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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7497659 | Heat-dissipating device A heat-dissipating device includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a rotor disposed in the housing and having a first set of blades, wherein the housing has a sidewall extending inward from the air inlet to define an air-gathering chamber in the... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7409962 | Dishwasher pump with integrated inlet/outlet portion A dishwasher includes a pump assembly for establishing a recirculated wash fluid flow within a washing chamber. The pump assembly includes a housing having a recirculation portion and a drain portion. The recirculation portion includes an inlet passage, a recirculat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7255532 | Bi-directional blowers for cooling computers A heat dissipating device includes a motor, a rotary unit, and a housing for receiving the motor and the rotary unit. The rotary unit includes a hub mounted to the motor and blades extending from the hub. The housing defines a hot air inlet, a hot air outlet, a cold... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7210896 | Electrical power generation assembly An electrical power generation assembly comprising a main body having a low density to provide lift and wind driven means on its surface to generate electrical power. The main body has a part-circular, or a part-elliptical, cross section frontal region. The main bod... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7182572 | Impeller assembly An impeller assembly has a hollow body, multiple main blades and multiple booster blades. The main blades are mounted around the body to define multiple flow channels between the main blades. The boosting blades are mounted around the body at the bottom edge and eac... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182573 | Wind turbine A wind turbine, with: a rotatable frame; a plurality of airfoils mounted to the rotatable frame, wherein the airfoils extend parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable frame; a wind block positioned to restrict airflow over at least a portion of the rotatable ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7097414 | Inducer tip vortex suppressor Embodiments of the invention provide a method, device, and turbopump configured to suppress higher order cavitations at an inducer tip in a turbopump. An inducer having a tip is rotated, and a first flow is induced axially through the inducer at a first velocity. A ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070637 | Apparatus for separating particles from a fluid A particle separation device for removing particles from a fluid. An embodiment of the device includes a particle separation chamber with an annular tunnel. A plurality of inlet vanes extend within the annular tunnel for imparting a helical fluid flow by deflecting ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7029227 | Structure comprising a rotor and fixed perturbation sources and method for reducing vibrations in said structure A method of reducing vibration in a structure comprising at least one rotor (101j) and a fixed set of sources of disturbance (102j) liable to give rise to disturbances in the fluid flow (11) that cause the rotor to vibrate,... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6802690 | Outlet silencer structures for turbine Both air duct inlet silencers and air duct outlet silencers for use with a stationary gas turbine are disclosed. The sound attenuating duct unit suitable for connecting to an outlet of a stationary gas turbine includes a housing having a horizontal housing section a... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6729843 | Partial splitter vane for reaction hydraulic turbine Reaction hydraulic turbine that includes a draft tube having side wails arranged to define an inlet and an outlet and an elbow arranged to position the outlet substantially perpendicular to the inlet. A turbine runner is positioned adjacent the inlet and the outlet ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 5765630 | Radiator with air flow directing fins An improved radiator core assembly for typical automotive and similar uses comprises fins angled with respect to the plane of the radiator core. Air entering the radiator is redirected by the fins to match the angle of the blades of a fan forcing air thro... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5558493 | Forced air cooling apparatus having blower and air current regulating plate that reduces eddy air current at inlet of blower A forced air cooling apparatus having a blower for blowing air taken in from an intake surface or inlet of the blower to be blown against an electronic device in an installation wherein the blower is mounted for operation on a casing or a rack, and in whi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5513953 | Suspended ceiling fan A suspended ceiling fan assembly comprising: a housing having a central section in a generally dome-shaped configuration with a first axis and with an external periphery formed as a square, the periphery including a wall extending from the periphery of th... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5462404 | Arrangement for an air supply of a radial fan or blower An arrangement for an air supply in a radial fan or blower comprising an air guide arrangement disposed in the intake region of the fan or blower. The air guide arrangement comprises at least two baffle regions lying diametrically opposite one another and... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5290152 | Manifold for a liquid ring vacuum pump-compressor An improved water delivery system for a liquid ring vacuum pump which delivers water through the side of the pump wall. A manifold system aligns outlet ports of the manifold with the inlet ports of the pump itself. Access ports with plugs or caps are also... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5279503 | Ram air electric drive water pump A coolant pump system driven initially by an electric motor in-line with the pump shaft to the pump housing incorporates a ram air-assisted cooling system. The ram air-assisted cooling system includes an electric motor whose rotating shaft drives the prim... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5197855 | Engine exhaust/blade interaction noise suppression Noise is reduced on an aircraft engine of the type having aft mounted propeller blades 10 which pass through exhaust gas streams 20 expelled from circumferentially spaced nozzles 14. The nozzles 14 are rotated, or the exhaust flow deflected, such that the... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5186607 | Swirl generator with axial vanes Disclosed is an axial vane for a swirl generator according to mathematical equation so that the air flow is gradually deviated with minimized pressure drop and turbulence intensity.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5161946 | Swirl generator with axial vanes A swirl generator with improved axial vanes having desired shape obtained according to equations. The axial vanes are disposed on a bluff body, are curved, inclined and overlap on one another. When air flow passes through the axial vanes, the desired low ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5116200 | Apparatus and methods for minimizing vibrational stresses in axial flow turbines The axial flow turbine has an asymmetrical flow input, for example, at the first nozzle plate and which flow is attenuated towards an axi-symmetric flow by a baffle plate located between the first nozzle plate and the second stage. The baffle plate direct... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5108257 | Impeller for turbo pump for water jet propulsion machinery, and turbo pump including same impeller A turbo pump is provided with an impeller having a volute casing for a diffuser type casing. The configuration of a meridian section of the impeller shroud at the side of a boss is made as a concave arch-like surface of revolution. The shroud at the side ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4883406 | Transport ventilator The present invention provides a fan for moving air or transporting loose material. The fan comprises an inlet suction pipe that is bifurcated to form two pieces that then open out into a cone, after which there is a fan-blade wheel. This fan-blade wheel ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4832566 | Axial flow elastic fluid turbine with inlet sleeve vibration inhibitor An axial flow elastic fluid turbine has a vibration inhibitor for the inlet sleeves which extend through a motive fluid flow area between the inner and outer cylindrical casings of the turbine. The vibration inhibitor comprises a flexible support, prefera... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4721435 | Fluid flow control means for pumps and the like A fluid machine including a device disposed in the inlet passage of the fluid machine for retarding pump cavitational surging at low flow rates. The device includes an annulus assembly having a series of curved radially disposed vanes for capturing fluid ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4643645 | Stage for a steam turbine A stage of an axial flow turbine includes a plurality of spaced apart buckets and a plurality of spaced apart nozzle partitions, each plurality respectively circumferentially aligned about and axially spaced from each other along a rotor of the turbine. T... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4624110 | Fluid powered turbine A turbine/power transmission system using pressure fluid, i.e., steam to selectively drive one of a plurality of turbine wheels depending upon the power/torque output and rotary direction required of an output shaft.... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4582465 | Blower for air spray massage apparatus A blower for an air spray bath massaging apparatus, which blower is operated by an electric motor and is enclosed in a housing having a suction air fitting and a compressed air fitting. To effectively reduce the suction noise of the blower, the suction ai... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4462751 | Centrifugal pump improvement A centrifugal pump assembly comprising one or more bowl castings each housing an impeller and also two or more individual fluid passageways for the flow of fluid discharged by an impeller to the next impeller, the passageways having some exterior walls de... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4373860 | Submersible hydraulic pump of the axially directed inlet and tangential outlet type A submersible pump assembly having a volute casing in which a pump impeller is rotatably driven from a power source located outside the pump casing. The scroll-type casing has an axially directed inlet and tangential outlet. A drive shaft connects the pow... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4182594 | Wind driven energy system A system for conversion of wind power to electrical energy. The system provides for use during a wide range of wind velocities by use of the following: an external deflection system consisting of baffles and peripheral turbulence creating walls designed t... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4115027 | Vertical windmill An omnidirectional windmill employing lift type airfoils mounted about a vertical axis. The windmill includes a support frame which defines the vertically oriented axis about which the elongate airfoils rotate. Five vertically oriented stators are positio... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4071303 | Rotary machine having a suspended shaft A rotary machine such as a pump has a vertical driveshaft suspended from the upper end and provided at the lower end with an impeller surrounded by a casing in which provision is made for a suction chamber fitted with stationary radial vanes integral with... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4019537 | Arrangement for mounting guide vanes or other transverse objects inside a conduit An arrangement for mounting a cascade of guide vanes or other objects extending across a conduit, characterized in that there is provided within the conduit two longitudinal partitions or plates separated by a small gap, and in that said object is formed ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4000955 | Fan with wide curved blades A fan with a plurality of wide curved blades that eliminate air space and overlapping between blades has improved efficiency in that each of the blades is of a curvature that deflects most, if not all, of the air hitting the blades toward, and then forwar... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3966262 | Sump and pump construction for conveying solids in the form of a slurry Apparatus for removing solids such as coal from the discharge end of a continuous mining machine in the form of a slurry. The apparatus includes an inner sump for water and mined coal to form a slurry. A high capacity pump is in the bottom of the inner su... | 06/29/1976 |
