Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine blade with a connecting element for a lightning protection system of the wind turbine blade. The connecting element comprising: a root end part configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to a root region of the wind turbine blade; and a conductor part comprising a first conductor part and a second conductor part, wherein the first conductor part is configured to receive and electrically connect to a stripped part of the down conductor and the second conductor part is configured to receive and mechanically connect to an insulated part of the down conductor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-layered blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes a means for smoothly guiding axially flowing air to flow in a radial direction and has optimized structure and arrangement for fixing the guide means.

Abstract: A feedback sensor system is provided. The feedback sensor system includes a first ring rotatable about an axial direction and a second ring also rotatable about the axial direction. The first ring includes one or more first ring features and the second ring includes one or more second ring features. The feedback sensor system also includes a sensor directed at the surface of the first ring for sensing a parameter influenced by the one or more first ring features and the one or more second ring features. The sensor may determine a position of the first ring relative to the second ring by sensing the parameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a balance structure of a fan wheel, which comprises a hub and a plurality of blades disposed on the circumferential side of the hub. The hub has a top wall connected to a sidewall. An unbalanced portion for being removed is selectively disposed on the top wall or on the sidewall. The unbalanced portion is disposed on one side of a symmetrical axis of the hub. In this way, the weight of the fan wheel is balanced.

Abstract: A fluid pump assembly is used in combination with a container having a wall. The pump assembly comprises a first casing disposed outside the container in contact with the wall, a first magnetic assembly mounted to the first casing and operatively associated with a drive motor, a second casing disposed inside the container in contact with the wall, and a second magnetic assembly mounted to the second casing and operatively associated with an propeller. The first magnetic assembly includes a rotatable magnetic drive member drivingly coupled to the drive motor. The magnetic drive member is magnetically coupled to the magnetic driven member through the wall for imparting a rotary driving force of the drive motor to the propeller. Furthermore, the second casing is detachably connected to the second side of the wall of the container solely by magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnetic assemblies.

Abstract: An anti-torque system for a rotorcraft includes a first tail fan assembly including a plurality of first fan blades, a second tail fan assembly including a plurality of second fan blades and a motor adapted to provide torque to the first and second fan blades. The first fan blades have a larger rotational inertia than the second fan blades. The second fan blades are adapted to experience a larger angular acceleration than the first fan blades in response to torque from the motor, thereby providing responsive yaw control for the rotorcraft.

Abstract: An arrangement of electrical machines including: a variable reluctance rotor. The arrangement also including an annular array of stators; each stator configured to function, in conjunction with the rotor, as an electrical machine.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method and an apparatus for the automated fabrication of a molecular layer made from amphiphilic molecules, in particular lipids for a lipid bilayer membrane, in the apparatus, which has a support substrate for supporting the molecular layer, a rotation element, which can be rotated on top of the support substrate, and an actuator device, by means of which the rotation element can be automatically rotated, wherein the rotation element has an outer surface, which is formed hydrophobic at least in sections, the method having the following steps: placing a first solvent, which contains amphiphilic molecules, in a region above the support substrate; causing the automatic rotation of the rotation element above the support substrate; moving the first solvent between the support substrate and the rotation element by the interaction of the rotating rotation element with the first solvent, thus forming the molecular layer.

Abstract: In the wind turbine generator, a front wind rotor includes a blade designed, in an area outer than an intermediate of a rotation radius of the front wind rotor, to have a blade element comprised of an aerofoil being cambered in a cross-section along a rotational direction thereof, and is radially twisted so as to ensure an angle of attack smaller by a predetermined stable margin angle than an angle of attack providing a maximum lift-drag ratio regardless of a radial position, and further designed, in an area inner than the intermediate of a rotation radius of the front wind rotor, to be radially twisted so as to ensure an angle of attack at which a drag acting on the blade element is made small, and a total force of the drag and a lift force is axially directed, regardless of a radial position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to improved magnetic mixing assemblies and mixing system. The magnetic mixing assemblies can provide improved mixing action, ease of use, and low friction. The mixing assemblies can be adapted for use with a wide variety of containers including narrower neck containers and flexible containers.

Abstract: A wind power turbine control method, the wind power turbine having an electric machine, in turn having a stator, a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator, and a mechanical bearing assembly configured to couple the rotor in rotary manner to the stator; the stator having at least one winding to interact electromagnetically with the rotor; and the control method including the steps of: estimating at least one quantity selected from a group including a distance between the rotor and the stator, the variation over time in the distance, and misalignment between the rotor and stator; defining a localized additional magnetic force as a function of the selected quantity; and regulating the selected quantity using the localized additional magnetic force defined.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade is described having a lightning protection system wherein a lightning down conductor is conductively coupled to at least one blade root bushing provided at the root end of the blade. The use of the blade root bushing as part of the conductive path of the lightning protection system allows for a structurally sound and reliable connection of an internal down conductor to an external lightning protection system and/or to a suitable ground connection at the blade root end.

Abstract: A machine includes a rotor supported to rotate about a rotational axis and an actuator arranged to act on the rotor and control a position of the rotor about the rotational axis. A bladed turbomachine wheel is coupled to the rotor and has blade tips that pass closely to an adjacent, non-rotating surface. A sensor is adjacent to the turbomachine wheel and arranged to sense the blade tips and output a position signal representative of the position of blade tips relative to the sensor. A controller is coupled to the sensor and the actuator and is adapted to receive the position signal from the sensor and generate and send a control signal to the actuator to control the position of the rotor based on the position signal from the sensor.

Abstract: A device for stirring a liquid or a granular material comprising a stirring agitator, a rotating drive shaft for rotating the stirring agitator, a rotating drive shaft for rotating the stirring agitator, a stationary axle extending in an essentially vertical direction about which the stirring agitator is adapted to rotate, and a transfer arrangement for contactless transfer of rotation of the drive shaft to the stirring agitator. The device has a center axis around which the stirring agitator and the drive shaft are adapted to rotate, and means for generating a magnetic force exerting an upwardly directed force component on the stirring agitator. The means for generating a magnetic force comprises a first element arranged in a stirring agitator and a second element associated with the stationary axle. At least one of the first element and the second element comprises a permanent magnet.

Abstract: There is provided a wind power generation apparatus capable of suppressing power consumption in an airflow generation device, and securely suppressing flow separation on a blade surface, thereby improving efficiency. A wind power generation apparatus 10 of an embodiment has wind turbine blades 32 each having, in a chord length direction, a base blade 51 fixed to a rotation shaft and a front divided blade 50 fixed in a pivotally adjustable manner, a first electrode 41 and a second electrode 43 which are disposed separately via a dielectric 42 on a blade surface of at least one of the base blade 51 and the front divided blade 50, and a discharge power supply 61 capable of applying voltage between the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 43.

Abstract: Cooling apparatuses, electronic device assemblies, and cooling assemblies having a magnetic shape memory member are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cooling apparatus includes a first compliant member, a magnetic shape memory member, a magnetic field generating device, a second compliant member and a fan member. A first end of the magnetic shape memory member is coupled to the first compliant member. The magnetic field generating device is positioned proximate the magnetic shape memory member, and generates a magnetic field toward the magnetic shape memory member to cause the magnetic shape memory member to expand along a linear translation axis. Expansion of the magnetic shape memory member causes an actuated portion of the second compliant member to translate about an axis. The fan member is coupled to the actuated portion of the compliant member such that translation of the actuated portion translates the fan member.

Abstract: A magnet case for a rotor includes a hollow cylindrical supporting body for accommodating two magnetic bands, an annular flange extending outwardly from a top end of the supporting body, and a positioning plate extending inwardly from a bottom end of the supporting body. The annular flange of the magnet case has two spaced notches defined in an outer periphery thereof, and the two spaced notches are configured to reduce vibration of a cooling fan associated with the rotor during operation of the cooling fan. A rotor incorporating the magnet case is also provided.

Abstract: A rotor blade comprising a core blade section; and a trailing edge section, the trailing edge section being attached to the core blade section along a join interface. The trailing edge section comprises a shape memory material which is actuable so as to cause selective deformation of the trailing edge section between a first condition in which a trailing edge of the trailing edge section follows a substantially smooth profile and a second condition in which the trailing edge is perturbed. The direction of the perturbation may be oblique or perpendicular to the direction of flow over the blade in use. The rotor blade may be a fan or propeller for a gas turbine engine.

Abstract: A rotor blade includes an actuator comprising an electric motor having a rotary drive shaft, a bearing for mounting the rotary drive shaft along an axis extending along the length of the rotor blade, and a lubrication system for lubricating the bearing. The lubrication system includes a sump closer to the tip of the blade than the bearing, and a pump for pumping lubricant from the sump to the bearing.

Abstract: A wind turbine includes at least one blade (5a) and apparatus for converting movement of the at least one blade (5a) in electric energy. The wind turbine also includes at least one antenna (6a) included in the at least one blade (5a), and a transmitter circuit (70) for feeding the antenna (6a) with a signal (71) to be radiated.

Abstract: The invention is related to an electrical powered tail rotor (1) of a helicopter comprising a housing (2) around the tail rotor (1), and at least one permanent magnet energized synchronous motor with a stator (6, 7) with an increased number of poles (9). Said at least one synchronous motor is integrated as a torus (8) around an opening of the housing (2) encompassing the tail rotor (1). Blades (4) of the tail rotor (1) are fixed to at least one rotating component (10, 11) of said at least one synchronous motor. Supply means provide for electric energy to said at least one synchronous motor. Blade pitch control means are provided at the torus (8).

Abstract: A vertical wind turbine to catch the wind force characterized by its system of aerodynamic panels are provided with blades fixed into horizontal axis that open and close simultaneously and symmetrically upward and downward due the gears like the butterfly wings rotated by 90° of its normal position, it is like opens an umbrella horizontally to receive on one side the wind buoyancy or pressure and in the other side close by the action of the wind. The top and bottom blades works as counterweight one to another both to open and close (flatness) which makes your weight null in relation to the effort of wind to open or close them independent of the self-weight of the blades what propitiate the maximum use of the wind force in the traction side without loss to the return of the blades to the traction position driving a vertical axis.

Abstract: A wind turbine includes wireless system for receiving a control signal at a hub of the wind turbine.

Abstract: A high torque vertical axis windmill that has blades with curved parts secured together. The second part of each blade is movable to deploy the maximum surface of the blade to the wind for maximum torque during a portion of the cycle of the blades. The second part of each blade is movable to a second position to deploy the minimum surface of the blade to the wind for minimum drag during another portion of the cycle of the blades.

Abstract: A system and method in at least one embodiment for separating fluids including liquids and gases into subcomponents by passing the fluid through a vortex chamber into an expansion chamber and then through at least a portion of a waveform pattern present between at least two rotors and/or disks. In further embodiments, a system and method is offered for harnessing fields created by a system having rotating rotors and/or disks having waveform patterns on at least one side to produce current within a plurality of coils. In at least one embodiment, the waveform patterns include a plurality of hyperbolic waveforms axially aligned around a horizontal center of the system.

Abstract: A microparticle includes an oblong flexible tail able to propel the microparticle in a solution along a trajectory using beats transverse to the trajectory, the tail including at least one magnetic element such that the magnetic element causes beats of the tail under the action of an external alternating magnetic field non-collinear with the trajectory and a head mechanically connected to a proximal end of the tail. The microparticle includes at least one layer of material formed from one piece and including the tail and the head, the dimensions and/or shape of the head being selected such that the beats of the proximal end of the tail are limited with respect to the beats of the distal end of the tail and such that the head does not perform a complete revolution around an axis parallel to the trajectory under the effect of the external alternating magnetic field.

Abstract: A ceiling sweep fan comprising a rotor supported for axial rotation about upper and lower housings, the rotor supporting a plurality of radially extending fan blades, the upper housing and rotor enclosing an electric motor that drives the rotor; wherein the fan includes stop means to cause the rotor to stop at a fixed position relative to the upper and lower housings.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and devices for propulsion through a fluid, in particular at low Reynolds number. We describe a method of propelling one of a magnetic device and a fluid relative to the other, the magnetic device comprising a pair of magnetic moments linked by an elastic coupling element, one of said moments having a greater resistance to a change in orientation due to an external applied magnetic field than the other, the method comprising applying an elliptical or ellipsoidal rotating magnetic field to the device to cause a change in mutual attraction or repulsion between said magnetic moments to thereby change a physical configuration of said device, propelling said device relative to said fluid.

Abstract: A system and a method for adding and subtracting stages of compression to a compressor as and when the compressor requires them. If the compressor needs only a low pressure ratio, then the system and method allow the compressor to operate with only a primary pumping circuit spinning, while available additional stages, forming a secondary pumping circuit, and which may be required at other times when the needed pressure ratios increase, are decoupled from the rotating shaft, so that the compressor pumps at its most efficient and flexible point. Further, a system and method for adding and subtracting stages of compression to a compressor in order to increase and decrease the pumping capacity as and when required to satisfy a given load requirement.

Abstract: A turbo pump for evacuating a process chamber minimizes the amount time necessary to reduce the speed of the rotor in preparation for performing maintenance in the process chamber or the like. The turbo pump includes a housing communicating with the reaction chamber, a plurality of fixed stator rings spaced from one another along an inner peripheral surface of the housing, a shaft supported for rotation in the housing, a stator base surrounding the shaft and having an electric coil, a plurality of rotor blades each extending between an adjacent pair of the stator rings, and an electrode disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the housing. The electrode can receive an electric charge opposite to that applied to the rotor to forcibly stop the rotation of the rotor. Also, an electrical contact can be conductively connected to the rotor.

Abstract: A electrical fan includes a frame (10) having a central tube (11), a bearing (30) received in the central tube, a stator (50) mounted around the central tube, and a rotor (70) being rotatably supported by a bearing in the stator. The frame defines an air inlet (19) and an air outlet (17) at two different sides thereof. The stator and the rotor expand radially along a direction from the air inlet to the air outlet. Fan blades (75) extend radially from the rotor. A hub (71) of the rotor has a streamline shaped outer surface. A stator core (511) of the stator is made by powder sintering technology.

Abstract: A magnetically operated fan device includes a fan member rotatably supported on a housing, one or more magnetic members disposed in the housing, a base supported in the housing, a follower rotatably attached to the base and having a frame, an axle rotatably attached to the frame and having one or more eccentric members for increasing moment of inertia of the axle, one or more magnetic members attached to the eccentric member for acting with the magnetic members of the housing, to bias the axle to continuously rotate relative to the frame of the follower. A coupling device may couple the axle to the fan member, to have the fan member to be driven continuously by the magnetic members and the eccentric members.

Abstract: A miniature blower fan includes an axial seat and a shaft extending from a central portion of the axial seat. A plurality of vanes and a magnet are mounted to an outer circumferential wall of the axial seat. The vanes extend radially outward from the outer circumferential wall of the axial seat and are spaced at regular intervals. The miniature blower fan further includes a casing having an air inlet. The vanes have a thickness larger than 30% of an overall height of the vanes and the magnet. In another embodiment, a web extends radially outward from the outer circumferential wall of the axial seat, the vanes are mounted to a side of the web, and the magnet is mounted to the other side of the web. The vanes have a thickness larger than 30% of an overall height of the web, the vanes, and the magnet.

Abstract: A flexible container is used in conjunction with a magnetic mixer. The flexible container is in the form of a bag, and is designed to rest on top of a magnetic mixer. The bag is comprised of a flexible, but impermeable-film material. The bag is flat with no seams on the bottom. A stir bar is encapsulated in a nonabrasive and soft material, such as silicone. The non-abrasive material around the stir bar permits the stir bar to directly touch the flexible film material, and prevents scratching or deteriorating of the film, as the stir bar rotates on the bottom of the flexible container.

Abstract: A system for pumping or mixing a fluid using a levitating, rotating magnetic element and various other components for use in a pumping or mixing system are disclosed. The magnetic element is placed in a vessel or container that can be positioned in close proximity to a superconducting element. The vessel or container may be sealed with the magnetic element and a product therein, with the fluid being introduced after sealing. Preferably, the vessel or container is capable of holding fluid volumes greater than 10 liters.

Abstract: A shaftless rotor includes at least two recessed portions. The portions are shaped to enable the rotor to rotate by the application of fluid flow to the rotor. The centre of mass of the rotor is substantially at the centre of the volume of space occupied by the rotor.

Abstract: A bearing includes an axial hole and a plurality of first grooves. The first grooves are disposed formed on the inner wall of the bearing, and extends through the top surface and to the outer wall of the bearing. The lubricant oil originally hold in the bearing can be guided to flow around the whole bearing effectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an impeller includes the steps of: (a) forming an impeller having a plastic disc body and magnetisable material distributed and encapsulated within the body; (b) testing the imbalance of the impeller; (c) removing plastic material from the impeller to compensate for the tested imbalance; and (d) magnetising the magnetisable material to have an annular array of alternating poles.

Abstract: An electric turbine includes a fan with a plurality of blades each with a tip having a permanent magnet positioned in the tip. The fan is mounted for rotation about an axis with the blades extending radially outwardly from the axis of rotation and with the tips adjacent an outer extremity. An electromagnet and a magnetic sensor are each positioned to be magnetically aligned with the permanent magnet in the tip of each blade during one complete rotation of the fan. A controller supplies a pulse of current, in response to reception of a sensor signal from the magnetic sensor, to the electromagnet at a time when the electromagnet is magnetically aligned with the permanent magnet in one blade of the fan. A solar panel supplies power to the controller.

Abstract: A remotely controllable flying machine, such as a remote control ultralight helicopter, has at least one rotor blade (104), the pitch (?) of which may be adjusted. The adjustment of the pitch (?) of the at least one rotor blade is achieved by means of a force, such as a torsion force directly applied to the rotation axis of the rotor blade. The force is generated by a magnetic field, variable by the electrical control of at least one coil (196) which is not part of an electric motor.

Abstract: A solar-paneled windmill is provided having aerodynamic fan blades provided with solar panels. The windmill produces electricity using wind energy and solar energy. In another embodiment, magnets are provided to the solar-paneled windmill fan blades to generate magnetic fields to increase the amount of electrical energy produced.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling of electronic components of the present invention are provided with a heatsink and a blower with an electric drive. The heatsink comprises a base and heat exchanging means. The electric drive comprises a stator and a rotor with an axle; the stator is rigidly built-in to the heatsink. The blower comprises a radial type magnetized impeller as the rotor. The base provides thermal contact with the electronic component and the heat exchanging means. The base is comprised of at least two layers composite material thereof including at least one layer of electrically insulating material and at least one layer of thermally and electrically conductive material that including the stator.

Abstract: A rotor blade assembly provides a pitch control assembly to pitch the rotor blade about a rotor blade pitch axis. The pitch control assembly includes a trailing edge flap and a trailing edge servo flap that extend from the trailing edge of the rotor blade. The trailing edge flap is offset in the span wise direction relative to the trailing edge flap. The trailing edge servo flap is located upon a trailing edge servo flap arm linked to the trailing edge flap. To pitch the rotor blade, the trailing edge servo flap is pitched in a direction opposite the desired pitch direction of the trailing edge flap.

Abstract: A hub of a fan wheel with improved attachment for a metal case. The fan wheel is composed of a hub with a storage portion and a plurality of blades arranged around circumference of the hub. A metal case with a magnetic part is disposed in the storage portion of the hub. A plurality of blocking chunks is disposed in the end side of the storage portion of the hub, and at least one hook is disposed at proper position in the end side of the storage portion of the hub. A plurality of ribs is disposed inside the storage portion of the hub. The metal case has a penetrated hole with a stopper in one end of the penetrated hole. A recess is set between the stopper and the magnetic part.

Abstract: An integrated blade cooler for electronic components comprises a blower with a radial impeller and a casing, an electric drive with a magnetic rotor and a stator, and a heatsink with fins and a base. The casing has an inlet and an outlet; the impeller comprises blades, a backplate disk and an axis of rotation; and the fins are clothed in a cover plate with an outflow opening that being coincided with the inlet. The stator is made as a part of the casing and as a printed circuit board, and the radial impeller comprises magnetic blades serving as the magnetic rotor. At least part of the cover plate is made as a part of the casing thus the outflow opening concise with the inlet.

Abstract: An impeller includes a plastic disc, an annular array of vanes, a rotation support and regions of permanently magnetisable material. The plastic disc has an upper face and a lower face. The vanes are spaced around the periphery of the disc and extend from the upper face of the plastic disc. The rotation support is axially located and aligned through the disc. The regions of permanently magnetisable material encapsulated within said plastic disc for the formation of an annular array of magnetic poles.

Abstract: An active control device is disclosed comprising an array of actively controlled oscillating air jets disposed on an aircraft structure. In a preferred embodiment, the device senses parameters associated with incipient unsteady aerodynamic excitation, such as free stream gusts, shed wakes in rotor and turbomachinery flows, or oscillatory motion of trailing edge control surfaces such as ailerons. These parameters are provided as input signals to a processor. Based on the input signals, the processor generates output signals that are used to operate the air jet array in a manner counteractive to the unsteady forcing. The air jet array can be used on numerous aircraft structures, including rotor blades, wings, engine inlets, engine exhausts, blunt surfaces and nozzles.

Abstract: A dynamically reconfigurable wind turbine blade assembly includes a plurality of reconfigurable blades mounted on a hub, an actuator fixed to each of the blades and adapted to effect the reconfiguration thereof, and an actuator power regulator for regulating electrical power supplied to the actuators. A control computer accepts signals indicative of current wind conditions and blade configuration, and sends commands to the actuator power regulator. Sensors measure current wind conditions and current configurations and speed of the blades. An electrical generator supplies electrical power to the assembly. Data from the sensors is fed to the control computer which commands the actuator power regulator to energize the actuators to reconfigure the blades for optimum performance under current wind conditions.

Abstract: A respiration system is provided with an electrically driven rotary compressor as a gas delivery unit. The system makes a low-noise mounting of the gas delivery wheel possible. The gas delivery wheel can also be washed and sterilized and ensures a reliable separation of the breathing gas from the electric components. The respiration system rotary compressor is mounted magnetically axially and radially during operation.

Abstract: An impeller includes a plastic disc, an annular array of vanes, a rotation support and regions of permanently magnetisable material. The plastic disc has an upper face and a lower face. The vanes are spaced around the periphery of the disc and extend from the upper face of the plastic disc. The rotation support is axially located and aligned through the disc. The regions of permanently magnetisable material encapsulated within said plastic disc for the formation of an annular array of magnetic poles.