Abstract: A gas turbine engine has an engine core, a fan arranged upstream of the engine core, and a hollow low-pressure shaft. The low-pressure shaft includes axially front and rear ends, wherein hot compressor air is applied to the axially rear end during operation. A valve is integrated into the interior of the low-pressure shaft, configured to open or close in accordance with the rotational speed of the low-pressure shaft, wherein the valve is closed from a predefined rotational speed and is open below this rotational speed, and wherein the valve, in the open state, allows hot compressor air to flow from the axially rear end of the low-pressure shaft to the axially front end of the low-pressure shaft and, in the closed state, prevents hot compressor air from flowing through the low-pressure shaft. A mechanism, when the valve is open, feeds hot compressor air outside of the fan disk.

Abstract: A slip control method and arrangement for a driveline is described herein. The driveline includes a clutch that is so controlled as to slip when a torque higher than the usable torque attempts to pass through. Accordingly, the clutch prevents the prime mover from stalling.

Abstract: An electric generator for an aircraft includes a sealed casing, a rotating shaft, and a ventilation device, which has at least one orifice configured to place a chamber positioned inside the rotating shaft in communication with the exterior of the sealed casing. For at least one orifice, an inertia sealing system is configured to occupy an open state when the speed of rotation of the rotating shaft is below a given threshold, in which state the sealing system is spaced from the orifice, and a closed state when the speed of rotation of the rotating shaft is above the given threshold, in which state the sealing system seals the orifice.

Abstract: A generator assembly includes a generator shaft defining an interior vent space. A valve assembly is positioned within the vent space configured to selectively allow venting of air through the generator shaft. A radial vent is positioned within the valve assembly configured to prevent oil from flowing through the vent space during operation and release air through the vent space during shutdown.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an indoor unit monitor module electrically connected to a current sensor and first and second refrigerant temperature sensors. The current sensor generates a first current signal based on aggregate current consumed by components of an indoor unit of the HVAC system. The refrigerant temperature sensors generate first and second refrigerant temperature signals, respectively, based on measured temperatures of refrigerant circulating within the HVAC system. The indoor unit monitor module receives, from a secondary monitoring module, a second current signal based on aggregate current consumed by components of an outdoor unit of the HVAC system. The indoor unit monitor module transmits data to a remote server to assess whether a failure has occurred or is likely to occur in the components of the HVAC system. The data is based on the current signals and the refrigerant temperature signals.

Abstract: A self-opened type valve is opened by motor torque of an electric motor. Therefore, a diaphragm is not necessary for opening the valve, and downsizing of a valve drive apparatus for opening the valve is possible. Since the valve is assembled to the motor shaft of the electric air pump via a motion-direction conversion mechanism, an opening action of the valve can start in a short time after a rotational action of the impeller of the electric air pump starts, so that control responsiveness is improved. At a rotation stop of the impeller of the electric air pump, the valve can be maintained in a fully closed condition by an urging force of the coil spring, thereby preventing exhaust gases or condensed water from entering into an inside of the electric air pump.

Abstract: An air driven tool for use in a machining center, the air driven tool including an adjustable speed regulator and a turbine. The turbine is driven by pressurized air directed thereto. The turbine is rotatable about an axis. A flow of the air is regulated by the adjustable speed regulator. The adjustable speed regulator includes a biasing member, an inclined annular surface, a regulator plate and a plurality of moveable bearings. The inclined annular surface has an angle relative to the axis. The plurality of movable bearings are positioned between the inclined annular surface and the regulator plate. The biasing member biases the inclined annular surface and/or the regulator plate toward each other.

Abstract: A control valve apparatus for a rotating clutch includes a valve having a spool portion and a mass portion. The spool portion provides a control function to distribute pressure from a static source to a chamber of the clutch. The valve also has a mass associated therewith which is responsive to rotation of the clutch and valve apparatus such that the apply pressure and the centrifugal effective pressure operating on the valve and the mass centrifugal force is compensated for to maintain the pressure at a specific radius of the clutch equal to the static apply pressure of the pressure source independent of rotation speed.

Abstract: A governor spring bracket assembly that attaches to an exterior surface of a shaft-mounted governor valve assembly for an automatic transmission is disclosed. The present governor spring bracket assembly functions to counterbalance the effect of centrifugal force on the governor valve weights, which is generated by rotation of the governor with the transmission output shaft. The present governor spring bracket assembly aligns and supports a calibrated compression spring in functional engagement with the primary governor valve weight to return it to its closed position in relation to the governor output circuit at low output shaft speeds thereby preventing excessive governor output pressure, 2nd gear starts, and improper shift timing.

Abstract: A variable displacement compressor having a pressurizing passage, which extends through a cylinder block. The pressurizing passage connects a discharge chamber and a crank chamber. A valve is arranged in the pressurizing passage. A drive shaft rotates and produces centrifugal force that causes the valve to open the pressurizing passage. The pressure of the crank chamber is increased when the rotation of the drive shaft is accelerated thereby opening the pressurizing passage with the valve. This moves a swash plate such that its inclination, relative to a plane perpendicular to the drive shaft, decreases. As a result, the compressor shifts from a maximum displacement state to a minimum displacement state, which improves the acceleration performance of an engine connected to the compressor. Furthermore, the displacement of the compressor in the minimum displacement state is 50% of that in the maximum displacement state. This prevents an excessive decrease in the cooling capability of the compressor.

Abstract: A valve which controls the movement of pressurized fluid through a passage, the regulation of which is determined by the application of a centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the valve about a fixed axis

Abstract: A device for causing a drop in the pressure of high pressure oil controlling admission valves of a steam turbine in the event of excess speed, the device comprising a speed trip (2) constrained to rotate with the shaft (1) of the turbine and fed downstream from a constriction (5) with low pressure oil from the low pressure lubricating oil circuit of the turbine, the device being characterized in that it comprises a hydraulically controlled valve (9) having a hollow body (23) containing a closing valve member (24) for closing a discharge orifice (12) connected to said high pressure oil circuit, said closing valve member (24) being connected to a plate (25) dividing in sealed manner the inside of the body of the hydraulically controlled valve (9) into two compartments, a "first" one (11) of said compartments being situated on the same side as said discharge orifice (12) and also including at least one evacuation orifice (37), and the "second", other one of the compartments (8) being fed downstream via a feed or

Abstract: A mechanical fuel control governor employs a flyweight assembly for lifting the spindle of a fuel valve and allowing fuel to be bypassed from a high pressure line. The spindle is rotated via a fluid coupling between the ball head and the drive spindle such that the valve spindle rotates at a fraction of the ball head speed and whereby valve clearance and spindle leakage is reduced without reduction in the speed of the ball head.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a stationary scroll and a rotary scroll rotated by a motor-driven crankshaft. The crankshaft has parallel passages therein which communicate at their lower ends with a pool of lubricating oil. A first of the passages coincides generally with the axis of rotation of the crankshaft at an inclination thereto, and a second of the passages is eccentrically offset. The crankshaft drives a pump which creates a suction in the passages to conduct oil from the pool to the scrolls. A control member is connected to the crankshaft for rotation therewith and is responsive to centrifugal force for gradually closing the second passage as the crankshaft speed exceeds a predetermined value. The amount of oil which is conducted is thus proportional to the crankshaft speed.

Abstract: A fluid diverging system provides a passageway for supplying a fluid from a single supply source to a plurality of sections requiring the use of the fluid and for discharging the fluid from these sections to a single discharge portion. The fluid diverging system includes a plurality of fluid diverging blocks separably connected to one another longitudinally in a row. Each of the blocks has a through-hole longitudinally passed therethrough, and a communication passage communicating with the through-hole and capable of being connected to external fluid transfer means. Joint means connecting these blocks enable a fluid-tight communication of these blocks with one another. This makes it possible to use the fluid diverging system in an optical form only by increasing or decreasing the number of the fluid diverging blocks in accordance with an increase or decrease in number of the section requiring the use of the fluid.

Abstract: A ball drain valve (2), for the piston space (33) of a rotary clutch disc (3) for releasing the clutch disc piston (32) from pressure generated by rotation of pressurized oil remaining in the piston space when it is bled, including an opening (220), at least two ball spaces (25, 26) and a ball valve (23) actuated by rotation and control pressure. The ball drain valve (2) has two stages coordinated with the engaged and the disengaged positions of the clutch and the two ball spaces (25, 26) have outer diameters (D1, D2) of different sizes so that the ball valve (23), when the multi-disc clutch (3) is engaged, is in ball space (25) of large diameter (D1) and, when the clutch is disengaged, the ball valve is in ball space (26) of small diameter (D2). This arrangement achieves a quick drainage of the piston space (33) past a large gap (250) when the clutch is disengaged and prevents very little pressurized oil from escaping past a small gap (260) when the clutch (3) is engaged.

Abstract: Disclosed is a speed controller of the ball cone type having a unique conical head which serves as a face seal valve and further encloses seals and protects the governor against entry of particulate matter.

Abstract: The output rotation of an automatic transmission is transferred to a flyweight to rotate it. A spool is depressed in an axial direction under the centrifugal force of the flyweight, generating a governor hydraulic pressure corresponding to the rotational speed of the flyweight. Some of the governor pressure is fed back to the spool. The force in the direction opposite to the pressing force generated by the flyweight is applied to the spool, thereby balancing the spool. A spring enclosing chamber communicating with the outside is formed serially in the axial direction of the spool and separately from the feedback hydraulic pressure. A force in the direction opposite to the pressing force of the flyweight is exerted on the spool by the spring disposed in the spring enclosing chamber, thereby establishing a breakpoint at which generation of the governor hydraulic pressure occurs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control apparatus for a clutch disc assembly drivingly associated with an engine. Protection from engine stall resulting for inertia loads downstream of the engage clutch disc assembly instantaneously exceeding available engine torque involves sophisticated brakes, intricate sequence controls, and complicated internal clutch control valving. The present apparatus includes a control valve for controllably directing fluid pressure to the clutch disc assembly from a source of fluid pressure. A valve member reciprocally disposed in the control valve is continually urged in a first axial direction. A speed sensor associated with an input member driven by the engine urges the valve member in a direction opposite the first axial direction in response to a decrease in the rotational speed of the input member to a preselected angular velocity slipping the clutch disc assembly.

Abstract: A governor valve for a hydraulic controller in an automatic transmission, which is disclosed herein, comprises an adapter having a line pressure supply bore made therethrough, a cylindrical governor rotary shaft loosely fitted into the adapter sleeve and having a line pressure supply port made therein, the port including notches intersecting the axis at right angles, a centrifugal weight mounted on one end of the governor rotary shaft and having a return spring, and a spool adapted to slide within the governor rotary shaft with the weight being urged against one end thereof. In this governor valve, there are provided dirt and dust collecting means for preventing dirt and dust separated by a centrifugal action from collecting in the line pressure supply port during the stoppage of the governor rotary shaft so as to make the shaft stick.

Abstract: A governor valve assembly for regulating hydraulic pressure by utilizing centrifugal force developed by the output shaft of a vehicle transmission when the output shaft is rotated has a first governor valve adapted for two-stage pressure regulation and a second governor valve for adapted for a single stage of pressure regulation disposed separately in a governor body supported on an output shaft. An output port of either one of the valves is communicated with a feed port of the other through a passageway in the governor body in order to obtain a three-stage hydraulic pressure characteristic.

Abstract: A governor shaft for supporting a governor valve is rotatably supported to a transmission case by a stopper pin. The governor shaft is formed with an annular groove having a rectangular cross section. The stopper pin is inserted through the transmission case, and engaged with the annular groove of the governor shaft for preventing the governor shaft from being extracted and allowing the rotation of the governor shaft. The stopper pin has two cylindrical portions and a middle portion lying between the cylindrical portions. The middle portion is received in the annular groove, and the cylindrical portions are supported by the transmission case. In one embodiment of the present invention, the middle portion has a square cross section, so that the stopper pin tends to be in face contact with the annular groove. The cylindrical portions are arranged to allow the stopper pin to rotate to a limited extent.

Abstract: A shaft sealing apparatus utilizing a flow of sealing fluid to block leakage of a second fluid; and including a valve element controlling the flow of sealing fluid as a function of shaft rotational speed.

Abstract: A hydraulic governor pressure generator including a governor body fixedly mounted on a rotational shaft, a governor valve movably mounted in a cavity of the governor body in the radial direction with respect to the rotational shaft according to centrifugal force acting thereon, an input oil passage and an output oil passage provided in the governor body communicating with each other through a clearance between the inner peripheral wall surface of the governor body and the outer peripheral wall surface of the governor valve and at least one pocket provided in each one of the input and output oil passage and recessed in a direction away from the rotational center of the rotational shaft to collect therein particles of swarf of foreign material in the working oil in the input and output passages.

Abstract: A governor valve for an automatic transmission comprising a valve body and a body support secured together and for rotation with an output shaft of the transmission. A line pressure passage connected to pressured fluid in the transmission and a governor pressure passage for operating the governor are formed in the body support, and passage means in the governor body connects the line pressure passage to the governor pressure passage. A normally closed valve is disposed in the passage means and normally blocks communication between the line pressure passage and the governor pressure passage, and the valve is operable to open in response to centrifugal force imparted thereto during rotation of the shaft to communicate the line pressure passage with the governor pressure passage and to actuate the governor.

Abstract: A governor control valve is provided in which governor output pressure is varied in response to variations in vehicle speed by moving a valve member radially with respect to a ported shaft carried with a driven housing which drivingly carries a centrifugal force responsive weight mechanism. The ball valve and the weight mechanism are connected by a yoke member whose mass center is aligned with the axis of rotation of the housing and shaft.

Abstract: In a flapper nozzle actuator system a radial outward flow turbine like flapper is used as the flapper. The angular velocity of the turboflapper is used to lift the turboflapper off a backplate towards a nozzle. The amount of lift off the backplate and hence nozzle outlet area is a function of the angular velocity of the turboflapper. An adjustable opposing torque on the turboflapper controls the angular velocity of the turboflapper and thus controls the flow rate.

Abstract: A flyweight governor valve assembly having a fluid pressure modulator valve element mounted within a valve chamber for axial movement, a first set of primary and secondary weights mounted on a valve sleeve that forms a part of the governor valve assembly, a second set of primary and secondary weights mounted on said sleeve for rotation about the axis of said valve assembly. A spring acting between the primary and secondary weights of each set of weights, the primary weight for one set being separated from its corresponding second weight at a first brake point speed and a primary weight of the second set of weights being separated from its associated second weight at a second brake point speed, each set of weights being pivotally carried by a lever, the operating end of which engages the valve element whereby centrifugal force acting on said weight are translated to axial shifting movement of said valve element to oppose fluid pressure forces acting thereon.

Abstract: In a transmission having input and output shafts drivingly connected by fluid pressure operated ratio establishing devices an improved centrifugally actuated valve is provided to disestablish the driving connection maximum angular velocity of the input shaft. The valve includes a sphere disposed in a stepped bore which sphere is spring biased to a closed position for normal operation and which shifts in response to centrifugal force to an open position in a fluid flow path thereby exhausting the drive establishing device and also being flushed of any contaminants.

Abstract: A governor hydraulic pressure supply apparatus is provided for use with the vehicle automatic transmission system and includes a governor valve mounted on a rotary output shaft from the automatic transmission, the output shaft having an internal input fluid line for supplying a line pressure to the governor valve and an internal output fluid line receiving a governor pressure from the governor valve, and the governor valve body having an internal input fluid line to be connected to the input line from the output shaft and an internal governor pressure output line to be connected to the output line in the shaft, wherein the joined faces between the governor valve and output shaft at which the fluid lines are respectively connected with each other are brought in close contact with each other by tightening the two element by means of a tightening bolt adjacent to the joined faces, thereby preventing fluid leak from the faces.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling a clutch operable by fluid pressure in an operation space includes a fluid supply conduit, a rotatable control valve with a valve member displaceable by centrifugal force against the force of a biasing spring for connecting the fluid supply conduit to the operation space, and a fluid connection between the operation space and the valve member for supplying fluid pressure from the operation space to the valve member in a direction against the centrifugal force.

Abstract: A pneumatic tool governor having a body rotatable with the rotor of the tool, the body being provided with holes for passage of motive fluid to the motor of the tool, and a centrifugally responsive valve element pivotally mounted upon the governor body so that the fluid conducting holes are progressively blocked as tool rotary spped increases to the point where rotary speed attains a predetermined value.

Abstract: A regulating device is comprised of a shaft which is driven at a speed of revolution proportional to the speed of an automobile, and a duct provided in the shaft and connected for fluid transmission from a pressurized fluid source and the control means for the automatic automobile transmission. The duct has two pressure control openings, each of which has a pressure release valve. The first of the pressure release valves is loaded with a relatively large-mass flyweight mounted to one axial end of the shaft and, upon rotation of the shaft, urges its respective pressure release valve toward the closing position. The other pressure release valve is biased closed by a spring and is loaded with a relatively small flyweight which, upon the rotation of the shaft, urges its respective pressure release valve toward the closing position. The present invention includes a third flyweight which acts on the spring to increase the closing force exerted on the second flyweight.

Abstract: A fluid pressure operated clutch which transmits torque from an engine output shaft to a transmission input shaft, including a rotatable flywheel connected to the output shaft, an adapter connected to the flywheel for rotation with the flywheel, the adapter having a first annular plate with a fluid passage near the inner periphery of the plate, and a centrifugal piston which defines with the adapter a fluid chamber supporting a rotatable torus of hydraulic fluid. The piston has a second annular plate, slideable with respect to the first plate, and a second fluid passage near the outer periphery of the second plate. The first and second plates, at their inner peripheries, provide a controlled clearance to vary the rate of hydraulic fluid into the first fluid chamber as the second plate slides.

Abstract: A pair of piston valve members are slidably mounted in a housing rotatably engaging the output shaft of the automatic transmission. A first piston valve moves freely under the influence of centrifugal force within the housing to throttle line pressure from a pump in the transmission to a governed pressure level used for performing shifting functions within the transmission and the second piston valve member is spring biased against the influence of centrifugal force to prevent its movement under the influence thereof until a predetermined output shaft speed is reached whereupon it throttles the line pressure supplied by the transmission pump and directs it to a portion of the first piston valve to vary the operation thereof upon further increases in output shaft speed.

Abstract: A governor is disclosed in which dust which may comprise steel powder, fine particles of sand and so on will be removed from a hydraulic working fluid by subjecting the working fluid to centrifugal force. A fluid passage for the working fluid is formed in a housing of the governor and a chamber communicates with the passage at the opening. The fluid passage has an opening located such that dust contained in working fluid will enter into the chamber through the opening while the housing is rotating. Within the chamber working fluid will be stagnant and dust sedimented.

Abstract: A fuel system particularly for a gas turbine engine in which a tubular shaft rotatable during operation of the engine at engine speed or at a speed proportional thereto has a fuel inlet through which liquid fuel is introduced into the interior of the shaft, the peripheral wall of the shaft having at least one port therein communicating externally of the shaft with a combustion region of the engine and comprising a first resiliently-supported valve member mounted on the outside of the peripheral wall of the shaft in registration with the port to move away from the shaft centrifugally as the speed of rotation of the shaft increases, thereby to open the port and thus to allow fuel to flow through the port to the combustion region.

Abstract: A centrifugal pressure regulator comprises a pair of pistons slidable within a bore and moves in one direction by the action of a coiled spring and by centrifugal force imparted to the pistons as the body in which the bore is located rotates. The outer ends of the two pistons are subjected to the outlet pressure of a pump and the piston adjacent the spring is smaller in diameter than the other piston. The space between the pistons is vented to a drain and in the wall of the bore there is formed a spill port. The smaller of the pistons controls the size of the port which communicates with the outlet of the pump. The outlet pressure of the pump is controlled in accordance with the position of the pistons by spilling fuel through the port, the amount of fuel spilt depending on the effective size of the port.

Abstract: A flow valve mechanism comprising a rotating shaft with a valve body mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith and a valve member mounted for radial movement with respect to said body and said shaft. The valve member has a weighted head and a pressure differential head mounted in a fluid cavity. The pressure differential head divides the cavity into a pair of chambers and an orifice is provided in the pressure differential head communicating with said chambers. A fluid inlet supplies fluid under pressure to one of said chambers, and a fluid outlet is connected to said other chamber whereby the flow of fluid through said orifice and to the outlet will be proportional to the speed of rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: A governor device for rotary grinders and the like is disclosed. The device prevents the dangerous overspeed of the grinder by throttling air to the motor as the grinder speed approaches overspeed. Throttling action is accomplished by means of allowing a resilient split ring or segment to expand radially out against air inlet orifices by means of centrifugal force. The split ring is assisted outwardly by means of an auxiliary mass means disposed within radially extended slots of an internal cage means.

Abstract: A governor valve comprising a housing provided with inlet and outlet ports; a rotational shaft provided within the housing; a body rotatably supported by the housing and operatively connected to the rotational shaft; a valve spool slidably disposed within the body for controlling the communication between the inlet and outlet ports; a ball cage slidably disposed within the body and being provided with a plurality of cylindrical portions radially and outwardly extended therefrom; a plurality of ball members slidably inserted into the plurality of cylindrical portions of the ball cage; and a cam member provided with a tapered face for receiving a centrifugal force of the plurality of ball members.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a device which allows to introduce a substance from a chamber A, having a pressure P1, into a chamber B, having a pressure P2 higher than P1, said device comprising a stator, in which the pressure is that of the chamber B and in which rotates a rotor formed by a chamber V at the pressure P1, said rotor comprising a central opening through which is introduced the product coming from the chamber A, and a peripheral slot adapted to be opened, under the thrust produced by the material collected in the rotor chamber V and subjected to centrifugal force, in order to let said material run through the slot, into the stator.

Abstract: A rotating annular piston is hydraulically actuated to engage a rotating friction device, such as a clutch or brake, by introducing fluid pressure to an apply chamber for the piston. Disengagement is subsequently effected by exhausting fluid from the chamber, after which a centrifugal pressure head release valve in a wall of the chamber releases any residual entrapped fluid from the chamber in order to prevent undesired false actuation of the rotating piston that may otherwise occur due to centrifugal force acting on the residual fluid. The valve comprises a metallic ball subject to centrifugal force tending to move it radially outward from the piston axis but held in a tapered or conical seat of an exhaust port, thereby blocking the port, by fluid pressure supplied to the apply chamber. In the absence of that fluid pressure, however, the centrifugal force exerted on the ball unseats it and opens the port.

Abstract: A centrifugal governor on a rotating shaft has a mounting rigid with that shaft, the latter being journaled in a housing wall from which a stationary hub extends into a central bore through which a hydraulic fluid is admitted to an inlet port of a valve controlled by the governor, the outlet port of that valve communicating with a clearance provided between the hub and the shaft which opens into an outgoing channel in the hub.

Abstract: An hydraulic governor for automatic transmissions relying on derivation of a pressure varying with rotational speed over a relatively wide range, by balancing an hydraulic pressure against a centrifugal force-operated load.