Abstract: An electric motor assembly for pumping a fluid through a fluid cavity includes a stator assembly including a plurality of conduction coils configured to transmit heat energy to the fluid within the fluid cavity. The electric motor assembly also includes a rotor assembly positioned adjacent the stator assembly to define an axial gap therebetween. The electric motor assembly also includes an impeller directly coupled to the rotor assembly opposite the stator assembly such that the rotor assembly and the impeller are configured to rotate about an axis. The rotor assembly and the impeller are configured to be submerged in the fluid within the fluid cavity.

Abstract: A variable pressure air pump includes a first cylinder and a second cylinder movable relative to the first cylinder along a longitudinal axis. An air tube is mounted in the first and second cylinders. A mounting portion is integrally formed on a first end of the air tube. A first piston and a second piston compress air in the first and second cylinders. A connecting device is mounted to the first cylinder for coupling with an object to be inflated. An air escape device selectively seals a second chamber of the second cylinder to selectively compress the air in the second cylinder. A first check valve is mounted to the mounting portion of the air tube. A second check valve is mounted to the second piston.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blower fan, comprising two side walls, an air duct, a handle, a motor, a wind wheel and a motor control assembly; the two side walls are arranged in parallel with each other; the air duct is arranged between the two side walls in a rotatable way; the handle is mounted on the air duct; the motor and the wind wheel are both mounted in the air duct; the motor control assembly is arranged on a side wall close to the motor and is electrically connected with the motor, installation position of the motor control assembly with respect to the side wall being at an inner side of the side wall. According to the present invention, the air blowing angle is adjustable due to the rotation of the air duct, achieving a better drying effect. Additionally, the structure of the present invention is compact, attractive in appearance and durable.

Abstract: A fan device is provided, including a housing, a circuit board, a plurality of driving coils, at least one magnetic member, and a metal member. The housing includes a first surface, a second surface corresponding to the first surface, and a hollow protruding portion protruding from the first surface. The circuit board is disposed on the first surface, and the driving coils are disposed on the circuit board. The magnetic member is disposed corresponding to the driving coils. The metal member is disposed on the second surface and corresponds to the magnetic member. A method for manufacturing the fan device is also provided.

Abstract: An electric motor assembly includes a bearing assembly including a rotating component and at least one stationary component. The electric motor assembly also includes an impeller coupled to the rotating component. The impeller includes an inlet and an outlet and is configured to direct a fluid between the inlet and the outlet. The electric motor assembly also includes a rotor assembly directly coupled to the impeller. A fluid flow channel is defined between the rotating component and the at least one stationary component. The flow channel includes a first end proximate the impeller outlet and a second end proximate the impeller inlet.

Abstract: A compressor or vacuum pump including: —a casing having a cooling gas inlet and a cooling gas outlet for allowing a cooling gas to flow therethrough; —a fan mounted at the cooling gas inlet, including a fan housing and configured to blow said cooling gas into said casing; —a compression or vacuum chamber including a first housing, a process gas inlet and outlet for allowing a process gas to flow therethrough and at least one rotating element; —a driving module including a second housing and at least one bearing for supporting said at least one rotating element; —a silencer including a cover and configured to attenuate noise generated by the compressor or vacuum pump. The silencer includes a recess structure on its cover, configured to deflect the cooling gas flow from the fan towards the driving module.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric centrifugal compressor, in particular for a turbine engine or aircraft, including an electric motor, the stator of which is supported by a casing and the rotor of which includes a shaft mounted inside the casing, driving a centrifugal compressor impeller, the casing having a double skin and including two substantially cylindrical, coaxial skins extending around the engine and defining between them an annular section suitable for the circulation of a first cooling air flow, one inlet of which is located at a first longitudinal end of the shaft and an outlet of which is connected to a second longitudinal end of the shaft, which supports the centrifugal compressor impeller, wherein it includes means (J) for collecting a second air flow at the outlet of the centrifugal compressor impeller, means for channelling the second air flow along the shaft up to the first end, and means for discharging the second air flow out of the casing in order to prevent same from mixing with the f

Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbine engine extends along a center axis and includes a seal support and a seal carrier configured to translate relative the seal support. A seal is connected to the seal carrier and a spring is disposed between the seal support and the seal carrier. A spring carrier is disposed between the spring and the seal support. A first end of the spring is connected to the spring carrier and the spring carrier is connected to the seal support. The spring includes a second end disposed opposite the first end of the spring. The second end of the spring contacts the annular seal carrier.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a feed delivery unit according to the present disclosure may include a pump configured to supply a total flow, the pump including at least one suction port configured to be connected to a reservoir and at least one outlet port configured to be connected to a supply line, a control valve fluidly coupled to the pump and including a plurality of valve sections, the control valve being coupled to the pump such that the total flow supplied by the pump is distributed among the plurality of valve sections, and wherein each valve section of the plurality of valve sections is configured to control a direction of flow of a portion of the total flow, and a plurality of hydraulic motors fluidly coupled to the pump via the control valve, each of the motors being configured to drive a respective auger of the feed delivery unit.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a motor-integrated intake apparatus, and the motor-integrated intake apparatus includes: a flow path which is formed in an annular shape in a circular housing; an inlet unit which is installed at one side of the housing and guides a flow of a fluid into the flow path; a discharge unit which is installed at the other side of the housing and guides a discharge of the fluid which is introduced into the inlet unit and passes through the flow path; a piston unit which is made of a magnetic material and compresses the fluid, which is introduced through the inlet unit, while rotating along the flow path; and a coil unit which is installed on the housing and provides rotational power to the piston unit by forming a magnetic field.

Abstract: A synthetic jet pump and a method of pumping fluid using such a synthetic jet pump are disclosed. The synthetic jet pump includes a plurality of first stacks disposed in a series arrangement relative to each other, and a plurality of first valves. A first stack of the plurality of first stacks includes a plurality of first connector pairs coupled to a first support structure and a plurality of first bimorph pairs. The first connector pairs and the first bimorph pairs are disposed in a parallel arrangement relative to each other respectively. A bimorph of one of the first bimorph pairs is coupled to a corresponding first connector pair. The plurality of first valves is disposed at an upstream end of the plurality of first stacks. A valve of the plurality of first valves is movably coupled to a corresponding connector of the plurality of the first connector pairs.

Abstract: Systems and method of compressing and storing fluids without rotating machinery or hydrated electrochemical. The system and method makes use of shock waves, created by plasma generated by exposing the fluid to an ultrashort wavelength laser pulse from a femtosecond laser, and the fluid guided by check valves that create vortexes to resist backflow. The fluid and plasma being accumulated and recombined in a storage chamber in a compressed state.

Abstract: A serial axial flow fan in which an end portion of a first axial flow fan on an exhaust side, and an end portion of a second axial flow fan on an intake side are connected to each other. At least either of a plurality of first blades of a first impeller of the first axial flow fan, and a plurality of second blades of a second impeller of the second axial flow fan are provided with auxiliary blade portions.

Abstract: A system and method for attaching a damper to a tail rotor blade includes a cuff that is integral with the rotor blade. The cuff has upper and lower lugs formed by extending a skin over a blade core of the rotor blade. The skin extends past the blade core to the root end of the rotor blade. The rod end of the damper is inserted into an opening between the lugs. The rod end of the damper is coupled to the blade with a bolt through aligned holes in the lugs. The cuff also couples the rotor blade to the grip inside the cuff. The cuff includes a same material as that forming the skin. Sacrificial buffer pads are applied to interior faces of the lugs. The buffer pads permit a distance between the lugs to be machined within a tolerance without removing skin from the cuff.

Abstract: A method and system for improving the balance of a rotor in a wind turbine, including; determining blade load data associated with a selected rotor blade pair; determining, based on the blade load data, pitch imbalance data associated with the selected rotor blade pair, wherein the pitch imbalance data associated with a rotor blade pair is based on measurements of at least blade loading, rotor speed and wind speed; and, determining and applying pitch control inputs to one or both of the selected rotor blade pair in order to reduce the severity of the rotor imbalance.

Abstract: A diaphragm cell for damping pressure pulsations in a low-pressure region of a piston pump has two axially deformable diaphragms that are connected along their radial peripheries and enclose a gas space. The diaphragms each have a central region that extends over no less than 50% of the cross-sectional surface area of the diaphragms. The diaphragms are of undulating shape in the central region, which is curved axially outwards in its radially inner region and in its radially outer region. The diaphragms further include an axially inwardly curved annular region that is arranged between and immediately adjacent to the radially inner region and the radially outer region. An axially-measured amplitude of the wave shape has a predetermined range related to the cross-sectional surface area of the diaphragms when the pressure difference is zero. The pressure difference is a pressure in the gas space minus a pressure outside the gas space.

Abstract: A sputter-ion-pump system includes a sputter ion pump and an electronic drive. The electronic drive supplies a voltage across the ion pump to establish, in cooperation with a magnetic field, a Penning trap within the ion pump. A current sensor measures the Penning-trap current across the Penning trap. The Penning trap is used as an indication of pressure within the ion pump or a vacuum chamber including or in fluid communication with the ion pump. The pressure information can be used to determine flow rates, e.g., due to a load, outgassing, and/or leakage from an ambient.

Abstract: A bent-axis hydraulic pump motor includes: a cylinder block, a retainer plate; and a constant velocity joint, which includes an inner joint element; an outer joint element; and a plurality of balls interposed between block-side ball grooves and shaft-side ball grooves to transmit torque between the cylinder block and the retainer plate, so that all block-side groove planes, which include respective extending axial lines of the block-side ball grooves and the inclined rotation center, are inclined with respect to an axial center of a center shaft and all drive shaft-side groove planes, which include respective extending axial lines of the shaft-side ball grooves and the inclined rotation center, are inclined with respect to an axial center of a drive shaft such that loads applied to a cage in an axial direction from the balls are balanced.

Abstract: A variable-displacement hydrostatic axial piston motor of bent-axis construction includes a drive shaft, a cylinder drum that pivots in a pivoting plane, and a one-piece port plate nearly symmetrical with a central plane and with two working ports. The motor further includes an adjusting device with an adjusting piston arranged in the port plate, a control valve arranged on the port plate and with a control valve piston, a feedback spring arranged in the port plate and clamped between the adjusting piston and the control valve piston, a counterbalance valve with a counterbalance spool, and two secondary pressure-limiting valves inserted as cartridge-type inserts into the port plate. The counterbalance spool is accommodated in a valve bore in the port plate. The two working ports are situated on the port plate opposite to the first side. The two secondary pressure-limiting valves are arranged on the same side as the port surfaces.

Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump comprises a cylindrical rotor to be rotatably driven by a motor; a cylindrical stator provided corresponding to the rotor; a heater configured to elevate a temperature of the stator to a target temperature; a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the stator; and a control section. A rotation start command is input after start of energization of the heater, the control section stops rotary driving of the rotor at a rated rotation speed until the temperature of the stator reaches a predetermined temperature set lower than the target temperature and begins the rotary driving at the rated rotation speed when the temperature of the stator exceeds the predetermined temperature.