Bizarre Patents
A fork with timer for providing a cue to a user after an elapsed period of time for indicating that another bite of food using the fork may be taken.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182202 | Coupling device for a turbine upstream guide vane, a turbine comprising same, and aircraft engine fitted therewith A coupling device for coupling a turbine upstream guide vane which is coupled to a supporting part which itself attached to a stabilizing part is disclosed. The coupling device includes a interlocking device for interlocking a supporting end of the supporting part w... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177474 | System and method for turbine engine clearance control with rub detection A method of detecting rubs during operation of a turbomachine comprising at least one rotating object having a tip and a shelf is provided. The method includes generating signals representative of a sensed parameter and processing the signals to generate height vers... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172524 | Fan including specific stationary vane arrangement A fan includes an impeller rotatable about a rotation axis and having a plurality of rotating vanes, and a plurality of stationary vanes connecting an outer casing to a supporting body which supports a motor rotating the impeller. At least in a portion of each stati... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172514 | Rim seal for a gas turbine engine The rim seal is positioned in an annular space between blades and a non-rotating adjacent structure in a gas turbine engine. The rim seal is connectable to the non-rotating structure and is made of an abradable material. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8172543 | Airfoil shape for a compressor An article of manufacture having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE A. X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at ea... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172518 | Methods and apparatus for fabricating a rotor assembly A method for assembling a rotor assembly and a rotor assembly are provided. The method comprises providing a rotor blade including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, where the first and second sidewalls are connected at a leading edge and a trailing edge and exten... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167568 | High pressure turbine blade airfoil profile A two-stage high pressure turbine includes a second stage blade having an airfoil with a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157507 | Damped stator assembly A stator assembly having an inner shroud and an outer shroud with a plurality of airfoils extending between the shrouds, and a vibration damping horn extending from one of the shrouds and aligned with the airfoil, the vibration damping horn having a higher stiffness... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157521 | Wind turbine generator and method of controlling the same There is provided a wind turbine generator and a method of controlling the same which can prevent the decline in power generation efficiency even when the generator is located where the wind is not always strong. The wind turbine generator mainly includes an anemome... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152469 | Annular turbine ring rotor A fan-turbine rotor assembly (24) includes one or more turbine ring rotors (32). Each turbine ring rotor is cast as a single integral annular ring. By forming the turbine as one or more rings, leakage between adjacent blade platforms is minimized which... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152443 | Self-priming centrifugal pump free of mechanical seals A centrifugal pump mounted in an external housing. The pump has a split housing containing an impeller with outwardly extending vanes that is mounted on a drive shaft. The drive shaft at one end is mounted to a sealed bearing within the external housing and at the o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152459 | Airfoil for axial-flow compressor capable of lowering loss in low Reynolds number region In a transonic region with a Reynolds number not more than a critical Reynolds number, a flow velocity distribution on an extrados of an airfoil has a single supersonic maximum value within a range of up to 6% from a leading edge on a chord, or a shape factor has a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152436 | Blade under platform pocket cooling Inlets are provided at a front end of inter-blade cavities for allowing coolant to flow therein to cool down the undersurface of the blade platforms as well as the rim of the disc of a rotor assembly. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142147 | Centrifugal blower with partitioned scroll diffuser A centrifugal blower having at least one radial plane dividing its scroll into sub-sections which may vary as to cut-off points and axial and radial dimensions as well as axial displacement to meet requirements of individual application system flow paths. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137062 | Turbomachine nozzle A turbomachine includes a housing, and a plurality of turbomachine nozzles. At least one of the plurality of turbomachine nozzles includes a body having a first surface and an opposing second surface that extend between a first end and a second end. At least one of ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128340 | Stacked self-priming pump and centrifugal pump A stacked pump arrangement for mixed-media flow includes a first, self-priming, centrifugal pump with a volute having an inlet and an outlet and a second straight centrifugal pump mounted to an upper portion of the first centrifugal pump, the second straight centrif... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128373 | Turbine rotor with locking plates and corresponding assembly method A turbine rotor with a rotor disc, a plurality of slots arranged on the rotor disc, a plurality of blades having blade roots and arranged in the slots, and a plurality of locking plates fitted in a position between the rotor disc and the blades are provided. The fir... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123458 | Stacked self-priming pump and centrifugal pump A stacked pump arrangement for mixed-media flow includes a first, self-priming, centrifugal pump with a volute having an inlet and an outlet and a second straight centrifugal pump mounted to an upper portion of the first centrifugal pump, the second straight centrif... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113773 | Airfoil shape for a compressor vane An article of manufacture having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE A. X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at ea... | 02/14/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8105025 | Collecting chamber and production process A collecting chamber of a flow machine which expands in the direction of circumference, including at least one outer shell part and a contour insert is provided. The contour insert is provided with a groove which extends in the circumferential direction and is prefe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100647 | Method for operating a wind turbine, a wind turbine and use of the method A method for operating a wind turbine having a rotor with a number of wind turbine blades, wherein the rotor's axis of rotation is tilted in relation to the direction of the incoming wind, includes the steps of determining the azimuth angle (A) of the blades and adj... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100648 | Submersible rotor design An improved rotor blade used in combination with a submersible electrical generator comprises a rotor base with width BW, a leading edge, a tip, and a trailing edge. The leading edge and the trailing edge are defined as elliptical curves having a radius of 8.0 BW. T... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096746 | Radial loading element for turbine vane A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising a number of radial loading elements disposed between lugs of the vane ring and the vane support, such as to generate a radial load force against the vane ring. The radial load force prevents unwanted relative movem... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092166 | Fan A fan assembly for creating an air current is described. The fan assembly includes a nozzle mounted on a base housing a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the base, a mouth thro... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083481 | Method for siting and operating a crop protection wind machine array A system for arranging and operating an array of wind machines to protect crops from damaging weather conditions, such as freezing frost, rain and heat. The method includes a wind machine positioned to force air across the crop. The wind machine is preferably a prop... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079817 | Advanced firtree and broach slot forms for turbine stage 3 buckets and rotor wheels A turbine bucket and wheelpost assembly reduces the number of buckets in the third stage of the turbine from ninety-two to ninety while reducing stresses at the assembly points of the buckets and wheelposts. The buckets and wheelposts are formed with complementary f... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075248 | Fan assembly A fan assembly (20) used for dissipating heat from an electronic device. The fan assembly includes a bracket (30) and a fan module (40). The bracket has two parallel retaining walls (31). Each retaining wall defines an opening (311... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075277 | Method for casting a component and a component comprising at least partly of fibre-reinforced plastic laminate There is described a method for casting a component comprising at least partly of fiber-reinforced plastic laminate by which the fiber-reinforcement is arranged in a casting mould, wherein at least one venting duct is placed, wherein said fiber-reinforcement and sai... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066472 | Method and apparatus for fan shaft bearing lubrication A lubrication system for a bearing assembly includes a fan shaft with a plurality of conduits, a first bearing rotatably supporting the fan shaft, and a second bearing rotatably supporting the fan shaft where the second bearing is axially spaced from the first beari... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061993 | Vertical axis turbine A vertical axis turbine and method of making same is disclosed. The device and method comprise a plurality of blades rotatably disposed around an axis of rotation at a plurality of blade locations, each blade being twisted at a first angle about its longitudinal axi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057168 | Fan and its impeller and housing A fan includes an impeller and a housing. The housing includes a base portion and a sidewall portion disposed around and connected with the base portion. A plurality of first recesses are disposed at a connection between the base portion and the sidewall portion, an... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057157 | System for delivering air from a multi-stage compressor to a turbine portion of a gas turbine engine A system for providing air from a multi-stage to a turbine includes a turbine having a high pressure input port and a low pressure input port. The system also includes a compressor having at least one high pressure extraction air output and at least one low pressure... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052389 | Internally cooled airfoils with load carrying members A shroudless, air cooled gas turbine blade has an internal structure including load-carrying members that support the blade outer wall and divide the blade interior into cooling passages. The dimensions of the structure in particular the load-carrying members are ch... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047790 | Near wall compartment cooled turbine blade A turbine blade used in a gas turbine engine, the blade includes a plurality of cooled zones each with a plurality of radial extending cooling passages formed within the wall of the blade and connected to a separate collection cavity. A leading edge collection cavit... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047764 | Blade containment structure The fan duct of a ducted fan gas turbine engine has a fan case lined with a honeycomb structure that acts to absorb the energy of a separated part of a blade. A layer of composite material lining honeycomb structure delaminates/breaks when a separated blade part pas... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047767 | High pressure first stage turbine and seal assembly A high pressure first stage turbine and seal assembly are described. In one embodiment, a high pressure turbine section is provided. The turbine section includes at least one stage, at least one rotor and a bucket assembly. The bucket assembly includes a bucket and ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047789 | Turbine airfoil A turbine airfoil for use in a gas turbine engine, the airfoil formed from a support spar with a leading edge rib having a row of impingement cooling holes, the support spar having an array of modules formed on the pressure side and the suction side of the spar, and... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038389 | Method and apparatus for assembling turbine nozzle assembly A turbine nozzle assembly and a method for assembling the turbine nozzle assembly with respect to a combustor of a gas turbine engine are provided. The method includes coupling a radial outer retaining ring to an aft end of the combustor. A plurality of turbine nozz... | 10/18/2011 |
