Patents Issued in October 6, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160290310
    Abstract: A system (1) to generate electricity from a fluid flowing through a pipeline. The system comprises a mounting arrangement to mount the system in a pipeline. The system comprises an elongate shaft (4), a turbine rotor (6), which is operable to rotate about the elongate axis of the shaft (4) when fluid in the pipeline acts on the turbine rotor (6). The system further comprises an electrical generator arrangement with a first part incorporating at least one magnet (12) and a second part incorporating at least one winding (14). One part of the generator arrangement is mounted to the turbine rotor (6) and the other part of the generator arrangement is mounted to a stator element (13) which is positioned adjacent the turbine rotor (6). The system further comprises a housing (3) which at least partly houses the turbine rotor (6), the shaft (4) and the electrical generator arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Kirloskar Energen Private Limited
    Inventors: Uday Yeshwant Bhende, Sanjay Prakash Joshi, Pranav Sham Marathe, Ashwin Sharad Joshi, Prashant Ramakant Adkar, Shirish Madhav Ganu
  • Publication number: 20160290311
    Abstract: Described herein are wave energy conversion systems including actuated geometry components. An example system may include at least one body portion configured to transfer wave energy to a power take off device, and at least one actuated geometry component that is connected to the at least one body portion, the at least one actuated geometry component operable to modify a geometric profile of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Robert THRESHER, Michael LAWSON, Nathan TOM, Jason COTRELL, Yi-Hsiang YU, Alan WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20160290312
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an underwater power generation apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, an underwater power generation apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising: a conduit having a bore defined by an interior surface of the conduit, the bore comprising a void extending about a length of the conduit; an exterior cylinder, wherein the conduit is oriented within the exterior cylinder, and wherein the conduit is rotatable relative to the exterior cylinder; at least three bearings oriented between the conduit and the exterior cylinder; at least one blade having a first blade direction, the at least one blade having a first blade direction oriented on the interior surface of the conduit at a first end of the conduit; and at least one blade having a second blade direction, the at least one blade having a second blade direction oriented on the interior surface of the conduit at a second end of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: John Calderone
  • Publication number: 20160290313
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade element comprising at least half a blade root includes anchoring inserts in said at least half a blade root. A stiffener member for a pitch is used to determine the location of the inserts and is fixed to the blade element. In the method, the stiffener member comprises holes and is used as a template to drill holes in the blade element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Guido Gerardus Maria Zwart
  • Publication number: 20160290314
    Abstract: A wind turbine with two or more wind turbine blades having at least one continuous profile extending along the length of the blade. The continuous profile may be formed by a plurality of first and second projecting elements which extend in a chord-wise direction. The ratio between the height and length of the first and second element is at least 1:1. The height of the projecting elements may be tapered off from the trailing edge towards the leading edge and/or from the blade root towards the tip end. This allows the increase in strain forces generated in the wind turbine blade to be reduced by deforming the first and second elements in an edgewise direction. This also allows for a continuous reduction of the strain forces and a reduced thickness of the first and second elements which in turn saves material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS
    Inventor: Tommy SØRENSEN
  • Publication number: 20160290315
    Abstract: A system for generating electrical energy. The system includes: a wind turbine mounted in a position proximal to one or more structures. The mounting position is such that the one or more structures act to channel wind toward the turbine. The system is applicable to smaller scale power production such as domestic and light industrial settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: James Michael BORLE
  • Publication number: 20160290316
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a rotation axis suited to be positioned in space in any way and N blades indirectly constrained to the axis through one or more radial arms that are integral with the axis, wherein the blades can translate in a radial direction with respect to the axis during the rotation of the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Tommaso Morbiato
  • Publication number: 20160290317
    Abstract: A power generation assembly for use in generating electrical power from air or water currents includes a rail system including at least one rail and a vane assembly, drivable by the air or water currents. A car assembly is slidably mounted to the rail and coupled to the vane assembly: wherein movement of vanes of the vane assembly generates linear movement of the car assembly. An electrical energy generating system includes two or more independent sets of stator windings carried by the rail system, and a piston, carried by the car assembly, wherein linear movement of the piston relative to the stator windings generates electrical energy. A switching system is operable to controllably and individually activate each of the two or more independent sets of stator windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gary Davison, Fred Davison
  • Publication number: 20160290318
    Abstract: A method for locking the rotor of a wind turbine includes providing the rotor with at least one rotor blade which can be displaced about its longitudinal axis by an adjusting device from an operating position into a vane position, in which substantially no torque acts upon the rotor. The rotor drives a generator and can be prevented from rotation in a locking position by inserting a locking bolt into a rotor-side receiving opening. A wind turbine for performing the method includes a rotor which is induced into a creeping rotational movement at such a low rotational speed by short-circuiting at least one stator winding of the generator that a locking bolt can be inserted into a rotor-side receiving opening while the rotor is rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: TOBIAS MUIK
  • Publication number: 20160290319
    Abstract: A renewable energy system comprising a solar panel that is adapted to be mounted on a structure and convert solar energy into electrical energy, a windmill that is adapted to be mounted on the structure and convert wind energy into electrical energy, a window turbine assembly that is adapted to convert wind energy into electrical energy, and a means for shutting down the renewable energy system that is adapted to automatically shut down the system in the event of an emergency. A method for a renewable energy system comprising providing a renewable energy system and converting renewable energy into electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Georgy Mamdouh
  • Publication number: 20160290320
    Abstract: An arrangement for determining a d-component (Idref, I*d) of a reference current in a d-q coordinate system for reducing noise of a wind turbine, the arrangement including a noise/vibration determination module for determining noise/vibration components of oscillations of at least one wind turbine component, and a processing block for calculating a first type of the d-component of the reference current based on the noise/vibration component output by the noise/vibration determination module, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: HENG DENG, NUNO MIGUEL AMARAL FREIRE
  • Publication number: 20160290321
    Abstract: A wind power generation system according to an embodiment includes a blade; a lightning protection device; an electric device; a voltage application mechanism; a first lightning arrester element; and a second lightning arrester element. The lightning protection device includes a receptor provided at the blade and guides a current of lightning to the ground from the receptor via a lightning conductor. The electric device is installed at the blade and includes a first electric conductor and a second electric conductor provided apart from each other. The voltage application mechanism applies a voltage between the first electric conductor and the second electric conductor. The first lightning arrester element has one end thereof electrically connected to the first electric conductor and has the other end thereof grounded. The second lightning arrester element has one end thereof electrically connected to the second electric conductor and has the other end thereof grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Motofumi TANAKA, Shinya NAKAYAMA, Haruhisa WADA, Naoto SHINOHARA, Shigeo MAEZAWA, Toshiki OSAKO, Satoshi HANAI
  • Publication number: 20160290322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating installation arrangement and a method of forming the heating installation arrangement for a wind turbine blade. The heating installation arrangement (100) for a wind turbine blade comprises a sleigh (101), wherein the sleigh (101) forms a platform of the heating installation arrangement (100). The sleigh further includes a recess (109), wherein the recess (109) includes one or more connection points (110, 112) for a corresponding one or more heating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Joe CUOGHI, Adrian EDWARDS, Karl GREGORY, Catherine Anne MCCARROLL, Paul TODD
  • Publication number: 20160290323
    Abstract: A device for holding and deploying apparatus for use in space includes a fixed body and a movable body coaxially connected to each other through balls displaceable from a retention position to a release position, and a shape memory alloy actuator remote-controllable to displace the balls from the retention position to the release position and the ensuing separation of the moveable body from the fixed body under the action of axial thrust elastic means. The shape memory alloy actuator consists of a torsionally-deformable bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: AEREA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ruggero CASSANELLI
  • Publication number: 20160290324
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving plasma propellant ablation/sublimation based systems are provided. One set of embodiments provides systems and methods for reducing carbon charring during plasma system (e.g., a plasma coating application system) propellant (e.g., a carbon-fluorine polymer) ablation and increasing heat transfer, ablation, and plasma thrust from plasma systems. In particular, one embodiment can include using a nano or micro-sized magnetic or electromagnetic field responsive material as particulates or microcapsules that are intermixed with polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g., Teflon®) nano-fibers, and using resulting fiber composites as the propellant material. Embodiments can include improved plasma system, e.g., pulsed plasma thrusters, plasma torches, plasma coating systems, etc, as well as nozzle improvements such as embodiments with magnetic structures disposed in relation to the nozzle. Alternative embodiments also include recovery and reuse systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Nishkamraj U. Deshpande, H. Fred Barsun, Steven D. Clark
  • Publication number: 20160290325
    Abstract: A fluid pump (10) has a pump body (20) having a fluid path (21) with an inlet (22) and an outlet (23). The fluid pump also has a diaphragm (24) disposed along the fluid path (21) between the inlet (22) and the outlet (23), a non-return valve (26, 27) to control the direction of flow along the fluid path (21), and a diaphragm actuating unit (30). The diaphragm actuating unit (30) comprises an unbalanced motor (31). A steam generator for a steam iron or a steamer comprising such a fluid pump is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: MOHANKUMAR VALIYAMBATH KRISHNAN
  • Publication number: 20160290326
    Abstract: A control valve includes: a body having a main passage through which a discharge chamber and a control chamber communicate, and a sub-passage through which the control chamber and a suction chamber communicate; a main valve seat provided in the main passage; a main valve element configured to touch and leave the main valve seat to close and open a main valve; a sub-valve seat provided in the sub-passage; a sub-valve element configured to touch and leave the sub-valve seat to close and open a sub-valve; a solenoid configured to generate a drive force in a valve closing direction of the main valve; an actuating rod for transmitting the drive force of the solenoid to the main valve element and the sub-valve element; a spring for applying a biasing force to the main valve in a valve opening direction; a spring for applying a biasing force to the sub-valve in a valve closing direction; and a differential pressure valve opening mechanism configured to open the sub-valve when a pressure difference between a control
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Ryota Sugamura, Shinji Saeki, Masaaki Tonegawa
  • Publication number: 20160290327
    Abstract: A cryopump includes a top cryopanel that partitions a shield cavity into a shield cavity upper portion and a shield cavity lower portion. A radiation shield includes a shield main slit that communicates a shield outside gap into the shield cavity lower portion. The radiation shield may include a shield auxiliary slit that is formed at a different position from that of the shield main slit in an axial direction of the cryopump and that communicates the shield outside gap into the shield cavity lower portion. The shield auxiliary slit may be formed between the top cryopanel and the shield main slit in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Ken Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20160290328
    Abstract: A cryopump includes a radiation shield, a top cryopanel, and a bottom cryopanel. The radiation shield includes a shield main slit that communicates a shield outside gap into a shield cavity. The top cryopanel includes a top cryopanel outer circumferential end located axially above the shield main slit. The bottom cryopanel includes a bottom cryopanel outer circumferential end located axially below the shield main slit. An annular vacant space is formed between the top cryopanel outer circumferential end and the bottom cryopanel outer circumferential end and the top cryopanel outer circumferential end is directly opposed to the bottom cryopanel outer circumferential end with the annular vacant space interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Ken Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20160290329
    Abstract: An air compressor comprising an air intake unit for importing air at atmospheric pressure. A cylinder means for compressing air; a storage tank; a first airline extending between the air intake unit and the cylinder means, the first airline being configured to convey air from the air intake unit into the cylinder means; a second airline extending between the cylinder means and the storage tank, the second airline being configured to convey compressed air from the cylinder means to the storage tank; a motor connected to the cylinder means, configured for driving the cylinder means; a valve inserted into the first airline, the valve being configured to be adjustable between a closed condition and an open condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: ALLTRADE TOOLS, LLC
    Inventors: Hector Ray Hernandez, Dale Harder, David Tarashandegan
  • Publication number: 20160290330
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump has an arcuate raceway wife a partially concave inner surface extending through an arc of at least one hundred eighty degrees (180°). The are defines a midpoint, and a rotor faces the inner surface of the raceway and is both rotatable relative to the raceway and transitionally movable relative to the raceway between a pump position, wherein the rotor is spaced from the midpoint a first distance, and a tube load position, wherein the rotor is spaced from the midpoint a second distance greater than the first distance. A rotor motor is coupled to the rotor to rotate the rotor and rollers arranged on the rotor to contact tubing disposed between the rotor and the raceway when the rotor is in the pump position. A loading motor moves the rotor toward and away from the raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Christo Petrov Pamichev, Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak
  • Publication number: 20160290331
    Abstract: This invention relates to a multiphase pumping block device comprising a pump and a bypass circuit. Said bypass circuit is suitable for enabling the flow of a fluid from an area upstream of the pump to an area downstream of the pump by bypassing the pump. The latter comprises at least out non-return valve suitable for blocking the flow of the fluid from the area downstream of the pump to the area upstream of the pump in addition, the pumping block device is connected to a set of pumping circuits, comprising a main bypass circuit suitable for enabling the flow of a fluid from an area upstream of the connected pumping block to an area downstream of the connected pumping block. Finally, the pumping block device is arranged in order to be disconnected from said set of circuits for maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Pierre-Jean Bibet, Jean-Luc Le Rodallec, Olivier Saincry
  • Publication number: 20160290332
    Abstract: A fluid detection apparatus and a fluid detection method are provided. The fluid detection apparatus includes a plurality of capacitive detection units and a sensing circuit. The capacitive detection units are sequentially arranged along a detection direction, wherein each of the capacitive detection units generates an impedance variation in response to the submergence of the fluid and accordingly generates a corresponding fluid detection signal. The sensing circuit is coupled to the capacitive detection units so as to receive the fluid detection signals and send a first status indication signal indicating a spread circumstance of the fluid along the detection direction according to the fluid detection signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tai-Jee Pan, Chih-Jou Lin, Jia-Ching Lin
  • Publication number: 20160290333
    Abstract: A medication pump test device and method of use including a test device for use with a medication pump and a depth indicator, the test device including: an external body portion defining a depth indicator recess operable to receive the fixed portion of the depth indicator; an internal body portion attached to the external body portion, the internal body portion defining a slide spindle passage operable to allow free axial movement of the slide spindle of the depth indicator. The test device maintains the fixed portion of the depth indicator at a fixed axial position along the central axis relative to the medication pump when the fixed portion of the depth indicator is seated in the depth indicator recess, the external contact portion contacts the medication pump, and the internal body portion is seated in the open end of the reservoir compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew A. Weiner, David L. Canfield, Carl A. Link, Edward C. Morrow
  • Publication number: 20160290334
    Abstract: High pressure injection apparatus (2) for addition of a liquid formulation into a melt stream comprises a first pump which is arranged to accurately meter the liquid formulation (including highly loaded formulations comprising solids comprising particles of relatively large size) and a second pump which boosts the pressure of the formulation to that of the melt stream into which it is to be injected. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a tank (4) for initially receiving liquid formulation. The tank is subjected to ambient temperature and pressure and need not be stirred or otherwise agitated. The tank is arranged to deliver the formulation via pipe (6) into a first pump (8) (which may be a diaphragm pump or a progressing cavity pump). The pump is arranged to work at a pressure up to 120 bar to boost pressure. Downstream of pump (8), a pipe (10) is arranged to deliver formulation from the pump (8) to a gear pump (12), driven by a motor (13). The gear pump acts to meter the liquid formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Overend, Ian Campbell, Brain Jones
  • Publication number: 20160290335
    Abstract: A variable displacement lubricant pump includes a control ring, a pump rotor with radially-slidable vanes which rotate in the control ring, and a pressure control system to control a lubricant discharge pressure. The pressure control system includes a pressure control chamber which pushes the control ring into a high pumping volume direction, a pilot chamber which pushes the control ring into a low pumping volume direction, and a pressure control valve which controls a pressure in the pressure control chamber. The pressure control valve comprises a control port connected to the pressure control chamber, a control valve body which connects/disconnects the control port to atmospheric pressure, first and second valve chambers arranged at opposite ends of the control valve body, and a fluidic valve control line comprising a discharge valve which discharges the lubricant from the second valve chamber to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: CARMINE CUNEO, GIACOMO ARMENIO, MASSIMILIANO LAZZERINI
  • Publication number: 20160290336
    Abstract: The disclosure allows a gasket to be securely attached to a gasket groove, reduces a time for an operation of attaching the gasket to the gasket groove, and allows differentiation between gaskets of different materials. A gear pump or a motor, including gears which mesh together and form a pair, axes for pivotally supporting the gears, a body having a gear storing chamber internally for placing the gears, a cover for covering the gear storing chamber of the body, is characterized in that a gasket is disposed between the body and the cover, wherein the gasket is insertable to a gasket groove disposed on at least one of the body and the cover, the gasket groove having a shape surrounding the gear storing chamber, and the gasket sticks closely to the gasket groove due to an elastic restoring force when inserted to the gasket groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: KAZUMA MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160290337
    Abstract: A device for generating electrical power, the device comprising a scroll expander with first and second scrolls configured to move relative to each other when a fluid is provided to an inlet at a higher pressure than a pressure at an outlet. The first scroll is configured to provide a magnetic field and the second scroll comprises one or more conductors in which electric currents are induced when the first and second scrolls move relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jihong Wang, Xing Luo
  • Publication number: 20160290338
    Abstract: A water pump device including a driving motor, a housing, a magnetic rotating member and a magnetic impeller unit is provided. The driving motor includes a rotating shaft extending outside the housing. The housing is disposed on the driving motor and includes an accommodation portion and a water drawing portion. The water drawing portion has a water inlet and a water outlet. The magnetic rotating member is disposed in the accommodation portion. The rotating shaft is disposed in the magnetic rotating member. The magnetic rotating member includes alternately arranged first surfaces and second surfaces, and their respective magnetic poles are different. The magnetic impeller unit is disposed opposite to top of the magnetic rotating member and located in the water drawing portion. The magnetic impeller unit includes alternately arranged third surfaces and fourth surfaces, and their respective magnetic poles are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: SHENG-LIAN LIN, YU-YING LIN, TUNG-YI LIN
  • Publication number: 20160290339
    Abstract: A heat shield for a thrust bearing assembly of a pump. The heat shield includes a member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A raised flange is formed on a perimeter of the inner surface. The raised flange is configured to seal with a back surface of a thrust shoe holder, and form a cavity between the inner surface and the back surface of the thrust shoe holder. At least one weep hole is on the flange. The weep hole is configured to allow water to enter the cavity to form an insulating stagnant water layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Miles HUMPHREY, Christopher Daniel CHAMPION, Russ Daniel DILLEY
  • Publication number: 20160290340
    Abstract: An electric water pump having a motor with an axially moveable rotor unit. A rotary pump member is fixed for axial movement with the rotor unit to vary its position within a pump chamber so as to vary the flow rate through the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Paolo Lincoln MAURINO, Ernesto Giovanni ARNOLDI
  • Publication number: 20160290341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan assembly having a rotatingly driven hub (7) and fan blades (10) which can be pivoted relative to the hub body (29). The fan blades (10) are adjusted by means of a linear drive in the form of a spindle drive (13) or a piston drive (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Karl HAGELE, Markus LECHLER, Walter LECHLER
  • Publication number: 20160290342
    Abstract: A compressor for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The compressor includes a first compression stage mounted for rotation about a central axis that includes a plurality of first-stage blades. The compressor also includes a second compression stage mounted along the central axis aft of the first compression stage to receive air compressed by the first compression stage. The second compression stage includes a plurality of second-stage blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: William B. Bryan
  • Publication number: 20160290343
    Abstract: A rotor device for a vacuum pump comprises a rotor shaft and at least one rotor element on the rotor shaft. The rotor element contains aluminum, titanium and/or CFRP, while the rotor shaft contains a chromium-nickel steel. This makes it in particular possible to join the at least one rotor element to the rotor shaft at room temperature using a pressing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Markus Henry, Juergen Brezina, Robert Stolle, Peter Koeppel
  • Publication number: 20160290344
    Abstract: A blower motor assembly includes a blower wheel and a motor. The blower wheel includes an integrally formed hub. The motor includes a shaft rotatable about an axis. The hub presents a radially inner hub surface that at least in part defines a hub opening. The inner hub surface defines an inner cross-sectional dimension. The shaft is axially received within the hub opening, such that the blower wheel is supported by the shaft for rotational movement. The shaft includes a toothed region defining a plurality of arcuately spaced apart teeth. Each of the teeth includes a cutting edge. The teeth present an outer cross-sectional dimension that is great than the inner cross-sectional dimension of the inner hub surface, such that the cutting edges of the teeth cut a plurality of grooves in the inner hub surface as the shaft is axially received in the hub opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Lewis, L. Ranney Dohogne, Marc J. Corcoran
  • Publication number: 20160290345
    Abstract: A shaftless motor-compressor is disclosed, comprising a casing and at least one compressor stage arranged in the casing. Each compressor stage comprises a respective impeller arranged for rotation in the casing around a rotation axis. Each impeller is combined with an embedded electric motor housed in the casing and comprised of a motor stator and a motor rotor. The motor stator of each compressor stage circumferentially surrounds the impeller and the motor rotor, integral with the impeller. The motor rotor of each stage is arranged inside the respective motor stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio PALOMBA, Dante Tommaso RUBINO
  • Publication number: 20160290346
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a cylinder that includes a circular plate-shaped circular plate and a peripheral wall that extends from an outer peripheral edge of the circular plate along a rotation shaft of the impeller; and a blade mounted to an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall, the blade being configured to send air. The circular plate has a circular plate opening at a center, the circular plate opening penetrating the circular plate along the rotation shaft, and a sidewall opening is formed at the peripheral wall, the sidewall opening penetrating the peripheral wall along a direction different from a direction parallel to the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jiro WATANABE, Masashi MIYAZAWA, Akira NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160290347
    Abstract: An electric compressor has a hermetic terminal unit that is electrically connected to a motor side wire and a drive circuit side wire and inserted through a through hole formed through a separation wall separating a motor chamber and an accommodating chamber. The hermetic terminal unit has a first connecting terminal that is electrically connected to the motor side wire and elastically deformable, a second connecting terminal that is electrically connected to the drive circuit side wire and elastically deformable, and a conductive member that is fitted to the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal and electrically connects the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal. The first connecting terminal is elastically deformed and holds the motor side wire by a restoring force thereof. The second connecting terminal is elastically deformed and holds the drive circuit side wire by a restoring force thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yusuke KINOSHITA, Ken SUITOU, Tatsuya KOIDE, Junya YANO
  • Publication number: 20160290348
    Abstract: A mixed flow fan assembly uses induced reverse ambient air flow through the in-line motor enclosure for motor cooling, motor segregation from primary exhaust contamination, and augmentation of volumetric flow rate. Induced ambient airflow through openings in and/or around the base of the fan housing balances low pressure around the fan wheel and the inlet cone to inhibit primary exhaust recirculation and increase volumetric flow rate. Guide vanes downstream of the fan wheel are used to axially reorient radial and tangential velocity components of primary effluent flow. The geometry of the fan assembly is optimized to minimize exhaust gas recirculation and maximize overall efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Brian J. Mornan, Frank J. Beitz, Nicholas J. Almerini
  • Publication number: 20160290349
    Abstract: A control method for an acceleration of a vacuum pump, in particular a turbomolecular pump, having an electric motor and a control device in which, in a first acceleration phase, the input current of the control device increases up to a maximum value Is,max and, in a second acceleration phase, the control device is operated at the maximum value Is,max of the input current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Markus Liessmann
  • Publication number: 20160290350
    Abstract: A turbocharger is provided including a housing with a turbine and a compressor disposed in the housing. A central shaft is connected between the turbine and the compressor and is rotatably supported by a first journal bearing disposed within the housing at a location adjacent to the turbine and a second journal bearing disposed within the housing at a location adjacent to the compressor. A spacer is disposed directly between and adjacent to the first journal bearing and the second journal bearing and is neither coupled to or integrally formed with the first journal bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Dingfeng DENG, Louis P. BEGIN, Fanghui SHI
  • Publication number: 20160290351
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic bearing device which allows easy initial adjustment and allows optimal bearing control to be performed by a simple algorithm without increasing a memory capacity of a controller. A pair of square multipliers and an adder acquire respective steady-state current values of a pair of electromagnets which attract a rotor shaft of a magnetic bearing not shown in opposite radial directions, square the respective steady-state current values, and add up the respective squared steady-state current values. Then, to optimally change respective currents in the electromagnets in accordance with a mounting posture of the magnetic bearing, a correction coefficient arithmetic operator calculates a correction gain instruction value acting on the electromagnets from the steady-state current values squared/added up. Then, a gain instruction value obtained by adding the correction gain instruction value to a fundamental gain of a control circuit for the electromagnets is input to a gain amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventor: Toshiaki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20160290352
    Abstract: An impeller is fixed to a shaft concentric with a center axis extending in an up-down direction and is rotatable about the center axis together with the shaft. The impeller includes a boss portion which is fixed to the shaft and extends in an axial direction, an impeller body portion, a plurality of blade portions arranged on an upper surface of the impeller body portion, and a rib portion arranged on a lower surface of the impeller body portion. The impeller body portion extends downward from an upper end of the boss portion while being widened in a radial direction, and is arranged to surround the boss portion in a circumferential direction. When viewed in the axial direction, a front side end portion of the rib portion is curved toward a rotation direction back side as the rib portion extends from a radial inner side toward a radial outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Ryosuke Hayamitsu
  • Publication number: 20160290353
    Abstract: Each of blades of a centrifugal fan includes a primary wing section that has a trailing edge which is parallel to a central axis of rotation, a leading edge end section which is parallel to the central axis of rotation, and a thickness gradually growing thinner toward the trailing edge and the leading edge end section; and an auxiliary wing section that extends from the leading edge end section of the primary wing section toward the interior of the centrifugal fan. The auxiliary wing section has a length from the leading edge end section of the primary wing section to the leading edge of the auxiliary wing section that is greater at a side of a support section than at an intake side when viewed in a direction of the central axis of rotation, and a constant thickness across the entire area of the auxiliary wing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Masamichi KASAHARA, Masaaki ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160290354
    Abstract: This impeller is equipped with: a disk section that is fixed to a rotary shaft at least at the side of a first end in a direction of the axis and extends outward in a radial direction from the side of a second end; blade sections that are disposed to protrude from the disk section toward the side of the first end; and a cover section that covers the blade sections. The disk section includes a first member and a second member that are divided from each other in the direction of the axis by a dividing plane, which is orthogonal to the axis, at an inner side in the radial direction relative to the blade sections. The first member and the second member are joined on the dividing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori YAGI, Satoru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160290355
    Abstract: A fan impeller includes a plurality of fan blade assembly members, each one of the fan blade assembly members respectively includes a metal ring bracket and a plurality of metal blades, one end of each one of the metal blades is respectively connected to the corresponding metal ring bracket and the plurality of metal blades of each one of the fan blade assembly members arranged radially to circumference the corresponding metal ring bracket. The metal ring brackets are configured to stack with each other and the metal blades are arranged in a radial centric row, a width of at least one portion of each one of the metal blades is not smaller than a distance between any two adjacent metal blades along a fan impeller circumferential direction. Accordingly, metal blades of a greater width can be densely arranged on the fan impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: CHEN-YANG LIN, KUO-CHUN HUNG
  • Publication number: 20160290356
    Abstract: A fan blade and method of covering a fan blade root portion for a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The fan blade includes an airfoil having a leading edge end and a trailing edge end, a root portion having a first side surface extending from the leading edge end to the trailing edge end and a second side surface at an opposite side of the first side surface and extending from the leading edge end to the trailing edge end, and a covering disposed against the first side surface and the second side surface, wherein the covering is positioned against the root portion as a single member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Lee Drozdenko, James O. Hansen, Christopher J. Hertel, Steven T. Holland
  • Publication number: 20160290357
    Abstract: Fans having fan blades with lightweight blade tips are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, each fan blade includes a blade tip attached to an end portion of a main airfoil. The blade tip includes a shaped body that is molded over a support structure to form the shape and exterior surface of the blade tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: L. Blake Whitley, Richard K. Hoofard
  • Publication number: 20160290358
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes an impeller, a motor rotating the impeller about a center axis, and a housing accommodating the impeller. The housing includes an intake port arranged above the impeller, an exhaust port arranged radially outward of the impeller, an annular upper flow path, and a lower flow path arranged below the upper flow path and connected to the upper flow path. The annular upper flow path can be partially arranged between a housing inner circumferential surface and the impeller in a radial direction. The upper flow path and the lower flow path are arranged to define a flow path having a scroll shape. The lower flow path extends along the housing inner circumferential surface. The lower flow path has a lower flow path terminal end opened toward the exhaust port. The lower flow path has a lower flow path start end closed with respect to the exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Ryosuke HAYAMITSU, Jumpei KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160290359
    Abstract: A vacuum suction unit is provided. The vacuum suction unit includes a cover, an impeller, a motor, a guide device which includes a guide body and a guide vane, a flow guide which is disposed below the guide device and guides the air guided by the guide device toward the stator, and a motor housing which accommodates the motor and includes an air outlet. Here, a guide surface at least a part of which has a diameter reduced as getting downward is formed at a bottom surface of the flow guide, the guide vane includes a first guide vane which is provided on a side of the guide body and guides the air ejected from the impeller, and an inlet angle of the first guide vane is within a range from 10 to 25 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jeongho LEE, Changgun LEE, Sangchul LEE, Taekyung KIM, Younggyu JUNG