Patents Issued in February 8, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180038347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to generate self contained electrical power within a building by capturing wind energy to generate kinetic energy, yielding DC current and transferring DC current from generators through anode and cathode to an electrolyzer; using a catalyst and heat for the electrolysis of water to improve the production of hydrogen and Oxygen. Yielding Oxygen and Hydrogen from electrolyzer and compressing them for storing separately in gaseous or liquid form for further igniting Hydrogen and Oxygen in a combustion chamber to generate heat to generate high pressure steam to run steam turbines to further generate electricity for the consumption requirements of the building or a user. This invention combines in a linear order components, the majority of which exist and are commercially available, which transform wind power into electrical power to provide electricity to a building making it possible for the building to become its own clean energy power plant, independent from the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Carlos Gabriel Oroza
  • Publication number: 20180038348
    Abstract: A medium voltage wind power generation system comprises a first boost device and a wind power generation device; the first boost device has a medium voltage side and a high voltage side, and the high voltage side of the first boost device is electrically connected to a grid; the wind power generation device comprises wind generators, rotor side converters and line side converters; the wind generators comprise stator windings and rotor windings; the stator windings are coupled to the medium voltage side of the first boost device; the rotor side converters are coupled to the rotor windings; one end of the line side converters are coupled to the rotor side converters, and the other end thereof is coupled to the medium voltage side of the first boost device via a second boost device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Changyong WANG, Fei LU
  • Publication number: 20180038349
    Abstract: A release mechanism comprises a locking body mounted for reciprocating movement in a first axial direction between a locked position and a released position. A force transmitting element is coupled to the locking body for transmitting a force (F) to the locking body for moving the locking body from the locked position to the released position. A biasing element acts on the locking body in a direction for moving the locking body from the released position to the locked position. The locking body comprises a slot having a first slot portion extending in said first direction, and a second slot portion extending transversely from one side of said first slot portion at an end thereof. The slot slidably receives an actuating element therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Artur HILGIER, Marek WIT
  • Publication number: 20180038350
    Abstract: A method for refurbishing a wind turbine includes removing an existing machine head from the wind turbine, and providing a new machine head and an adapter. The new machine head includes a base frame, and further includes a plurality of fastener holes defined in the base frame. The adapter includes an outer sidewall and defining a first plurality of fastener holes and a second plurality of fastener holes, the first plurality of fastener holes disposed in a first hole pattern, the second plurality of fastener holes disposed in a second hole pattern different from the first hole pattern. The method further includes connecting the new machine head and the adapter such that the adapter is connected to and between a yaw bearing and one of the base frame or a top flange of a tower of the wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jay F. Leonard, Ian David Wilson
  • Publication number: 20180038351
    Abstract: A wind turbine including a nacelle supported by a tower, a generator, a rotatable front assembly arranged on a side of the generator facing away from the nacelle, and a cooling system for cooling the generator by feeding cooling air from the rotatable front assembly to the generator is provided. Furthermore, a method of cooling a generator of a wind turbine is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Bo Nedergaard Jacobsen, Peter Hessellund Soerensen
  • Publication number: 20180038352
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a combustion turbine generator, another heat source in addition to the combustion turbine generator, a steam power system, and an energy storage system. Heat from the heat source, from the energy storage system, or from the heat source and the energy storage system is used to generate steam in the steam power system. Heat from the combustion turbine generator exhaust gas may be used primarily for single phase heating of water or steam in the steam power system. Alternatively, heat from the combustion turbine generator exhaust gas may be used in parallel with the energy storage system and/or the other heat source to generate steam, and additionally to super heat steam. Both the combustion turbine generator and the steam power system may generate electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: William M. CONLON
  • Publication number: 20180038353
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for solar power generation through gas volumetric heat absorption based on characteristic absorption spectrum. A radiation energy conversion device absorbs concentrated solar radiation and converts radiation energy into thermal energy; the thermal energy is transferred to the other side of the radiation energy conversion device and then is converted into radiation energy; and the energy is transferred in a receiver cavity. The working gas from the outlet of a recuperator flows into the receiver cavity and absorbs the radiation energy. The heated working gas with high temperature flows into a turbine, doing shaft work through expansion. The expanded working gas flows through the recuperator to exchange heat. The working gas flows into a cooler, a compressor and the recuperator in sequence, and then flows into a receiver cavity to be heated volumetrically, completing a thermal power cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gang Xiao, Min Qiu, Mingjiang Ni, Qiang Li, Wen Yang, Zhongyang Luo, Kefa Cen
  • Publication number: 20180038354
    Abstract: System for quantum energy storage can include a quantum information engine including topological insulator having at least one edge. A coherence capacitor can include nuclei of atoms within the topological insulator, and each nucleus can have a spin direction. An energy source can be electrically connected to the topological insulator and configured to supply a current along the at least one edge of the topological insulator. The current can interact with at least one nucleus of the nuclei to flip a spin direction of the at least one nucleus. Methods for quantum energy storage, systems and methods for storing and using quantum energy, quantum information engines, and quantum heat engines are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Edward Henry Allen, Inanc Adagideli
  • Publication number: 20180038355
    Abstract: Impart momentum to the rotation of the wheel to reduce the effort required for pedaling in addition to reducing the weight and cost of bicycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Kazuhiko NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180038356
    Abstract: A device for supplying electric power includes a rectifier, an adaptive voltage clamping circuit, and a DC-DC voltage regulator. The rectifier receives electrical power, and is electrically connected to an input line of the adaptive voltage clamping circuit. The adaptive voltage clamping circuit includes a power transistor, a voltage feedback circuit, and a controller. The DC-DC voltage regulator is electrically connected to the adaptive voltage clamping circuit and, in one embodiment an actuator. The controller monitors the voltage feedback circuit and controls the power transistor to a fully open state to transfer electric power to the DC-DC voltage regulator when the voltage level supplied to the DC-DC voltage regulator is less than a threshold. The controller controls the power transistor in a linear state to regulate the voltage transferred to the DC-DC voltage regulator when the voltage level supplied to the DC-DC voltage regulator is greater than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Chandra S. Namuduri, Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Nicholas W. Pinto, Nancy L. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180038357
    Abstract: A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first fluid equals the volume of the second fluid. The balancing pod also includes a membrane that forms two balancing chambers. Also included in the cassette is at least two reciprocating pressure displacement membrane pumps. The pumps are within the housing and they pump the fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet line and pump the second fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Jason A. Demers, Michael J. Wilt, Kevin L. Grant, James D. Dale, Brian D. Tracey
  • Publication number: 20180038358
    Abstract: A hydraulic system comprises a fluid tank and a pump, including a pump reservoir, fluidly coupled to the tank via a supply line. A valve is in fluidic communication with the pump reservoir via a pressure line. A backflow line fluidly couples the pump reservoir to the fluid tank via a timer reservoir and an orifice included in the timer reservoir. The hydraulic system transitions between a normal state and a purge state. In the normal state in which the pump is on, a first portion of the fluid is communicated from the pump reservoir to the valve and a second portion of the fluid is communicated from the pump reservoir to the tank. In the purge state, the pressure line and valve are purged followed by the backflow line and the pump reservoir such that no fluid remains in the pump reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Young
  • Publication number: 20180038359
    Abstract: A pressure-acting chamber is defined by a first cylinder block and a spacer. The pressure-acting chamber communicates with a discharge chamber via a supply passage. A load based on the pressure difference between the pressure-acting chamber and a swash plate chamber is applied to a rotary shaft and acts toward a second thrust bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Kazunari HONDA, Hisaya KONDO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kei NISHII, Shohei FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20180038360
    Abstract: A hand pump includes a receptacle having a chamber and a mouth, a piston slidably engaged in the receptacle for generating a pressurized air, a piston rod attached to the piston, and a hand grip attached to the piston rod for moving the piston relative to the receptacle, the hand grip includes a compartment formed in the hand grip for receiving a needle device. The hand grip includes an extension attached to the piston rod, and a space formed in the extension and communicating with the compartment of the hand grip for engaging with the needle device. A cover is attached to the hand grip for enclosing the hand grip and for shielding and protecting the needle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Wan Sheng YU
  • Publication number: 20180038361
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to an air pump for balls, tires, toys, and/or the like and include a retractable base, which facilitates the storage of the needle(s) and/or other adapter(s) inside of the pump itself. This arrangement reduces the chances that it/they will break because it/they is/are protected inside of the pump and need not be repeatedly attached/detached. The pump in certain example embodiments includes a tube body into which the retractable base retracts, a plunger disk, a guide system including one or more guides for guiding the plunger disk and/or base within the tube body, a locking mechanism to help lock the base in extended and/or retracted positions, and a handle. The pump safely stores at least one needle/adapter in the tube body. In the event that a needle breaks, it may be replaced as if it were a conventional pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gabriel WERNER, Nathan WAGENER
  • Publication number: 20180038362
    Abstract: The modification of the suction holes of the valve plate would increase the refrigerant flow rate of the compressor. The modified suction holes (11 and 12) are specially designed to have tapering form with the larger diameter at the top and smaller at the bottom (20). The valve plate partition (16) has the same height as the valve plate. These will reduce the friction loss of the refrigerant in the cylinder, which will result in an improvement of the refrigerant flow rate, more suction pressure, and the higher coefficient discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Supachoke BOONKUM
  • Publication number: 20180038363
    Abstract: A double diaphragm pump has an electromagnetic drive mechanism in which an electromagnetic coil is located between two permanents magnets of like polarity that are alternately attracted to the electromagnetic coil as the polarity of the electromagnetic coil changes. The electromagnetic coil and the permanent magnets are located within a piston assembly that is caused to reciprocate via the change in polarity of the electromagnetic coil. In a second embodiment, there are a plurality of electromagnetic coils arranged in two adjacent rows that surround a shaft with a set of a plurality of permanent magnets located between each pair of electromagnetic coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: James Ernest TRETHEWEY
  • Publication number: 20180038364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating an undulating diaphragm pump comprising an undulating diaphragm and actuating means of the undulating diaphragm electrically powered according to a given frequency or voltage to make the undulating diaphragm oscillate and undulate. According to the invention, the method consists in modifying the electrical supply frequency and/or voltage of the actuating means according to at least one operating parameter, determined in advance, of the undulating diaphragm pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Dumas, Bruno Reynard, Mathieu Rudloff, Nicolas Travers
  • Publication number: 20180038365
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to adaptively control a hydraulic fluid supply to supply a driving fluid for applying a driving force on a piston in a gas compressor, the driving force being cyclically reversed between a first direction and a second direction to cause the piston to reciprocate in strokes. During a first stroke of the piston, a speed of the piston, a temperature of the driving fluid, and a load pressure applied to the piston is monitored. Reversal of the driving force after the first stroke is controlled based on the speed, load pressure, and temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Dan McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20180038366
    Abstract: A method and system for determining the pump fillage of a sucker rod pumping system using torque feedback when pumping wellbore fluids from the particular well on which the sucker rod pumping system is installed. During the pump stroke, a microprocessor samples torque of the pump's mechanical system at an associated horsehead position at regular intervals and once the stroke is completed the raw torque samples and associated horsehead positions are placed in an array, the array of raw torque samples and horsehead positions can be filtered by the microprocessor into a second filtered array and then converted by the microprocessor into a rotatum array (derivative of torque with respect to time) of one or both of the raw or filtered arrays and stored as a rotatum array. The down stroke portion of the rotatum array is then analyzed by the microprocessor to determine the horsehead position when the piston of the down hole pump encounters wellbore fluid in the well (pump fillage).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Zackery Sobin, Scott Guimond, James Redmond
  • Publication number: 20180038367
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided with a stationary scroll, an orbiting scroll, and a discharge port (18) through which a fluid that has been compressed by both the scrolls is discharged. An end plate of the orbiting scroll is provided with an end-plate side stepped portion formed in such a way that, along a spiral of a spiral wrap (16B), the height thereof increases toward a central side of the spiral and decreases toward an outer end side thereof. A spiral wrap (15B) of the stationary scroll is provided with a wall-portion side stepped portion formed corresponding to the end-plate side stepped portion in such a way that the height thereof decreases toward the central side of the spiral and increases toward the outer end side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SATO, Takuma YAMASHITA, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Genta YOSHIKAWA, Akihiro KANAI, Kazuhide WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180038368
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SATO, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Genta YOSHIKAWA, Kazuhide WATANABE, Katsuhiro FUJITA, Takayuki HAGITA, Takayuki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180038369
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, first and second scroll members, a partition plate and a bypass valve member. The shell defines a discharge-pressure region and a suction-pressure region. The first scroll member is disposed within the shell and may include a first end plate having a discharge passage, and first and second bypass passages extending through the first end plate. The partition plate is disposed within the shell and separates the discharge-pressure region from the suction-pressure region and includes an opening in communication with the discharge-pressure region. The bypass valve member is movable between a first position restricting fluid flow through at least one of the first and second bypass passages and the opening and a second position in allowing fluid flow through the at least one of the first and second bypass passages and the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J. DOEPKER, Michael M. PEREVOZCHIKOV
  • Publication number: 20180038370
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, first and second scroll members, a partition plate and a bypass valve member. The shell defines a discharge-pressure region and a suction-pressure region. The first scroll member is disposed within the shell and may include a first end plate having a discharge passage, and first and second bypass passages extending through the first end plate. The partition plate is disposed within the shell and separates the discharge-pressure region from the suction-pressure region and includes an opening in communication with the discharge-pressure region. The bypass valve member is movable between a first position restricting fluid flow through at least one of the first and second bypass passages and the opening and a second position in allowing fluid flow through the at least one of the first and second bypass passages and the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J. DOEPKER, Michael M. PEREVOZCHIKOV
  • Publication number: 20180038371
    Abstract: A compressor is provided and may include a shell, a hub, an insert, and at least one collar. The hub may be disposed within the shell and define an axis of rotation. The hub may include an axially extending aperture. The insert may be disposed within the aperture. The at least one collar may be disposed about the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pankaj Nimbaji AHIRE, Pavankumar JORWEKAR, Ramprasad RAMASWAMY, Vinayak Madanrao JUGE
  • Publication number: 20180038372
    Abstract: A rotating cylinder type compressor includes: a cylinder having a cylindrical shape and rotating about a central axis; a first rotor and a second rotor each having a cylindrical shape and rotating about an eccentric axis eccentric to the central axis of the cylinder; a shaft; a first vane; and a second vane. The first vane is slidably fitted to a first groove portion defined in the first rotor to define a first compression chamber. The second vane is slidably fitted to a second groove portion defined in the second rotor to define a second compression chamber. The first rotor and the second rotor are arranged in an extending direction of the central axis of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichi OHNO, Hiroshi OGAWA, Kazuhide UCHIDA, Yoshinori MURASE
  • Publication number: 20180038373
    Abstract: A molten metal pump comprising an elongated tube having a base end defining an inlet and a top end defining an outlet is provided. The elongated tube is constructed of a reinforced fiber material (RFM). A shaft is disposed within the tube with an impeller secured to the shaft and disposed proximate the base end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Tetkoskie, Richard S. Henderson, Peter C. Jetten, Renee Harms
  • Publication number: 20180038374
    Abstract: A hydration system including a fluid reservoir, a fluid path in communication with the reservoir, and a magnetic quick connect interposed in the fluid path is disclosed. A fluid delivery system for a hydration system is also disclosed that includes a magnetic quick connect interposed in a fluid delivery path of the delivery system. The magnetic quick connect can also be used in a wide variety of fluid delivery systems. A kit for forming a fluid delivery system for a hydration system is also disclosed, as are various components of a hydration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: RainMaker Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduard Albert JAEGER, Robert Gregory STAHL, Jacob Timm BOWLES
  • Publication number: 20180038375
    Abstract: Provided are a vacuum pump and an adapter used in the vacuum pump that are capable of responding to various changes in specifications at low cost. A turbo-molecular pump includes a base, a stator blade that is provided above the base in an axial direction of a rotor, a rotor blade that is integrally attached to the rotor, a housing that is formed in a cylindrical shape, and accommodates the stator blade and is integrally attached to the base, and an adapter that is replaceable depending on a type of the stator blade, the rotor blade, or the housing, and that is detachably mounted on the base and is configured to support the stator blade in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ohtachi, Yasushi Maejima, Tsutomu Takaada
  • Publication number: 20180038376
    Abstract: An overhead fan includes a support base configured to rest upon the horizontal surface, a vertical-extension-member, a horizontal-extension-member, an electric fan, a user interface, and a ground fault circuit interrupter. The vertical-extension-member includes a top-end and a bottom-end (relative to the horizontal surface), with the vertical-extension-member coupled to the support-base proximate the bottom-end, and extending above the support-base, relative to the horizontal surface. The horizontal-extension-member includes a mount-end and a fan-end opposite the mount-end, with the mount end of the horizontal-extension-member coupled to the vertical-extension-member proximate the top-end of the vertical-extension-member. The horizontal-extension-member extends laterally away from the vertical-extension-member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: DENNIS SWANEY
  • Publication number: 20180038377
    Abstract: A method for extending thermodynamic turbine mapping of a turbocharger, the turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor, the method including the steps of providing a steady-state turbocharger gas test stand configured to flow continuous gas to the turbocharger, the test stand including a throttle device disposed upstream of an inlet of the compressor of the turbocharger, and varying an area of the inlet with the throttle device to change density of the continuously flowing gas at the inlet of the compressor and establish a choked-flow condition for extending the thermodynamic turbine mapping of the turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jordan Bucklew Schwarz, David Grabowska
  • Publication number: 20180038378
    Abstract: A bearing system for a gas turbine engine includes an outer housing and a first ball bearing assembly disposed radially inward from the outer housing relative a center axis of the outer housing. The bearing system also includes a second ball bearing assembly disposed radially inward from the outer housing and positioned axially aft of the first ball bearing assembly. The bearing system also includes a resilient member that is connected to the outer housing and compressed against at least one of a first outer race of the first ball bearing assembly and a second outer race of the second ball bearing assembly in an axial direction parallel to the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Enzo DiBenedetto
  • Publication number: 20180038379
    Abstract: Provided is a turbofan producing reduced noise and easily manufactured. A coupling portion between a blade main portion and a blade cover is formed in a surface region (pressure surface) parallel to a direction of air flowing over the pressure surface of each blade. With this configuration, the air sucked from a direction of a rotation axis of a turbofan is less liable to enter a gap of the coupling portion of the blade, thereby being capable of reducing noise. Further, noise is reduced so that high-precision dimensional control of the gap of the coupling portion of the blade is not required. Consequently, dimensional control at the time of manufacture is facilitated to thereby facilitate manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuki ISOMURA, Makoto KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180038380
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a casing, a first impeller, a motor, a cooling medium delivery structure, a shaft, and a first bearing. The casing has a first inlet portion and a first outlet portion. The first impeller is attached to the shaft and disposed between the first inlet portion and the first outlet portion. A first axial gap exists between the first impeller and the casing. The shaft is rotatably supported and axially moveable with respect to the casing by the first bearing. The motor is arranged inside the casing to rotate the shaft. The cooling medium delivery structure is configured to vary a supply of a cooling medium to the casing. An impeller clearance control apparatus for a centrifugal compressor includes a sensor and a controller. The controller controls a supply of a cooling medium to the casing based on a value detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Morgan, Fumiaki Onodera, Tsuyoshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180038381
    Abstract: A method of modifying a compressor wheel includes forming a stake-receiving feature having a reconditioned surface on a radial face of an axial slot in a rim of the compressor wheel. The forming includes removing stake marks in the radial face. A gas turbine wheel assembly includes a gas turbine wheel rotatable about an axis of a turbine and blades. A radial face of an axial slot in the gas turbine wheel includes a stake-receiving feature having a reconditioned surface. Material displaced at the reconditioned surface by staking axially retains a blade in the axial slot. A method of mounting a blade to a gas turbine wheel includes staking the base of the blade in the axial slot by displacing material at a reconditioned surface of a stake-receiving feature on a radial face of the axial slot to axially retain the base of the blade in the axial slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph COLLETTI, Bryan Edward WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20180038382
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan mounting a first group of blades and a second group of blades. The first group of blades and the second group of blades share a profile shape. The first group of blades have a first laminate composition, and the second group of blades have a second laminate composition, distinct from the first laminate composition. A frequency of a vibratory mode of the first group of blades is offset from a frequency of a vibratory mode of the second group of blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Larry Foster, Myron L. Klein
  • Publication number: 20180038383
    Abstract: Pre-assembled blade (20) for fans (10) for cooling the coolant contained inside the radiator (1) of operating machines and/or vehicles, comprising a blade body (20a) rigidly connected to an axial shank (21), a part of which situated radially on the outside of the blade body is in the form of a cylindrical pin (21b); wherein the shank (21) has a part axially on the outside of the blade body in the form of a cylindrical pin (21b), holes (21c) with internal female threading being formed inside the pin (21b); and in that the blade (20) comprises—a blade flange (22) comprising. a hollow cylindrical body (22a), the opposite end bases of which comprise respectively: a flat edge (22b) provided with through-holes (22c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: PIERCARLO BOFFELLI
  • Publication number: 20180038384
    Abstract: A blade of a propeller fan includes a blade root portion, a front edge portion, a blade tip end portion, a rear edge portion, a blade rear edge portion, and an outer edge portion. A blade surface of the blade has an inner region including the blade root portion, an outer region including the blade rear end portion, and a coupling portion extending from a front end portion located close to the blade tip end portion to a rear end portion located close to the rear edge portion and coupling the inner region and the outer region to each other such that a side of a positive pressure surface of the blade surface is projecting and a side of a negative pressure surface of the blade surface is recessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yui KUMON, Masaki OHTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20180038385
    Abstract: A fan blade includes a lattice structure, a fill, and a structural wrap. The lattice structure defines an airfoil body that has a cavity. The lattice structure defines at least one spar that extends radially from a root of the airfoil body towards a tip of the airfoil body. The fill is disposed within the cavity. The structural wrap is disposed about the lattice structure. The structural wrap defines a plurality of plies that extend from a leading edge of the airfoil body towards a trailing edge of the airfoil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: David A. Welch
  • Publication number: 20180038386
    Abstract: A fan blade assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a blade body, a blade cover secured to the blade body and an adhesive layer to secure the blade cover to the blade body, the adhesive layer configured to set at ambient temperature. A method of forming a fan blade assembly for a gas turbine engine includes forming a blade body, forming a blade cover separate from the blade body, and adhering the blade cover to the blade body via an adhesive layer located between the blade body and the blade cover, the adhesive layer configured to set at ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Larry Foster, Christopher J. Hertel
  • Publication number: 20180038387
    Abstract: The object is to provide a compressor housing which can suppress blowback of oil. A compressor housing (1) is used in a compressor which uses a compressor impeller (5) provided in an intake air flow path more to a downstream side than a blow-by gas inlet. The compressor housing (1) includes an impeller chamber (2), and an intake air duct (6) which extends along an axis line (C). The duct (6) includes an inner-wall face (61). A step part (67) that is arc shaped along a circumferential direction of the impeller (5) and has a distance along the radial direction of the impeller (5) from the axis line (C) that is farther at a downstream side than at an upstream side thereof is formed in the inner-wall face (61) more to an upstream side along the axis line (C) than the intake air inlet (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Atsushi Shimizu, Shota Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20180038388
    Abstract: A compressor system including a motor including: a rotor that rotates around an axis and a stator disposed on an outer circumferential side of the rotor with a gap from the rotor; a compressor that rotates together with the rotor to generate a compressed fluid; and a partitioning member that is disposed in the gap formed between the rotor and the stator to partition the gap in the radial direction, and forms a rotor-side flow passage through which a cooling fluid can flow along the axis with the rotor, and a stator-side flow passage through which the cooling fluid can flow along the axis with the stator. The partitioning member has a cylindrical shape with the axis as a center and has a shape in which a thickness dimension in a radial direction of the rotor increases from one side to the other side of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20180038389
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor system including: a first impeller of a compressor for pressure-feeding a fluid radially outward after the fluid has flowed in from an axial direction; a centrifugal separator for feeding externally supplied fluid out toward the first impeller while causing the fluid to swirl; and a casing for sectioning off an inflow channel which guides the fluid from the exterior to the centrifugal separator, a first accommodation space which is disposed downstream from the inflow channel and which accommodates the centrifugal separator, a second accommodation space which is connected to the downstream side of the first accommodation space and which accommodates the first impeller, and a foreign substance expulsion channel which expels foreign substances guided to the outer peripheral side by the centrifugal separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKANIWA
  • Publication number: 20180038390
    Abstract: A pressure vessel having an adjustable volume to adjust a hydraulic time delay produced by the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel can include a piston with an adjustable stroke and a rod received in a housing to limit the stroke of the piston. The piston divides the housing into a pressure cavity and a reset cavity. Spacers can be removably coupled to the rod to limit the stroke of the piston. Optionally, a brake wall can be positioned to obstruct the path of the rod to limit the stroke of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Kody Carrillo
  • Publication number: 20180038391
    Abstract: A method for producing a foam body, in particular for a pressure accumulator, such as a hydraulic accumulator, the bubble- or diaphragm-shaped, elastically flexible separating layer (12) of which separates two media chambers from each other within the accumulator housing, in particular a gas working chamber from a liquid chamber (18), with at least the following production method steps: —introducing a flowable, preferably liquid, foam material into the pressure accumulator, said foam material being at least partially surrounded by the separating layer (12), —curing the foam material in the pressure accumulator, and in the process—building up a pressure gradient, in which the visibly curing foam material expands the separating layer (12) from an originally partially filled starting state in the direction of an end state, in which the accumulator is finally filled with the cured foam (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Peter KLOFT, Herbert BALTES
  • Publication number: 20180038392
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes an actuation member, a release member, and a source of pressurized gas, wherein during a normal mode of operation, the actuation member and the release member are engaged to move in unison, and wherein during an emergency mode of operation, pressurized gas automatically decouples the actuation member from the release member to move separately. In accordance with yet other aspects of the present disclosure, an electro-mechanical actuator includes an electro-mechanical drive system and an integrated backup system operated by a gas generator, wherein when the backup system is activated, the electro-mechanical drive system is decoupled and the actuator moves to a predetermined position and mechanically locks in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher L. Fenn, Patrick Cronin
  • Publication number: 20180038393
    Abstract: A gas pressure actuator includes a launcher, a gas generator that is disposed at a first axial end of the launcher, a rocket part placed inside the launcher, an end pad and a sealing gasket respectively disposed at a second axial end of the launcher, and a gasket holder supporting the gasket. The rocket part includes a first portion disposed at a location corresponding to the first axial end and a second portion that has a diameter less than that of the first portion and that ranges from the first portion toward the second axial end. The end pad includes a position determination part that determines positioning of the rocket part and restricts the rocket part from being displaced in a direction away from the first axial end. The gasket holder may be pressed by the first portion when the rocket part protrudes from the launcher and plastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Koji INUZUKA, Kazuhiro ABE
  • Publication number: 20180038394
    Abstract: A strainer assembly for a fluid tank is provided. The strainer assembly includes an access plate configured to cover an opening of the fluid tank. The access plate has an elongated cavity and a stopper structure provided on an inner surface of the elongated cavity. The strainer assembly further includes a strainer having a locking assembly for securing the strainer to the access plate such that the strainer is positioned inside the fluid tank. The locking assembly includes a head portion and a body portion having an engagement structure. The body portion is positioned inside the elongated cavity such that the head portion abuts the access plate and the engagement structure engages with the stopper structure to restrict an axial movement of the strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventor: Daniel Costello
  • Publication number: 20180038395
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic motor-pump unit, MPU, having a pump for conveying a hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic system, an electric motor coupled to the pump for driving, a control coupled to the electric motor and arranged for actuating and/or feedback-controlling the electric motor, and a housing, wherein at least one sensor is disposed in a sensor receiving means integrated in the housing and is electrically connected with the control. Additionally, the invention relates to a hydraulic system comprising hydraulic lines and connected to the hydraulic lines an MPU of the invention with at least one integrated pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicants: Rausch & Pausch GmbH, Eckerle Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Rocco KEMNITZ, Jörg BAUER, Ernst FLEISCHMANN, Alexander DÜMLER, Frank LAUTERBACH, Dominik KETTERER
  • Publication number: 20180038396
    Abstract: The speed of a motor vehicle causes the production of an air flow which can produce disturbing noises at edges of motor vehicle components. To provide a motor vehicle in which disturbing noises due to the air flow when travelling are avoided, at least one spoiler element is provided, or in that a plurality of spoiler elements are provided. The respectively present number of spoiler elements is formed upstream and/or downstream of at least one existing edge of the particular component acted upon by the air flow. The number of spoiler elements is arranged and/or shaped in such a manner that the air flow striking against the respective spoiler elements is dispersed non-uniformly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas WAGNER