Patents Examined by Logan Kraft
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Patent number: 9938000Abstract: A pivot for an air propeller blade, the pivot including a rotary support for mounting radially on a propeller hub while being suitable for pivoting about a pivot axis; and a blade support including a housing for receiving a blade root and at least one arm extending laterally relative to the pivot axis and carrying a flyweight forming a counterweight; the arm and its flyweight presenting the general geometrical shape of a spherical cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Sebastien Tajan, Adrien Jacques Philippe Fabre, Christophe Jacquemard, Adrien Laurenceau
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Patent number: 9938987Abstract: A fan module comprises a frame and at least one filling component. The frame comprises a base plate and a plurality of partition plates. A plurality of air flow channels are formed by the base plate and the plurality of partition plates. Each partition plate has a first fixing slot, a second fixing slot, a third fixing slot and a fourth fixing slot that are located at a side away from the base plate in sequence. The first fixing slot has a first width. The second fixing slot has a second width. The third fixing slot has a third width, and the fourth fixing slot has a fourth width. The filling component is filled in the air flow channels. The first width is the same as the third width. The first width, the second width and the fourth width are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATIONInventor: Wen-Long Huang
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Patent number: 9938842Abstract: A cooling system for a turbomachine includes a vane having an outer diameter platform at one end and an inner diameter platform at another end opposite the outer diameter platform. The outer diameter platform includes outer diameter attachment structure operative to mount the vane to an outer diameter stationary structure. The inner diameter platform is operative to be disposed on an inner diameter stationary structure. The cooling system also includes an airfoil disposed between the outer diameter platform and the inner diameter platform and defining a first cross-passage. The first cross-passage defines a first outer diameter opening in the outer diameter platform. The first cross-passage defines a first inner diameter opening in the inner diameter platform such that a first leakage flow can pass through the vane from the inner diameter platform, through the airfoil, to the outer diameter platform, and into an outer diameter leakage path of the vane.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: Brandon W. Spangler
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Patent number: 9932961Abstract: A wind power generator having blades which are detachably mounted on a hub whereby the blades can be easily and efficiently removed and replaced as necessary.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Inventor: Jeremy W. Gorman
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Patent number: 9932963Abstract: A method for adjusting the azimuth of a wind power plant, in which, during an azimuthal rotation of a machine housing with a rotor on a tower of the wind power plant, a constant residual pressure for generating a constant residual holding torque is applied to at least one azimuth braking device. Also an azimuth adjustment system for a wind power plant and to a wind power plant. In the disclosed method, the constant residual pressure and/or the constant residual holding torque are/is set as a function of at least one wind speed parameter before commencement of the azimuthal rotation, and the residual pressure and/or the residual holding torque are/is not changed during the azimuthal rotation, in particular during energization of azimuth drive motors.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Senvion SEInventor: Marco Hansen
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Patent number: 9932897Abstract: An acoustic panel intended to be fixed internally to a fan casing of a turbojet engine, including an exterior face and an interior face which are curved about an axis, and two axially opposed transverse faces, the exterior curved face having at least one first recess on the side of a first transverse face and at least one second recess on the side of the opposite transverse face, said recesses each an attachment, in which said recesses do not open onto the interior curved face of the panel. Also covered are the turbojet engine including these panels and the method of mounting them.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Georges Jean Xavier Riou, Norman Bruno Andre Jodet, Jacky Novi Mardjono
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Patent number: 9932847Abstract: A guide blade for a gas turbine is disclosed. The guide blade includes a blade leaf having a receptacle in which at least one sealing element is arranged, where the sealing element is movable relative to the blade leaf between a sealing setting, in which the sealing element is at least partially moved out of the receptacle, and a storage setting, in which the sealing element is moved back into the receptacle. The guide blade further includes at least one fluid channel by which fluid under pressure can be routed into the receptacle in order to move the sealing element from the storage setting into the sealing setting. An inlet opening of the fluid channel is formed on a pressure-side surface of the blade leaf. A housing as well as a gas turbine having at least one guide blade is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AGInventors: Alexander Boeck, Franz Malzacher
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Patent number: 9932993Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a machine is provided. The hydraulic control system includes a fluid reservoir, a pump motor and an accumulator. The pump motor is configured to provide pressurized fluid and to receive fluid to provide a power output. The hydraulic control system further includes a hydraulic actuator having a first and a second chamber, a first valve, a regenerative valve, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the first valve and the regenerative valve to selectively actuate the regenerative valve to allow flow of a first portion of the fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber. The controller is further configured to selectively actuate the first valve to allow flow of a second portion of the fluid from the first chamber through the pump motor to provide the power output to a shaft of a power source.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jiao Zhang, Dayao Chen, Jeremy T. Peterson, Michael L. Knussman
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Patent number: 9932121Abstract: An example method of controlling a flow enhancement device includes providing a flow enhancement device that is configured stabilize a flow of air near a nacelle. The flow enhancement device has a first setting and a second setting that provides more stabilization than the first setting. The method includes monitoring parameters of a turbomachine to determine the stability of the flow of air near the nacelle. The method also adjusts the flow enhancement device between the first setting and the second setting based on the monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Stephen A. Morford
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Patent number: 9932972Abstract: A hydraulic machine comprising a drum (12) rotated by an input shaft, comprising cylinders (14) distributed around the shaft, each receiving a piston that slides on the basis of the rotation of the shaft, each cylinder opening at an opening (30) on a transverse face of the drum bearing on a plate having inlet and outlet manifolds, the openings (30) comprising, relative to the cylinders (14) of same, angular offsets comprised within a total offset range, characterized in that the offsets of the openings (30) are disposed at one end or the other of this offset range.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: TechnoboostInventors: Olivier Balenghien, Ante Bozic
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Patent number: 9932849Abstract: A fluid seal structure of a heat engine including a steam turbine includes an inner case which houses a turbine rotor rotatably inside, an outer case which houses the inner case and forms a space through which a fluid can flow between the outer case and an exterior surface of the inner case, a protruding portion protruding into the space from one of the exterior surface of the inner case or an interior surface of the outer case, and a partitioning plate extending into the space from the other one of the exterior surface or the interior surface and being formed annularly in a circumferential direction of the surface. The partitioning plate partitions the space into first and second space sections, and is flexurally deformable in the axial direction of the turbine rotor by an internal fluid pressure difference between the first and second space sections.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Shunji Imai
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Patent number: 9926938Abstract: In a variable geometry turbocharger including a variable nozzle mechanism, an object is to enhance safety upon malfunction of the variable nozzle mechanism as well as to improve accuracy in the control of the variable nozzle mechanism by applying a moment that acts on the nozzle vanes in an opening direction securely and stably.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takao Yokoyama, Katsuyuki Osako, Isao Tomita, Yasuaki Jinnai, Masaki Tojo, Satomi Nagae
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Patent number: 9926850Abstract: A compound star gear system includes a sun gear rotatable about a first axis that drives a first plurality of star gears rotatable about a plurality of fixed axes. The first plurality of star gears drives a second plurality of star gears spaced axially apart from the first plurality of star gears. The second plurality of star gears drive the ring gear that in turn drives a fan drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: William G. Sheridan
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Patent number: 9926787Abstract: A coolant bridging line for a gas turbine having inner and outer sides which are separated by a wall, wherein the coolant bridging line extends from a first component of the gas turbine to a second component of the gas turbine is provided herein. The coolant bridging line for a gas turbine provides a further increase in the service life of the components of the gas turbine possible with a degree of efficiency which is nevertheless as high as possible. To this end, the coolant bridging line has means which change the heat transfer between and/or the flow conditions on the inner and outer sides.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Fathi Ahmad
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Patent number: 9926792Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump comprises: a case having a suction port and a flange; a rotor assembly housed inside the case, the rotor assembly having a shaft and a rotor integrated with the shaft with a fastening bolt, the rotor having a plurality of rotor blades formed thereon; a plurality of stator blades housed inside the case and arranged to face the rotor blades; and a plurality of spacers stacked along a peripheral surface of the case, the spacer fixing the stator blades. An anti-corrosion treatment is applied to a gas contacting section in a component that is provided on an evacuation upstream side with respect to an evacuation downstream side end of the first rotor blade from the evacuation upstream side and made of an alloy containing Fe or Cr.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Shingo Tsutsui
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Patent number: 9925966Abstract: A brake master cylinder arrangement includes a housing with a cylindrical recess, a pressure piston moveable in the cylindrical recess along a longitudinal axis and guided in a sealing manner, and a reservoir for storing brake fluid that is fluidically connected via a fluid channel to the housing. The pressure piston and the housing enclose a pressure chamber that is connected to a fluid circuit of the brake system. Depending on the position of the associated pressure piston, the pressure chamber is either fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir or disconnected therefrom. In a region that axially spans the sealing arrangement in a starting position of the pressure piston, the outer circumferential surface of the pressure piston has profiling that provides a fluidic connection between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: David Lopéz-Larequi, Hans-Martin Giese
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Patent number: 9926804Abstract: A fan assembly includes an annular nozzle and a system for creating a primary air flow. The nozzle includes an outer wall and an inner wall surrounded by the outer wall, the inner wall defining a bore having a bore axis. The nozzle also includes an interior passage located between the inner and outer walls, and extending about the bore axis for receiving an air flow, and an air outlet located at or towards the front of the nozzle for emitting the air flow. The nozzle is configured to emit the air flow through the air outlet in a direction extending away from the bore axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Frederic Nicolas, Alan Howard Davis
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Patent number: 9920740Abstract: A wind turbine rotor blade element includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other is described. The first portion includes a rear surface for facing a surface of a wind turbine rotor blade and the second portion includes a top surface which includes an angle between 90° and 180° with the rear surface of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Peder Bay Enevoldsen, Jens Jørgen Østergaard Kristensen, Jason Stege, Carsten Thrue
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Patent number: 9919391Abstract: A method for manufacturing a turbine assembly, which includes at least two aerofoils arranged adjacent towards each other and embodied as a twin vane segment, is provided. The method includes: processing the turbine assembly with a first protection technique providing a first protection for the at least two adjacent aerofoils, wherein at least one region of one aerofoil remains unprocessed; pre-processing of the at least one region that will remain unprocessed or post-processing of the at least one region that remained unprocessed with a second protection technique to provide a second protection for the at least one region of the one aerofoil, wherein the first and the second protection techniques differ from one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Jonathan Mugglestone
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Patent number: 9920792Abstract: A torsional vibration damper, including: an axis of rotation; a spring retainer plate including a plurality of openings passing through and wholly surrounded by material forming the spring retainer plate and a plurality of rivet tabs, each rivet tab including a respective portion aligned with a respective opening from the plurality of openings so that a line in an axial direction, parallel to the axis of rotation, passes through the respective portion and the respective opening; an intermediate plate; a plurality of rivets passing through the plurality of rivet tabs and connecting the intermediate plate to the spring retainer plate; and a plurality of springs engaged with the spring retainer plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Carlos Antonio Ocomatl Quiroz, Alfredo Jimenez Perez Mitre