Casing With Mounting Means Patents (Class 415/213.1)
  • Patent number: 12048124
    Abstract: This invention provides a fan assembly including a mounting bracket, a fan and a circuit board assembly. The fan is disposed in the mounting bracket. The circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and a plurality of gold fingers. The plurality of gold fingers are disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board is disposed on the mounting bracket and electrically connected to the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: SQ TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhao Geng, Guang-Zhao Tian
  • Patent number: 11981111
    Abstract: An auxetic member for load bearing structures has a section including a plurality of structural units, and a top layer provided at a top end of the section and a bottom layer provided at a bottom end of the section. The structural units includes ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces and the ribs with parallel surfaces of the structural units are oriented at an angle ? relative to a horizontal plane, the structural unit including a void enclosed by the ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces. The member is characterized in that the void of the structural units is filled with a packing material for improving load bearing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
    Inventors: Balakrishnan Shankar, Hariprasad Mohan Prasanna, Shammo Dutta, Hrishikesh Gopakumar Menon
  • Patent number: 11982293
    Abstract: A blower is disclosed. The blower of the present disclosure comprises: a fan for producing air flow; a lower body providing an inner space in which the fan is installed, and having an intake hole through which air passes; an upper body placed on the lower body to form a flow passage which communicates with the inner space of the lower body, and having a space which is formed to pass through the upper body in the forward and backward direction, wherein the upper body includes a slit which is formed through the upper body and through which air flowing through the flow passage of the upper body is discharged to the space, and the slit comprises: a rear slit adjacent to the rear end of the upper body; and a front slit adjacent to the front end of the upper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jung, Seungho Baek, Kidong Kim, Seokho Choi, Hoojin Kim, Haein Jung, Changhoon Lee, Hosik Jang, Kibbum Park, Yongmin Kim, Jaehyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11959390
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This engine assembly includes a bladed rotor rotatable about an axis, and an engine case. The engine case includes an outer duct wall, a first circumferential stiffener, a second circumferential stiffener and a plurality of axial stiffeners. The outer duct wall forms a shroud around the bladed rotor. The first circumferential stiffener extends circumferentially about the outer duct wall. The second circumferential stiffener extends circumferentially about the outer duct wall. The axial stiffeners are arranged circumferentially about the outer duct wall. Each of the axial stiffeners extends axially between the first circumferential stiffener and the second circumferential stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Philippe Savard, Guy Lefebvre
  • Patent number: 11913500
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement is provided with a clutch housing that connects a drive unit to an output, such as a transmission, which is rotatable around a central axis and with which an axial central projection is associated at the side of the clutch housing facing the drive unit in the radial extension area of its rotational center. The axial central projection receives a rotor carrier receiving a rotor of an electric machine. The central projection is connected at least so as to be fixed with respect to relative rotation to the drive unit via a first connection device and to the rotor carrier via a second connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Thomas Bauer
  • Patent number: 11856726
    Abstract: A fixing assembly and an electronic device including same are disclosed. The fixing assembly includes a supporting member, a locking member, and a latching member. The supporting member includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion connected with each other, and the second supporting portion defines a sliding slot. The locking member includes a locking portion and a connecting portion connected with each other, the connecting portion includes a protrusion and a latching hole. The protrusion is slidably arranged in the sliding slot. When the protrusion slides along the sliding slot, the locking member slides and then rotates relative to the supporting member. The latching member is arranged on the second supporting portion and is adapted to be inserted into the latching hole. When the latching member is inserted into the latching hole, the fan is sandwiched and held between the first supporting portion and the locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Chen Wang, Jia-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 11852030
    Abstract: A turbine casing for an exhaust-gas turbine is provided herein. The turbine casing has a connection flange for bearing-casing-side attachment to a bearing casing in which casing-connection holes that are mutually spaced in the circumferential direction are provided, wherein, between adjacent casing-connection holes, material recesses that are open radially inwards towards a central longitudinal axis of the turbine casing are provided in the connection flange. Further provided herein is an exhaust-gas turbine that is equipped with the turbine casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd
    Inventor: Matthias Richner
  • Patent number: 11788434
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a casing of an aircraft turbomachine, the casing including an annular shell extending about an axis A and made of a composite material including fibres that are woven and immersed in a resin, the annular layer including an abradable material arranged inside the shell, and covering a first inner annular surface of an intermediate section of the shell, the method including a step of gluing the layer on the first surface, during which the casing is heated and compressed by a system that is present at least partially inside the casing, wherein, prior to the heating and compression of the casing, a forming tool is mounted inside the casing and is made of two rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN AEROSPACE COMPOSITES
    Inventors: Vincent Pascal Fiore, Gatien Frisoni, Foster Alexander Maxwell, Steven Meserve, Jeffrey Steven Sherman
  • Patent number: 11703062
    Abstract: A temperature destratification assembly can include an outer housing. An impeller can be positioned within the outer housing between the inlet and outlet of the outer housing. The impeller can have an impeller hub and a plurality of impeller blades extending radially outward from the impeller hub. The assembly can include an impeller motor configured to rotate the impeller blades about an axis of rotation. A stator can be positioned within the outer housing between the impeller and the outlet of the outer housing. The stator can include a plurality of vanes. The stator vanes can include an upstream edge at the upstream end of the stator, a first surface extending from the upstream edge to the downstream edge of the vane, and a second surface opposite the first surface and extending from the upstream edge to the downstream edge of vane. A plurality of the vanes can have a downstream edge at the outlet of the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Airius IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Raymond B. Avedon
  • Patent number: 11608816
    Abstract: A nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle comprising: a drivetrain with a drivetrain axis, at least two torque arms positioned around the drivetrain axis and attached to a member of the drivetrain, and a frame attached to a yaw bearing. The torque arms of the drive train are supported by the frame and at least one of the torque arms has an orientation deviating at least substantially from being horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventor: Matthias Volmer
  • Patent number: 11599164
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods include at least one push fan assembly and at least one pull fan assembly and at least one constriction channel or pathway designed to compress air pulled in by the push fan so that as the compressed air exits the at least one constriction channel or pathway, the air undergoes an expansion and cools and the push-pull fan arrangement pulls the cooled air through the housing improving the cooling of computer or electronic components housed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Scott A Strozier, Christopher D. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11591968
    Abstract: A method for shimming a thrust bearing for an accessory power take off shaft to obtain optimal meshing of bevel gears within the internal gearbox (IGB) without disassembly of the IGB is enabled by relocating the thrust bearing from the engine sump. The accessory gearbox (AGB) is driven from a power off-take from the turbine spool via the IGB. The radial position of the power take-off bevel gear is established by a radial position of the thrust bearing attached to the exterior of the casing via a housing. Candidate shims are selected from a set each having different thicknesses, the shims are formed of two halves and placed between the housing and the engine casing to adjust the radial position of the thrust bearing and consequently the power take-off bevel gear, without requiring the disassembly of the IGB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy David Sheridan, Joseph Swift, Daniel Feinstein, Caleb Camara
  • Patent number: 11572896
    Abstract: A quick-release mechanism for fan includes a first lateral cover, a second lateral cover, a latch member, a handle, and a pushing member. The first lateral cover has a slot hole. The latch member extends from the slot hole and has an engaging block and an actuation portion connected to the engaging block. The handle has a first pivot end and a second pivot end pivotally connected to the first lateral cover and the second lateral cover, respectively. The handle is movable between a first position and a second position. The pushing member is disposed at the first pivot end. When the handle is at the first position, the actuation portion moves toward the first lateral cover. When the handle is at the second position, the pushing member pushes the actuation portion to move toward a direction away from the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Chen Lu, Ching-Chuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11566634
    Abstract: An interface of a centrifugal fan includes an inlet shroud of an impeller and an air intake positioned adjacent the inlet shroud. The inlet shroud and the air intake cooperate to define a smooth flow path for an airflow entering the centrifugal fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francette Fournier, Gael Herve
  • Patent number: 11497136
    Abstract: A universal replaceable fan unit and method of reversing an airflow direction of a universal replaceable fan unit is provided. The universal replaceable fan unit includes a fan assembly designed to create an airflow from an intake end to an output end. The universal replaceable fan unit also includes a fan mounting that receives and secures the fan assembly in an operable position. The fan mounting includes a frame member and a securing member. The fan mounting is designed to allow the fan assembly to be moved between a first position defining a first airflow direction and a second position defining a second airflow direction. The first airflow direction is opposite the second airflow direction. The universal replaceable fan unit further includes an electrical connector removably attached to the fan assembly. The electrical connector allows electricity to be provided to the fan assembly for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Avner Badihi, Eyal Babish
  • Patent number: 11441516
    Abstract: A compressor adapted for use in for a gas turbine engine includes a diffuser and a housing. The diffuser is arranged circumferentially around an axis and includes a fore plate, an aft plate spaced apart axially from the fore plate to define a flow path therebetween, and a plurality of vanes that extend between the fore plate and the aft plate. The housing is arranged circumferentially about the axis and located adjacent the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Humes
  • Patent number: 11415145
    Abstract: A vertical pump structure is adapted to be mounted on a water cooling tank. The vertical pump structure comprises a pump casing, an upper shaft seal, a shaft and a lower shaft seal assembly. An upper annular flange and a lower annular flange are formed on an inner surface of the pump casing. A drain space is formed between the two annular flanges. A drain hole communicates with the draining space and an internal space of the water cooling tank. The shaft is inserted through the two annular flanges. Two gaps, which are formed between the shaft and the two annular flanges, are respectively sealed by the upper shaft seal and the lower shaft seal assembly. Therefore, even if the lower shaft seal assembly fails, the upper shaft seal can still prevent leaking fluid from polluting the work place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Walrus Pump Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shou Hsiung Huang
  • Patent number: 11326792
    Abstract: A ventilation grille having a trim ring and a plate releasably connected to the trim ring. The trim ring defines an aperture allowing connection of the trim ring to a main housing of a ventilation system defining an internal region in which a blower is located. The plate is releasably connected to the trim ring to allow access to the trim ring aperture for connection of the trim ring to the main housing or blower and disconnection of the trim ring from the main housing or blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Mergener, Rick Sinur, Ryan Revers
  • Patent number: 11313248
    Abstract: A lattice bearing support includes a circular inner structure having a center axis and an inner radial surface, an inner rim projecting axially inward from the circular inner structure toward the center axis, a circular outer structure located outward of the circular inner structure with respect to the center axis and having an outer radial surface, an outer radial flange on the circular outer structure that projects radially outward from the outer radial surface, and a number of struts extending radially between the circular inner structure and the circular outer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony Demitraszek, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11261574
    Abstract: An exemplary turbine system for generating hydroelectric power. The exemplary turbine system is generally installed in shallow waterways and accelerates water flowing therein. The accelerated water generates power via spinning one or more turbine rotors of the system. An exemplary method for installing the turbine system is disclosed. The method includes first lowering a turbine system base into the shallow waterway, where the base includes a depression for accepting a mortise insert. The mortise insert includes one or more sockets for accepting notches in a base plate, where the base plate is coupled to one or more turbine rotors. The base plate mates with the mortise insert for ease of installation and securely positioning the one or more turbine rotors within the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: EMRGY INC.
    Inventors: Emily A. Morris, Craig J. Cochran, Madeleine M. White, Kirk William Charles, Thorsten Stoesser, Stefan Runge
  • Patent number: 11261759
    Abstract: A turbine support structure supports a turbine casing and is configured to be movable when the turbine casing is thermally deformed while a gas turbine is operated, thus preventing a fatigue fracture of the turbine casing from occurring. The turbine support structure includes a pair of supports, each having an upper and lower end, for supporting respective opposite side surfaces of the turbine casing at the upper end of either support; and a movable unit installed at the lower end of each support and configured to movably support the lower end of the support. The movable unit is spaced outwardly from the corresponding opposite side surface of the turbine casing, so that the corresponding support inclines toward the turbine casing and is rotatable. The lower end of each support is rotatably coupled to the corresponding movable unit so that the support is rotatable toward an axis of the turbine casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Ho Bae, Jae Hyeong Choi
  • Patent number: 11248498
    Abstract: A support system for assembling and shipping a steam turbine is provided that includes an annular support fixture configured to be coupled to a longitudinal end of a casing of the steam turbine. The annular support fixture includes a first protrusion that extends in an axial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of a rotor of the steam turbine between the rotor and the casing and that is configured to support the rotor in the radial direction. The annular support fixture includes a second protrusion, which extends in the radial direction toward a lateral surface of the rotor and which includes a surface configured to face the rotor in the axial direction. The support system includes a block configured to be disposed between the surface of the second protrusion and the rotor, such that the block blocks movement of the rotor in the axial direction during shipping of the steam turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zachary Lawrence Wilson, Kevin Joseph Barb
  • Patent number: 11242867
    Abstract: A fan structure includes a fan frame and a fan body. The fan frame includes two side plates, a first connecting plate, a buckling portion and a second connecting plate. The side plate includes a fan stopping plate, a first protruding portion and two second protruding portions. The first protruding portion and the second protruding portions are disposed on the fan stopping plate. The first connecting plate is connected with the fan stopping plates. The buckling portion is disposed on the first connecting plate. The second connecting plate connects with the fan stopping plates and the first connecting plate. The fan body is accommodated between the side plates. The fan body has some first and second recessed portions which accommodate the first protruding portions and the second protruding portions respectively. The side plates, the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yung-Chin Hsu
  • Patent number: 11193503
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a vertical pump arranged in a canister. The vertical pump includes a pump column disposed between a pump head and a pump bowl in an axial direction. The pump is arranged in the pump column and is configured to pump a fluid a column inlet at the pump bowl to a column outlet at the pump head. The pump column is supported so as to be stabilized by at least two damping arms disposed on an outer surface of the pump column, and each damping arm has an support end to support a respective damping arm on an inner surface of the canister in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction. Each support end is movable independently from each other support end with respect to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Nicolas Malard, Nicolas Lagas
  • Patent number: 11111817
    Abstract: In a rotary machine that includes rotating body including a rotating-body main body and a pair of rotor shaft ends fixed to the both outer sides in the shaft direction of the rotating-body main body; a casing accommodating the rotating-body main body and being penetrated by the rotor shaft ends; a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor shaft ends and having a bearing face being provided with lubricant fluid from a lubricant line; and the support part supporting the casing, the support part is cooled through heat exchanging between the lubricant fluid the support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishida, Tomoyuki Onishi, Makoto Kondo, Takumi Matsumura, Katsuhisa Hamada
  • Patent number: 11015612
    Abstract: A turbine housing includes an inner pipe and an outer pipe, the inner pipe being configured to form an exhaust air flow path between an exhaust-air-inlet-side flange and an exhaust-air-outlet-side flange, and an outer pipe being configured to cover the inner pipe such that a predetermined spacing is formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The inner pipe has: an inner pipe main body configured to form the exhaust air flow path having a spiral shape, the inner pipe main body being connected to the exhaust-air-inlet-side flange such that exhaust gas is allowed to enter between the inner pipe and the outer pipe; and an exhaust tube attached to an exhaust air outlet side of the inner pipe main body in a freely slidable manner with an intervening sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Marelli Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Iijima, Takaharu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Shiga
  • Patent number: 10987992
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a system and method for the environmental control of a vehicle having a cargo area and an environmentally controlled passenger area with a partition between the passenger area and the cargo area. The environmental control being directed and performed by an environmental control unit that can include one or more fans, a control module, a mounting plate, and a directional manifold to control the direction of the airflow. The environmental control unit can be installed using a method that includes attaching a fan unit to the mounting plate, connecting the fan unit to the control module, coupling to the fan unit and/or the control module to a power supply, and attaching a directional manifold to control the direction of airflow in or out of the fan unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TRINITY INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Dwight David Harms, Timothy Francis Hall
  • Patent number: 10934892
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine comprising a casing, a rotor having an axial rotational axis and rotatably mounted into the casing, at least one set of a plurality of moving blades supported by the rotor; and at least one diaphragm having an outer ring, an inner ring, concentric to the outer ring, and a plurality of static blades mounted therebetween, at least the outer ring being split in an upper half and a lower half along a vertical joint plane. The turbine diaphragm comprises an assembly system for assembling the upper half to the lower half while allowing the upper half and the lower half to move axially relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Julien Lemaire, Eric Ollivau, Dominique Travers
  • Patent number: 10844747
    Abstract: A continuous flow machine has at least one annular guide vane carrier. The guide vane carrier, formed at least by a lower part and an upper part detachably connected to same, has at least three guide vane stages retained on the inner circumference of the at least one guide vane carrier, arranged axially behind one another in the flow direction and each having a plurality of radially extending guide vanes. Each of the guide vanes also has a guide vane blade, a base plate and a top plate, wherein the guide vane blade extends between the base plate and top plate. Via the arrangement of the securing pin in an intermediate space accessible in the assembled state, a partial disassembly of the individual guide vane stages is possible, independent of the remaining guide vane stages. The guide vane stages are conventionally mounted via retaining protrusions on neighbouring guide vane stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Bärow, Oliver Dominka, Guido Ederer, Christian Felsmann, Florian Fuchs, Robert Herfurth, Jose Angel Hernandez Maza, Michael Kluck, Eike Kohlhoff, Kay Krabiell, Khaled Maiz, Behnam Nouri, Andre Willmann
  • Patent number: 10801517
    Abstract: A blower housing is provided, including: two housing bodies and a positioning mechanism. Each of the two housing bodies includes a peripheral flange extending annularly. Two said peripheral flanges are detachably attached to and peripherally abutted against each other. One of the two said peripheral flanges has a lip protruding laterally therefrom, and the other of the two said peripheral flanges is at least partially overlapped with the lip. The positioning mechanism includes a first positioning portion which is disposed on one of the two housing bodies, and the first positioning portion is configured to be embeddedly engaged with a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Wang
  • Patent number: 10801405
    Abstract: Provided is a variable capacity turbocharger, including: a drive ring including a main body portion having an annular shape; a first projection portion and a second projection portion, which are formed on the main body portion, and are arranged apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the main body portion so as to sandwich a link plate to which a nozzle vane is mounted; and a cutout portion, which is formed in a portion of the main body portion between the first projection portion and the second projection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Asakawa, Kenichi Segawa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Ryota Sakisaka, Kazuko Takeuchi, Kenji Bunno
  • Patent number: 10746195
    Abstract: A bracket attached to a cooling device can mount a fan. The supporting bracket includes a first fixing plate, a second fixing plate, a first supporting unit, a second supporting unit, and a ventilation panel. The first fixing plate is fixed to an air outlet side of the fan, the second fixing plate is fixed to an air inlet side of the fan and parallel to the first fixing plate. The first supporting unit and the second supporting unit are between the first fixing plate and the second fixing plate and respectively mounted to two opposite sides of the fan. The ventilation panel is defined at an outer surface of the second fixing plate and mounted to the second fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-Chuang Zhu, Wen-Hu Lu
  • Patent number: 10731668
    Abstract: A retainer arrangement for the support of a fan on a light module of a headlamp for a vehicle as well as a fan holder for the generation of such a retainer arrangement. The fan is fastened in a detachable manner to the fan holder. The fan holder has a hinged locking element that can be moved into an open position. The fan can be installed in the fan holder and removed from the fan holder, and can be moved in a locked position, in which the fan is firmly fastened to the fan holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Sebastian Scholz
  • Patent number: 10677257
    Abstract: A method of loading a rotating assembly of a turbocharger includes positioning a lock collar on an end portion of a turbocharger shaft that extends through a through bore of a compressor wheel; applying a pulling force to the end portion of the turbocharger shaft to achieve a desired amount of loading; welding the lock collar to form a welded lock collar fixed to the end portion of the turbocharger shaft; and releasing the pulling force where the welded lock collar maintains the desired amount of loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Armand, Joel Castan, Bernard Remy, Jean-Luc Perrin, Frederic Daguin
  • Patent number: 10562370
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat pump system for a vehicle which includes an evaporator mounted on a cold air passageway inside an air-conditioning case, a condenser mounted on a warm air passageway, a first blower mounted at an inlet side of the cold air passageway of the air-conditioning case, a second blower mounted at an inlet side of the warm air passageway and an intake duct mounted between the first blower and the second blower to supply indoor air and outdoor air to the first blower and the second blower respectively, thereby maximizing space efficiency because using just one intake duct for the two blowers, and reducing the size and manufacturing costs of the heat pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sung Je Lee, Tae Yong Park, Eun Young Seo, Yong Nam Ahn, Se Min Lee, Seong Seok Han
  • Patent number: 10495094
    Abstract: A modular fan housing configured to hold an array of motors and fans is provided. The modular fan housing is configured for use in an air-handling system that delivers air to a ventilation system for at least a portion of a building. The fan housing comprises a plurality of modular units configured to be stacked adjacent to one another in at least one row or column to form an array. The modular units each include an interior surface and have a front end and a back end that define a chamber. The chambers are configured to receive the motors and fans. Sound attenuation layers extend along at least a portion of the interior surface of the corresponding chambers. The sound attenuation layers are positioned between at least some of the adjacent chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence G. Hopkins
  • Patent number: 10473740
    Abstract: A cooling system for a magnetic resonance tomography system is provided. The cooling system includes a first coolant circuit with a first coolant pump and a first heat exchanger in thermal contact with an object to be cooled. The first cooling circuit further includes a switchover apparatus that is configured to adjust a heat flow from the first coolant circuit optionally to a first heat sink and/or a second heat sink. In such cases the second heat sink is a second heat exchanger that is fluidically connected to an emergency cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Biber
  • Patent number: 10428827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal fan that can be easily positioned when it is installed in a device or apparatus, which can further improve positioning accuracy, and which can decrease noise, even if it is made thin. In the centrifugal fan in which an impeller is received inside a casing and air drawn in from a suction port formed on the casing by rotating the impeller is discharged from the casing to the outside of a blowing port, a circular protruded portion is formed on a peripheral edge of the suction port, and protrudes upwardly in a shaft direction from an upper surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Takuji Yamada, Masaaki Matsubara, Seiya Fujimoto, Kiyohisa Nara
  • Patent number: 10428681
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine engine comprising a tubular containment casing surrounding a rotary fan blade assembly. The radially outer perimeter (and optionally the radially inner perimeter) of the radial cross-sectional profile of the containment casing is non-circular e.g. polygonal, corrugated, fluted or wavy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: James A Finlayson, Dale E Evans, Ian C D Care
  • Patent number: 10371043
    Abstract: An exhaust gas supply arrangement (1) to a turbine wheel (11) of an exhaust gas turbocharger (2), having a flange (14) for connecting to a manifold (3) of an internal combustion engine (4), an exhaust gas supply leading from the flange (14) to the turbine wheel (11), and a partition (13) which divides the exhaust gas supply into two channels (12), wherein, in a top view of the flange (14), a coordinate system is defined, the origin thereof lying in the center of the partition (13), the y-axis thereof following the partition (13) and the x-axis thereof being perpendicular to the y-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: BorgWarner Inc., MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Eduard Blahovic, Fabian Rasch, Nicolas Regent
  • Patent number: 10334754
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device including a mounting seat, a fan hung on the mounting seat and a frame connected with the fan is provided. The fan has an air outlet and an air inlet opposite to the air outlet, the air inlet is disposed facing to the mounting seat, the frame is arranged surrounding the air inlet and clamped between the mounting seat and the air inlet. Thereby, a back flowing hot airflow is prevented from being sucked into the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: AIC INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Tsung Sun, Chung-I Kuo, Ta-Chih Chung
  • Patent number: 10196975
    Abstract: A method of isolating a turbine shroud from propeller loads in an engine having an outer case with a mount defining a mount plane and an attachment location within the mount plane, the mount configured for attachment of the engine to an aircraft at the attachment location to transfer the propeller loads. The shaft of the engine is supported with a portion of the outer case extending from the mount and defining a load path for the propeller loads. The turbine support case is attached to extend free of the load path, by attaching the turbine support case to the outer case only through a connection along the plane, the connection defining a pivot point allowing a limited relative pivoting motion around the pivot point between the turbine support case and the mount. The turbine shroud is located by directly connecting it to the turbine support case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Ian Alexander MacFarlane
  • Patent number: 10127287
    Abstract: A system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive a stream of content including a plurality of content items; retrieve a plurality of related content items; identify a topic for at least one of the plurality of the related content items; rank the topics by relevance to the user and one of the plurality of items; associate the topic to the content item in the stream of content where the topic is ranked as being relevant to the content item; generate a marker for the topic; generate an interface including the marker associated with the content item in the stream of content; and provide the interface for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brynn Marie Evans, Shimrit Ben-Yair, Jonathan Terleski, John Cassidy, Michael Thomas Leotta, Dave Carlsson
  • Patent number: 10001131
    Abstract: A water pump includes an impeller, a whirl chamber, a pump body including the impeller and the whirl chamber, a cover case portion and a gasket portion being positioned between the pump body and the cover case portion. The cover case portion is formed with an inlet flow passage in which a fluid is introduced to the whirl chamber and an outlet flow passage in which the fluid is discharged from the whirl chamber. The gasket portion is formed with an inlet hole opening from the whirl chamber to the inlet flow passage and an outlet hole opening from the whirl chamber to the outlet flow passage. The gasket portion includes a portion covering at least one of the inlet flow passage and the outlet flow passage in a state where the portion of the gasket portion is exposed by not being in contact with the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Chiba, Kazuma Sasanami, Kenichi Komai
  • Patent number: 9938987
    Abstract: A fan module comprises a frame and at least one filling component. The frame comprises a base plate and a plurality of partition plates. A plurality of air flow channels are formed by the base plate and the plurality of partition plates. Each partition plate has a first fixing slot, a second fixing slot, a third fixing slot and a fourth fixing slot that are located at a side away from the base plate in sequence. The first fixing slot has a first width. The second fixing slot has a second width. The third fixing slot has a third width, and the fourth fixing slot has a fourth width. The filling component is filled in the air flow channels. The first width is the same as the third width. The first width, the second width and the fourth width are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wen-Long Huang
  • Patent number: 9841181
    Abstract: A ventilation fan with illumination includes a housing, a fan, and lighting equipment in the housing. The housing includes a first opening communicating with an air outlet, the first opening communicating with a duct, and a second opening that communicates with an interior space, The lighting equipment includes a light, a cover in the housing that surrounds the light periphery, the cover reflecting light and transmitting the light into the space through the second opening, and a restrictor that restricts passage of air between the light periphery and the lighting cover. An air intake gap is provided between a lower end of the cover and an edge of the second opening and introduced through the second opening and the air intake gap, is discharged through the first opening into the duct, the edge of the second opening being located below the lower end of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: PANASONIC ECOLOGY SYSTEMS GUANGDONG CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Decong Yang, Qianhao Tan, Pingting Yang, Qiuqian Liang, Yannong Wu, Hitoshi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9765697
    Abstract: A turbine housing support is disclosed. The turbine housing support may have a flange. The flange may be configured to connect at least a pair of turbocharger components. The turbine housing support may also have a first column extending outward from a first location on a side surface of the flange. The first column may be disposed on a first side of the flange. The turbine housing support may also have a second column extending outward from a second location on the side surface of the flange. The second column may be disposed on a second side of the flange opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary R. Svihla
  • Patent number: 9726030
    Abstract: A flow deflector arrangement is used in combination with a pipe arrangement secured through a component, the flow deflector arrangement comprising: a nut to secure the pipe arrangement to the component, and a shroud for attachment to the component so as to extend at least partially around the pipe arrangement when the pipe arrangement is secured to the component by the nut. The nut has an outwardly directed flange to adopt a position spaced from the component, and the shroud defines at least one deflector surface which, when the shroud is attached to the component, extends away from the component in spaced relation to the pipe arrangement. The flange and the deflector surface cooperate in deflecting a flow of fluid flowing from the component and along the outside of the pipe arrangement such that the flow is deflected generally outwardly from the pipe arrangement with a degree of swirl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Oliver George Feaver, Andrew James Mullender
  • Patent number: 9624933
    Abstract: A support assembly and method for supporting an internal assembly in a casing of a turbomachine are provided. The support assembly may include a support member that may be slidably disposed in a recess formed in the internal assembly and configured to engage an inner surface of the casing. A biasing member may be disposed in a pocket extending radially inward from the recess. The biasing member may at least partially extend into the recess and may be configured to apply a biasing force to the support member disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventors: David J. Peer, Andrew J. Ranz, William C. Maier, Joel D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9565785
    Abstract: A fan securing device includes first and second holders. The first holder includes a first holding frame that has two holding slots located in opposite sides of the first holding frame, and two first locking units respectively formed adjacent to the holding slots. The second holder includes a second holding frame that has two connecting arms located on opposite sides of the second holding frame and extending respectively into the holding slots. Each connecting arm has a plurality of second locking units. Each first locking unit engages a selected one of the second locking units of a respective one of the connecting arms so as to clamp at least one cooling fan between the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Ken Tsai