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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172535 | Wind energy plant with a rotor A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is coupled to a gear via a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being double bearing mounted via one rotor side bearing and one gear side bearing, wherein a connection between the rotor shaft and gear is provided at the gear side of t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7946819 | Wind turbine drive shaft connection arrangement A connection arrangement for connecting drive shafts of a wind turbine including a rotor having a rotor shaft and a hub, and a gearbox having a gearbox input shaft is provided. The connection arrangement includes a first shaft connection means having a recessed port... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7708527 | Ram air turbine with compound geartrain gearbox An emergency power system may provide hydraulic and electrical power to an aircraft in the event of a failure of the aircraft's primary control power system. The system may be constructed as a ram air turbine in which a single ram air fan may drive both a hydraulic ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7618238 | Anti-impact shield for a mechanical part An anti-impact shield (50) for a mechanical part (22) of a rotorcraft, the mechanical part (22) having a central portion (221) together with first and second U-shaped ends (EX1, EX2) each having a bottom wall (225) an... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7500829 | Two piece separable impeller and inner drive for pump A separable impeller and inner drive are constructed from different plastics. The inner drive includes a metallic drive ring that receives drive lugs extending from the impeller. A bushing directly supports the inner drive and impeller and maintains extensions from ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7410442 | Transmission containing helical gearing and bearing arrangement therefor A transmission for a wind turbine includes a housing (20) in which two shafts (26, 28) rotate, each being supported on a locating bearing (50, 60) which transmits thrust loads to the housing as well as radial loads and on a nonlocating bearing (... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396209 | Continuously variable transmission A variable speed transmission having a plurality of tilting balls and opposing input and output discs is illustrated and described that provides an infinite number of speed combinations over its transmission ratio range. The use of a planetary gear set allows minimu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7335128 | Drive assembly for wind turbines A drive assembly for a wind turbine includes a rotor hub, a supporting structure, a planetary gear transmission unit having sun, planet and ring gears and a planet carrier. The ring gear is non-rotatably secured to the supporting structure. A main bearing rotatably ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326036 | Helicopter rotor transmission assembly A helicopter rotor transmission assembly for translating motion of a drive shaft driven by a helicopter engine into rotary motion of a helicopter rotor mast that carries rotor blades. The transmission assembly includes a fixed outer housing, an inner housing carried... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320636 | Exhaust fan assembly having flexible coupling An exhaust assembly is provided for expelling contaminated air from a building. The assembly includes a plenum, a fan assembly attached to the plenum, and a windband mounted on top of the fan assembly. The fan assembly is constructed of cylindrical outer and inner w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311499 | Impeller apparatus for water pump and water pump An impeller apparatus for a water pump includes a driven side rotation body having a shaft portion and a plane portion positioned outside of the shaft portion in a radial direction, the driven side rotation body being arranged coaxially to a drive side rotation body... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296968 | Fan acceleration structure The present invention relates to a fan acceleration structure of a shredder having a common shaft for a motor, a fan, and a gear set to enable the motor driving and accelerating the fan through a chain rotation from a drive gear, a connection gear to a driven gear. | 11/20/2007 |
| 7262534 | Magneto-generator Two end plates of a stator core are made of a metal material to increase their rigidity and thereby hold, in a prescribed shape, generation coils that are wound on teeth of the stator core. To increase the insulation between the generation coils and the teeth, the c... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255537 | Wind turbine gear unit with integrated rotor bearing In a gear unit for use in wind turbines and of the kind with a planetary gear stage, and an integrated main rotor bearing that is adapted to provide location for the rotor hub relative to the wind turbine nacelle and to locate the planet carrier relative to a low sp... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244097 | Device for adjusting the angle of incidence of a rotor blade of a wind power installation A device for the targeted adjustment of the angle of incidence of a rotor blade (13) which is rotatably mounted, at the foot (14) thereof, on a hub (12) of a rotor (11) of a wind power installation (10). The device includes a geari... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223074 | Propeller shaft arrangement, propeller arrangement, adaptive arrangement and propulsion arrangement Apparatus for adapting a propeller system including a propeller shaft (15, 16) and a propeller (7, 8) adapted to be mounted on the propeller shaft (15, 16). The propeller system includes a propeller (7, 8) connected in a rotationally fixe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219857 | Controllable refueling drogues and associated systems and methods Controllable refueling drogues and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes a fuel delivery device having a deployable portion configured to be deployed overboard an aircraft during aerial refueling. The deplo... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7189051 | Wind power plant A wind power plant includes four main elements: a foundation (29), at least one supporting structure (21), a carrying construction (23) having a vertical axis (25) and being rotatable around the vertical axis, and at least one rotor (4... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179056 | Wind energy installation comprising a concentric gearbox generator arrangement A wind energy plant comprising a rotor, a rotor shaft, a gear, and a generator, the generator embodied as a ring concentrically embracing the gear. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175392 | Ceiling fan motor with stationary shaft A ceiling fan motor includes a motor housing having an end wall and a side wall; a stator assembly mounted within the housing; a rotor assembly mounted within the housing to rotate relative to the stator assembly; and a fan blade hub adapted to have fan blades mount... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165474 | Torque dividing gear drive system and method of driving an output gear A torque dividing gear drive system, a method of driving an output gear, and a method of evenly dividing an output torque between three gears is provided. The torque dividing gear drive system that is provided has a first gear driven by an engine, a second gear coup... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128529 | Perfected device for securing an engine shaft on a bearing support A device (D) is dedicated to securing a machine shaft (AIP) on a bearing support (SP). This device (D) comprises i) a locknut (19) provided with a stop, comprising a front face (23), a thread (20) intended to interact with a thread (7) of... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124662 | Reversible driving apparatus for PCU pumps An accessory driving apparatus for an aircraft system is connected to an accessory unit to be driven, such as a PCU pump. A gear set for transferring rotational power from the driving shaft to the driven shaft is provided for selective arrangement in first and secon... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7090465 | Planet carrier assembly for wind turbine drive assembly A drive assembly for a wind turbine (10) comprises a rotor hub (14), supporting structure such as a turbine nacelle (15), a planetary type gear transmission unit comprising sun, planet (47, 48) and ring gears (49) and a planet carr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086836 | Dual rate torque transmitting device for a marine propeller A torque transfer mechanism for a marine propulsion system provides a connector mechanism, a first torque transfer mechanism, and a second torque transfer mechanism. A plurality of rods can provide the first torque transfer mechanism and a polymer component is shape... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083378 | Wind generator The present invention relates to a wind generator. The wind generator comprises a body installed freely rotatably at a tower, blades installed at a leading end of the body, a gearbox for receiving rotational forces from the blades, and a generator connected to the g... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080973 | Fan seat and method for producing it A fan seat (30, 30′) includes a basis (31) with a vertical extending tubal portion (32) having a pair of flanges (33) integrally formed on opposite ends of an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a bearing set (34, 34′) l... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077631 | Ram air turbine with speed increasing gearbox A ram air turbine power system includes a ram air turbine having a turbine shaft, turbine blades for rotating the turbine shaft; and an electrical generator or other power source device driven by a power shaft, for providing power. The power shaft has a generally ho... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075192 | Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially insid... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069802 | Distributed power train (DGD) with multiple power paths An electric power-generating device with a rotor turned by an external source of energy, such as wind or water currents. The rotor is coupled to a main shaft. A pair of bull gears is located on the main shaft. A number of intermediate gears are located around a peri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063125 | Fan penetration feature for in-vehicle testing A fan penetration fixture consisting of a threaded shaft and a lock nut design. The fixture is designed to take the place of the fan clutch on a fan drive assembly in the vehicle being tested for a desired cooling system performance characteristic at each possible f... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040860 | Uni-directional impeller, and impeller and rotor assembly An impeller, and impeller and rotor assembly, for use with a permanent magnet motor that provide uni-directional rotation. The impeller and rotor assembly includes an interconnecting arrangement and a locking arrangement that permit continuous rotation in a first di... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036321 | Auxiliary power unit having a rotary fuel slinger An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a rotary fuel slinger, and a single-spool, two-stage turbine. The rotary fuel slinger receives a rotational drive force from the turbine, and a supply of fuel from a fuel source. The rotary fuel slinger injects the fuel into a ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011598 | Drive assembly for wind turbines A drive assembly for a wind turbine includes a rotor hub, a supporting structure, a planetary gear transmission unit having sun, planet and ring gears and a planet carrier. The ring gear is non-rotatably secured to the supporting structure. A main bearing rotatably ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011497 | Shaft/hub unit for wind turbine rotor A rotor shaft/hub unit for a wind energy plant with a rotor shaft provided with a rotor bearing seat which is connected to a rotor hub provided with a blade or blade bearing connection, the rotor hub and rotor shaft are manufactured in one piece from bonded fiber fa... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004730 | Integral shaft for use in mud pumps A shaft for use on in a mud pump having a shaft portion and a hub portion integrally formed with the shaft portion. The hub portion extends radially outwardly of the shaft portion. The shaft portion and the hub portion are machined from a single steel black. The hub... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988873 | Monodirectional impeller with flexible vanes A monodirectional impeller for centrifugal electric pumps having a permanent-magnet synchronous motor, having vanes which are deformable at least along part of their extension so as to change their curvature, when loaded, in one direction of rotation, so that the po... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6979169 | Modular ventilating exhaust fan assembly and method A ventilation exhaust fan is provided, and in some embodiments includes a housing adapted to interchangeably receive a first module having a first support plate and a second module having a second support plate. Each of the first and second modules have at least one... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979177 | Rotor assembly A rotor assembly includes a housing and a hub. The housing has an open end and an opposed closed end, and is formed with a raised portion in the central location of the closed end. The hub is mounted on the closed end of the housing and covers the housing except for... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6960063 | Vortex attractor without a backplate A vortex generating apparatus has the capability of attracting and removably adhering one or more solid objects. The apparatus comprises an impeller housed within a shell. The vortex attractor generates a vortical fluid flow generally in the form of a helical or spi... | 11/01/2005 |
