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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802965 | Cooling fan A cooling fan with high heat-dissipating performance includes a plurality of blades; and a frame for receiving the blades therein, wherein the frame has a reduced height for exposing the blades to outside of the frame so as to allow air to enter into the frame via a... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7399156 | Turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry is provided, having a support ring to which vanes are fastened which are adjustable for controlling the charge pressure, and having a covering ring for the vanes. The support ring and ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396204 | Variable-nozzle mechanism, exhaust turbocharger equipped therewith, and method of manufacturing exhaust turbocharger with the variable-nozzle mechanism An exhaust turbocharger with a variable-nozzle mechanism with fail-safe feature included is provided with which, even if wear of the drive ring supporting part where the supporting elements are in reciprocating sliding or rolling contact with each other under high t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393179 | Variable position turbine nozzle An apparatus and method are provided for permitting free rotation of turbine nozzle vanes, while minimizing or eliminating leakage on the vane side-walls. The device incorporates a plurality of nozzle vanes arranged around the circumference of a radial or mixed infl... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7364401 | Method for manufacturing variable-throat exhaust turbocharger and constituent members of variable throat-area mechanism The present invention provides a variable-throat exhaust turbocharger equipped with a variable-throat mechanism of which connection of constituent members can be achieved with a small number of man-hour and at low cost and which is stable in quality with firm connec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351032 | Heat dissipating fan with an airflow guiding structure A heat dissipating fan includes a cover plate having an air inlet and a base, an impeller mounted to the base and having a plurality of blades, and an air guiding member having an air passageway and an air outlet. A portion of an axial height of the respective blade... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329091 | Heat dissipation fans and housings therefor A heat dissipation fan and a housing thereof. The heat dissipation fan includes a housing and a plurality of blades. The housing includes an outer frame, a base, and a plurality of air-guiding elements. The base is disposed in the outer frame, supporting the blades ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322791 | Turbine unit and VTG mechanism therefor A turbine unit having a rotor housing (2) having at least one admission channel (9) for a fluid, as well as a turbine rotor (4) which is supported in a turbine space (23) of the rotor housing (2) and wherein fluid is led into the t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303370 | Fluid flow engine and method of producing a guiding grid A fluid flow engine comprises: a turbine housing including at least one supply channel for supplying a driving fluid; at least one turbine rotor rotatably supported in the turbine housing about an axis of rotation; and a guiding grid of variable turbine geometry rad... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7189058 | Fluid flow engine and support ring for it A fluid flow engine comprises a guiding grid in a housing arrangement for housing a turbine wheel. The housing arrangement has a central discharge channel for the fluid driving the turbine wheel. A ring of guiding vanes located around a central axis is mounted to a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186077 | Compressor, particularly in an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine In a compressor particularly of an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine having a compressor wheel rotatably supported in a compressor housing which includes a diffuser structure with an adjustable diffuser geometry comprising guide vanes pivotal... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7137778 | Variable turbine geometry turbocharger A turbocharger arrangement for a variable geometry turbocharger including pivotable vanes (34) with each vane (34) having a respective vane bore (38) for receiving a vane post (28) into a vane first planar surface (80) and a respec... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137773 | Model-based statistical process to determine diagnostic limits in a sensor position system for a turbocharger A method of determining diagnostic limits for a vane position sensing system installed in a variable nozzle turbocharger (VNT). The method includes defining mechanical input probability distribution functions (PDFs) of the VNT, describing the vane position sensing s... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7063504 | Cooling fan A cooling fan with high heat-dissipating performance includes a plurality of blades; and a frame for receiving the blades therein, wherein the frame has a reduced height for exposing the blades to outside of the frame so as to allow air to enter into the frame via a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7001142 | Turbocharger for vehicle with improved suspension of the actuating mechanism for variable nozzles A turbocharger with an improved suspension mechanism for the actuation ring of a variable nozzle mechanism, for improved maintenance of the geometry of the suspension mechanism in the case of higher temperature oscillations. The suspension mechanism includes a numbe... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6932565 | Turbine A turbine comprises a turbine wheel having radial blades and supported in a housing for rotation about an axis. An annular inlet passageway extends radially inwards towards the turbine wheel, the inlet passageway being defined between first and second facing annular... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6790000 | Shroud for the roots of variable stator vanes in the high-pressure compressor of a gas turbine A shroud for the support of vane roots 1 of variable stator vanes 2 in the high-pressure compressor of a gas turbine includes a forward shroud segment 3 and a rearward shroud segment 4, each with an axially open annulus 5 forming a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6742986 | Variable displacement turbine A support pin (24) is disposed at a position in front of a front edge (19a) of a movable nozzle blade (19) in a state in which the movable nozzle blade (19) is located at a rating opening position B, set between a maximum opening p... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6409483 | Variable-capacity turbine A nozzle drive mechanism is provided for a link plate 112, which can operate all nozzle vanes smoothly and synchronously. The nozzle vanes 104 supported in such a way that the nozzle vanes are free to rotate between open and closed positions on nozzle sha... | 06/25/2002 |
| 5927943 | Inlet casing for a turbine A turbine with the improved inlet casing in accordance with the present invention includes a shaft which extends along and rotates about a central axis. The turbine also includes at least one rotor wheel which is mounted on and extends radially outward fr... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5651661 | Multi-stage rotary fluid handling apparatus Rotary fluid handling apparatus employing a wheel to provide multi-stage compression or expansion. A wheel having a first set of vanes includes a shroud about those vanes with a second set of vanes outwardly of the shroud. One set of vanes provides for lo... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5522697 | Load reducing variable geometry turbine A variable geometry turbine comprising a housing 1 including an annular cavity 19 which supports a moveable annular wall member 5. An annular turbine inlet passageway 4 is defined between an end face of the moveable wall member 5 and a facing wall 6 of th... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5454694 | Vertical axis wind mill with retractable sails A vertical axis wind mill with retractable sails comprising a central core which has vertical side walls in a generally cylindrical configuration. The core has an upper end and a lower end and a drive shaft positioned along the central axis therefor. The ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5452986 | Vaned diffuser A vaned diffuser is provided. The diffuser comprises a housing having a first and second flow wall defining a flow path for the exit flow from an impeller. Twisted vanes are mounted on a movable structure capable of travel inside a chamber adjacent the fi... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5441383 | Variable exhaust driven turbochargers A variable inlet nozzle exhaust-driven turbocharger comprises a compressor (2, 5, 6) driven via a main shaft (8) by a turbine wheel (10, 11) subject to engine exhaust gas flow through an annular nozzle formed between a heat shroud (21) having slots (22) t... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5358377 | System and method for support and rotation of volume There is disclosed a system and method for rotationally controlling a circular structure, such as a dome, from the outer circumference of the dome. The system uses an air driven motor having a circular fixed section and a movable section. The movable sect... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5183381 | Variable geometry turbine inlet wall mounting assembly A mounting assembly for a movable annular wall member of an inlet passageway of a variable geometry turbine. The inlet passageway is defined between the movable wall and a facing wall. The wall member is formed from a sheet material and is supported on a ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5165849 | Centrifugal compressor A centrifugal compressor including a vaned diffuser provided with a plurality of stationary vanes disposed around an impeller for converting into kinetic energy of a discharged fluid into pressure. The diffuser further includes rotatable vanes unevenly di... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4984965 | Variable geometry turbine inlet wall mounting assembly A mounting assembly for a movable annular wall member of an inlet passageway of a variable geometry turbine. The inlet passageway is defined between the movable wall and a facing wall. The wall member is formed from a sheet material and is supported on a ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4741666 | Variable displacement turbocharger A turbine casing, a shroud and a gas outlet cover together define a closed doughnut-shaped space. A nozzle driving ring inserted in the space is slidably clamped by the turbine casing and the gas outlet cover. Nozzle shafts extending from nozzle blades ar... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4650397 | Sleeve seal A seal member particularly adapted to seal leakage gaps between turbine vanes in a variable geometry turbine vane assembly comprises a sheet metal strip having a first flange and a second flange angularly disposed with respect to the first flange. The fir... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4629396 | Adjustable stator mechanism for high pressure radial turbines and the like Fluid handling apparatus such as a turbine, compressor, pump and the like in which stator vanes are adjustably positioned in the throat and means are provided to change the adjusted position of such vanes.... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4575307 | Guide vane operating mechanism for hydraulic machine A guide vane operating mechanism for a hydraulic machine including a main shaft carrying a runner and guide vanes for varying the angle of attack of water to the runner. A guide ring is rotatably arranged around the main shaft, with a guide vane driving m... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4416582 | Multi-stage turbine rotor A multi-stage turbine has an inflow disc pack that directs motivating fluid to an outflow disc pack on the same shaft. The packs are fitted to rotate between plates that web a turbine casing interior and fluid entry into the casing to the inflow pack is v... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4415814 | System for the generation of electrical energy by utilizing and controlling wind energy The subject-matter of the present invention is a system for the generation of electrical energy by utilizing and controlling wind energy which comprises a domed building (3), in which the machine park for converting kinetic energy into electrical energy i... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4403914 | Variable geometry device for turbomachinery A variable geometry device is provided for use in a turbine engine having a support housing, a rotor contained within the support housing and a pair of spaced walls forming an annular and radially extending passageway open at one end to the rotor. An annu... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4299534 | Guide vane protecting device A guide vane protecting device for use in a hydraulic turbine. The device has a braking system having a first and a second braking members by which an initial braking power is imparted to a first control member interposed therebetween. The braking system ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4218177 | Cohesion type turbine A cohesion type turbine having a plurality of axially spaced stacks of discs. Each stack is comprised of a plurality of thin, highly polished discs which are separated by spacers. The discs and spacers are non-rotatably mounted on a shaft which is rotatab... | 08/19/1980 |