51st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150361769 | METHODS FOR RETRIEVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - Generally, the present disclosure is directed to systems that may be used to facilitate the retrieval and/or replacement of production and/or processing equipment that may be used for subsea oil and gas operations. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, among other things, removing at least a portion of trapped production fluid ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361770 | ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING UNDERWATER PIPES - An underwater connection assembly, and a connection method, for connecting a riser ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361771 | SUBSEA HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A subsea oil and/or gas production system comprises a host production facility and a plurality of subsea wells. A fluid conveying network is provided that connects each subsea well to the host production facility. A separate electrical power and data network is provided for conveying direct current electrical power and data, operatively connected to each subsea well for providing each subsea well with data transfer and electrical power services. The use of direct current ensures that the electrical power and data network can provide power over much greater distances than currently available, and the use of separate networks for conveying fluids and for providing electrical power and data transfer allows for a much more flexible system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361772 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL AND GAS USING BUOYANCY EFFECT - A method of producing oil and gas from a gathering manifold or a well. The method includes the steps of channeling field production into a sealed vessel through an inlet pipe, and permitting oil and gas components of the field production to separate naturally from water and other fluids within the vessel. The method further includes the steps of evacuating the separated oil and gas from the vessel via pipelines attached to the vessel at locations corresponding to the separated oil and gas, and pumping seawater into the vessel to pressurize the vessel and thereby aid in the production of oil and gas from the vessel. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361773 | FLOW CONTROL DEVICES INCLUDING MATERIALS CONTAINING HYDROPHILIC SURFACES AND RELATED METHODS - Flow control devices for regulating fluid flow from a subterranean formation by utilizing materials containing hydrophilic surfaces in a flow path of formation fluids. The flow control device comprises a tubular body, a flow path, and a material having a hydrophilic surface disposed within the flow path to restrict the flow of water. Methods of making and systems utilizing the flow control devices are disclosed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361774 | Perforating System for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations - A perforating system for creating perforations that azimuthally circumscribe an inner wall of a wellbore, and that are at substantially the same depth in the wellbore. The perforating system includes perforating assemblies that are housed in a gun body and spaced axially apart. The perforating assemblies have shaped charges positioned at selective angles around an axis of the gun body and at substantially the same axial location in the gun body. Bulkheads are provided between adjacent shaped charges, so that initiating the shaped charges forms angularly spaced apart perforations in a tubular in which the perforating system is inserted. Pressurizing the wellbore with fracturing fluid extends the perforations into fractures, where the fractures are normal to an axis of the wellbore and in a plane of minimum stress. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361775 | OILFIELD MATERIAL MIXING AND METERING SYSTEM - An oilfield material reservoir is disclosed as having a body and a base connected to and positioned beneath the body. The body has an upper end, a lower end, a sidewall having a first side and a second side extending between the upper end and the lower end forming a recess, and a partition positioned within the recess adjacent to the lower end and extending between the first and second sides of the sidewall. The base has a discharge opening formed within the lower side, and a plurality of augers extending between the first and second ends. The plurality of augers have opposing-hand flights configured to drive an oilfield material toward the discharge opening of the base. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361776 | FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE OIL PUMPING MACHINE - Disclosed is a flywheel energy storage oil pumping machine, comprising an electric motor ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361777 | SIMULTANEOUS INJECTION OF AN ACIDIC WELL TREATMENT FLUID AND A PROPPANT INTO A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - A method of simultaneously injecting a proppant and an acidic well treatment fluid into a subterranean formation is described. The method includes pumping the acidic fluid into the formation at a high rate while simultaneously pumping a slurry containing a high concentration of proppant at a lower rate. Also described is a system for simultaneously pumping the acidic fluid and the proppant slurry into the formation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361778 | ACOUSTIC METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FACILITATION OF OIL AND GAS EXTRACTING PROCESSES - A method for improving and maintaining well productivity is disclosed. The method comprises placing at least two acoustic devices within key wells of a geological formation, measuring parameters for initial acoustic impact, and continuing to measure parameters in order to change impact parameters during production and optimize the acoustic effect. The method may be used to restore, maintain, or increase the productivity of an entire geological formation (oil or gas), and to reduce the water cut in the formation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING FRICTION FACTOR CALIBRATION - Calibrating Friction Factors. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: calibrating friction factor for a drilling operation by: plotting on a display device the expected hook load versus depth for the drilling operation; displaying plot points on the display device, each plot point indicative of a measured hook load versus depth for the drilling operation; selecting a plot point associated with a depth, the selecting responsive to a cursor hovering over the plot point on the display device; displaying a friction factor values which correlates the expected hook load versus depth for the particular depth to the measured hook load versus depth for the plot point, selecting the value responsive to the cursor hovering over the value; and then shifting on the display device at least a portion of the indication of expected hook load versus depth based on the value of friction factor. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361780 | Logging While Drilling Electrical Imager and Method for Measurement in Oil Based Mud - A method and apparatus for generating a borehole image by firing a signal in the direction of a borehole formation using at least one transmitter in a horizontal array, firing a signal in the direction of the borehole formation using at least one transmitter in a vertical array, where the fired signals engage the downhole formation, receiving signals associated with the transmitted signals after the fired signals have engaged the formation, and using the received signals to determine one or more vertical and horizontal formation parameters for generating an omni-directional image using the formation parameters. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361781 | Fastening Technique in a Downhole Tool - Systems and methods are provided for implementing sliders | 2015-12-17 |
20150361782 | A METHOD OF PRESSURE TESTING A PLUGGED WELL - A method of plugging a well extending into a hydrocarbon bearing formation facilitates temporary or permanent abandonment of the well. The method includes forming two or more plugs within the well, the plugs being formed at longitudinally spaced apart locations whilst providing a fluid communication path from a region above the topmost plug to the or each space between adjacent plugs. This configuration facilitates pressure testing of one or more of the plugs by conducting fluid through said path. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361783 | INDICATING SYSTEM FOR A DOWNHOLE APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR LOCATING A DOWNHOLE APPARATUS - A system for locating a downhole apparatus includes a wellbore having an interior pressure cavity, wherein the apparatus is disposed in the pressure cavity, a magnetic device for generating a magnetic field in the pressure cavity, and a magnetic field indicator disposed external to the pressure cavity, the magnetic field indicator responsive to the magnetic field in the pressure cavity, wherein the magnetic field is indicative of a position of the apparatus in the pressure cavity. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361784 | TESTING OF DRILL PIPE INSPECTION EQUIPMENT - An equipment testing apparatus may include one or more test connections. The equipment testing apparatus may also include a power cable and/or power supply in electrical communication with the one or more test connections. The power cable and/or power supply may be configured to provide electrical energy to the one or more test connections to verify the performance of various components of the equipment to be tested. In particular, an equipment testing apparatus may be configured to verify the performance of various components of drill pipe inspection equipment. Components of drill pipe inspection equipment that are tested may include a drive motor, an electromagnetic coil, and a signal cable. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361785 | Up Hole Transmission Of Well Data Based On Bandwidth - Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for up hole transmission of well data based on bandwidth are described. A down hole type data transmission tool includes an input device to receive data from a well tool. The tool includes a processor to determine that sufficient bandwidth is unavailable to transmit all of the received data up hole to a data receiving device in real time, and, responsively, divide the data into a portion to be transmitted up hole in real time and a remainder to be transmitted later. The remainder can be buffered in a memory and transmitted at a later time, for example, when sufficient bandwidth is available. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361786 | Subsea Electronic Data System - A subsea electronic information system for managing data related to a characteristic of subsea equipment locatable subsea. The system includes sensors locatable subsea and in communication with and capable of measuring a characteristic of the subsea equipment. A sensor interface box (SIB) separate from the sensors and locatable subsea includes a processor and a memory device capable of receiving and storing sensor measurement data. Additionally, the SIB is in data and power communication with the sensors. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361787 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND TELEMETRY FOR COMPLETIONS - Wireless communication and electromagnetic telemetry between various surface or downhole devices may be provided using two or more dipole antennas. The dipole antennas may be formed, for example, by electrically isolating, for each electric dipole antenna, two electrically conductive portions. The two electrically conductive portions are part of a downhole casing, a downhole liner, a completion, a production tube, or a downhole tool. The two or more electric dipole antennas are disposed in different sections of a completed well, in one or more lateral wells, in different completed wells, or in any combination of those. An electromagnetic signal is transmitting from at least one of the two or more dipole antennas and received at any other of the two or more dipole antennas, thereby providing telemetry or wireless communication between the dipole antennas of the petrophysical devices. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BATTERIES FOR USE IN A DOWNHOLE DRILLING APPLICATION - The present disclosure is directed at methods, systems, and techniques for managing batteries for use in a downhole drilling application. The system includes a power bus, pairs of battery terminals for connecting to batteries, switching circuitry that connects and disconnects the batteries to the power bus, data collection circuitry that obtains battery parameters obtained during system operation, and a controller that controls the switching circuitry and receives the battery parameters. A control line connects the controller to the switching circuitry and a data line connects the controller to the data collection circuitry, with the control and data lines being distinct such that control and data signals are not multiplexed with each other. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361789 | Multi-Frequency Dielectric Borehole Imager - Systems, methods and devices for dielectric borehole imagery are disclosed. Systems may include one or more transmitters that induce, at azimuthally-spaced positions on a borehole wall, a plurality of fields having components in non-coplanar directions within a formation; one or more directionally sensitive receivers that sense the components caused by each of the one or more transmitters; and a controller that processes signals received from the one or more directionally sensitive inductive sensors to provide a set of measurements representative of dielectric parameters at two or more azimuthal positions within the borehole. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361790 | METHOD FOR REVEALING ANOMALOUS DISCONTINUITY INTERFACES IN PORE PRESSURES IN NON-DRILLED GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS AND A SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING IT - A method for revealing anomalous discontinuity interfaces in pore pressures in non-drilled geological formations and an implementing system. The method includes generating, by an electroacoustic transducer, first pressure sound waves and receiving a reflected signal of such first pressure sound waves generated by at least one discontinuity interface due to passage from first to second different geological formations situated successively along an emission direction of the electroacoustic transducer; calculating speed of the first pressure sound waves generated and distance between the electroacoustic transducer and the at least one discontinuity interface; generating, by the electroacoustic transducer, second pressure sound waves and revealing the electrical impedance induced at terminals of the electroacoustic transducer; estimating, based on the electrical impedance revealed, plural parameters characteristic of the first and second geological formation; estimating pressure of the second geological formation based on the sound speed and distance calculated and the plural characteristic parameters estimated. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361791 | System And Method For Controlled Pumping In A Downhole Sampling Tool - A downhole tool designed to be disposed in a borehole of a subterranean formation is provided. The downhole tool includes a probe used to interface with the subterranean formation in order to sample fluid from or to inject fluid into the subterranean formation. The downhole tool also includes a sample flowline fluidly coupled to the probe and used to direct fluid through the downhole tool. The downhole tool further includes at least two volume chambers. These volume chambers each include a first side fluidly coupled to the sample flowline, a second side fluidly coupled to the guard flowline, and a piston separating the first side from the second side. The downhole tool is able to control a flow of fluid from a high pressure environment to a low pressure environment via the at least two volume chambers, the sample flowline, and the guard flowline. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ANALYSIS OF SUBTERRANEAN WELL BORES AND FLUIDS USING NOBLE GASES - Systems and methods for monitoring and characterizing fluids in subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring a well bore is provided, the method including: providing a first quantity of one or more noble gases of a known volume; circulating at least a portion of the fluid and the one or more noble gases in a portion of the well bore; detecting a second quantity of the noble gases in a portion of the fluid that has been circulated in a portion of the well bore; and determining one or more parameters relating to the well bore (e.g., well bore volume, lag time, flow characteristics, and/or efficiency of a gas extraction system) based on the quantities of the noble gases provided and/or detected in the fluid and/or the relative times at which the noble gases are provided or detected. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361793 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TUBBING WITH A THERMOPLASTIC SEALING LAYER - The core of the invention is a method for producing a tubbing of concrete for jacketing a tunnel, in particular a traffic tunnel, wherein the tubbing has a convexly curved outer surface and a concavely curved inner surface opposite the outer surface, comprising the steps a) placing a membrane comprising a hot-melt adhesive layer and a thermoplastic sealing layer on the outer surface and, furthermore, on all sides of the outer side surfaces of the tubbing, which sides face the outer surface, wherein the hot-melt adhesive layer faces the tubbing; b) supplying heat under the partial melting of the hot-melt adhesive layer; and c) cooling the hot-melt adhesive layer with formation of an adhesive composite between membrane and the tubbing. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361794 | Shroud For Rotary Engine - Disclosed herein are several embodiments for shroud arrangements to be used in rotary engines using a plurality of rotors within the shroud arrangement. At least one of the rotors is not fixed to the shroud. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361795 | Child-Mother Type Double-Wheel Rotor Steam Power Machine - A child-mother type double-wheel rotor steam powered machine is disclosed, including a child-wheel rotor and a mother-wheel rotor arranged within the case body and mounted on a same rotation shaft, wherein a hole-slot and a hole-slot facing a same direction are arranged on the peripheral of the child-wheel rotor and the peripheral of the mother-wheel rotor; one end of the rotation shaft is fitted with an inertial flywheel and a power output wheel, and the other end is fitted with a cam control output wheel; an exhaust pipe is provided on the bottom of the case body; a spray head is provided on the top of the case body, and inlets of the child-wheel air boring and the mother-wheel air boring of the spray head are connected to a high pressure steam inlet pipe respectively; a valve switch is arranged above the mother-wheel nozzle; the cam control output wheel is connected to a transmission device with a cam, and the cam is capable of controlling the action of the valve switch. The child-mother type double-wheel rotor steam powered machine of the present invention uses environment-friendly and renewable clean energy source, especially high pressure steam, to propel a machine for doing work, which can save energy, and is beneficial for popularization and utilization due to its simple configuration. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361796 | TURBINE PLATFORM REPAIR USING LASER CLAD - A method of restoring a gas turbine engine component includes removing a defect section of a turbine engine component according to a template. The template is produced based upon common defect sections from other turbine engine components. A laser cladding is used to build a replacement section in place of the defect section. Thus, the turbine engine component is restored to near its original shape. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361797 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL - An airfoil for a turbine engine includes pressure and suction sides that extend in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil has a relationship between a stacking offset and a span position that is at least a third order polynomial curve that includes at least one positive and negative slope. The positive slope leans aftward and the negative slope leans forward relative to an engine axis. The positive slope crosses an initial axial stacking offset corresponding to the 0% span position at a zero-crossing position. A first axial stacking offset X | 2015-12-17 |
20150361798 | FAN BLADE INCLUDING EXTERNAL CAVITIES - A blade of a gas turbine engine includes a blade portion. The blade portion includes a first portion located radially outwardly that is located in a flow path and a second portion located radially inwardly of the first portion that is not located in the flow path. A plurality of external cavities is in the second portion of the blade portion. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361799 | METHOD FOR CREATING A FILM COOLED ARTICLE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for finishing a film cooled article includes providing a film cooled article including at least one inner cooling plenum and at least one opening connecting the inner cooling plenum to an exterior surface of the film cooled article, positioning a machining element in contact with the exterior surface of the film cooled article, automatically moving the machining element along the exterior surface while maintaining contact between the machining tool and the surface, identifying an actual position of at least one film opening based on sensory feedback from the machining element using a controller, removing material from the exterior surface at the at least one film opening using the machining element, thereby creating a depression at the at least one film opening. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361800 | AIRFOIL WITH VARIABLE LAND WIDTH AT TRAILING EDGE - An internally cooled airfoil, such as a turbine blade, has an airfoil section extending between a tip and a root. The interior of the airfoil includes a distribution of lands at the trailing edge in the span direction. A width of each of the lands is a widest dimension in the span direction of the land in the interior of the airfoil. A pitch is a distance in the span direction between centerlines of two adjacent lands. The pitch is constant throughout the distribution of the lands. The distribution of the lands includes at least two different widths. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361801 | FLUID DAMPER AND METHOD OF MAKING - An airfoil includes an airfoil structure defining a damping network that includes a first cavity, a second cavity, a flow passage connecting the first and second cavities. The airfoil further includes a damping material configured to flow through the damping network. A method of forming an airfoil includes forming an airfoil body having a damping network that includes a first cavity, a second cavity, and a flow passage connecting the first and second cavities. The method further includes adding a damping material configured to flow through the damping network. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361802 | TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - In a turbine rotor blade of a radial turbine, especially in a variable-geometry turbine with variable nozzles, an object is to restrict high-order resonance of the turbine rotor blade without increasing the size of a device with a simplified structure. A plurality of turbine rotor blades for a radial turbine is disposed on a hub surface. Each turbine rotor blade includes blade-thickness changing portions, at which at least a blade thickness of a cross-sectional shape at a middle portion of a blade height increases rapidly with respect to a blade thickness of a leading-edge side, at a predetermined position from a leading edge along a blade length which follows a gas flow from the leading edge to a trailing edge. The blade thickness increases to a blade thickness via the blade-thickness changing portions. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361803 | TURBOMACHINE ROTOR BLADE, TURBOMACHINE ROTOR DISC, TURBOMACHINE ROTOR, AND GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH DIFFERENT ROOT AND SLOT CONTACT FACE ANGLES - A turbomachine rotor blade has a firtree shaped root, to be secured in a rotor disc rotatable around a rotor axis. In a plane perpendicular to the rotor axis, the root has a first, second, and third root lobe with a first, second, and third root contact face. Each of the first, second, and third root contact face is angled relative to a radial root bottom axis with a first, second, and third root angle, respectively. The first root angle is smaller than the second and the second root angle is substantially equal to the third. A turbomachine rotor disc has a firtree shaped slot having a first, second, and third slot angle, the first slot angle being smaller than the second and the second slot angle being substantially equal to the third. A gas turbine engine has the turbomachine rotor herein. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361804 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE NOSE CONE ATTACHMENT - A fan section for a gas turbine engine includes a fan hub having blade slots for receiving a root of a fan blade. A lock ring is configured to move rotatably from an unlocked position to a locked position for securing the blade root in the blade slot. A nose cone is secured to the lock ring, and thereby secured to the fan section. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361805 | ROTOR BLADE ROOT SPACER WITH GRIP ELEMENT - An assembly includes a rotor disk, a rotor blade and a root spacer. The rotor disk includes a slot that extends longitudinally into the rotor disk. The rotor blade includes a blade root arranged within the slot. The root spacer is arranged with the slot between the rotor disk and the blade root. The root spacer extends longitudinally to a spacer end, and includes a grip element and a plurality of notches. The grip element is arranged at the spacer end laterally between the notches. The grip element at least partially defines the notches. The notches extend radially and longitudinally into the root spacer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361806 | THERMOPLASTIC NOSECONE FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - A nosecone for a turbine engine includes a nosecone body and a nosecone mount. The nosecone body extends along an axis between a tip end and a base end. The nosecone body is configured from or otherwise includes thermoplastic material. The nosecone body includes a shell and an arrangement of ribs, which structurally support at least a portion of the shell. A thickness of the arrangement of ribs is greater than or substantially equal to approximately one half of a thickness of the shell. The nosecone mount is adapted to connect the nosecone body to a component of the turbine engine. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361807 | STRUCTURAL GUIDE VANE FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A guide vane for use in a gas turbine engine fan section has an airfoil extending between a radially inner platform and a radially outer platform. The radially inner platform has a radially outwardly facing surface from which the airfoil extends and a radially inwardly facing underside. The airfoil has a trailing edge extending to a leading edge. The underside is attached to a mount bracket and a main rib extending from the underside of the platform adjacent the trailing edge and in a direction generally towards the leading edge, and merging into a top surface on the mount bracket. A pair of shoulders is formed on each of two circumferential sides of the rib. Each of the shoulders is spaced from each other at a point on the shoulders connected into the top surface of the mount bracket. The shoulders extend circumferentially toward each other and the under surface. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361808 | TURBOMACHINE VANE INCLUDING AN ANTIVORTEX FIN - The invention relates to a turbomachine vane ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361809 | COOLING PASSAGES FOR INNER CASING OF A TURBINE EXHAUST - An inner casing assembly for a turbine including: an annular inner casing including cooling passages, wherein each passage extends through a wall of the inner casing from a source of cooling fluid to an outer surface of the wall of the inner casing, and struts extending outward from the outer surface of the inner casing wherein the cooling passages are arranged on the inner casing such that a pair of the cooling passages is on opposite sides of each of the struts, and the cooling passages in each pair are equidistant to the corresponding strut. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361810 | FLUID COLLECTION GUTTER FOR A GEARED TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine system includes a gutter and a gear train with an axial centerline. The gutter is disposed radially outside of the axial centerline. The gutter includes an inner surface and a channel that receives fluid directed out of the gear train. The inner surface at least partially defines a bore in which the gear train is arranged. The channel extends radially into the gutter from the inner surface, and circumferentially to a channel outlet. The bore has a cross-sectional bore area, and the channel has a cross-sectional channel area that is substantially equal to or less than about two percent of the bore area. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361811 | MULTI-CIRCUIT LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine system includes a first lubricant circuit, a second lubricant circuit, a plurality of engine stages and a shaft. The first lubricant circuit includes a first turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a first lubricant heat exchanger. The first turbine engine component includes a gear train, which connects a first of the engine stages to a second of the engine stages. The second lubricant circuit includes a second turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a second lubricant heat exchanger. The second lubricant circuit is fluidly coupled with the first lubricant circuit, and the second turbine engine component includes a bearing. The shaft is supported by the bearing, and connected to one of the engine stages. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361812 | CUTBACK AFT CLAMP RING - An aft clamp ring for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The aft clamp ring includes a body, a forward sealing face, and an aft sealing face. The body includes an annular shape extending between an outer end and an inner end. The forward sealing face faces in a second axial direction. The aft sealing face is adjacent the outer end facing in a first axial direction and is at least partially radially aligned with the forward sealing face. The forward sealing face and the aft sealing face are each an annular surface with a surface area from 105.50 cm | 2015-12-17 |
20150361813 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE - The present invention relates to a rotor assembly for a rotary machine such as a gas turbine. The present solution provides a sealing wire located inside a groove engraved in the rotor body. The sealing wire is responsive to radial centrifugal forces acting during normal operation of the machine, and moves radially in the groove until a sealing configuration is achieved such to prevent damaging hot leakage towards machine components. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361814 | GAS TURBINE ROTOR BLADE AND GAS TURBINE ROTOR - A gas turbine rotor and blade include a root portion, a platform and airfoil portion arranged along a span direction of the rotor blade, the platform located between the root and airfoil portion. The platform has an upstream and downstream side, side faces which extend from upstream to downstream side, an axial groove in each side face extends perpendicular to the span direction with a minor component of extension in span direction. A radial groove in each side face extends towards the axial groove with a component of extension in span direction and a component of extension perpendicular to the span direction. The radial groove has a first end that shows away from the axial groove and a second end that shows towards the axial groove. The second end is located a distance from the axial groove forming a groove free section between the second end and axial groove. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361815 | BRUSH SEAL ASSEMBLY - A brush seal assembly is operable to seal a gap between a diaphragm and a rotor of a turbine. A brush seal assembly includes: a brush configured to have one end inserted into one side of a diaphragm and the other end protruding toward a rotor; a support strip configured to support one side of the brush; and a back plate configured to support one side of the support strip. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361816 | BRUSH SEAL ASSEMBLY - A brush seal assembly may seal a gap between a diaphragm and a rotor of a turbine. The brush seal assembly includes a brush, one end of which is inserted in a rotor facing surface of a diaphragm while the other end thereof protrudes toward a rotor, and a support strip spaced apart from one side of the brush so that one side end portion of the support strip is fixed and the other side end portion thereof supports one side of the brush. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361817 | TURBINE ENGINE IMPELLER - The invention relates to an impeller for a turbine engine, such as a turbojet engine or a turboprop engine of an aircraft, intended for rotating about an axis of rotation in a predetermined direction of rotation (R) and for having a flow of gas passing therethrough, comprising a series of blades ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361818 | ASSEMBLY - A unison ring assembly comprises a backing plate, and a plurality of pocket-forming portions. The backing plate is formed as an annular disc, with the annular disc being planar in a radial plane of the unison ring assembly. The plurality of pocket-forming portions are equi-spaced circumferentially around the axis of the unison ring assembly, and each of the plurality of pocket-forming portions is attached to the backing plate to form a corresponding radially extending pocket. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361819 | VIRTUAL MULTI-STREAM GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a core flow path to direct a core stream flow. A common flow path is outboard of the core flow path, where the common flow path directs both a second stream flow and a third stream flow. Another gas turbine engine is provided that includes an outer case structure around a central longitudinal engine axis. An intermediate case structure is inboard of the outer case structure, where the intermediate case structure and the outer case structure direct both a third stream flow and a second stream flow. An inner case structure is inboard of the intermediate case structure, where the inner case structure and the intermediate case structure direct a core stream flow. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361820 | SINGLE BOLTING FLANGE ARRANGEMENT FOR VARIABLE GUIDE VANE CONNECTION - A single bolting flange arrangement for variable inlet guide vane (VIGV) connection includes a connection arm connected to a stem of the VIGV to rotate the VIGV. The connection arm is driven by a drive pin received in a slot of the connection arm. The connection arm has a bolting flange and the stem of the VIGV is fastened to one side of the single bolting flange by a bolt/nut assembly. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361821 | ROTARY ACTUATOR FOR VARIABLE VANE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A variable vane actuator assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of vanes. A synchronization rings surrounds and is mechanically linked to drive the vanes to pivot for varying an angle of the vanes. A crank shaft is mechanically linked to the synchronization ring for rotating the synchronization ring. A fluid actuated rotary motor is located at an end of the crank shaft for selectively rotating the crank shaft. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361822 | VARIABLE AREA VANE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - An adjustable stator vane for a turbine engine includes a shaft, a flange and a stator vane body that pivots about a variable vane axis. The stator vane body extends axially between a first end and a second end. The stator vane body includes an airfoil, a cavity, and a body surface located at the first end. The cavity extends axially from an inlet in the body surface and into the airfoil. The shaft extends along the variable vane axis from the first end. The flange extends circumferentially around the inlet and the shaft, and radially from the stator vane body. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361823 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PASSIVE THRUST VECTORING AND PLUME DEFLECTION - A flow vectoring turbofan engine employs a fixed geometry fan sleeve and core cowl forming a nozzle incorporating an asymmetric convergent/divergent (con-di) and/or curvature section which varies angularly from a midplane for reduced pressure in a first operating condition to induce flow turning and axially symmetric equal pressure in a second operating condition for substantially axial flow. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361824 | Gas Turbine Engine with Low Fan Noise - In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a gas turbine engine, method of using and designing such is disclosed. The gas turbine engine may comprise a fan including a plurality of blades, and a variable area fan nozzle. The fan may be configured to have a design point fan tip leading edge relative flow angle β | 2015-12-17 |
20150361825 | Turbine Engine Component with Vibration Damping - A vibration resistant fan guide vane for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan guide vane comprises a vibration damping component made of a MAXMET composite. The damping component may be a cover that covers some or all of the fan guide vane body. Alternatively, portions of the fan guide vane body or the entire vane body may be made from MAXMET composites. The disclosure makes use of the ultrahigh, fully reversible, non-linear elastic hysteresis behavior that MAXMET composites exhibit during cyclic elastic deformation in order to damp vibration. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361826 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL CURVATURE - A gas turbine engine includes an array of airfoils. Each airfoil includes a first circumferentially extreme position. The first circumferentially extreme positions of the airfoils are circumferentially spaced apart from one another a pitch. Each airfoil includes a second circumferentially extreme position circumferentially spaced from the first circumferentially extreme position in an angular spacing that is at least one half the pitch. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361827 | Acoustic Treatment to Mitigate Fan Noise - A cooling manifold has a plurality of pieces. The pieces extend in a circumferential direction to abutting flanges. The flanges are secured together at circumferential ends of each piece. Cooling channels are formed in between inner and outer walls. Air inlets are formed in the pieces with the air inlets delivering air in the interior. There are fingers on an outer periphery. The fingers are aligned within an air outlet. The air can be delivered into the inlet, cool the interior, and leave through the outlet extending to a main conduit. The main conduit is secured directly to an outer periphery of the cooling manifold. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361828 | ENGINE MOUNTING SYSTEM - A mounting system for a gas turbine engine includes a low pressure turbine section, a first bearing, a mid-turbine frame, and a rear mount. The first bearing supports at least a portion of the low pressure turbine section. The mid-turbine frame supports the first bearing. The rear mount is connected to the mid-turbine frame and is configured to react loads from the gas turbine engine. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361829 | FLUID COLLECTION GUTTER FOR A GEARED TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine system includes a gutter and a gear train with an axial centerline. The gutter is disposed radially outside of the axial centerline. The gutter at least partially circumscribes the gear train, and includes an inner surface and a channel. The channel receives fluid directed out of the gear train. The channel extends radially into the gutter from the inner surface to a channel end, and circumferentially to a channel outlet. At least a portion of the channel has a cross-sectional channel geometry that tapers axially as the channel extends radially towards the channel end. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361830 | DEVICE FOR SECURING AND RETAINING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL HARNESS IN A TURBOMACHINE - The device for securing and retaining at least one electrical harness in a turbomachine includes: at least one hollow profiled element that extends in one direction and has at least two slots of approximately the same dimension and; and a clamping element intended to retain the at least one harness in position in a manner parallel to the hollow profiled element. The clamping element includes: a touch-and-close tape designed to cooperate with the width of the slots so as to allow it to pass on both sides of the profiled element and; an end stop secured to the tape, the end stop preventing the tape from passing through one of the slots in the profiled element. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT - A system includes a first unit. The first unit includes a condenser configured to condense a working fluid circulating in a Rankine cycle. The Rankine cycle includes an evaporator configured to evaporate the working fluid by absorbing heat from a heating fluid circulated in a heating fluid circuit. The first unit also includes a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from a heat source to the heating fluid. The first unit further includes a driving pump configured to provide a driving force for circulating the heating fluid in the heating fluid circuit. The first unit still includes a common support structure. The condenser, the heat exchanger, and the driving pump are mounted on the common support structure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361832 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION DEVICE - A method and a device for operating a waste heat utilization device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The waste heat utilization device contains a waste heat utilization circuit in which a working medium circulates. A conveyor, an evaporator, an expansion machine, and a condenser are disposed in the waste heat utilization circuit. A basic adjustment of the waste heat utilization circuit is provided, which as a function of a heat input into the working medium adjusts the mass flow rate at the conveyor and/or the ratio between high pressure and low pressure at the expansion machine. In addition, a pilot control is provided which recognizes a change of the operating point of the internal combustion engine and, when the operating point is changed, controls the condensation output of the condenser in accordance with a mass distribution of the working medium in the waste heat utilization circuit optimized to the new operating point. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361833 | Combined Brayton/Rankine Cycle Gas And Steam Turbine Generating System Operated In Two Closed Loops - A combined cycle dual closed loop electric generating system, comprising a gas turbine assembly (comprising a combustion chamber, a compressor, a first pump, a first driveshaft, a gas turbine and a first generator) and a steam turbine assembly (comprising a second pump, a second driveshaft, a steam turbine and a second generator). Said first portion of said working fluid circulates through said gas turbine assembly and a first heat exchanger. Said second portion of said working fluid circulates through said steam turbine assembly and said first heat exchanger. Said first heat exchanger transfers a first heat energy from said gas turbine loop to said steam turbine loop. Said gas turbine assembly generates a first portion of an electric output. Said steam turbine assembly generates a second portion of said electric output. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361834 | AMBIENT ENERGY THERMODYNAMIC ENGINE - The thermodynamics of an engine require that there be a source of energy (usually in the form of heat) from which energy is taken, processed to convert this heat energy into useful torque (energy) on an output shaft, and the energy returned to a lower temperature sink. The amount of useful energy that a thermodynamic engine can transfer to the process fluid from the heat source is some proportion of the difference in the energy available between the source and sink, and the efficiency of converting the process fluid energy into useful output shaft torque. This renewable energy source thermodynamic engine manipulates the process fluid temperature to lower it below ambient temperature to use ambient heat as the source, then processes the fluid to elevate the fluid above ambient temperature to us the ambient as the sink. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361835 | CAM FOLLOWER UNIT - A cam follower unit comprising a tappet, a roller adapted to cooperate with a cam, the roller being mounted rotatably on a pin which is mounted in holes provided on two lateral ears of the tappet, the pin being retained in the tappet, in the longitudinal direction of the pin, by elastic spring retainers mounted against the ends of the pin, inside the holes of the lateral ears. The elastic spring retainers comprise a central portion adapted to be in contact with ends of the pin, the central portion defining a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the pin, and a peripheral portion adapted to exert a radial elastic force against an internal wall of the circular holes. The peripheral portion extends outwardly from the central portion and away from the pin along directions inclined with respect to the plane defined by the central portion. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361836 | PLUNGER | 2015-12-17 |
20150361837 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME - The valve timing varying device according to the present invention includes a housing rotor ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROTATING SLEEVE ENGINE HYDRODYNAMIC SEAL - An improved sealing system for a poppet valve rotating sleeve internal combustion engine with rotating liners. A hydrodynamic face seal assembly includes a spring pre-load assembly provides a uniform loading to a primary sealing ring. A secondary seal is provided between the primary sealing ring and the cylinder head. Hydrodynamic face seal features are provided either on the mating face of the primary sealing ring or on the annular face of the rotating liner. The hydrodynamic face seal features include an inner sealing zone, and an outer loading zone with a plurality of hydrodynamic lift pads, and dam features which create converging surfaces. A lubricant is provided to the annular face of the rotating liner, so that a lubricant layer can be maintained between the primary sealing ring mating face and the rotating liner. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361839 | OIL COOLING SYSTEM FOR SUPERCHARGED ENGINE - In an oil cooling system for a supercharged engine, coolant is introduced from a third coolant supply passage that branches from a first coolant supply passage into a coolant circulation passage of an oil cooler. The coolant has not cooled an engine and a turbocharger. By efficiently cooling lubricating oil (lubricating oil after lubricating supercharger) having lubricated the respective cooled portions of the turbocharger, oil-deterioration-suppressing effect can be improved even with the coolant of a small amount. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361840 | Virtual Filter Condition Sensor - A system and method for determining a condition of a filter filtering fuel associated with an engine. Input information relating to the operation of the engine is provided by a plurality of sensors. At least some of the input information is used to determine a plurality of input variables, the plurality of input variables representing a plurality of engine operating conditions including engine run time, engine torque and engine speed. An algorithm incorporating the input variables is used to determine the condition of the filter. Information concerning the condition of the filter may be output to a user such as an operator or service provider. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361841 | VEHICLE EXHAUST SYSTEM WITH RESONANCE DAMPING - A vehicle exhaust system includes an exhaust component having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an internal exhaust component cavity. At least one bleed hole is formed in the exhaust component to reduce a resonance frequency. The bleed hole comprises a discontinuous opening into the exhaust component cavity. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361842 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An exhaust system for a vehicle includes a passageway, a selective catalytic reduction system, a diesel particulate filter, a urea injection system, and a hydrolysis catalyst. The passageway is operable to direct a flow of exhaust gas emitted from an engine of the vehicle. The selective catalytic reduction system and the diesel particulate filter are positioned along the passageway spaced from one another. The urea injection system includes an injection port positioned along the passageway upstream of the selective catalytic reduction system. The urea injection system is operable to inject urea into the passageway. The hydrolysis catalyst coats at least a portion of the diesel particulate filter. Urea injected into the passageway through the injection port decomposes into ammonia and carbon dioxide upon contact with the hydrolysis catalyst. Thus, the decomposition of the urea is not dependent on mixing the urea with the exhaust gases. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361843 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of regenerating an oxidation device ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361844 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (AS AMENDED) - A straight-flow exhaust purification catalyst ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361845 | Feed-Back for Closed-Loop Selective Catalytic Reduction Control - A system and method for using feed-back information, such as, for example, system-out NO | 2015-12-17 |
20150361846 | System Variation Adaption for Feed-Forward Controller - Methods for adapting system variation for an engine system having an after-treatment system. Measured characteristics of the after-treatment system may be used to predict a model value(s) that is compared to a measured value(s) of the after-treatment system to provide a comparison value. Information relating to high frequency uncertainties in characteristics of the after-treatment system are removed from the comparison value to provide an estimated system variation value. The estimated system variation value may then be used to adapt a system command of a controller. Further, information relating to high frequency uncertainties in characteristics of the after-treatment system may be used by a feed-back controller to determine high frequency adaptation values that may also be used to adjust the system command. The inclusion of the estimated system variation may eliminate reliance on the feed-back controller to provide system adjustments for both high and low frequency uncertainties. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361847 | VALVE ASSEMBLY - A valve assembly for an aftertreatment system is disclosed. The valve assembly includes a coolant conduit. The coolant conduit is configured to allow a coolant flow therethrough. The valve assembly also includes a valve element having a valve passage. The valve element is configured to control a reductant flow through the valve passage. The valve assembly further includes a coupling mechanism provided on the valve element. The coupling mechanism is configured to attach the valve element to the coolant conduit such that a temperature of the valve assembly is controlled based on the coolant flow. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361848 | EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE - An exhaust aftertreatment system for purifying exhaust gases from a compression-ignition engine includes a first exhaust aftertreatment device including an oxidation catalyst and a particulate filter element fluidly coupled to an exhaust outlet of the engine. A second exhaust aftertreatment device includes an ammonia-selective catalytic reduction catalyst fluidly coupled to a downstream outlet of the first exhaust aftertreatment device. A reductant injection system is configured to inject urea reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream between the first exhaust aftertreatment device and the second exhaust aftertreatment device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361849 | IN-LINE DECOMPOSITION REACTOR PIPE WITH EXHAUST ASSIST - An exhaust assisted pipe assembly including an outer portion having an opening for receiving dosed reductant from a dosing module and an inner portion disposed within the outer portion. The inner portion defines a main flow path for receiving a first portion of a fluid from an upstream source, and the inner portion and the outer portion cooperatively define a first flow path and a second flow path. The first flow path is configured to direct a second portion of the fluid from the upstream source past the opening for receiving dosed reductant and into the main flow path to increase momentum of the dosed reductant into the main flow path. The second flow path is configured to direct a third portion of the fluid from the upstream source toward the dosed reductant to decrease the momentum of the dosed reductant in the main flow path. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361850 | REAGENT INJECTION SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST OF TURBINE SYSTEM - A reagent injection system for a catalytic emissions reduction assembly of a combustion turbine that includes an exhaust duct and at least one injector. The exhaust duct includes a first section including an entrance end and an exit end, wherein the entrance end is configured to be fluidly coupled to the combustion turbine to receive exhaust gases therefrom. The exhaust duct also includes and a second section having an entrance end that is fluidly coupled to the exit end of the first section. The at least one injector is operatively coupled to one of the first and second sections, and each injector is configured to inject a reagent into the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust duct. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361851 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, a hydrocarbon feed valve ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361852 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - An exhaust gas purification device comprises a catalyst disposed to the exhaust-gas flow path, and an inhibiting member that is disposed downstream of the catalyst in the exhaust-gas flow path, and diminishes a bias in flow-rate distribution of exhaust gases that flow into the catalyst by inhibiting a partial flow of the exhaust gases that flowed out of the catalyst, wherein the inhibiting member comprises a concave part comprising a concave shape facing the catalyst, and inhibits, by the concave part, a partial flow of the exhaust gases that flowed out of the catalyst. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361853 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - An exhaust gas purification device comprises a first channel member that forms an exhaust gas flow path leading to a catalyst and a second channel member that forms a reducing agent flow path guiding a reducing agent injected by an injector to the exhaust gas flow path upstream of the catalyst. The second channel member is inserted so as to penetrate a side wall of the first channel member to protrude into the exhaust gas flow path. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361854 | DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID TANK HOUSING - This invention relates generally to diesel exhaust fluid tanks, commonly referred to as DEF tanks and more specifically to a housing to enclose the DEF tank, which in the preferred embodiment is insulated to protect the housing from both contaminants as well as extreme temperatures that could adversely effect the DEF mixture in the DEF tank. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361855 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE - A method for operating a drive device includes heating a hot air stream with a heating device integrated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine of the drive device, wherein the internal combustion engine is connected with an exhaust gas system; mixing the hot air stream upstream of a catalytic converter with a cold fresh air stream for adjusting a defined temperature of the hot air stream; and supplying the hot air stream having the adjusted defined temperature to the catalytic converter in at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine so as to heat the catalytic converter. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361856 | HEAT EXCHANGE UNIT - A heat exchange unit ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150361857 | UREA WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An object is to suppress the occurrence of a failure in supply of urea water as much as possible in suck-back control of urea water in a pump share-type urea water supply system with two supply valves. In the pump share-type urea water supply system with a first supply valve and a second supply valve, a urea water tank is connected with the respective supply valves by a urea water supply path. The urea water supply path includes a first supply path for the first supply valve and a second supply path for the second supply valve. The second supply path has a larger capacity than the capacity of the first supply path by a predetermined volume. The suck-back control of urea water controls opening and closing of the respective supply valves such that a first estimated valve-opening time that is a valve-opening time of the first supply valve estimated to be required for suck-back control in the first supply valve and in the first supply path is shorter than a second estimated valve-opening time that is a valve-opening time of the second supply valve estimated to be required for suck-back control in the second supply valve and in the second supply path by at least a first control time corresponding to the predetermined volume. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361858 | UREA WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An object is to suppress the occurrence of a failure in supply of urea water as much as possible in filling control of urea water in a pump share-type urea water supply system with two supply valves. In the pump share-type urea water supply system with a first supply valve and a second supply valve, a urea water tank is connected with the respective supply valves by a urea water supply path. The urea water supply path includes a first supply path for the first supply valve and a second supply path for the second supply valve. The second supply path has a larger capacity than the capacity of the first supply path by a predetermined volume. Filling control of urea water pressure-feeds urea water to the first supply valve and the first supply path by a pump operated in a specified operating state in a state that at least the first supply valve out of the first and second supply valves is opened, and closes the first supply valve based on a pressure value or a pressure variation per unit time obtained by an acquirer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361859 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PARTICLE FILTER BY MEANS OF A SOOT CAPTURING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for diagnosing a particulate filter by means of a soot sensor, the method being based on the direct analysis of the temporal signal supplied by the soot sensor (CAP) and the use of the available quantities (PAR) in the control unit of the heat engine. These data allow for a classification (CLA) of an indicator correlated to the cumulative quantity of soot (RES) in a multidimensional space (GRA). Based on the classification (CLA), the existence of a failure of the particulate filter is determined. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361860 | DPF SYSTEM WITH VENTURI EXHAUST PASSAGE DEVICES - A DPF system including a Venturi exhaust passage device, in which a temperature and a pressure in a high pressure passage are measured, together with a difference of pressures in the high pressure passage and a low pressure passage, while a pressure drop across a DPF is monitored. A PM amount and an exhaust flow rate, which are key parameters in DPF control, can be calculated with the measured values. With the Venturi exhaust passage device, a two-stage bootstrapping heating device with two DOCs and an electrical heater can be used to heat exhaust gas at a temperature lower than a light-off temperature, while a flow-back passage fluidly connected to an outlet of the DPF can be used for increasing exhaust flow-rate and making PM distribution in the DPF more uniform. These technologies decrease risks of thermal runaways, and enable a DPF system controlled without using engine operating parameters. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361861 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD WITH TURBO SUPPORT - An exhaust manifold includes an inner assembly that defines an exhaust gas passage and an outer housing assembly that surrounds the inner assembly. The outer housing assembly includes a first housing component configured for attachment to an engine and a second housing component configured for attachment to a turbocharger. The first and second housing components cooperate to surround the inner assembly. At least one fastener secures the first and second housing components together to generate a compressive force that seals and holds the inner assembly in a gas tight manner. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361862 | OIL-COOLED CYLINDER BLOCK WITH WATER-COOLED BRIDGE - Systems are provided to providing water to the bore bridges of a cylinder block that contains an oil cooling system. An oil-cooled cylinder block may be desirable to aid in rapidly increasing engine temperature during engine warm-up, but high local temperatures may exist in the bore bridges in between adjacent cylinders, thereby leading to adverse performance. To control the high local temperatures while maintaining rapid engine warm-up, systems are proposed to provide water coolant from the cylinder head into cross-drilled passages located in the bore bridges of the cylinder block while cooling the rest of the cylinder block with oil or a different coolant. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361863 | RADIATOR IN VEHICLE - A radiator in a vehicle may include an inlet header tank for introduction of cooling water, an outlet header tank for discharging the cooling water, a heat exchanger unit having a plurality of tubes connected between opposite insides of the inlet header tank and the outlet header tank and heat dissipation fins for enhancing heat exchange between the cooling water flowing through the tubes and external air, an inlet and an outlet respectively formed substantially at centers of one side of the inlet header tank and one side of the outlet header tank in a height direct, and a filler neck connected to an engine and connected to the inlet by a main hose for introducing the cooling water from the engine to the inlet, and connected to one of the inlet header tank and the outlet header tank by a sub-hose which is separate from the main hose. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361864 | CONTROL OF RADIATOR COOLING FANS - Various methods and systems are provided for the control of radiator cooling fans. In one example, among others, a method includes determining heat input to a cooling system and a ram air flow velocity through a radiator of the cooling system, selecting one or more radiator cooling fans, and adjusting operation of the fans in response to the selection. The selection of the fans can be based at least in part upon the heat input from the heat source and the ram air flow velocity. In another example, a system includes a plurality of cooling fans distributed across a cooling surface of a radiator of a cooling system and a radiator fan control system. The radiator fan control system can determine the heat input to the cooling system and a ram air flow velocity through the radiator, select one or more fans, and adjust operation of the selected fans. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361865 | Engine System having Multi Flow Rate Control Valve - An engine system having a control valve may include a multi flow rate control valve that circulates a coolant supplied a side of the multi flow rate control valve to at least two heat exchangers, a pressure cap that is connected to a supply line, which connects the multi flow rate control valve to the at least two heat exchangers, and is operated by a pressure that is transferred from the supply line to release the pressure or exhaust the coolant through an outlet, a reservoir tank that is mounted at one side of the pressure cap and is formed to house the coolant exhausted from the pressure cap, and a connection line that connects the outlet with the reservoir tank to release the pressure from the pressure cap or exhaust the coolant from the pressure cap. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361866 | Ground Milling Machine Having A Cooling System, Cooling System, And Method For Cooling A Ground Milling Machine - The present invention relates to a ground milling machine with two cooling ducts, which allow a mutually separated guidance of cooling air. The present invention further relates to such a cooling system and a method for cooling a ground milling machine. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361867 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine of a compression ignition type includes: a fuel injection valve that injects fuel to a combustion chamber; a cylinder head that includes a central portion as a portion forming the combustion chamber; and a piston that includes a cavity exposed to the combustion chamber. | 2015-12-17 |
20150361868 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ENGINE CHARGE AIR - An engine manages charge air temperature by heating charge air as the engine warms toward normal operating temperature. | 2015-12-17 |