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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172520 | Turbine vane of a gas turbine A turbine vane of a gas turbine, especially a gas turbine aircraft engine, is disclosed. The turbine vane includes a vane base body with an outer surface forming a suction side and a pressure side, the outer surface of the vane base body being at least partially coa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152458 | Centrifugal pump with improved drive shaft and heat exchanger A high temperature centrifugal pump includes non-linear fluid flow paths between the pump housing and seal housing to reduce fluid flow therebetween. In another aspect, the invention provides a drive shaft of variable diameter to compensate for different amounts of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152457 | Compressor clearance control system using bearing oil waste heat The present application provides a compressor clearance control system for a gas turbine engine having an oil recirculation system with a flow of oil therein and a compressor with a casing and a number of rotor blades. The compressor clearance control system may inc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147188 | Air cooled bucket for a turbine A bucket for a turbine is described. The bucket includes a dovetail portion configured to couple the bucket to a turbine wheel, the dovetail portion having a lower surface. The bucket also includes a shank portion that extends from the dovetail portion and an airfoi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8092162 | Turbocharger assembly having heat shield-centering arrangements A turbocharger for internal combustion engines, having a heat shield disposed between a turbine housing and center housing of the turbocharger for shielding the center housing from exhaust gases passing through the turbine. The heat shield in one embodiment is cente... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8052381 | Turbomachine module provided with a device to improve radial clearances The invention relates to a turbomachine module comprising a device to improve radial clearances, comprising an outer casing (22), an inner casing (21) and at least one shock absorbing ring (5) connecting the casings, the module also comprising a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052382 | Turbo machine and gas turbine A gas turbine (1) includes a rotor (2) which has two rotor blade rows (5) with a plurality of rotor blades (6), and also a rotor heat shield (7), which is arranged between them, with a plurality of heat shield elements (12),... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8021108 | Exhaust fan An exhaust fan includes a fan frame, a fan, and a shielding plate. The fan frame defines a hollow shell, the hollow shell defines an air flow passage with an air inlet and an air outlet. The fan is received in the hollow shell, the fan includes a hub and a plurality... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7946809 | Exhaust-gas-turbine casing The exhaust-gas turbine comprises a turbine casing, a shaft rotatably mounted in a bearing housing, a turbine wheel arranged on the shaft, and a heat-protection wall, the heat-protection wall defining with the turbine casing an inflow passage leading to the turbine ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7896611 | Heat transfer device in a rotating structure A cooling system includes a moving rotor system which in turn includes: a disk on which a plurality of heat conducting structures are distributed, the heat conducting structures having a cross section optimized for maximum surface area to footprint area; the heat co... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7758304 | Supporting frame with locating function A supporting frame with locating function mainly includes a supporting portion and a plurality of connecting portions. The supporting portion is provided at a central area with a plurality of hollow spaces, and is connected at an upper side to a fan and at a lower s... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7670109 | Turbine A turbine (100) of a turbine installation, especially a steam turbine of a steam turbine installation, includes at least one radial or diagonal turbine stage (120) with radial or diagonal inflow and axial outflow, and also at least one axial turbine st... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7600969 | Turbocharger A turbocharger comprising a cartridge which is arranged in a turbine casing for variable turbine geometry; a bearing housing which is arranged between the turbine casing and a compressor housing of a compressor impeller and in which a bearing assembly is arranged fo... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7488153 | Steam turbine A steam turbine (10) having an inner casing (11), in which a rotor (12) that can rotate about an axis (13) is arranged, a steam passage (14) being formed between the rotor (12) and the inner casing (11), in which stea... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7381027 | Fan motor A fan motor having a small thickness and its impeller's blades formed to have a longer length in the diametrical direction than a width in the axial direction. Since the blade of the fan motor has a tooth structure or chamfers at its edge end in the diametrical dire... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371045 | Pump apparatus and method A pump including a pump housing, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a pumping chamber in fluid communication with both the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, a motor for pumping a working fluid, and a plate that is at least partially constructed of a heat conductive mate... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368164 | Smooth outer coating for combustor components and coating method therefor A coating and method for overcoating a TBC on a component used in a high-temperature environment, such as the combustor section of an industrial gas turbine. The coating defines the outermost surface of the component and is formed of at least two layers having diffe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365975 | Heat dissipation device having a fan holder for attachment of a fan A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink including a heat conducting portion and a plurality of fins extending from the heat conducting portion. The heat conducting portion has a base portion for contacting a heat generating device, and two wing portions exten... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363961 | Heat exchanger support structure of motor vehicle and supporting method A heat exchanger support structure has a heat exchanger, a heat exchanger support supporting the heat exchanger, and motor fan units. The heat exchanger support is integrally formed with motor fan shroud portions for directing the air flow caused by motor fans. Elec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7293955 | Supersonic gas compressor A gas compressor based on the use of a driven rotor having a compression ramp traveling at a local supersonic inlet velocity (based on the combination of inlet gas velocity and tangential speed of the ramp) which compresses inlet gas against a stationary sidewall. I... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287015 | Methods and apparatus for transmitting signals through network elements for classification The present invention provides techniques for transmitting at least one signal through an element of a classification system. One or more input signals are received at the element. One or more functional components are extracted from the one or more input signals, a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281893 | Supporting frame with locating function A supporting frame with locating function mainly includes a supporting portion and a plurality of connecting portions. The supporting portion is provided at a central area with a plurality of hollow spaces, and is connected at an upper side to a fan and at a lower s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280357 | Pump and electronic device having the pump In one embodiment of the invention, a pump includes a pump housing, an impeller, and a motor. The pump housing has a pump chamber and a heat receiving plate to couple to a heat generating unit, such as a CPU. The impeller is provided in the pump chamber. The motor c... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278820 | Ring seal system with reduced cooling requirements Aspects of the invention are directed to systems for reducing the cooling requirements of a ring seal in a turbine engine. In one embodiment, the ring seal can be made of a ceramic material, such as a ceramic matrix composite. The ceramic ring seal can be connected ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267523 | Composite shaft A turbine shaft may be used to remove a heat load from pliant bearings without requiring the use of a process fluid for cooling the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft comprises a heat conductive sleeve disposed between an outer surface of a tie rod shaft and an inner ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264438 | Method for cooling a turbo machine and turbo machine The invention relates to a method and a device for cooling thermally stressed regions in a turbo machine which has a live-steam feed line (9), an inflow region (17), a housing (2) and an exhaust-steam region (7), a flow medium flowing thr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264442 | Seal structure A combustion chamber inner casing (24) has a flange (28) on its downstream end. A retaining seal ring (40) is bolted to the flange (28) and traps a flanged seal ring (46) against the flange (28) in a manner that allows the s... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258526 | Eddy current heating for reducing transient thermal stresses in a rotor of a gas turbine engine The device and method are used for heating a central section of a rotor mounted for rotation in a gas turbine engine. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255929 | Use of spray coatings to achieve non-uniform seal clearances in turbomachinery The invention provides spray coatings to achieve circumferentially non-uniform seal clearances in turbomachines. In steam and gas turbines it is desirable to assemble the machines with elliptical seal clearances to compensate for expected casing distortion, rotordyn... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251942 | Integrated gearless and nonlubricated auxiliary power unit An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a compressor, a turbine, a combustor, and a starter-generator unit all integrated within a single containment housing. The turbine has an output shaft on which the compressor is mounted, and the starter-generator unit is couple... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246480 | System for heating an air intake of turbine engine A heating system for a turbine engine air intake region for preventing the formation of ice on the air intake region, which may be formed from the bell-mouth, one or more vanes, such as inlet guide vanes, a turbine blade assembly formed from one or more blades, such... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246996 | Methods and apparatus for maintaining rotor assembly tip clearances A method for assembling a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The engine includes an engine casing, a plurality of rotor blades, and at least one turbine shroud assembly. The method includes mounting a plurality of case segments together circumferen... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234302 | Housing for a turbocharger A housing for a turbocharger forms a housing jacket (6, 7) which surrounds a rotor space (15) for receiving a turbine rotor (18). The housing jacket consists of sheet metal at least in part. A connection pipe (4′) provides for communica... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229061 | Device for fastening a turbocharger A device for fastening a turbocharger to a base, with a fastening foot (12) which is integrally formed in one piece on a gas outlet casing (10) of the turbocharger and which has long holes (16) spaced from one another and preferably arranged in ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221566 | System for cooling a processor while reducing air flow noise A system is described for cooling a processor. In one embodiment, a heat sink assembly has a fan and air channels. In addition, a heat sink lid that is configured to cover only a region above the fan is coupled to the heat sink assembly. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217086 | Cooling fluid pump A cooling fluid pump includes a casing having a cylindrical pump chamber inside and an outer surface, the pump chamber having an inner surface, an impeller mounted rotatably inside the pump chamber and having a number of pump vanes, the impeller further having an ax... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198464 | Frame device of a fan A frame device of a fan comprises a lower frame and a plurality of jut units. The lower frame is hollow. The jut units are disposed on the lower frame in a way of spacing apart from each other and extend upward and slant outward to constitute an entrance such that a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198458 | Fail safe cooling system for turbine vanes Embodiments of the invention relate to a turbine vane having a fail safe cooling system. According to embodiments of the invention, the vane can have multiple concentric layers of radial cooling holes extending about the vane; each layer being fluidly connected to t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192007 | Jack adapter A jack adapter for connecting a jack to a vehicle including a trailer hitch having a tubular cross member and/or a towing lug of a vehicle to provide alternate locations at which a jack may be connected to a vehicle. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189062 | Centrifugal impeller A centrifugal impeller particularly for a turbo-charger includes a circular disc member, a boss portion formed at a central portion of the disc member and having a central through hole into which a rotational shaft is inserted, an impeller blade integrally formed on... | 03/13/2007 |
