Abstract: An air blowing system is disclosed having top and bottom air blowers that each includes a blower base and a blower housing tiltable relative thereto, and a coupling for enabling pivotable affixation of the top blower base to the bottom air blower, The air blowing system has at least first and second operational modes, whereby in the first operational mode the coupling does not affix the top blower base to the bottom air blower and the bottom and top air blowers are relatively independent, and in the second operational mode the coupling pivotably affixes the top blower base to the bottom air blower.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a support fixed in a chassis, and a bracket installing a fan. The support includes a mounting plate. The mounting plate defines a vent area and a number of latching holes located around the vent area. The bracket includes a number of pins respectively latched into the latching holes of the support and a positioning portion. A tab protrudes from the support, to engage with the positioning portion of the bracket. An elastic portion extends down from the bracket to resiliently abut against the chassis.

Abstract: A device (10) for suspending gas channel elements, in particular for suspending guide blades or guide blade segments or gas channel segments, on a housing of a gas turbines is provided. The device comprises first plate-shaped elements (11, 12, 13, 14) and second plate-shaped elements (15, 16, 17), whereby the first plate-shaped elements (11, 12, 13, 14) and the second plate-shaped elements (15, 16, 17) are connected together by web-like elements (18) which extend in an essentially perpendicular manner in relation to the first and second elements and form a meandering or crenelated profile.

Abstract: A thermal module includes a centrifugal fan and a circuit board. The circuit board defines a through hole therein. The centrifugal fan includes a top plate located above the circuit board and aligned with the through hole, a first sidewall extending from a circumferential edge of the top plate toward the circuit board, a bottom plate located below the circuit board and aligned with the through hole, a second sidewall extending from a circumferential edge of the bottom plate toward the circuit board, and an impeller. The first sidewall abuts a top surface of the circuit board around the through hole. The second sidewall abuts a bottom surface of the circuit board around the through hole. The impeller is smaller than the through hole. The impeller extends through to be located in the through hole.

Abstract: A power system includes a gas turbine engine, which may include a gear box. The gear box may include a pipe connection configured to receive a removable pipe. The power system may also include a moveable support configured to fasten to the pipe connection to at least partially support the gear box.

Abstract: A motor vehicle coolant pump for supplying coolant to an engine includes a two-part pump housing comprising a pump rotor housing part and a body housing part. The pump rotor housing part comprises a first mounting flange, and the body housing part comprises a second mounting flange which together fix the housing parts with respect to each other and allow a mounting of the housing parts on each other in every rotary position. A pump rotor is arranged in the pump rotor housing part. An axial coolant inlet and a tangential coolant outlet are provided on the pump rotor housing part. A rotary fixation comprises a recess at the pump rotor housing part and a nose which engages in the recess. The rotary fixation allows the pump rotor housing part and the body housing part to be mounted with respect to each other in only one single rotational angle.

Abstract: A serial fan frame assembly structure includes a first fan frame and a second fan frame. The first fan frame has a first and a second retainer, as well as a first and a second receiving slot; and the second fan frame has a first and a second receiving recess, as well as a first and a second post. The first and second retainer are configured for correspondingly engaging with the first and second recesses, while the first and second posts are configured for correspondingly engaging with the first and second receiving slots, so that the first and the second fan frame can be quickly assembled together in a manner capable of reducing vibration during the operation of a serial fan.

Abstract: A heat dissipating apparatus includes a first fan and a second fan. A clipping portion with a block is located on the first fan. A receiving hole is defined in the second fan, and two first retaining panels and a second retaining panel extend from the second fan. The two first retaining panels are substantially parallel to each other and perpendicular to the second retaining panel. The clipping portion is located between the two retaining panels and abuts the first retaining panel, and the block is engaged in the receiving hole.

Abstract: A fan cooling system has individual fan modules which are connected together in an end-to-end configuration, where one of the fan modules is connected to a mechanism which rotates the linear array of fan modules. The fan modules are substantially identical, which allows prefabrication of the fan modules prior to on-site installation of the system. Each fan module may contain water injection piping and nozzles, which allows the fan cooling system to dispense fog. The linear array of fan modules may be rotated along a longitudinal axis, such that the axial flow direction of the fans may be changed with respect to a vertical plane. A suggested use of the fan cooling system is for the cooling of livestock in large livestock structures.

Abstract: A forward engine mount assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a mount beam having a main body with a fore end and an aft end and a forward shackle assembly supported by the fore end of the mount beam. The forward shackle assembly comprises a first link configured to be connected to a first engine case structure and a second link configured to be connected to a second engine case structure. The first and second links are pivotally attached to each other.

Abstract: A laptop cooling pad having one or more heat-dissipating fans adjustable in position is disclosed. The laptop cooling pad is provided with a ventilation portion so that a heat-dissipating fan can be mounted on the ventilation portion through a fan support. The ventilation portion has a groove for receiving pushing nodes of the fan support so that a user can push the pushing nodes to move the heat-dissipating fan inside the laptop cooling pad and make the heat-dissipating fan close to a heat source, thereby ensuring the heat-dissipating effect of the laptop cooling pad.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon production rotary pump having a stator and a rotor drive to rotate therein by a submersible pump driver is supported so as to be suspended from a wellhead by a support member including production tubing and at least one control line alongside the production tubing. The control line(s) has greater tensile strength in the longitudinal direction of the well casing than the production tubing such that the control line(s) provides greater support to the rotary pump and the submersible pump driver than the production tubing. A unitary casing in the form of a seamless material may fully surround the production tubing and the control line(s) along the full length thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling device (14) intended to connect first and second elements (4, 5) which can move relative to one another, comprising a connecting rod (16) coupled to the first and second movable elements (4, 5) at first and second ends (18, 19) respectively, at least one of the ends of the connecting rod (16) having a head (22) intended to cooperate with locking means (23) belonging to the corresponding movable element (5) so as to removably fasten the connecting rod (16) to the corresponding movable element (5), characterized in that the coupling device (14, 15) comprises at least one telescopic guide member (25) serving to support and guide the connecting rod (16) during the movement of the movable elements (4, 5), having first and second ends (28, 26) intended to be attached to first and second support elements (23, 16) respectively.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine is provided that includes at least one heat exchanger through which air can pass, at least one axial fan that is located behind the at least one heat exchanger in a direction of air flow and has a circumferential ring with which ring is associated a stationary baffle ring, and a fan shroud adjoining the at least one heat exchanger. At least one motion compensating element with a sealing function is provided between the baffle ring and the at least one fan shroud.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine with a turbine wheel, a compressor with a compressor wheel and a shaft mounted in a bearing unit. The turbine wheel and the compressor wheel are disposed on the shaft. The turbine wheel is disposed in a turbine housing. The compressor wheel is disposed in a compressor housing. The turbocharger is integrated into an aperture or recess of the cylinder head of an engine and the turbine housing is formed integrally in the cylinder head.

Abstract: A gas turbine includes a rotor rotated by combustion gas produced by a combustor that burns fuel, and a casing that is formed by connecting a plurality of casing members divided in plurality, the casing storing the rotor in an inside thereof, and including a second upper-side second vertical inner flange and a third upper-side first vertical inner flange for connecting a second upper casing member with a third upper casing member different from the second upper casing member among the casing members at the inside.

Abstract: A multi-stage centrifugal pump assembly which is manufactured in the same construction type with cast components on the one hand, and with a stainless steel lining formed of sheet metal on the other hand, includes a bearing carrier (13) which is designed and suitable for the connection of a cast housing component (12) as well as for receiving a sheet metal lining made of stainless steel.

Abstract: A thrust reverser for the nacelle of a turboreactor includes at least one fixed front frame that can be mounted downstream of a fan casing of the turboreactor and directly or indirectly supports at least one flow deviation vanes, in which at least part of the flow deviation vanes can be detached from the front frame and moved in translation independently therefrom when a maintenance operation is being carried out on the reverser.

Abstract: Provided is a coupling structure for vacuum exhaust devices each including a pump chamber and a casing that demarcates the pump chamber. The coupling structure includes a first end surface formed on a first side of the casing, and a second end surface formed on the second side of the casing, the second side being the opposite side of the first side. The casing of a first vacuum exhaust device and the casing of a second vacuum exhaust device among a plurality of vacuum exhaust devices are arranged to be directly superposed on each other such that the first end surface provided to the first vacuum exhaust device and the second end surface provided to the second vacuum exhaust device come into contact with each other. By fastening the first end surface and the second end surface, the first vacuum exhaust device and the second vacuum exhaust device are connected to each other such that gas can flow between the casing of the first vacuum exhaust device and the casing of the second vacuum exhaust device.

Abstract: A mounting device for fixing a fan having a main body and two opposite boards includes a base board, two blocks to be mounted to opposite sides of the main body and two springs. The base board forms two rods. Each block defines a fixing hole in which a corresponding one of the rods is engaged, and a receiving space surrounding the fixing hole. Each spring has an upper portion received in the receiving space of a corresponding one of the block, and a lower portion extending out of the corresponding receiving room to fit about the corresponding rod.

Abstract: A mounting device for fixing a fan having two opposite boards includes a base board and a number of fixing members mounted to outer surfaces of the boards. The base board forms a number of rods. Each fixing member includes a top plate, and a spring fitted about one of the rods and sandwiched between the base board and the top plate. The top plate defines a fixing hole to fit about the corresponding rod.

Abstract: A fan includes a main body and a clip. The main body includes a board defining a through hole. The clip includes a base wall and two end walls extending down from opposite ends of the base wall. A pair of claws extends from one of the end walls away from the other end wall. Each claw includes an engaging portion. The engaging portions is operable to be deformed toward each other to pass through the through hole, thereby sandwiching the board with the corresponding end wall.

Abstract: A fan assembly includes a fan, a bracket, and a retaining member. The fan defines a locking hole. A bracket receives the fan. The bracket includes a mounting wall. The retaining member includes a base panel and a mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a mounting tab extending from the base panel and a mounting protrusion extending from the mounting tab. The mounting protrusion extends through the mounting wall and inclining resists an inner side of the locking hole to prevent the fan from moving along a first direction substantially parallel to the mounting wall.

Abstract: This assembling and disassembling device for a compressor has a substantially cylindrical bundle that is received insertably and removably on an inner circumferential surface of a substantially tubular compressor casing that is mounted horizontally and further includes: a plate-like member that is provided on an axial end portion of the bundle at an opposite side of an insertion direction so as to protrude outward in the radial direction of the bundle and a threaded-rod member that inserts and removes the bundle connected to the plate-like member into and from the compressor casing by being screwed into a threaded hole provided in the plate-like member and being rotated.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mounting system for a gas turbine transition duct. The mounting system includes a generally C-shaped mounting bracket having a generally radially extending first portion, an arc-shaped second portion, and a generally radially extending third portion. Each of the first portion and third portion includes a spherical bearing and the second portion has a plurality of sets of mounting holes. In another embodiment of the present invention, a gas turbine transition duct is provided having a panel assembly, an aft frame secured to the panel assembly and a mounting system for securing the transition duct to a turbine inlet. The panel assembly includes two formed sheets of metal secured together along axial seams. The panel assembly is secured to an aft frame that is capable of expanding in the circumferential direction due to thermal growth.

Abstract: A structure for a nacelle cover connection portion of a wind turbine generator includes a lengthy first angled member fixed to an inside surface of a nacelle cover and forming an upper end portion of a side wall panel; and a lengthy second angled member fixed to the inside surface and forming a lower end portion of a roof panel. An upper surface of the first angled member and a lower surface of the second angled member are aligned with and fixed to each other. A covering portion covering the upper end portion from the outside of a nacelle is provided at a predetermined interval from the same and integral with the lower end portion so as to protrude to the outside of the nacelle cover farther than the lower end portion. A packing is interposed between the upper and lower surfaces.

Abstract: A mounting device for fixing a fan having a main body and two opposite boards includes a base board and two blocks to be mounted on opposite sides of the main body. The base board forms two rods. Each block defines a fixing hole in which a corresponding one of the rods is engaged.

Abstract: A mounting device for a fan includes a bottom wall and a base for supporting the fan. The bottom wall forms two rods. The base includes a plate and two fixing pieces extending out from opposite sides of the plate. Each fixing piece defines a fixing hole through which a corresponding one of the rods extends.

Abstract: A fan mounting assembly has a mount, a ball member, and a support. The support is disposed within a vertical opening of the ball member and is coupled to the ball member. The mounting assembly may further comprise a wedge driven between an interior surface of the ball member and an exterior surface of the support in order to prevent movement of the support within the ball member. The mount has a mounting portion and a socket portion. The socket portion has a tapered interior surface. The tapered surface may have a constant angle. The ball member and support are disposed within the socket portion such that an outer surface of the ball member rests upon the tapered surface of the socket portion. The tapered surface may have features configured to prevent rotation of the ball member within the socket portion.

Abstract: A turbojet engine nacelle includes a fixed structure, which has a fan casing of the turbojet engine and a front frame mounted downstream of the fan casing and directly or indirectly supporting cascade vanes. The front frame is able to collaborate with a thrust reverser cowling sliding between a closed position covering the flow-diverting means and an open position exposing this flow-diverting means. At least one reinforcing structure of the engine nacelle transmits load between the fan casing and the front frame. The reinforcing structure extends along the longitudinal axis of the nacelle and supports a third line of defense and/or an inhibiting device between the front frame and the thrust reverser cowling.

Abstract: A fan frame for a heat dissipation apparatus is provided. The fan frame includes an outer frame, an inner frame sleeved in the outer frame and slidable relative to the outer frame, a latching mechanism for mechanically securing the inner frame to the outer frame. The latching mechanism includes one or more resilient latches, one or more receiving portions capable of receiving the resilient latches in a first latched position and a second latched position, and an actuator mechanism connected to the outer frame and capable of resisting the resilient latch to cause elastic deformation of the resilient latch, thereby withdrawing the resilient latch from the receiving portion.

Abstract: An insertion/extraction system and method for a compressor casing and a compressor bundle. The system includes a cradle extending from a first axial end of the compressor casing and configured to provide support for the compressor bundle during insertion, and an extension assembly coupled to a first axial end of the compressor bundle and extending therefrom into the compressor casing during insertion of the compressor bundle into the compressor casing, during extraction of the compressor bundle from the compressor casing, or both. The system further includes a support member that engages the extension assembly and the compressor casing to support the first axial end of the compressor bundle via the extension assembly, the support member configured to allow relative movement between the support member and the extension assembly during insertion of the compressor bundle into the compressor casing, extraction of the compressor bundle from the compressor casing, or both.

Abstract: A nacelle stand and a method for building and testing a nacelle for a wind turbine using a nacelle stand, the nacelle stand being suitable for supporting a nacelle for a wind turbine, during manufacturing and assembly of the nacelle, testing and transport. The nacelle stand has a connecting arrangement for rigid connection to a yaw system arranged at the main frame of the nacelle, a midsection, a horizontal bedplate and a center part with a number of fingers extending away from the center part in a horizontal plane, the fingers each having an angle larger than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of the stand.

Abstract: The nacelle (1) comprises an air intake (5) upstream of the turbojet engine (2), a middle section (6) an internal casing (6a) of which is intended to surround a fan (3) of the turbojet engine (2), and a downstream section (7) comprising an external structure (7a)which is rigidly connected to a downstream part of the casing (6a) of the fan (3) so as to support the turbojet engine (2) and has means of attachment to a strut (12) intended to be connected to a fixed structure (13) of an aeroplane.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine case has a metallic composite boss mounted thereto. The boss may have a main metal injection molded (MIM) part, and a separately formed flange part integrated to the main MIM part and projecting laterally outwardly therefrom. The MIM part and the flange part may be made of different materials. The material of the flange part is selected to provide a suitable mounting interface with the gas turbine engine case.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transformer (100) for the transfer of electrical power from a nacelle (250) of a horizontal-axis wind turbine to a turbine tower (350) of said wind turbine whereby the nacelle (250) is in revolute attachment to the tower (350), comprising: a primary winding (200) adapted for attachment to the nacelle (250), and a secondary winding (300) adapted for attachment to the turbine tower (350), which windings (200, 300) are in revolute alignment with each other, and configured for transfer of electrical power by induction from the primary winding (200) to the secondary winding (300). It also relates to a method for assembly or disassembly of a wind turbine.

Abstract: An assembly includes a fan and a heat sink for detachably fixing the fan. The fan includes a pair of first and a pair of second sidewalls, with two pair of rims respectively extending from the first and second sidewalls. Ends of the rims of the first sidewalls, which are directed toward and are adjacent to a same one of the second sidewalls, each have a latch flange. Ends of the rims of the second sidewalls, which are directed toward and are adjacent to a same one of the first sidewalls, each have a latch flange. The heat sink includes a channel for slidably receiving one pair of rims of the first or second sidewalls, a blocking member disposed at one end of the channel to block a corresponding sidewall of the fan, and a latch member disposed at the other end of the channel to latch the corresponding latch flanges.

Abstract: A heat dissipating assembly includes a heat dissipating member, a bracket and a locking member. A male connector is coupled to the heat dissipating member with a cable. The bracket includes two securing plates. Each securing plate defines a positioning hole. A locking member is secured to the heat dissipating member and includes a board body. Two locking portions are located on the board body and engaged in the positioning holes. The locking member defines a through opening. Two first locking blocks and two second locking blocks are located on the locking member. The cable is received in the through opening, and the male connector is inserted through the through opening and secured both between the first locking blocks and between the second locking blocks.

Abstract: A fastener structure for securing multiple fans includes an assembly hole, a fastening pillar, and an adhesive layer. The assembly hole is located in a frame of a first fan. The fastening pillar is located on a frame of a second fan, wherein the configuration of the fastening pillar is suited to be inserted into the assembly hole. The adhesive layer is located between an outer wall of the fastening pillar and an inner wall of the assembly hole when the fastening pillar is inserted into the assembly hole.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus for a fan includes a bottom wall, and a fixing member for fixing the fan. The bottom wall forms a fixing portion and defines a fixing hole. The fixing member includes a plate defining a through hole, and a latch extending from a side of the board. The through hole includes a first hole and a second hole communicating with the first hole. The second hole is less than the first hole in size. A projection is formed on a distal end of the latch. The fixing member is slidably mounted to the bottom wall, and the fixing portion extends through the first hole and then engages in the second hole. The projection is engaged in the fixing hole.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus for a fan includes a bottom wall, and a fixing member for fixing the fan. A first fixing portion and a second fixing portion are formed on the bottom wall. The fixing member includes a plate defining a through hole, and an extension piece extending from a side of the board. The through hole includes a first hole and a second hole communicating with the first hole. The second hole is less than the first hole in size. The extension piece defines a side cutout. The fixing member is slidably mounted to the bottom wall. The first fixing portion extends through the first hole and engages in the second hole, and the second fixing portion engages and is retained by the cutout.

Abstract: An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an intermediate case and a gearbox. The intermediate case defines an annular transition duct. The gearbox comprises a plurality of lobes and is integrally formed with the annular transition duct.

Abstract: A system for supporting a shroud used in an engine has a shroud positioned radially outboard of a rotor, which shroud has a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots; a forward support ring for supporting the shroud; the forward support ring having a plurality of spaced apart first tabs on a first side for functioning as anti-rotation devices; the forward support ring having a plurality of spaced apart second tabs on a second side; and the second tabs engaging the slots in the shroud and circumferentially supporting the shroud.

Abstract: A combining assembly for a fan fixing base is fixed in a housing and includes a fan module and a frame plate. The fan module includes a fixing base, a heat-dissipating fan disposed in the fixing base, and a plurality of locking elements. The heat-dissipating fan is provided with a plurality of locking holes. The fixing base has a plurality of through-holes. The locking elements are disposed through the through-holes to be connected into the locking holes, thereby fixing the heat-dissipating fan into the fixing base. The frame plate is provided with a plurality of positioning troughs to correspond to the locking elements. The fan module is engaged in the positioning troughs via the locking elements.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a gear arrangement configured to drive the fan section, a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes a low pressure compressor section and a high pressure compressor section. The turbine section is configured to drive compressor section and the gear arrangement. The engine includes a combination of quantities providing beneficial operation.

Abstract: A detachable USB fan module mounting structure includes a machine case having a top opening and two guide rails at two opposite lateral sides of the top opening, a circuit board with one a USB connector accommodated in the machine case, a cover member detachably covered on the top opening of the machine case and having a coupling structure detachably coupled to the guide rails of the machine case and a bottom bracket with a fan module positioning structure to hold a USB fan module that has a power cord with a USB plug connected to the USB connector of the circuit board.

Abstract: A steam turbine with a drum rotor utilizing individual nozzle ring assemblies in the IP section incased by a single shell. In one embodiment, a steam turbine has a high pressure (HP) section with a double shell drum and an intermediate pressure (IP) section with a single shell drum, with the IP section including a plurality of individual nozzle ring assemblies axially spaced along the single shell casing, such that each nozzle ring assembly surrounds the drum rotor. In other embodiments, a low pressure section (LP) of the steam turbine can have a single-flow or dual-flow connection to a condenser, and the condenser can be positioned to the side, vertically below, or axially aligned with the LP section.

Abstract: A blower fan unit includes a housing, an impeller, an outlet, and a positioning mechanism. The impeller is mounted in the housing. The impeller rotates around a rotation center axis and generates an air current in a centrifugal direction from the rotation center axis. An outlet is formed in the housing and located in a centrifugal direction from the rotation center axis. A positioning mechanism is connected to the housing and makes the position of the housing change along the rotation center axis at each angular position around the rotation center axis.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a turbine assembly includes a first static structure and a second static structure radially outward of the first static structure. The assembly also includes a support member placed in a recess of the second static structure, wherein the support member includes first and second curved surfaces to contact the first and second static structures, respectively, and wherein the support member includes a biasing structure to retain the support member in the recess.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nacelle for a turbojet engine, comprising a rear section forming an outer structure which defines, together with a concentric inner structure (4) comprising an inner panel (10) for surrounding a downstream part of the turbojet engine, an annular flow channel for a so-called secondary flow. The invention is characterized in that the exhaust means (11) are arranged in the inner panel in such a way that any inopportune surge is exhausted in the annular channel.