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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8425182 | Radial turbine An expansion turbine with a radial turbine wheel has a main path that gradually increases in height and axially discharges fluid while swirling from a main inlet located at the outer circumferential side into the main path, with a radial flow as a main component, th... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8356973 | Turbocharger According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable geometry turbine comprising: a turbine wheel mounted on a turbine shaft within a housing assembly for rotation about a turbine axis, the housing assembly defining a gas flow inlet passage ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8202042 | Exhaust gas turbocharger with adjustable slide ring A turbine of a turbocharger includes a floating insert which defines a nozzle for passing a fluid and which is supported axially slidable with respect to a housing by a sliding support. Furthermore, the turbine comprises a sealing member for preventing a flow of flu... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8070425 | Turbocharger with sliding piston, and having vanes and leakage dams A turbocharger having a sliding piston for regulating exhaust gas flow into the turbine wheel includes a set of first vanes mounted on a fixed first wall of the turbine nozzle and projecting axially toward an opposite second wall of the nozzle, and/or a set of secon... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7828517 | Variable-geometry turbocharger with asymmetric divided volute for engine exhaust gas pulse optimization A turbine assembly for a variable-geometry turbocharger includes a turbine housing defining a divided volute having first and second scrolls, wherein the first scroll has a substantially smaller volume than the second scroll. The first scroll feeds exhaust gas to a ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7798770 | Turbine wheel in an exhaust gas turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger In a turbine wheel of an exhaust gas turbine comprising a turbine wheel with a hub and a plurality of turbine wheel blades which are arranged on the turbine wheel hub and which extend axially between a turbine wheel inlet and a turbine wheel outlet, the turbine whee... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7708519 | Vortex spoiler for delivery of cooling airflow in a turbine engine A vortex spoiler (180) for delivery of a cooling airflow (192) in a turbine (108) engine (100) including a plurality of inlet ports (182) formed circumferentially about a radial exterior sidewall (188), and a plurality of ou... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7426829 | Vane control An exemplary controller includes a control valve that includes an electric actuator operatively coupled to a valve stem, a piston operatively coupled to one or more hydraulic fluid paths controlled by the control valve and including a piston shaft, a rotatable shaft... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7350356 | Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas turbine in the exhaust gas train and a compressor in the intake tract, whereby an adjustable throttle device is provided upstream from the compressor wheel, for regulating the air mass ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347252 | Centrifugal impeller An improved centrifugal impeller having between 20 and 26 rearwardly curved blades blades, a ratio of blade annulus width to wheel radius between 0.31 and 0.37, and an inlet blade angle in the range 32° to 36° and a discharge blade angle in the range 36° to 40°.... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326027 | Devices and methods of operation thereof for providing stable flow for centrifugal compressors Centrifugal compressor flow stabilizing devices and methods of operation thereof are disclosed that act upon the flow field discharging from the impeller of a centrifugal compressor and modify the flow field ahead of the diffuser vanes such that flow conditions cont... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322202 | Electric motor driven supercharger with air cycle air conditioning system An inventive air conditioning system includes an air conditioning pack for receiving pressurized air and converting the pressurized air into conditioned air for an aircraft. Pressurized air is provided by a compressed air supply system that is fluidly connected to t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7272929 | Variable turbocharger apparatus with bypass Variable turbocharger apparatus comprising a housing, a compressor, a turbine, a chamber which extends around the turbine, a bearing assembly for the turbine, vanes mounted in the chamber, a piston positioned between the housing and the turbine, a control device con... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7249930 | Variable-nozzle turbocharger with integrated bypass A turbine housing assembly includes a tubular piston disposed in a bore of a turbine housing and axially slidable between a closed position and an open position for blocking a nozzle by an amount dependent on axial positioning of the piston. A bypass control member ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7186071 | Variable flow water pump A variable flow water pump includes a housing having an impeller mounted on a rotatable shaft. The pump impeller has a plurality, of vanes fixed to a back plate or flange. A circumferentially surrounding shroud is axially movable within the housing and may move betw... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186076 | Exhaust gas turbine In an exhaust gas turbine for a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, including a housing with an inlet passage for conducting exhaust gas onto a turbine wheel supported in the housing, a guide vane structure movable into, and out of, an annular space of th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7140849 | Variable geometry turbine A variable geometry turbocharger comprises a turbine wheel (20) mounted within a turbine housing (23) on one end of a turbocharger shaft (22) for rotation about a turbocharger axis. The turbine housing (23) defines an annular turbine inle... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097432 | Sliding vane turbocharger with graduated vanes A turbocharger having a variable geometry turbine inlet incorporating a cylindrical piston movable to vary the area of the inlet nozzle into the turbine. Vanes mounted to the piston for flow control in the nozzle are received through a slotted heat shield which prov... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7065966 | Position control method by motor drive and control unit A position control method by motor drive including of rotating a rotor of the motor drive according to the given target opening, and detecting the opening of a movable vane by an encoder, the motor drive opening and shutting a passage of an intake air pipe to a turb... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047739 | Exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine An exhaust-gas turbocharger in an internal combustion engine having a compressor in the induction tract and an exhaust-gas turbine in the exhaust-gas line wherein the exhaust-gas turbine has at least two spiral ducts which in each case open into a radial flow inlet ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040862 | Axial flow fan A fan wherein an airflow adjustment device is used to make fine adjustments to the air discharged by the blower and a method of adjusting a fan's airflow by attaching a flow adjustment device. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024855 | Variable geometry turbocharger with sliding piston A turbocharger having a variable geometry turbine inlet incorporates a piston movable to vary the area of the inlet nozzle into the turbine. Vanes extending from the heat shield for flow control in the nozzle are engaged by the piston in a first closed position. In ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010918 | Internal combustion engine with motor brake In an internal combustion engine with a motor brake, includes an exhaust gas turbocharger and a power turbine disposed in the exhaust gas discharge line from the turbocharger for the conversion of the energy remaining in the exhaust gas into usable energy, the exhau... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994518 | Pre-whirl generator for radial compressor A pre-whirl generating apparatus (26) is provided that employs deformable air deflecting vanes (46) adjacent the inlet (18) of a radial air compressor (12-22), which vanes (46) can be mechanically deformed to generate positi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6931849 | Variable geometry turbine A variable geometry turbine having a inlet passageway defined between a moveable wall member and a radial wall. The moveable wall member is moveable to vary the width of the inlet passageway. At least one bypass passage is formed in one of the moveable wall member a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6796766 | Adjustable radial pump, in particular for feeding a cooling medium for a motor vehicle An adjustable radial pump for feeding a cooling medium for a motor vehicle having a housing, a pump wheel provided with pump vanes, the pump wheel being supported in the housing and driven by a motor, the housing having at least one integrated inlet and outlet openi... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6739134 | Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine An exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a turbine in the exhaust-gas tract and a compressor, driven by the turbine, in the intake tract, the turbine having a flow channel with a radial flow-inlet cross-section and a semi-axial flow-inlet cr... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6715983 | Method and apparatus for reducing distortion losses induced to gas turbine engine airflow A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes at least one vane that includes a first body, a second body, and a passageway. The first body includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that are connected at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The passageway e... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6694733 | Turbocharger with sliding blades having combined dynamic surfaces and heat screen and uncoupled axial actuating device A turbocharger having a variable geometry turbine intake incorporating a mobile cylindrical piston (70) for varying the area of the induction nozzle in the turbine (18). Blades (90) mounted on the piston for controlling the flow in the nozzle penetrate th... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6554568 | Exhaust turbocharger for an internal combustion engine In an exhaust turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including a turbine and a compressor, which is driven by the turbine, wherein the compressor comprises a compressor impeller in a flow duct, a transfer component with flow passages extends radia... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6461104 | Flow regulator for a water pump A flow regulator for a water pump, comprising a control valve. The control valve is mounted on an inlet pipe of a water pump and has a chamber, housing a flat-shaped control plate, the upper part of which forms a piston plate, vertically gliding in an upp... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6454556 | Vacuum and pressure tight cooling-ventilating device for thermoforming stations A vacuum and pressure tight cooling or ventilating device, specifically designed for thermoforming stations, comprises a shutter element for opening and closing respectively the cooling and ventilating device, the shutter element being mounted on an air i... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443696 | Exhaust gas turbocharger turbine An exhaust-gas turbocharger turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided with a spiral guide passage arranged in a turbine housing, a turbine impeller, a flow gap be ween the guide passage and the turbine impeller, and guide blades forming a guide... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6401563 | Actuating mechanism for a slidable nozzle ring A linkage mechanism for linking for example actuator rods to the nozzle ring of a variable geometry turbine. First and second components of the mechanism are interconnected by at least two links which are displaceable in a predetermined direction relative... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6374611 | Exhaust turbine for a turbocharger In an exhaust turbine of a turbocharger with a rotor mounted rotatably in a turbine casing having a spiral inlet duct with a guide vane structure including guide vanes arranged around the rotor and extending essentially tangentially to an outer and inner ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6350101 | Barrel pump The barrel pump has a tubular pump housing and a rotor shaft which is supported by a support tube and, at its bottom end, bears an elastic cone which has a circumferential groove which interacts with the opening edge of an inlet in the manner of a snap-ac... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6302644 | Steam turbine Steam turbines with or without a control stage are constructed with the same number of control valves. There are preferably two control valves in each case. The valve subassembly, the turbine outer casing and parts of the turbine inner casing are of ident... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6270309 | Low drag ducted Ram air turbine generator and cooling system A low drag ducted ram air turbine generator and cooling system is provided. The ducted ram air turbine generator and cooling system has reduced drag while extracting dynamic energy from the air stream during the complete range of intended flight operating... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6223534 | Engine-braking arrangement for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust-gas turbocharger In an engine braking arrangement for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger including a turbine arranged in the engine exhaust duct and a compressor driven by the turbine and arranged in the engine intake duct, a brake valve dispos... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220031 | Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal-combustion engine and method of operating same An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal-combustion engine, whose exhaust gas turbine has a rotor disk with at least one semiaxial and one radial flow inlet cross-section, and is provided with a variable turbine geometry for the variable adjustment of ... | 04/24/2001 |
