Patents Examined by Woody A Lee, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11608753
    Abstract: A turbine includes a shaft configured to rotate about a rotor axis; a pair of rotating blade rows, the pair of rotating blade rows including a pair of disks that extend radially outward from the shaft and are disposed at an interval in a direction of the rotor axis, each one of the pair of rotating blade rows including a plurality of rotating blades arranged in a circumferential direction on an outer peripheral end of the disk; and a pair of stator vane rows disposed in a one-to-one manner on a first side of the pair of rotating blade rows in the direction of the rotor axis, each one of the pair of stator vane rows including a plurality of stator vanes arranged in the circumferential direction, wherein a number of the rotating blades on each one of the pair of rotating blade rows is the same, and a number of the stator vanes on each one of the pair of stator vane rows is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Senoo, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Toshio Watanabe, Sotaro Takei
  • Patent number: 11608750
    Abstract: A turbine for a gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a turbine rotor including one or more rows of turbine blades and a disk assembly coupled to the shaft. The disk assembly includes one or more disks each having an attachment region extending radially between an inner boundary and an outer boundary, the outer boundary is established by an outer periphery of the respective disk, the attachment region defines an array of slots distributed about the outer periphery, each of the slots extends radially inwardly from the outer boundary to the inner boundary, and each of the slots is dimensioned to receive a root section of a respective one of the turbine blades to mount the turbine blades to the disk assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael G. McCaffrey
  • Patent number: 11603855
    Abstract: An impeller for centrifugal pumps having at least one blade for delivering solids-containing media has, between a leading edge of the blade and a circumferential direction, an angle ?, and between a leading edge of the blade and a meridional direction, an angle ?. Depending on the dominant speed, the associated angles ?, ? are less than 90°, preferably less than 70°, in particular less than 50°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: KSB SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Peer Springer
  • Patent number: 11603844
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump (1) including: a pump housing (3) enclosing a pump chamber (13), the pump chamber (13) including a suction inlet (15) and a pressure outlet (17); an impeller (19) rotatably arranged within the pump chamber (13) for being driven to rotate about a rotor axis (R), the suction inlet (15) being located coaxial with the rotor axis (R); and at least one stationary scraper (39). The impeller (19) includes an impeller base (31) and at least one or more impeller vanes (33) extending from the impeller base (31) towards the suction inlet (15). Each of the impeller vanes (33) includes a radially innermost vane path (45) describing during impeller rotation a central volume (41) that is wider towards the suction inlet (15) than towards the impeller base (31) and configured to receive the at least one scraper (39) projecting from the suction inlet (15) into the central volume (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventor: Róbert Csányi
  • Patent number: 11598268
    Abstract: A turbojet engine including a shaft surrounded by a low-pressure rotor surrounded by a coaxial and independent high-pressure spool, this turbojet engine including from upstream to downstream: a fan driven by the shaft; a low-pressure compressor carried by the rotor; an inter-compressor casing; a high-pressure compressor and a high-pressure turbine carried by the high-pressure spool; an inter-turbine casing; a low-pressure turbine carried by the rotor; an exhaust casing; this turbojet engine including an upstream rotor bearing carried by the inter-compressor casing; a downstream rotor bearing carried by the exhaust casing; a gearbox downstream of the downstream bearing and through which the rotor drives the shaft; a downstream shaft bearing downstream of the downstream rotor bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Robert Belmon, Cédric Zaccardi
  • Patent number: 11598316
    Abstract: An electric heating apparatus for deicing, a method for manufacturing the electric heating apparatus for deicing, a blade and a wind turbine including the same. The electric heating apparatus for deicing includes: a heat generating module, including a heat generating element and a bus bar for conducting electricity to the heat generating element, where the bus bar includes a lead-out portion for connecting an external power source; a thermally conductive encapsulating layer, which is insulated and is to cover the heat generating module except the lead-out portion; and a first substrate and a second substrate, respectively arranged below and above the thermally conductive encapsulating layer, so that the heat generating module and the thermally conductive encapsulating layer are arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Li, Yanpeng Xie
  • Patent number: 11591967
    Abstract: An example system for providing mechanical power to an aircraft accessory with a turbine engine, where the turbine engine includes a low-speed spool and a high-speed spool, includes an accessory gearbox disposed between the low-speed spool and the high-speed spool and a clutch disposed within or external to the accessory gearbox. The accessory gearbox is configured to drive the aircraft accessory, and the clutch is configured to enable either the high-speed spool or the low-speed spool to provide mechanical power to the aircraft accessory via the accessory gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David W. Foutch, Joseph M. Dirusso
  • Patent number: 11591912
    Abstract: An internal core profile for a turbine nozzle airfoil of a gas turbine is provided. The turbine nozzle may include an airfoil core having an uncoated nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table 1, wherein the X, Y, and Z coordinates are distances in inches measured in a Cartesian coordinate system, the corresponding X and Y coordinates, when connected by a smooth continuous arc, define one of a plurality of airfoil core profile sections at each Z distance, and the plurality of airfoil core profile sections, when joined together by smooth continuous arcs, define an airfoil core shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinuk Kim, Kwangil Kim, Barry Brown, Jeff Greenberg, Darryl Eng, David Day
  • Patent number: 11592002
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide a renewable power generation apparatus. In embodiments, the renewable power generation apparatus is driven by wind. In other embodiments, the renewable power generation apparatus is driven by water. Disclosed embodiments utilize two cylindrical turbines placed adjacent to each other. A diverter directs wind towards both turbines, causing them to rotate about their respective longitudinal axis. The turbines are coupled to a driveshaft that drives a generator to generate power. Embodiments utilize an airfoil adjacent to each turbine. The airfoil causes air to move faster over the airfoil surface to create low pressure which increases the performance of the turbines. The renewable power generation apparatus of disclosed embodiments is relatively compact compared to a traditional wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Nathaniel Wood
  • Patent number: 11592036
    Abstract: Pressure exchange devices, systems, and related methods may include a tank, a piston, a valve device, and one or more sensors for monitoring a position of the piston in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Scott Judge, Neil Havrilla, Nathan Terwilliger, Christopher Shages, A. K. Necioglu
  • Patent number: 11591069
    Abstract: A system for retaining a folded proprotor blade in flight. The system includes a rotary actuator mechanism operable to generate torque via a shaft that rotates about an axis generally parallel to a chordwise direction of the folded proprotor blade, a pair of clamping arms movable in a direction generally parallel to a beamwise direction of the folded proprotor blade, a pair of linkage arms interoperably responsive to the rotary actuator mechanism and coupled between the rotary actuator mechanism and the pair of clamping arms, and a first guide rod extending between the pair of clamping arms in the direction generally parallel to the beamwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Thomas Cravener
  • Patent number: 11585347
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a casing. An impeller is arranged within the casing. The impeller is rotatable about an axis. A diffuser section is arranged within the casing. The diffuser section is positioned axially downstream from an outlet of the impeller and includes a forward portion fixed relative to the impeller and an aft portion distinct from the forward portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael M. Joly, Vishnu M. Sishtla
  • Patent number: 11585356
    Abstract: A motor vehicle pump arrangement includes a pumping unit having engagement steps, and a mounting arrangement which mounts the pumping unit to a motor vehicle mounting structure which corresponds to the pumping unit. The mounting arrangement includes a vibration-decoupling body having a ring shape, and a clip retainer which is attached to the vibration-decoupling body. The vibration-decoupling body radially surrounds the pumping unit, supports the pumping unit, and is attachable to the motor vehicle mounting structure. The clip retainer axially retains the pumping unit. The clip retainer includes a retainer frame which extends in a transversal pumping unit plane and which is axially supported by the vibration-decoupling body, and retainer arms which axially project from the retainer frame. Each of the retainer arms engages a respective one of the corresponding engagement steps of the pumping unit so as to axially retain the pumping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Findeisen, Wolfgang Zacher
  • Patent number: 11578702
    Abstract: Provided is a wind turbine including a generator enclosed in a generator housing, the generator housing including a rotating housing and a stationary housing, whereby the rotating housing is separated from the stationary housing by a first gap; a canopy mounted on a tower and including an electrical connection to a down conductor of the tower, wherein the canopy is separated from the generator housing by a second gap; a lightning current path provided by a plurality of brush assemblies mounted on the stationary housing, wherein a brush assembly includes a brush holder mounted on the stationary housing such that a carbon brush extends across the first gap to make electrical contact with the rotating housing; and an electrical connector extending across the second gap to electrically connect the brush holder to the canopy. Also provided is a method of providing a lightning current path for such a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Lars Lysgaard, John Nieuwenhuizen
  • Patent number: 11578618
    Abstract: A service tube assembly comprises a service tube having a threaded end portion and a ratchet hub spaced from the threaded end portion. The threaded end portion of the service tube is threadably engaged with a mating part. The assembly further comprises a locking member having a cantilever extending from a fixed end held relative to the mating part to a free end. A ratchet pawl is provided at the free end for engagement with the ratchet hub on the service tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Guy Lefebvre, Remy Synnott, Philippe Savard
  • Patent number: 11572896
    Abstract: A quick-release mechanism for fan includes a first lateral cover, a second lateral cover, a latch member, a handle, and a pushing member. The first lateral cover has a slot hole. The latch member extends from the slot hole and has an engaging block and an actuation portion connected to the engaging block. The handle has a first pivot end and a second pivot end pivotally connected to the first lateral cover and the second lateral cover, respectively. The handle is movable between a first position and a second position. The pushing member is disposed at the first pivot end. When the handle is at the first position, the actuation portion moves toward the first lateral cover. When the handle is at the second position, the pushing member pushes the actuation portion to move toward a direction away from the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Chen Lu, Ching-Chuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11572894
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kanzaka, Yosuke Dammoto, Yoji Akiyama, Takao Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11572893
    Abstract: A humidification and air cleaning apparatus is provided, in which a first sweep angle and a second sweep angle are formed at diffuser blades, and an included angle is formed between the first sweep angle and the second sweep angle, such that a phase difference is formed in air passing through the diffuser blades, and thus, air flow noise may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehun Lee, Jaehyuk Jung, Seokho Choi
  • Patent number: 11572801
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a component for a turbine engine with a heated airflow and a cooling airflow. The component includes a wall separating the heated airflow from the cooling airflow. The wall can have a heated surface confronting the heated airflow and a cooled surface confronting the cooling airflow. The component can also include a baffle with a set of cooling holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endicott Osgood, Gregory Terrence Garay, Daniel Lee Durstock, Steven Robert Brassfield, Tingfan Pang
  • Patent number: 11572886
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) seal section assembly. The assembly comprises a seal section filled with dielectric oil; a coupling body partially inserted into the seal section, and a coupling body, wherein the coupling body is substantially cylindrical and has a first outside diameter at an upper end of the coupling body, has a second outside diameter smaller than the first diameter below the first outside diameter, has a circumferential tapered shoulder between the portion of the coupling body having the first diameter and the portion of the coupling body having the second diameter; a service-less flange coupled to the seal section, wherein the service-less flange defines a circumferential opening having a circumferential tapered shoulder on an upper edge that contacts the circumferential tapered shoulder of the coupling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Pyron, Jeffrey Frey