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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950233 | Combustor A combustor is provided having one or more apertures adapted to asymmetrically introduce air adjacent the fuel nozzles to reduce smoke resulting from unburned hydrocarbons in a gas turbine engine combustion system by impeding escape of unburned hydrocarbons. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944187 | Modulation control of power generation system Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for producing current with a desired output frequency from one or more fixed or variable speed alternators by varying a saturation level of a portion of the alternator(s) based on a output frequency desired, and preferably then ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942521 | Glasses with reflective frames A structure of reflective glasses includes a frame having a main front section with opposed side ends for supporting at least one lens, the frame further including a pair of side sections extending rearwardly from the respective opposed side ends of the main front s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942520 | Eyewear with reflective frame Reflective eyewear include at least one lens and a substantially opaque frame having a main front section with opposed side ends for supporting the at least one lens. The frame further includes at least one retroreflective element attached to the frame to be visible... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942002 | Fuel conveying member with side-brazed sealing members A gas turbine engine fuel nozzle system having a fuel conveying member with a channel formed in a surface thereof defined between a pair of facing spaced apart walls, and at least one sealing member disposed within the channel and sealingly fastened to the spaced ap... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7534091 | HP turbine blade airfoil profile A single stage high pressure turbine blade includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoo... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533534 | HPT aerodynamic trip to improve acoustic transmission loss and reduce noise level for auxiliary power unit A method and device for decoupling combustor attenuation and pressure fluctuation from turbine attenuation and pressure fluctuation in a gas turbine engine. The engine has: a compressor; a combustor; and a turbine, that generate a flow of hot gas from the combustor ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533531 | Internal fuel manifold with airblast nozzles A gas turbine engine internal fuel manifold assembly including an annular fuel distribution member defining at least one fuel flow passage therein, and a plurality of fuel nozzles having spray tips mounted to the fuel distribution member. the spray tips are in fuel ... | 05/19/2009 |
| D587792 | Bathtub | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495361 | Electric machine arrangement The electric machine comprises a rotor configured and disposed to be attached at the free end of a shaft of another device, which free end is adjacent to at least one bearing coaxially mounted around the shaft and positioned intermediate opposite radial sides of the... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494316 | Foreign object damage resistant vane assembly A vane including a root, a tip and an airfoil portion extending between the root and the tip, the vane also including a button portion interconnecting the airfoil portion and the root. The button portion protrudes beyond a profile of the airfoil a distance less than... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7488317 | Electro-epilation method There is described a method of epilation using an insulated probe connected to an epilator apparatus supplying multiple pulses of energy that created concentrated heat at the probe tip. The steps of the method comprise inserting the probe tip into the hair follicle;... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484936 | Blades for a gas turbine engine with integrated sealing plate and method A blade for a rotor assembly including a root portion, a platform with an overhang, an airfoil portion and a sealing plate. The sealing plate protrudes from the blade along a circumferential direction. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| D582609 | Pair of sports gloves | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462256 | Clamp for flexible polymeric film laser sealing A clamp holds together at least two superposed, flexible polymeric films while they are optically sealed or cut by at least a laser beam. The clamp is comprised of two jaws wherein at least one of the jaws can be moved to allow a closing and an opening of the clamp.... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459973 | Method and apparatus for amplifying a signal modulated in amplitude A method and apparatus for amplifying a signal modulated in amplitude using amplifiers having a given dynamic range corresponding to a limited conduction angle, comprising separating the signal in a first signal and in a second signal depending on the dynamic range ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460232 | On-line optical analysis of a substance through a conduit section of a process line A conduit-mounted light-transmitting device (10) for allowing optical analysis of a substance through a process line conduit (14) made of a light-transmitting material. The device (10) comprises a clip (24) adapted to be detachably secure... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458107 | Athletic glove with wrist protection An athletic glove having a hand-receiving portion and a cuff extending therefrom, the cuff including at least an inner cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receiving portion along a palm side thereof, an outer cuff member hingedly connected to the hand-receivi... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455150 | Rotating shaft scavenging scoop A bearing scavenge system comprises a scavenging passage extending axially through a rotating shaft supported by the bearing assembly. Oil and air are drawn from an oil cavity of the bearing assembly and evacuated through the rotating shaft as the shaft rotates.... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454825 | Method of manufacturing thin-walled structures A method of manufacturing a thin wall structure involves reinforcing the thin wall structure with a meltable matrix to resist the stresses induced in the structure during machining. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| D581500 | Bathtub | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456152 | Peptide inhibitors of thrombin as potent anticoagulants The tetrapeptide Phe-Asn-Pro-Arg (SEQ ID NO: 3) is a structurally-optimized sequence for binding to the active site of thrombin. By conjugating this tetrapeptide or variants thereof to a C-terminal fragment of hirudin, we were able to generate a series of new multiv... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454914 | Helical channel for distributor and method A method of distributing fuel in a fuel nozzle comprises: providing at least two helical channels in the fuel nozzle, each having a channel exit port, providing a fuel inlet cavity in fluid communication with the helical channels, and flowing fuel in the fuel inlet ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7452184 | Airfoil platform impingement cooling A gas turbine engine airfoil has a platform cooling scheme including an impingement hole for directing cooling air against an undersurface of the airfoil platform. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451600 | Gas turbine engine combustor with improved cooling A gas turbine engine combustor liner having a plurality of holes defined therein for directing air into the combustion chamber. The plurality of holes provide improved cooling efficiency in regions of the combustor dome corresponding to predetermined hotspots. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451599 | Fuel manifold inlet tube An inlet tube supplies fuel to a manifold of a combustor in a gas turbine engine, the manifold defining a manifold plane. The inlet tube comprises a tube body having a channel providing fluid flow communication between first and second ends of the tube body. At leas... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451541 | Method of heat shielding an inner tube A protective sheath for a fluid-carrying tube is made from a larger tube cut into longitudinal tube segments and slice into opposed halves before being re-secured together about the fluid-carrying tube. Slip joints are preferably provided between adjoining outer tub... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452188 | Pre-stretched tie-bolt for use in a gas turbine engine and method The tie-bolt comprises an elongated tubular portion and a retaining portion coaxially and rigidly attached to the tubular portion. The retaining portion has an outer diameter larger than that of the tubular portion. An annular spacer is removably provided between th... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451753 | Pre-heating of a liquid in an aircraft reservoir An electric motor thermally associated with a liquid reservoir of an aircraft engine is selectively operated to generate heat for pre-heating a liquid in a reservoir prior to engine start. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448198 | Gas turbine braking apparatus and method A device is provided which can serve one or more of the multiple functions of impeding rotation of a shaft de-coupled turbine rotor, selectively impeding rotation of a first spool of the engine, for example to permit a second spool to generate power for use in groun... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446678 | Method and system for encoding communications between wireless and other devices A method for encoding a message communicated between devices, the message having at least one field, the method comprising: if the field is not optional and contains a value, writing the value to one or more data bytes in a byte buffer; and, if the field is optional... | 11/04/2008 |
| D580049 | Portable urinal device | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442007 | Angled blade firtree retaining system A blade root retaining system for attachment of a turbine blade to a turbine disc of a gas turbine engine comprises a blade root having at least one projection on each of opposite sides thereof, the projection extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441409 | Combustor liner v-band design A combustor wall louver for ducting a flow of compressed air through an inlet opening in the combustor wall from a source of compressed air outside the combustor where the louver is a circumferentially extending member, mounted to an interior surface of the combusto... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443642 | Electric motor control A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling a system comprising at least one electric motor. The system includes aspects which permit, among other things, electromagnetically disconnecting a failed permanent magnet motor from said system, weight savings in m... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442686 | Treatment of macular degeneration with ADP-ribosyl transferase fusion protein therapeutic compositions The Rho family GTPases regulates axon growth and regeneration. Inactivation of Rho with C3, a toxin from Clostridium botulinum, can stimulate regeneration and sprouting of injured axons. The present invention provides novel chimeric C3-like Rho antagonists. T... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443070 | Method and apparatus for controlling an electric machine The invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling a machine in which the magnetic flux emanating from a rotor is selectively diverted to a second path in the stator which bypasses the winding or windings so as to magnetically de-couple the winding or win... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438538 | Pump and method A pump for moving a liquid including a rotor rotatable within a housing and slidable relative to the housing between a first axial rotor position during normal pump operation and a second axial rotor position during a pump inoperative condition. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439713 | Modulation control of power generation system Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for producing current with a desired output frequency from one or more fixed or variable speed alternators by varying a saturation level of a portion of the alternator(s) based on a output frequency desired, and preferably then ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436098 | Current limiting means for a generator The invention provides means of limiting maximum current conducted through windings of an electric machine having a rotor and a stator. By encouraging an appropriate leakage flux around a winding, a leak impedance can be achieved which may be used, according to the ... | 10/14/2008 |
