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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6931822 | Automated article covering method and apparatus The present invention provides a method for automatically covering an article with covering material and automatically tucking the material into a surface of the article. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931823 | Packaging machine and method In an insulation blanket-packaging machine and method for continuously packaging insulation blanket in the form of batts there is a continuous: infeed of batts into a loading station; movement of batts from the loading station into a transfer station that also funct... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931824 | Packaging system A method of filling a flexible pouch having a base and sidewalls extending from the base to define a mouth. The method comprising the steps of delivering the pouches an infeed conveyor to a predetermined orientation and transporting the pouches in a controlled manne... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931825 | Vibration damping assembly A vibration damping assembly may be used with a lawn tractor to reduce vibrations caused by operation of a mower deck. A pulley belt drive system includes a pulley belt connecting a drive pulley to one or more driven pulleys. The vibration damping assembly includes ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931826 | Dual drive material turning machine and method A machine for turning material piled on the ground in a windrow comprises first and second track assemblies spaced apart from one another and having a lift assembly therebetween. The lift assembly lifts the material upwardly and deposits it to the rear. The first an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931827 | Grass collecting apparatus and a lawn mower having such a grass collecting apparatus A grass collecting apparatus for directing grass clippings cut by a mower unit to a grass catcher. The apparatus includes a grass collecting duct for guiding the grass clippings from the mower unit to the grass catcher, the duct having an outlet portion leading to t... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931828 | Harvesting machine comprising a monitoring device for monitoring the sharpness of cutting blades and/or their distance to a counter-cutter A harvesting machine includes a pick-up unit for picking up the harvested crop, a cutting device that is equipped with at least one cutting edge that cooperates with a counter-cutter for cutting and/or chopping the harvested crop, and a monitoring device, which can ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931829 | Fruit harvester collection apparatus with compact conveyor arrangement and associated methods A fruit collection apparatus is for collecting fruit as the fruit is shaken from a tree, and may include a vehicle, and a fruit collector carried by the vehicle. The fruit collector may include a collection conveyor with opposing first and second ends and an exterio... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931830 | Method of forming a wire package A method for making a wire package for use as staples or brads is recited as forming a plurality of round wires, forming a plurality of flattened bonding sides on each wire to prepare even bonding surfaces on each wire and bonding each wire to an adjacent wire by ad... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931831 | Distributor purge valve A combination distributor purge valve unit for a turbine engine has a pilot air section, a fuel section, a distributor section and a purge air section. A spool moves along a spool axis to control flow through six sets of radially arranged removable fill nozzles and ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931832 | Monopropellant combustion system An apparatus and method are provided for decomposition of a propellant. The propellant includes an ionic salt and an additional fuel. Means are provided for decomposing a major portion of the ionic salt. Means are provided for combusting the additional fuel and deco... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931833 | Pulse combustion device A pulse combustion device has a number of combustors with upstream bodies and downstream nozzles. Coupling conduits provide communication between the combustors. For each given combustor this includes a first communication between a first location upstream of the no... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931834 | Cooling systems Apparatus for maintaining the temperature of a component of a gas turbine engine below a predetermined maximum working temperature comprises a reservoir for a cooling fluid having a boiling point below the working temperature and in which the component is immersed o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931835 | Multivariant set point using N1 and N2 for engine control A method for selecting a setpoint for a turbofan engine having a fan speed and a core idle speed scheduling includes determining a weighting factor based upon a throttle lever position, the weighting factor being zero in an idle region and ranging from zero to one i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931836 | Method for NOx reduction of externally-ignited, explosion, internal combustion engines In a method for reducing NOx in the exhaust gas of an externally ignited, explosion-type internal combustion engine that is operated at a lean fuel/air ratio of λ>1 and has a motor control device for controlling λ, the λ value is slidingly controlled a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931837 | Control strategy for lean-to-rich transitions in an internal combustion engine An engine (20) and an engine control strategy (FIGS. 2 and 3) for lean-to-rich transitions, such transitions being useful for various purposes, one of which is purging, or regenerating, a NOx adsorber (36) in the engine exhaust system. | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931838 | Engine exhaust gas leak diagnosis Oxygen sensors (3, 13) are provided upstream and downstream of a three-way catalytic converter (10) in an exhaust passage (9) of an internal combustion engine (1). A controller (2) performs feedback correction of an air-fuel ratio ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931839 | Apparatus and method for reduced cold start emissions An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, comprising: a exhaust manifold for providing fluid communication of exhaust of the plurality of cylinders to a catalytic converter, the exhaust manifold comprising a first exhaust p... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931840 | Cylinder event based fuel control A method to deliver fuel during a start for an internal combustion engine is described. The method provides individual cylinder fuel control based on the number of fueled cylinder events. The method offers improved engine emissions while maintaining engine run-up pe... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931841 | Process for the catalytic exhaust gas aftertreatment of engine combustion emissions For the regeneration of an NOx storage catalyst by means of hydrogen in a secondary hydrogen process, the hydrogen required for the regeneration is taken from a primary hydrogen process. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931842 | Regeneration of diesel particulate filter A filter (41) traps particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas of an engine (1). The filter (41) is regenerated by burning the trapped particulate matter by raising the temperature of the filter (41). When regeneration conditions are... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931843 | Exhaust unit for engines particularly for high-performance vehicles A plurality of pipes adapted to be jointed to the exhaust ports of one line of an engine are joined together into a manifold comprising an equal number of pipe stubs, each receiving one of said pipes. The pipe stubs lead to a box from which extends a conduit that is... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931844 | Fluid coupling A fluid coupling comprising a pump having an annular pump shell with an annular core ring mounted on a pump hub and a plurality of impellers radially arranged in the pump shell, and a turbine arranged facing the pump and having an annular turbine shell with an annul... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931845 | Free piston engine A free-piston engine has a stepped piston having a larger end face thereof guided in the compression cylinder, and a smaller end face in the work cylinder. Both the work cylinder and the compression cylinder are connected with a common high-pressure accumulator for ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931846 | Equalizing flow from pressure compensated pumps, with or without load sensing, in a multiple pump circuit A rotary flow combiner allows flow from multiple pressure compensated hydraulic pumps; with or without load sensing to be combined into a single outlet. The flows are combined in such a way that each input to the rotary flow combiner has equal flow. The flow from ea... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931847 | Flow sharing priority circuit for open circuit systems with several actuators per pump A priority circuit is provided that is in communication with an open circuit pump and priority and auxiliary systems. The circuit comprises a first valve with an inlet in communication with the pump, an outlet in communication the priority system, and a load sensing... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931848 | Stirling engine having platelet heat exchanging elements The present invention provides heat exchanging elements for use in Stirling engines. According to the present invention, the heat exchanging elements are made from muliple platelets that are stacked and joined together. The use of platelets to make heat exchanging e... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931849 | Variable geometry turbine A variable geometry turbine having a inlet passageway defined between a moveable wall member and a radial wall. The moveable wall member is moveable to vary the width of the inlet passageway. At least one bypass passage is formed in one of the moveable wall member a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931850 | Exhaust gas driven generation of electric power and altitude compensation in vehicles including hybrid electric vehicles A hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor and a transmission. A turbocharger is in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine. Moreover, a generator is mechanically coupled to the turbocharger and thereby driven... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931851 | Solar central receiver with inboard headers A solar power plant having a plurality of receiver panels mounted in a circular fashion about a solar receiver. Each receiver panel includes a plurality of tubes that terminate at each end at a header. To eliminate the presence of gaps between the tubes of adjacent ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931852 | Steam engine A steam engine increases efficiency and prevents corrosion, abrasion, and the like in a part receiving steam pressure. A heater and a cooler are provided on one side of a U-shaped fluid container, and a piston for output is provided on its other side. The heater hea... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931853 | Gas turbine combustor having staged burners with dissimilar mixing passage geometries A gas turbine combustor (10) having a first grouping (64) of pre-mix burners (12, 12′, 12″) having mixing passages (36) that are geometrically different than the mixing passages (38) of a second grouping (66) of pre-mix ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931854 | Combustor containing fuel nozzle There is provided a combustor comprising a fuel nozzle which is comprised of a rodlike body which has a fuel passage and which is located in an air passage; a plurality of hollow members which are connected to the fuel passage and which extend in radial directions f... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931855 | Attachment system for coupling combustor liners to a carrier of a turbine combustor A system for attaching liners to a carrier for forming inner surfaces of turbine combustor. The system may include one or more liners attached to a carrier using connectors engaged to the carrier on a cold side of the liner and may include one or more liners attache... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931856 | Multi-spool turbogenerator system and control method An electrical power generating system is driven by a multi-spool gas turbine engine including at least first and second spools. The first spool comprises a turbine and a compressor mounted on a first shaft; the second spool has at least a turbine mounted on a second... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931857 | Rotor inlet temperature control for turbo machine A method of synthesizing rotor inlet temperature in a turbine comprising the steps of determining a burner fuel flow (WFGG), a burner inlet pressure (PS32), and a compressor discharge temperature (T3) of a turbine, calculating a ratio unit parameter from the burner ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931858 | Rotating pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine A pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough includes a rotatable cylindrical member having a forward surface, an aft surface, and an outer circumferential surface, where a plurality of spaced detona... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931859 | Variable turbine cooling flow system Cooling air to the blades and disks of a gas turbine may be modulated to provide a variable turbine cooling flow. A bellows may be extended by providing a high pressure compressor discharge flow to an interior of the bellows. The bellows may be compressed when the i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931860 | System and method for water pasteurization and power generation A system and method for creating power and pasteurizing water is provided. The system includes a power generation subsystem and a water pasteurization subsystem, which are linked together as follows. The power generation subsystem comprises a turbine power generator... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931861 | Anti-score plates A gas turbine engine flanged shaft (120) is provided with a plurality of anti-score plates (6a, 6b) each of which has two openings which are aligned with corresponding apertures on the flange. Bolts (4) pass through the open... | 08/23/2005 |
