Circumferentially And Radially Continuous Web Or End Plate Patents (Class 416/185)
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Patent number: 12253094Abstract: An impeller of a pump device includes a vane wheel fixed to a flange portion of a rotor member. The vane wheel includes a plurality of vane portions protruding from a disc portion opposed to the flange portion in an axial direction. At a tip end of each vane portion, a rib that is inserted into a fixing groove provided in the flange portion is provided. A gap in the axial direction is provided between a tip end of an inner peripheral portion including an end portion on an inner side in a radial direction of the rib and a bottom surface of the fixing groove, and a welded portion welded to the fixing groove is provided at a tip end on another side in the axial direction of an outer peripheral portion including an end portion on an outer side in the radial direction of the rib.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiko Yazawa, Michiaki Takizawa
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Patent number: 12228139Abstract: The present disclosure provides a two-stage cavitation generator for organic wastewater treatment, including a shrouded impeller, a stator, and a rotor. The shrouded impeller includes a front cover plate, blades, and a rear cover plate. Several blades are evenly distributed between the front cover plate and the rear cover plate. A working surface of the blade is an arc surface, and a back of the blade protrudes locally, so that a flow channel between the back of the blade and a working surface of its adjacent blade is narrowed locally, forming a throat structure. An outlet of the shrouded impeller is provided with the stator and the rotor, and the stator is located at an outer edge of the front cover plate and fixed on an inner wall of a volute. The rotor is mounted on the rear cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Jiangsu UniversityInventors: Yong Wang, Ming Li, Zhiyao Ding, Qin Pi, Qiang Xu, Yu Hu, Yu Huang, Houlin Liu
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Patent number: 12221975Abstract: An impeller includes a hub, an outer ring, a plurality of first blades and a plurality of second blades. The plurality of first blades are arranged around the hub at intervals. Each of the plurality of first blades passes through the outer ring, extends inward from the outer ring, and is connected to the hub. The plurality of second blades are arranged around the hub at intervals. Each of the plurality of second blades passes through the outer ring. At least one of the plurality of second blades is disposed between the plurality of first blades. A length of each of the plurality of second blades is between 10% and 45% of a length of each of the plurality of first blades.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chin-Hung Lee, Chieh-Hung Chang, Chieh-Shih Chang, Ya-Ting Chang
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Patent number: 12188370Abstract: An impeller (58) for a radial turbine comprises a substantially conical hub (70), and a plurality of impeller blades (80) arranged along an outer periphery of the hub at regular intervals, wherein a tip end (80D) of each impeller blade is provided with a fin (82) projecting in a thickness-wise direction of the impeller blade over a prescribed region (X) extending along a chord length thereof from a first point (P1) at a first distance from an upstream end (80A) of the tip end to a second point (P2) at a second distance from a downstream end (80D) of the tip end.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuta Takeuchi
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Patent number: 12140151Abstract: A turbo fan, formed by ultrasonic welding, a first component including: a flat portion; and plate-shaped blade portions standing from the flat portion, and a second component having recessed groove portions in each of which an end portion of the respective blade portion fits. The groove portions have a groove width greater than a thickness of the end portions of the blade portions. The turbo fan includes a group of positioning ribs partially burying two clearances created on two sides of the end portion in a thickness direction thereof, respectively, in a pre-welding state. The group of positioning ribs protrude in the thickness direction from the end portion of at least one of the blade portions, or from side surfaces of at least one of the groove portions, and are in contact with side surfaces of the groove portion, or in contact with the end portion of the blade portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Shiraki, Hideki Yoshiura, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Sakie Kawakami
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Patent number: 12091171Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has a multicopter section for flying in air with an attached blower section for generating an air stream for blowing dust off surfaces. A flight controller controls the multicopter section, a blower controller controls the blower section, and a power supply supplies power to the multicopter and blower sections. The flight controller and the blower controller are connected, and the blower controller is adapted to supply blower control commands to the flight controller to compensate for the thrust of the air stream from the blower section by flight control of the multicopter section. The UAV may be enclosed by a protective cage in the form of a meshed polyhedron, wherein the rods of the meshes are elastically connected at the respective nodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Valmet Technologies OyInventor: Paul Arnold
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Patent number: 12071861Abstract: A multi-piece radial turbine rotor includes a hub, turbine blades, and a flowpath ring that couples the turbine blades to the hub. Joints between the components of the rotor are adapted for inspection during manufacture to identify potential defects in the joints.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Rolls-Royce American Technologies Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Wood, Matthew T. Kush, Timothy P. Fuesting, Douglas D. Dierksmeier
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Patent number: 12060889Abstract: A centrifugal impeller includes a pressurized cavity that reduce the stresses in the impeller disk, blades, shroud and hub as the stiffness of the rotor is not compromised while weight is reduced across the component and peak stress regions are shifted across the part. The centrifugal impeller can be a centrifugal pump or a radial inflow turbine. The pressurized cavity is formed between a forward wall and an aft wall of the impeller and can include a plurality of orifices that open into the cavity to supply pressure from low to high pressure location around the impeller. Annular rings can be used within the cavity to stiffen the impeller. Radial and tangential stiffening ribs can be used on the two walls to stiffen the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: P3 TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brandon A Demski, Robert W Sanders
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Patent number: 12031554Abstract: An open impeller for a submergible pump for pumping abrasive fluids. The impeller has a cover plate, a hub and at least two spirally swept blades, each blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a lower edge extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge and separating the suction and pressure sides of the blade. At least one blade includes a winglet at the lower edge projecting from the suction side, located radially outside an inner radius of the impeller, and extending circumferentially to the trailing edge at the suction side at a maximum radius of the impeller. The lower edge and winglet lower wear surface are configured to be located opposite of and facing a pump wear plate. The inner radius is equal to the largest of the maximum radius of the impeller multiplied by 0.6, and an inlet radius of the impeller multiplied by 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Xylem Europe GmbHInventor: Jan Wilkström
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Patent number: 12031516Abstract: Electric power supply kit (10) for an irrigation system (100) for land, said irrigation system (100) comprising at least one conduit (110, 111) adapted for the passage of an irrigation fluid and at least one electrical device (120) comprising at least one rechargeable power supply battery (130), said electric power supply kit (10) comprising at least one hydroelectric turbine (20) in fluid communication with said irrigation fluid adapted to generate an alternating electric current voltage as said irrigation fluid passes into said at least one conduit (110, 111), at least one voltage regulator (30) adapted to be powered with said alternating electric current, adapted to stabilize said alternating electric current voltage in a direct electric current voltage, and adapted to supply said at least one power supply battery (130) of said at least one electrical device (120) with said direct electric current voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventors: Anna Stiatti, Alberto Stiatti, Matteo Maria Stiatti
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Patent number: 12018677Abstract: Disclosed herein is a user interface that can be universally mounted to a combination variable speed pump and a drive assembly therefor. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly and/or to an environmental surface that is remotely located from the drive assembly. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly in any one of a plurality of available positions relative thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Gary Ortiz, Jason W. Parcell, Dwayne Emory Clark
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Patent number: 11982283Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor and, more specifically, to an air compressor for a vehicle, which can support a rotor disk and form a cooling flow channel by a first cover and a second cover, and thus can improve cooling efficiency while increasing manufacturability.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Chi Yong Park, Hyun Chil Kim, Gunwoong Park, Min Gyu Park, Yeol Woo Sung, Hyun Sup Yang, Jong Sung Lee, Kyu Sung Choi
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Patent number: 11971053Abstract: A rotor of a fluid machine includes a wheel with a plurality of blades. Furthermore, the rotor includes an inter-blade area defined circumferentially between a first blade and a second blade of the plurality of blades with respect to the axis of rotation. Moreover, the rotor includes a balancing mark on the wheel and within the inter-blade area. The balancing mark is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end are stepped axially into the inter-blade area. The balancing mark extends arcuately between the first end and the second end. The balancing mark has a depth that varies as the balancing mark extends arcuately between the first end and the second end. The balancing mark has a width that varies as the balancing mark extends arcuately between the first end and the second end.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INCInventors: Quentin Roberts, Karunakaran Ealumalai, Razvan Nedelcu, Alexandru-Silviu Stoicescu, Alexandru Danicescu, Bekir Adanir
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Patent number: 11965526Abstract: A pump side part for use with a centrifugal slurry pump for pumping a fluid mixture containing particulate matter, the pump side part comprising a main body having a main axis, the main body including a side wall section which extends laterally with respect to the main axis and has opposite facing first and second sides, a plurality of formations on a surface of the second side including an inner formation and an outer formation in spaced relation to the inner formation, the formations being configured so that in use the formations generate a flow of the fluid mixture across the surface which detaches from the surface the particulate matter adjacent thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Weir Minerals Australia Ltd.Inventors: Luis Moscoso Lavagna, Nestor Cinotti, David Alan Hamilton
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Patent number: 11859634Abstract: A electric motor assembly includes an electric motor and a fan assembly coupled to the electric motor and configured to rotate therewith about an axis. The fan assembly includes a hub including a core ring, a first inner ring circumscribing the core ring, and a first plurality of circumferentially-spaced ribs extending between the core ring and the first inner ring. The hub also includes a second inner ring circumscribing the first inner ring and a second plurality of circumferentially-spaced ribs extending between the first inner ring and the second inner ring, and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades coupled to an outer periphery of the hub.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Jeevan Gnana Robinson, Neha Kumari, Yunpeng Yang
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Patent number: 11795821Abstract: A rotor for an aircraft engine, has: a hub extending circumferentially about a central axis, the hub having a bore, a gaspath-facing surface located radially outwardly of the bore relative to the central axis, a first face extending from the bore to the gaspath-facing surface, and a second face opposite the first face and extending from the bore to the gaspath-facing surface; blades circumferentially distributed about the central axis, the blades protruding away from the gaspath-facing surface of the hub; and a crack mitigator located on the first face, the crack mitigator extending circumferentially relative to the central axis, the crack mitigator extending axially from a baseline surface of the first face.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventor: Dikran Mangardich
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Patent number: 11747069Abstract: A refrigeration plant including: a first enclosure containing water in the liquid state at a temperature lower than or equal to the temperature of the triple point of water or higher than the temperature of the triple point of water by less than 10° C., and water in the gaseous state at a first pressure equal to the saturated vapor pressure of the water in equilibrium with the pressure of the water in the liquid state; a second enclosure at a second pressure strictly higher than the first pressure by a factor of at least two; a compression device connecting the first enclosure to the second enclosure; a condensing device adapted to condense the water in the gaseous state in the second enclosure into water in the liquid state; and a cold power extraction device for extracting cold power in the first enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: ALPINOV XInventors: Thomas Vinard, Sébastien Bur, Jérôme Girard
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Patent number: 11692445Abstract: The invention concerns an inter-blade profile (14) for a turbine runner blade, said inter-blade profile (14) comprising a profile (16), and a plug (18), forming a basis of the profile (16) and intended for being inserted into a corresponding hole (21) made in a blade.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: GE Renewable TechnologiesInventors: Benoît Papillon, Carl-Anthony Beaubien, David Allan Scott, Laurent Bornard, Louis Mathieu
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Patent number: 11555507Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocompressor (1) comprising a compressor housing (2) and a compressor wheel (4) with blades (5). The compressor wheel (4) is rotatably mounted relative to the compressor housing (2) and is arranged such that the exposed upper edges of the blades (5) are spaced from a compressor housing (2) wall (3) facing the blade upper edges across a head gap (7), wherein both the upper edges of the blades (5) as well as the housing wall (3) have at least one recess (11, 13) and at least one elevation (10, 14) over the respective Meridian contour, said recess and elevation interacting locally such that the head gap (7) defines a Z-shaped course in the region of the recesses (11, 13) and the elevations (10, 14) when viewed on a Meridian plane.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Markus Engert, Angelika Klostermann, Daniel Conrad
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Patent number: 11518443Abstract: A rotating thrust-producing apparatus having a control system includes a rotatable foil having opposite first and second faces and a plurality of spaced apart fins occupying a periphery thereof. A pressure control assembly includes a first adjustable control surface disposed adjacent to a first face of the foil so as to be selectively movable over the fins of the foil. The pressure control assembly may include a second control surface disposed adjacent to the second face of the foil and which may be adjustable. As the foil is rotated, and the at least one adjustable control surface is moved over fins of the foil, a fluid pressure imbalance is created, causing a thrust in the direction of the pressure deficit.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Quinn Aerospace Inc.Inventor: Steven P. Quinn
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Patent number: 11506059Abstract: An impeller associated with a compressor of a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of impeller blades. Each impeller blade of the plurality of impeller blades has a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge in a streamwise direction. Each impeller blade of the plurality of impeller blades extends in a spanwise direction from a hub at 0% span to a tip at 100% span, and each impeller blade of the plurality of impeller blades has a plurality of mean camber lines that each extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge at a respective spanwise location. The leading edge includes a partially swept leading edge surface defined between 70% span to 100% span that extends in the streamwise direction between 3% to 15% of a mean camber line at 100% span.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Shailesh Kumar, Shakeel Nasir, Jyotichandra Jingade, Mahmoud Mansour
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Patent number: 11473232Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within a wash tub for receiving of a load of articles for washing. A motor assembly is operably coupled to the wash basket and an agitation element for selectively rotating the wash basket and the agitation element and includes a drive motor having a motor shaft defining an axial direction, a transmission assembly operably coupled to the wash basket for transmitting torque from the motor shaft to the wash basket and the agitation element and the agitation element, and a cooling fan mechanically coupled to the motor shaft for urging a flow of air as the drive motor rotates the motor shaft, the cooling fan comprising a plurality of blades, wherein the plurality of blades have a geometry that varies along the axial direction to follow a contour of an external surface of the drive motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John Joseph Roetker
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Patent number: 11421704Abstract: A blower wheel having a plurality of blower wheel blades arranged in a blade ring, which are connected to a disc covering the blower wheel blades, at least in sections, on at least one axial side, wherein a connection between the blower wheel blades and the disc determines a transition geometry, which has a rounded curve of a quadratic function when viewed in the cross-section, at least on one side of the blower wheel blades, particularly a side facing radially inward with respect to an axis of rotation of the blower wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Erhard Gruber, Jens Müller, Alexander Konzal
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Patent number: 11365631Abstract: A turbine rotor blade according to at least one embodiment to be connected to a rotational shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis includes a hub having a hub surface inclined with respect to the axis in a cross-section along the axis; and a plurality of rotor blades disposed on the hub surface. In a throat portion where a blade-to-blade distance between two adjacent rotor blades is smallest, a value (Lt/r) obtained by dividing the blade-to-blade Lt at a given radial position by a distance r from the axis to the radial position is maximum at a position where a dimensionless span length is in a range of 0.2 to 0.65, assuming that the dimensionless span length is 0 at a position of a root end portion on a hub side and is 1 at a position of a tip end portion opposite to the hub side.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Takeru Chiba, Toru Hoshi
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Patent number: 11333161Abstract: A curved surface processing method for an inlet edge of a cylindrical blade of a centrifugal pump impeller includes following steps. A center of an impeller is used as a center to draw circles having respective diameters. A first point having a first distance from the center is determined on a concave side curve at a top of the blade, and a second point having a second distance from the center is determined on a concave side curve at a bottom of the blade. By improving the shape of a blade in an impeller, the angle of an inlet edge at the top of the blade is more close to the tangent direction, and the inlet angle of the top blade is reduced. A twisted surface is formed between a first arc segment at the top and a second arc segment at the bottom.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Jiangsu UniversityInventors: Qihua Zhang, Shun Kang, Weidong Zhang, Zhaoxu Yan
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Patent number: 11199123Abstract: A system for cooling an engine is provided. The system uses a rim driven fan having an electric motor in a frame of the fan to move air through a radiator toward the outside of the vehicle. The electric motor may have the rotor and the stator axially or radially aligned. The plurality of fan blades extends radially inward of a support which is formed integral with or attached to the rotor. Rim driven fans are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: BAE Systems Controls Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Lemberg, Kolin Arnold, Richard C. Sutphin
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Patent number: 10962017Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a motor, a support body, a rotating body, and a housing. The motor includes a rotor hub that rotates around a central axis extending up and down. The support body is fixed to the rotor hub and rotates together with the rotor hub. The rotating body is different from the support body in material. The rotating body is a continuous porous body. The housing accommodates the rotating body, the support body, and the motor. The housing includes an air inlet open in an axial direction and at least one air outlet open in a radial direction. A radially inner surface of the rotating body opposes a radially outer surface of the rotor hub with a gap interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Tsukamoto, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 10634157Abstract: A centrifugal compressor impeller comprises a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a disc having a plurality of blades extending therefrom. Each blade has a leading edge at the impeller inlet and a trailing edge at the impeller outlet, a blade base extending along the disc between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a blade tip extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge opposite the disc, a pressure side and a suction side. Each blade has a three-dimensional curvature in at least a portion of the surface, adjacent the leading edge. The leading edge has a curved, non-linear profile in a meridian plane. The blade portion has a double-curvature. Each blade has a first metal angle distribution at the blade base, a second metal angle distribution at the blade tip and at least a third metal angle distribution between the blade base and the blade tip.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Nuovo Pignone SrlInventors: Dante Tommaso Rubino, Emanuele Guidotti, Satish Koyyalamudi
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Patent number: 10598186Abstract: A method for preventing corrosion of an impeller-shaft assembly of a turbomachine comprises the steps of assembling an impeller on a shaft in order to define an impeller-shaft assembly; plating the assembly by inserting the assembly into a plating bath; and coating at least a first predefined surface on the impeller and a second predefined surface on the shaft wherein the coating step is performed by spraying the predefined surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Nuovo Pignone SRLInventors: Filippo Cappuccini, Stefania Stramare, Marco Romanelli, Marco Anselmi, Riccardo Paoletti, Alessio Bandini
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Patent number: 10553322Abstract: Modular flow control systems include several differently-shaped structures to achieve desired flow characteristics in fluid flow. Systems include one or many plates held in desired positions by a retainer within the flow. The plates are uniquely shaped based on their position, or vice versa, to shape flow in a desired manner. The plates may fill an entire flow area or may extend partially throughout the area. Plates can take on any shape and are useable in systems installed in any type of flow conduit. When used in a PCCS upper manifold in a nuclear reactor, a chevron plate directly below the inlet divides flow along the entire upper manifold. Perforated plates allow flow to pass at ends of the PCCS upper manifold. The plates can be installed along a grooved edge during an access period and held in static position by filling the length of the PCCS upper manifold.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLCInventors: Mitra Hosseini, Gerald A. Deaver, Jesus G. Diaz-Quiroz, Randy M. Brown
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Patent number: 10473105Abstract: An impeller and rotor structure for a magnetically levitated pump define a smooth primary flow path and U-shaped secondary flow path, which extends around an annular magnetic rotor. The u-shaped secondary flow path is defined by a large outer side gap along an outer surface of the rotor, a large bottom gap along a bottom surface of the rotor and a large inner gap along an inner surface of the rotor. Shroudless impeller blades are purely radial and overhung from a thin peripheral ring attached to the annular magnetic rotor. A center post having a low aspect ratio extends through the annular rotor. The low aspect ratio is configured to prevent flow in the primary flow path from colliding directly with flow in the secondary flow path at the inner radial gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CH Biomedical (USA) Inc.Inventors: Frank Lin, Chen Chen
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Patent number: 10428837Abstract: A fan for generating an air current includes a body having an air inlet, and a nozzle connected to the body. The nozzle includes an interior passage and an air outlet from which the air flow is emitted from the fan. The interior passage extends about an opening or bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by air emitted from the air outlet. The body includes a duct having a first end defining an air inlet of the duct and a second end located opposite to the first end and defining an air outlet of the duct, an impeller located within the duct for drawing the air flow through the duct, and a motor for driving the impeller. The second end of the duct protrudes from the body into the interior passage of the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Antoine Francois Atkinson, Ryan Neal Stimpson
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Patent number: 10385864Abstract: A compressor wheel of a charging device may include a hub, a plurality of blades and a wheel back. The wheel back may have an undulating profile which extends from the hub in a radial direction. The undulating profile may include a plurality of regions. The plurality of regions may adjoin one another and may include a first concave region, a second convex region, a third concave region, and a fourth convex region. The second convex region may adjoin the first concave region. The third concave region may adjoin the second convex region. The fourth convex region may adjoin the third concave region.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: BMTS Technology GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Kinh Toai Pham
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Patent number: 10302096Abstract: An air conditioner includes a scroll body comprising an inlet through which air is introduced, an outlet through which the air is discharged, and an air passage between the inlet and the outlet, a sirocco fan rotatably disposed in the scroll body, the sirocco fan configured to allow the air to be sucked through the inlet and to be discharged through the outlet when the sirocco fan rotates, and a bell mouth formed around the inlet of the scroll body, wherein the scroll body and the sirocco fan satisfy a following formula: 0.76?H/D?0.8, where H (mm) is a height of the scroll body, and D (mm) is an outer diameter of the sirocco fan.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-hun Kang, Jin-baek Kim, Eung-ryeol Seo, Min-gi Cho
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Patent number: 9909553Abstract: A runner device (1) for a hydraulic fluid flow machine is described, the runner (1) including a runner hub (2) and a number of vanes (4) distributed around the center axis (S) of the runner (1), the vanes (4) being releasably connected to the runner (1) by means of bases (41) that complementarily fit grooves (21) in the runner hub (2), characterized by the grooves (21) in the runner hub (2) extending, at least at one of the outer edge portion (23) or the inner edge portion (25) of the runner hub, respectively all the way out to or all the way in to the edge portion (23, 25), whereby the bases (41) may extend radially out to or in to at least one of the outer edge portion (23) or the inner edge portion (25), respectively, of the runner hub (2). A method of providing a runner (1) for a hydraulic fluid flow machine is described as well.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Dynavec ASInventor: Per Egil Skare
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Patent number: 9850760Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hub portion, wherein the hub portion comprises a forward face and an aft face. The rotating machine further includes a cooling channel formed on either the forward face or the aft face and configured to direct cooling air to a location on the rotating machine, wherein the cooling channel extends from a radially inner location along the face to a radially outer location along the face, and wherein the cooling channel is configured as a recess formed into an outer surface of the face.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Lorenzo Crosatti, Jason Smoke
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Patent number: 9745983Abstract: Ventilation device including a turbine mounted inside a radially volute-shaped casing, the peripheral wall of the casing moving progressively away from the periphery of the turbine from a volute tongue to a distal end (E2) of the volute, the radial expansion of the volute being defined by an angle of expansion (ai), characterised by the fact that the initial angle of expansion (a1) in the vicinity of the volute tongue is 1.5 times to 3 times greater than the final angle of expansion (a2) in the vicinity of the distal end (E2) of the volute, so that the peripheral wall of the casing moves away from the blades more rapidly at the start of the volute minimising the turbulences generated at the volute tongue.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventor: David Pihet
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Patent number: 9631632Abstract: A blade of an impeller has a blade surface made up of line elements. The line elements forming the blade surface are not parallel to each other. A relationship between a twist angle of the line elements and a distance between the origin and an intersection of a central line of the impeller and an extension line of a Z-axis projection line obtained by projecting each of the line elements onto a Z-axis projection plane is represented by a curve.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Okuda
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Patent number: 9568006Abstract: A fan for generating an air current includes a body having an air inlet, and a nozzle connected to the body. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving an air flow from the body and an air outlet from which the air flow is emitted from the fan. The interior passage extends about an opening or bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by air emitted from the air outlet. The body includes a duct having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the duct for drawing the air flow through the duct, and a motor for driving the impeller. An annular guide member extends about the duct for guiding air from the air inlet of the body to the air inlet of the duct. The guide member defines with the duct an annular noise suppression cavity.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Jack Johnson, Jean-Baptiste Blanc
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Patent number: 9568022Abstract: An impeller which is applied to a fan includes a hub, a plurality of first centrifugal blade and a plurality of second centrifugal blades. The hub is disposed in an accommodating space of the fan. The first centrifugal blades and the second centrifugal blades are connected to the hub. The first centrifugal blades have first ends away from the hub. The second centrifugal blades have second ends away from the hub. A distance between the second end and a center of the hub is larger than that between the first end and the hub center, and the first centrifugal blades and the second centrifugal blades are arranged periodically. Thus, an airflow noise in a constant frequency generated by the impeller can be avoided, and noises in inconstant frequency would not accumulate or generate annoying noise peak.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventor: Ing-Jer Chiou
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Patent number: 9568021Abstract: A fan for generating an air current includes a body having an air inlet, and a nozzle connected to the body. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving an air flow from the body and an air outlet from which the air flow is emitted from the fan. The interior passage extends about an opening or bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by air emitted from the air outlet. The body includes a duct having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the duct for drawing the air flow through the duct, and a motor for driving the impeller. A noise suppression cavity is located beneath the air inlet of the duct. The cavity has an inlet which is located beneath, and is preferably concentric with, the air inlet of the duct.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Jack Johnson, Jean-Baptiste Blanc
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Patent number: 9534499Abstract: A method is provided for extending the service life of a used metallic compressor wheel having a damaged surface. The method generally comprises the steps of inspecting the used compressor wheel for material discontinuities such as fatigue cracks and, if fatigue cracks exceeding a predetermined length are not present, renewing the used compressor wheel such as by peening. The inspection process comprises conducting a non-destructive examination of the used compressor wheel to detect cracks larger than those which would fall generally within the compressive stress zone that is generated by peening.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Sean Olen Cornell, Marvin Grendel McKimpson, Yong Tian, Dong Fei
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Patent number: 9353630Abstract: A turbine rotor of a turbine includes a hub that serves as an axis of rotation, and a plurality of turbine blades. The turbine blades each have a line extending along a shroud-side edge of the turbine blade from the inlet to the outlet as a shroud line. The shroud line includes an entrance-side shroud line La that makes a small change from the inlet toward the outlet in a blade angle with respect to the axis of rotation, a center shroud line Lb that extends from the outlet side of the entrance-side shroud line La and makes a greater change than that of the entrance-side shroud line La, and an exit-side shroud line Lc that extends from the outlet side of the center shroud line Lb to the outlet and makes a smaller change than that of the center shroud line Lb.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki Osako, Atsushi Matsuo, Takao Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9243514Abstract: A hybrid radial gas turbine engine component comprises an inner hub portion joined to an outer ring portion. The inner hub portion is a first alloy and operates at temperatures less than 1200° F. The outer ring portion is a second alloy and is designed to withstand extended periods at temperatures greater than 1200° F.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: W. Samuel Krotzer, Jr., Michael D. Greenberg, Kevin W. Schlichting
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Patent number: 9169844Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes an impeller, a motor and a case. The impeller includes a hub and multiple blades. The hub has a center. The blades are connected to the hub and have all respective outmost edges collectively define a circle with the center and a radius R. Each blade has at least one concave cutout. Each concave cutout is equipped with a depth of greater than 0.5 millimeters and an obtuse angle of less than 170 degrees, wherein the obtuse angle is an included angle between an inner edge of the concave cutout and an outer edge of the blade. The motor is secured to the huh and drives the impeller to rotate. The case houses the impeller and the motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Hsin-Chen Lin, Hsiang-Jung Huang
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Patent number: 9066627Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include instant food systems and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for preparing a hot instant food product. The method can include adding a heated liquid to a container, adding a substantially dry food product mixture to the container, wherein the volume of the dry food product mixture is equal to at least 20% of the volume of heated liquid, placing a mixing head into the container, and rotating the mixing head for a period of less than sixty seconds in order to form a fully hydrated frothed food product. In an embodiment, an instant food preparation machine is included. In an embodiment, a mixing head is included. In an embodiment, an instant food preparation kit is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANYInventors: John Baranowski, Talia Salamon-Hickey, Susan Marie Caime, William John Cramer, John Allen Sinclair, Michael Roy Fairs
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Patent number: 9039374Abstract: A turbine rotor of a turbine includes a hub that serves as an axis of rotation, and a plurality of turbine blades. The turbine blades each have a line extending along a shroud-side edge of the turbine blade from the inlet to the outlet as a shroud line. The shroud line includes an entrance-side shroud line La that makes a small change from the inlet toward the outlet in a blade angle with respect to the axis of rotation, a center shroud line Lb that extends from the outlet side of the entrance-side shroud line La and makes a greater change than that of the entrance-side shroud line La, and an exit-side shroud line Lc that extends from the outlet side of the center shroud line Lb to the outlet and makes a smaller change than that of the center shroud line Lb.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Osako, Atsushi Matsuo, Takao Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20150125303Abstract: Provided is an impeller in which a through hole is provided in a center of a base member of the impeller and a plurality of recessed parts are formed on a bottom surface of the base member. Meanwhile, a jig using in a cutting work of the impeller includes a seating part having a seating surface, a shaft part is erected from a central part of the seating part and is engageable with the through hole of the impeller, and protruded parts are formed on the seating surface and are engageable with the recessed parts provided on the base-member bottom surface of the impeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Takashi MASAKAWA
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Patent number: 9022731Abstract: The present document describes a centrifugal ceiling fan. The fan comprises a casing, a motor and a centrifugal propeller. The casing comprises an upper surface comprising an air inlet and a lower surface comprising an air outlet. In an embodiment, the lower surface has a round bowl-like shape including a plurality of openings defining the air outlet. The propeller comprises a shaft and a plurality of blades provided around the shaft. The blades may be curved to push the air in all directions between a first direction substantially perpendicular to the rotation shaft and a second direction substantially parallel to the rotation shaft in order to evenly ventilate the room. The fan may include a heating element for heating the air as it exits from the fan.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventor: Alessandro Seccareccia
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Publication number: 20150104317Abstract: Turbocharger turbine wheels are designed to accelerate rapidly and to rotate at very high RPM. A turbine wheel is provided with improved low cycle fatigue resistance. The wheel can be balanced by conventional methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Rajmohan T. Chandramohanan, Paul K. Anschel