Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit having an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit and a grill in the airflow opening, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. The grill has a plurality of airflow guide blades arranged in a spiral, and inner end portions of the airflow guide blades proximal to a center of the spiral of the plurality of airflow guide blades protrude from outer end portions of the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction. The blower unit includes a cover forming an outer panel of the blower unit and an air passage forming member provided inside the cover. A reinforcing rib is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the air passage forming member.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative torsion variable paddle and a control assembly thereof. The paddle includes rigid first paddles and rigid second paddles. When a driver pushes a root railing edge, the first paddle is not flexibly deformed, and the second paddle is torsionally deformed with a laminated elastomer structure between cascades to realize relative rotation at both ends of the second paddle, so that a flexible skin maintains airfoil contours, and the whole torsional degree of the paddle is changed. The present disclosure also provides a rotor craft including the negative torsion variable paddle.

Abstract: A wind power generation device includes rotary blades that each includes a front blade surface parallel to the rotation axis and curved to protrude frontward, and a rear blade surface, being parallel to the rotation axis, curved so as to be concave frontward, and having a smaller curve depth than the front blade surface. The front blade surface includes a first curved surface far from the rotation axis and formed frontward from an outer end, and a second curved surface close to the rotation axis and formed rearward from a crest to connect to an inner end, a surface length thereof being smaller than that of the first curved surface. The first curved surface has recesses at positions closer to the outer end than to the crest of the front blade surface. Thus, the rotary blade rotates by receiving a fluid and can improve rotation efficiency.

Abstract: One or more boost pumps for a liquid hydrogen fuel system are disposed within the fuel tank and fully flooded. An electrical connector of each boost pump is sealed from the fuel tank and accessible from an exterior of the fuel tank while the boost pump is installed. Each boost pump can be independently replaced using a toolbox. Each boost pump is purged of fuel before being replaced by introducing a gas at a center region of the boost pump. The toolbox and new boost pump are purged prior to removal of the old boost pump. Each boost pump can be formed from modular components.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade having at least two blade modules extending in the spanwise direction of the blade and being configured for connection end-to-end at a connection joint An electromagnetic shield is positioned in electrically conductive contact with the blade modules and extending across the connection joint in the spanwise direction.

Abstract: A connector assembly 100 for detachably coupling a propeller to a motor of an UAV includes a base portion 200 to be fixed to the motor and a holder 400 to be fixed to the corresponding propeller. The detachable coupling is facilitated by teeth 402 provided on the holder 400 and corresponding recesses 208 on base portion 200 such that when holder 400 is rotated after being placed over the base portion 200, the teeth 402 engage with the recesses 208. Holder 400 is locked against rotation after the teeth engage with recesses. An engaging plate 300 is provided to move between a pressed position and a released position and includes projections 302, which, in the released position of the engaging plate 300, engage with cavities 404 of holder 400, to lock the holder 400 against rotation.

Abstract: Open and closed cycle lift force turbines are provided. Illustratively, the open cycle lift force turbine operates in an open cycle environment without heat and/or pressure, utilizing asymmetric pressure distribution on lift turbine blades mainly to generate thrust with the normal component of this lift force, while using the tangential component of this lift force to drive a bypass fan providing additional thrust and to drive accessories, provide control to the fluid velocity, and/or provide motivation of the fluid's flow. The open cycle lift force turbine may be utilized to generate continuous thrust, heat and/or electricity for powering vehicles in any atmosphere. The closed cycle lift force turbine may be utilized to generate continuous thrust, heat and/or electricity for powering vehicles at any speed in any atmosphere or lack thereof.

Abstract: An impeller includes a cylindrical portion defining a fluid inlet, the cylindrical portion coaxial with a rotational axis of the impeller, a hub, a shroud extending downward and radially away from the cylindrical portion and covering the hub, a plurality of vanes extending between the shroud and the hub, a fluid outlet downstream of the plurality of vanes, a plurality of doors disposed circumferentially about the cylindrical portion proximate the inlet, and a spring element attached to and disposed between each of the plurality of doors and the cylindrical portion. Each of the plurality of doors is actuatable, via the spring element, between a first state and a second state.

Abstract: A vacuum pump having excellent exhaust performance is provided. The vacuum pump includes a Siegbahn type exhaust mechanism portion 201 in which a Siegbahn spiral groove portion 262 is provided in at least either rotating discs 220a to 220c or stator discs 219a and 219b, and a Holweck type exhaust mechanism portion 301 in which a thread groove 131a is provided in at least either a cylindrical portion 102d of a rotating body 103 or a threaded spacer 131, and the Holweck type exhaust mechanism portion 301 is located on the downstream side of the Siegbahn type exhaust mechanism portion 201. The Holweck type exhaust mechanism portion 301 has a flow passage depth that is continuously constant at a predetermined depth H2, and the Siegbahn type exhaust mechanism portion 201 includes a region that is continuously constant at the predetermined depth H2 from a predetermined position.

Abstract: A wind turbine generator (10) includes a tower (12), a nacelle (14) rotatably mounted to the tower (12), the nacelle having a longitudinal axis and being configured to align the longitudinal axis with the direction of the incoming wind during operation of the wind turbine generator (10), one or more heat-generating components (22) housed in the wind turbine generator (10), and a containerized HVAC module (26) mounted on a roof (31) of the nacelle (14) and operably connected to the one or more heat-generating h components (22) for cooling the heat-generating components (22). The module (26) includes a shipping container (30) having a floor (32), a roof (34), a pair opposed longer side walls (36), a pair of opposed shorter end walls (38), and a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the shipping container (30) being oriented generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the nacelle (14), the shipping container (30) having at least one heat exchanger (40) therein.

Abstract: A radial impeller having a cover plate with an inlet opening and a support plate, the plates being connected to one another by means of a vane ring having multiple vanes. The vanes each have two side edges opposite one another, one of which is connected to the cover plate and the other to the support plate. The side edges each extend between a vane inlet edge and a vane outlet edge which is opposite in a circumferential direction of the impeller. The vanes are each designed as a hollow profile and have two vane halves delimiting a cavity between them which are applied to one another and are each connected to one another in the region of the vane inlet edge and the vane outlet edge by means of a welded connection.

Abstract: Provided are a heat collecting pump and a washing appliance. The heat collecting pump includes: a housing defining an accommodation cavity and having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a mounting opening; a heating device and a flow guiding element that are disposed in the accommodation cavity; a drive device connected to the housing and configured to drive a fluid to flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The flow guiding element has an inner wall defining a fluid inlet channel in communication with the fluid inlet. A fluid discharge channel is defined between an outer wall of the flow guiding element and an inner wall of the accommodation cavity, and is in communication with the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet, respectively. The flow guiding element has a flow guiding portion configured to guide a fluid in the fluid discharge channel towards the fluid outlet.

Abstract: An electromechanical blade pitch control system includes a propeller hub, a blade having an adjustable pitch angle, and a blade bearing hub operably coupled to the blade. The system includes a linear actuator operably coupled to the blade bearing hub and a rotary actuator operably coupled to the linear actuator via a planetary gear system. The system is configured such that the blade bearing hub, linear actuator, and rotary actuator are housed within the propeller hub, and further configured such that actuation of the linear actuator results in a change in a pitch angle of the blade.

Abstract: An advanced hydrodynamic cavitation system includes a housing, a first stator with angled ridges, a second stator that is circular with angled ridges, a rotor having rotor blades housed within the second stator, and a driveshaft, and is configured to work with a motor, a pump, and oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide or ozone to form free radicals. Hydrodynamic cavitation occurs (1) on the leading edge of the rotor blades; (2) in the constriction between the rotor blades, depending on the design; (3) in the gap between the first stator and the rotor blades; and (4) in the gap between the second stator and the rotor blades. The four cavitation regions may coalesce to become a steady-state supercavitation cloud that removes unwanted, toxic or contaminated organic and inorganic compounds, specifically with the ability to treat and decontaminate sludge, wastewater, ballast water, drinking water, harmful algal blooms, and biomedical waste.

Abstract: A turbofan engine and an outlet guide vane structure for the turbofan engine is provided. The outlet guide vane structure includes a non-uniform plurality of outlet guide vanes utilized in a bypass duct and between a radially inward wall and a radially outward wall. The non-uniform plurality of outlet guide vanes have varying chord lengths at the base of the outlet guide vanes along the radially inward wall. The non-uniform plurality of outlet guide vanes may include structural outlet guide vanes, non-structural outlet guide vanes, and cut-out outlet guide vanes. The non-uniform plurality of outlet guide vanes include at least one outlet guide vane integrated with a pylon and/or a bifurcation of the turbofan engine. The cut-out outlet guide vane may be integrated with the pylon and/or bifurcation. The cut-out may include a leading edge and a trailing edge disposed in front of a leading edge of the pylon.

Abstract: An air pump is delineated for an inflatable product that can be selectively connected thereto. The inflatable product includes a shell located on a side wall. The shell includes an internal chamber for selective placement of the air pump and an air valve for selective communication with the air pump. When the air pump is located in the internal chamber it can be moved to switch between a first position and a second position. The air pump includes an air inlet and an air outlet such that the air inlet is in communication with the air valve in the first position to deflate the inflatable product and the air outlet is in communication with the air valve in the second position to inflate the inflatable product. The air pump can also be used externally via manual connection between the air inlet or the air outlet and other inflatable products.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to air assemblies having an inflation, a deflation, and a closed state for use with inflatable products, such as air mattresses. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to air assemblies where the configuration of the air assembly can be changed manually by a user by operating a directional control valve to inflate, deflate, or close the inflatable product. The directional control valve may also activate a pump in the inflation and deflation states and deactivate the pump in the closed state.

Abstract: A blower vacuum, the blower vacuum including a nozzle forming a first opening, a fan housing in fluid communication with the nozzle, an inlet exhaust housing rotatably coupled to the fan housing, and a debris housing. The fan housing forms a second opening. A fan assembly is positioned at the fan housing. The inlet exhaust housing includes an inlet portion and an exhaust portion. The inlet exhaust housing is rotatable to a first position forming a blower operation and a second position forming a vacuum operation. The debris housing is coupled to the exhaust portion of the inlet exhaust housing.

Abstract: A rotation driving mechanism of an air supply apparatus, an air supply apparatus, and a household appliance. The rotation driving mechanism of the air supply apparatus comprises: a fixed bracket; a rotary bracket, and the rotary bracket is sleeved on the fixed bracket and may rotate with respect to the fixed bracket; and a driving member, and the driving member is provided on the fixed bracket and used for driving the rotary bracket to rotate. Therefore, compared with the prior art, by means of the coordination of the fixed bracket, the rotary bracket, and the driving member, the size of the rotation driving mechanism can be reduced; after the rotation driving mechanism is mounted on the air supply apparatus, the air supply apparatus can have a better appearance.

Abstract: A centrifugal heat dissipation fan of a portable electronic device. The centrifugal heat dissipation fan includes a hub, multiple metal blades, and at least one ring. The metal blades are disposed surrounding the hub. The metal blades include multiple radial dimensions, and the structure of the metal blade with a shorter radial dimension is a part of the structure of the metal blade with a longer radial dimension. The metal blades having different radial dimensions form at least two ring areas, and the distribution numbers of the metal blades in the at least two ring areas are different from each other. The ring surrounds the hub and connects the metal blades.