52nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150369032 | METHOD FOR SELECTING THE LOCATION OF A SIMULATING GEOTHERMAL WELL - The present invention provides a method for selecting the location of a stimulating well, comprising the steps of conducting a geological study of a field containing a geothermal hydrothermal resource by operating geological useful equipment, determining a maximum horizontal stress line within said field by means of a device, generating a map of existing wells including a plurality of sub-commercial wells within said field relative to said maximum horizontal stress line, measuring a distance between each of said sub-commercial wells and the maximum horizontal stress line, determining that those sub-commercial wells aligned with, or located relatively close to the maximum horizontal stress line are stimulatable, and selecting a location of a stimulating well for stimulating the stimulatable well that is separated less than an anticipated fracture propagating distance from said stimulatable well. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369033 | APPARATUS FOR HYDROCARBON OPERATIONS AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention provides an apparatus for performing an operation in a fluid conduit of a hydrocarbon exploration or production installation and methods of use. The apparatus comprises a body configured to be received in a fluid conduit, which is coupled to a tool fluid conduit defining a flow bore. An imaging device is carried by the body and a flow direction arrangement provides a fluid circulation path between an annulus located between an interior wall of the fluid conduit and the body and the flow bore in use. The flow direction arrangement is configured to provide a deployment thrust on the body when fluid is circulated between the annulus and the flow bore through the fluid circulation path. Applications to the inspection of flexible risers and applications to the placement of a fluid or material a treatment operation are described. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369034 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FAST DEPLOYMENT OF DOWNHOLE TOOL - Method and deployment device for a downhole tool. The device includes a body; a door rotatably attached to the body and configured to have an open position for allowing at least a portion of a fishing neck of the downhole tool to contact the body and a close position that secure the at least a portion of the fishing neck inside the deployment device; a bend restrictor attached to the body and configured to receive a logging cable of the downhole tool; and a locking mechanism for securing the door in the close position. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369035 | DOWNHOLE PROBE CENTRALIZER - An assembly for use in subsurface drilling includes a downhole probe supported in a drill string section by centralizing features of a centralizer that is slidably removable from the drill string section. The centralizer may comprise a tubular body having a bore defined through it. A bore wall of the centralizer is fluted to provide inward contact points that support the downhole probe. The downhole probe may be supported for substantially its entire length. The centralizer may optionally comprise and/or be coated with a vibration damping and/or electrically insulating material. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANGING TO A NEARBY WELL FROM AHEAD OF A DRILL BIT - A method and apparatus for ranging from ahead of a drill bit is described. The ranging apparatus includes a ranging probe with at least one sensor that may be deployed ahead of the drill bit. The ranging probe may be conveyed via a cable through the interior of a drill string. In an alternative embodiment, the ranging probe may be attached to a ram that is seated inside of the drill string and that may be extended and retracted. In such an embodiment, the ranging probe may be retrievable by cable. The ranging probe optionally includes collapsible arms that retract when the ranging probe is inside the drill string or drill bit and that extend when the ranging probe is deployed ahead of the drill bit. One or more ranging sensors may be coupled to the collapsible arms. Ranging measurements may be communicated to the surface using telemetry. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369037 | DOWNHOLE SENSOR TOOL FOR MEASURING BOREHOLE CONDITIONS WITH FIT-FOR-PURPOSE SENSOR HOUSINGS - The present invention is a system and method for measuring borehole conditions, in particular for verification of a final diameter of a borehole. The system includes a drill string with a drill bit and a drilling mud circulation device, an underreamer attached to the drill string above the drill bit, and a tool body attached to the drill string, having a sensor for detecting downhole conditions, such as borehole diameter. The tool body is mounted above the underreamer and has a diameter smaller than the underreamer and drill bit. The sensor can be an ultrasonic transducer with a sensor housing for adjustable distance to particular borehole size. The system may also include a calibrator for sensor data, and an auxiliary tool body with another sensor between the drill bit and the underreamer. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369038 | DETERMINING STUCK POINT OF TUBING IN A WELLBORE - An example method includes introducing a string of tubing into a wellbore to perform a primary operation, the string of tubing including at least one sensor for measuring strain and at least one device operatively associated with the at least one sensor, translating the string of tubing relative to the wellbore, imparting a load on the string of tubing when the tubing becomes stuck in the wellbore at a stuck point and thereby generating strain in the string of tubing above the stuck point, measuring the strain with the at least one sensor, transmitting data indicative of the strain to a surface location with the at least one device, and determining a position of the at least one sensor in the wellbore, as based on the strain, relative to the stuck point. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369039 | BRIDGE-TYPE CONCENTRIC DIRECT READING TESTING AND COMMISSIONING INSTRUMENT - A bridge concentric direct-reading testing and adjusting instrument, comprising: a cable head having a lower end connected to a pressure sensor via a circuit board; a supporting mechanism having a supporting arm fixing base and a pair of supporting arms connected to the supporting arm fixing base; an inclination well sliding power mechanism including a power motor, a spring, an impact hammer and a one-way clutch assembly, the spring positioned between the power motor and the impact hammer, the impact hammer slidably connected to the power motor and to be rotated along with rotation of the power motor, a lower end of the impact hammer detachably connected to the one-way clutch assembly, and the one-way clutch assembly connecting the supporting arms via a transmission assembly to control opening and closing of the supporting arms; a flowmeter connected below the supporting mechanism; and an adjusting actuator connected below the flowmeter and including an adjusting motor, an adjusting connector and an adjusting arm, the adjusting motor connected to the adjusting arm via the adjusting connector, and the adjusting arm used for adjusting a waterflooding flow rate through rotation of the adjusting arm | 2015-12-24 |
20150369040 | Hydraulic Delay Toe Valve System and Method - An apparatus and method for providing a time delay in injection of pressured fluid into a geologic formation. In one aspect the invention is a toe valve activated by fluid pressure that opens ports after a predetermined time interval to allow fluid to pass from a well casing to a formation. The controlled time delay enables casing integrity testing before fluid is passed through the ports. This time delay also allows multiple valves to be used in the same well casing and provide a focused jetting action to better penetrate a concrete casing lining. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369041 | FLUID PRESSURE PULSE GENERATING APPARATUS WITH PRESSURE COMPENSATION DEVICE AND PULSER ASSEMBLY HOUSING - A fluid pressure pulse generating apparatus with a pulser assembly having a pulser assembly housing enclosing a pressure compensation device. The pulser assembly housing includes an interior wall with a plurality of primary apertures therethrough and an exterior wall with a plurality of secondary apertures therethrough, the exterior wall overlying the interior wall. The primary and secondary apertures are in fluid communication with a pressure compensation mechanism in the pressure compensation device such that drilling fluid contacts the pressure compensation mechanism for equalization of pressure of a lubrication liquid contained inside the pulser assembly housing with pressure of the drilling fluid when the fluid pressure pulse generating apparatus is positioned downhole. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING DRILLING EVENTS - Calculating wellbore energy. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: calculating an expected wellbore energy for a planned wellpath, the calculating by a computer system; calculating an expected tortuosity of the planned wellpath; calculating a first value indicative of probability of occurrence of a drilling event for drilling along the planned wellpath, the first value based on the expected wellbore energy and the expected tortuosity; and then drilling a wellbore along at least a first portion of the planned wellpath if the first value indicates the probability of the drilling event is less than a predetermined threshold. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369043 | FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED COMPUTATION ELEMENT FORMED USING ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION - Fluid analysis systems with Integrated Computation Elements (ICEs) or other optical path components formed using atomic layer deposition (ALD) enables improved tolerances and design flexibility. In some of the disclosed embodiments, a fluid analysis system includes a light source and an ICE. The fluid analysis system also includes a detector that converts optical signals to electrical signals. The ICE comprises a plurality of optical layers, where at least one of the plurality of optical layers is formed using ALD. A related method includes selecting an ICE design having a plurality of optical layers. The method also includes forming at least one of the plurality of optical layers of the ICE using ALD to enable prediction of a chemical or physical property of a substance. A related logging string includes a logging tool section and a fluid analysis tool associated with the logging tool section. The fluid analysis tool includes an ICE with at least one optical layer formed using ALD. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369044 | Bit, In Particular A Round Shaft Bit - A bit assembly includes a bit having a bit head and a bit shank, a mounting sleeve being held in the region of the bit shank, and a support element that comprises a guidance region being associated with the bit. To allow the bit to be easily deinstalled from the bit receptacle and allow it, if applicable, to be easily installed again, provision is made that the support element comprises, in the region of its underside facing away from the bit head, a deflection segment. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369045 | REDUCED VIBRATORY RESPONSE ROTOR FOR A GAS POWERED TURBINE - A rotor for a turbomachine includes a rim defining a base of a rotor, an airfoil shaped blade extending from said rim and defining a chord line and a bore extending from said rim opposite said airfoil shaped blade. The rim further includes at least one rail extending away from said airfoil shaped blade. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369046 | Low Speed Fan for Gas Turbine Engines - In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a fan section for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The fan may include a rotor disk and a plurality of airfoils fixedly attached to and supported by the rotor disk as a single unitary piece. The airfoils may extend radially outward from the rotor disk with respect to an engine axis. The rotor disk may be made of metal and the airfoils may each be made at least partially of an organic matrix composite. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369047 | ROTOR AND GAS TURBINE ENGINE INCLUDING SAME - A rotor for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades which extend from a rotor disk. One or more cooling features may be incorporated radially inboard from the rotor disk rim that operate to induce vortices adjacent to the disk rim and/or disk web. The vortices increase the local velocity in the secondary cooling air flow path and therefore increase the heat transfer rate from the rotor to the secondary cooling air flow path. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369048 | TURBINE BLADE AND DAMPER RETENTION - A gas turbine engine rotor assembly has a plurality of blades spaced apart from each other for rotation about an axis. Each of the blades includes a platform having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces of adjacent platforms define a pocket having a radially outer wall, a pressure side wall, and a suction side wall. The pocket includes a leading edge wall portion and a trailing edge wall portion, and a shelf extending in a tangential direction relative to the axis from the pressure side of the pocket. The shelf is spaced apart from the radially outer wall. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369049 | DAMPER FOR AN INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR - A rotor comprises a disk having a rim. The rim has an axial face facing one of a forward or rearward direction. The rim defines a circumferential groove. A damper engages with the rim at both the axial face and the circumferential groove. The disk includes a rotor hub having a hub inner surface facing a longitudinal axis about which the rotor hub rotates. The rim is spaced radially outwardly relative to the hub inner surface. The axial face extends radially inwardly from the rim to the hub inner surface. The circumferential groove is formed within the hub inner surface. The damper comprises a split ring damper with a first leg mounted within the circumferential groove and a second leg that extends from the first leg, surrounds a radial lip of the hub inner surface, and extends radially outwardly to contact the axial face. An integrally bladed rotor is also disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369050 | ROTOR BLADE MANUFACTURE - A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; applying tape at one or both sides of the slot such that when the blades are loaded in the slot the tape reduces a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; loading the blades in the slot; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369051 | ROTOR BLADE MANUFACTURE - A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; loading the blades in the slot and loading the wax blocks in or adjacent the slot, the wax blocks being configured and positioned such that, on loading, the blades shear material from the wax blocks, the sheared wax blocks reducing a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369052 | Thin-Walled Reinforcement Lattice Structure for Hollow CMC Buckets - A hollow ceramic matrix composite (CMC) turbine bucket with an internal reinforcement lattice structure has improved vibration properties and stiffness. The lattice structure is formed of thin-walled plies made of CMC. The wall structures are arranged and located according to high stress areas within the hollow bucket. After the melt infiltration process, the mandrels melt away, leaving the wall structure to become the internal lattice reinforcement structure of the bucket. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369053 | COMPONENTS WITH MICRO COOLED PATTERNED COATING LAYER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A manufacturing method includes providing a substrate with an outer surface and at least one interior space, selectively deposited a coating on a portion of the substrate to form a selectively deposited coating having one or more grooves formed therein. The method further includes processing at least a portion of the surface of the selectively deposited coating to plastically deform the selectively deposited coating in the vicinity of the top of a respective groove. An additional coating is applied over at least a portion of the surface of the selectively deposited coating. A component is disclosed and includes a substrate, a selectively deposited coating disposed on at least a portion of the substrate, and defining one or more grooves therein, and an additional coating disposed over the selectively deposited coating. The substrate, the selectively deposited coating and the additional coating defining one or more channels for cooling the component. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369054 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT HAVING SURFACE INDICATOR - A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body portion, a cooling circuit disposed within the body portion and including at least a first cavity, a core in fluid communication with the first cavity, and an exit surface that extends through an exterior surface of the body portion. At least one surface indicator is visible near the exit surface. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369055 | BELL MOUTH INLET FOR TURBINE BLADE - An airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed and includes a platform portion defining a portion of a gas flow path and a root portion for attachment of the turbine airfoil, the root portion including a bottom surface including a bottom area and a plurality of inlets that define a total inlet area as a ratio of the inlet area to the bottom area. An airfoil extends from the platform and including a plurality of cooling air passages in communication with the plurality of inlets. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369056 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL PLATFORM COOLING PASSAGE AND CORE - A gas turbine engine blade includes a platform arranged between a root and an airfoil. A cooling passage extends from the root through the platform to the airfoil. The cooling passage includes an inlet that splits into first and second branches that rejoin one another in a platform passage arranged in the platform. An airfoil passage extends from the platform passage and is arranged in the platform. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369057 | DAMPER MASS DISTRIBUTION TO PREVENT DAMPER ROTATION - A damper seal for a gas turbine engine rotor assembly has an axially elongated body with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. The elongated body includes a first enlarged portion formed on the pressure side at the leading edge and a second enlarged portion formed on the suction side adjacent the trailing edge. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369058 | TURBOMACHINE ROTOR BLADE - A turbomachine rotor blade, said blade having, at the distal end thereof, a heel comprising: a platform ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369059 | COATING PROCESS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT WITH COOLING HOLES - A method of coating a component having a multiple of cooling holes including removing at least a portion of a prior coating from a component; mapping a location of each of the multiple of cooling holes to generate a map of cooling holes; applying a coat to the component; adjusting the map of cooling holes to account for said coat to generate a adjusted map of cooling holes; and re-drilling the multiple of cooling holes in response to the adjusted map of cooling holes. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369060 | TAPERED THERMAL BARRIER COATING ON CONVEX AND CONCAVE TRAILING EDGE SURFACES - A turbine engine component has an airfoil portion having a pressure side, a suction side, and a trailing edge. The trailing edge has a center discharge cooling circuit, which center discharge cooling circuit has an exit defined by a concave surface on the pressure side of the airfoil portion and a convex surface on the suction side of the airfoil portion. The airfoil portion has a thermal barrier coating on the pressure side and the suction side. The thermal barrier coating on the convex surface tapers to zero in thickness at a point spaced from the trailing edge so as to leave an uncoated portion on the convex surface. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369061 | DOUBLE SNAPPED COVER PLATE FOR ROTOR DISK - According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things a gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor section, a plurality of turbine disks in at least one of the compressor section and the turbine sections, at least one cover plate corresponding to at least one of the turbine disks, each of the cover plates includes, at least two snaps connected via a webbing portion, and a bore region radially inward of the at least two snaps and connected to at least one of the at least two snaps via the webbing portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369062 | TURBINE ROTOR, TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SEAL PLATE - This turbine rotor ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369063 | BLADE WHEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BLADE THEREFOR - A turbine blade wheel includes a wheel disk with a disk element ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369064 | METHOD FOR FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANCHORING STRUCTURES ON A SURFACE BY PROPAGATING ENERGY THROUGH A MULTI-CORE FIBER - A method for forming three-dimensional anchoring structures on a surface is provided. This method may result in a thermal barrier coating system exhibiting enhanced adherence for its constituent coatings. The method involves applying a first laser beam ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369065 | NACELLE AIR SCOOP ASSEMBLY - An air scoop assembly that may be for a nacelle of a turbofan engine includes a surface defining at least in-part a primary flowpath and a hood formed to the surface and projecting into the primary flowpath. The hood includes a distal, leading, edge that is irregular in shape thereby producing air vortices that shed from the leading edge and co-extend in a downstream direction with an airstream in the primary flowpath. The vortices are thereby controlled such that air flow disruption and undesired resonance is minimized or eliminated. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369066 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH THERMOPLASTIC FOR SMOOTHING AERODYNAMIC SURFACES - A gas turbine engine has a surface configured for a gas flow path. The surface has at least one structural member defining a gap. A thermoplastic is deposited into the gap to smooth the surface, whereby the surface is aerodynamically and mechanically smoothly continuous over the gap area. A method is also disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369067 | STRUCTURAL GUIDE VANE OUTER DIAMETER K GUSSETS - A guide vane includes an airfoil with a first end and a second end. A platform is disposed at a first end of the airfoil, and a K-gusset is disposed on the platform opposite the airfoil. The K-gusset includes four bosses and ribs extending between the bosses in a “K” configuration. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369068 | GAS TURBINE TRANSITION PIECE AFT FRAME ASSEMBLIES WITH COOLING CHANNELS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Aft frame assemblies for a gas turbine transition pieces include a body comprising an exterior surface and a plurality of interior surfaces, one or more exterior cooling holes disposed on the exterior surface of the body for capturing compressor discharge air outside of the transition piece, and a supplemental component bonded to at least one of the plurality of interior surfaces of the body. At least one cooling channel is at least partially defined by the supplemental component and the interior surface that the supplemental component is bonded to, wherein the at least one cooling channel fluidly connects at least one of the one or more exterior cooling holes to one or more interior cooling outlets that discharge the compressor discharge air captured from the at least one of the one or more exterior cooling holes. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369069 | STATOR BODY CENTERING FEATURE FOR TORQUE CONVERTER - A stator for a torque converter comprising: (i) an axis of rotation; (ii) a body portion including: a first body circumference; a back wall; at least one centering protrusion extending to a first measured axial distance relative to the back wall; and a second body circumference; (iii) a blade portion including: an outer circumference; and a plurality of blades, arranged for directing fluid flow, extending in a radial direction from the second body circumference to the outer circumference; and (iv) a housing portion, disposed radially inward relative to the body portion, including: a radial wall, disposed at a second measured axial distance relative to the back wall, having a thrust surface; and, wherein the housing portion is arranged for housing a one-way clutch; and, wherein the first axial distance is greater than the second axial distance. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369070 | Multi-Airfoil Split and Rejoin Method - A method for working an airfoil cluster is disclosed. The method may include attaching a first datum to a first portion of the airfoil cluster, and joining a second portion of the airfoil cluster to the first portion, the second portion having a second datum substantially aligned with the first datum in a common plane spaced away from the first and second portions. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369071 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT HAVING TIP VORTEX CREATION FEATURE - A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a static structure that extends between a radially outer portion and a radially inner portion and at least one vortex creation feature formed on the static structure. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369072 | SPLIT AIRFOIL CLUSTER AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method of fabricating airfoil cluster includes providing an airfoil cluster that has a pair of spaced-apart airfoils that extend from a common platform wall. The airfoil cluster is then divided through the common platform wall to provide separate first and second airfoil segments. At least one cooling hole is then formed in at least one of the first and second airfoil segments. The segments are then metallurgically fused together in a distinct metallurgical joint in the common platform wall. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369073 | Flow Control Structures For Turbomachines and Methods of Designing The Same - Flow control devices and structures designed and configured to improve the performance of a turbomachine. Exemplary flow control devices may include various flow guiding channels, ribs, diffuser passage-width reductions, and other treatments and may be located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a machine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369074 | COMPRESSOR AFT HUB SEALING SYSTEM - An aft hub sealing assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The aft hub sealing assembly includes an aft hub, a bearing cap, an aft baffle, a first seal, and a second seal. The aft hub includes a body portion and a disk portion aft surface. The bearing cap includes a bearing cap inner portion spaced apart from the body portion. The aft baffle is located adjacent the disk portion. The aft baffle includes a baffle forward surface following a contour of the disk portion aft surface. The first seal is between the bearing cap inner portion and the body portion. The second seal is between the bearing cap inner portion and the body portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369075 | ROTATING FLUID MACHINE - Provided is a rotating fluid machine capable of holding down a decrease rate of a circumferential velocity of a leakage fluid in an interspatial flow passage and thereby controlling an unstable fluid force. A steam turbine includes: an interspatial flow passage | 2015-12-24 |
20150369076 | HYBRID PASSIVE AND ACTIVE TIP CLEARANCE SYSTEM - A control ring extends circumferentially about a central axis. A plurality of circumferentially spaced carrier portions have a cavity receiving the control ring. There are circumferential gaps between the carrier portions. A blade outer air seal is mounted on the carrier portions radially inwardly of the control ring. The control ring maintains the carrier portions at a radially outwardly expanded position when heated by an electric heater. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369077 | SUCTION-BASED ACTIVE CLEARANCE CONTROL SYSTEM - A clearance control apparatus for a gas turbine engine including an annular turbine case having opposed inner and outer surfaces; an annular manifold surrounding a portion of the turbine case, the manifold including: an inlet port in fluid communication with the manifold and the outer surface of the turbine case, and an exit port; and a bypass pipe having an upstream end coupled to the exit port, a downstream end coupled to a low-pressure sink, and a valve disposed between upstream and downstream ends, the valve selectively moveable between a first position which blocks flow between the upstream and downstream ends, and a second position which permits flow between the upstream and downstream ends. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369078 | PIVOT DOOR THRUST REVERSER WITH VARIABLE AREA NOZZLE - A gas turbine engine includes a nacelle assembly having a core nacelle defined about an engine axis and a fan nacelle assembly mounted at least partially around the core nacelle to define a fan bypass flow path. The fan nacelle assembly includes a fan duct nacelle section and a fan nozzle nacelle section moveable relative to the fan duct nacelle section. A thrust reverser system includes a plurality of pivot doors movable relative to the fan nacelle assembly between stowed and deployed positions. A variable area fan nozzle is in communication with the fan bypass flow path. A first actuator is mounted to the fan duct nacelle section to actuate the pivot door thrust reverser system, and a second actuator is mounted to the fan duct nacelle section to move the fan nozzle nacelle section relative to the fan duct nacelle section to vary a fan nozzle exit area. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369079 | MULTI-SEGMENT ADJUSTABLE STATOR VANE FOR A VARIABLE AREA VANE ARRANGEMENT - An assembly for a turbine engine includes a plurality of vane segments. The vane segments are fastened together and form an adjustable stator vane that pivots about a variable vane axis. The adjustable stator vane includes a stator vane body, a shaft and a flange. The stator vane body extends axially between a first end and a second end, and includes an airfoil, a body surface and a cavity. The body surface is 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 at least partially around the inlet, and radially from the stator vane body. A first of the vane segments includes the flange. A second of the vane segments includes at least a portion of the airfoil. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369080 | ROTATING MACHINE COMPRISING A DAMPING COLLAR - A rotary machine including a stationary portion and a rotary portion; at least one bearing provided with a stationary ring and a rotary ring, the bearing being mounted between the stationary portion and the rotary portion in order to guide the rotary portion in rotation; and a damper collar interposed between the stationary ring of the bearing and the stationary portion. The damper collar includes a flexible strip having tongues cut out therein, and the flexible strip is shaped into a ring around the stationary ring of the bearing, the shaping of the strip into a ring causing the tongues to move outwards from the collar so that the free edges of the tongues come into contact with the stationary portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369081 | AN OIL DRAIN FOR THE BEARING HOUSING OF A TURBOCHARGER - An oil drain ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369082 | 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 second lubricant circuit includes a second turbine engine component that is fluidly coupled with a second lubricant heat exchanger, wherein the second lubricant circuit is fluidly separate from the first lubricant circuit. 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 turbine engine component includes a bearing. The shaft is supported by the bearing and connected to one of the engine stages. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369083 | LATCHING ACTUATION MECHANISM FOR NACELLE MOUNTED LATCHING SYSTEM - An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first fan cowl pivotable on a hinge from a first position to a second position. A latching actuation mechanism is disposed under the nacelle, engages the hinge, and is actuated by movement of the hinge between the first position and the second position. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369084 | SYSTEM FOR PREHEATING BOILER FEEDWATER AND COOLING CONDENSER WATER - A system for pre-heating boiler feedwater and cooling condenser water includes a boiler, a turbine, a turbine condenser, a heat pump, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and an expansion valve. A water stream is heated by the boiler into a high pressure steam. The high pressure steam passes through the turbine and into the turbine condenser, converting the steam into condensate. The condensate is passed through a heat receiving side of the first heat exchanger. A refrigerant stream is pressurized by the heat pump and is thereby heated. The refrigerant stream passes through a heat dissipating side of the first heat exchanger, heating the condensate. The refrigerant stream is then depressurized and cooled, and passes through a heat receiving side of the second heat exchanger. A condenser water stream passes through a heat dissipating side of the second heat exchanger, cooling and entering the turbine condenser. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369085 | EVAPORATOR, RANKINE CYCLE APPARATUS, AND COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM - An evaporator which heats working fluid with high-temperature fluid to evaporate the working fluid includes: a working fluid channel which is arranged in a flow direction of the high temperature fluid and through which the working fluid flows; and a temperature sensor which is provided for the working fluid channel. A part of the working fluid channel is exposed to outside of a housing of the evaporator, and the temperature sensor is provided in the part of the working fluid channel exposed to the outside of the housing of the evaporator in a region other than an inlet of the working fluid channel into which the working fluid flows from the outside of the evaporator and other than an outlet of the working fluid channel through which the working fluid flows out of the evaporator. The output value of the temperature sensor is used to adjust the temperature of the working fluid in the evaporator. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369086 | ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE DECOMPRESSION HEAT ENGINE - An improved heat engine that includes an organic refrigerant exhibiting a boiling point below −35° C.; a heat source having a temperature of less than 82° C.; a heat sink; a sealed, closed-loop path for the organic refrigerant, the sealed, closed-loop path having both a high-pressure zone that absorbs heat from the heat source, and a low-pressure zone that transfers heat to the heat sink; a positive-displacement decompressor providing a pressure gradient through which the organic refrigerant in the gaseous phase flows continuously from the high-pressure zone to the low-pressure zone, the positive-displacement decompressor extracting mechanical energy due to the pressure gradient; and a positive-displacement hydraulic pump, which provides continuous flow of the organic refrigerant in the liquid phase from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone, the hydraulic pump and the positive-displacement decompressor maintaining a pressure differential between the two zones of between about 20 to 42 bar. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369087 | Centrifugal Process to Eliminate Air in High Pressure Chamber of Hydraulic Lash Adjuster - A method for adding fluid to an hydraulic lash adjuster (HLA) comprises the steps of placing the HLA in to a centrifuge, the centrifuge having a fluid container, placing a sufficient amount of a first fluid in the fluid container to fluidly communicate with at least one fluid port of the HLA, and spinning the HLA at a first speed sufficient to move the first fluid in to at least the second of two fluid chambers in the HLA. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369088 | CAMSHAFT PHASER - An internal combustion includes a crankshaft and a camshaft rotatable by the crankshaft. The internal combustion engine also includes an oil source, an engine cover, and a drive member disposed within the engine cover for transferring rotational motion from the crankshaft to the camshaft. A camshaft phaser actuated by an electric motor is disposed within the engine cover for controllably varying the phase relationship between the crankshaft and the camshaft. A supply passage communicates oil from the oil source to the camshaft phaser in order to lubricate the camshaft phaser and a drain passage drains oil from the camshaft phaser to the oil source. A sealing arrangement defines a dry zone within the engine cover to isolate the drive member from oil used to lubricate the camshaft phaser. The sealing arrangement includes an electric motor to camshaft phaser seal to seal between the electric motor and the camshaft phaser. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369089 | A DEVICE FOR EFFECTING AN AXIAL SHIFT OF A ROTARY SHAFT FOR USE IN A VARIABLE CAMSHAFT DRIVE MECHANISM - A device for effecting an axial shift of a rotary shaft such as the camshaft of a vehicle comprising a first component having a shaft and a head, a second component having a first end and second end and a bore extending longitudinally there through, the shaft of the first component being inserted into the bore of the second component, a detent couples the first component to the second component such that rotation of the second component causes the first component to rotate wherein the first end of the second component is countersunk so as to define inclined ramps in walls of the second component and one or more rollers are disposed between the head of the first component and the first end of the second component in rolling contact with the inclined ramps, wherein as the second component is rotated about a longitudinal axis the rollers move along the inclined ramps and act upon the first component to move it axially with respect to the second component which may be arranged to rotate the first component with respect to the second component. In this way the timing of the valves of a combustion engine can be varied with rotational speed of the crankshaft of the engine. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369090 | HIGHLY WEAR-RESISTANT VALVE SEAT FOR USE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A highly wear-resistant valve seat insert is provided. When an iron-based powder, a hard-particle powder, and a graphite powder are mixed to obtain a mixed powder, for formation of a layer on a valve-contacting face side, the hard-particle powder having an average particle size 15-50 μm, and the iron-based powder having an average particle size 15-50 μm are blended so a matrix part composition after sintering is a composition containing C: 0.3 to 2.0% by mass, one or more kinds selected from Co, Si, Ni, Mo, Cr, Mn, S, W, and V at 70% by mass or less in total, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and a matrix part structure after sintering is a structure which contains hard-particles at from 10 to 65% by mass with respect to a total amount of a layer on a valve-contacting face side and disperses the hard-particles at 1000 particles/mm | 2015-12-24 |
20150369091 | POPPET VALVE - A poppet valve includes a head and a stem, which extends from the head. At least a part of the back of the head is covered by a cover with a heat insulating space provided in between. A support portion is provided between the cover and the head to support the cover on the head with rubber member having a lower heat conductivity than that of the head between the cover and the head. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369092 | HYDRAULIC VALVE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a hydraulic valve comprising a spool, one or more band-shape check valves and an enclosing bolt or snout, the check valve may be compressed to the point of excessive wear or failure and may impede spool movement. The problem outlined is solved by an inventive hydraulic valve for use with a cam phasing apparatus of an internal combustion engine. The hydraulic valve comprises a hollow bolt or snout, check valves, and a spool disposed inside the bolt while still being able to shift axially within the bolt. The bolt and spool are configured to provide fluid passageways between the spool and the cam phasing apparatus depending on a translational displacement of the spool. Furthermore, the spool is configured to allow an oil flow through the fluid passageway, yet limit a compression of the band-type check valves. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369093 | VARIABLE ELECTROHYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention relates to a variable electrohydraulic valve controller, comprising a piston, which is arranged in such a way that the piston acts on a valve, particularly a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, in order to actuate said valve, a valve hydraulic chamber bounded by said piston, and at least one piston-cylinder unit, which is connected to the valve hydraulic chamber by means of a hydraulic line in which a switching valve is arranged. According to the invention, the piston ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369094 | Variable Valve Lift Apparatus of Engine - A variable valve lift apparatus of an engine includes a first body rotated at within a preset angle range by rotating a high-speed cam coupled to a camshaft, a second body coupled to the first body or decoupled from the first body and rotated within a preset angle range by rotating a low-cam coupled to the camshaft when the second body is decoupled from the first body, a latching pin provided retractably forward of the first body such that the first body is coupled to or decoupled from the second body, and an actuating unit to retractably actuate the latching pin. The degree of the lift of the valve is variably controlled in two stages of high-speed and low-speed modes through the rotary motion of the high speed cam or low speed cam by coupling or decoupling the first and second bodies to or from each other. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369095 | LATCH INTERFACE FOR A VALVE ACTUATING DEVICE - A novel latch seat for a switching rocker arm assembly used in variable valve actuation (VVA) systems for internal combustion engines. The seat is formed interactively in the assembled switching rocker arm using a novel fixture and press. The press interactively creates a curved dimple of the correct curvature, position and depth while measuring several lash dimensions. Since the latch seat is formed on the assembled rocker arm assembly, the latch seat depth is designed to account for the inaccuracies in the rocker arm assembly parts which create lash. Therefore all of the parts may be made with less precision since the latch seat is sized to compensate for the inaccuracies of all of the parts. The rocker arm assembly parts now may be manufactured to less stringent standards, but result in a rocker arm assembly with same accuracy of rocker arm assemblies manufactured to previous standards. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369096 | VARIABLE VALVE LIFT SYSTEM IN ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A variable valve lift (VVL) system in an engine includes an oil control valve and a lock pin configured to be hydraulically actuated against an elastic force of a return spring under a control of the OCV. An orifice through which oil passes is formed to supply hydraulic pressure to the OCV and the lock pin. An oil pressure sensor measures the hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the OCV and the lock pin. A controller is configured to receive a signal from the oil pressure sensor and to control the OCV according to the received signal. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369097 | MECHANICAL SYSTEM FORMING A CAM FOLLOWER OR A ROCKER ARM - A mechanical system forming one of a cam follower or a rocker arm, the mechanical system comprising: a support element; a pin extending between two opposite ends along a first axis and supported by the support element; and a roller movable in rotation relative to the pin around the first axis and adapted to roll on a cam. At least one recess is formed within the pin or roller, wherein the at least one recess provides a lubricant reservoir at an interface between the pin and the roller. The mechanical system can be integrated into an injection pump or a valve actuator. The mechanical system is manufactured by forming the at least one recess within the pin or roller and assembling the parts together, wherein the recess provides a lubricant reservoir at an interface between the pin and the roller. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369098 | ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM - Engine lubrication systems and methods of manufacturing and implementing engine lubrication systems and methods. In particular embodiments, an engine system includes an internal combustion engine lubrication system that utilizes a stacked configuration of a through-bolted engine to pattern around through-bolts and utilizes substantially hollow bulkheads to define a central high-pressure lubrication reservoir that minimizes lube system pressure while maintaining pressure at the extremities of the lubrication circuit. Available space is utilized within the bulkheads to provide a lubrication drainage restriction for reducing lubrication losses at engine shut-down. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369099 | AUTOMATIC REGENERATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - An automatic regeneration controller for a particular filter comprises an engine controller, a unit controller, and a load application cancellation switch. With filter regeneration being started by determination of particulate accumulation and with an idling or light-load operation being conducted, load request to a work unit is outputted from the engine controller to the unit controller. Then, when load application is not possible or the load application cancellation switch is on and, in addition, exhaust temperature is not maintainable with no load application, a regeneration stop signal is outputted from the unit controller to the engine controller and a regeneration stop signal reception process is conducted in the engine controller, and with no forced load application to a hydraulic unit, fuel addition is stopped to stop automatic regeneration control. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369100 | REVERSE FLOW HYDROCARBON TRAP - A reverse flow hydrocarbon trap is provided that improves the conversion of hydrocarbons present in the exhaust gases of a vehicle to more environmentally benign compounds during cold engine starts. The trap includes a substrate having at least one exhaust gas passage therethrough, with the walls of the exhaust gas passage including a hydrocarbon trapping material and an oxidative catalyst. The substrate includes an inlet for hot exhaust gas from a vehicle engine and an outlet for the exhaust gas and further includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, and an intermediate channel through which exhaust gas flows. The intermediate channel is oriented such that the flow of exhaust gas through the exhaust gas passage is reversed from the direction of flow in the inlet and outlet channels to improve the performance of the hydrocarbon trap. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY AIR INJECTION COORDINATION WITH EXHAUST BACK PRESSURE VALVE - Methods and systems are provided for controlling and coordinating control of a post-catalyst exhaust back pressure valve and secondary air injection to expedite catalyst heating. By adjusting the exhaust back pressure valve to increase the exhaust backpressure and injecting secondary air into an exhaust passage upstream of the catalyst during cold start conditions, exhaust catalyst activation may be expedited. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369102 | REDUCING AGENT SUPPLYING DEVICE - A reducing agent supplying device is for a fuel combustion system that includes a NOx purifying device with a reducing catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage to purify NOx contained in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The reducing agent supplying device supplies a reducing agent into the exhaust passage at a position upstream of the reducing catalyst. The reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming portion and a reformation suppressing portion. The reforming portion reforms the reducing agent by partially oxidizing the reducing agent. When a temperature of the reducing agent is higher than a first specified temperature that is equal to or higher than an activation temperature of the reducing catalyst, the reformation suppressing portion (i) suppresses the degree of reformation of the reducing agent in comparison with when a temperature of the reducing agent is lower than the first specified temperature, or (ii) stops the reformation of the reducing agent. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369103 | ENGINE UNIT AND WORK VEHICLE - Two sets of assemblies are arranged such that a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly, and a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly are located next to each other in this order. Exhaust tubes are provided to extend upward from gas outlets of the selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly and the selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly. The two exhaust tubes are located on a virtual plane orthogonal to longitudinal directions of the selective catalytic reduction devices of the assemblies. Thereby, an air intake position for an engine can be easily set to a position from which exhaust gas from the engine is less likely to be taken in, in a configuration provided with two sets of assemblies. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369104 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OXYGEN CONCENTRATION - A method is disclosed for controlling a concentration of oxygen that is measured by an oxygen sensor of an after-treatment system of an internal combustion engine when a regeneration of an after-treatment device is required. The method may be a computer-implement method, An oxygen sensor target value is lowered in a stepped phase as a function of an exhaust gas flow speed as the exhaust gas passes through the after-treatment system. The oxygen sensor target value is lowered evenly as a function of the exhaust gas flow speed and by a filter phase when a measured air/fuel ratio value is less than or equal to an AFR threshold value and until the oxygen sensor target value is equal to an oxygen sensor final target value. The oxygen concentration is controlled by applying the oxygen sensor target value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369105 | MONITORING COLD START EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGY - A method for assessing a cold start emission reduction (CSER) strategy applied to an engine system is provided. The method determines a first accumulation value based on an estimated output signal that would result from applying a first control command to the engine system. The method determines a second accumulation value based on a measured output signal resulting from applying a second control command that implements the CSER strategy to the engine system. The method compares the first accumulation value and the second accumulation value. The method determines whether the applying the second command to the engine system achieved a performance threshold of the CSER strategy based on the comparing. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369106 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An exhaust gas purification system capable of preventing clogging of a reducing agent injection valve due to solidified urea aqueous solution to prevent a decrease in the exhaust gas purification efficiency of an internal-combustion engine. The exhaust gas purification system includes a diesel particulate filter, a reducing agent injection valve and an SCR catalyst in this order from the exhaust upstream side. A condition satisfaction determination section determines whether or not urea aqueous solution is likely to be solidified when detecting that an ignition switch is turned off, and an internal-combustion engine stop prevention section prevents the internal-combustion engine from being stopped, based on a determination by the condition satisfaction determination section. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369107 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FAULT-TRACING PERTAINING TO AN SCR SYSTEM - A method for troubleshooting in an SCR system which has a dosing unit ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369108 | MULTI-LEG EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exhaust aftertreatment system for treating exhaust flow from an internal combustion engine, and associated method, allows for independent control of exhaust flow through plural exhaust legs of the exhaust aftertreatment system. The independent control of exhaust flow is carried out by adjusting a valve positioned in each the exhaust legs based on a value of a signal generated by a flow measurement device positioned along at least one of the exhaust legs. The valves can be adjusted to force a target flow in a exhaust leg, relative flow among exhaust legs, exhaust temperature in an exhaust leg, exhaust backpressure and/or imbalance within the exhaust legs. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369109 | ENGINE DEVICE - An engine is disposed below an operator's seat in such a manner that a flywheel housing is located at the front of a traveling machine body. An exhaust gas purification device is disposed behind the engine and below a radiator. The engine is connected, on the left side thereof, to an air cleaner for taking in fresh air, and is connected, on the right side thereof, to an exhaust pipe which is connected to the air inlet side of the exhaust gas purification device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369110 | Serviceable Soft Gaskets for Durable Heat Shielding - An engine with a heat shielding enclosure system is disclosed. The heat shielding enclosure system uses serviceable, malleable gaskets to provide an improved seal to reduce the amount of heat escaping from the heat shielding enclosure and to allow for the gaskets to be serviced at low cost and difficulty. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369111 | ENGINE BLOCK FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine block for an internal combustion engine including a cylinder coolant channel provided with a coolant inlet conduit. The coolant inlet includes a baffle for dividing the coolant inlet conduit into two passageways both in communication with the cylinder coolant channel. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369112 | Blower for Motor Vehicle - posed is a blower ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369113 | HYDRO-ACTUATED THERMOSTATS - The present invention provides a hydro-actuator thermostat system for controlling a temperature of an engine. The hydro-actuated thermostat system includes a thermal responsive valve system configured to induce opening of a temperature responsive valve upon an increase of a temperature of a coolant fluid, and to induce closing of the temperature responsive valve upon a decrease of a temperature of the coolant fluid. The hydro-actuated thermostat system further includes a hydraulic actuator system controllable by a controller, wherein the hydraulic actuator is associated with a thermal responsive valve system and configured to induce opening and/or closing of the temperature responsive valve in response to an indication from the controller, the opening and/or closing of the temperature responsive valve may be performed by controlling a fluid flow to and/or from the hydraulic actuator. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369114 | VEHICLE PARALLEL COOLING SYSTEM - A vehicle cooling system includes a fan, a radiator upstream of the fan and in a first air flow path, a charge air cooler upstream of the radiator in the first air flow path, a fuel cooler upstream of the radiator in the first air flow path, and a hydraulic oil cooler adjacent to a side of the radiator and upstream of the fan and in a second air flow path which is parallel to the first air flow path. A condenser is positioned in the first air flow path between the fuel cooler and the radiator. The hydraulic oil cooler has an upstream side which is unobscured by any other cooling system components. The hydraulic oil cooler includes first and second hydraulic oil cooler units connected together in series. A portion of the hydraulic oil cooler is positioned above a top side of the radiator. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369115 | Heat Exchanger for Vehicle - A heat exchanger for a vehicle may include a heat exchanging part including a plurality of introduction holes and discharge holes to introduce and discharge respective working fluids, including a plurality of plates stacked therein to alternately form channels through which the respective working fluids flow, and heat-exchanging the respective working fluids passing through the respective channels with each other, a bypass part forming a bypass channel which is connected to a sub-discharge hole in a sub-introduction hole, sub-discharge holes formed at both sides based on a connection hole formed at one side in one surface of the heat exchanging part, and a valve unit mounted at the connection hole, the sub-introduction hole, and the sub-discharge hole and selectively connecting the connection hole to the sub-introduction hole or the sub-discharge hole. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369116 | COOLANT CIRCUIT - A coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine includes: a coolant pump; at least one coolant line; a radiator; and a coolant cavity delimited in the internal combustion engine. The coolant pump, the coolant line, the radiator and the coolant cavity are filled with a coolant. One or more sensors, configured to monitor the coolant concentration, are fixedly and permanently arranged in and/or on the coolant circuit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369117 | OPTIMIZED FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION ETHANOL ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINES - Fuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct injection occur after the inlet valve is closed. It is also preferred that stoichiometric operation with a three way catalyst be used to minimize emissions. In addition, it is also preferred that the anti-knock agents have a heat of vaporization per unit of combustion energy that is at least three times that of gasoline. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369118 | COMBUSTION-POWERED TOOL WITH FLEXIBLE SILICONE CONTROL CHECK VALVE OPERABLE BETWEEN A PRIMARY COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND A SECONDARY COMBUSTION CHAMBER - A combustion-powered tool comprises a primary combustion chamber, a secondary combustion chamber, and a working piston that is in fluidic connection with the secondary combustion chamber so as to be exposed to the pressures developed within the secondary combustion chamber, when combustion takes place within the secondary combustion chamber, such that the working piston can be driven through its working or power stroke. A flexible silicone rubber plate-type control check valve is interposed between the primary combustion chamber and the secondary combustion chamber so as to control the flow of combustion products from the primary combustion chamber into the secondary combustion chamber and yet prevent the flow of combustion products from the secondary combustion chamber back into the primary combustion chamber, when combustion occurs within the secondary combustion chamber, such that the pressures developed within the secondary combustion chamber, as a result of the combustion of the air/fuel mixture within the secondary combustion chamber, can in fact act upon the working piston so as to drive the same through its working or power stroke. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369119 | CHARGE AIR COOLER WATER PROTECTION - A structure for separating condensate formed in a charge-air-cooler of a turbocharged engine system. The structure may include ribs that catch and direct condensate away from the outlet. The structure may also include a deflector and water dam that prevents condensation from exiting the charge-air-cooler outlet. The condensate maybe be collected and simply drained to outside of the vehicle. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369120 | DISCHARGE VALVE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The invention concerns a discharge valve ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150369121 | RESTORING UNIT, PARTICULARLY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A restoring unit for an internal combustion engine may include a restoring console including a substantially cylindrical bearing dome. A first bearing unit may include a first receiving opening. The bearing dome may be rotatably inserted into the first receiving opening about an axis of the restoring console. A spring element may be arranged at least partially on an outer circumferential face of the bearing dome, and the restoring console may be preloaded via the spring element against the first bearing unit. The bearing dome may be detachably arranged in the first receiving opening via a clip connection. The clip connection may include a radial through-slot disposed on a first face side of the bearing dome facing the first receiving opening. The bearing dome may have a console bearing face mounting the restoring console within the first bearing unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369122 | METHOD FOR CLEANING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for cleaning a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: introducing a gaseous substance into a cooling device, wherein the gaseous substance has, at least upstream of the cooling device, a relative humidity of greater than 0%; cooling the substance in the cooling device to below a dewpoint, such that water precipitate is formed; introducing the substance and the precipitate into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine; performing a combustion reaction in the combustion chamber; and discharging residues from the combustion chamber. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369123 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONFIGURED FOR MODULAR ASSEMBLY/DISASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SAME - A method for assembling and disassembling a module of gas turbine engine is provided, along with a gas turbine engine configured for modular assembly/disassembly. The engine includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft connects a compressor section and a first turbine section. The second shaft is connected to the second turbine section. The first and second shafts are rotatable about the engine rotational axis. The second shaft and the second turbine section together faun a module that can be assembled, or disassembled, or both from the engine. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369124 | HEAT ENGINE OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CARNOT'S THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE AND CONTROL PROCESS - “THERMAL MACHINE OPERATING PURSUANT TO CARNOT THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE AND PROCESS CONTROL” refers to the present invention, to a “Machine that operates in accordance with the Carnot thermodynamic cycle” which, according to its general characteristics, has as basic principle of converting thermal energy into driving force in the driving force element, typically an engine or turbine. The system consists of a body with two chambers forming two stators with concentric rotor and shaft, independently of the driving force element, both carry out the four thermodynamic cycle transformations, two isotherms transformations and two differentially adiabatic. This machine has computer program logic, a set of sensors connected to an electronic unit, which executes a process that has four thermodynamic transformations according to the Carnot cycle. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369125 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE POWER OF A COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT, AND COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT FOR CONDUCTING SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for temporary increasing the power of a gas turbine, which is part of a combined-cycle power plant, wherein the exhaust gas of the gas turbine is used in a heat recovery steam generator to generate steam for a water/steam cycle including a steam turbine with a high pressure steam turbine, an intermediate pressure steam turbine and a low pressure steam turbine, whereby the method comprises the step of injecting steam from the water/steam cycle at a predetermined injection pressure into the gas turbine. The efficiency is improved by taking steam of a lower pressure than the predetermined injection pressure from the water/steam cycle, increasing the pressure of the steam taken from the water/steam cycle to the predetermined injection pressure by subjecting it in separate compressing means to a compression step, and injecting the compressed steam into the gas turbine. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369126 | METHOD FOR RECIRCULATION OF EXHAUST GAS FROM A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF A COMBUSTOR OF A GAS TURBINE AND GAS TURBINE FOR DONCUTING SAID METHOD - A method for recirculation of exhaust gas from a combustion chamber of a combustor of a gas turbine back to the supply side of the combustor provides a partial flow of the exhaust gas in the combustion chamber directly extracted from the combustion chamber and internally fed back to an entrance of the combustor through an internal channel of the combustor. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369127 | ACOUSTIC LINER WITH VARIED PROPERTIES - A geared turbofan engine includes a first rotor, a fan, a second rotor, a gear train, a fan casing, a nacelle and a plurality of discrete acoustic liner segments. The fan is connected to the first rotor and is capable of rotation at frequencies between 200 and 6000 Hz and has a fan pressure ratio of between 1.25 and 1.60. The gear train connects the first rotor to the second rotor. The fan casing and nacelle are arranged circumferentially about a centerline and define a bypass flow duct in which the fan is disposed. The plurality of discrete acoustic liner segments with varied geometric properties are disposed along the bypass flow duct. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369128 | AUXILIARY LUBRICANT SUPPLY PUMP STAGE INTEGRAL WITH MAIN LUBRICANT PUMP STAGE - A disclosed lubrication pump includes a main pump stage, an auxiliary pump stage, and scavenger pump stages. The lubrication pump therefore may be driven by a common shaft of the accessory gearbox. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369129 | FACILITY WITH A GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR REGULATING SAID FACILITY - The invention relates to an installation with a gas turbine, comprising:
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20150369130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING COOLING AIR IN GAS TURBINE ENGINES - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing cooling air in gas turbine engines. A tangential on board injector (“TOBI”) may supply cooling air to a turbine section of a gas turbine engine. The cooling air may be split into a first cooling air path and a second cooling air path. The first cooling air path may fluidly connect the TOBI and the interior of a first stage rotor blade. The second cooling air path may fluidly connect the TOBI and a cavity. The cavity may be located between a first disk and a second disk. The cooling air paths from a single cooling air source may thermally isolate portions of the turbine section. | 2015-12-24 |
20150369131 | AXIAL TENSION SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE CASE - A gas turbine engine includes a convex case section. The convex case section includes an upstream case portion having a first radius, a downstream case portion having a second radius, and an intermediate case portion between the upstream case portion and the downstream case portion. The intermediate case portion has a third radius larger than the first radius and the second radius. A tension rod extends from the upstream case portion to the downstream case portion. | 2015-12-24 |