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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186960 | Repair of rotor blade roots A method for repairing a wind turbine is described. The method may include preparing the surface of the blade, removing a plurality of mounting bolts, and replacing the mounting bolts with rod members. The rod members may be bonded to the blade root thereby strength... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177512 | Hub-profile connection system for axial fan and axial fan provided with this connection system A hub-profile connection system for axial fan is disclosed, consisting of a hub to which one or more blades provided with an air displacement profile are connected, wherein one or more blades are attached in a flexible manner to the hub by means of two separate flex... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172538 | Method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade shell member with a fastening member and a wind turbine blade with a fastening member A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade shell member (2) having an incorporated fastening member (4) near the root is provided. According to the method, a fastening member 4 is positioned in a mold (14) with pre-fabricated sticks (... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8147202 | Wind turbine, a hub for a wind turbine and use hereof The invention relates to a wind turbine including at least two blade units. Each blade unit has a pitch controlled wind turbine blade and at least one pitch bearing including at least one outer ring, at least one center ring and at least one inner ring. The wind tur... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147203 | Fan A fan includes an impeller, a motor, a plurality of first engaging members and a plurality of second engaging members. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades disposed around the hub. The motor includes a rotor housing coupled with the hub, and the mot... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8133028 | Cooling fan structure A cooling fan structure includes a driving device having a rotatable section disposed therein for providing a rotatable effect. The rotatable section has a first end longitudinally extending to a top of the driving device and a second end longitudinally extending to... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133029 | Rotor blade attachment The invention relates to a rotor blade attachment (17), in particular of a wind power plant (1), for the connection of a rotor blade (5) with an attachment device (4), including a transverse pin (20, 20′) and a connecting device ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8105040 | Wind turbine rotor blade A wind turbine rotor blade is provided, the rotor blade comprising a root portion and a tip portion extending therefrom. The root portion comprises a plurality of inserts embedded therein, each insert being configured to receive respective connecting means for conne... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100656 | Fan apparatus for a cooking device A fan apparatus for a cooking device is provided having a fan impeller that is held on a drive shaft of a rotary drive by its hub and is pressed against a stop of the drive shaft in an axial direction by a screw nut. In order to ensure that the fan impeller is secur... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092182 | Wind turbine blade support structure A wind turbine apparatus includes a unit structure that is coupled to a central hub by way of an in-tension cable. The unit structure includes a first set of struts, wherein each strut in the first set of struts includes first and second ends, the first ends of the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8061995 | Machine component retention An axial retention system for restraining axial movement of a first machine component having a dovetail within a complimentary-shaped dovetail slot in a second machine component that includes a first curved groove formed in a bottom surface of the dovetail slot and ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8011893 | Module of a nacelle of a wind turbine, nacelle of a wind turbine, wind turbine and method for the assembly of a nacelle of a wind turbine The invention concerns a module of a nacelle of a wind turbine, which is separately designed, manageable and comprise a housing part. The module is connectable to at least one further module of the nacelle, which is also separately designed, manageable and has a hou... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7874805 | Hub for a wind turbine A hub for a wind turbine with a first end facing a nacelle of the wind turbine and a second end facing a direction opposite the nacelle. The hub has at least one opening between the first and second end, which opening is adapted for receiving a wind turbine blade, a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7740450 | Lightweight hub for rotors A structure for a hub of a rotor includes a space frame having truss members configured to carry primary torsion, bending, and direct loading. The structure also includes a shell on the space frame configured to stabilize the space frame and carry shear loading.... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726946 | Sanitary removable impeller hub and method A hub mounting assembly for mounting a plurality of impellers onto a shaft has a first hub ring and a second hub ring. A first key piece is adapted to engage with the shaft and engage with at least one of the hub rings, and a first lock pin is adapted to engage with... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722328 | Rotor blade connection A rotor blade for a wind power installation comprises a plurality of holes which are arranged in the region of the rotor blade root and which are in the form of through holes which extend substantially transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rotor ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7517194 | Rotor blade for a wind turbine A rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided, wherein the rotor blade has radial bores in a wall of a blade root portion, the radial bores being staggered in a longitudinal direction of the rotor blade, and longitudinal bores in the wall of the blade root portion, w... | 04/14/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7396210 | Quick install blade arms for ceiling fans Quick attachable and detachable mounting arms for ceiling fans. A first version has flat headed fasteners initially attached to one end of mounting arms, with key-hole slots in the endshield of the ceiling fan motor. The user raises the mounting arm so that the flat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374402 | Fastening arrangement for an impeller on a shaft The fastening arrangement (26) for an impeller (22) on a shaft (14), in particular for an impeller (22) of a turbocharger on a turbocharger shaft (14), comprises a bush (34), which can be screwed onto a shaft journal (20 | 05/20/2008 |
| 7351157 | Muscle training apparatus and method The invention is directed to a muscle trainer and method for exercising a weaker of two opposing muscle groups of a person swinging an implement, such as a golf club, wherein, if the two opposing muscle groups were of appropriate strength, the two muscle groups woul... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341431 | Gas turbine engine components and methods of fabricating same A method for fabricating a component for a gas turbine engine includes providing a blisk forging fabricated from a first material, inertia welding a second material to the blisk forging to create a bi-alloy blisk forging, and machining the bi-alloy blisk forging to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331764 | High-strength low-weight fan blade assembly An engine cooling fan system including a hub disc about which first and/or second pluralities of elongated fan blades characterized by a first and second respective pitch angles may be fastened. Each respective fan blade further comprises a hub-engaging portion, a t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303000 | Mounting system and method for scraped surface heat exchanger blades A blade for mounting to a scraped surface heat exchanger drive shaft by pivotal connection with a mounting pin has a blade body having a first side and a second side, and a scraper edge and a hinge edge. At least one mounting hole extends through the blade body gene... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281899 | Quick assembly blades for ceiling fans Easy to attach and detach blades for overhead ceiling fans. A first version has a ceiling fan blade with keyhole slots that fit over flat topped fasteners on a mounting arm. Pulling the blade away from the arm locks the slots to the fasteners. A second version is si... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278598 | Blender blade In one embodiment of the invention, a blender blade (10) includes a body portion (12) having an upper surface (15) and a lower surface (16). The body portion includes an aperture (13) effectively defining an axis of rotation for th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273582 | Shaft and post assemblies for molten metal apparatus An apparatus for moving a stream of molten metal comprising a pumping member, a housing at least partially enclosing the pumping member, a power device seated on a support, and a shaft connecting the power device and the pumping member. At least one post is disposed... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252478 | Fan blade modifications A winglet includes a vertical member and a mounting member. The mounting member is configured to facilitate the mounting of the winglet to the tip of a fan blade. The vertical member is configured to extend perpendicularly relative the tip of a fan blade. Adding win... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237944 | Scraped heat exchanger having blade with protective rest nub Attachment apparatus and method for interlocking attachment of a scraper blade with a drive shaft of a scraped surface heat exchanger includes a blade having dual attachment beams and a central locking member, and at least one pin having dual fingers each for interl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229251 | Rotor hub fairing system for a counter-rotating, coaxial rotor system A rotor hub fairing system includes an upper hub fairing, a lower hub fairing and a shaft fairing therebetween. The rotor hub fairing system is sized and configured to reduce the overall drag on a dual, counter-rotating, coaxial rotor system. Preferably, the rotor h... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223076 | Propeller shaft and a propeller adapted thereto Propeller shaft (2) and a propeller (7) for marine drive units. The shaft has a splines portion (3) on which the propeller is designed to be fixed. The shaft also has a threaded portion (10) for a lock nut between the shaft end and the sp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201561 | Swashplate seal assembly A swashplate seal assembly sized for rotor shaft rotation therein, including an outer cover encircling the rotor shaft and covering a sealing ring having an inner circumference on which a resilient sealing wiper is inwardly disposed. The outer cover, sealing ring an... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192253 | Method for producing a fan wheel and fan wheel produced by this method A method for producing a fan wheel (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, which is produced by injection molding of a plastic provided with glass fibers, the casting compound being cast in via a ring or cone gate. Also disclosed is a fan wheel (1) pro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192255 | Device for mounting blades on a propeller hub with preloading of the bearings This device for mounting a propeller blade in a hub, of the type in which a blade base is mounted in rotation in a hub housing by means of at least two bearings and where a preloading device permitting axially preloading the two bearings comprises a holding ring mou... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182578 | Ceramic spindle coupling structure A ceramic spindle coupling structure includes a metal bushing which has a housing space that has an inlet and a tapered fastening section of a smaller diameter than the inlet to form a tight coupling with a ceramic spindle without embossing the ceramic spindle and t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7144221 | Method and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engines A method for assembling a fan assembly for a gas turbine engine includes coupling a plurality of fan blades in a row to a rotor disk, wherein each fan blade includes an airfoil having a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together at a leading edge and a ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137355 | Self-cleaning pet litter apparatus with rotating rake and pan A self-cleaning litter apparatus that separates and extracts clumped litter waste material from litter material contained therein during use includes a chamber adapted to contain a quantity of litter material. The chamber is rotatable about a centrally disposed axis... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134843 | Turbine wheel for turbomachine and the assembly method for such a wheel A turbine wheel for a turbomachine, the disk of which comprises upstream and downstream ribs extending in the annular direction around an axis, each blade segment installed on the disk being retained by the disk in an external radial direction using upstream engagem... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118335 | Compressor wheel and shield An exemplary shield includes an attachment mechanism disposed on an outer surface to attach the shield to a joint of a boreless compressor wheel and a passage extending from a proximate end of the shield to a distal end of the shield. An exemplary method includes in... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090467 | Fan drive attachment assembly The invention is a fan drive attachment assembly for a motor vehicle that uses a tapered coupling to assemble the drive hub and fan drive together. ... | 08/15/2006 |
