Access Opening Through Portion Of Casing Or Cover Patents (Class 415/201)
  • Patent number: 11879344
    Abstract: A device for making a fan or compressor for the aeronautical industry includes an annular casing with a main axis (A) and defines an internal flow duct for a gas flow along this axis. The device further includes a bladed wheel mounted inside the casing and having an axis of rotation coincident with the axis (A) of the casing. A system for retaining debris in the event of breakage of the bladed wheel has a retaining annulus mounted around the casing, which includes two radially outwardly projecting annular bosses located respectively upstream and downstream of the bladed wheel. Upstream and downstream edges of the retaining annulus are applied and attached to the bosses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN VENTILATION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Claude Pendaries, François Gauharou
  • Patent number: 11828261
    Abstract: A turbine apparatus (10) for deployment in a waterway, comprises a rotor support system (12), a rotor mechanism (14) and a power take-off device (16). The rotor support system (12) is operable to support and align the rotor mechanism (14) with a direction of flow of flowing water in the waterway. Deployment of the turbine apparatus (10) in flowing water generates power. The rotor support system (12) includes an elongated shaft (13), which includes a buoyancy adjusting component (17); a flexible coupling (15) at a first end; and the rotor mechanism (14) being attachable to a second free end of the elongated shaft (13). The flexible coupling (15) facilitates connection of the first end of the elongated shaft to a support structure and facilitates a substantially freely yawing connection of the axial flow turbine apparatus to a support structure located in the waterway in which the turbine apparatus is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FLEX MARINE POWER LTD
    Inventor: David Paul Mummery
  • Patent number: 11685538
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion unit includes a turbojet engine, a lateral pylon connected to the fuselage of the aircraft, and a nacelle on the lateral pylon. The nacelle includes an upstream section having an air intake, a downstream section housing a reverse thrust device, and a middle section having two fan half-cowls surrounding a fan housing of the turbojet engine, and when said half-cowls are in a closed position defining an aerodynamic continuity between the upstream and downstream sections. The fan half-cowls include a maintenance half-cowl positioned under the horizontal median plane of the nacelle, able to move between the closed position and an open position allowing access to the turbojet engine for maintenance operations on the turbojet engine. The nacelle further includes at least one standby lock, designed to hold the maintenance half-cowl in a position intermediate to the closed and open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventor: Denis Guillois
  • Patent number: 11371485
    Abstract: Provided is a helicopter hoisting platform for a nacelle of a wind driven power plant, wherein the helicopter hoisting platform includes a detachable portion that is configured to be detached and removed from a permanent portion of the helicopter hoisting platform. Also provided is a wind drive power plant including a nacelle and the helicopter hoisting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ADWEN GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Taubenrauch, Dror Avner
  • Patent number: 10954793
    Abstract: A balance system for an assembled engine includes a rotor mounted on a shaft for rotation within an engine casing having an inner case and an outer case; and a weight system mounted on the shaft of the rotor and having at least one weight positionable relative to the rotor around a circumference of the shaft; wherein the inner case has an inner access port, the outer case has an outer access port, and the inner access port, the outer access port and the weight system are positioned on the same radial plane of the rotor, whereby the weight system can be accessed through the outer port and the inner port to adjust circumferential position of the at least one weight relative to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan D. Korn
  • Patent number: 10920785
    Abstract: A pump includes a closed pump rotor being rotatably housed about a rotational axis in a pump space in a casing and including a shroud, a seal ring being shiftably provided, along the rotational axis, being coaxial with the rotational axis with respect to a cylindrical portion in a center of the shroud, and a shift mechanism configured to exert a shift force in a direction along the rotational axis with respect to the seal ring with rotation of the pump rotor and bring the seal ring into contact with an inner wall of the pump space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji Hattori, Kyohei Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10830253
    Abstract: A rotor of a multi-staged axial compressor which extends along an axis of rotation. The rotor has a shaft which has rotor blade slots. Rotor blades of the rotor are arranged next to one another in the circumferential direction and are each secured to the rotor blade slots by a blade root to form a respective rotor blade stage. At least two rotor blade stages are provided in axial succession and an interspace slot, extending in the circumferential direction, is provided in the shaft axially between the two rotor blade stages. The rotor blade slots open into the interspace slots and blade roots of the rotor blades are insertable radially into the interspace slots and can be pushed into the rotor blade slots. The rotor has an interspace cover which covers the interspace slots, wherein the interspace cover is designed segmented into interspace cover segments in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Viktor Hermes, Rosario Montante, Erich Muranyi
  • Patent number: 10724496
    Abstract: A reversible water pump and hydroturbine including a housing and a rotor is provided. The housing includes two end boards, which have the same shape, and a sideboard that connects the two end boards respectively. Each end board includes two coaxial semicircle boards having two different radiuses, that is, a large semicircular board and a small semicircular board which are joined together at their diameter; the side board includes a first round sideboard and a second round sideboard, two inlets/outlets, i.e. a first inlet/outlet and a second inlet/outlet, are formed at the ends of the first round sideboard. The rotor includes a rotary shaft, a rotary wheel and at least two blades, a service channel forms between the rotary wheel and the second round sideboard, and a return channel forms between the rotary wheel and the first round sideboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Guangsheng Zheng
  • Patent number: 10662956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan device with at least one locking element for securing the fan device to a wall portion, in particular to an electrical enclosure wall, with a front and a rear face. The fan device is inserted into a front-face wall portion opening in a pressureless manner, and the locking element is movable in the direction of the rear face of the wall portion in the inserted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: STEGO-HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Dent, Bernd Armin Schanzenbach, Elmar Mangold
  • Patent number: 10443624
    Abstract: Particular embodiments of the inventive technology present a method for optimizing fan performance by, e.g., adjusting fan efficiency and/or acoustics to match, or more closely match, system design requirements or preferences. Embodiments may involve the selection of a size of centrifugal fan 18 from the plurality that can fit inside a certain housing, forming a fan unit that provides an annular output 19; such selection may be made to achieve certain performance goals. Add-on appurtenances such as one or more of, e.g., an annular housing extension 10, fixed vanes 12, and acoustic treatment 8, may be used to tailor the fan unit to meet system requirements, e.g., regarding efficiency, acoustic/sonic performance (e.g., noise generated by the fan), and/or static efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Acoustiflo, LLC
    Inventor: David Hustvedt
  • Patent number: 10330354
    Abstract: A heat dissipating blower for cooling a condenser in a refrigerator with reduced vibration and reduced noise. The heat dissipating blower includes a drive device configured to generate a rotational force, a fan coupled to the drive device, a support member configured to support the drive device, and a support frame coupled to the support member. The support member includes a fastening portion coupled to the drive device, and a connection frame spaced apart from the support frame. The heat dissipating blower further includes one or more vibration-attenuation members disposed between the connection frame and the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyuk Jang Kwon
  • Patent number: 10184357
    Abstract: A partially assembled casing for a turbine including: an assembly of connected casing sections, wherein the assembly does not form a complete casing for the turbine; a gap in the assembly of connected casing sections, wherein the gap corresponds to an absent casing section which is not included in the assembly of connected casing sections, and a frame inserted in the gap and providing structural support to the assembly of connected casing sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Netaji Haribhau Mane, Padmapriya Vijayakumar, Jason Allen Seale
  • Patent number: 10107306
    Abstract: A housing for a fan or blower, in particular an axial fan, includes a wall ring (2) having an inlet nozzle section (3), an outer diffuser (6) having an inlet flow opening (7) and an outlet flow opening (8), and a holder for an electric motor (9) of the fan. The holder is arranged in an inner space of the housing. The outer diffuser (6) is formed by at least two partial ring sections that are connected to the outer circumferential surface via mechanical connection elements. The holder includes several struts (14) that are fastened to an inner circumferential surface of the outer diffuser (6) by one end, are circumferentially spaced apart, and are fastened in the edge region of the inlet flow opening (7). The struts can be installed by their other end to a motor flange (16) of the motor housing (17) of the electric motor (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Haaf, Matthias Maschke, Dieter Best, Thomas Sauer, Sebastian Bundschuh, Sven Beck, Markus Engert, Jürgen Schöne, Alexander Lust, Sebastian Hoss
  • Patent number: 10047873
    Abstract: A cover assembly for an automatic flushometer includes a locking ring configured for coupling to a flush valve body and configured to be disposed about a rotational axis. The locking ring defines a recess in a radially outer perimeter. A cover defines an opening at one end and a cavity configured to receive a solenoid of the flushometer. The cover has a projection extending radially inwardly from a radially inner surface of the cover. The projection defines a circumferential groove. The projection is configured to allow movement of the cover relative to the locking ring along the rotational axis when aligned with the recess in the locking ring. The groove is configured to receive a portion of the locking ring circumferentially adjacent to the recess upon rotation of the cover about the rotational axis thereby preventing movement of the cover relative to the locking ring along the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Masco Canada Limited
    Inventors: Paul McLennan, Frank Stauder
  • Patent number: 9951620
    Abstract: A working fluid turbo comprising an enclosed housing; an intake port; an exhaust port; at least two sets of a plurality of disks within the housing; and a shaft connected to at least one set of the at least two sets of plurality of disks. The at least two sets of a plurality of disks has a first set of disks aligned with the intake port and a second set of disks aligned with the exhaust port. The shaft connects to at least one set of the at least two sets of disks. The first set of disks and the second set of disks each include an end plate with X-shaped walls that forms an X-shaped disk shaft, whereby the X-shaped disk shaft allows the working fluid to move between solid disks and holed disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: David A Shoffler
  • Patent number: 9777747
    Abstract: A housing for a turbocharger includes a first outer surface, a second outer surface opposite the first outer surface, and a mounting hole extending between the first outer surface and the second outer surface. The mounting hole includes a first end opposite a second end and a counterbore formed at the first end. The counterbore includes threads that are configured to engage with threads on a shank of a lifting device. The mounting hole also includes a throughbore extending from the counterbore to the second end and configured to receive a fastener for mounting the turbocharger housing. The counterbore forms a first opening through the first outer surface of the turbocharger housing, and the throughbore forms a second opening through the second outer surface of the turbocharger housing. The mounting hole is configured to receive only one fastener or shank at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Annati, Gary W. Powers, Jeffrey W. McCormack, Thomas J. Williams
  • Patent number: 9745974
    Abstract: A pump system features a power adapter and a pump having a signal processor. The power adapter includes voltage settings that respond to a voltage setting by a user and provide a selected voltage. The signal processor receives signaling containing information about the selected voltage supplied to a motor to run the pump, and also containing information about whether a current draw of the pump is lower than a predetermined low current level or is higher than a predetermined high current level; and determines whether to shut off the pump after a predetermined time, based on the signaling received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FLOW CONTROL LLC
    Inventors: David L. Phillips, Humberto V. Meza, Derrick T. Tran
  • Patent number: 9683579
    Abstract: A circulator includes a main body forming an air passage, an impeller, and a motor. The main body is cylindrical, in which a discharge port is formed at one end thereof, a suction port is formed at the other end thereof, and the air passage extending from the suction port to the discharge port is formed in the inside thereof. An orifice is provided annularly along an inner periphery of the air passage to locally narrow the air passage. An impeller is disposed in a part of the air passage having been narrowed by the orifice. A motor is connected to the impeller to rotate the impeller so that the air having been sucked from the suction port is blown from the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Mizuno, Yusuke Tanaka, Ken Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9664172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind power station (1) for energy generation with an axial-flow, rotating, vortex-generating wind concentrator (2) pivot-mounted on a shaft (3), covered by a ring-shaped outer jacket (4) which on its outside features flow channels distributed over 360° and which is equipped concentrator blades (7) in a circular arrangement between the shaft (3) and the ring-shaped outer jacket (4). To create favorable conditions, it is proposed to include sawtooth-shaped, curved edge-vortex-generating guide profiles (5) producing a downstream vortex coil across the entire cross-section of the ring-shaped outer jacket (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gudrun Wieser
  • Patent number: 9651050
    Abstract: A propeller pump includes a pump housing and a pump core that is arranged in the pump housing and has a propeller, which together delimit a channel, and which are connected by a guide vane. The channel (27) haws a cross-sectional area (A2) at the rear edge (30) of the guide vane (13) that is greater than a cross-sectional area (A1) at the rear edge (29) of the blades (21) of the propeller. The specific rotational speed of the propeller pump is greater than 200 and less than 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: XYLEM IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Jörgen Burman
  • Patent number: 9556884
    Abstract: Propeller pump for pumping liquid, including: an axially extending tubular pump housing having an inner surface, an axially extending pump core having an envelope surface, at least one axial portion of the pump core enclosed in the pump housing. The pump core includes a propeller having a hub and at least one blade, and at least one guide vane that includes an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge, and that in the circumferential direction includes a pressure side and a suction side. The guide vane extends between the inner surface of the pump housing and the envelope surface of the pump core. At the leading edge of the guide vane a connection angle between the suction side of the guide vane and the envelope surface of the pump core is larger than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: XYLEM IP MANAGEMENT S.À.R.L.
    Inventor: Jörgen Burman
  • Patent number: 9032727
    Abstract: A system can include a turbine housing that defines a turbine wheel space, an exhaust chamber in fluid communication with the turbine wheel space and a control shaft bore that extends from the exhaust chamber to an outer surface of the turbine housing; a blunt body positionable above the turbine wheel space where the blunt body includes an opening and a lumen in fluid communication with the opening; and a suction conduit connectable for fluid communication between the control shaft bore of the turbine housing and the lumen of the blunt body. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Suryakant Gupta, Parikshit I Mulani, Poomkuzhimannil Zachariah John, Anish Surendran, Anish Kumar Gupta, S Sundaravel Nambi, Santosh V
  • Publication number: 20150132119
    Abstract: A method for establishing access for mounting and dismounting of main shafts, gearbox, generator and other main parts located in the nacelle of a wind turbine, where the cabriolet remains localized on the nacelle, and guide transfer mechanisms are provided for mounting inside the nacelle. The basic idea is that the cabriolet is lifted upon rolls or roll sets which form the guide transfer mechanisms upward facing support surfaces, and that the cabriolet is stabilized by displaceable counter holds which are displaced and locked in position above the downwards positioned mounting flange, upon which the cabriolet can be displaced on the rollers or roll sets to a partly cantilevered position over the rear end of the nacelle. By the method, service on larger wind turbines can be performed without using mobile cranes, which saves resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: LIFTRA IP ApS
    Inventor: Per Fenger
  • Publication number: 20150125284
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a core, a first annular portion, a rail, and a second annular portion. The first annular portion is stationary and adapted for partially surrounding an engine core. The first annular portion includes a fore pylon connecting portion, and a fore bi-fi. The rail is coupled to the fore pylon portion and extending in the aft direction from the stationary portion. The second annular portion is arranged aft of the first portion and coupled to the rail. The second annular portion is movable along an engine core centerline between a closed position and at least one open position. The second annular portion comprises an aft bi-fi configured to engage with the fore bi-fi when the gas turbine engine is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Jesse M. Chandler
  • Publication number: 20150125285
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a first annular portion that is stationary and adapted for partially surrounding an engine core. The first annular portion includes a fore pylon connecting portion. A rail is coupled to the fore pylon portion and extends in the aft direction from the stationary portion. A second annular portion is positioned aft of the first portion and coupled to the rail, the second portion being movable along an engine core centerline between a closed position and an open position, wherein the second annular portion is configured to engage with the first annular portion in the closed position to provide access to an engine core. The second annular portion includes a nozzle plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Jesse M. Chandler
  • Publication number: 20150125286
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine nacelle includes a first annular portion that is stationary and adapted for partially surrounding an engine core. The first annular portion includes a fore pylon connecting portion. A rail is coupled to the fore pylon connecting portion and extends in the aft direction from the first annular portion. A second annular portion is positioned aft of the first portion and coupled to the rail. The second portion is movable along an engine core centerline between a closed position and at least one open position. The second annular portion is configured to engage with the first annular portion in the closed position, thereby providing access to the engine core. A mating axial groove and rib connection is located between the first annular portion and the second annular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Jesse M. Chandler
  • Patent number: 9004855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle including an air intake upstream from the jet engine (1), a medium section surrounding the fan of the jet engine (1), and a downstream section. The nacelle further includes at least one pair of mobile cowlings (3) provided on both sides of a vertical longitudinal symmetry plane of the nacelle and hinged essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis (A) of the nacelle so they can be opened to provide access to the jet engine (1). The mobile cowlings (3) are paired by fastening means (8) so that they can be hinged on each other about separate or overlapping axes (6). Each mobile cowling (3) comprises permanent connection means or means (14, 15) for connecting it temporarily by rotation and in closed position to a fixed structure (7) of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel, Xavier Cazuc
  • Patent number: 8992173
    Abstract: A tie-rod nut includes a nut base that extends between a first nut end and a second nut end, and a nut flange that extends radially outwards from the nut base at the first nut end. The nut base includes a nut bore with a threaded bore region that extends axially from the second nut end towards the first nut end. The nut flange includes a plurality of mounting apertures that are arranged circumferentially around the nut base. The nut flange may be connected to a substrate by a fastener that extends through a first one of the plurality of mounting apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge I. Farah, David T. Feindel
  • Publication number: 20150078879
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling the movement of an aircraft engine cowl door between an open position and a closed position. The system includes an electric motor, at least one actuator, and an electrically operated brake. The actuator is coupled to the motor and is operable to move the cowl door between the closed and the open position. The electrically operated brake is coupled to the electric motor and the at least one actuator and is configured, upon being energized, to supply a unidirectional resisting torque load to the electric motor that does not prevent motor rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Ron Vaughan, Leroy Allen Fizer, James Wawrzynek, Kevin K. Chakkera, Mohamed A. Salam, William Warr, Stephen Birn
  • Patent number: 8974177
    Abstract: A fan nacelle for a gas turbine engine includes a leading edge region with a flow path between an intake region in a nacelle outer surface and an exhaust region in a nacelle inner surface to locally modify a flow around the leading edge region during a predefined off-design condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Oliver V. Atassi
  • Publication number: 20140356152
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving a turbine shell of a turbomachine is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a shell support having a first member and a second member coupled to a side of an upper portion of a turbine shell. The apparatus also includes an actuator coupled to the shell support. The actuator may rotate the upper portion of the turbine shell to expose internal components of a turbine system. The apparatus may also include a platform positioned adjacent the shell support and a pivot assembly coupled to the shell support and actuator. The pivot assembly of the apparatus may be positioned on a first surface of the platform. Additionally, the apparatus may include a securing structure positioned on a second surface of the platform for preventing movement of the shell support during the rotating of the upper portion of the turbine shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Hynous, Gerald Robert Graham, Larry Alan Poston
  • Publication number: 20140334922
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft turbojet nacelle including a cowling assembly (60) made up of four covers (62, 64, 66, 68). Each cover extends in arcuate shape around part of the longitudinal axis of the nacelle, in symmetrical manner about a vertical plane (P) containing the axis. On either side of said plane, the cowling assembly comprises a top cover (62, 66) hinged at its top portion and a bottom cover (64, 68) hinged at its bottom portion. Access to the internal space (e) of the nacelle is obtained by moving the covers away from the longitudinal axis by pivoting them about their hinge axes. A top cover is less heavy for handling purposes than is a single cover of the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Christian FABRE, Alain BIGNOLAIS
  • Patent number: 8845287
    Abstract: A nacelle for a turbojet engine is provided that includes an air intake upstream from the turbojet engine, a middle section intended to surround a fan of the turbojet engine and its case, and a downstream section. The middle section is made from at least one aerostructure capable of ensuring external aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle, and the aerostructure is rigidly bound, so as to be able to be taken apart, to at least one surrounding fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventors: Hervé Hurlin, Nicolas Dezeustre, Olivier Kerbler, François Gallet, Bertrand Desjoyeaux
  • Publication number: 20140286766
    Abstract: A compressor casing assembly includes a forward compressor casing, a removable cover and a seal assembly. A midcompressor casing is provided with a cavity adapted to receive the seal assembly, and a cover groove adapted to receive the removable cover. The removable cover secures the seal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: General Electric Company
  • Publication number: 20140271163
    Abstract: An actuator for an aircraft turbine engine nacelle with a one-piece annular rear part, includes an engine assembly having a nut which is capable of rotating but not of translational movement, and a shaft for turning this nut. The actuator also includes a screw assembly having a screw capable of translational movement without rotating, in mesh with the nut, and a ball joint at one end of this screw intended to be fixed to the annular rear part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Corentin Hue, Jérôme Corfa
  • Publication number: 20140271092
    Abstract: A lift efficiency improvement mechanism is provided for use with a service wedge configured to be removably installed in an access slot of a turbine casing. The lift efficiency improvement mechanism includes a connector element, which is connectable with the turbine casing proximate to the access slot and a manually transportable lift efficiency improvement device, which is supportably coupled to the connector element and movably coupled to the service wedge. The lift efficiency improvement device is configured to urge the service wedge to move relative to the access slot responsive to corresponding operator control movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Alan Davi, Thomas James Batzinger
  • Publication number: 20140241921
    Abstract: A pumping device, particularly for a domestic water supply, to be installed in a hydraulic system and comprising: a centrifugal electric pump, which has two intake connectors arranged along perpendicular directions and to be connected selectively to the hydraulic system, a tank for the supply liquid, which has a substantially cylindrical shape and is fixed to the centrifugal electric pump with an axis of symmetry that is substantially parallel to the axis of the pump, a manifold, provided with a one-way valve, intended to distribute the supply liquid to the tank and to one of two delivery connectors that are oriented along perpendicular directions and are to be connected selectively or simultaneously to the hydraulic system. The intake connectors and the delivery connectors are mutually close in a single portion of the pumping device, substantially a portion for connection to the hydraulic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano TAZIOLI, Francesco SINICO
  • Patent number: 8813607
    Abstract: A gearbox includes an outer housing including manual rotation access passage and a manual rotation shaft coupled to a spool of an engine to rotate the engine spool. The gearbox also includes coupled to the outer housing that includes a flapper valve that, in a closed position, prevents a lubricant from escaping from the outer housing via the manual rotation access passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Blewett, Keith E. Short
  • Patent number: 8814498
    Abstract: A bleed valve for an air plenum includes a valve body which defines a valve seat. A poppet is movable relative to the valve seat between an open position and a closed position. A spring biases the poppet to the open position and toward the air plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Goodman, Michael M. Kuhns, James S. Elder
  • Patent number: 8807915
    Abstract: A double casing type pump and a performance adjusting method allow for adjustment of the performance of the pump, especially the head of the pump, without large-scale work or component disassembly. The pump includes impellers fixed to a rotation shaft, an inner casing shrouding the impellers, an outer casing shrouding the inner casing and having a suction opening and a discharge opening. A space is formed between the inner and outer casings that communicates with the discharge opening. A bypass hole connects the space to the working fluid passage in the inner casing and has a throat diameter adjusting member. A plurality of throat diameter adjusting members are prepared in advance, each member having different throat area. One of the throat diameter adjusting members is selected so that the performance of the pump remains within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Moritsugu, Satoaki Aoki, Hidetoshi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 8747056
    Abstract: A fan unit includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet; a first fan and second fan mounted in the air inlet and the air outlet respectively and arranged in tandem so as to generate an air flow; a first valve mounted adjacent to the air inlet for allowing air to flow into the housing and preventing air from flowing out of the housing; and a second valve mounted adjacent to the air outlet for allowing air to flow out of the housing and preventing air from flowing into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nitta, Atsushi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140154067
    Abstract: An electronic device assembly includes a fan module, a frame, and a bottom plate of an electronic device enclosure. The fan module includes a cover, a fan secured to the cover. The frame is secured to the bottom plate. The cover is secured to the frame. The frame, the cover, and the bottom plate define a receiving space receiving the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: CHING-YI SHIH, LI-KAN YEH
  • Patent number: 8734098
    Abstract: Assemblies and methods for a booster pump used in a pool cleaning/filtration system are provided. An exemplary booster pump assembly is adapted to increase the water pressure of water flow for use in a pool cleaning system. The booster pump includes a front housing defining a substantially circular geometry having an inlet positioned substantially in the center of the front housing and extending axially outward with respect to the front housing. The booster pump also includes an outlet extending substantially laterally with respect to the front housing. The front housing and the rear housing form an enclosure for positioning of an impeller. The inlet and the outlet are each coupled to conduits having substantially similar flow diameters, and the water passing through the outlet at an increased water pressure is sufficient to make operable a positive pressure pool cleaner. Advantageous support structures and drain plug configurations are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ortiz, Jason W. Parcell
  • Patent number: 8727706
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a sight tube configured to optically communicate with an interior of a rotary machine via insertion within an inspection port. The sight tube includes a window and multiple openings configured to direct purge air across the window. The system also includes a curtain tube disposed about the sight tube and configured to direct purge air from a first air source to the openings via a first passage formed between an inner surface of the curtain tube and an outer surface of the sight tube. The curtain tube includes multiple outlets configured to direct curtain air around the window, and the curtain tube is configured to direct the curtain air from a second air source to the outlets via a second passage formed between an outer surface of the curtain tube and an inner surface of the inspection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Peter DeLancey, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Guanghua Wang, Jason Randolph Allen, Lucy Joelle Summerville
  • Publication number: 20140133973
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a nacelle including a moveable portion. A generator is configured to be received within a space established by the nacelle. A plurality of cables are at least partially supported on the moveable portion of the nacelle, the plurality of cables being selectively electrically coupled with the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20140072422
    Abstract: The method for removing an inner casing from a machine such as a turbine or compressor includes providing supports between the outer casing and the inner casing of the machine, removing a top part of the outer casing, then removing a top part of the inner casing, then connecting a ring sector to a bottom part of the inner casing to replace the removed top part of the inner casing, then rotating the reciprocally connected ring sector and bottom part of the inner casing around the longitudinal axis to make the bottom part of the inner casing accessible, then removing the bottom part of the inner casing, guiding the reciprocally connected ring sector and bottom part of the inner casing during rotation, to prevent movement along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Tobias Christoph HUBER, Gerard Froidevaux, Daniel Seng, Karsten Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20140030079
    Abstract: A locking device between a first structure and a second structure includes a bolt to lock the first and second structures, an indicator as to whether the bolt has locked/unlocked the structures, and a connecting system. The bolt includes a lock bolt attached to the first structure and able to engage a hook which is attached to the second structure. In particular, the connecting system connects the bolt with the lock bolt to the indicator, and the hook is mounted such that it can move between a first position in which it is engaged with the lock bolt and allows the indicator to be locked, and a second position in which the hook is free of the lock bolt and allows the indicator to be unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Fabrice PROVOST, Pascal SOULIER
  • Patent number: 8585352
    Abstract: The invention provides a nacelle for a bypass turbojet, the nacelle comprising: an aerodynamic fairing; a maintenance cover fastened to the aerodynamic fairing by means of at least one connection hinged about a longitudinal axis of the nacelle; a cold stream inner shroud and a cold stream outer shroud placed concentrically inside the aerodynamic fairing so as to define between them a flow passage for a cold stream, the inner shroud having at least one opening closed by a removable access hatch; and the outer shroud includes at least one opening closed by a removable access hatch that is fastened on the maintenance cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jacky Raphael Michel Derenes, Delphine Dijoud Lambert, Christophe Claude Philippe Nouhaud
  • Patent number: 8523514
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbo machine, such as a turbo jet, includes a housing having a retainer secured relative to the housing. A seal is arranged between the housing and the retainer. The seal provides an opening configured to receive a penetrating element. The seal comprises a composite material. In one example, an anti-rotation feature prevents the seal from rotating relative to the housing. The anti-rotation feature includes a rivet received in a hole in the seal that cooperates with at least one of the housing and the retainer to maintain the seal in a desired angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Judith F. Brooks
  • Patent number: 8500393
    Abstract: A pump for chopping solid material in a liquid stream having a volute housing, a rotating cutter with at least one blade parallel to a rotational axis of the rotating cutter, an impeller arranged at an outer circumference of the rotating cutter, and a stationary cutter having at least one blade parallel to the rotational axis of the rotating cutter. The stationary cutter is concentric with the rotating cutter, and the stationary cutter, the rotating cutter and the impeller are all at least partially housed within the volute housing. Typically, the rotating cutter has a different number of blades than the stationary cutter. Optionally, the pump, further comprises an inspection cover that is removably attached to the pump, and has an opening large enough to remove the stationary cutter and the rotating cutter from the volute housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Gorman-Rupp Company
    Inventors: John Cartwright, Eddie Cottrell, David Oswalt