Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
416228000 | Tined or irregular periphery | 42 |
20090074585 | WIND TURBINE BLADES WITH TRAILING EDGE SERRATIONS - A wind generator and turbine blade includes a trailing edge having several serrations, a length of the serrations in each of a plurality of sections of the trailing edge is between approximately 10% and 40% of a mean chord for the corresponding section; and a length to width ratio of each of the serrations is between approximately 1:1 to 4:1. | 03-19-2009 |
20090274560 | COMPRESSOR IMPELLER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A compressor impeller and a method of manufacturing the compressor impeller. The magnesium alloy compressor impeller as a die-cast part comprises a hub shaft part, a hub disk part having a hub surface extending from the hub shaft part in the radial direction, and a plurality of vane parts disposed on the hub surface. The impeller can be manufactured by a die-cast method in which a magnesium alloy heated to a liquidus temperature or higher is supplied into molds with cavities corresponding to the shape of the impeller for a filling time of 1 sec. or shorter, a pressure of 20 MPa or higher is applied to the magnesium alloy in the cavities, and the pressurized state is maintained for a time of 1 sec. or longer. | 11-05-2009 |
20100143144 | BOUNDARY LAYER FINS FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE - A wind turbine blade includes a plurality of boundary layer fins, aligned substantially parallel to a direction of flow over the blade, for reducing boundary layer separation from the blade. | 06-10-2010 |
20100329879 | WIND TURBINE BLADES WITH MIXER LOBES - A horizontal axis wind turbine blade comprises a leading edge surface, a trailing edge surface, an upper camber surface extending between the leading edge surface and the trailing edge surface, and a lower camber surface extending between the leading edge surface and the trailing edge surface. Notably, the trailing edge surface includes a plurality of air flow mixing lobes. An ejector blade may be located above the upper camber surface and behind the trailing edge surface. The ejector blade may include an ejector blade trailing edge surface that includes a plurality of ejector blade mixing lobes. The ejector blade mixing lobes may include a plurality of ejector blade high energy mixing lobes and ejector blade low energy mixing lobes. Advantageously, the mixing lobes allow for a reduced wakes behind the HAWT and thus decrease the requisite separation distance between HAWTs in a wind farm. | 12-30-2010 |
20110033307 | CROSS-FLOW FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A crossflow fan includes an impeller formed by plate-like blades | 02-10-2011 |
20110142664 | VORTEX GENERATOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A method of manipulating a boundary layer across a wind turbine rotor blade. The method includes coupling at least one vortex generator to the rotor blade. The vortex generator includes at least one sidewall that extends outwardly a radial distance from an outer surface of the rotor blade. The vortex generator is selectively positionable between a first position and a second position. A control system calculates a condition of the boundary layer. The vortex generator is positioned at one of the first position and the second position based on the calculated condition of the boundary layer for moving the vortex generator between the first position and the second position. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142665 | NOISE REDUCER FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on a surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of reinforcing members and a plurality of noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of reinforcing members extends outwardly with respect to the rotor blade. Each of the plurality of noise reduction features is connected to one of the plurality of reinforcing members and defines a width. Each of the plurality of reinforcing members causes the connected noise reduction feature to have a variable stiffness throughout at least a portion of the width of the connected noise reduction feature. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142666 | NOISE REDUCER FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further includes a noise reducer configured on a surface of the rotor blade, the noise reducer comprising a plurality of serrations, each of the plurality of serrations defining a centerline. The centerline of each of the plurality of serrations defines a individual tailored angle dependent on at least one of span-wise location, local chord, width, length, bend angle, and thickness | 06-16-2011 |
20110171037 | BLADE FOR A TURBOMACHINE - A blade for a turbomachine, in particular for a rotor of a helicopter. A main section is designed to create a flow in the surrounding medium and extends from a hub section to a blade tip region. An end piece for influencing eddy formation in the blade tip region. To achieve a substantial noise reduction, the end piece is designed as a rounded flow body comprising at least one groove originating in the transition region between the body and the main section, substantially in the direction of the blade axis and curving towards the trailing edge of the blade. | 07-14-2011 |
20110223030 | NOISE REDUCER FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on a surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of noise reduction features and a plurality of auxiliary noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of auxiliary noise reduction features is configured on one of the plurality of noise reduction features. | 09-15-2011 |
20110318189 | CROSSFLOW FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER PROVIDED WITH SAME - A crossflow fan includes a rotary impeller formed by curved blades | 12-29-2011 |
20120063909 | FAN BLADE WITH WINGLET - A fan blade ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120100001 | FAN STRUCTURE - A fan structure includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending from the periphery of the hub. The airflow generated by the fan forms a boundary layer on the surface of each blade. The present invention is characterized in that: each of the blades is provided with a plurality of polygonal dents, a turbulent flow is generated in each dent when the airflow passes through the dent, a plurality of the turbulent flows collect together to form an air film between the surface of blade and the boundary layer. By this structure, the distance of separating points from the boundary layer is extended, and the frictional force and noise caused by the rotation of the blades are reduced. | 04-26-2012 |
20120134837 | NOISE REDUCER FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A noise reducer for a rotor blade of a wind turbine and a rotor blade assembly are disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge each extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of rods each having a body extending between a first end and a second end. The body of each of the plurality of rods contacts and extends parallel to the body of a neighboring rod of the plurality of rods when the noise reducer is in a stable position. | 05-31-2012 |
20120183407 | VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE - A vertical axis wind turbine having a vertical rotating axle and a plurality of blades each attached to an upper portion to the rotating axle and at the bottom portion to a convex base dome attached to and rotable with the vertical axle. Each blade wraps around vertical axle and has a radial width that increases from its upper portion to its lower portion while supporting an open brow section forming a cup-like space with webbed like stiffeners section. | 07-19-2012 |
20120230832 | WINGLET FOR A BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE - A winglet for a blade of a wind turbine is disclosed. The winglet contains a core with a predetermined water absorption-rate to reduce or even avoid the absorption of water in the core. This may be achieved via different variations on the core material and/or core cover material including composition, density and thickness. | 09-13-2012 |
20120275925 | WINGLET FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A winglet for a rotor blade is disclosed. The winglet may generally include a winglet body extending between a first end and a second end. The winglet body may define a sweep and may have a curvature defined by a curve fit including a first radius of curvature and a second radius of curvature. The sweep between the first end and the second end may range from about 580 millimeters to about 970 millimeters. Additionally, the first radius of curvature may range from about 1500 millimeters to about 2500 millimeters and the second radius of curvature may range from about 1200 millimeters to about 2000 millimeters. | 11-01-2012 |
20120282105 | WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH VORTEX GENERATORS - A wind turbine for generating electrical energy may include a wind turbine blade including a plurality of vortex generators integrally formed in the outer surface of the blade. The vortex generator includes a first component that defines a portion of the outer surface of the blade and a second component defining the shape of the vortex generator and at least partially surrounded by the first component. A method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade includes disposing a first plurality of layers of structural material over a mold main body and a removable insert member with a shaped cavity. A shaped plug is then pressed into the shaped cavity, and a second plurality of layers of structural material is disposed over the plug and the mold main body to complete manufacture of a wind turbine blade with a vortex generator. | 11-08-2012 |
20130071253 | Wind Turbine Rotor Blade having a Thick Profile Trailing Edge - A wind turbine rotor blade having an aerodynamic profile which is formed in a longitudinal section of the rotor blade and which has a pressure side, a suction side, a profile leading edge and a profile trailing edge with a thickness of 3 mm or greater, characterized by a plurality of bristles which are arranged on the profile trailing edge and which are arranged in a suction-side row and in a pressure-side row, the suction-side row forming an aerodynamic surface which forms a smooth continuation of the suction side, and the pressure-side row forming an aerodynamic surface which forms a smooth continuation of the pressure side. | 03-21-2013 |
20130129519 | ROTOR BLADE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A rotor blade element and a method for improving the efficiency of a wind turbine rotor blade are provided. The wind turbine rotor blade element is adapted for mounting on the wind turbine rotor blade. The wind turbine rotor blade has a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side. The blade element has a trailing edge, a first surface and a second surface. The first surface forms a pressure side surface portion. The second surface has a suction side surface portion and a contact surface. | 05-23-2013 |
20130183160 | WIND GENERATOR HUB ASSEMBLY WITH HYBRID SAIL BLADES - A high solidity hub assembly with lightweight, high efficiency, hybrid airfoil/sail blades. The hub includes at three to eight, blade mounting surfaces each with a radially extending blade. The blades are identical and wedge shaped and evenly distributed radially around the hub. Gaps are created between each blade. Each blade has an airfoil profile with a curved outer skin layer with a large curved leading edge and a flat trailing edge, similar to an airfoil. The outer skin layer is secured along its leading edge and removeably attached along its trailing edge to a lightweight internal frame. Each blade includes a transversely aligned end cap with optional louvers. The blades are oriented so that their outer skin layers face downwind and rotate in the direction of their leading edges. When wind flows against the inside surface of the skin layers, the blades act as a sail to produce thrust. | 07-18-2013 |
20130251535 | WINGLET FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - In one aspect, a winglet for a rotor blade is disclosed. The winglet may generally include a winglet body extending at least partially between a winglet origin and a blade tip. The winglet body may define a sweep and a pre-bend. The sweep defined between the winglet origin and the blade tip may range from about 0.5% to about 4.0% of a span of the rotor blade. The pre-bend defined between the winglet origin and the blade tip may range from about 1.5% to about 4.5% of the span of the rotor blade | 09-26-2013 |
20130280085 | FLOW MODIFICATION DEVICE FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on an exterior surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of noise reduction features defines a centerline. In a planform view, the centerline of each of the plurality of noise reduction features is approximately parallel to a local flow streamline for that noise reduction feature at the trailing edge of the rotor blade. | 10-24-2013 |
20140044552 | BLADE FOR A ROTARY MACHINE - A blade for use in rotary machines such as a wind turbine blade has a plurality of dimples distributed over an area of a low pressure or suction surface of the blade which preferably extends from immediately adjacent to a leading edge of the blade at least partially towards a rear or trailing edge of the blade. | 02-13-2014 |
20140093380 | NOISE REDUCTION TAB AND METHOD FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - Rotor blade assemblies for wind turbines and methods for reducing rotor blade noise are disclosed. A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having external surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The rotor blade assembly further includes a tab. The tab includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a forward end and an aft end. The inner surface is mounted to one of the pressure side or the suction side. The outer surface has a cross-sectional profile configured to modify an operational value of the rotor blade at the trailing edge. The forward end is disposed within the chord. | 04-03-2014 |
20140286784 | WIND TURBINE BLADE - A wind turbine blade is described having noise reduction features. The blade has a plurality of projecting serrations provided at the blade trailing edge to reduce the scattering noise produced during operation of the blade, wherein the serrations have a plurality of through-going apertures defined in the serration body. The apertures act to provide a pressure equalisation effect at the serrations between the suction and pressure sides. This pressure equalisation provides for improved noise reduction performance, as well as a reduction in mechanical stresses and strains which may be experienced by the serrations, increasing serration lifetime. | 09-25-2014 |
20140294592 | ACOUSTIC SHIELD FOR NOISE REDUCTION IN WIND TURBINES - A wind blade is provided that includes a primary blade body defining a leading edge and a trailing edge and further defining a pressure side and a suction side joining along the trailing edge. The wind blade also includes a secondary blade having an aerodynamic contour defining a first surface and a second surface and coupled with the primary blade body for the purpose of shielding noise. The secondary blade body is disposed proximate to at least a portion of the trailing edge on at least one of the pressure side and the suction side of the primary blade body and may also improve overall performance of the wind blade. | 10-02-2014 |
20140377077 | NOISE ATTENUATION IN ROTATING BLADES - A blade for a rotating machine, particularly for a gas turbine engine, has a leading edge and a trailing edge joined by pressure and suction surfaces. The trailing edge has a serrated form including a first periodic variation and a second periodic variation of higher frequency and lower amplitude than the first periodic variation. | 12-25-2014 |
20150078910 | ARRANGEMENT TO REDUCE NOISE OF A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - An arrangement to reduce noise of a wind turbine rotor blade is provided, including a wind turbine rotor blade and a noise reduction device. The noise reduction device includes a serrated extension for at least reducing noise generated from the wind turbine rotor blade, the noise reduction device attached to the trailing edge section. The serrated extension has a number of first and second teeth. The designs of the first and second teeth are differently compared to each other such that suction side noise and pressure side noise are both reduced by the teeth of the serrated extension. Advantageously, the first teeth and the second teeth are arranged in an alternating, periodic pattern and differ from each other by an angle of inclination with regard to a trailing edge streamline and or by its planform shape. Furthermore, a method to reduce noise of a wind turbine rotor blade is provided. | 03-19-2015 |
20150132141 | ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade of a wind turbine with a raked tip portion is provided. The tip portion is raked, i.e. curved, in a rotor blade plane comprising the tip base chord and a line which is parallel to the pitch axis of the rotor blade. Additionally, the orientation of the chords with reference to the chord at the tip base changes between the tip base and the tip. In other words, the trailing edge of the tip portion is twisted. Optionally, the tip portion is additionally swept out of the rotor blade plane, which is characterized by a cant angle. | 05-14-2015 |
20150292476 | VORTEX GENERATORS ALIGNED WITH TRAILING EDGE FEATURES ON WIND TURBINE BLADE - A wind turbine blade ( | 10-15-2015 |
20150308276 | ROBUST TURBINE BLADES - Robust turbine blade designs that minimize damage to turbine blades during a tip rub event, guard against further tip recession, and improve the resiliency of turbine blades | 10-29-2015 |
20150316029 | ROTOR BLADE TRAILING EDGE - A method for calculating a trailing edge that is to be produced for a rotor blade of an aerodynamic rotor of a wind power installation, wherein the rotor blade has radial positions with respect to the rotor, the rotor blade has a local blade profile that is a function of the radial positions with respect to the rotor and the trailing edge has a jagged profile having a plurality of spikes, wherein each spike has a spike height and a spike width, and the spike height and/or the spike width is calculated as a function of the radial position thereof and/or as a function of the local blade profile of the radial position thereof. | 11-05-2015 |
20150337665 | Low-Turbulence Impeller for a Fluid Pump - A low-turbulence impeller for a fluid pump comprises a first base wall, a second base wall, multiple guiding blades, multiple back-up plates, and multiple runners. The second base wall has an inlet formed through the second base wall. Each one of the runners is formed between two adjacent guiding blades. Each runner has an outlet formed between two adjacent back-up plates. Each runner has a laminar zone communicating with a corresponding outlet and a turbulent zone aligning with the corresponding back-up plate. The fluid can only be flowed out of the outlet from the laminar zone, such that the fluid through the outlet of each runner is in low-turbulence condition. The phenomenon of inverse flow caused by negative pressures and the cavitation corrosion is greatly reduced. The rotational velocity of the low-turbulence impeller is enhanced to promote the fluid-draining efficiency. | 11-26-2015 |
20150354541 | ROOT BUSHING FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE, A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE, A WIND TURBINE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE - A root bushing for a wind turbine rotor blade is provided herein. The root bushing includes a cylindrical shape with longitudinal grooves. The root bushing has the advantage that a bonding area between the root bushing and the fiber composite material is enlarged in comparison to known cylindrical root bushings. In another embodiment, a method for manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided. The method includes a) providing (S | 12-10-2015 |
20150361817 | TURBINE ENGINE IMPELLER - The invention relates to an impeller for a turbine engine, such as a turbojet engine or a turboprop engine of an aircraft, intended for rotating about an axis of rotation in a predetermined direction of rotation (R) and for having a flow of gas passing therethrough, comprising a series of blades ( | 12-17-2015 |
20160025066 | WINGLET FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - In one aspect, a winglet for a rotor blade is disclosed. The winglet may generally include a winglet body extending at least partially between a winglet origin and a blade tip. The winglet body may define a sweep and a pre-bend. The sweep defined between the winglet origin and the blade tip may range from about 0.5% to about 4.0% of a span of the rotor blade. The pre-bend defined between the winglet origin and the blade tip may range from about 1.5% to about 4.5% of the span of the rotor blade | 01-28-2016 |
20160030902 | Rotary Impeller for Mixing and Grinding Materials - A rotary impeller having a solid disk-shaped body with a center bore, a first major face, an opposed major face, and an outer peripheral side edge face that is circular in plan and that extends along an outer diameter of the body is provided. A plurality of separate, circumferentially-spaced apart, radially-extending grooves are formed in the first major face, and each of the grooves extends through the outer peripheral side edge face and is of a depth that terminates a spaced distance from the opposed major face of the disk-shaped body such that the grooves do not extend fully through the disk-shaped body. An array of separate, upstanding, circumferentially-spaced teeth project from the first major face adjacent the grooves along the outer peripheral side edge face of the disk-shaped body. | 02-04-2016 |
20160115969 | CEILING FAN BLADE - A ceiling fan blade, which is rotated by a motor unit having a center axis extending in an up-down direction, includes a blade body extending in a radial direction and including at least one slit opened at a rotation direction rear edge of the blade body. On a circumferential cross section including a rotation direction front end of the slit of the blade body, a lower end of a rotation direction front edge of the blade body is positioned at a center axis direction upper side of a lower end of the rotation direction front end of the slit. Further, a lower end of an open end of a radial outer edge of the slit is positioned axially downward of the lower end of the rotation direction front end of the slit and is positioned axially upward of a lower end of an open end of a radial inner edge of the slit. | 04-28-2016 |
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