine in a noise reduction mode based on at least one set point of a wind turbine parameter such that noise produced by said wind turbine remains below a predefined noise emission level, obtaining an actual air density related value, and applying a correction factor to the at least one set point of a wind turbine parameter is provided. The correction factor is determined in dependence of said actual air density related value. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280067 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE - A method of controlling a wind turbine rotor blade, the blade comprising a pitch axis about which the blade can be pitched, and a flap movable to alter the aerodynamic profile of the blade, the method comprising the steps of: providing a pitch angle request (θ) to a pitch actuator; determining an initial flap angle request (β_flap); providing a decoupled flap angle request (β) to a flap actuator; herein the decoupled flap angle request (β) is calculated from the pitch angle request (θ) and the initial flap angle request (β_flap) such that the decoupled flap angle (β) provided to the flap actuator does not counteract the pitch angle request (θ); and pitching the blade according to the pitch angle request (θ) and moving the flap according to the decoupled flap angle request (β). | 2013-10-24 |
20130280068 | METHOD FOR DAMPING A GAS-TURBINE BLADE, AND VIBRATION DAMPER FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - A turbine wheel with optimal-mass dampers to dampen a predetermined resonance in context of vibration of a turbine, particularly a low-speed turbine, while assisting in flexibility of adapting to bearing surfaces of recesses of the dampers, by separating mass and flexibility functions by a flexible portion for clamping against the platform, and a mass portion for controlling frictional forces. A damper includes a plate and a counterweight. The plate is stamped from a metal sheet that is substantially thinner than that of the counterweight. The plate includes a wall configured to flexibly contact a platform of the blade of the wheel, while at least partially surrounding a surface of the counterweight. The damper can be used in particular for a wheel of a turbine of a turbine engine, of a fan, or of a BP compressor having mounted blades. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280069 | VENTILATION DEVICE FOR GENERATING UNIFORM FLUID FLOWS, AND A DRIVE UNIT FOR A DEVICE OF SAID TYPE - A device according to the present disclosure ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280070 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH CROSS-SECTIONAL SENSORS - A wind turbine blade extending along a longitudinal axis from a root end to a tip end and in a transverse plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the transverse plane having a main axis extending through an elastic center point, wherein the wind turbine blade comprises a sensor system including a first sensor set for measuring a first bending moment in a first sensor position at a first distance from the root end, the first sensor set comprising a first primary sensor for measuring a primary component and a first secondary sensor for measuring a secondary component, wherein a first primary sensor axis in the transverse plane is oriented in a direction defined by the first primary sensor and the elastic center point, and a first secondary sensor axis in the transverse plane is oriented in a direction defined by the first secondary sensor and the elastic center point, and wherein an angle between the first primary sensor axis and the first secondary sensor axis is in the range from 50° to 130° | 2013-10-24 |
20130280071 | SYSTEMS FOR HEATING ROTOR DISKS IN A TURBOMACHINE - A system includes a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes at least one rotor disk. The system also includes a rotor disk heating system configured to resistively heat at least a portion of the at least one rotor disk via an electrical current or voltage applied to the portion of the at least one rotor disk. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280072 | Air-Jet Wind Turbine Generator - An air jet wind turbine generator comprises an air jet installed at the end of each turbine blade. The air jets are perpendicular to the turbine blades and capable of outputting a recoil velocity that is also equal to or within ±20 degrees of the linear velocity of the turbine blade ends. The air jets utilize a counteracting force to accelerate or decelerate each turbine blade and to compensate the rotating speed of the wind turbine. The air volume and speed of the air jets can be adjusted via a speed sensor, thereby constantly maintaining the wind turbine generator rotating speed at the set speed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280073 | WIND TURBINE LIGHTING PROTECTION SYSTEM AND WIND TURBINE BLADE - Method and apparatus for cooling a hydrocarbon stream. The present invention relates to a wind turbine lightning protection system and to a wind turbine blade comprising a wind turbine lightning protection system. A lightning protection system is provided for use in a wind turbine blade, comprising a lightning conductor located along an interior portion of the wind turbine blade and being coupled to ground, at least one receptor module arranged on an external surface of the wind turbine blade, the receptor module being electrically connected to the lightning conductor, and a vortex generator strip arranged in a longitudinal direction on the external surface of the wind turbine blade, the vortex generator strip being adapted to attract and receive a lightning strike and to transmit an electrical current from the lightning strike to the receptor module and thereafter to ground through the lightning conductor. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280074 | AIRFOIL SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A support for an airfoil includes a trunk and a limb extending from the trunk for distribution within the airfoil. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280075 | BLADE ATTACHMENT FOR A BEARINGLESS ROTOR OF A HELICOPTER - A blade attachment ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280076 | AIRFOIL BLADE OF A BEARINGLESS ROTOR OF A HELICOPTER - An airfoil blade ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280077 | CEILING FAN - A ceiling fan includes a suspending unit and a ceiling fan body. The ceiling fan body includes a shaft; a motor; a plurality of blades; an upper body cover having a first opening, at a central part, for passing the shaft therethrough, and a second opening outside the first opening; and a lower body cover. The upper body cover rotates with the blades and has a first wall standing vertically between the first opening and the second opening. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280078 | Wind Turbine Blade Pitch Redundant Safety Arrangement - A wind turbine includes a blade position adjustment system providing for continued wind turbine blade repositioning operation even after the occurrence of certain faults. The system includes a plurality of electrically operable motors, each of which is interconnected with one of the wind turbine blades to reposition that wind turbine blade and modify the blade pitch. Each motor includes two or more sets of electrically isolated windings, and a power supply is separately interconnected with each of the electrically isolated winding sets to provide for continued repositioning of each blade upon occurrence of a fault, such as voltage or current deterioration, in one of the winding sets. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280079 | PROPELLER BLADE WITH METALLIC FOAM SPAR CORE - According to one embodiment, a propeller blade includes a metallic foam core and a structural layer that surrounds at least a portion of the metallic foam core. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280080 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL WITH DIRT PURGE FEATURE AND CORE FOR MAKING SAME - An airfoil includes a body. The body includes leading and trailing edges adjoining pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. First and second cooling passages extend in a radial direction from a root to a tip. The first cooling passage includes a tip flag passage that is radially inboard from the tip and extends in a chord-wise direction to a first end that penetrates the trailing edge. The second cooling passage includes a second end terminates adjacent the tip flag passage and a dirt purge passage interconnects the second end to the tip flag passage. A core for making the airfoil is also disclosed. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280081 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL GEOMETRIES AND CORES FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A core for an airfoil includes a refractory metal structure having a variable thickness. An airfoil includes a body having leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface defined by a perimeter wall. An interior wall is arranged interiorly and adjacent to the perimeter wall to provide a cooling passage there between. A cooling passage with first and second portions is tapered and respectively has first and second thicknesses. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and the second thickness is less than 0.060 inch (1.52 mm). A method of manufacturing a refractory metal core includes depositing multiple layers of powdered metal onto one another, joining the layers to one another with reference to CAD data relating to a particular cross-section of a refractory metal core, and producing the core having a variable thickness. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280082 | AIRFOIL WITH POWDER DAMPER - An airfoil includes an airfoil body that defines a longitudinal axis. The airfoil body includes a leading edge and a trailing edge and a first sidewall and a second sidewall that is spaced apart from the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall join the leading edge and the trailing edge and at least partially define at least one longitudinally elongated cavity in the airfoil body. A plurality of loose particles is enclosed in the at least one longitudinally elongated cavity. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280083 | ROTOR BLADE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TURBO MACHINE - In a moving blade system for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, having at least one moving blade ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280084 | PROPELLER BLADE WITH INTERNAL STIFFENER - A propeller blade includes a foam core having a slot formed through it from a camber side to a face side, an internal stiffener disposed through the slot and including flanges in contact with both the camber and face sides and a structural layer that surrounds at least a portion of the foam core and in contact with the flanges on both the camber and face sides. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280085 | FLOW MODIFICATION DEVICE FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on an exterior surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of noise reduction features defines a centerline. In a planform view, the centerline of each of the plurality of noise reduction features is approximately parallel to a local flow streamline for that noise reduction feature at the trailing edge of the rotor blade. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280086 | FAN IMPELLER STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A fan impeller structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The fan impeller structure includes a base seat, multiple blades and a ring member. Each blade has a main body made of plastic material and at least one fixing member made of metal material. The base seat and the ring member are made of metal material. The base seat and the ring member are respectively disposed on two sides of the blades. By means of the manufacturing method, the blades can be diversified and the universality of the blades is greatly increased to lower the manufacturing cost. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280087 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - A foam core for a composite structure is described. The core includes a first core layer ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280088 | WIND TURBINE COMPONENT COMPRISING RADAR-ABSORBING MATERIAL - A method of making a wind turbine component of composite construction with enhanced radar absorbing properties is described. The method comprises making the component and then modifying the component by applying circuit analogue elements to a surface of the component. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280089 | HUB FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR - A hub for a rotor of a wind turbine is disclosed. The hub includes a hollow body rotatable around a rotation axis. The hollow body includes a blade flange and defines a blade flange area surrounded by the blade flange. The hollow body further includes a main shaft flange defining a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. The hub further includes a stiffening web extending within the blade flange area and defining a web plane. A side profile of the web plane extends from the first end to the second end is oriented at a cone angle to the rotation axis. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280090 | FAN DEVICE - A structure that rigidly connects a shaft and a hub in a fan device with a motor, ensuring the squareness of the shaft in relation to the hub, and not worsening the flowability of the resin that constitutes the hub during injection molding, is provided. The fan device includes an approximately cylindrical hub | 2013-10-24 |
20130280091 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL IMPINGEMENT COOLING - An airfoil has a body that includes leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. A leading edge wall provides the exterior airfoil surface at the leading edge. An impingement wall is integrally formed with the leading edge wall to provide an impingement cavity between the leading edge wall and the impingement wall and multiple impingement holes are provided in the impingement wall. The impingement holes are spaced laterally across the impingement wall. A method of manufacturing an airfoil includes the steps of depositing multiple layers of powdered metal onto one another, joining the layers to one another with reference to CAD data relating to a particular cross-section of an airfoil, and producing the airfoil. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280092 | AIRFOIL COOLING ENHANCEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An airfoil includes a body that includes leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. A cooling passage is arranged interiorly of the exterior airfoil surface and provides an interior surface. The interior cooling surface includes micro-bumps that protrude from the interior cooling surface into the cooling passage. The micro-bumps are discrete from and noncontiguous relative to one another in multiple directions along the interior cooling surface. The micro-bumps may be provided while forming the airfoil or using correspondingly shaped micro-depressions on an airfoil core. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280093 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE CORE PROVIDING EXTERIOR AIRFOIL PORTION - A core has a body that includes a cooling passage portion with a film cooling passage portion extending there from to a film cooling hole portion. An exterior airfoil portion is connected to the film cooling hole portion and is spaced apart from the cooling passage portion to provide a space surrounding the film cooling hole portion that corresponds to an exterior airfoil wall. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280094 | GAS TURBINE BLADE AND GAS TURBINE HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a gas turbine blade capable of improving the heat-conducting capacity of a serpentine channel. In a gas turbine blade ( | 2013-10-24 |
20130280095 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR STARTING - Systems and methods of the invention may overcome a higher than normal starting torque for in a reciprocating, electric motor driven air compressor for a vehicle. A detection component can be configured to detect a stall condition for a reciprocating compressor based on a force from compressed air being compressed into a reservoir of the reciprocating compressor. Based upon the detected stall condition, a controller can reverse direction or increase torque to alleviate the stall condition. In the reverse direction mode, the controller component can change a direction of a piston rotation. In the torque increase mode, the controller increases a number of poles for the motor, a line voltage, or a volt/hertz. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280096 | FAN - A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air inlet, an air outlet, an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet, the air outlet comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the air outlet defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth, a control circuit for controlling the motor, a remote control for transmitting control signals to the control circuit, and a plurality of magnets angularly spaced about the air outlet to provide a plurality of angularly spaced docking positions for the remote control on the air outlet. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280097 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - A method includes providing a hydraulic pump with an outlet, a main orifice having an inlet communicating with the pump outlet, and a main orifice outlet. Further provided are a flow orifice, an amplification orifice, and an amplification orifice outlet, means for generating an output signal representative of a fluid pressure, and a pump controller for controlling the hydraulic pump in response to the output signal. The flow orifice and the amplification orifices each define an area, with these areas defining a ratio, and with the main orifice and the ratio being variable. The method includes operating the system in a first mode so as to define a first mode ratio and operating the system in a second mode so as to define a second mode ratio, so that the ratio is controlled differently in the first mode and the second mode. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280098 | MECHANICAL PROTECTION METHOD AND DEVICE - A device and method for providing mechanical protection, and in particular to a mechanical protection device including a transmission shaft with a resonant frequency in bending that corresponds to a predetermined rotary overspeed of the transmission shaft, the transmission shaft being insufficiently damped to avoid breakage of the transmission shaft as a result of the resonance in bending. In the mechanical protection method, the transmission shaft breaks as a result of this resonance in bending. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280099 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly comprising an air inlet, at least one air outlet, an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller to draw air through the air inlet, at least one heater assembly, and a user interface for allowing a user to select a speed setting for the motor from a user selectable range of speed settings, and for allowing a user to select one of a first and second operational mode of the fan assembly. A rotational speed of the motor is set depending on the user selected speed setting, and is selected from a first range of values when the first operational mode of the fan assembly has been selected, and from at least one second range of values when the second operational mode of the fan assembly has been selected, with each value within each of the range of values being associated with a respective speed setting. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280100 | ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED PUMP MOTOR CIRCUIT - An electronically commutated pump motor circuit comprises an input configured, to receive at least a first range of voltages, and a power conditioning circuit. The power conditioning circuit includes an active power factor correction circuit, coupled to the input. The power conditioning circuit is configured to receive the first range of voltages and automatically output to an electronically commutated motor (optionally a pump motor) a substantially constant DC voltage for input voltages within the first range of input voltages, boosted with respect to a voltage received at the input, to thereby maintain a substantially constant motor shaft speed for any voltage within the first range of voltages. | 2013-10-24 |
20130280101 | ELECTRIC PUMP DEVICE - There is provided an electric pump device that can suppress the generation of vibration or noise. When reducing hydraulic pressure supplied from an oil pump with the increase of hydraulic pressure supplied from a main pump driven by an engine, an electric oil pump ECU performs a pressure reducing control gradually reducing the hydraulic pressure. | 2013-10-24 |