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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109718 | Centrifugal blower A centrifugal blower (10) includes a casing (12) and a rotor (14) rotatable disposed in the casing. The casing includes a base plate (121), a sidewall (122) extending from the base plate and a cover (123) covering the sidewa... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8047774 | System for heating and cooling wind turbine components A heating and cooling system for a wind turbine is provided and includes a gearbox, gearbox heat exchanger, generator, generator heat exchanger, and a cooling duct. The cooling duct is connected to the gearbox and generator heat exchangers, and is used to transport ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7520719 | Method and apparatus for the cooling of the outer shrouds of the rotor blades of a gas turbine Passive shroud cooling of rotor blades (5) is accomplished by a multitude of cooling-air flows introduced into the hot-gas flow upstream of the rotor blades on the outer circumference, these cooling-air flows, depending on the aerodynamic and geometrical cond... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7507068 | Heat-dissipating mechanism for a motor A heat-dissipating mechanism for a motor includes a rotor and a stator base. The rotor rotates with respect to the stator base and includes a casing and a hub. The casing has a side portion and a bottom portion, and at least one opening is disposed at the bottom por... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7481616 | Centrifugal fan, cooling mechanism, and apparatus furnished with the cooling mechanism In a centrifugal fan the diameter of the impeller is rendered less than 20 mm, yet by rotating it under rotational conditions in which the centrifugal force along the impeller periphery is 10,000 m/s2 or more, the static pressure that the fan generates is... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7435048 | Drain pump, and air conditioner provided therewith A drain pump is provided that reduces the operating noise when the head is low. The drain pump has a pump casing, and an impeller. The pump casing has a drain inlet for sucking in drain water at a lower end part and a drain outlet for discharging drain water at a si... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422416 | Device for effecting heat transfer to rotating equipment, in particular gas turbines A device for effecting heat transfer to rotating equipment, in particular gas turbines, is provided. A gas turbine (10) comprises a first rotating unit (11), i.e. an internal shaft and a second fixed unit (16), i.e. a housing. A third rotating u... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413399 | Method and apparatus for distributing fluid into a turbomachine An apparatus for distributing a fluid in a gas flow path inside a turbomachine, comprising: a device for introducing the fluid into the gas flow path; and wherein the device is positioned within the gas flow path. A method for installing an apparatus that will distr... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359196 | Dual impeller push-pull axial fan heat sink A fan sink that includes a dual impeller push-pull axial fan and a heat sink to cool a hot electronic device is presented. The axial fan has a hub motor, a first impeller that is radially proximate to the hub motor, and a second impeller that is radially distal to t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338252 | Pump for the transporting of fluids and of mixtures of fluids A pump for the transporting of fluids and/or of mixtures of fluids includes a housing (1) and at least one restrictor gap seal which is provided in the housing (1) to reduce the pressure in a restrictor gap along a rotatable part (2) of the pump... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336488 | Radiator mechanism and electronic apparatus having same It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide a radiator mechanism and electronic apparatus having the radiator mechanism that can prevent destruction, deterioration, and malfunction due to heat of exoergic components or other electronic components... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331763 | Turbine disk A gas turbine section of a gas turbine engine, including a first stage turbine disk, a forward outer seal carried on the turbine disk and a forward shaft cooperating with the first stage turbine disk for transmitting torque generated by the turbine section to a comp... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329084 | Turbomachine Suitable means for driving a flow are arranged in annular or ring-segment-shaped cavities that are formed in particular in multi-shell casings of turbomachines. Arranged inside the cavity are ejectors that are supplied via suitable means with a motive-fluid flow whi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326031 | Access port for dirt removal for gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine is provided with a dirt separator placed in a path of the radially outer cooling air flow, and includes a radially outer leg that defines a space to capture dirt or other impurities. An access port is provided in a turbine engine case in an area... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308977 | Clutch assembly and method of reversing cooling fluid flow A clutch assembly for a transmission having a pressurized fluid source includes selectively engageable clutch plates including an apply plate. A piston is movable between an apply position and a release position to respectively engage or release the clutch plates. A... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303372 | Methods and apparatus for cooling combustion turbine engine components A turbine nozzle cooling sub-system is provided. The sub-system includes at least one turbine nozzle segment. The segment includes an arcuate, radially outermost endwall, an arcuate, radially innermost endwall, and at least one airfoil vane. The endwalls each includ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7252476 | Device for lubricating a component in a turbomachine A device for lubricating a component in a turbomachine, in particular a shaft bearing in a turbojet, the device comprising an annular support part defining a lubrication chamber around the component, an annular cover mounted in sealed manner on the part and includin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7218520 | Retainer for heat sink A retainer includes a retention module surrounding a heat sink and two clip members for cooperating with the retention module to retain the heat sink. Each clip member includes a strap resting on the heat sink and a pair of legs located at opposite ends of the strap... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201562 | Fan with central intake A fan with central intake comprises a fan frame, a fan wheel and a fan motor. The fan frame provides a hub seat with an annular spacing for fluid flowing through and a joining part at the center of the hub seat for supporting the bearings. The fan wheel is received ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168918 | High performance cooling fan A cooling fan comprises a rotor configured to generate airflow. The cooling fan further comprises an outlet guide vane adapted to receive the airflow generated by the rotor and to orient the airflow in a substantially axial direction relative to the rotor. The cooli... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167364 | Cooler with blower between two heatsinks A cooler for cooling of electronic components comprises at least two heatsinks thermally connected with each other by heat spreading means, and a double inlet centrifugal blower comprises a casing with two inlets and an outlet, a radial impeller with an axle and an ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160080 | Fan assembly A fan frame provides fixing parts extending downward to embrace a radiator with a hook end catching lower side of the radiator respectively. A guard device is disposed on the frame with hard skeletons to surround a fan wheel so that fluid can enter the radiator via ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150311 | Radiation module capable of resisting reverse flow of hot fluid A radiation module capable of resisting reverse flow of hot fluid includes a fan, a radiator and a retaining tool. The fan provides an inlet and an outlet. The radiator is connected to the outlet of the fan. The retaining tool secures the radiator to a heat generati... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147427 | Utilization of spillover steam from a high pressure steam turbine as sealing steam A steam-driven turbine system for a power plant in which a high pressure and a low pressure turbine are coupled to a common shaft to drive an external generator. Process steam supply is used as gland sealing steam for the low pressure turbine and turbine driven stea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147432 | Turbine shroud asymmetrical cooling elements A turbine shroud assembly asymmetrical cooling element such as a shroud segment or a baffle includes an arcuate panel. The panel has a plurality of cooling apertures extending through the panel and an axially extending midline of the panel parallel to an axis of rot... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124590 | Ejector for cooling air supply pressure optimization A system for optimizing cooling air supply pressure includes a high pressure fluid source which receives bleed air from the exit of a high pressure compressor and a nozzle and ejector assembly for supplying fluid to a point of use at a pressure sufficient to maintai... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7115158 | Fan having blade members that heat and cool and has an ionizing grid for air purification A ceiling fan that incorporates into its blades both a system for air purification by removing dust and other particulate pollutants from the air in a room through ionization of the air stream passing over an ionizer grid and also a system for heating and cooling th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112891 | Mobile-power system with solar-powered hydrogen liberator, fuel cell, turbine, and capacitors The present invention is a mobile-energy generating system. It comprises a turbine, a fuel cell, commercial electrical power hookups, capacitors used for bridging purposes, and hydrogen-storage tanks. Pressurized hydrogen is maintained in the tanks using a hydrogen ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106587 | Fluid moving device with a radiation module A fluid moving device with a heat radiation, which is mounted to a conductive part to dissipate heat from a heat generation part under the fluid moving device and another heat generation part around the first heat generation part, includes a first frame member, whic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101149 | Axial fan for computer The axial fan for a computer comprises a rotatable fan blade unit and a motor unit. The fan blade unit comprises a fan head and a plurality of fan blades arranged radially thereto. The motor unit is held by supports passing through the airflow. The supports have a d... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097416 | Rotary disc pump A rotary disc pump for pumping fluid materials, comprises a housing having a front and a back wall forming a chamber with a generally coaxial inlet in the front wall and a generally tangential outlet, an impeller is mounted co-axially within the chamber and comprise... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079388 | Baffles for high capacity air-cooling systems for electronics apparatus An improved air-cooling system for high performance, high density electronic equipment comprises, in one embodiment, a single fan having a radial impeller, a baffle having an inlet portion to efficiently direct air into the fan intake, and a two-tiered outlet plenum... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075790 | Heat dissipating device incorporating clip A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink (50) and two clips (10) for mounting the heat sink to a retention module (60) which surrounds an electronic component (65). The heat sink provides two shoulders (72). Each clip include... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066712 | Turbofan and air conditioner having the turbofan A turbofan to reduce noise through a suppression of turbulent air flow at an outlet thereof and also to guide the air discharged from the outlet in a specific discharging direction, and an air conditioner equipped with the turbofan to improve an efficiency of a heat... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043146 | All season heat fan with electric heating elements powered by rotating rings and ball bearings An all season fan with heated circulating blades includes heating elements mounted in slots defined in the rear surface of the fan blades for heating of air blown outwardly therefrom. Resilient biasing devices such as a bow springs are mounted in the fan blades exte... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037089 | Cooling fan having dual blade sets A cooling fan with dual blade sets has an impeller formed by a rotatable hub, a stator assembly, and a shell. A plurality of mini blades and a plurality of guide blades are respectively formed on a bottom surface and an external surface of the rotatable hub. The imp... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021894 | Apparatus for cooling of electronic components An apparatus for cooling of electronic components of the present invention are provided with a heatsink and a blower with an electric drive. The heatsink comprises a base and heat exchanging means. The electric drive comprises a stator and a rotor with an axle; the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018170 | Ribbon drive pumping apparatus and method with added fluid A ribbon drive pumping apparatus and method for substantially incompressible fluids, such as liquids, is disclosed. The pump has an extended tube having an intake at a first end and an outlet at a second end. A ribbon formed of helical coils is mounted in the tube f... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018186 | Feed pump The invention relates to a feed pump for delivering fluid media, wherein the pump bearings are lubricated by the feed medium itself. Connecting channels with valve devices are provided on the suction side and on the pressure side upstream and downstream, respectivel... | 03/28/2006 |
