23rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120137599 | BUILDING ACCESSIBLE FOR PERSONS - Building accessible for persons, in particular a garage, comprising a load bearing structure, wherein at least a part of a facade of said building is formed by a textile, wherein at least 30% of the total surface area of the facade is open to air. Preferably the textile has a coarseness such that at least 30% of the total surface of said textile is open to air. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137600 | Photovoltaic Systems, methods For Installing Photovoltaic Systems, And Kits For Installing Photovoltaic Systems - The present invention relates particularly to photovoltaic systems for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. One aspect of the invention is a photovoltaic roofing system including a plurality of photovoltaic elements contiguously disposed on a roof deck arranged in at least two horizontal rows, defining a photovoltaic area; a plurality of roofing elements disposed adjacent the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, along their side edges; side flashing disposed along the side edges of the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, the side flashing having a flange facing away from the photovoltaic area at least partially disposed between a roofing element and the roof deck, and a structure at least partially disposed on the surface of the photovoltaic element or at least partially disposed between a photovoltaic element and the roof deck. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137601 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE ASSEMBLY - A photovoltaic module assembly includes a photovoltaic module and a base layer. The photovoltaic module has a bottom side, a top side, a main body, and a peripheral edge strip. The peripheral edge strip includes a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The base layer is disposed adjacent the bottom side of the photovoltaic module. The base layer has an underlying portion and a flap portion. The flap portion is folded over the peripheral edge strip of the photovoltaic module, and is disposed adjacent the top side of the photovoltaic module. The flap portion is attached to the underlying portion of the base layer through the plurality of apertures in the peripheral edge strip. The photovoltaic module is thereby secured to the base layer. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137602 | HOLDING AND FASTENING DEVICE - A holding and fastening device ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137603 | Window structure with expansion member for inhibiting flood waters - A flood barrier system for windows for inhibiting a water breach into a residential or commercial structure. The flood barrier is adapted to fit within a retaining wall cavity using an expansion member to assist a mechanical seal so as to stop water intrusion. The barrier operates with an extruded frame having vertical reveal members and high strength glass. A sealing joint is fitted about the retaining wall and the flood barrier's vertical reveal members for inhibition of flood seepage. The sealing joint, having at least three surfaces forming an open end and a tapered end, is anchored at the bottom wall of the extruded frame member and about the glass flood barrier's vertical reveal members at least 12 inches above the base flood elevation level. Alternatively, a flood panel can be installed in front of the windows for additional protection against water intrusion into the residential or commercial structure. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137604 | PORTABLE SAFETY SKYLIGHT REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY - A portable skylight replacement safety assembly that includes a first and second support frames releasably connected to each other and having a plurality of support handles and support members which extend substantially perpendicularly from the first support frame for supporting the first support frame on and/or over the skylight on a working surface at a predetermined distance. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137605 | JAMB ASSEMBLY FOR DOOR - Disclosed is a jamb assembly for a door having a novel structure, capable of representing a wooden feel and reinforcing the strength for a specific region by improving the structure of the jamb assembly coupled with an opening of a wall surface for the installation of the door. The jamb assembly is installed along an inner peripheral surface of an opening of a wall surface for installation of a door and constituting a door frame. The jamb assembly includes an outer skin section constituting an outer portion of the jamb assembly and having a surface molded with various patterns such as a wooden pattern, and a body core section surrounded by the outer skin section, constituting an inner frame portion of the jamb assembly, and fixedly coupled with the opening of the wall surface for the installation of the door. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137606 | JAMB ASSEMBLY FOR FINISHING A PENETRATION IN AN INSULATED CONCRETE FORM STRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION - Jamb connectors for finishing a penetration in concrete or masonry construction, the jamb connectors coupling a first jamb with a second jamb that is adjacent to the first jamb and having a first portion with two segments lying substantially in a same plane and positioned at a predetermined angle from each other, each first portion segment being configured for coupling with an associated surface portion of an associated one of the first and second jambs, and a second portion having two segments that are each coupled to corresponding segments of the first portion, each second portion lying at an angle equal to the predetermined angle from the other second portion and second portion being configured for positioning about the intermediate portions of one of the first and second jambs. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137607 | WINDOW HAVING A SASH AND IMPROVED CONNECTION TO THE HINGE - The window for a building structure has a window frame ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137608 | FLEXIBLE WRAPPED INSULATED GLASS UNIT SPACER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME IN SITU AND AN INSULATED GLASS UNIT HAVING A FLEXIBLE WRAPPED SPACER - A spacer for an insulated glass unit includes a spacer frame with a back surface and a pair of opposed sides which define a hollow interior, wherein desiccant material is introduced into the hollow interior through the back surface at a series of spaced locations along the back surface and the back surface of the spacer frame is subsequently sealed. A flexible spacer is disclosed with a hollow interior which is sufficiently flexible as to be supplied in coil form to an IG assembly line. The flexibility can be provided to the spacer through the construction of a thin-walled profile, a plurality of kerfs or notches across the back of the spacer frame into the sides, a plurality of kerfs or notches across the front of the spacer frame into the sides, a plurality of kerfs or notches across the opposed sides of the spacer frame, and mixtures and combinations of these design features. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137609 | Curtain Wall System and Method - A method includes substantially filling with joint sealant first and second kerfs in upper and lower ends, respectively, of a curtain wall member. A locating-and-retaining member of a latching member is embedded in the first kerf's sealant. A receiving-and-retaining member of a first bracket is embedded in the second kerf's sealant, the wall member initially extending upwardly and angularly outwardly relative to the first bracket. The wall member is pivoted inwardly such that an end of a nominally horizontally-disposed portion of the latching member slides along a lower surface of a supporting member of a second bracket causing the latching member to rotate downwardly, compressing foam tape beneath the horizontally-disposed portion. The end of the latching member moves past a locking member until a latch comes into latching engagement with the locking member, the foam tape decompressing and maintaining the latching member in engagement with the lower surface. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137610 | Modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls - A modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls provides thermally isolated vertical girders secured to a structural wall. The thermally isolated vertical girders positionally maintain insulation adjacent the structure and provide a means for mounting exterior wall cladding to the structure. Planar wall panels carrying exterior wall cladding elements mount directly or indirectly to the vertical girders. Corner elements, carrying exterior corner cladding elements interconnect with the underlying system and visually appear to interconnect with adjacent edge portions of the planar wall panels. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137611 | OUTDOOR WALL PADDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A temperature compensating outdoor wall padding apparatus in one embodiment incorporates a stretch fabric into the edges of a vinyl cover to provide a tension on the vinyl cover minimizing the possibility of wrinkling of the vinyl cover due to a change in temperature. In another embodiment, the temperature compensating outdoor wall padding apparatus may employ a resilient cover, stretchable in 4 directions and pre-tensioned to provide tension on the resilient cover minimizing the possibility of wrinkling of the resilient cover due to a change in temperature. Methods for forming the same are also disclosed. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137612 | Structural Insulated Header for Architectural Features - The present invention relates to the construction arts, in particular a modular implementation for a structural support member or header for bearing the load of large spans of a floor, wall section above a window, door or entry way. The header is modular and can be easily implemented into a variety of architectural structures. A façade can be formed which easily allows complex arches to be created such as round, horseshoe, lancet, ogee, trefoil and so on. The support member can also include an insulation which, when used with a steel beam, serves to increase the insulation value. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137613 | Insulated Concrete Walls - An insulated concrete wall includes a first form board, a second form board, a plurality of spacers, a plurality of rebar rods, a quantity of poured concrete and at least one insulation sheet. Each spacer includes at least one vertical passage for receiving a vertical rebar rod and a horizontal passage for receiving a horizontal rebar rod. The plurality of spacers are attached between the first and second form boards to create a concrete cavity. The quantity of concrete is poured into the cavity. The sheet of insulation may be attached to one or both form boards. The at least one insulated sheet may be replaced by an additional form board and the plurality of spacers. The additional form board would create an additional cavity, which would be filled with an insulation material. Alternatively, the two outer cavities may be filled with concrete and the center cavity filled with insulation. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137614 | WALL CONFORMING SUSPENDED CEILING MOLDING - A wall molding for a suspended ceiling comprising a roll-formed sheet metal body having a generally upright component to be fixed to a wall and a projecting component extending generally transversely to the upright component and adapted to underlie and support the edges of ceiling tiles and ends of grid runners, the projecting component in a free state extending across a plane defined by the upright component to a line adapted to abut the wall when the upright component is drawn towards the wall. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137615 | BI-PARTING ACCESSIBLE CEILING SYSTEM - A suspended ceiling comprising a grid formed of intersecting grid runners and snap-up panels supported on the grid runners, the grid runners dividing a ceiling area into standard modules, the pans being formed of sheet material and each having its sides sized to cover the module size while leaving a space at visible faces thereof between adjacent panels when in an installed position on the grid, at least one adjacent pair of panels being displaceable from their installed positions, the gap between a pair of displaceable panels being closed by a removable runner or the displaceable panels so that when the displaceable panels are displaced from their installed position and any removable runner is removed, an access opening of twice the standard module is made available for accessing the area above the ceiling while adjacent panels at longitudinal ends of the gap between the displaceable panels can remain in respective installed positions. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137616 | AWNING-MEMBER MOLDED ARTICLE AND AWNING - Provided is an awning-member molded article which can be easily fabricated and have an excellent strength, and an awning formed from a plurality of such awning-member molded articles. When an awning-member molded article | 2012-06-07 |
20120137617 | Floorboard and Method for Manufacturing Thereof - Floorboards with a surface of flexible fibers for laying a mechanically joined floating floor, and methods for manufacturing and providing floorings containing such floorboards. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137618 | REINFORCING ASSEMBLY, AND REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING SUCH ASSEMBLY - A reinforcing assembly to address this problem comprises a plurality of diagonal working members (preferably formed of #3 rebar) each of which is “ribbed” to provide increased surface area for bonding to the concrete, and each of which is attached to a horizontal runner independently such that the diagonal working members are variably spaced along the assembly. Relative to the horizontal runner, each diagonal member is “bent” at a given angle, preferably in the range of 45° plus or minus 25°. The reinforcing assembly is designed for use to provide punching shear reinforcement in a reinforced concrete structure such as, without limitation, a slab (in which the assembly is supported) located adjacent a structural column. The top of each diagonal member in the reinforcing assembly preferably comprises a double hook that is configured to fit within reinforcing bars that run along the top of the slab. The horizontal runner comprises a pair of spaced-apart, longitudinally-extending carrier (or “support”) bars, each of which preferably terminates on one end (namely, at the support column) at one end in a structure that is bent upwards and hooked. Preferably, the hooked structure of each runner bar extends into the structural column to provide additional reinforcement, thereby converting the runner bar into a reinforcing member that provides the same function as the other diagonal members, and at a confined location at a highest point of stress (i.e. where the slab attaches to the column) where it would not be possible otherwise to fit a diagonal member. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137619 | REINFORCING ASSEMBLY AND REINFORCED STRUCTURE USING A REINFORCING ASSEMBLY - A reinforcing assembly includes multiple spaced-apart, longitudinally-extending support bars. The reinforcing assembly also includes multiple working members each independently connected to the support bars. The working members are oriented diagonally with respect to a longitudinal axis extending along the reinforcing assembly. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137620 | TOWER BASE SECTION OF A WIND TURBINE, A WIND TURBINE AND A SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A TOWER - A tower base section, a tower adapter and a wind turbine having the tower base section and the tower adapter are provided. The tower base section includes a tubular side wall and a flange portion. The flange portion has an inner radius and an outer radius and is configured as a T-flange. The tubular side wall is located closer to the outer radius than to the inner radius. The adapter is arranged outside the tubular side wall and includes a bottom surface pressing from above on the flange portion. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137621 | TOWER FOR A WIND POWER PLANT - The invention relates to a tower for a wind power plant having a plurality of corner bars ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137622 | TOWER CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a connector assembly ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137623 | WIND TURBINE TOWER SECTION AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A WIND TURBINE TOWER - A structural section for a tower mast and a method for manufacturing the section. The section comprises a sheet comprising a first end, a second end and a body disposed between the first end and the second end. A plurality of profiles are formed within the body, each profile comprising a deformation offset from the body. A fastener is configured to contact the first end to the second end to facilitate forming the body about a longitudinal axis and facilitate radially positioning the plurality of profiles around the longitudinal axis. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137624 | WINDOW FRAME FOR DOOR USING HOLDER PIN - Disclosed is a window frame for a door using a holder pin having a novel structure in which an exposed part caused by a screw does not exist, the coupling work can be simply achieved, frame bodies are manufactured by using a single mold, and the frame bodies can be coupled with each other at interior and exterior sides. The window frame includes two frame bodies having a form of a frame coupled with a window, installed in an opening of a body frame, and coupled with each other at interior and exterior sides about the opening while facing each other, protruding boss parts protruding from facing positions of the two frame bodies and having coupling holes recessed in an axial direction from an end surface thereof, and a holder pin having two opposite ends. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137625 | WINDOW JAMB LINER ASSEMBLY - Techniques are described that for reducing the cost and labor associated with replacing a balance system in a window assembly if the balance system fails or needs to be upgraded. In one example, a window jamb liner assembly comprises an elongated jamb liner comprising a back wall, first and second spaced-apart interior track walls extending from the back wall, and first and second spaced-apart exterior track walls extending from the back wall, wherein the first and second spaced-apart interior track walls define an interior track, wherein the first and second spaced-apart exterior track walls define an exterior track, wherein the first and second spaced-apart interior track walls and the first and second spaced-apart exterior track walls extend substantially perpendicular to the back wall, wherein the second interior track wall terminates at a first top edge, and wherein the second exterior track wall terminates at a second top edge. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137626 | Window Framing System - Pieces that are components of a frame for a window having a threat side and a safe side include a base and a pressure plate that together form part of one of a sill section, a head section, and a jamb section of the window. The base and pressure plate are elongated in a longitudinal direction. The base has (1) an L-shaped cross-section at a near portion of the base to receive an end of a glazing unit from the threat side of the window, and (2) a first pocket formed in a far portion of the base and running in said longitudinal direction. The rear portion is closer to the threat side than the far portion. The pressure plate is to be assembled with the base so as to secure the glazing unit in the corner. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137627 | METHOD OF FORMING MULTI LAYERED NETLOCK GIRDER SYSTEM - A multilayered netlock girder system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of brace members positioned in a predefined multilayered network pattern, whereby positioning the plurality of brace members in the predefined multilayered network pattern enable to form a rigid network between at least two chord members comprising a plurality of insertion provisions for enabling a secured insertion of the plurality of brace members into the at least two chord members, a plurality of structural interlocks formed as a result of predefined multilayered network pattern configured for a secured interlocking of the plurality of brace members together at the plurality of interlockable junctions. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137628 | MULTI-PART MOULDING STRIP - The invention relates to the construction of a moulding strip for a motor vehicle, which in addition to a basic strip comprises a sealing strip with a sealing lip. The sealing strip can be locked to the basic strip via corresponding counterparts provided on the basic strip. In order to ensure that the sealing strip is securely held on the basic strip, it is provided that the sealing strip comprises the connecting links of a material which compared with the material of the sealing lip is more structurally rigid. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137629 | Method for installation of roof insulation and membrane roofing - A method for installing roof insulation includes adhering the insulation to a covering membrane material or retaining the insulation by an overlapping cross-bar, track or joint. Elongate cables stretch across the insulation and membrane material to secure the insulation and membrane material to roof deck. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137630 | COMBINED BALER/BALE WRAPPER - A combined baler/bale wrapper ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137631 | NON-CARBONATED DRINK BOTTLE PRESSURIZATION CAP - A bottle cap for the introduction of pressure into a bottle, in which the bottle cap has a cap body configured with a through opening; and a one-way valve arrangement having at least one flexible valve component configured either with a through slit, such that the through slit is aligned with the through opening and an association between the cap body and the one-way valve arrangement maintains a planer profile of the flexible valve component after introduction of pressure into the bottle, or a flap valve integrally formed with the cap body, so as to prevent escape of pressurized gases from the bottle. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137632 | VACUUM PACKAGING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A conditioning assembly for conditioning an article (D), such as a fluid dispenser, under vacuum, the assembly including an airtight enclosure (E) for receiving an article (D) for conditioning under a vacuum;
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20120137633 | Hinged-Lid Package, and Packing Method and Machine for Producing a Hinged-Lid Package - A packing method and machine for producing a package, the method including the steps of feeding the content of the package into a first pocket of a first packing conveyor; transferring the content of the package from the first pocket of the first packing conveyor to a second pocket of a second packing conveyor at a first transfer station; feeding a first blank to the second pocket by means of a first feed device; and folding the first blank, in the second pocket, about the content of the package to form a container with a lid. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137634 | System And Method For Manufacturing A Candle With Wax Beads And Solid Wax Topping - The candle uses wax beads produced using existing equipment. The wax beads are transported to a bead hopper and the bead hopper deposits a volume of wax beads into jars prepared with a wick. Concurrently the jars are vibrated using a continuous vibratory motor to settle the wax beads for increased wax bead density. The filled jars are then transported to an in-container wax bead compression system where an automated plunging device compresses the wax beads. Jars are then transported by in-line conveyor to a wide conveyor. The jars are then filled at a liquid wax depositing station where the wax has been heated to its melting point and deposited into the jar to fill the void left by the in-container wax bead Compression system. The filled candle is then cooled to solidification. The finished candle is then ready for packing, distribution, sale, and use. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137635 | ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA COATING FOR OPHTHALMIC DEVICES - The invention provides a method of coating and thereby affecting the surface properties of a substrate such as a contact lens or other ophthalmic device. The method comprises the steps of generating an atmospheric plasma flow from a working gas and controlling the continuity of the atmospheric plasma flow with a power generator, and, introducing the atmospheric plasma flow to a substrate surface. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137636 | TRANSPORTABLE CONTAINER FOR BULK GOODS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - The packaging system forms a transportable container for bulk goods having stretch wrap that is spirally wrapped about a bottom support and bulk goods to define the transportable container. The stretch wrap contacts at least a portion of the bulk goods to squeeze and lock together the bulk goods. During filling, the bottom support of the transportable container lowers as the transportable container is formed to accommodate additional bulk goods. The stretch wrap is prestretched from a non-stretched state to a stretched state prior to disposing the wrap about a slip frame former in the stretched state. The wrap returns to its non-stretched state as it is disengaged from the slip frame former to squeeze and lock together the bulk goods disposed therein. The packaging system results in a transportable container that is optimally packed and shaped for the efficient filling of a truck for shipping. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137637 | COOL BAGS SYSTEMS - A reusable insulated flexible cooler bag comprising: a front wall having a first inner layer, at least one first insulating layer, and a first outer layer of plastic material; a rear wall having a second inner layer, at least one second insulating layer, and a second outer layer of plastic material; and a closure element. The front wall and the rear wall are joined together at their peripheral edges so as to create a pocket-like configuration with an inner volume. The closure element is able to close the pocket-like configuration to substantially ensure an airtight and watertight seal of the inner volume of the reusable insulated flexible cooler bag and is located adjacent a top side of the reusable insulated flexible cooler bag in order to provide access to contents of the reusable insulated flexible cooler bag. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137638 | PACKAGED CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR TOW, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The invention provides a packaged tow being characterized in that a carbon fiber precursor tow ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137639 | CHAMBER SHRINK WRAPPING MACHINE - A chamber shrink wrapping machine having a longitudinal body defining a lower portion of a chamber, a hood with an integral L-sealer transversely hinged to the body to define an upper portion of the chamber when lowered, an air heater to supply heated air to the chamber, a roller conveyor mounted to the body to initially support a product to be wrapped in the chamber longitudinally and transversely closely adjacent the L-sealer during sealing and cutting of heat-shrinkable film around the product when the hood is lowered, wherein the body defines longitudinal and transverse horizontal air ducts in the lower portion of the chamber to direct heated air toward the L-sealer and around the product. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137640 | ADJUSTABLE SADDLE - An adjustable equestrian saddle and adjusting and reinforcing system for adjusting an equestrian saddle to permit the saddle fit several sizes of the back and withers of one or more horses, wherein the adjusting system comprises a plurality of reinforcing members having different angular dimensions with the saddle having a headplate for interchangeably receiving the reinforcing members and a lid to have access to the reinforcing members. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137641 | TOP-EMPTYING DEHUMIDIFIER - A dehumidifier has a main body and a water collection container that is removably and fluidly coupled to the main body. The main body includes a dehumidifier device to dehumidify air surrounding or fed into the dehumidifier. The water collection container couples to the main body to receive water output by the dehumidifier device. The main body and the water collection container are configured so that the water collection container is disposed closer to a top of the dehumidifier than to a bottom of the dehumidifier. The water collection container preferably has a handle in which the handle is closer to the top of the dehumidifier than to the bottom of the dehumidifier. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137642 | Filter - A filter for precipitating solid materials from a pressure medium or a gas includes an inlet and an outlet channel implemented in a filter housing. A filter element is disposed in the filter housing. Pressure medium flows through an outer surface of the filter element by means of the inlet channel into an interior area, and from the area to the outlet channel. The outer surface of the filter element, together with an inner surface of the filter housing, delimits an inlet chamber in which the pressure medium encompasses the filter element. The inlet channel and/or the inlet chamber are thereby embodied such that a centrifugal force acting approximately radially to the filter housing acts on the medium flowing into the inlet chamber, whereby the particles can be filtered out of the pressure medium in addition to the filter element.— | 2012-06-07 |
20120137643 | LAWN MOWER - A lawn mower includes an electric motor, a driving assembly coupled to the electric motor, a blade assembly coupled to the driving assembly, a battery for providing electricity to the electric motor, a switch unit electrically connected to the electric motor and the battery, and a detecting unit. The detecting unit includes a sampling resistor electrically connected in series with the battery, and a trigger circuit electrically connected in parallel with the sampling resistor and configured to control the switch unit to make or break electrical connection between the electric motor and the battery according to detected voltage across the sampling resistor. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137644 | TELESCOPING OF CUTTING DECK - The invention relates to an attachment of the cutting deck assembly ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137645 | DRAPER ASSEMBLY WITH ROLLERS AND A DRAPER BELT SUPPORT PANEL FOR A FLEXIBLE DRAPER HEADER - A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a flexible cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a flexible draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly to permit the draper assembly to flex with the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes fore-and-aft extending rollers and an endless flexible belt entrained around the rollers. The draper assembly further includes at least one support panel to support the belt. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137646 | AGRICULTURAL HEADER TRANSPORT KIT - An agricultural header assembly broadly includes a header and a header transport assembly. The header is disposed in a transport orientation when a rigid beam thereof is out of vertical alignment with the header center of gravity. The transport assembly includes first and second pairs of spaced apart wheels shiftably connected to the rigid beam for movement between a transport position and a field position. The first and second pairs of wheels define respective first and second midpoints therebetween when in the transport position. The first and second midpoints are each disposed in general vertical alignment with the header center of gravity when the header is in the transport orientation to substantially balance the header on the transport assembly. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137647 | END WEIGHTED MOWER BLADE - A mower blade generally comprised of a rotor which connects to the mower at an attachment point and at least one outer end of the rotor, wherein the outer end or ends of the rotor are heavier than the rotor proximate the attachment point. The added weight to the outer end can be by way of an extension or an end section. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137648 | KNIFE AND COUNTER KNIFE IN MACHINE DISK - A rectangular counter knife ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137649 | YARN, ESPECIALLY A THREAD OR AN EMBROIDERY THREAD AS WELL AS A METHOD TO PRODUCE SUCH A YARN - A yarn, especially a sewing thread or an embroidery thread, is described, which has the structure of a core yarn with at least one core consisting of multifilament yarns and a spin over of staple fiber yarns. At least one portion of the fibers, which build the staple fiber yarn of the spin over, is bound between the filaments of the at least one multifilament yarn of the core over its total axial fiber length or over a section of its axial fiber length. Furthermore a method to produce this yarn is described. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137650 | FLUID IMPINGEMENT ARRANGEMENT - A fluid impingement arrangement comprising a supply manifold and at least one nozzle exit coupled to the supply manifold. The nozzle exit is arranged as a Coanda surface having a restriction and has at least one static pressure tapping that cross-connects two regions of the restriction to induce passive oscillation in a fluid jet passing through the nozzle exit. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137651 | GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - A gas turbine system ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137652 | Electromagnetic Thrust System - A method for developing thrust from current flow is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a plurality of loops ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137653 | MULTI-STAGE ROCKET, DEPLOYABLE RACEWAY HARNESS ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING STAGES THEREOF - A deployable raceway harness assembly for use with a multi-stage rocket includes a first cable bundle configured to extend across a second stage of a multi-stage rocket from a guidance unit to a first stage of the rocket. The deployable raceway harness assembly includes a deployable raceway cover configured for detachable coupling with the multi-stage rocket. The deployable raceway cover extends over at least the first cable bundle and a second cable bundle. The first cable bundle is fastened to the deployable raceway cover. The second cable bundle is configured to extend from the guidance unit to the second stage and is shorter than the first cable bundle. An in-flight deployment mechanism is configured to detach the deployable raceway cover and the first cable bundle extending across the second stage from the multi-stage rocket in-flight leaving the second cable bundle extending to the second stage in place. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137654 | Thrust Reverser and Variable Area Fan Nozzle Actuation System and Method - There is provided an actuation system for a gas turbine engine including a thrust reverser and a variable area fan nozzle. The system has a plurality of linear actuators each having a first outer piston concentric with a second inner piston. The first outer piston is operatively connected to a thrust reverser. The second inner piston is operatively connected to a variable area fan nozzle. The system further has a piston lock assembly for selectively locking the first outer piston to the second inner piston. The system further has a control system coupled to the plurality of linear actuators for operating the variable area fan nozzle between a stowed position and a deployed position. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137655 | VARIABLE AREA FAN NOZZLE THRUST REVERSER - A nozzle for use in a gas turbine engine includes nozzle doors coupled with a fan nacelle wherein the nozzle doors move in unison between a plurality of positions to influence a bypass airflow through a fan bypass passage. A linkage connects the nozzle doors and an actuator. A louver section coupled with the linkage moves in unison with the nozzle doors between a plurality of louver positions to direct a portion of the bypass airflow in a selected direction. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137656 | ACTUATION SYSTEM - A system to provide differential movement between a first surface, a second surface and a fixed surface includes a first surface movable between a first position and a second position; a second surface movable with the first surface and further movable beyond the first surface; a shaft connected to the second surface to move the second surface; and a drive unit connected to the fixed surface to drive the shaft to move the second surface relative to the first surface and to allow the shaft to move through the drive unit when the second surface is being moved by the first surface. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137657 | SCR CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for an exhaust after treatment system of an engine including at least one selective catalyst reaction (SCR), at least one clean up catalyst downstream from the SCR, a urea injector upstream of the SCR and a first NOx sensor downstream the clean up catalyst. The method includes the steps of injecting a predetermined amount of urea by the injector, providing a second NOx sensor between the SCR and the clean up catalyst, measuring the NOx content received by the first NOx sensor, measuring the NOx content received by the second NOx sensor, comparing the first and the second NOx content with each other, and reducing the predetermined amount of urea if the first NOx sensor measures a higher NOx content than the second NOx sensor. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137658 | Temp-A-Start Regeneration System - A regeneration module is usable in conjunction with a diesel engine to control the operation of a regeneration cycle of the diesel engine. During the regeneration cycle, particulate matter collected in or on a diesel particulate filter of the diesel engine is removed to improve the operation of the diesel particulate filter. In various embodiments, the regeneration module only functions when manually activated by a user of the diesel engine such that the regeneration cycle is only initiated during desirable idle periods of the diesel engine. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137659 | Hydrocarbon Retaining System Configuration for Combustion Engine - Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media are described in which exhaust gas is routed to a hydrocarbon retaining device during starting, and purged to the engine intake manifold. Various alternative approaches are described for controlling operation and diagnosing degradation. Further, various interrelated configurations are described. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137660 | Engine Aftertreatment System with Exhaust Lambda Control - An aftertreatment device for reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), hydrocarbon (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) generated by a compression-ignition (CI) engine. In this device, lean exhaust air generated in the CI engine is converted to rich exhaust air, and energy used for the conversion is recycled using an energy recovery device. The result rich exhaust air then pass through an oxidation catalyst, where NOx is reduced with CO and HC. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137661 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING REGENERATION OF DENOX CATALYST AND EXHAUST SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for predicting regeneration may include calculating total mass flow of reducing agent, calculating mass flow of the reducing agent used in nitrate reduction reaction, mass flow of the reducing agent used in NO2 reduction reaction, and mass flow of the reducing agent which is simply oxidized by using the total mass flow of the reducing agent, calculating mass flow of released NO2 and mass flow of reduced NO2 by using the mass flow of the reducing agent used in the nitrate reduction reaction and the mass flow of the reducing agent used in the NO2 reduction reaction, calculating mass flow of NO2 slipped from DeNOx catalyst, and calculating mass of NO2 and mass of NOx remaining at the DeNOx catalyst after regeneration based on the mass flow of the released NO2, the mass flow of the reduced NO2, and the mass flow of the slipped NO2. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137662 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING SOX STORED AT DENOX CATALYST AND EXHAUST SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for predicting sulfur oxides (SOx) stored at a denitrification (DeNOx) catalyst may include calculations of the mass flow of SOx poisoned at the DeNOx catalyst, the mass flow of SOx released from the DeNOx catalyst, and the SOx amount poisoned at the DeNOx catalyst by integrating the value obtained by subtracting the released mass flow of SOx from the poisoned mass flow of SOx. An exhaust system using the method may comprise an engine having a first injector, an exhaust pipe, a second injector mounted at the exhaust pipe and injecting a reducing agent, a DeNOx catalyst mounted at the exhaust pipe and reducing SOx or nitrogen oxides (NOx) or both contained in the exhaust gas by using the reducing agent, and a control portion electrically connected to the system and performing the calculations and controls. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137663 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING NOX LOADING AT DENOX CATALYST AND EXHAUST SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method is provided for predicting NOx loading at a DeNOx catalyst by which a NOx amount actually stored in the DeNOx catalyst can be precisely predicted and to an exhaust system which controls a regeneration timing of the DeNOx catalyst and amount of a reducing agent which is injected by using the method. The method may include calculating mass flow of NOx stored at the DeNOx catalyst, calculating mass flow of NOx thermally released from the DeNOx catalyst, calculating mass flow of NOx chemically released from the DeNOx catalyst, and calculating NOx amount actually stored at the DeNOx catalyst by using the mass flow of NOx stored at the DeNOx catalyst, the mass flow of NOx thermally released from the DeNOx catalyst, and the mass flow of NOx chemically released from the DeNOx catalyst. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137664 | VEHICLE ELECTROCATALYZER FOR RECYCLING CARBON DIOXIDE TO FUEL HYDROCARBONS - The vehicle electrocatalyzer for recycling carbon dioxide to fuel hydrocarbons includes a main tubular member having a plurality of tubular catalytic cells, electrically connected in series disposed inside and separated from one another by semipermeable membranes allowing the passage of fluids, but not solids. The electrocatalyzer can be attached in the exhaust system where hydrogen could be generated by the electrolysis of water. Metallic copper, iron, carbonaceous materials (such as activated carbon, carbon nanomaterials, or graphite), metal oxides, or metal-supported catalysts may be used in each catalytic cell. A DC current connected across the cells is used to initiate reaction of the carbon dioxide with hydrogen gas. The resulting hydrocarbons are recycled back to the vehicle engine and used as a makeup fuel. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137665 | Vehicle component - The present invention relates to a component ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137666 | AN EXHAUST GAS APPARATUS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas apparatus suppresses sound pressure level from increasing, and reducing its weight and production cost without need of a sub-muffler in a tail pipe and a sound deadening device having an air column resonance of a large capacity provided at the upstream opened end of the tail pipe. The exhaust gas apparatus is provided with an exhaust gas pipe, an upstream opened end connected to the sound deadening device positioned at the upstream side of an exhaust gas discharging direction, and a downstream opened end through which the exhaust gas is discharged to the atmosphere. A plate is provided at least one of the upstream opened end and the downstream opened end in opposing relationship with the exhaust gas discharging direction, and formed with an opened portion. The exhaust gas pipe is formed at its peripheral wall axially inwardly spaced apart from the plate with a through bore. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137667 | Regenerative Hydraulic Pump - A regenerative hydraulic pump that allows for efficient operation of a hydraulic system under high pressure/low flow conditions that comprises a crankshaft providing a rotating inertial mass, and a regenerative hydraulic pump cylinder that comprises a pump cylinder housing, a pump piston mechanically connected to the crankshaft; and a compliant pressure chamber that stores a portion of the energy extracted by the pump piston during a pumping stroke for release back to the pump piston and to the crankshaft during a regenerative back stroke. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137668 | INCREASED POWER IN COMPRESSED-GAS ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY - In various embodiments, energy is stored or recovered via super-atmospheric compression and/or expansion of gas in conjunction with substantially adiabatic compression and/or expansion from or to atmospheric pressure. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137669 | TORQUE CONVERTER DRIVE CONNECTION - A drive connection for fixing a torque converter to an engine crankshaft includes a crankshaft, a torque converter, and a threaded fastener. The crankshaft includes an end face, a rotational axis, and a threaded hole aligned with the axis. The torque converter includes a rotational axis and a cover having an aperture aligned with the axis. The threaded fastener extends through the aperture and is engaged with the threaded hole to secure the cover to the end face. In an example embodiment, the drive connection includes a sealing element disposed between the fastener and the cover. The sealing element may be a washer or an o-ring. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137670 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission device that transmits power from a motor to a wheel via a hydraulically driven friction engagement element and that includes a mechanical pump driven by the motor to produce a hydraulic pressure that is regulated by a pressure regulating valve; an electric pump that produces a hydraulic pressure; a switching mechanism that either switches an output pressure of the regulating valve or an output pressure of the electric pump to a servo of the engagement element based upon a signal pressure; a passage to supply pressure from the mechanical pump to the hydraulic servo; a check valve in the passage that allows supply of the pressure from the mechanical pump to the hydraulic servo and prohibits supply of the pressure from the electric pump to the mechanical pump, and the switching mechanism either shuts off or allows communication through the passage based upon the signal pressure. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137671 | STIRLING ENGINE ARRANGEMENT - A Stirling engine arrangement is provided, with a base body to which a plurality of piston pairs are allocated, each with a working piston and a displacement piston; and with a gear device arranged on the base body for coupling the linearly mobile working pistons with a rotatably mounted output shaft, the rotation axis of which is aligned transverse to the movement direction of the piston pairs. The gear device is formed as a planetary gear in which a plurality of planet wheels are arranged rotatably on a sun wheel coupled to the output shaft and formed for rolling motion on a crown wheel surrounding the sun wheel, wherein the planet wheels are arranged on planet shafts aligned parallel to each other and parallel to the output shaft, which each carry a cam device formed to rest on the allocated working piston. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137672 | METHODS OF ACTIVATING THERMALLY RESPONSIVE ACTIVE MATERIALS USING WIRELESS TRANSMISSION - Actuation assemblies for and methods of activating a thermally actuated active material actuator utilizing wireless transmissions of energy. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137673 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles - A brake system for motor vehicle having a system for reducing brake pedal travel. The system having an electronic control and regulating unit ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137674 | BRAKE SYSTEM WITH MASTER CYLINDER, DISENGAGED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOOSTER - Braking system with master cylinder ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137675 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SUPERCHARGER - In an internal combustion engine with a variable nozzle vane turbocharger, when the flow rate (VN passage flow rate) of exhaust gas passing through nozzle vanes has reached a spatial resonance region in an exhaust gas passage space between a turbine housing and a catalyst during acceleration, the flow rate is increased so that the spatial resonance region can be quickly passed. When the flow rate (VN passage flow rate) of exhaust gas passing through the nozzle vanes has reached the spatial resonance region during deceleration, the flow rate is decreased so that the spatial resonance region can be quickly passed. Such a control can reduce a period of time during which the frequency of pressure pulsation occurring at the rear ends of the nozzle vanes is amplified in the spatial resonance region, whereby noise caused by the pressure pulsation can be reduced. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137676 | ENGINE-EXHAUST-GAS ENERGY RECOVERY APPARATUS, SHIP EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND POWER PLANT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an engine-exhaust-gas energy recovery apparatus including a hybrid turbocharger having a turbine unit that is supplied with exhaust gas discharged from an engine, a compressor unit that pressure-feeds scavenging-air pressure to the engine, and a generator/motor unit that generates electricity when the turbine unit is driven; a bypass channel that allows the exhaust gas supplied toward the hybrid turbocharger to bypass the hybrid turbocharger; an engine-load detecting part; an engine-rotation-speed detecting part; a scavenging-air-pressure detecting part; and a control device having a database for calculating a scavenging-air pressure, at which the fuel consumption rate of the engine becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined value, from the detection values of the respective detecting parts. The control device controls an exhaust-gas bypass control valve so as to control the scavenging-air pressure of the engine. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137677 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TURBOCHARGER - An internal combustion engine with a turbocharger that can favorably prevent an exhaust gas purifying catalyst from being clogged with a manganese oxide contained in an exhaust gas is provided. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137678 | FRESH AIR FLOW ESTIMATION - An apparatus includes an operating conditions module that interprets a number of compressor operating parameters; a compressor flow module that determines a compressor inlet flow in response to the number of compressor operating parameters; and a fresh air flow module that provides a fresh air flow value in response to the compressor inlet flow. The operating conditions module further interprets a current mass air flow value, and the apparatus further includes a mass air flow sensor trimming module that adjusts a mass air flow sensor drift value in response to the current mass air flow value and the fresh air flow value. The apparatus includes a diagnostics module that determines a mass air flow sensor is failed in response to the current mass air flow value and the fresh air flow value. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137679 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EGR APPARATUS - An EGR apparatus for an IC engine including an EGR duct connecting the exhaust duct of the engine at a point downstream of an aftertreatment device to the intake duct at a point upstream of the supercharging compressor, an EGR cooler and an EGR positive displacement compressor along the EGR duct. The EGR compressor is driven by an electric motor which is controlled by a model-based control module in response to an EGR flow rate request depending on operating parameters of IC engine. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137680 | TURBOCHARGER PROTECTING METHOD OF ENGINE PROVIDED WITH LP-EGR - A turbocharger protecting method of an engine provided with an LP-EGR including an engine, a turbocharger disposed downstream of the engine, an exhaust gas post processing device disposed downstream of the turbocharger, an LP-EGR (low pressure exhaust gas recirculation) valve disposed downstream of the exhaust gas post processing device, an LP-EGR cooler disposed downstream of the LP-EGR valve, and an air supply line connecting downstream of the LP-EGR cooler and a compressor of the turbocharger, the turbocharger protecting method includes predetermining compressor inlet limiting temperature, estimating compressor inlet temperature and comparing the estimated compressor inlet temperature and the predetermined compressor inlet limiting temperature, and lowering the compressor inlet temperature if the estimated compressor inlet temperature excesses the predetermined compressor inlet limiting temperature. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137681 | Vehicle Comprising a Charged Combustion Engine and Method for Operating a Vehicle Comprising a Charged Combustion Engine - A vehicle includes an internal-combustion engine for driving a drive train of the vehicle, at least one charger for increasing the pressure of the air supplied to the internal-combustion engine and an electrical machine which can be or is coupled to the charger in a torque-transmitting manner and is provided for driving or supporting the drive of the charger. The drive train can be or is coupled with the electrical machine in a torque-transmitting manner. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137682 | TURBOCHARGING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A turbocharging arrangement for an internal combustion engine, the arrangement having a turbocharger with a turbine and a compressor connected to a common shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, an electric motor, and coupling means for coupling the electric motor to the shaft of the turbocharger. The coupling means is arranged to steplessly adjust the torque transmitted between the electric motor and the turbocharger. A method for operating a turbocharged internal combustion engine is also provided. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137683 | RUN-UP METHOD FOR A SOLAR STEAM POWER PLANT - A run-up method for a solar steam power plant is proposed. In the run-up method an auxiliary steam is used to generate seal steam for a steam-turbine of the power plant. The auxiliary steam is produced by a heat-exchanger-system that is to provide, during a subsequent power-mode, overheated steam for driving the steam-turbine. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137684 | SOLAR AUGMENTED WIND TURBINE FOR STABLE & DISPATCHABLE UTILITY SCALE POWER GENERATION - The present invention describes a novel integration between wind and solar thermal renewable energy technologies. An existing wind turbine consisting of a hub and blades is operated by the power generated from a waterless solar thermal system (using high pressure, high temperature air) during periods of low wind availability. The solar thermal system consist of a heliostat field, solar air receiver panels, a thermal energy storage tank and a Pelton wheel assembly system for converting thermal energy of air into kinetic energy of the power shaft of the wind turbine. The thermal energy converting system consists of a plurality of supersonic air nozzles acting as stator, producing supersonic air jets to interact with a rotating Pelton wheel. A thermal storage system provides means for energy dispatchability. The proposed integrated system is capable of generating a stable renewable energy with minimum intermittency. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137685 | Steam-Driven Power Plant - A steam-driven power plant includes a steam source providing steam at a desired pressure and a steam turbine operably connected to the steam source. The steam turbine includes a low pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. A low pressure admission conduit is configured to convey steam from the steam source to an entrance of the low pressure section and an intermediate pressure admission conduit is configured to convey steam from the steam source to a mid-steampath point of the intermediate pressure section. One or more valves are located between the steam source and the steam turbine to control a flow of steam from the steam source through the low pressure admission conduit and/or the intermediate pressure admission conduit. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137686 | Midspan packing pressure turbine diagnostic method - An opposed-flow steam turbine having an HP section and an IP section connected by a shaft, with mid-span packing surrounding the shaft in a region between the HP and IP sections; and a steam conduit extending from the mid-span packing and through a shell of the turbine; the steam conduit incorporating a pressure tap for directly and continuously measuring pressure in the mid-span packing during operation of the steam turbine. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137687 | STEAM TURBINE, POWER PLANT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING STEAM TURBINE - The steam turbine | 2012-06-07 |
20120137688 | VALVE DEVICE AND A STEAM TURBINE SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAID VALVE DEVICE - A valve device incorporating two valves is provided. For example the two valves could be a stop valve and a control valve, housed in the same side of a common casing. The proposed valve device includes an inlet port and an outlet port connected by a fluid flow channel. The valve device further includes a first valve and a second valve housed in a common casing. The first valve includes a first valve head mounted on an annular-shaped first spindle. The second valve includes a second valve head mounted on a second spindle, the second spindle extending concentrically and slidably through the annular-shaped first spindle. The first and second valves are displaceable along a common axis and operable to influence fluid flow between the inlet port and the outlet port through the flow channel. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137689 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND POWER GENERATION PLANT - A hydrogen production apparatus ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137690 | WIDE FREQUENCY RESPONSE TUNABLE RESONATOR - A system includes a resonator controller. The resonator controller may adjust a ratio of a first fluid and a second fluid into a resonator, whereby the first fluid is different than the second fluid. Additionally, the resonator controller may control a resonance frequency of the resonator to dampen oscillations based on the ratio. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137691 | Gas turbine assembly and method therefor - An assembly for a gas turbine is presented. The assembly includes a gas supply pipe passing through a bore in a flange of the gas turbine for supplying gas to a combustion chamber of the gas turbine and a sleeve surrounding the gas supply pipe, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is sealingly coupled to the gas supply pipe, and wherein the sleeve is adapted to be sealingly coupled to the flange at the second end such that the sleeve extends along a thickness of the flange. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137692 | Combustion Apparatus - A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes an air inlet, a combustor, an exhaust and first and second measurement devices. A plurality of fuel supply lines is provided to the at least one combustor. The first measurement device measures an amount of a gas in the air inlet. The second measurement device measures an amount of the gas in the exhaust. A control unit varies the fuel supply in the plurality of fuel supply lines so as to control the amount of the gas in the exhaust. The variation is made in dependence upon both the measured amount of the gas in the air inlet and the measured amount of the gas in the exhaust. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137693 | POWER PLANT - Provided is a power plant including a gas turbine that uses a fuel gas as a fuel; a fuel gas cooler that cools the fuel gas, which is to be pressurized in a fuel gas compressor and re-circulated, using cooling water; and a dust collection device that separates/removes impurities from the fuel gas that is to be guided to the fuel gas compressor; wherein the power plant further includes heating means that heats the fuel gas that is to be guided to the dust collection device using the fuel gas that has been used to generate an anti-thrust force acting on a rotor of the fuel gas compressor. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137694 | BURNER AND GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - A burner is provided that has high flame stability and reduces NOx emissions. In the burner, air holes of an air hole member have a central axis inclined relative to a burner central axis. The leading end portion of a first fuel nozzle is configured to be able to suppress turbulence of air-flow flowing on the outer circumference side of the first fuel nozzle. The tip of the first fuel nozzle is located on a fuel jetting-out directional downstream side of the inlet of the fuel hole. The tip of the second fuel nozzle is located on a fuel jetting-out directional downstream side of the air hole inlet. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137695 | FUEL NOZZLE WITH GAS ONLY INSERT - The present application provides a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle may include a tube and a gas only insert tip positioned on the tube. The gas only insert tip may include a tip aperture. A plug may be positioned within the tip aperture. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137696 | AIR-STAGED DIFFUSION NOZZLE - In an air-staged diffusion nozzle for a gas turbine combustor, air is mixed with the gas fuel and expanded in a downstream burner tube. Introduction of air, passing downstream from the tip of the nozzle to the burner tube space forces hot gases away from and cools the nozzle tip. Air flow through an inner swirler or through cooling holes on the nozzle tip may be arranged to establish a cooling flow volume and direction that advantageously interacts with gas fuel-air flow from an outer swirler to improve fuel-air mixing in the burner tube, helping to reduce emissions and soot formation. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137697 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR A TURBOMACHINE INCLUDING IMPROVED AIR INLETS - A combustion chamber for a turbomachine, including two coaxial walls including air inlets, each of which is configured such that its orthogonal projection, in a plane passing through the axis of the injection system closest to the inlet and perpendicular to an axial plane passing through this axis and through the axis of the combustion chamber, has an upstream edge of convex shape when seen from downstream. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137698 | COGENERATION PLANT AND COGENERATION METHOD - A cogeneration plant is provided that includes a gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator, a steam turbine and a cooler/condenser. A division module is provided at a division point, via which downstream the heat recovery steam generator the combustion gas is cooled and dehumidified in the cooler/condenser and then divided into a first combustion gas flow and a second combustion gas flow. A second condenser is provided for receiving the second combustion gas flow to separate contained carbon dioxide from contained water by condensation of the water. The cogeneration plant further includes a heater and a compressor for receiving the first combustion gas flow, which is heated, compressed and partly extracted to by-pass the combustor for cooling of the gas turbine before it enters the combustor and mix with the flow of oxygen and fuel to be burned in the gas turbine. | 2012-06-07 |