04th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100021231 | ARRANGEMENT HAVING A HOLLOW PANEL AND A JOINT FITTING - The invention relates to an arrangement ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021232 | FLEXIBLE MARKER DEVICE - A flexible marker device comprises a marker body having a bottom end and a top end, and a base for supporting the marker body. The base has an aperture in a center portion thereof and a groove extending about the aperture in an upper surface of the base. The bottom end of the marker body is at least partially disposed within the groove. A cured material, preferably polyurethane, is disposed in the groove to thereby secure the marker body to the base. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021233 | SEAM SEALER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SEALING SEAMS ON AN ASPHALT ROAD - Seam sealer for sealing seams in an asphalt paving operation has electric heaters and heats a seam area that includes a narrow strip of previously laid-down asphalt and a narrow strip of the road surface to be paved. A temperature sensor senses temperature of the seam area. A control system adjusts energy level supplied to the heaters, to obtain a pre-determined temperature on the road surface. The pre-determined temperature is close to the temperature of the fresh hot asphalt to be applied. An asphalt paver travels behind the seam sealer and applies fresh hot asphalt to the road surface still to be paved, overlapping it onto the previously laid down asphalt in the seam area. The fresh hot asphalt and the previously laid down asphalt form a molten mass, which is subsequently pressed to a smooth, fused and finished road surface by a road roller. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021234 | PROPULSION AND STEERING SYSTEM FOR A ROAD MILLING MACHINE - A propulsion system is for a road milling machine with a rotatable cutter drum ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021235 | Curb and Gutter Forming Machine - A curb forming machine for use by a single operator to form curved curbing includes a single rotatable curb-forming roller, a handle assembly for pulling and maneuvering the roller, and a motor for rotating the roller. The roller includes a generally cylindrical body, a neck at one end of the body, and a shaping surface, all of which are coaxial. The motor rotates the roller so that the lower periphery of the roller moves toward the direction of pulling to shape and smooth wet concrete into curbing. An overflow guard prevents wet concrete from flowing over the roller onto the finished curb, and an alignment device extends outwardly from the roller to contact a form member. A curb forming method includes pulling and steering such a roller around a curved form, including around tight curves in the form. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021236 | Water Retention/Detention Structure - A simple, modular, straight forward approach to the assembly of a water retention/detention structure or system to retain or detain, for example, storm water runoff and/or grey water is provided. In one embodiment, the system can include six or more panels of the present disclosure arranged adjacent to each other to form an assembly, the assembly having a hollow interior and in which each panel has an opposite panel across the hollow interior. Panels are provided for the assembly that have a first surface, for example a planar surface, four sides of which define outer edges of each panel, one or more tabs extending laterally from each of the outer edges of each panel in substantially identical spacing on each of the sides of each panel, and one or more recesses formed in substantially identical spacing on each of the sides of each panel, the one or more recesses corresponding in location along the sides of the panels to the one or more tabs. The one or more tabs of one outer edge of a first one of the panels are designed to communicate with the one or more recesses of one outer edge of a second one of the panels for assembly of the panels to form the water retention/detention structure or system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021237 | Pipe Laying Vessel and Methods of Operation Thereof - A pipelaying vessel comprises storage ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021238 | CONNECTOR MEANS - A connector means ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021239 | DRILLING RIG PLACED ON THE SEA BED AND EQUIPPED FOR DRILLING OF OIL AND GAS WELLS - A drilling placed on the seabed and arranged for drilling of oil and gas wells is remote controlled from a light drilling vessel ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021240 | Marine Anti-Fouling Device - The present invention relates to device for preventing fouling of marine piles and the like. There is provided a marine pile antifouling device including a buoyant, substantially annular body for installation about a pile or the like, and having a working clearance about said pile or the like, wherein at least the outer surface of said body may be constructed of polymer foam or closed surface plastic. In one embodiment a marine pile antifouling device including a buoyant, resilient, unitary and substantially annular body, openable against said resilience for installation about a pile, and having a working clearance about said pile is provided. It has been surprisingly determined that a body of quite soft material representing no risk to the integrity of the pile surface is capable of maintaining the pile surface substantially free of marine fouling and growth. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021241 | SUCTION PILE SUITABLE FOR SHALLOW DEPTHS - A suction pile comprising a cylindrical wall and a piston that is movable inside the cylindrical wall. The cylindrical wall has one suction end suitable for sinking into an ocean floor. The piston delimits two chambers, one being able to be filled with water. The suction pile includes a pump for extracting the water from the one chamber and for causing the sinking of the suction end. The pump comprises a device for stopping the piston while the cylindrical wall has one water intake end to allow water to enter into the other chamber. The piston is alternatively stopped and driven in movement as the suction end sinks. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021242 | Jetting System for Foundation Underpinning - A jetting system for installing foundation underpinning is disclosed. In some embodiments, the jetting system includes a pile having one or more pile segments, an elongated reinforcing tubular member, and a jetting tube. Each of the one or more pile segments includes a throughbore passing axially through the head and the trunk. The throughbores of the one or more pile segments are vertically aligned forming a passage through the pile. The elongated reinforcing tubular is disposed within the passage, and the jetting tube is inserted into the reinforcing tubular. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021243 | Foundation Underpinning - A foundation underpinning is disclosed. In some embodiments, the foundation underpinning includes a pile having one or more pile segments and an elongated reinforcing tubular member. Each of the one or more pile segments includes a throughbore passing axially through the head and the trunk. The throughbores of the one or more pile segments are vertically aligned forming a passage through the pile, and the elongated reinforcing tubular is disposed within the passage. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021244 | Pilings for Foundation Underpinning - A pile segment for foundation underpinning. In some embodiments, the pile segment includes a head, a trunk extending from the head, and a throughbore passing axially through the head and the trunk. The throughbore has a longitudinal centerline. The area of a cross-section through the head and normal to the centerline is greater than the area of a cross-section through the trunk and normal to the centerline. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021245 | DEFORMABLE ROCK BOLT - The invention is a rock bolt for being grouted in a borehole, said rock bolt comprising: —an elongate cylindrical massive stem ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021246 | SEALING DEVICE FOR SEALING A SHEET PILE PROFILE, AS WELL AS AN ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A sealing device for sealing a sheet pile profile, including a sealing body including a shape complementary to a sheet pile profile, wherein the sealing device includes a casing, which casing envelops the sealing material in a gas-tight manner and wherein, in the casing, such an underpressure has been created that the sealing body is in a shrunken state, and wherein the sealing body is designed to expand into an expanded state when a gas is let into the casing up to an atmospheric pressure, as well as a method for producing an assembly of a sheet pile profile and a sealing device. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021247 | TRANSPORTING PARTICULATE MATERIAL - A material transporting system comprises a material transporting apparatus ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021248 | PRESSURE TANK, AN DEVICE FOR FEEDING POWDER TO A CONVEYING PIPE, AND ITS FEEDING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FEEDING INTERVALS OF POWDER TO THE CONVEYING PIPE (AS AMENDED - This invention provides a pressure tank having a simple structure to intermittently feed powder to a conveying pipe, and a method for determining the intervals for feeding the powder to the conveying. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021249 | Core Hole Drilling Machine - A drilling machine, in particular a core hole drilling machine, having a mount on which an electromagnet is provided for attachment to a metal part on which a drilling unit is supported in displaceable fashion, wherein the drilling unit has a housing that accommodates an electric motor for driving a tool, is provided. There is provided a controller having at least one switch for switching on and off the electric motor and the electromagnet. The controller includes an operating and supervisory panel that is supported on an end of the housing opposite the tool. The switch for switching on and off the electromagnet and for switching off the electric motor is designed so that in the activated condition of the electric motor any operation of the controller will first cause the electric motor to be switched off before the electromagnet can be switched off. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021250 | WATER TREATMENT PAD FOR DRILLING TOOL - There is provided a water treatment pad for a drilling tool capable of being fixed quickly and firmly. The present invention provides a water treatment pad for a drilling tool, which is installed on a drilling surface of an object to be drilled when a hole is drilled in the object by using the rotating drill tool while machining water is supplied. The water treatment pad includes a substantially cylindrical pad body having a drain in the side surface thereof and mounted in a manner that surrounds the drilling tool, and a cylindrical diffuser ring detachably fixed in the pad body in a manner that surrounds the drilling tool to accelerate a fluid therein and release the fluid to the outside. On the end surface of the diffuser ring which comes into contact with the drilling surface, convex-shaped blades the transverse cross section of which has an airfoil profile tilting in the rotative direction of the drilling tool are arranged in an aligned manner. On a plane defined by the distance between the adjacent blades and the heights of blades, the relationship between the area (Ss | 2010-01-28 |
20100021251 | DRILL BIT - A drill bit cable of breaking off and milling up the core of a material being drilled is disclosed. The drill bit includes a shaft having an internal fluid conduit, and a working portion adapted to drill a hole. The working portion includes an exterior shoulder and an exit port. The exit port comprises an exit channel that communicates fluid from the fluid conduit to the working portion of the drill bit. The axis of the exit channel is offset from the axis of the drill bit. The exit channel at least partially overlaps the axis of the drill bit in order to define the diameter of the core formed during the drilling process. The exit port also includes a radially expanding interior shoulder that is adapted to break off the core and mill up the core fragments to prevent the core from entering into the fluid conduit. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021252 | DEVICE FOR POWER DRILLS - A dust collection device for use with a drill which consists of a an open ended receptacle having one end dimensioned to sealingly engage the boss of the drill bit and the other end including an orifice sized to allow the drill bit to pass through there being a dust adhesive a wettable sponge attached to the external face surrounding the orifice. The sponge surface is pressed against the substrate to be drilled and the drill bit passes through the orifice and sponge. Drill dust is collected in the receptacle and the drilled hole is wiped with the sponge to collect the remaining dust. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021253 | TOOL, TOOL BODY AND CUTTING HEAD - A tool for rotary cutting machining includes a tool body and a replaceable cutting head detachably attachable to the tool body. The cutting head has a coupling portion which is receivable in a space between two axially projecting coupling legs of the tool body. Cylindrical internal gripping surfaces are arranged in said space and designed for engagement with corresponding cylindrical external gripping surfaces of the cutting head. The gripping surfaces of the cutting head and the gripping surfaces of the tool body are dimensioned so as to prevent, by engagement with each other, the cutting head from being displaced in axial direction away from the tool body when the cutting head is attached to the tool body. A tool body and a cutting head included in such a tool are also disclosed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021254 | Apparatus and method for forming annular grooves on the outer surface of a cable or tube - The present invention provides an apparatus ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021255 | Rotationally Drivable Cutting or Milling Tool and Method, and Use of Such a Cutting Tool for Producing Driving and Conveyor Belts - A rotationally drivable cutting or milling tool has at least one first cutting tooth effective in a first rotational direction and at least one second cutting tooth effective in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction. The at least one first cutting tooth and the at least one second cutting tooth have differently oriented cutting edges for performing different machining steps in the first and second rotational directions, respectively. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021256 | Transport and assembly vehicle for a component module - A transport and assembly vehicle for a component module such as an aircraft engine includes a mobile platform which includes support arm structures on which the component module is situated during conveyance and while maintenance work is performed, and which are movable relative to the platform in such a manner that they may assume at least two positions, namely an active position in which they hold the component module, and an inactive position in which they release the component module; the support arm structures of the movable platform include receiving adapters, and the receiving adapters are situated in such a manner that their position is changeable in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the movable platform, so that the transport and assembly vehicle may be used to transport component modules of highly diverse sizes. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021257 | Method and Apparatus for Transferring Freight - A method of transferring freight from a first location to a second location. The method comprises the steps of loading the freight onto a plate at the first location, the plate having an identifier linked to the freight, monitoring the movement of the plate using the identifier on the loaded plate, conveying the loaded plate onto a first transportation unit at the first location, transporting the loaded plate from the first location to an interim location using the first transportation unit, conveying the loaded plate from the first transportation unit onto a second transportation unit, transporting the loaded plate from the interim location to the second location using the second transportation unit, conveying the loaded plate from the second transportation unit at the second location, and unloading the freight from the plate. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021258 | AIR ROLL UNIT FOR CONTAINER CAR - The present invention relates to an air roll unit for container car, and more particularly to, a container car, characterized in comprising: a main frame having a rail formed by longitudinal direction, and a joint formed on both sides; a tube inserted into the rail of the main frame with an air nozzle on both ends; a roll plate fixed on the top of the tube; and a connection frame pressedly fixed to the rail of the main frame neighbored and combined into one end of the roll plate. According to the present invention as above, manufacturing costs and terms can be relatively reduced by enabling to unify a baseplate and a roll plate and extend the adjoining baseplate and roll plate. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021259 | Anchoring Element - An anchoring element for being mounted on a shaft ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021260 | Anchoring Element - An anchoring element for being mounted on a shaft ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021261 | Flat ring-shaped anchoring element - A flat ring-shaped anchoring element ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021262 | FASTENER RETAINER - A fastener retainer is provided capable of retaining a fastener to a part prior to and during assembly. A first portion engages a fastener flange while leaving a fastener head exposed for assembly tool access. A second portion has flanges that engage the edges of the part. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021263 | BUSHING ASSEMBLY - A bushing includes a cylindrical main body having a leading end and a trailing end, wherein a fastener passage is defined within the main body, and a plurality of ribs outwardly extending from the main body. The plurality of ribs are configured to securely position the bushing with respect to an opening formed in a component. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021264 | SEPARATION FASTENER WITH SEGMENTED WASHER - A separation fastener assembly including a base and a housing positioned adjacent the base. A nut is disposed in the cavity. A bolt extends through an aperture in the base and including an end coupled to the nut. A washer is positioned proximate the nut and operative to retain the nut within the housing. The washer includes a plurality of segments. An actuator is carried by the housing and is in communication with the cavity. The actuator is operative to displace the housing relative to the washer from a first position radially retaining plurality of segments of the washer and retaining the nut in the cavity to a second position permitting radial expansion of the plurality of segments and permitting withdrawal of the nut from the housing. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021265 | SEPARATION FASTENER WITH FRANGIBLE NUT - A separation fastener assembly includes a housing defining a cavity. A frangible nut is disposed in the cavity. The nut includes a plurality of nut segments. The one-piece frangible nut greatly reduces existing assembly problems and difficulties. Adjacent nut segments are interconnected at fracture lines. A bolt has an end coupled to the nut. A movable element is disposed in the housing and movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the nut segments are restrained from radial expansion. In the second position the nut segments are permitted to radially expand for releasing the fastener assembly. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021266 | Directional fastener - A fastener self-directed to change form and direction in order to conform to a desired fastening trajectory. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021267 | PUSH-PIN FASTENING SYSTEM - A fastening system and method of use is disclosed. The fastening system includes a substrate, an aperture and a fastener. The fastener includes flexible wings that allow for insertion of the fastener into an aperture of a vehicle component. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021268 | INSULATING WASHERS - A washer comprises a ring and a composite structure attached to the ring. The composite structure has a slotted shape and a hole that is centrally located with respect to an axis passing through the ring. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021269 | Binding machine a cassette machine and booklet binding method - The present invention relates to a booklet binding machine ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021270 | TOOLING AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A TAB WITH COIN PRECURL FOR IMPROVED CURL FORMATION - A tab is used to open beer/beverage can ends and food can ends. The tab has one or more arcuate strips that are provided on a surface of the tab proximate to a peripheral surface of the tab where the one or more arcuate strips have been formed further into a preselected portion of curled or hemmed portions of the tab. Tooling for the manufacture of the tab is also provided. A method for manufacturing the tab is additionally provided as well. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021271 | DRILL ROD HANDLER - An elongate item handling means comprising a base ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021272 | Automated marine container terminal and system - A system, equipment, and processes for extending the scope of automation in port container facilities, and thereby increasing port capacity within fixed land resources, increasing operational productivity, increasing safety, increasing the velocity and reliability of goods movement, increasing freight security, reducing negative environmental impacts, and reducing the overall cost of goods movement. A storage area is accessed by automated guided vehicles which receive and unload containerized loads. On the waterside, loads are exchanged between the vehicles and ships using quay cranes. On the ground transportation side, loads are exchanged between the vehicles and truck or rail carriers using semi automated or automated remote-controlled bridge cranes. Within the storage area, loads are exchanged between the vehicles and the storage facilities using automated stacking cranes. The vehicles are adapted to receive a cassette storage platform which in turn receives standard ISO containers. The vehicles also are adapted to receive one or more alternative platforms including a coning platform for workers to manage container coning, a reefer access and maintenance platform, and a worker transport platform. The use of a single vehicle type with interchangeable platforms allows for maximum flexibility and efficiency. The automation of the vehicle allows for complete contamination within the storage portion of the system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021273 | CONCRETE VACUUM CHAMBER - The present invention embodies processing systems and vacuum chambers equipped to process substrates for flat panel displays, solar cells, or other electronic devices. The processing system and/or the vacuum chambers as well as their components and supporting structure are constructed of less costly materials and in a more energy efficient manner than that of current large area substrate processing systems. In one embodiment, the processing system chamber bodies and their supporting structures are constructed of reinforced concrete. In one embodiment, system processing chambers include a vacuum tight lining disposed inside reinforced concrete chamber bodies. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021274 | WORKPIECE TRANSFER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR WORKPIECE TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND PRESS LINE - By adopting a workpiece transfer apparatus, which grips a workpiece by use of a predetermined grip device and transfers the workpiece between press apparatuses each of which drives a die, including a transfer control device for controlling a position of the grip device based on a resultant target value obtained by combining a die position of a press apparatus located on an upstream side of a workpiece transfer direction (an upstream side die position) and a die position of a press apparatus located on a downstream side of a workpiece transfer direction (a downstream side die position), in which the transfer control device sets a resultant target value so that the grip device moves smoothly, it becomes possible to suppress vibration in a workpiece transfer apparatus in a press line. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021275 | DUAL CYLINDER CART - A hand cart useful in transporting one or two cylinders for example of the type used to contain compressed gasses. A preferred embodiment has at least one pair of cylinder-grasping arms rotatable apart to a spread open position for loading and unloading cylinders, and rotatable together to a closed position for holding cylinders. A fold-out prop helps support the cart and tanks so that vertical force is not needed to move the cart forward or backward, and stabilizes the cart while stationary. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021276 | Tilt loading platform for wheeled vehicles - A tilting platform includes lengthwise extending beams with oppositely sloping bottom surfaces extending in from either end. A wheel supporting dolly assembly has inclined pieces on which forward beam bottom surfaces rest. A drive system shifts the dolly assembly forward from an intermediate position along the platform to allow the rear end of the platform to swing down and swings the platform back up when the dolly assembly is shifted back to the intermediate position to level the platform after loading. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021277 | Construction dry mix supplier and methods of use thereof - A supplier for dispensing dry mix construction materials, with a size and features for convenient and efficient use at a construction site. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021278 | PORTABLE CRANE SYSTEM FOR WIND TURBINE COMPONENTS - A portable crane assembly for servicing a wind turbine. The crane assembly includes a first primary support member and a second primary support member being rotatably attached to one another. The first primary support member is configured to attach to a wind turbine component. The second primary support is coaxially rotatable with respect to the first primary support member. The crane assembly further includes a boom member pivotably attached to an end of the second primary support member. The portable crane assembly is disassemblable into components that can be manually carried. A wind turbine servicing system and a method for servicing a wind turbine are also disclosed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021279 | Pick up device with telescoping tube - This invention provides hand operated portable adjustable length devices for grasping and manipulation of objects as well as methods of their use. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021280 | STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF ORGANIC NANOFIBERS - The present invention relates to a method of transferring nanofibres from a template substrate ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021281 | Power management system and method - The present disclosure is directed to a method for power management in a machine. The method for power management may include sensing a parameter indicative of a torque applied to a torque consuming device rotatably driven by a power source. The method may further include modifying a quantity of fuel supplied to the power source as a function of the sensed parameter. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021282 | Side-Channel Pump - A side-channel pump for pumping a medium by means of an impeller having a ring of rotor chambers, comprising pockets in a radially outer region delimited by the rotor chambers. The pockets are filled by means of leakage with the medium to be pumped and create an axial force on the impeller. Therefore, the impeller is reliably held in the side-channel pump. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPERCRITICAL COOLING STEAM INTO A WHEELSPACE OF A TURBINE - A system for cooling a high pressure section of a turbomachine includes a conduit configured to carry cooling steam from a boiler to a space upstream of a first stage nozzle of the turobmachine. The conduit extends through a housing of the turbomachine and a nozzle diaphragm of the first stage nozzle. The system further includes a control valve in the conduit configured to regulate the flow of cooling steam. A turbomachine includes a housing; a turbine shaft rotatably supported in the housing; and a plurality of turbine stages located along the turbine shaft and contained within the housing. Each turbine stage includes a diaphragm attached to the housing. The diaphragm comprises a plurality of nozzles. A hole is provided in the diaphragm upstream of a first stage of the plurality of stages for the introduction of cooling steam. A method of cooling a high pressure section of a turbomachine includes introducing cooling steam into the turbomachine through the at least one hole. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021284 | REGENERATIVE BRAKING FOR GAS TURBINE SYSTEMS - The present invention is directed to an energy storage system comprised of a heat block having a relatively high specific energy capacity. The heat block can be used, for example, with a regenerative braking system for gas turbine powered vehicles to improve fuel efficiency. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021285 | Gas turbine engine compressor variable stator vane arrangement - A compressor variable stator vane arrangement comprises at least one stage of variable stator vanes. A speed sensor measures the rotational speed of the compressor rotor. A pressure sensor measures the outlet pressure of the compressor. A second pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a third pressure sensor measure the total inlet pressure, the temperature and the ambient pressure at the inlet of the gas turbine engine. A processor determines a target operating line as a function of ambient pressure and total inlet pressure. The target operating line is defined to ensure the gas turbine engine operates simultaneously at both the minimum required compressor speed and the minimum required compressor outlet pressure when commanded to idle to minimise idle thrust and fuel burn. The processor determines if the operating point of the compressor, defined in terms of corrected outlet pressure and corrected rotational speed of the compressor rotor is above or below the target operating line of the compressor. The processor adjusts the angle of the variable stator vanes to make the operating point operate on the target operating line. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021286 | ACTUATED VARIABLE GEOMETRY MID-TURBINE FRAME DESIGN - A mid-turbine frame assembly includes a mid-turbine frame, a ring structure and a plurality of actuated struts. The ring structure surrounds the mid-turbine frame, and has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The actuated struts connect the ring structure to the mid-turbine frame. The actuated struts are strain actuated so that the actuated struts reposition the ring structure in response to a strain. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021287 | TURBINE HOUSING INSERT IN SLIDING VARIABLE-GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER - A turbocharger includes a thin-walled insert installed in the bore of the turbine housing. The insert is generally ring-shaped and is radially resilient. The insert can be made of sheet metal formed into a ring shape, and in some embodiments is a split ring. A piston is axially slidable in the bore for varying the size of the turbine nozzle. The outer surface of the piston slides against the inner surface of the insert, and in preferred embodiments a piston ring that encircles the piston engages the inner surface of the insert to substantially seal the interface between the insert and the piston. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021288 | UAV Pod Cooling Using Integrated Duct Wall Heat Transfer - Electronic equipment frequently requires cooling to maintain the integrity and reliability of the equipment, and to elongate the life expectancy of the equipment. When in operation, the fan of a UAV creates airflow comprising outside air directed across the duct of the UAV. Utilizing this airflow generated by the fan of a UAV to provide heat transfer from a equipment enclosure accomplishes efficient heat transfer. The methods described herein for transferring heat from an equipment enclosure using an airflow generated by a fan of a UAV may be employed for UAVs having a variety of duct shapes, and having equipment enclosures inside the duct or in detachable equipment enclosures located on the duct of the UAV. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021289 | Method for applying a NiA1 based coating by an electroplating technique - The present invention provides a coated article made using a plating process, either electroless or electrolytic, whereby nickel is plated on the article using a solution that includes a suspension of powders or containing one or more of the following elements: Ni, Cr, Al, Zr, Hf, Ti, Ta, Si, Ca, Fe, Y and Ga. Optionally, the coating is then heat treated at a temperature above about 1600.degree. F. for an effective amount of time to allow to homogenize the coating by allowing effective interdiffusion between the species. The level of aluminum may be altered to produce a coating of the predominantly beta phase of the NiAl alloy composition. Optionally, a TBC layer is applied over the predominantly beta phase NiAl alloy composition metallic bond coat. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021290 | Ceramic matrix composite turbine engine vane - A vane has an airfoil shell and a spar within the shell. The vane has an outboard shroud at an outboard end of the shell and an inboard platform at an inboard end of the shell. The shell includes a region having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) varying with depth. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021291 | Diffuser Apparatus in a Turbomachine - A diffuser apparatus in a turbomachine is provided comprising a diffuser structure and stabilizing structure. The diffuser structure includes inner and outer walls defining a flow passageway through which gases flow and diffuse such that kinetic energy is reduced and pressure is increased in the gases as they move through the passageway. The stabilizing structure stabilizes a separated gas recirculation zone. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021292 | FLUID DEFLECTOR FOR FLUID SEPARATOR DEVICES - A fluid deflector is for a fluid separator including a central axis and an enclosed wall having an open end and an inner circumferential separation surface extending about the axis to define an interior separation chamber. The fluid deflector includes a base disposeable proximal to the wall open end and having a central axis collinear with the separator axis. A plurality of vanes are connected with the base so as to be spaced circumferentially about the central axis. The vanes define a plurality of flow channels each bounded by a separate pair of adjacent vanes and having an inlet and an outlet. Each vane directs flow through a bounded channel generally radially inwardly from the channel inlet toward the channel outlet and generally circumferentially and radially outwardly from the channel outlet. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021293 | Slotted compressor diffuser and related method - A compressor diffuser for a gas turbine includes: a compressor diffuser having an upstream end and a downstream end, the downstream end defined by a peripheral annular edge, the annular edge formed with a plurality of substantially axially-oriented slots extending from an opening at the downstream edge in an upstream direction. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021294 | FAN STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING IN A LIGHT STEEL STRUCTURE OF A CEILING - A fan structure is disclosed to include a fan holder holding a fan motor and a fan blade, a bottom cover frame, which has smoothly arched bottom wall, a horizontal mounting flange extending around the smoothly arched bottom wall and mounted in one frame sash of a light steel structure of a ceiling, a vertical connection flange connected to the top cover shell of the fan holder, a circular center opening corresponding to the fan blade, ventilation holes spaced around the circular center opening and a fence disposed above the circular center opening and surrounding the fan blade defining with the top cover shell of the fan holder a space for causing a gate effect during rotation of the fan blade, and a grille mounted in the circular center opening of the bottom cover shell for output of currents of air caused by the fan blade. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021295 | CONTROLLABLE PITCH PROPELLER WITH ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION - A propeller system includes a rotor hub which supports a multiple of propeller blades. An electrical generator is mounted between a gearbox and the rotor hub to generate electrical power to drive a pitch change system within the rotor hub. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021296 | Method and arrangement to adjust a pitch of wind-turbine-blades - A method and an arrangement for adjusting a pitch of blades being used by a wind-turbine are described. Pressure is measured at a pressure-side and at a suction side of a blade. The measured pressures are used to determine an actual angle-of-attack of a wind acting on the blade. The angle-of-attack is used to adjust the pitch of the blade of the wind-turbine. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021297 | Method For Condition Monitoring A Rotor Of A Wind Energy Plant - A method for condition monitoring a rotor of a wind energy plant includes the steps of measuring activity signals of the blades in the rotor and establishing one or more differential values between the activity signals of different blades. The one or more differential values are used for monitoring the condition of the rotor in the wind energy plant. A wind energy plant, a cluster of wind energy plants and use hereof is also contemplated. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021298 | Wind Turbine Blade Position Determination System - A system for determining the position of at least a part of a wind turbine blade by wireless transmission of a signal includes a transmitter arrangement attached to a wind turbine blade, a receiving arrangement, and at least one position calculation computer, wherein the signal is wirelessly transmitted from the at least one transmitter arrangement to the receiving arrangement, and wherein the position calculation computer calculates position indicative data on the basis of the signal received by the receiving arrangement and wherein the position indicative data indicates a position of at least a part of the wind turbine blade. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021299 | ADJUSTABLE, SELF-ALIGNING ROTOR LOCKING DEVICE FOR AN AEROGENERATOR - Wind turbine comprising a rotor, a nacelle frame ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021300 | VERTICAL AXIS WINDMILL - A vertical axis windmill is provided with a plurality of blades arranged at equidistant angular intervals with the vertical axis of rotation as the center in a plane perpendicular to a vertical axis of rotation, wherein the blade has a streamlined airfoil having a lift coefficient of 1.0 or more, comprising: an opening/closing member of which the front-end part is pivotally supported by the back side of the blade; and of which the rear-end part opens/closes with respect to the blade, and opening/closing control means for controlling the opening/closing action of the opening/closing member in response to the ratio of the rotational speed of the blade to a wind speed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021301 | Step-Over Blade-Pitch Control System - A pitch control system for blades on a rotor of an aircraft has a gimballing rotor hub ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021302 | Blade Arrangement - A blade arrangement with a rotor and a plurality of blades which are arranged on the periphery of the rotor in a ring and a plurality of damping elements are provided. Between two directly adjacent blades at least two damping elements are arranged in series in the circumferential direction of the rotor. As a result of a centrifugal force, which acts in the radial direction, during a rotation of the rotor around a rotor axis adjacent damping elements come into contact with each other, and one of the two damping elements comes into contact with one of the two blades and the other of the two damping elements comes into contact with the other of the two blades. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021303 | Wind Turbine Comprising One Or More Oscillation Dampers - A wind turbine includes one or more oscillation dampers, each damper having one or more closed cavities arranged within a blade of the wind turbine and containing a large number of solid elements that are arranged to move freely within the cavities. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021304 | Blade pitch actuation mechanism - A blade pitch actuation mechanism for a plurality of propeller blades supported in a blade hub comprises a plurality of bearing assemblies, a bearing support plate and a yoke. The plurality of bearing assemblies receives a plurality of actuation trunnion pins from the plurality of propeller blades. The bearing support plate is connected to the plurality of bearing assemblies and unifies the plurality of bearing assemblies in a ring-like configuration. The yoke is connected to the bearing support plate and translates within the hub to adjust the pitch of the plurality of propeller blades. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021305 | ROTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE ROTOR ELEMENT - A rotor element includes at least one irregularity with regard to rotational properties in its circumferential direction and the irregularity is positioned so as to separate the mechanical natural frequencies of the rotor element. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021306 | Steam Turbine Rotating Blade - A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending stresses. The blade also includes a tip section continuous with the airfoil section, and a cover formed as part of the tip section. The cover defines a radial seal that serves to minimize tip losses. The rotating blade is capable of running at operating speeds between 5626 and 11250 rotations per minute. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021307 | Dual impeller generator - This invention is using exist present laws of physics to produce and concentrate existing available fluid flow energy into usable commercial energy. It will concentrate on using wind energy to make Electrical and/or Compressed air energy. This will require the invention of a new impeller, air concentrator (compressor), storage unit, and the combination of these units into an “Energy Station”. This patent application will concentrate on a new impeller only. This new impeller will redirect the atmospheric wind forces, (and increase them), to create usable Electrical and/or Compressed air energy. There are no Federal and/or Private sponsored research grants and/or developments in this project and it's intended usage is in a windmill electrical and/or air compressor generator. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021308 | Aerofoil and method of making an aerofoil - An aerofoil | 2010-01-28 |
20100021309 | EXPANDABLE LINE SUPPORT FOR WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine, includes a tower; a blade for rotating on the tower; a rotor shaft, connected to the blade, having an axial hole; a line, arranged in the hole, for carrying a signal; and a support for spacing the line from the rotor shaft inside the hole. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021310 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE FLOW CONDITIONS ON THE PROPELLER OR FAN OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND ACCORDINGLY DESIGNED HUB CONE - At a propeller ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021311 | MRI compatible programmable valve pump - An implantable drug delivery system utilizing a non-magnetic valve/accumulator metering assembly is disclosed. The solenoids of the prior art, which respond to magnetic fields, are replaced by Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires and associated control electronics. By exploiting the inherent characteristics of SMA wires, which can expand and contract based on their temperature, the movements required to actuate the metering assembly can be achieved. This configuration retains the benefits associated with the prior art, while eliminating the major drawback. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021312 | Pump Apparatus and Method - Pump apparatus and method. The pump can include a valve assembly and a diaphragm. In some embodiments, the diaphragm can include a convolute that can deform in order to increase a volume of a pumping chamber to provide an internal fluid bypass when a pressure in the pumping chamber exceeds a bypass pressure. In some embodiments, the pump can include a fluid reservoir at least partially defined by a wall with a flow-restrictive conduit in fluid communication with an outlet chamber. A shut-off switch can include an actuator in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir and the flow-restrictive conduit can substantially isolate the shut-off switch from pressure pulses in the outlet chamber. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021313 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL FOR A ROTARY FLUID DEVICE - A fluid device system includes a fluid pump, an electric motor in engagement with the fluid pump, and a controller. The electric motor is adapted for rotation in response to an electric signal. The controller is adapted to communicate the electric signal to the electric motor. The controller includes a lookup table having a plurality of performance data related to the fluid pump and the electric motor. The performance data from the lookup table is used by the controller to set aspects of the electrical signal communicated to the electric motor in order to achieve a desired attribute of the fluid pump. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF A COMPRESSOR - A method of monitoring the operation of a compressor includes sensing a parameter on a housing of the compressor from a device placed on the housing, generating a representative sensor signal in response to the sensed parameter, transmitting from the device a data signal related to the representative sensor signal, and receiving the data signal at a location remote from the housing. Other methods and an apparatus for monitoring the compressor are further disclosed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021315 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CAPACITY OF A PERISTALTIC PUMP AND PERISTALTIC PUMP - A method for controlling the flow rate of a peristaltic pump includes compressing a flexible tube, forming at least one occlusion region that moves cyclically downstream from the upstream end of the pump, and compressing the tube in the direction of a counter surface to form an occlusion. A peristaltic pump can be used to carry out the method so as to suppress reverse flow without altering the speed of the motor. The occlusion in the most downstream part of the pump remain in the occluding position for a longer portion of the cycle than occlusion in a more upstream part of the pump, preferably for longer than the compression in the most upstream part of the pump. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021316 | Pump device - Pump device, particularly a dosing pump, which is intended for dosing at least one liquid substance by sucking the liquid along a suction hose/pipe ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021317 | SERIAL AXIAL FAN - A serial axial fan includes first and second axial fans. Each of the first and second axial fans includes a base portion and a plurality of support ribs arranged to connect the base portions to housings. The first and second axial fans are coupled together with the base portions thereof either in contact with or in close proximity to each other. Each of the support ribs in each of the first and second axial fans extends over both housings of the first and second axial fans. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021318 | COMPRESSOR - A rotary valve ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021319 | Pump - A pump includes: a pump chamber for which a capacity is changeable; an inlet channel which allows a working fluid to flow into the pump chamber; an inlet side fluid resistance element disposed between the pump chamber and the inlet channel; an outlet channel which allows the working fluid to flow out of the pump chamber; and a pipeline element formed inside the outlet channel, wherein a rotational flow generation structure, which generates a rotational flow of the working fluid, is provided in the pump chamber, and wherein the outlet channel is located adjacent to the rotational center of the rotational flow. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021320 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - The present invention relates to an electric compressor integrally including a compression mechanism and an electric motor, and an object thereof is to prevent the housing from being elongated in the axial direction and improve the sealability and the mountability of the compression mechanism. According to the present invention, a hermetic terminal ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021321 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a motor coupled to the compression mechanism via a driving shaft, and a casing to accommodate the compression mechanism and the motor. The motor includes a stator, and a rotor disposed inside the stator and coupled to the driving shaft. The stator is spot-joined to the casing via a plurality of stator spot-joined portions at different positions along a circumferential direction about the driving shaft. Preferably, the stator spot-joined portions are disposed at different axial positions. Also, the stator spot-joined portions are preferably disposed at different circumferential positions from positions of compression mechanism-side spot-joined portions. When an accumulator is connected to the casing via a connection pipe, a straight line between any two of the plurality of stator spot-joined portions preferably crosses a vibration direction of a natural vibration mode of the accumulator. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021322 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP - In a diaphragm pump performing electrostatic atomization, occurrence of defects such as electrolysis of liquid is restricted and enables to electrostatic atomization smoothly. The diaphragm pump | 2010-01-28 |
20100021323 | COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A COMPRESSED GAS-ASSISTED PISTON - A compressor includes a cylinder and a piston moveable in an oscillating manner in the cylinder and having transverse play in relation to a movement direction. An end face of the piston delimits a compression chamber in the cylinder. A diameter of the piston reduces toward the end face. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021324 | Vacuum pump - A vacuum pump includes shaft, two spaced from each other, dynamic gas bearings for supporting the shaft for rotation, and a pumping system arranged on the shaft between the two gas bearings and having two pumping sections which are so formed that compressed gas from each section is delivered in a direction of a gas bearing adjacent to this pumping section. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021325 | Two Bolt Adjustable Centering System - A centering mechanism for a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic pump assembly and a method of assembling a hydraulic pump assembly. The pump assembly generally includes a hydraulic pump, a control arm, and a centering mechanism. The pump generally includes a pump housing, a pump mechanism operable to control a flow of hydraulic fluid through the housing, the pump mechanism having a neutral condition in which fluid does not flow through the housing, a trunnion cap connectable to the housing, the trunnion cap and the housing cooperating to house the pump mechanism, and an input shaft extending along an axis and through the trunnion cap, the shaft being rotatable to operate the pump mechanism. The control arm is connected to the shaft, and movement of the control arm causes rotation of the shaft. The centering mechanism may generally include a first bracket fixable to the housing, a second bracket adjustably fixable to the first bracket, and biasing structure operable to return the control arm to a centered position when an operating force is not applied to the control arm. The second bracket is adjustable relative to the first bracket to an adjusted position such that the centered position corresponds to the neutral condition of the pump mechanism, the second bracket being fixable in the adjusted position. Fasteners fix the first bracket and the trunnion cap to the pump housing. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021326 | Method fo pumping agglomerative liquid and method of producing recording medium - A method of pumping an agglomerative liquid includes providing a diaphragm pump defined herein and pumping the agglomerative liquid using the diaphragm pump, the diaphragm has an annular thickened portion in the peripheral portion thereof as defined herein, the pump head has at least one channel communicating the inner peripheral edge of the clamping surface and the pump chamber, the diaphragm is reciprocally movable in opposite directions perpendicular to the diaphragm plane to increase and decrease the volume of the pump chamber so as to pump the liquid, the thickened portion of the diaphragm, the holding member, and the pump head are configured to satisfy the relation A | 2010-01-28 |
20100021327 | COMPRESSOR - Compressor ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100021328 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - In a scroll compressor, a center of a turning scroll body is shifted with respect to a drive central axis so that a distance between a gravity center and the drive central axis in a turning scroll becomes smaller than a predetermined allowable value set based on theoretical displacement and mass of the turning scroll. A moment force about the drive central axis acting on the turning scroll is reduced during revolving, and an alternating force acting on an autorotation preventing pin in the turning scroll is reduced to an allowable level. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021329 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor that suffers no decrease in compression performance due to leakage resulting from a twisting assembly error is provided. This scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, each including a spiral wrap protruding from an end plate and having the same tooth thickness (Tr) and the same base-circle radius (b) defining an involute surface. The fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll are offset from each other by an orbiting radius (ρ) and mesh such that the respective wraps face each other with a phase shift of 180°. The orbiting scroll revolves/orbits along a circular orbit with the orbiting radius (ρ) to compress a gas while a rotation-preventing mechanism prevents rotation of the orbiting scroll. The relationship between the involute surfaces of the spiral wraps of the two scrolls and the dimensions, dimensional tolerance, and assembly standards of the rotation-preventing mechanism are determined so that the median value of an allowable angle of rotation (φ) agrees with an upright position of the orbiting scroll. | 2010-01-28 |
20100021330 | BAFFLE MEMBER FOR SCROLL COMPRESSORS - A baffle member for use in scroll compressors. In one exemplary embodiment, the baffle member is attached to a portion of the crankcase and, in use, deflects lubricant that may be thrown from the thrust surface of the crankcase during operation of the compressor away from the flow of working fluid, and also aids in directing the flow of working fluid away from the thrust surface of the crankcase and toward a suction inlet in the compression mechanism. | 2010-01-28 |