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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061982 | Fluid intake assembly A fluid intake assembly adapted for use with a turbo-machine is provided. The fluid intake assembly provides an efficient fluid inlet assembly including a casing adapted to guide fluid into the turbo-machine. The casing includes an inner wall, the inner wall having ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7967562 | Ceramic matrix composite capped bolt attachment A fastener for a turbine engine includes a bolt and a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) cap mechanically secured to the bolt. CMC components are attached to an exhaust nozzle case with the fasteners. The fastener includes a bolt made of metal and having a head. A CMC c... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7334393 | Aircraft engine in which there is a small clearance separating the fan cowls and the thrust inverter cowls Aircraft engine comprising a pod comprising, in sequence from front to back, an air inlet structure (6), fan cowls (7), thrust inverter cowls (8), and a nozzle (9), additional stiffening means are placed either in the air inlet structure ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329094 | Production of machine parts provided with a mineral casting The invention relates to a method for the production of machine parts which are at least partially provided with a mineral casting. The mineral casting is carried out in a liquid state in at least one part of a housing element (1, 2) of the machine part actin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7223138 | Water jet propeller A water jet propeller for preventing an impeller from being exposed when the water jet propeller is disassembled. The water jet propeller includes a stator disposed at a rear-end portion of an impeller housing, and an impeller is disposed inside the impeller housing... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7168421 | Crankcase ventilation A combustion engine for a vehicle, comprising a compressor to which charged air is to be supplied for supercharging, wherein the engine is provided with a device for venting exhaust gases from the crankcase of the engine to the compressor, and the venting device com... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7014421 | Compressor A compressor comprises a compressor wheel (8) mounted for rotation within a compressor housing (4,5), which an annular outlet passage (15) defined between opposing annular wall surfaces. A portion (20) of at least one of the wall surfaces... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013718 | Method for monitoring the performance of a turbine A method and apparatus for monitoring the performance of a turbine by monitoring the temperature in a gap between the inside of a shroud and the tips of the turbine blades as they rotate. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001148 | Replaceable insert for centrifugal blower flow control The present invention provides a method and apparatus for varying the high flow and low pressure operating range of a centrifugal blower. Centrifugal blowers are designed and rated for a certain capacity at a certain speed. The present invention provides an apparatu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6953321 | Centrifugal pump with configured volute A selectively configured volute for incorporation into a centrifugal pump of the volute type is disclosed for use in processing heavy duty slurries that are characterized by containing particularly large and/or abrasive particulates that are known to degrade the pum... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6910483 | Double-ended blower and volutes therefor A double-ended variable speed blower for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) ventilation of patients includes two impellers in the gas flow path that cooperatively pressurize gas to desired pressure and flow characteristics. Thus, the double-ended blower can ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6887037 | Boat impeller seal assembly A boat impeller seal assembly for preventing leakage of debris into the impeller assembly between the impeller housing and the impeller mount. The boat impeller seal assembly includes an impeller assembly including an impeller housing having an open end and also hav... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6582191 | Liner for centrifugal slurry pumps An abrasion-resistant liner assembly for the suction branch of a centrifugal pump of the type having a suction connection for mating with a suction source, and a relief annulus formed in the suction connection, including a cylindrical liner, a groove form... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6454521 | Wear resistant fuel pump A wear resistant fuel pump for a vehicle includes a pump section having a flow channel and a rotatable impeller cooperating with said flow channel to pump fuel therethrough. The fuel pump also includes a motor section disposed adjacent the pump section an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450767 | Radial blower The invention relates to a radial blower for a work apparatus and especially for a suction/blower apparatus. The radial blower has a blower wheel (2) and a blower housing (1) which at least partially surrounds the blower wheel (2). The blower housing (1) ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6179551 | Gas turbine containment casing A containment casing for a gas turbine engine comprising a substantially rigid casing shell arranged in operation coaxially with an axis of rotation of the gas turbine engine. The casing extending circumferentially around an array of fan rotor blades whic... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6152691 | Pumps for pumping molten metal A nonmetallic pump for pumping molten metal includes a base with an impeller chamber, at least one molten metal inlet opening to the base, at least one molten metal outlet opening from the base, and an impeller connected to one end of a motor driven shaft... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6146089 | Fan containment structure having contoured shroud for optimized tip clearance An abradable fan containment structure within a fan section of a turbofan engine is provided. The fan section of the turbofan engine has fan blades and an abradable fan shroud. The abradable fan shroud includes an inner fan casing circumscribing the fan b... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6113347 | Blade containment system A blade containment system for turbomachinery includes an annular casing having an interior surface with an abrasive surface texture that is capable of dulling sharp comers and edges of impacting fan blades so as to reduce the ability of the fan blade to ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6095771 | Fuel-feed unit The invention relates to a unit for conveying fuel from a supply tank to the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having an electric drive motor and a flow pump (11), driven by it, which has a pump housing (16, 21) permanently connected to the u... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6093478 | Composite member A composite member has a diecast part and a hub part that consists of a harder material than the diecast part. The diecast part is attached to the hub part by diecasting within a diecast mold. The hub part has at least one end face. The at least one end f... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5705250 | Resilient shock resistant ceramic panel A wear and shock resistant ceramic-cored composite panel (11) for use in equipment exposed to heavy abrasive materials comprising a plurality of commensurately shaped generally planar layers. The layers are comprised of and sequentially arranged in the fo... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5516262 | Automatic pump An improved automatic pump capable of advantageously reducing manufacturing processes thereof as well as significantly preventing pressure decrease in a pump assembly by providing a pressure control tube and removing a sealing process thereof, which inclu... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5513954 | Multilayer pump liner A liner member for a pump comprises an inner layer of a rigid abrasion resistant material and an outer layer of an elastomer material adhesively bonded to the inner layer and forming a backing therefor. One or more metal connectors are embedded in the ela... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5429477 | Vibration damper for rotor housings A vibration damper for rotor housings includes a rubber-elastic damping band (6) that encircles the outer circumference of the rotor housing (4) in a contour fitting manner. A clamping band (7) encircles the damping band (6) and secures the damping band t... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5388959 | Seal including a non-metallic abradable material A fan assembly for a gas turbine engine for aircraft has a stator casing made of a first material and an annular abradable seal structure made of a second material comprising an epoxy foam having heat expandable, thermoplastic microballoons filled with a ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5346363 | Liner for a water jet propulsion pump A liner of the intake casing for a water jet propulsion pump wherein the liner is made of a resilient material and is disposed internally of said casing surrounding the water impeller and is clamped in position by the pump assembly.... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5344515 | Method of making a pump housing A method of forming a polymer composite fuel pump housing is provided. The method calls for the application of an elastomeric material onto a mandrel surface to create a substantially continuous elastomeric layer thereon. A fiber-reinforced resin layer is... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5281086 | Pump for viscous fluids The invention is directed to a pump for pumping a viscous fluid. The pump includes a stator body and a rotor body rotatably mounted in the stator body so as to be coaxial therewith. The stator body has a wall structure having a spiral slot formed therein ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5228284 | High temperature turbine engine structure A high temperature ceramic/metallic turbine engine includes a metallic housing which journals a rotor member of the turbine engine. A ceramic disk-like shroud portion of the engine is supported on the metallic housing portion and maintains a close running... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5226789 | Composite fan stator assembly A composite multi-stage fan stator assembly including a continuous ring composite fan case assembly supports at least one composite fan stator assembly for disposal between two respective fan rotor stages. The fan case assembly includes a forward fan case... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5219461 | Reinforced elastomer lining for pump casing and associated method of manufacture A replaceable lining for a centrifugal pump casing includes a continuous substantially rigid shell made of thermoset plastic resin material reinforced with woven roving fiberglass fabric sheets and randomly dispersed glass fibers. The lining also includes... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5127800 | Flow-stabilizing volute pump and liner Uniquely contoured interior surfaces have been found to stabilize the flow patterns through centrifugal pumps of the volute type, especially pumps having wide impellers and wide volutes for pumping slurries. The contoured interior surfaces may be provided... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5078575 | Liquid pump Liquid pump assembly comprising a pump housing having a pump chamber, a drive shaft in the pump chamber mounting a pump rotor, a pump chamber cover and a molded member (12,18) partially defining the shape of the pump chamber (8) located on the inside surf... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4984966 | Method of making liner A liner for a centrifugal pump of the type made from wear resistant metal is conventional made with a step (5) in the inner surface of the liner between the junction of the side liners (2 and 3) and the volute liner (1), because of the difficulty in machi... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4974998 | Wear-resistant centrifugal solids pump lining An abrasion-resistant liner for centrifugal solids type pumps comprises a plurality of hard metal segments attached to the inner circumferential wall of a conventional pump in spaced apart condition thereabout. The open spaces thus formed between each adj... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4961685 | Protection ring of fiber material for containing fragments of bursting structural components A protection ring of fiber material is constructed for containing or stopping fragments of a bursting structural component passing through a housing, such as a gas turbine housing through which a rotor blade fragment has burst by centrifugal force. Retain... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4917571 | Flow-stabilizing volute pump and liner Uniquely contoured interior surfaces have been found to stabilize the flow patterns through centrifugal pumps of the volute type, especially pumps having wide impellers and wide volutes for pumping slurries. The contoured interior surfaces may be provided... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4902201 | Rupture protection ring for an engine casing A rupture prevention ring consists of two coaxially arranged, spaced-apart stiff end rings wrapped in several layers of fiber cloth. Resin bonding is used around the end rings while in the intermediate area between the end rings, the fibers are not free o... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4878821 | Detachable anti-rupture ring for the housing of a turbo power plant An anti-rupture ring is slit axially at least at one location and is provided thereat with clamping devices which permit a rapid tightening and loosening of the anti-rupture ring. In one embodiment, the clamping of the anti-rupture ring can be varied hydr... | 11/07/1989 |
