30th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120189390 | STATIONARY POSITIONED OFFSHORE WINDPOWER PLANT (OWP) AND THE METHODS AND MEANS FOR ITS ASSEMBLING, TRANSPORTATION, INSTALLATION AND SERVICING - An Offshore Windpower Plant (OWP) includes wind turbine and foundation with the means that allow installing them by a new method that exclude the use of Jack up Crane Vessel. By this method, named OWP Technology, the completely assembled wind turbines would be lifted from the shore stand, using buoyancy force of Catamaran Wind Installer (CWTI), transported to the preinstalled foundation, engaged with it in a manner that would exclude CWTI from rolling and pitching and by this allow to use installed foundation as the base for stability for safe placing wind turbine on it. Thus would allow placing wind turbines on foundations regardless the depth of their installation. The CWTI does not need heavy lift revolving heavy lift crane it also does not need legs, thus makes it simpler, smaller and drastically less expensive that Jack up Crane Vessels. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189391 | Method for Anchoring Pin Insertion - A method utilizing a device capable of mounting an anchoring pin and then inserting the pin into the ground or other penetrable surface includes a hand-graspable elongate handle having an upper under and a lower end and a magnetic puck assembly fixed to the handle lower end for picking up an anchoring pin and maintaining in an insertion position until the pin is inserted into the ground. The method can be used to insert marker pins, or pins for retaining materials on a surface, such as the surface of an erodable waterway. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189392 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC BASE OF A DRILL, PARTICULARLY OF AN ELECTRIC DRILL - A power supply device for an electromagnetic base of a drill, particularly of an electric drill, used primarily for steel structure drilling including a drill controller. The drill controller (S) through a power supply detector (D) connected to supply terminals of the electromagnetic base (PD) is connected with a converter (P) which in case of a loss of line voltage (AC), after automatic activation, supplies during a time (t) a standby voltage (UPD) of a value enabling the generation of a base clamping force (PD). | 2012-07-26 |
20120189393 | MODULAR DRILL WITH DIAMOND CUTTING EDGES - A modular drill for machining applications includes a central pilot drill made of cemented carbide and outboard radial inserts having cutting edges with a diamond surface. Additionally, the diamond surface associated with the cutting edges includes indicia identifying each cutting edge, such that indexing of the inserts is made easier. To ensure the indicia withstands the harsh machining environment, the indicia is laser etched onto the diamond surface of the insert | 2012-07-26 |
20120189394 | MODULAR SPINDLE UNIT - The invention relates to a modular spindle unit for forming a multi-spindle machining head ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189395 | WORKING MACHINE FOR MAKING GEARS - A machine for making gears. The machine comprises a piece-holder unit and an operating unit equipped with an operating head provided with at least one tool for machining a piece. Moreover, one piece-holder unit and the operating unit are provided with relative motion with respect to each another in a direction. The machine is characterized in that the operating unit is suitable to move, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction, and in that the tool is mounted on a slide provided with a tangential motion defined by a direction. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189396 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT USING THE SAME - A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface; and a cutting edge which is located in an intersection region of the upper surface and the side surface, and includes a major cutting edge, a flat cutting edge, and a minor cutting edge located between the major cutting edge and the flat cutting edge. The cutting edge reaches a top portion thereof while being inclined upward from the flat cutting edge to the major cutting edge with respect to a reference plane perpendicular to a central axis of the cutting insert in a side view. The cutting edge is thereafter inclined downward with respect to the reference plane. A peripheral cutting edge angle of the minor cutting edge is larger than a peripheral cutting edge angle of the major cutting edge. A cutting tool including the cutting insert; and a method of manufacturing a machined product using the cutting tool are provided. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189397 | DEVICE FOR SEALING - The application describes a device for sealing a coolant and/or lubricant channel, wherein the coolant and/or lubricant channel extends through a first tool part, a second tool part, and the device, wherein the device comprises a first section, a second section, and a center section. The first section can be connected to the first tool part. The second section is arranged in such a way that the second section can protrude into the coolant and/or lubricant channel of the second tool part, wherein the outer diameter of the second section is greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the coolant and/or lubricant channel of the second tool part. The center section is arranged between the first section and the second section. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189398 | PORTABLE AND REMOVABLE ANCHOR FOR TRUCK BED SLOTS - An apparatus and method for providing a removable anchor for use in tying down a load, or for securing a winch cable for use in recovering a disabled vehicle or other load. The anchor may be removably attached to the deck/bed of a trailer or vehicle (e.g., a car carrier or wrecker/tow truck), using one or more slots or stake pockets located on a cargo surface of the deck. The removable anchor may include: a projection member shaped and sized to fit into a slot on the cargo surface, or to protrude through a stake pocket; a crown attached to, or integrally forming a part of, the projection member, and configured to receive and anchor one or more tie-down connectors; and a key attached to, or integrally forming a part of, the projection member. The key can be passed into the slot and manipulated between removable and locked positions. Alternatively, the key may be used to removably secure the anchor to the stake pocket. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189399 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESTRAINING CARGO - A device for engaging an elongated support for restraining cargo in a container having a pair of opposed walls and configured to transfer to shear stress at least some of the tensile force applied by the elongated support. The device comprises a strip having a bottom strip surface with an adhesive for securing the device to one of the walls, and a top strip surface. The sleeve includes four walls extending from the top strip surface defining a cavity. The sleeve having a platform within the cavity surrounded by the four walls. The platform defines within the cavity another cavity for receiving the elongated support. The platform spaces an end of the elongated support from said one of the walls of the container. An insert may be inserted into the cavity. A method of restraining cargo with the cargo restraint device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189400 | FLOATING FASTENER - A floating fastener includes a mounting socket, which has a center hole on a flexible transverse wall at one end thereof and mounting ring with a bonding surface for bonding to a plate member, a locking member, which has a fastening end piece forced through the center hole of the mounting socket and stoppable at one side of the flexible transverse wall, a head, a plain stem extending through the center hole and connected between the head and the fastening end piece and a shoulder connected between the head and the plain stem and engageable with a relatively thicker center area of the transverse wall around the center hole, and a spring member sleeved onto the locking member and stopped between the head of the locking member and the mounting ring of the mounting socket. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189401 | FASTENING STRUCTURE - A fastening structure includes a thin, light weight, low torque metal plate member having a mounting through hole, and a fastening member, which has a shank body, a mounting flange extending around the periphery of the bottom end of the shank body and riveted to the mounting through hole and a screw hole on the shank body for the fastening of an external screw member to secure an external circuit board to the top end of the shank body at a distance from the plate member. The mounting flange has a tapered peripheral wall reducing gradually upwardly from the bottom end of the shank body toward the top end thereof and riveted to a mounting through hole of the plate member and a step located on the topmost edge of the tapered peripheral wall around the periphery of the shank body and kept in flush with the top wall of the plate member. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189402 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT IN THE FORM OF A PRESS-IN ELEMENT - The invention relates to a functional element in the form of a press-in element for attachment to a sheet metal part, wherein the functional element has a head part and a shaft part, the head part has a ring-shaped sheet metal contact surface at the side adjacent the shaft part and a ring-shaped axial recess inside this ring-shaped sheet metal contact surface and surrounding the shaft part at the transition from the head part into the shaft part. In accordance with the invention the shaft part has a plurality of circumferentially distributed radial recesses extending in the axial direction and between these noses which likewise extend axially and project radially, wherein raised material portions are present at the positions of the radial recesses at their axial ends adjacent the head part and form undercuts with the head part in the region of the ring-shaped recess. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189403 | TAPPED INSERT TO BE INSERT MOULDED AND INSERT MOULDING METHOD - A tapped insert to be insert moulded comprises a shank provided at its axial ends with flanges delineating two axially opposite heads of the insert. The shank is provided with an internally threaded axial section to form a tapping. Means for blocking the insert in rotation after insert moulding and means for blocking the insert axially in translation after insert moulding are arranged on the outside of the shank. The shank comprises at least one fusible area of greater axial deformability located between the threaded axial section and one of the heads. The fusible area is configured to deform under a predefined axial compressive force applied to the heads without causing deformation of the threaded axial section. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189404 | PRE-ROUNDING ELEMENT ON A ROUNDING APPARATUS - When rounding metal sheet sections for forming can bodies by means of a rounding machine, a pre-rounding element is used, whose lower part is deflectable with respect to the upper part by means of an actuating element. Thereby, the joint between the upper and the lower part is executed as a solid body joint whose section modulus in bending during the deflection is different along the joint. Thereby, a uniform impact on the metal sheet may be reached. Furthermore, the separating gap between the upper and the lower part is arranged obliquely, thus reducing the bending of the lower part. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189405 | Method and Arrangement for Ocean Freight Transportation - An ocean freight method and arrangement handles goods in a number of transport modes, such as containers, with the same transport in a cargo hold of an ocean vessel with cranes. The transport has a platform with a width corresponding to two regular containers to be loaded and unloaded by two parallel cranes enabling transportation of heavy and over wide units. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189406 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS WITH ACTIVE EDGE GRIPPER - In accordance with one aspect of the exemplary embodiments, a substrate transport apparatus is provided comprising a drive mechanism, a movable arm assembly connected to the drive mechanism, an end effector connected to the arm assembly. A chuck for holding a substrate is mounted on the end effector and having a movable edge gripper with a contact surface and an edge of the substrate may be gripped by actuating the movable edge gripper to engage the substrate with the contact surface. The apparatus further comprising a motion sensor for providing a signal to actuate the movable edge gripper to close and open the moveable edge gripper for capturing and releasing the substrate. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189407 | AUTOMATIC PART FEEDER - An automatic part feeder includes a base, a rotatable disk covering the base, a part delivering devices, and a rotatable disk driving device received in the base. Each of the part delivering devices includes a ring-shaped receiving room opening toward a first end surface of the base, a first driving motor having a first rotatable shaft, and an ejector pole having one end extending through the ring-shaped receiving room and another end threadedly engaged with the first rotatable shaft. The rotatable disk driving device has a second driving motor having a second rotatable shaft. The rotatable disk includes receiving holes, and the second rotatable shaft engages with the rotatable disk and is configured for driving the rotatable disk to rotate to align the receiving holes with the respective ring-shaped receiving rooms to receive the parts ejected from the ring-shaped receiving rooms. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WAFER SUPPORT - An end effector having a first arm and a second arm extending from an end effector support body is provided. The first arm and the second arm each have support extensions for supporting a peripheral region of a substrate on opposing sides of a diameter of the substrate. The height of support contacts on opposing sides of the diameter is different relative to a horizontal datum plane. In one embodiment, the end effector includes additional arms extending from the end effector support body. A system for supporting a substrate is provided also. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189409 | AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT VEHICLE - An autonomous transport vehicle including a frame having a longitudinal axis extending from a front of the frame to a back of the frame, at least one first guide member mounted on one side of the frame and having a first guide member frame of reference, and at least one second guide member mounted to an opposite side of the frame than the at least one first guide member and having a second guide member frame of reference, wherein the first and second guide members are asymmetrically compliant guide members so that a stiffness of the at least one first guide member in response to a force in a predetermined direction relative to the first guide member frame of reference is different than a stiffness of the at least second guide member in response to the force in the predetermined direction relative to the second guide member frame of reference. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189410 | BOT POSITION SENSING - A storage and retrieval system including a storage structure having storage shelves, each storage shelf having slats for supporting stored items where the slats are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, an autonomous transport vehicle including at least one sensor configured to sense each of the slats and output a signal indicating when a slat is sensed, and a controller for verifying a location of the autonomous transport vehicle within the storage structure based on at least the output signal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189411 | ARTICLE STORAGE FACILITY - An article storage facility with a storing shelf structured by lining up a plurality of article storage units in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. A stacker crane travels along a traveling rail to transport articles to each article storage unit. The stacker crane has a traveling cart having a pair of vertical-movement guiding masts set upright on both ends of the traveling cart in the front-back width direction, and a vertical-movement platform movable vertically along the pair of vertical-movement guiding masts between the pair of vertical-movement guiding masts. An article transfer device is provided on the vertical-movement platform. The stacker crane has a work frame, having a width in the sideways direction of the traveling cart and the front-back width direction of the traveling cart between the pair of vertical-movement guiding masts structured so as to be freely attached and removed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189412 | COVERSLIPPING MODULE FOR MOUNTING COVERSLIPS ONTO SPECIMEN SLIDES - The invention relates to a coverslipping module for mounting coverslips onto specimen slides ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189413 | Grain bag unloader having an improved grain flow - Disclosed are a grain chamber, and additional means inside the chamber, that handle grain in a bag unloading machine or unloader. This unloader of large sized bags has a winder or roller that gathers the used plastic as the bag is gradually emptied. As the unloader advances, sweep augers gather grain and convey it to the centrally located grain chamber. The chamber delivers the grain to a discharge auger that conveys it upwardly and outwardly to an awaiting truck, cart, or mobile container. Embodiments of the present disclosure are of a grain chamber for receiving and transferring grain, concave paddles that convey grain to the discharge auger, and a divider panel for preventing grain loss in the last stage of unloading. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189414 | LOADING ASSEMBLY FOR A RECEIVING CONTAINER - A loading assembly including a static or mobile frame having a platform adjustably supported thereon and a hopper for containment of material to be loaded being movable relative to the platform between a loading position and an unloading position. A positioning assembly is adjustably interconnected to the frame and cooperatively disposed and structured relative to the platform and hopper to facilitate disposition of the hopper between the loading and unloading positions. The positioning assembly is further structured to assume a retaining relation to the material initially loaded into the hopper and subsequently being unloaded from said hopper, concurrently to the movement of the hopper from the unloading position to the loading position. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189415 | UTILITY LIFT HAULER CONFIGURED TO TRANSPORT MOTORCYCLES, ATVs AND THE LIKE - An automated lift hauler configured for attachment to a vehicle frame near a rear of the vehicle. When not in use, the lift hauler is substantially concealed beneath the vehicle. During use, the lift hauler extends from beneath the vehicle such that large items may be supported by a lift hauler platform. One or more hydraulically-driven pistons move the lift hauler from a concealed position beneath the vehicle to a use position rearward of the vehicle. The lift hauler comprises a series of frame members and utilizes a scissor design to facilitate movement between a lower position, which allows large items to be loaded on a lift hauler platform, to a raised position which allows the large items to restrained and transported. Operating the lift hauler may be accomplished using a remote control or in-cab control panel or mounted control panel near the rear of the vehicle. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189416 | AUTOMATED BOT WITH TRANSFER ARM - An autonomous transport vehicle is provided. The autonomous transport vehicle includes a payload bed and a transfer arm configured to extend along a first axis to transfer a pickface to and from the payload bed, the transfer arm including fingers that are independently movable along a second axis, substantially perpendicular to the first axis for picking and placing the pickface. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189417 | Passive Ramp With Ramp Down Switch - In an example embodiment, a baler with a bale clear indicator is provided. A passive bale ramp may be configured to deposit a bale clear of the path of a tailgate of the baler. One or more sensors may be used to determine the position of the passive ramp and whether a bale is clear of the ramp and the tailgate path and an indicator provided to notify an operator that the bale is clear. In one embodiment a bale up sensor is used to determine the position of the passive bale ramp. In another example embodiment, a ramp down sensor is used. In another example embodiment, a bale up sensor and bale down sensor are used to determine the position of the passive ramp. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189418 | FRONT LOADER FOR A TRACTOR - A front loader ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189419 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An industrial robot including a first arm which has a first arm portion, and a second arm portion supported by the first arm portion. The industrial robot also includes a second arm which has a third arm portion and a fourth arm portion supported by the third arm portion. The first arm and the second arm can be expanded/retracted independently. A turning center of the first arm portion and a turning center of the third arm portion are placed coaxially. The first arm and the second arm are constructed so as to be almost line-symmetric with respect to an imaginary line under the condition that the first arm and the second arm are retracted. The first arm portion, the third arm portion, the second arm portion, and the fourth arm portion are placed in this order in a vertical direction. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189420 | Coupling System for Coupling Loudspeaker Housings, Loudspeaker Housing and Method for Hoisting Loudspeaker Housings - A coupling system ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189421 | PARALLEL MULTI WAFER AXIAL SPIN CLEAN PROCESSING USING SPIN CASSETTE INSIDE MOVABLE PROCESS CHAMBER - A system and method concurrently processes multiple wafers. A cassette structure includes multiple chucks and a drive spool for supporting and rotating the chucks. Each chuck holds a wafer in position while rotating. The cassette structure is loaded into a process chamber. Each chuck includes a self-locking mechanism that is activated by the centrifugal force generated from the rotation of the chuck. The self-locking mechanism centers and holds a wafer in position with respect to the chuck. A drive motor drives the drive spool, which causes the chucks to rotate. As the chucks are being rotated, a dispensing assembly delivers a processing chemical to the wafers. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189422 | LOAD-N-GO PLATFORM LIFT SYSTEMS - A cargo platform system which can be uncoupled from a vehicle frame and lowered to a ground surface using a self-contained jack system after the vehicle has been removed from beneath the platform. The cargo platform system may comprise a sub-frame having deck-rails for attachment to a vehicle frame, a platform having deck-rails for removably coupling to the sub-frame, and a jack system comprising a first jack, a second jack, a third jack, and a fourth jack removably attached to a left front corner, a right front corner, a left rear corner, and a right rear corner respectively. All four jacks of the jack system are in communication together such that extension and retraction of the jacks are simultaneous and electric motors atop each jack are removable for storage. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189423 | Trailer storage device, system and method - The present invention innovates a new way method, system and device for storage trailers, wherein, an improved storage device suitable for accommodating the trailer, comprises at list two-parts, one, is a frame connected to a wall, or to the floor for example, with a lifting, or pulling mechanism, and with an anchoring part suitable to hold the trailer fitting second part of the invention, wherein, the mechanism of the first frame enabling lifting the lower horizontal trailer, towards the wall for example, to a stand position, parallel to the wall. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189424 | MATEFACE COOLING FEATHER SEAL ASSEMBLY - A feather seal assembly includes a seal having a directional passage to direct an airflow generally non-perpendicular to the seal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CORROSION IN A COMPRESSOR - A system for reducing corrosion in a compressor includes a compressor blade having a corrosion potential. A sensor connected to the compressor blade generates a signal reflective of the corrosion potential. A power supply connected to the compressor blade at an electrical connection produces an electrical potential at the electrical connection. An electrolyte coats at least a portion of the sensor and the electrical connection. A method for reducing corrosion in a compressor includes sensing a corrosion potential of a compressor blade and generating a signal reflective of the corrosion potential. The method further includes generating an electrical potential at an electrical connection on the compressor blade and flowing an electrolyte over at least a portion of the compressor blade and the electrical connection. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189426 | BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL ASSEMBLY AND SUPPORT - An example blade outer air seal support assembly includes a main support member configured to support a blade outer air seal. The main support member extends generally axially between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. The leading edge portion is configured to be slidably received within a groove established by the blade outer air seal. A support tab extends radially from the support member toward the blade outer air seal. The support tab is configured to contact an extension of the blade outer air seal to limit relative axial movement of the blade outer air seal. A gusset spans between the support tab and the support member. An example blade outer air seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal assembly having an inwardly facing surface. A blade path portion of the inwardly facing surface is axially aligned with a tip of a rotating blade. A peripheral portion of the inwardly facing surface is located axially in front of the blade path portion, axially behind the blade path portion, or both. The blade outer air seal assembly establishes cooling paths that terminate at a plurality of apertures established within the inwardly facing surface. The plurality of apertures are locate exclusively within the blade path portion. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189427 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE FLOW PATH MEMBER - A gas turbine engine flow path member is disclosed which includes an extending end portion capable of contacting a surface of the turbine engine. The flow path member includes openings to pass a cooling fluid to cool the extending end portion. The flow path member, furthermore, can be made using a variety of approaches. To set forth just two non-limiting examples, the flow path member can be cast and it can be a laminated construction. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189428 | WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine device comprising a base frame which supports a vertical axis wind operated rotor, the axis being associated to a user device and being contained in a matchingly-dimensioned cylindrical casing exhibiting two openings, respectively an inlet and an outlet, aligned perpendicular to the rotor axis, the casing being driven to rotate about the axis by a member sensitive to the direction of the wind, such that the inlet opening is always facing into the wind. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189429 | BEARING SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A bearing system for a gas turbine engine includes a spring defined about an axis of rotation. The spring has a multiple of beams which extend between a flange structure and an attachment structure. A damper defined about the axis of rotation and mounted to the spring to at least partially axially overlap the multiple of beams. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189430 | RING GEAR MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT WITH OIL SCAVENGE SCHEME - A turbine engine includes an input shaft and a fan shaft rotatable about an axis. The fan shaft supports fan blades. An epicyclic gear train is connected between the input shaft and the fan shaft. The epicyclic gear train includes a plurality of star gears, a carrier supporting the plurality of star gears, a sun gear that meshes with the plurality of star gears and a ring gear surrounding and meshing with the plurality of star gears such that the sun gear is rotatable in a first direction and the ring gear is rotatable in a second, opposite direction. The ring gear includes first and second portions that each have an inner periphery with teeth. The first and second portions include respective recesses facing one another to provide an internal annular cavity. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189431 | COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT - Compressor arrangement having an axial compressor and a radial compressor which are arranged axially one behind the other on a common driveshaft which can be coupled to a drive and which each have a compression fluid input and a compression fluid output. The axial compressor is provided with first control elements and the radial compressor is provided with second control elements. The first control elements and second control elements are controllable separately so that the axial compressor and the radial compressor are controllable separately. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189432 | AGGREGATE VANE ASSEMBLY - An aggregate vane assembly is disclosed herein. The aggregate vane assembly includes a core vane assembly encircling a central longitudinal axis and having a plurality of core vanes each extending radially between an inner hub and an outer band. The core vane assembly extends along the central longitudinal axis between a first forward end and a first aft end. The aggregate vane assembly also includes a bypass vane assembly disposed on a radially opposite side of the outer band relative to the plurality of core vanes. The bypass vane assembly includes at least one bypass vane extending radially outward from a platform. The bypass vane assembly extends along the central longitudinal axis between a second forward end and a second aft end. The aggregate vane assembly also includes a splitter ring positioned proximate to the first forward end. The aggregate vane assembly also includes at least one retention plate overlapping a forward end of the at least one bypass vane along the central longitudinal axis and also overlapping at least a portion of the splitter ring along the central longitudinal axis. The splitter ring is releasibly engaged with both of the outer band and the at least one retention plate. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189433 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE - A variable geometry turbine comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel supported in the housing for rotation; an annular inlet passage defined between respective inlet surfaces defined by an annular nozzle ring and a facing annular shroud; the nozzle ring can vary the size of the inlet passage; a circumferential array of inlet vanes; the shroud covering the opening of a shroud cavity defined by the housing inlet passage and inboard of the shroud, and defining a circumferential array of slots, the slots and shroud cavity being configured to receive said vanes accommodating movement of the nozzle ring; wherein the annular shroud comprises an outer flange, the outer flange defining a circumferential groove for receiving a retaining ring for securing the shroud in the opening of the shroud cavity and defined on an inboard side by a flange wall; wherein an annular flange rim extends axially inboard from said flange wall. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189434 | COATING WITH ABRADABILITY PROPORTIONAL TO INTERACTION RATE - A seal in a gas turbine engine component between an airfoil with a radial outward end and a seal member adjacent it coated with an abrasive layer having a ceramic component in a matrix of a metal alloy with hexagonal BN. The ceramic component is selected from silica, quartz, alumina, zirconia and mixtures thereof and the metal is selected from nickel, cobalt, copper and iron. The ceramic ranges from about 1% to about 10% and the amount of nickel, cobalt, copper or iron will range from about 30% to about 60% by volume, and the balance is hBN. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189435 | ASSEMBLY FOR PREVENTING FLUID FLOW - According to one aspect of the invention, an assembly for preventing fluid flow between turbine components includes a shim and a first woven wire mesh layer that includes a first surface coupled to a first side of the shim and a second surface of the woven wire mesh layer opposite the first surface. The assembly also includes a first outer layer coupled to the second surface of the woven wire mesh layer, where the first outer layer includes a high temperature non-metallic material. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189436 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL RING FOR VEHICLE AIR PUMP - An annular device for the temperature control of a pump is provided. That device is in fluid communication with the radiator coolant system of a vehicle, and the engine-warmed coolant flows through the annular device to warm the pump and thaw ice buildup. The device is removable and can be added on to an existing pump without any redesign of the existing pump housing. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189437 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - The present invention refers to a hermetic compressor and, more specifically, a hermetic compressor comprising a centrifugal pump ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189438 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE STATOR VANE ASSEMBLY - A method of assembling gas turbine engine front architecture includes positioning inner and outer fairings relative to one another. Multiple vanes are arranged circumferentially between the inner and outer fairings. A liquid sealant is applied around a perimeter of the vanes to seal between the vanes and at least one of the fairings. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189439 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly includes a channel structure and a centrifugal fan. The channel structure includes a housing and at least a slit. The housing has an accommodating space and a flow channel adjacent to each other. The slit is extended along the flow channel. The flow channel is communicated with the outside of the housing via the slit. The centrifugal fan is disposed in the accommodating space. The centrifugal fan draws air along an axial direction and generates an airflow. The airflow flows into the flow channel along a radial direction, and flows out to the outside of the housing via the slit. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189440 | VENTILATION ASSEMBLY - A ventilation assembly has a support structure, an electric motor and a fan connected to the motor. The fan has a cup-like hub with an annular side wall and a bottom wall and which define internally a housing in which the motor extends. The hub further has a plurality of internal vanes for the ventilation of the motor, that extend from the side wall of the hub. The support structure has at least one arcuate formation which is coaxial with the axis of the fan and which extends axially inside the hub of the fan, in a partially interpenetrated relationship with the side wall of the hub to form a labyrinth-like radial path between external and internal regions with respect to the hub. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189441 | AXIAL FLOW TURBINE - An axial flow turbine includes in axial flow series a low pressure turbine section and a turbine exhaust system. The low pressure turbine section includes a final low pressure turbine stage having a circumferential row of static aerofoil blades followed in axial succession by a circumferential row of rotating aerofoil blades. Each aerofoil blade has a radially inner hub region and a radially outer tip region. The K value, being equal to the ratio of the throat dimension (t) to the pitch dimension (p), of each static aerofoil blade of the final low pressure turbine stage varies along the height of the static aerofoil blade, between the hub region and the tip region, according to a substantially W-shaped distribution. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189442 | Wind turbine with a braking device and method for braking at least one drive train component of a drive train, and use of a braking device for braking at least one drive train component of a drive train of a wind turbine - A braking device and method are provided for a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a rotor, a generator and a drive train having one or more components. The drive train is connected to the generator for obtaining electrical energy from rotation of the drive train. The wind turbine further includes a braking device for braking at least one drive train component of the drive train. The braking device includes a wedge brake. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189443 | Methods and systems for determining a pitch angle offset signal and for controlling a rotor frequency of a rotor of a wind turbine for speed avoidance control - A method for determining and applying a pitch angle offset signal for controlling a rotor frequency of a rotor of a wind turbine is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a motion quantity indicative of a motion of the rotor and determining the pitch angle offset signal based on the motion quantity such that the pitch angle offset signal is adapted to be used for adjusting a blade pitch angle of a rotor blade mounted at the rotor for controlling the rotor frequency in order to reduce a time span during which the rotor is in a critical motion region. A corresponding system and a method for controlling a rotor frequency are also disclosed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189444 | WIND TURBINE BLADE AND A PITCH CONTROLLED WIND TURBINE - The invention relates to a wind turbine blade comprising one or more turbulence generating strips, where the strips are placed on a surface of the blade. The blade is characterized in that at least one joint area of the turbulence generating strips and the surface of the blade are completely or partially covered by sealing means. The invention further relates to a pitch controlled wind turbine comprising at least two pitch controlled wind turbine blades and pitch controlling means for pitching the blades. The pitch controlled wind turbine is characterized in that the blades comprises one or more turbulence generating strips, wherein at least one joint area of the turbulence generating strips and a surface of the blades are completely or partially covered by sealing means. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189445 | ROTOR FOR A WIND TURBINE - The present disclosure relates to a rotor for a wind turbine ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189446 | Horizontal wind turbine with a vertical shaft - A horizontal wind turbine with a vertical shaft and wind driven vanes that hang vertically when there is no wind, engage and drive the turbine when traveling with the wind and rotate toward a horizontal position when traveling into the wind. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189447 | INFRARED RADIATION DEVICE, PARTICULARLY INFRARED RADIANT HEATING DEVICE HAVING AN INFRARED HEATER - An infrared device is provided, in particular an infrared radiation heating device having an infrared radiator for the heating of devices exposed to weather. The infrared device includes an emitter, wherein the emitter for radiating the infrared radiation is inserted in a housing, and the emitter is protected on the emitting side by a protection unit for the emitted radiation. The infrared radiator, the inner housing wall, and the unit are arranged such that cooling takes place by natural convection. A method is also provided for operating such a device in a wind turbine. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189448 | EASY MAINTENANCE HYDRAULIC TURBINE ENGINE - A hydraulic turbine engine comprises, between a seat and a succession of turbine stages associated with at least one generator, a guiding block secured to the lower stage of the turbine engine and nested on the seat, said guiding block containing winders for guiding cables, the ends of which are secured to the seat. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189449 | Alternative sail restraints for Migler's vertical axis wind turbine - This disclosure presents several alternative setting and automatic resetting sail restraints for Migler's vertical axis wind turbine. They are designed to reduce the damaging impact of sail frames upon the structure of the wind turbine by absorbing some of the energy of the impact. Specifically, the disclosure includes spring loaded sail restraints, including motorized spring loaded sail restraints, a gravity-based sail restraint, including a motorized gravity-based sail restraint, a pneumatic sail restraint, including a motorized pneumatic sail restraint, a torsion bar sail restraint, and a motorized torsion bar sail restraint. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189450 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTORCRAFT - A rotor assembly ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189451 | FAN - A fan, for a ventilation assembly has blades extending from a cup-shaped central hub. The hub has an annular side wall and a bottom wall defining a receptacle for an electric motor. The hub has internal ribs for ventilation of the motor. Each rib has a longitudinal portion which extends along the side wall, a radial portion which extends along the bottom wall and an intermediate portion having an arcuate, transversely protruding profile. The longitudinal portion has a profile whose spacing from the side wall of the hub increases, from a minimum value remote from the bottom wall to a maximum value adjacent the bottom wall. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189452 | Impeller Attachment Method - A pump is provided having an impeller in combination with a power transmission shaft. The impeller has a tapered bore with impeller threads. The power transmission shaft has a shaft end with tapered threads configured to couple directly to the impeller threads of the tapered bore of the impeller, to transmit torque directly through the tapered threads, and to provide self axial or radial alignment even if the coupling of the tapered threads and the impeller threads of the tapered bore start out of alignment. The tapered thread configuration substantially reduces investment in lifting equipment and time by maintenance personnel because it eliminates the need for maintenance personnel to precisely align the impeller threads and the tapered threads before attaching or removing the impeller and the tapered threads release much more quickly from the impeller than a standard thread configuration, reducing the number of turns the power transmission shaft must be rotated by hand to free it from the impeller. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189453 | MECHANICAL JOINT - A mechanical joint for joining two components, the joint having a male part on one component and a corresponding female part on the other component. The male and female parts have respective castellations which intercalate on insertion of the male part into the female part along a direction of insertion. Respective abutment surfaces are formed on the projections of the castellations. The castellations are configured such that, after the insertion of the male part into the female part, the male and female parts can be rotated relative to each other around the direction of insertion to bring: (i) the abutment surfaces into facing alignment and thereby prevent the parts from being pulled apart, and (ii) the indentations of the castellations into facing alignment. The joint has one or more locking members which are insertable into the facing indentations to prevent further relative rotation of the male and female parts. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189454 | IMPELLER OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - Providing an impeller of a centrifugal compressor, the impeller including, but not limited to: a plurality of full blades provided from the fluid inlet part to the fluid outlet part of the impeller, each full blade being arranged next to the adjacent full blade; a plurality of splitter blades provided on the hub surface, each splitter blade being provide between a full blade and the adjacent full blade from a location on a part way of the flow passage between the full blades to the fluid outlet part of the impeller, wherein the geometry of the flow entering part of the splitter blade is compatible with the complicated flow inside the compressor so that the evenly distributed flow rate distribution, the increased pressure ratio and the enhanced efficiency are achieved. An impeller of a centrifugal compressor, wherein, the leading edge blade angle θ in the tip end part of the flow entering front-end-part of the splitter blade | 2012-07-26 |
20120189455 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE ELEMENT AND WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A wind turbine rotor blade element includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other is described. The first portion includes a rear surface for facing a surface of a wind turbine rotor blade and the second portion includes a top surface which includes an angle between 90° and 180° with the rear surface of the first portion. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189456 | GUIDE GEOMETRY FOR HALF-AXIAL FAN WHEELS - A fan wheel ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189457 | Propeller slipstream enhancer - The invention relates a fluid or air propeller propulsion apparatus using modified state of the art propeller that reduces the typical propeller slipstream disc contraction at the propeller tips, by simply adding a novel channel or trough on the back surface spanwise midway between the leading edge and trailing edge. A portion of the air or fluid flowing over the back face of propeller blade is raked off and collected in the channel during rotation of the propeller, wherein the fluid or air is acted upon by centrifugal force varying directly with the propeller speed causing the fluid or air to be accelerated thru the channel or trough to the trailing edge of the propeller. This additional flow increases the propeller capacity additional jetting action bootstrapping causing the propeller to turn more easily, all of which increases the propeller thrust and efficiency as much as 10 percent. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189458 | ROTOR BLADE - A rotor blade has a radially extending aerofoil body having pressure and suction sides. The rotor blade further has squealer tip. The squealer tip includes a peripheral wall surrounding a cavity which is open at the radially outward end of the blade and at the trailing edge of the aerofoil body. The peripheral wall has at least one first region which extends radially from the aerofoil surface which has a first outer surface. The peripheral wall further has, along at least part of at least one of the pressure and suction sides, at least one second region inclined outwardly of the cavity with respect to the radial direction of the blade which has a second outer surface which extends obliquely outwardly of the blade. A radially outer portion of the second outer surface turns towards the radial direction to truncate the outward extension of the second outer surface. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189459 | Welded Rotor, a Steam Turbine having a Welded Rotor and a Method for Producing a Welded Rotor - A welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor, and a method of producing a welded rotor are disclosed. The welded rotor includes a high pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. Either or both the high pressure section and/or the intermediate pressure section includes a high temperature material section joined to a low temperature material section. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189460 | Welded Rotor, a Steam Turbine having a Welded Rotor and a Method for Producing a Welded Rotor - A welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor, and a method of producing a welded rotor are disclosed. The welded rotor includes a high pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. The welded rotor includes a shaft having a high temperature material section joined to a first and second low temperature material sections. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189461 | Welded Rotor, a Steam Turbine Having a Welded Rotor and a Method for Producing a Welded Rotor - A welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor, and a method of producing a welded rotor are disclosed. The welded rotor includes a high pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. The high pressure section includes a high temperature material section joined to a low temperature material section. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189462 | Pump Assisted Refilling System for LPG Fuel Tanks - A pump assisted refilling system for LPG and other fuels wherein the fuel storage pressure is at, or close to, the vapor pressure of the fuel. A fuel pump is selectively activated to assist fuel delivery from the refilling fitting to the tank interior responsive to a determined fuel pressure condition of the fuel so that rapid refilling is always assured. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189463 | HYDRAULIC PUMP OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - The rotational frequency of a variable speed motor is set to a normal rotational frequency setting value (N | 2012-07-26 |
20120189464 | Solid State Sump Pump Control - The present invention provides a sump pump control system. The system includes a mounting fixture fabricated from a corrosion resistant material, and an electrical control comprising solid state electrical components supported by the mounting fixture. The sump pump control system also includes a diving bell cover. The diving bell cover has an open bottom, and is dimensioned to cover the electrical components. The diving bell cover is releasably secured to a support surface of the mounting fixture. The electrical control controls the operation of a sump pump. Should water rise to a level of the electrical components due to failure of the sump pump or due to quickly rising water, the diving bell cover will prevent water from contacting the electrical components. A method of removing water from a subterranean vault is also provided herein. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189465 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PISTON ASSEMBLY - A piston assembly for a fuel pump comprises a first piston sub-assembly and a second piston sub-assembly. The first piston sub-assembly comprises a first piston portion, a first check ball connected to a first spring and a first O-ring. The first check ball forms a fluid tight seal against the first piston portion when the first spring is uncompressed. The first check ball allows fluid flow relative to the first piston portion when the first spring is compressed. The first O-ring has a front side and a back side. The first O-ring forms a fluid tight seal relative to the first piston portion. The second piston sub-assembly comprises a second piston portion, a second check ball connected to a second spring, and a second O-ring. The second check ball forms a fluid tight seal against the second piston portion when the second spring is uncompressed. The second check ball allows fluid flow relative to the second piston portion when the second spring is compressed. The second O-ring has a front side and a back side. The second O-ring forms a fluid tight seal relative to the second piston portion. The fluid flow relative to the first piston portion allows fluid to contact the front side of the second O-ring and the back side of the first O-ring. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189466 | Well Deployed Heat Fin For ESP Motor - An electrical submersible pumping system (ESP) for use in pumping fluids from a wellbore. The ESP includes fins on an outer portion of the ESP that transfer heat from a motor in the ESP to fluid flowing past the fins. A self removing material is provided over the fins when the ESP is deployed into the wellbore to protect the fins against being damaged when the ESP contacts a wall of the wellbore. The material can corrode, erode, melt, dissolve, disintegrate, or otherwise automatically decouple from the fins when the ESP is disposed in the wellbore. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189467 | Method for Controlling Delivery Quantity, and Reciprocating Compressor Having Delivery Quantity Control - The invention relates to a method for the delivery quantity control of a reciprocating compressor, wherein the motion of a closing organ ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189468 | MULTI-STAGE DIAPHRAGM SUCTION PUMP - A multi-stage diaphragm suction pump, comprising at least two pump chambers, each having a fluid inlet having at least one inlet valve, and a fluid outlet having at least one outlet valve, and a suction line, which connects the fluid inlets of the pump chambers. Consecutive pump chambers are connected to each other by at least one connection line such that, when a differential pressure in the suction line is reached/exceeded, the diaphragm pump changes from parallel operation of the pump chambers thereof to an operating mode of the pump chambers that is at least also serial. At least one check valve, which opens to the downstream pump stage, is interposed in each of the inflow and outflow regions of the at least one connection line. In order to optimize the pump characteristic of such a diaphragm suction pump, at least in one pump chamber, either in order to improve the intake pressure the suction-side opening of the at least one connection line, or in order to improve the suction capacity the pressure-side opening of the at least one connection line, is disposed in the region of the pump chamber, or in the vicinity of the region of the pump chamber, on which the diaphragm associated with said pump chamber rolls off first during a pump cycle. In addition, or instead, according to a further embodiment at least one connection line, in particular between successive pump chambers, has a descending line progression and, for this purpose, compared to the outflow-side line segment, the inflow-side line segment of the at least one connection line is arranged at a higher level. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189469 | AIR COMPRESSOR - An air compressor with enhanced air compressing effect comprises a mounting chassis with a coupling aperture, a piston having a piston rod with a crankpin linking bore and a piston head with an air acting face, a cylinder having an air chamber with an inner top wall, and a driving mechanism including a motor having a shaft and a rotational crank cam with an eccentric crankpin. The coupling aperture on the mounting chassis is bias disposed relative to the axial line of the cylinder. Both of the air acting face on piston head and inner top wall in cylinder are configured into corresponding slant planar surface. The eccentric crankpin on the crank cam pivotally links the crankpin linking bore on the piston rod of the piston so that rotary motion of the crank cam is converted into linear reciprocating motion. Thus, air compressing effect is substantially enhanced. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189470 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189471 | HIGH-PRESSURE CLEANING APPARATUS - In order to improve a high-pressure cleaning apparatus comprising a pump unit adapted to be driven by motor, a first connection element for detachable connection to a liquid supply conduit, said first connection element being connected to the suction side of the pump unit, and a second connection element for detachable connection to a high-pressure conduit, said second connection element being connected to the pressure side of the pump unit, such that it can be handled in a more user-friendly manner, the invention proposes that the first connection element and/or the second connection element be oriented in a direction facing upward away from a supporting surface for the high-pressure cleaning apparatus. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189472 | POWER UNIT - A hydraulic power unit for subsea use is disclosed. The power unit includes a housing containing a fluid, an electric motor mounted in the housing, a distribution pump, a heat exchange unit provided externally to the housing and at least one distribution conduit in fluid communication with the heat exchange unit and the housing. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189473 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ENERGY AND POWER - Systems and apparatuses for delivering power and energy using deflecting beams or other oscillating members motivated to oscillate a beam assembly using an eccentrically balanced rotating body that induces deflections in the elastic beam or other oscillating member. One or more rotors may be used on the elastic beams and a mechanical output or outputs are connected to the elastic beams. The rotating body is advantageously maintained in rotation by pulses of electro-magnetic force. One or more outputs may be used to drive heat pumps, compressors, pumps or other equipment to assist in independent energy systems. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189474 | VENTILATION ASSEMBLY - A ventilation assembly for a heat exchanger of a motor vehicle, has plate-like support structure with a main flow opening. A ventilator, including an electric motor and a fan, is mounted in the main flow opening. A voltage regulating device is fixed to the support structure and connected to the electric motor. The voltage regulating device has a support casing and a heat dissipater connected to the support casing. The voltage regulating device is fixed to the support structure in the region of but outside of the main flow opening, with the support casing and the heat dissipater being disposed in planes which are at least approximately parallel with the axis of the fan and of the main flow opening. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189475 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PUMPING FLOWABLE MASSES - A device for pumping a flowable mass, such as a consumable item, has a main body with a hollow space that is fluidically connected with a mass source through an inlet opening and with a mass destination through an outlet opening in the surroundings of the main body. The inlet opening and the outlet opening are disposed along a direction at a distance from each other on the main body. A first body and a second body can each be moved in the hollow space relative to the main body and relative to each other along the direction. The first and second bodies are sealed against an inside wall and slidable on the inside wall to define a chamber. Moving the first body and/or the second body varies the volume of the chamber and its position relative to be main body. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189476 | Pump Chamber for a Peristaltic Pump - The invention relates to a pump chamber ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120189477 | PUMP PULSATION DISCHARGE DAMPENER WITH DUAL PRESSURE DROP TUBE ASSEMBLIES HAVING UNEQUAL SIZES - Different inner diameter internal or external pressure drop tubes or orifice plate openings producing different discharge pressure pulse amplitudes are employed in a pump pulsation control reactive discharge dampener. Either both pressure drop tubes/orifice plates may be mounted concurrently on or in the dampener, connected to different discharge pipes used selectively by the operator depending upon the piston or plunger size being employed, or the pressure drop tubes/orifice plates may be interchangeable. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189478 | VACUUM PUMP SYSTEM - A vacuum pump system comprises two vacuum pumps which are connected to each other. In order to create vacuum pump system of a more compact size, the connection between the two vacuum pumps is performed via connection elements directly attached to the pump housing and forming connection sites, and the outlet flange of the upper pump is placed directly on the inlet flange of the lower pump without thereby causing a transmission of larger forces or moments. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189479 | SPHERICAL EXPANSION COMPRESSOR ADAPTED TO VARIABLE WORKING CONDITIONS - A spherical expansion compressor adapted to variable working conditions with a spherical inner chamber, comprises a rolling rotor compressor used as first-stage compression, compression working chambers, expansion working chambers, a gas tank and a pressure control circuit. The pressure control circuit is arranged between the gas tank and a pressure-controlled inlet valve of the rolling rotor compressor, and controls the inlet valve to open/close according to the pressure in the gas tank. When the pressure in the gas tank exceeds a set value, the pressure-controlled inlet valve is closed by the pressure control circuit. When the pressure in the gas tank returns to the set value, the pressure-controlled inlet valve is opened and the rolling rotor compressor works normally. Working medium after first-stage compression enters the gas tank, the pressure in the tank maintains constant through the regulation of the pressure control circuit. Working medium with constant pressure enters second-stage compression, and then expands in the expansion-stage, thereby forming the spherical expansion compressor adapted to variable working conditions. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189480 | Scroll Fluid Machine - A scroll fluid machine includes: a casing; a fixed scroll having an end plate, a spiral wrap part provided on the end plate, and a flange provided outside the wrap part and fitted to the casing; and an orbiting scroll having an end plate and a spiral wrap part provided on the end plate with a plurality of compression chambers formed in a space up to the wrap part of the fixed scroll, which is provided to perform an orbiting motion, wherein the flange is provided with a deformation absorbing part which absorbs deformation due to thermal expansion of the end plate. The scroll fluid machine is improved in reliability while the compression efficiency is maintained by preventing the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll from coming into contact with each other without increasing a clearance between the wrap parts of both scrolls. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189481 | ROTOR TYPE PUMP - A rotor type pump is provided. A rotor rotates and closely contacts an inner surface of a chamber, and a cam controls a sealing part, so that during a compression procedure, the sealing part, a convex surface of the rotor, and an inner surface of the chamber form a substantially hermetic space, and when a gas in the chamber is compressed to a set pressure, the compressed gas is guided out. Therefore, a smooth surface of the rotor closely contacts the inner surface of the chamber, and the gas in the chamber is compressed in a rotational manner, in which the to-and-fro movement of a piston is not required, and a dead point is prevented, so that operation is smooth and noise is not easily generated. Further, the rotor type pump does not need to use a lubricating fluid and offers extremely large compression capacity and excellent efficiency. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189482 | COMPRESSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The compressor includes a first constituent element and a first slider. The first constituent element is capable of being laser welded. The first slider is composed of cast iron capable of being laser welded and having a carbon content of from 2.0 wt % or more to 2.7 wt % or less. This first slider is joined to the first constituent element by laser welding without using a filler. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189483 | Methods of forming molybdenum sputtering targets - In various embodiments, tubular sputtering targets are produced by forming a tubular billet at least by pressing molybdenum powder in a mold and sintering the pressed molybdenum powder, working the tubular billet to form a worked billet, and heat treating the worked billet. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189484 | Process for Producing an Interconnector of a High-Temperature Fuel Cell - A molding is produced with a disk-shaped or plate-shaped basic body having a large number of knob-like and/or web-like elevations which merge into the basic body with inclined side surfaces. The molding is produced by pressing and sintering powdery raw materials close to the final shape. First, the boundary surfaces of the basic body are pressed to final shape as far as the transition regions of the elevations and the elevations are pressed to an oversize. The projection height of the elevations from the basic body is greater than the projection height in the finally pressed state. Their side surfaces form an angle of inclination in the range from 90°-150° with the respectively adjacent boundary surface of the basic body. Then the elevations are pressed to near final shape while the angle of inclination is enlarged to a greater value. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189485 | METHODS OF REMOVING RUST FROM A FERROUS METAL-CONTAINING SURFACE - Disclosed are methods for removing rust from a ferrous metal-containing surface. These methods include contacting the surface with a composition that includes a carboxylic acid, a synthetic hectorite clay, and water. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189486 | Ni-Ti SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHODS - Semi-finished products for the production of devices containing thermoelastic materials with improved reliability and reproducibility are described. The semi-finished products are based on an alloy of Ni—Ti plus elements X and/or Y. The nickel amount is comprised between 40 and 52 atom %, X is comprised between 0.1 and 1 atom %, Y is comprised between 1 and 10 atom % and the balance is titanium. The one or more additional elements X are chosen from Al, Ta, Hf, Si, Ca, Ce, La, Re, Nb, V, W, Y, Zr, Mo, and B. The one or more additional elements Y are chosen from Al, Ag, Au, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, Nb, Pd, Pt, Ta and W. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189487 | BETA-TYPE TITANIUM ALLOY - The present invention provides a β-type titanium alloy that includes, by mass %, when Al: 2 to 5%, 1) Fe: 2 to 4%, Cr: 6.2 to 11%, and V: 4 to 10%, 2) Fe: 2 to 4%, Cr: 5 to 11%, and Mo: 4 to 10%, or 3) Fe: 2 to 4%, Cr: 5.5 to 11%, and Mo+V (total of Mo and V): 4 to 10% in range, and a balance of substantially Ti. These include Zr added in amounts of 1 to 4 mass %. Furthermore, by making the oxygen equivalent Q 0.15 to 0.30 or leaving the alloy in the work hardened state or by applying both, the tensile strength before aging heat treatment can be further increased. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189488 | Nickel base superalloy with multiple reactive elements and use of said superalloy in complex material systems - A nickel-base y/y′ superalloy with a blend of at most moderate cost, high oxidation resistance, high hot corrosion resistance, moderate strengthening, adequate allow stability and comparatively good weldability is provided. The alloy includes up to 20 wt % of the sum of Co and Fe, between 17 and 21 wt % Cr, between 0.5 and 3 wt % of the sum of Mo and W, at most 2 wt % Mo, between 4.8 and 6 wt % Al, between 1.5 and 5 wt % Ta, between 0.01 and 0.2 wt % of the sum of C and B, between 0.01 and 0.2 wt % Zr between 0.05 and 1.5 wt % Hf, between 0.05 and 1.0 wtz % Si, and between 0.01 and 0.5 wt % of the sum of rare earths such as Sc, Y, the actinides and the lanthanides, such that at least two of these rare earths are present in the alloy, and no more than 0.3 wt % of any of these rare earths. | 2012-07-26 |
20120189489 | COMPLEX METAL OXIDE CATALYST, FILTER MODULE INCLUDING COMPLEX METAL OXIDE CATALYST, AND AIR CLEANER INCLUDING COMPLEX METAL OXIDE CATALYST - A complex metal oxide catalyst having a composition including about 5 to about 75 wt % of manganese (Mn); about 5 to about 55 wt % of copper (Cu); and about 3 to about 60 wt % of an active compound, based on a total weight of the complex metal oxide catalyst. The complex metal oxide catalyst has excellent low-temperature activity and improved catalyst efficiency so as to be repeatedly used, and thus is effectively used in a filter module and an air cleaner. | 2012-07-26 |