Patents Issued in March 7, 2013
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Publication number: 20130055681Abstract: The invention relates in first instance to a closure (1) for a container (9), for example an ampoule (9), in which preferably a medicament is accommodated, having a closure cap (2) and a closure stopper (5) accommodated in the closure (2). Detent moldings (6) are formed on the closure cap (2) for latchingly holding the closure (1) on the ampoule (9), and a sliding part (3) is provided which is movable relative to the closure cap (2) in order to displace the closure stopper (5) into the closed position, In order to advantageously provide, with respect to carrying out a freeze-drying process, a closure for a container, in particular an ampoule, in which a medicament is accommodated, it is proposed that the closure stopper (5) is displaceable relative to the cap (2) by means of the sliding part (3) in order to move the closure stopper into the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DATWYLER PHARMA PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL NVInventors: Ronny Prosper Elisabeth Vrijens, Reinhard Louis Jozef Waeben
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Publication number: 20130055682Abstract: A packaging system including a heat shrinkable flexible wall container and a heat shrinkable label is described. The label can be applied to the container prior to heat shrinking. Upon subjecting the labeled container containing the items or goods of interest to a heat shrink operation, the label and flexible wall container both undergo shrinking. The shrinkage characteristics of the flexible wall container and the label are matched to one another. Also described are various methods of packaging using the noted systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATIONInventors: Camila Beneddtti, Bassam Hallak, Sjoerd J. Van Driesten
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Publication number: 20130055683Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a packaging which is at least partly filled with a lipophilic packed product and comprises a container (1) and a closure (2) having a seal (3), comprising as process steps i) provision of a container which has an opening (4) and which is at least partly filled with a lipophilic packed product; ii) provision of a closure which is suitable for closing the container having the opening; iii) application of a composition to at least a part of the inner surfaces of the closure, wherein the composition is obtainable by mixing a particulate thermoplastic polymer with a plasticizer composition comprising a polymeric plasticizer and a polyol ester; iv) heating of the composition applied to at least a part of the inner surfaces of the closure to a temperature which is sufficient to gel the composition; v) cooling of the gelled composition; vi) closing of the container with the closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Peter Daute, Martin Schäfer
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Publication number: 20130055684Abstract: Systems and methods for efficient and effective disposal of home healthcare waste are disclosed, where the systems and methods use a coupon to redeem a pre-paid shipping label for shipping a full home healthcare waste receptacle to a disposal facility via a courier or delivery service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: SHARPS COMPLIANCE, INC.Inventors: David P. Tusa, Claude Dance
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Publication number: 20130055685Abstract: A toner filling apparatus includes a storing portion and a nozzle. The storing portion includes a storing chamber configured to store toner therein and a pressing member configured to press the toner stored in the storing chamber. The nozzle ejects the toner pressed by the pressing member outside from the storing chamber. The storing portion has an air outlet for releasing air outside from the storing chamber when the pressing member presses the toner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Nao Itabashi
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Publication number: 20130055686Abstract: An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moveable cover includes a goods conveyor configured to move the one or more goods with a first velocity, at least one filling aid, and a cover conveyor configured to move the cover with a second velocity, the second velocity being different from the first velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: BOEWE SYSTEC GMBHInventor: BOEWE SYSTEC GMBH
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Publication number: 20130055687Abstract: An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moving cover includes a cover transport, and at least one separating device configured to engage with a first part of the cover and to maintain the first part of the cover separate from a second part of the cover during at least a part of the movement of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: BOEWE SYSTEC GMBHInventor: Boewe Systec GmbH
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Publication number: 20130055688Abstract: A sealing station for a packaging machine for sealing a foil on to a packaging tray is provided. The sealing station comprises a sealing tool whereby the sealing tool is configured to apply a sealing force for sealing on to the foil and the packaging tray. The sealing tool includes an upper tray holding fixture and a lower tray holding fixture that are arranged at different heights, whereby each is configured for holding at least one packaging tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Multivac Sepp Haggenmuller GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Bernd JOKELE
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Publication number: 20130055689Abstract: An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moving cover includes a cover transport, and at least one separating device configured to engage with a first part of the cover and to maintain the first part of the cover separate from a second part of the cover during at least a part of the movement of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: BOEWE SYSTEC GMBHInventor: BOEWE SYSTEC GmbH
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Publication number: 20130055690Abstract: A filtration system which uses a frame being a multi-sided tube positioned substantially horizontal. The tube is closed at a first end and supports a multitude of filters which filter the ambient air flowing into the interior of the multi-sided tube. A motor mechanism rotates the multi-sided tube around a horizontal axis while a fan draws air from the second end of said multi-sided tube, thereby pulling the ambient air through the filters. A pulsed air jet is directed at a bottom group of filters and periodically cleans the filters, allowing the debris to fall into a catch basin where an auger pulls the debris away.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventor: Kenneth Abbott
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Publication number: 20130055691Abstract: A vacuum cleaner provided with a dust separating apparatus which has an improved aesthetic quality and has an increased size without increasing the height of the vacuum cleaner. The dust-separating apparatus is easily detachable with respect to a vacuum cleaner body, and is provided with a cover that is easily detachable when dirt collected in the dust collecting compartment is discarded. The vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclone part and a second cyclone part, and a first dust collecting compartment configured to collect dirt separated from the first cyclone part is formed at a lower side of the first cyclone part and the second cyclone part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tak Soo Kim, Cheol Ho Choi, Jun Won Seo, Jin Ho Lee, Keon Soo Choi
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Publication number: 20130055692Abstract: An air filtration and air purification apparatus comprising: a first air channel; a second air channel; a divider that separates the first air channel from the second air channel; a first filter located in first air channel; a first filter located in the second air channel; a first air blower configured to pull air from the ambient environment generally into the first air channel, moving said air through the first filter, and returning said air into the ambient environment, creating generally a first air stream; a second air blower configured to pull air from the ambient environment generally into the second air channel, moving said air through the second filter and returning said air into the ambient environment, creating generally a second air stream; a control system that controls the activation and deactivation of the first and second air blower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Michael Cecchi, Monica Mezezi
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Publication number: 20130055693Abstract: A device for filtering a gas stream, having a vessel partitioned into a first stage and a second stage, with an opening between stages. A filter element is positioned in the opening, with ends of the filter element extending into the first and second stages. The first member is removable from the second member while the filter element is positioned in the opening, to allow for replacement with a new clean member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: ALAN L. CLARKE, Schuyler S. Smith, Steven G. Tollefson
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Publication number: 20130055694Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb structure suitable for particulate filters, having an inlet face and an outlet face, comprising a plurality of inlet cells and a plurality of outlet cells extending through the structure from the inlet face to the outlet face, the inlet cells being open at the inlet face and closed where adjoining the outlet face, and the outlet cells being open at the outlet face and closed where adjoining the inlet face. The inlet and/or outlet cells are quadrangular in cross-section and are arranged in an alternating pattern; the outlet cells may have a cross-sectional area generally smaller than that of inlet cells and no point of a given inlet cell is closer to an adjacent inlet cell than to an adjacent outlet cell. A process for preparing the ceramic honeycomb structure is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: IMERYSInventors: Thierry Salmona, Carl De Poncins
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Publication number: 20130055695Abstract: The disclosed apparatus for extracting material from liquid comprises a transport member comprising at least one continuous loop configured to pass through a continuous orbit. The material adheres to at least a portion of the continuous loop and a scraping member urges against a portion of the continuous loop to remove at least some of the material. The apparatus can be a harvester that includes a frame. A first conveyor drum for engaging the transport member can be supported at the first end of the frame. A second conveyor drum can be supported adjacent the second end of the frame and also engage the transport member. The continuous loop can extend between the first conveyor drum and the second conveyor drum and frictionally engage at least a portion of each of the respective outer surfaces the drums.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Howard W. Newman, John Lowell Bowers, Jordan D. Jones
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Publication number: 20130055696Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a high strength and light hybrid rope. At the center of the hybrid rope 1, there is arranged a high strength synthetic fiber rope 3 formed by braiding multiple high strength synthetic fiber bundles 30 each composed of multiple high strength synthetic fiber filaments 31. Given that the pitch of braid of the high strength synthetic fiber bundles 30 is represented by “L” and the diameter of the high strength synthetic fiber rope 3 is represented by “d”, the pitch of braid “L” and the diameter “d” are adjusted such that the value L/d is equal to or higher than 6.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Shunji Hachisuka, Yoichi Shuto, Ippei Furukawa, Jaeduk Im, Jong-Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20130055697Abstract: A fluid composition analysis mechanism includes a light source for configured to irradiate excitation light to a sample fluid at a measurement position; a light receiving unit arranged on an extended line of the excitation light for configured to receive and disperse Raman scattering light generated from the sample fluid irradiated with the excitation light; a Raman scattering light collection optical system arranged on an optical path for the excitation light or on the extended line of the excitation light configured to collect the Raman scattering light generated at the measurement position and to cause the condensed Raman scattering light to be incident on the light receiving unit; a calculation unit configured to calculate a composition of the sample fluid based on an output of the light receiving unit; and a light shielding member arranged on the optical path or on the extended line of the excitation light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Deguchi, Yosuke Kitauchi, Mitsuru Inada
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Publication number: 20130055698Abstract: A gas turbine engine has in flow series: a compressor section, a combustion chamber, and a turbine section. The engine further has a steam generator. The combustion chamber has a steam reservoir located at the upstream end thereof. The steam reservoir receives steam from the steam generator, and delivers the received steam into a combustion zone of the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Paul FLETCHER, Andrew C. GRAHAM, John MORAN, Christopher NEESON
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Publication number: 20130055699Abstract: A method of recycling captured agglomerated soot captured by and collected from a diesel emission control after-treatment (DECAT) system, the method comprising collecting captured agglomerated diesel soot (CADS) as a feedstock, loading the CADS into a controlled thermochemical conversion (TCC) process reactor, employing time-phased heat and pressure in the controlled TCC process reactor until the CADS sufficiently decompose to reclaim solids, liquid fuels and gases, piping pyrolysis oils (tars) and vapors produced in the controlled TCC process reactor to chambers, cooling and condensing the pyrolysis oils and vapors into a liquid form, and recirculating a pyrolysis gas produced in the controlled TCC process reactor for use as a source of heat and power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DEARBORN FINANCIAL, INC.Inventor: Michael B. ROHLFS
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Publication number: 20130055700Abstract: A selective catalytic reduction system includes a urea aqueous solution tank to retain a urea aqueous solution to be injected into an exhaust pipe of an engine, a level sensor to detect a solution level height in the tank, a lowpass filter having a signal response characteristic in which a time constant is small when an engine rpm is low and the time constant is larger when the engine rpm is high, with respect to an output signal of the sensor, a remaining amount indicator to indicate a remaining amount of the solution based on an output signal of the sensor processed by the lowpass filter, and a unit to prohibit the engine from being started when the remaining amount of the solution is less than a lower limit value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Isuzu Motors LimitedInventors: Masanobu Minezawa, Koji Sakumoto, Tomoyuki Kamijyou
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Publication number: 20130055701Abstract: A dosing apparatus with purging means for delivering reductant into an exhaust gas treatment system of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a first Venturi T connector with two high pressure ports and a low pressure port, and a purge control valve for switching from normal dosing to purging by controlling flow through the two high pressure ports. The apparatus may also include a second Venturi T connector and a reductant supply chamber for purging reductant residue in its pump and reductant passage lines. The apparatus may further include a purging controller that triggers a purging event according to engine oil or coolant temperature and controls the purging process after a dosing process completes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Mi Yan, Baohua Qi
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Publication number: 20130055702Abstract: The present invention is intended to suppress a decrease in insulation resistance between electrodes and a case in an electrically heated catalyst (EHC). The EHC according to the present invention is provided with a heat generation element that is electrically energized to generate heat thereby to heat a catalyst, a case that receives a heat generation element therein, an insulating member that is arranged between the heat generation element and the case for insulating electricity, electrodes that are connected to the heat generation element through an electrode chamber which is a space located between an inner wall surface of the case and an outer peripheral surface of the heat generation element, and a communication passage that makes communication between a portion of an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine, which is other than a portion thereof in which the electrically heated catalyst is arranged, and the electrode chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Watanabe, Mamoru Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20130055703Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase the flexibility in the layout of an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine including selective catalytic reduction catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and an addition device for supplying reducing agent derived from ammonia to the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, without a deterioration of the performance in reducing nitrogen oxides. To achieve the object, the exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention is configured to supply hydrocarbon at the same time when reducing agent derived from ammonia is supplied to the selective catalytic reduction catalyst, thereby producing reducing agent that is hard to be oxidized by a precious metal catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Toshioka, Shinya Hirota, Kazuhiro Itoh, Koichiro Fukuda, Akira Mikami
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Publication number: 20130055704Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a raise speed of a working machine for heavy equipment that includes first and second pumps, a main control valve unit that includes two lift cylinder operation units connected with the first and second pumps and operating two lift cylinders and one tilt cylinder operation unit operating two tilt cylinders, a priority valve that is provided in a working fluid line between the second pump and the main control valve unit, and a lift lever that includes a remote control valve connected with the two lift cylinder operation units through a pilot oil line, respectively, and controlling the two lift cylinders through the two lift cylinder operation units, in which a valve control unit, which electrically controls the flow of pilot oil in proportion to the RPM of an engine to allow or stop the working fluid flowing from any one of the two lift cylinder operation units to the two lift cylinders, is disposed in any one of two pilot oil lines between the twoType: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DOOSAN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE CO., LTDInventors: Chan Heo, Hyun Gie Koh
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Publication number: 20130055705Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for a construction machine has a travel detection device which detects whether or not the operation mode is a traveling operation and a setting changing device. The setting changing device sets the target differential pressure of load sensing control at an absolute pressure Pa when the operation mode is not a traveling operation, and sets the target differential pressure of the load sensing control at an absolute pressure Pa? rather than the absolute pressure Pa. In this way, in the actuator operation other than traveling, a necessary actuator speed can be obtained and supplied with the necessary maximum flow rate. In addition, during the combined operation, a flow rate in accordance with the opening area ratios of flow control valves can be distributed to actuators different in load pressure from one another; and energy efficiency is enhanced due to less energy loss during traveling operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushige Mori, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Kiwamu Takahashi, Yoshifumi Takebayashi
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Publication number: 20130055706Abstract: In an automotive servo-assisted mechanical transmission, an electro-hydraulic actuation group has an actuation unit, a power unit able to provide hydraulic pressure to the actuation unit and an electronic control unit, the actuation and power units being equipped with respective components that are all mounted on a hydraulic casing of the actuation unit so as to define with one another a single assembly structurally separated from the electronic control unit, at least part of the components being equipped with respective electrical connectors that are arranged in a manner such that they can all be engaged by a same multiple electrical connector device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONIInventors: Marco Garabello, Andrea Piazza
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Publication number: 20130055707Abstract: The invention relates to a device for recovering the energy of sea waves comprised of a floating structure comprising:—a rigid structural element (1) maintained floating on the sea thanks to at least one buoy or floater referred to as structural (2, 2?), and—at least one mobile floater (3, 3?) with regards to the structural element and cooperating with a means of generating recoverable energy (4; 14, 15, 16) under the effect of the movement of the waves, said means (4; 14, 15, 16) being fixed to the structural element. According to the invention, at least one mobile floater (3, 3?) is connected to the structural element by at least one rigid arm (5, 5?) mounted rotatingly around an axis substantially parallel to the surface of the sea and said means of generating energy (4; 14, 15, 16) is directly or indirectly linked to said rigid arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventor: Jose-Antonio Ruiz-Diez
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Publication number: 20130055708Abstract: An actuator using a superelastic material characterized by a low heating temperature, excellent durability, and no necessity of composition adjustment is provided. An actuator (1) according to the invention includes a movable member operable in two directions, one direction and the other direction, and a pair of wire-like members made of a superelastic alloy and so attached to the movable member that the pair of wire-like members extend in the two respective directions and the same tensile force is applied thereto. The movable member is moved from a neutral position and left stationary in a predetermined position located along the one direction by applying a load to the movable member in the one direction and then removing the load, and the movable member is moved back from the predetermined position located along the one direction to the neutral position by applying a load to the movable member in the other direction and then removing the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyInventors: Atsushi Sakuma, Sayo Kusumi
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Publication number: 20130055709Abstract: An actuator includes a capturing part, a retained part and a heating element which applies heat to the retained part or the capturing part responsive to selective application of power to the at least one heating element. The capturing part attaches to a first object and has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The retained part attaches to a second object and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The retained part is insertable into the capturing part in a first state of the actuator. The retained part is held in contact with the capturing part via an interference fit to hold the first and second objects proximate to each other in a second state. The retained part is ejected from the capturing part in a third state. Applying heat via the heating element causes a transition between the second and the first or third states of the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventors: Clint T. Apland, David R. Weir, David F. Persons, Michael T. Marley
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Publication number: 20130055710Abstract: A booster assembly includes a booster provided at an engine room partitioned from a passenger compartment by a partition plate, a master cylinder disposed outwardly of a front side of the front cell, and fastening members to simultaneously mount the booster and master cylinder to the vehicle. Each fastening member includes a tube extending through the booster and having a front portion extending through a flange of the master cylinder, nuts fastened to respective front portions of the tubes, to fasten the master cylinder to the booster, through-bolts extending through respective tubes and the partition plate, to be mounted to the front portions of respective tubes, and a non-circular coupler formed at a rear portion of each tube, to prevent the tube from rotating when the corresponding nut is fastened to the tube. The rear cell is provided with a hole having a shape mating with the non-circular coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Je LEE, Young Jun SON, Chang Bok KO
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Publication number: 20130055711Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a turbocharged engine. An engine system comprises a turbocharger, a bypass path, and a turbo-compound unit. The turbocharger may include a turbine mechanically coupled to a compressor. The turbo-compound unit may include a turbine mechanically coupled to a load, such as a generator. The turbo-compound unit may be coupled in a bypass path around the turbocharger turbine. In this manner, thermodynamic energy flowing through the bypass path may be harvested to increase the engine-operating efficiency. Further, gas flow through the bypass path may be adjusted to potentially improve the transient response of the turbocharger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Douglas C. Hofer, Anthony Furman, Thomas Lavertu
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Publication number: 20130055712Abstract: A gas engine includes a generator coupled to an output shaft thereof, an intake passage to which a low-concentration methane gas (VAM gas) derived from mine venting is supplied, and a gas mixing unit mixing a high-concentration methane gas (CMM gas) to the low-concentration methane gas midway along the intake passage, so that a gas mixture of the low-concentration methane gas and the high-concentration methane gas is supplied to and burnt in a combustion chamber. A turbocharger is provided in the intake passage upstream of the gas mixing unit, and in the intake passage upstream of the turbocharger, is provided a mixture ratio adjusting unit adjusting a mixture ratio of the low-concentration methane gas and the air. The temperature or flow rate of intake gas flowing into the turbocharger is kept in a constant range by an intake controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yuuichi Shimizu, Hajime Suzuki, Hideki Nishio
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Publication number: 20130055713Abstract: A cylinder head is provided for an internal combustion engine, defining a plurality of exhaust ports and an exhaust outlet and an exhaust manifold internally defined by the cylinder head. The exhaust manifold includes, but is not limited to, a collector volume in communication with the exhaust ports, through a plurality of exhaust runners, and with the exhaust outlet. A turbocharger housing is defined by the cylinder head and includes, but is not limited to a turbine volume internally defined by the cylinder head in fluid communication with the exhaust outlet of the exhaust manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hans DRANGEL, Lorenzo MAGRO, Luca TRABUCCHI
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Publication number: 20130055714Abstract: A method of harnessing geothermal energy to produce electricity by lowering a geothermal generator deep into a pre-drilled well bore below the Earth's surface. The Self Contained In-Ground Geothermal Generator (SCI-GGG) includes a boiler, a turbine compartment, an electricity generator, a condenser and produces electricity down at the heat sources and transports it up to the ground surface by cable. The Self Contained Heat Exchanger (SCHE) is integral part of (SCI-GGG) system and can function independently. It consists of a closed loop system with two heat exchangers. No pollution is emitted during production process. There is no need for hydro-thermal reservoirs although not limited to hot rocks. It can be implemented in many different applications. The SCHE also includes an in-line water pump operatively coupled to the closed loop system and can be used in many different applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventor: Nikola Lakic
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Publication number: 20130055715Abstract: In a method for operating a fuel supply for a heat engine, in a first step the block valve (4) and the control valve (5) are closed, with the vent valve (7) closed. In a second step, the vent valve (7) is opened so that fuel volume (V1) which is present in the fuel line section (1?) and vent line (6?) can drain. In a third step, the vent valve (7) is closed. In a fourth step, the control valve (5) is opened. In a fifth step, the fuel volume (V1) is replenished by a pressure-driven backflow of fuel from the combustion process (3). In a sixth step, the control valve (5) is closed and then the vent valve (7) is opened, for draining of the replenished fuel volume (V1) which has been formed there on account of the action taken according to the fifth step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventor: Hermann Engesser
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Publication number: 20130055716Abstract: Gas-turbine combustion chamber with a combustion chamber head made from a metallic material and mounting at least one burner, and with a combustion chamber wall made from a ceramic material, where at least one igniter plug or other combustion chamber attachments such as acoustic dampers, sensors or valves are arranged in a recess of the combustion chamber wall, and where in the area of the recess a seal is arranged that is mounted by means of a metallic holding means from another component than the CMC combustion chamber wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventor: Miklos GERENDAS
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Publication number: 20130055717Abstract: A gas turbine is provided having a secondary combustion chamber and a first guide vane row of a low-pressure turbine, the row being arranged directly downstream of the chamber. The radially outer boundary of the secondary combustion chamber is formed by at least one outer wall segment, which is secured on at least one support element arranged radially outwardly. The flow path of the hot gases is bounded radially outwardly, in the region of the guide vane row, by an outer platform which is secured at least indirectly on at least one guide vane support. A substantially radially extending gap-shaped cavity having a width in the range of 1-25 mm in the axial direction in the inlet region is arranged between the wall segment and the outer platform. At least one step element, which reduces the width by at least 10% in at least one step, extending substantially perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the hot gas in the cavity, is arranged in the inlet region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTDInventor: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
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Publication number: 20130055718Abstract: A gas exhaust nozzle for aircraft propulsion includes at least a downstream part with a trailing edge of chevron type formed of chevrons distributed along the periphery of the nozzle. Each chevron extends downstream between an upstream transverse plane and a downstream transverse plane with free edges oriented in two converging downstream directions and defining the trailing edge. The chevrons generate vortices at the boundary of the jet emitted by the nozzle. The gas exhaust nozzle includes a device to inject auxiliary gas jets upstream of the free edges of the chevrons in the main jet through orifices placed upstream of the upstream plane in such a way as to discharge upstream of the upstream plane of the chevrons to generate the vortices upstream of the free edges of the chevrons.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Guillaume Bodard, Alexandre Alfred Gaston Vuillemin
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Publication number: 20130055719Abstract: In a fuel supply device of a gas turbine engine of the present invention, a fuel divider 66 includes a fuel entrance E1 into which the fuel supplied from a collecting fuel passage 63 is introduced; a pilot port 76 connected to the pilot fuel passage 64; a main port 77 connected to the main fuel passage 65; a pilot port needle valve element 101 which adjusts an opening degree of the pilot port 76; a main port needle valve element 102 which opens and closes the main port 77; and a drive element 100 which is actuated according to the fuel pressure at the fuel inlet E1 to drive the pilot port needle valve element 101 and the main port needle valve element 102.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Ogata, Kazuhiko Ohyama, Tomoyuki Hatano, Akihiro Shimizu, Touya Miwa
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Publication number: 20130055720Abstract: A gas turbine combustor assembly including a combustor liner and a plurality of fuel nozzle assemblies arranged in an annular array extending within the combustor liner. The fuel nozzle assemblies each include fuel nozzle body integral with a swirler assembly, and the swirler assemblies each a bellmouth structure to turn air radially inwardly for passage into the swirler assemblies. A radially outer removed portion of each of the bellmouth structures define a periphery diameter spaced from an inner surface of the combustor liner, and an interface ring is provided extending between the combustor liner and the removed portions of the bellmouth structures at the periphery diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: TIMOTHY A. FOX, Reinhard Schilp
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Publication number: 20130055721Abstract: A gas turbine engine oil supply and scavenge apparatus includes: a stationary first frame comprising a first hub and a first outer ring interconnected by an array of radially-extending hollow first struts; a forward wet cavity defined radially inboard of the first frame, having a first rolling element bearing disposed therein; a supply line extending from the first outer ring through one of the first struts and communicating with the forward wet cavity, the supply line adapted to discharge oil to the forward wet cavity; a stationary second frame comprising a second hub and a second outer ring interconnected by an array of radially-extending hollow second struts, the second frame disposed aft of the first frame; and a scavenge path communicating with the forward wet cavity and adapted to remove oil-air mist from the forward wet cavity, the scavenge path defined at least in part by the second frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ning Fang, Gary Paul Moscarino, Adam Mitchell Record
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Publication number: 20130055722Abstract: A heat shield unit for a gas turbine engine combustor comprises a panel body secured to a combustor liner. A first surface of the body is oriented toward a combustion zone of a combustor. A second surface is oriented toward the liner. The body is separated into upstream and downstream portions. Pin fins project from the second surface of the body. The pin fins are arranged in arrays of at least two different densities of volume of pin fins per unit volume. One density, lower than the second density, is in the upstream portion and another in the downstream portion of the body. Connectors connect the body to the liner with a line between the upstream and downstream portions of the body aligned with fluid-coolant injection apertures in the liner. A gas turbine engine combustor and a method for cooling a heat shield unit in a combustor liner of a gas turbine engine are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Jeffrey VERHIEL, Honza Stastny, Robert Sze
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Publication number: 20130055723Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, an ice separating apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes a can having a first end and a tangential inlet proximate the first end of the can to receive a fluid flow within the can, wherein the fluid flow includes fuel and ice. The apparatus also includes a first conduit within the can to receive a separated fuel flow proximate a second end of the can, wherein the fluid flow separates ice from fuel to form the separated fuel flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Bruce Paradise
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Publication number: 20130055724Abstract: An air cycle system for a gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a turbine and a heat exchanger fluidly connected between the compressor and the turbine. A fluid source communicates a fluid through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between the fluid and an airflow communicated through the heat exchanger from the compressor to provide a conditioned airflow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Adam M. Finney, Michael J. Andres
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Publication number: 20130055725Abstract: A gas duct for a gas turbine through which exhaust gases from the gas turbine are discharged to an outside includes a concentric inner casing and an outer casing disposed at a distance from the inner casing and concentrically encompassing the inner casing. A plurality of radial support struts interconnect the inner casing and the outer casing. Each of the support struts, the inner casing and the outer casing each have a heat-resistant lining disposed so as to provide protection against heat from the exhaust gases. The heat-resistant the linings of each of the support struts, the inner casing and the outer casing are divided in each case into a plurality of separate segments that are fastened to a support structure in an arrangement that provides an individual entirely or almost stress-free thermal expansion of each of the plurality of separate segments in an expansion plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTDInventors: Marc Rauch, Tobias Steffen, Joachim Krautzig, Amin Busekros, Juergen Pacholleck
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Publication number: 20130055726Abstract: A magnetic thermal module, subjected to a magnetic field, includes at least one magnetic thermal material and a container. The magnetic thermal material is used for generating calories or frigories in response to a variable and controllable magnetic field. The container is used for containing the magnetic thermal material. Furthermore, a magnetic thermal device is disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yi-Fei LEE, Chi-Hsiang KUO, Sheng-Fan HSIEH
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Publication number: 20130055727Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling unit including a case, a magnet which is mounted on a lower portion of the case, a magnetic fluid which is provided on a lower portion of the magnet to absorb heat, and a bracket which supports a lower portion of the magnetic fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Joon CHOI
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Publication number: 20130055728Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigeration vehicle comprising at least one refrigeration space, which can be cooled via at least one supplemental heat exchanger. The supplemental heat exchanger in the refrigeration space is connected to other components, preferably via couplings and flexible lines, establishing a heat exchange loop being able to exchange heat with an evaporator for low-temperature liquefied combustible gas. Moreover the Refrigeration vehicle comprises at least one first vehicle part and one second vehicle part being dividable and wherein the first vehicle part comprises an internal combustion engine and the evaporator for the low-temperature liquefied combustible gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Franz Lurken, Helmut Henrich
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Publication number: 20130055729Abstract: Acid gas is removed from a high pressure feed gas that contains significant quantities of CO2 and H2S. In especially preferred configurations and methods, feed gas is contacted in an absorber with a lean and an ultra-lean solvent that are formed by flashing rich solvent and stripping a portion of the lean solvent, respectively. Most preferably, the flash vapors and the stripping overhead vapors are recycled to the feed gas/absorber, and the treated feed gas has a CO2 concentration of less than 2 mol % and a H2S concentration of less than 10 ppmv, and more typically less than 4 ppmv.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventor: John Mak
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Publication number: 20130055730Abstract: A method of operating a refrigeration system for a refrigerated mobile cargo container includes sensing a temperature outside of the refrigerated mobile cargo container, detecting a position of a door on the refrigerated mobile cargo container, and activating the refrigeration system if the door is open and the temperature outside of the refrigerated mobile cargo container is less than a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Fragnito, John D. Ward, JR., Deborah A. Champagne