27th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150184608 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake pressure of the engine is estimated. A wide-open intake air amount is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. The wide-open intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, and the theoretical intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine. further, an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the target intake air amount, and a target output torque of the engine is calculated using the target intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. The engine is controlled using the target output torque. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184609 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DETERIORATION OF OXYGEN SENSOR OF VEHICLE - A method of diagnosing deterioration of an oxygen sensor of a vehicle may include detecting a first exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) amount by a mass air flow (MAF) sensor, detecting a second EGR amount by the oxygen sensor, comparing a first difference between the first EGR amount and the second EGR amount with a first predetermined value in a first predetermined operating region, and determining that the oxygen sensor may be in danger of the deterioration when the first difference between the first EGR amount and the second EGR amount may be greater than or equal to the first predetermined value in the first predetermined operating region. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184610 | Apparatus for Diagnosing Fuel Pressure Sensor Characteristic Fault - After an ECU is activated by turning a key switch on, if a total intake air quantity, which is indicative of the engine temperature immediately before turn-off of the key switch, exceeds a set intake air quantity indicative of a full warm-up determination temperature, and a soak time exceeds a set key-off time, it is determined that the condition for executing a diagnosis of a fuel pressure sensor is satisfied. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184611 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE DURING TRANSIENTS - A control system and method for a gas turbine engine are provided A controller ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184612 | PISTON FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston that maintains excellent lubricating performance even when the internal combustion engine is operated in severe environments. A primer layer including a resinous material is disposed on the sliding surface of the skirt of a piston, and solid lubricating parts, preferably including silver (Ag), a silver alloy, copper (Cu), or a copper alloy are disposed on the primer layer. In the primer layer and the solid lubricating parts, a fibrous filler including metallic fibers, etc., is present so as to extend across the boundary between the primer layer and the solid lubricating parts. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184613 | PISTON FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston for an internal combustion engine has a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston includes a piston base and a piston ring element and the piston head has a combustion recess. The piston ring element has a portion of a piston crown, a circumferential fire land and a circumferential ring section with ring grooves, in that the piston base and the piston ring element form a circumferential cooling channel that extends between an inner lateral surface in the region of the combustion recess and an outer lateral surface in the region of the ring section, in that in the cooling channel on the outer lateral surface at least one flow guide element and/or on the inner lateral surface at least one heat conducting element is provided; and in that the piston base and the piston ring element have a circumferential seam in the region of the piston crown, via which they are non-detachably connected to one another. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184614 | Linear Cross-Head Bearing for Stirling Engine - An external combustion engine including a burner element, a heater head, a piston cylinder containing a piston, a cooler and a crankcase. The crankcase includes a crankshaft, a piston rod connected to the piston, a drive mechanism for converting the linear motion of the piston rod to rotary motion of the crankshaft and a linear cross-head bearing that is connected rigidly to the piston rod at one end and to the drive mechanism at the other end. Also the external combustion engine includes a piston clearance seal and a piston rod seal unit that has floating rod seals. The piston includes a inner dome to reduce axial heat transfer via radiation and convection. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184615 | METHOD AND THERMAL REACTOR FOR SINGLE-VALVE PROPULSION WITH MULTIPLE INJECTIONS AND COMBUSTIONS PER ROTATION CYCLE - The injection speed of the injection valves in an internal combustion engine is increased by using a single injection valve configured to carry out multiple fuel injections and combustions per rotation cycle. The single-valve propulsion thermal reactor has a casing with upper and lower walls consecutively defining a sleeve for taking in a pressurized air flow, a combustion chamber, and a gas discharge nozzle. The thermal reactor has a single injection valve to inject fresh gas into the combustion chamber, and at least one valve to exhaust burnt gases, which extends about transverse axes. The valves are cylindrical and have multiple surfaces which have a circular cross-section and are separated by facets that define, by a rotation of the valves, the intake and discharge ports for the gases. Preferably, a thermal ignition tank is built into the combustion chamber. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184616 | CARBURETOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL SUPPLY - A carburetor provides a supplemental fuel supply to an engine and includes a body, a fuel metering diaphragm and a fluid pump. The fuel metering diaphragm defines part of a fuel metering chamber and a reference chamber and has at least a portion that is movable relative to the body to increase and decrease the volume of the fuel metering chamber to control fuel flow in the fuel metering chamber. The fluid pump is carried by the carburetor or another component upstream of the carburetor and has an outlet in fluid communication with the metering reference chamber and an actuator arranged to discharge fluid through the outlet to increase the pressure within the metering reference chamber and thereby increase the fuel flow rate from the fuel metering chamber to the air-fuel passage to provide a supplemental fuel supply to the engine. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184617 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUEL TO ENGINE OF SHIP - A system for supplying fuel to an engine of a ship. The system includes a high pressure pump pressurizing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and supplying the pressurized LNG to the engine, a hydraulic motor driving the high pressure pump and a chamber carrying the high pressure pump and the hydraulic motor. The chamber is substantially free of electric sparks. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184618 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING FUEL TO ENGINE OF SHIP - A system for supplying fuel to an engine of a ship. The system includes a high pressure pump pressurizing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and supplying the pressurized LNG to the engine, a hydraulic motor driving the high pressure pump and a chamber carrying the high pressure pump and the hydraulic motor. The chamber is substantially free of electric sparks. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184619 | SYSTEM FOR RECIRCULATING ENGINE EXHAUST GAS - The present disclosure relates to a system for recirculating engine exhaust gas, and more particularly, to a system for recirculating engine exhaust gas, which mixes a part of exhaust gas discharged from an engine with air for combustion, and recirculates the mixture, thereby inhibiting nitrogen oxide (NOx) from being generated. Therefore, a technical problem to be achieved in the present disclosure is to provide a system for recirculating engine exhaust gas which may have a simplified structure. In addition, another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for recirculating engine exhaust gas, which improves output of an engine by increasing an amount of intake air, and further improves fuel efficiency. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL VAPOR CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a fuel vapor recovery system including a fuel tank isolation valve coupled between a fuel tank and a canister. During selected conditions, the valve is modulated and pressure pulsations in the fuel vapor recovery system are monitored. Valve degradation is identified based on correlations between the valve modulation and the resultant pressure pulsations. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184621 | CANISTER - [OBJECT] To reduce size and weight of canister while improving adsorbing/desorbing performance by optimizing adsorbent that fills chamber located at air release side. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184622 | Equipment for Structurization and Polarization of Fuel, Combustion Mixture or Water - The invention relates to engine construction, to equipment for improving fuel and combustion mixture. Also may be used for water processing. Economy of fuel and decrease of noxious air emissions in the atmosphere are achieved. Equipment for structurization and polarization of fuel, combustion mixture or water, comprises a body in a form of a hollow cylinder with a smooth inside surface and a rod mounted in the body, both made of current-conducting materials and connectable to the electric circuit. The equipment is supplied with a battery of current-conducting discs interleaved with insulating ones, positioned on the rod. The size of a working gap for passing fuel between the tops of the discs and the body doesn't exceed 1/10 of the size of the working surface of the body. The body and the rod are made of duralumin alloy, but the current-conducting discs of aluminum. The plain surfaces of the current-conducting discs are performed with electro insulating cover, without covering the tops of the discs. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184623 | COWL-MOUNTED AIR CLEANER - An air cleaner assembly may include a filter element and an outer housing. The outer housing may define an interior volume in which the filter element is disposed. The outer housing may include a curved sheet and a planar sheet and extending between ends of the curved sheet. The curved sheet may define an air inlet of the interior volume. The planar sheet may define an air outlet of the interior volume. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184624 | PARTIAL FORCED INDUCTION SYSTEM - A partial forced induction system is provided that has one or more combustion engine cylinders with each engine cylinder having a first and a second intake valve with individual ports. A source of forced induction in fluid communication with the one or more combustion engine cylinders and urging air into the one or more combustion engine cylinders. A naturally aspirated intake manifold path connecting to each of the first intake valves at each of said one or more engine cylinders. A forced induction intake manifold path connects the source of forced induction to each of said second intake valves at each of the one or more engine cylinders. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184625 | SELF-ADJUSTING RESONATOR - A self-adjusting resonator for an engine includes a housing and a working chamber. The working chamber is defined by the housing for attenuating sound produced by the engine. The working chamber is automatically variable from a first volume to a second volume in response to a negative pressure generated by air flow requirements of the engine. The first volume is greater than the second volume. The resonator is operable to tune out multiple tuning frequencies produced by the engine at various engine RPM ranges. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184626 | Method and Device for Controlling an Injection Process Comprising a Pre-Injection and a Main Injection - A method for adapting a current profile for a multi-injection process by a fuel injector includes applying to a coil a first excitation profile causing a first multi-injection in which two sub-injection processes are separated such that the fuel injector completely closes in the meantime, determining the closing point of the fuel injector, calculating a minimally possible separation time between the end of the excitation for a first sub-injection process and the beginning of the excitation for a second sub-injection process for a second multi-injection, the fuel injector completely closing between the two sub-injection processes, applying to the coil a second excitation profile leading to the second multi-injection, determining a current intensity rise time during a boost phase of the second sub-injection process, and applying to the coil a third electric excitation profile having a pre-charge phase that pre-magnetizes the coil drive, for each sub-injection process. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184627 | Piezo Injector With Hydraulically Coupled Nozzle Needle Movement - A piezo injector includes a piezo actuator arranged in an actuator chamber and a valve plunger arranged in a valve plunger bore and having a first end face facing the piezo actuator. The valve plunger is arranged between a first control chamber defined by a valve plunger bore portion delimited by the first end face and a spring chamber formed by a valve plunger bore portion opposite the first control chamber. A second control chamber is delimited by a second face of a nozzle needle and a sleeve guided by the nozzle needle. A leakage pin is arranged in a leakage pin bore between the piezo actuator and the first end face of the valve plunger. The leakage pin bore is formed in an intermediate plate arranged on a side of a control plate facing the piezo actuator, the valve plunger bore being formed in said control plate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184628 | FOBLESS KEYLESS VEHICLE ENTRY AND INGNITION METHODAND SYSTEM - A fobless keyless vehicle entry and ignition control system and method. The system contains a vehicle sub-system and a mobile device sub-system. A wireless communication connection is established between the two sub-systems and authorization information is exchanged. Once the authorization is verified, position of the mobile device relative to the vehicle is determined by measuring the time delays of sending and receiving acoustic signals between the two sub-systems. The controls to door entry and engine ignition are granted when the authorization is verified and the position is within the predefined ranges. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184629 | Airfoil for a Flying Wind Turbine - An airfoil for an airborne wind turbine including a main wing adapted for attachment to an electrically conductive tether, a pivotable trailing element positioned behind the main wing, wherein a chord line of the airfoil has a length that is measured from the leading edge of the main wing to a trailing edge of the trailing element, wherein when the main wing and trailing element are positioned in a first flying position, a slot gap exists between a trailing edge of the main wing and the leading edge of the trailing element, wherein the main wing has a thickness that is 15-28% of the length of the chord line; and wherein a spar bulge exists in the main wing such that 15-25% of the overall length of the chord line has a thickness that is 95% or more of a maximum thickness of the main wing. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184630 | WIND POWER STATION - Wind power station, which has a turnable body, rotor which has vertically installed shaft mounted with working wheels, wind concentrator. The body is designed with an ability of positioning the self-mounted wind concentrator to the wind direction. The wind concentrator is multistage and is composed of a least two air flow consequentially located concentrators. The entrance cross-section of the concentrators is smaller than their exit cross-section, and there are air flow gaps between the consequentially located concentrators. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184631 | WIND FARM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND WIND POWER GENERATION UNIT - A wind farm that includes a plurality of wind power generation units. The wind farm further includes a sensing part and a controlling part. The sensing part is configured to sense an external environment risk element. The controlling part is configured to receive a risk signal from the sensing part and to control the wind power generation units in the wind farm. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIND TURBINES IN WIND FARMS - A method for controlling a wind farm including a plurality of wind turbines is provided. The method includes computing an error between a farm-level base point power and a measured wind farm power, generating an aggregated farm-level active power set point for the wind farm based on the error and a frequency response set point, generating aggregated turbine-level active power set points based on the aggregated farm-level active power set point, transmitting the aggregated turbine-level active power set points, determining aero power set points and storage power set points for the respective wind turbines and energy storage elements of the respective wind turbines from the aggregated turbine-level active power set points, and controlling the plurality of wind turbines for delivering aero power based on the respective aero power set points and controlling the energy storage elements to provide storage power based on the respective storage power set points. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184633 | Power Generation using Rotor Speed Control for an Aerial Vehicle - Methods and systems described herein relate to power generation control for an aerial vehicle of an air wind turbine (AWT). More specifically, the methods described herein relate to balancing power generation or preventing a component of the aerial vehicle using rotor speed control. An example method may include operating an aerial vehicle in a crosswind-flight mode to generate power. The aerial vehicle may include a rotor configured to help generate the power. While the aerial vehicle is in the crosswind-flight mode the method may include comparing a power output level of the aerial vehicle to a power threshold and, based on the comparison, adjusting operation of the rotor in a manner that generates an optimal amount of power or minimizes overheating of the aerial vehicle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF A WIND TURBINE BATTERY BACKUP PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM - A pitch control system for a wind turbine includes a backup battery bank assigned to each pitch drive motor, with each battery bank having a plurality of individual batteries connected in series. A battery charger is connected in parallel across each battery in the battery bank. A protective circuit is configured with each battery charger and includes a voltage comparator circuit that detects a reverse voltage applied to the battery charger above a threshold value to isolate the battery charger from the reverse voltage. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184635 | WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine having a set of curved blades mounted on a central rotatable huh. Each of the blades has a defined pitch angle, to a rotational axis of the hub, along the blade from the hub to the tip. A curve is provided on the wind contact surface along each of the blades over the blade surface from the leading edge of the blade to the trailing edge of the blade by an amount between about 6 and about 24 degrees The defined pitch angle from any point along the leading edge of the blade being defined by the arc-sine of a ratio of blade velocity to apparent wind velocity, with a variance of ±30 percent of the complementary angle to the arc-sine; and apparatus for varying the velocity of the blade to control power output so that it is within fifteen percent of maximum obtainable power of the blade most distant from the hub. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184636 | BLADE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIND POWER GENERATOR, AND WIND POWER GENERATOR USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a blade control apparatus and method for a wind power generator, and a wind power generator using the same, which includes a measurement unit configured to measure a change in electrical characteristic of a measurement section set in a conductive region having electrical conductivity. The conductive region is included in the blade for the wind power generator. Thus, the state of the blade may be easily checked without separate sensors, and the blade may be controlled in response to the state of the blade. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184637 | Power Generation using Rotor Speed Control for an Aerial Vehicle - Methods and systems described herein relate to power generation control for an aerial vehicle of an air wind turbine (AWT). More specifically, the methods described herein relate to balancing power generation or preventing a component of the aerial vehicle using rotor speed control. An example method may include operating an aerial vehicle in a crosswind-flight mode to generate power. The aerial vehicle may include a rotor configured to help generate the power. While the aerial vehicle is in the crosswind-flight mode the method may include comparing a power output level of the aerial vehicle to a power threshold and, based on the comparison, adjusting operation of the rotor in a manner that generates an optimal amount of power or minimizes overheating of the aerial vehicle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184638 | Extruded Drum Surface for Storage of Tether - A drum for storing an electrically conductive tether having a first end secured to an aerial vehicle and a second end secured to a ground station that includes a drum frame rotatable about a drum axis, a drum surface positioned over the drum frame comprising a spiral extrusion wrapped around the drum frame, wherein the extrusion has a cross-section having an upper surface that is shaped to conform to an outer surface of the electrically conductive tether, and wherein the extrusion is adapted for dissipating heat generated through a transfer of electricity from the aerial vehicle to a ground station through the electrically conductive tether. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184639 | High Frequency Bi-directional AC Power Transmission - A method may involve transmitting power between a tethered aerial vehicle equipped with wind turbines for generating power and a ground station configured to interconnect the generated power to an electrical distribution network. The power may be transmitted using high voltage, high frequency AC electrical signals, and transformers at the ground station and the aerial vehicle can scale the AC voltage for use at the respective locations. Converters at the ground station and the aerial vehicle can then convert the transformed voltage to DC. The AC voltage may be transmitted through the tether at a resonant frequency of the tether based in part on an internal capacitance between multiple conductive paths on the tether. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184640 | VOLTAGE CONTROL FOR WIND TURBINES - The invention relates to a wind turbine having a rotor ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184641 | STORAGE OF COMPRESSED AIR IN WIND TURBINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE - An energy storage and recovery system employs air compressed utilizing power from an operating wind turbine. This compressed air is stored within one or more chambers of a structure supporting the wind turbine above the ground. By functioning as both a physical support and as a vessel for storing compressed air, the relative contribution of the support structure to the overall cost of the energy storage and recovery system may be reduced, thereby improving economic realization for the combined turbine/support apparatus. In certain embodiments, expansion forces of the compressed air stored within the chamber, may be relied upon to augment the physical stability of a support structure, further reducing material costs of the support structure. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMISSIONING WIND TURBINES - A system for commissioning a wind turbine is provided. The system includes a test wind turbine, one or more additional wind turbines coupled to the test wind turbine, and a control system. The control system includes a first control module for controlling the one or more additional wind turbines to act as a power source and provide power to the test wind turbine. The control system also includes a second control module for controlling the one or more additional wind turbines to act as a load for dissipating test power generated by the test wind turbine. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184643 | USES OF HYDROCARBON NANORINGS - Hydro-carbon nanorings may be used, e.g., in power storage power transmission and transportation. Sufficiently cooled, an externally hydrogen doped carbon nanoring may be used to create a radial dipole containment field for electrons rotating in the nanoring. Such nanorings may transmit DC current with little or no loss. Similarly, an internally hydrogen doped carbon nanoring may be used to create a radial dipole containment field for positrons rotating in the nanoring. Virtually lossless transmission of AC current may be achieved by pairing such streams of electrons and positrons in their respective containment fields. Closed rotation of such streams may also be used to efficiently store large amounts of electrical energy. Finally, selectively accelerating and decelerating pairs of such paired electron and positron streams, which are moving at relativistic speeds, differential momentum may be created to cause physical movement. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184644 | Compressor Having a Pressurized Case - A compressor system for an air conditioning service system includes a compressor having a compressor case and a compressor head, an inlet, an outlet, a low side passage fluidly connecting the inlet to the compressor head, and a high side passage fluidly connecting the outlet to the compressor head. A low side return passage fluidly connects the compressor case with the low side passage and a first valve is positioned at least partially in the low side return passage and configured to control flow in the low side return passage. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184645 | Pump Column Baffle for LNG Pump - Disclosed is a pump column for use with a submersible pump in an croygenic tank, such as for use in a rail tender fueled by liquid natural gas. The pump column is configured to enable rapid removal and access to a pump submerged within a tank containing liquid natural gas. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184646 | SUCTION THROTTLE MECHANISM OF COMPRESSOR - A suction throttle mechanism of a compressor includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve housing. The valve housing and the valve seat are formed as separate bodies, and the valve housing and the valve seat are spaced away from each other. The valve housing has guide portions which make sliding contact with the valve body to thereby allow the valve body to move in a contact-separate direction. When the valve body is separated from the valve seat, a fluid flowing from an inlet port toward the valve body through the valve seat passes between the valve seat and the valve housing to enter a suction chamber. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184647 | MODULAR PRESSURIZATION ELEMENT IN REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION - This present invention relates to a method of recovering very efficiently the energy of a waste stream, which is a by product of the desalination process. More specifically, this present invention relates to a method of using the waste stream to pressurize the clean feed. It also uses the invention as a high pressure seawater pump using another fresh water pump as the pressure source. This invention uses as its core technology a removable pressurization element that enables the quick insertion and removal of the pressurization element via a peristaltic process. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184648 | PUMP, MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY FOR BENEFICIAL AGENT DELIVERY - Pump includes a motor and a cam shaft coupled to the motor for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the cam shaft. The cam shaft has at least one radially-outward projection defining a helical engagement portion disposed along a length of the cam shaft. A plurality of finger plates are disposed along the length of the cam shaft, each finger plate mounted for movement in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the cam shaft. Each finger plate has an aperture defined therein to receive the cam shaft therethrough. Each aperture has a substantially straight edge region and an opposing edge region. Engagement of the helical engagement portion with the substantially flat edge region during rotation of the cam shaft urges the finger plate transversely toward an extended position. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184649 | PERISTALTIC PUMP TUBING WITH STOPPER AND COOPERATIVE ROLLER ASSEMBLY HOUSING HAVING NO MOVING PARTS - A peristaltic pump system includes elastomeric pump tubing and a roller pump. The pump tubing has a pumping segment and an inlet segment. The inlet segment has an inlet segment outer diameter. The pumping segment has a pumping segment outer diameter less than the inlet segment outer diameter. The roller pump has a roller assembly and a roller assembly housing. The roller assembly is disposed within the roller assembly housing and engaged with the pumping segment within the roller assembly housing. The roller assembly housing has an inlet gap formed through the roller assembly housing. The inlet gap defines an inlet gap inner diameter smaller than the pumping segment outer diameter. The inlet gap is adapted to frictionally receive the inlet segment for aligning the pump tubing with a roller assembly and mitigate longitudinal movement of the pump tubing into the roller assembly housing. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184650 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SLANT ANGLE OF SLANT PLATE - A variable compression system for controlling a slant angle of a slant plate may include a rotation plate, the slant plate coupled to one side of the rotation plate, a compression piston connected to an edge of the slant plate, a slant control shaft connected to a center of the slant plate with a variable pin arranged to rotate with the slant plate for pushing or pulling the slant plate by a hydraulic pressure being supplied thereto to control the slant angle of the slant plate, a position guiding shaft arranged passed through a center portion of the slant control shaft, a position detecting sensor engaged to the position guiding shaft for detecting a position of the position guiding shaft, and a control unit for determining the slant angle of the slant plate with reference to a signal from the position detecting sensor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184651 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - A reciprocating compressor is provided that may include a shell including a vibration absorbing member formed to be wound around an outer circumferential surface or an inner circumferential surface or stacked thereon, so that compressor vibration may be attenuated by frictional contact between the shell and the vibration absorbing member or between layers of the vibration absorbing member. Also a noise insulating layer may be formed between the shell and the vibration absorbing member or between the layers of the vibration absorbing member, so that a magnitude of noise may be reduced as vibration noise passes through the noise insulating layer, whereby vibration noise of the compressor, such as noise of a high frequency band, may be further attenuated by fine vibration. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184652 | ROTARY MACHINE AND COMPRESSOR - A rotary machine includes a rotor, a rotating shaft fixed to the rotor, and a balance weight fixed to the rotor. The balance weight has a balance part fixed to the rotor and not contacting the shaft, a locking part, a shaft abutting part, and a coupling part coupling the balance part and the shaft-abutting part. The locking part is disposed on a side of the shaft opposite from the balance part. The locking part is locked with the shaft to limit movement of the balance part along a direction of centrifugal force. The shaft-abutting part is positioned between the shaft and the balance part, is coupled with the locking part, and contacts the shaft. A length of the locking part along a rotor radial direction is shorter than a rotor radial distance between the shaft and the balance part. The shaft-abutting part is radially shorter than the locking part. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184653 | ROTOR SET - A rotor set comprises a pair of engaging rotors disposed in a pump room of a housing rotating oppositely with identical speeds. Each rotor comprises a plurality of lobes, and each lobe has a fan-shaped end with a curved edge. The lobe generates an eccentric force to the rotor during the rotation to reduce mechanical consuming energy and save dynamic energy. Therefore, the rotors can achieve strong eccentric torque and self-vacuum effect with low dynamic energy. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184654 | PROGRESSING CAVITY STATOR WITH GAS BREAKOUT PORT - Progressing cavity devices and systems are provided. In one embodiment, a stator of a progressing cavity device includes metal plates with apertures that are rotationally offset to form a winding rotor conduit for receiving a rotor of the progressing cavity device. A layer of elastomer can be provided on edges of the apertures of the metal plates in the winding rotor conduit, and the stator can also include a gas breakout port through the metal plates to enable gas between the metal plates to escape the stator. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184655 | MELT PUMPS FOR PRESSING SYNTHETIC MATERIAL THROUGH A TOOL - Melt pumps for pressing synthetic melt through a tool are disclosed. An example melt pump for building up pressure for pressing synthetic melt through a tool includes a compressor with two worm conveyors disposed in a housing, a transmission by means of which the worm conveyors are synchronously drivable, and a drive, where the transmission is disposed between the drive and the compressor. In the example melt pump, each worm conveyor in the transmission has an output shaft, and each worm conveyor is coupled to the corresponding output shaft by a coupling. In the example melt pump, the coupling comprises an output gear provided on the output shaft, and a drive gear provided on the worm conveyor and a coupling sleeve gripping the output gear and the drive gear, where the drive gear and the output gear have a different number of teeth. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184656 | VACUUM SCROLL PUMP HAVING PRESSURE-BALANCED ORBITING PLATE SCROLL - A vacuum scroll pump has a frame, a stationary plate scroll fixed to the frame, an orbiting plate scroll, an eccentric drive mechanism for driving the orbiting plate scroll, and counterbalancing features by which axial loads produced on the eccentric drive mechanism are offset. Scroll blades of the stationary and orbiting plate scrolls are nested to define pockets which constitute a compression stage between opposing front sides of plates of the stationary and orbiting plate scrolls. The counterbalancing features include an axial counterbalancing chamber defined at a back side of the plate of the orbiting plate scroll, i.e., opposite the side at which the compression stage is provided, and a mechanism by which an intermediate one of the pockets can be placed in communication with the counterbalancing chamber through the plate of the orbiting plate scroll. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184657 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT ROTARY DEVICES - A rotary device is disclosed that includes a rotor comprising a main body and plurality of protrusions extending radially from the main body. At least a pair of voids are provided adjacent to each other in the main body of the rotor between each adjacent pair of the plurality of protrusions, and each pair of voids is spaced from each adjacent pair of voids by a distance greater than that between each adjacent void in each pair of voids. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184658 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIRECT CURRENT POWER SYSTEM SUBSEA BOOSTING - A subsea boosting module for use with a direct current (DC) power system includes a housing defining at least one interior chamber. A fluid pump is disposed within the interior chamber. An electric motor is disposed within the interior chamber and drivingly coupled to the fluid pump. A plurality of power components is disposed within the interior chamber to deliver power to the electric motor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184659 | DRIVE UNIT FOR A SUBMERSIBLE OIL PUMP, A PUMP - A drive unit ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184660 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUBSEA BOOSTING WITH DIRECT CURRENT AND ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SYSTEMS - A subsea boosting module for use with an alternating current (AC) power system includes a housing defining at least one interior chamber. A fluid pump is disposed within the interior chamber. An electric motor is disposed within the interior chamber and drivingly coupled to the fluid pump. A plurality of power components is disposed within the interior chamber to deliver power to the electric motor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184661 | Transportable High Vertical-Lift Emergency Water Pumping System - A transportable high vertical-lift emergency water pumping system moves emergency water from a water source at a low elevation to a higher elevation. The pumping system has a first pump having a first-pump suction port at the higher elevation and a second pump having a second-pump suction port at the low elevation and a second-pump discharge port in fluid communication with the first-pump suction port. A variable speed driver is operatively coupled to the first pump. A load sensing hydrostatic drive system is operatively coupled to the variable speed driver and to the second pump. The load sensing hydrostatic drive system is configured to maintain a minimum net positive suction head at the first-pump suction port sufficient to prevent cavitation in the first pump when the variable-speed driver operates at any speed of a plurality of speeds across a range of flows. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184662 | CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A blower assembly includes a motor including a rotational axis and a housing coupled to the motor. The housing includes an outlet portion configured to discharge an outlet airflow from the housing in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis. The blower assembly also includes a transition piece coupled to the housing proximate the outlet portion. The transition piece includes a body portion that is configured to direct the outlet airflow in a second direction that is substantially parallel to the rotational axis | 2015-07-02 |
20150184663 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN FOR DEVICES INCLUDING REFRIGERATORS - A centrifugal fan for a refrigerator can include a plurality of vanes arranged radially about a central a shaft; a ring-shaped shroud coupled to the vanes and having a curved portion with a predetermined radius or curvature and also having an angled portion with a predetermined gradient or angle relative to the curved portion; and a bottom surface coupled to the vanes on the side opposite the shroud; where a ratio (r/R) of an inner diameter r, which is the shortest distance between the vane and the shaft, and an outer diameter R, which is the longest distance between the vane and the shaft, is approximately 0.69±0.01. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184664 | ROTARY MACHINE - A rotary machine includes a guide section formed in an annular flow path in communication with a suction volute at an inner circumferential side of the suction volute, at which a plurality of vanes are installed in a circumferential direction, and configured to guide a fluid introduced from the suction volute, and an impeller connected to the guide section in the axial direction and into which the fluid guided by the guide section is introduced, wherein the suction volute has an annular opening section in communication with the guide section at the inner circumferential side, and an inner wall surface extending from the opening section toward the axial direction impeller in the axial direction to increase a width dimension in the axial direction and connected to a partition section at an opposite side of the suction nozzle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184665 | MOLECULAR PUMP - A molecular pump includes a pump body provided with a turbo molecular pump portion, a control unit provided with a control portion and a power supply portion, and a cooling unit for cooling the pump body and the control unit. A first temperature detecting portion is provided in a first position, which is a position inside the control unit and has a low temperature. A second temperature detecting portion also serving as a humidity detecting portion is provided in a second position, which is a position inside the control unit and has a high temperature. The control portion controls the operation of the cooling unit in accordance with a relative humidity in the first position, calculated based on temperature information detected by the first temperature detecting portion and based on temperature information and humidity information detected by the second temperature detecting portion also serving as a humidity detecting portion. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184666 | VACUUM PUMP - A vacuum pump comprises: a pump; a pump stator; a base having an exhaust-side space into which the gas discharged by the pump rotor and the pump stator flows and an exhaust port in communication with the exhaust-side space; and a groove pumping element that is provided in a ring shape around a rotational axis of the pump rotor on a downstream end face of the pump rotor or on an inner bottom of the base opposite to the downstream end face and discharges gas from an inner peripheral side of the pump rotor to the exhaust-side space, the groove pumping element being circumferentially provided with alternating grooves defining a concave portion and convex portions, and the groove pumping element being located outside an exhaust path through which gas flows into the exhaust-side space and is thereafter discharged to the exhaust port. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184667 | FAN ROTATION SPEED ADJUSTING SYSTEM - A fan rotational speed adjusting system includes a power supply unit, a fan, a current detecting circuit and a temperature detecting circuit. The current detecting circuit detects a first DC voltage from the power supply unit, compares the first DC voltage with a first reference voltage, and outputs a first adjusting voltage. The temperature detecting circuit detects a temperature change of the power supply unit, and outputs a second adjusting voltage. The temperature detecting circuit receives the first adjusting voltage, compares the first adjusting voltage and the second adjusting voltage with a second reference voltage, and outputs a third DC voltage to the fan. The fan rotates in the corresponding rotational speed, and dissipates heat for the power supply unit. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184668 | AIR COMPRESSOR WITH AUDIBLE ALARM DEVICE - An air compressor includes an audible alarm device mounted to an outlet of a storage container thereof to produce a high-frequency sound for alerting users when compressed air produced in a cylinder thereof exceeds a predetermined value, wherein the sliding cap of the audible alarm device can be driven by the compressed air to perform a quick, slight back-and-forth movement of high frequency, so that the sliding cap can be partially moved out of the opening of an external enclosure and thus exposed to the outside. Through the audible alarm device, users can be alerted effectively to overpressure conditions of the air compressor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184669 | VACUUM PUMP PART AND VACUUM PUMP - Provided are a vacuum pump part and a vacuum pump suitable for performing adequately the processing of forming a coating on the surface of a fiber-reinforced composite material. In a vacuum pump part, a plating layer, which is a coating serving as a coating layer, is formed on the surface of a second cylindrical member of a cylindrical shape which is constituted by a fiber-reinforced composite material. The plating layer is formed through a removal processing step for removing a surface portion including a parting agent layer from the surface of the second cylindrical member of a cylindrical shape, and a roughening step for roughening a surface of the second cylindrical member after the surface portion including the parting agent layer has been removed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184670 | Threaded Connectors Between Submersible Well Pump Modules - An electrical submersible pump assembly has modules including a pump, a motor, and a pressure equalizer. A first adapter having threads is mounted to one of the modules. A second adapter is mounted to an adjacent one of the modules, the second adapter having a tubular body, a neck, and an external shoulder at a base of the neck. A collar is rotatably carried on the neck and in threaded engagement with the threads of the first adapter. A clamp secures around the neck between the external shoulder and the collar after the collar is fully engaged with the threads on the first adapter. A pair of flanges are mounted to and extend outward from the clamp. A motor lead locates between the flanges. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184671 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SEALING SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ASSEMBLIES - An apparatus, system and method for sealing an electrical submersible pump assembly are described. An electric submersible pump (ESP) system for pumping solid-laden fluid comprises a thrust chamber of an ESP seal section, the thrust chamber sealed from well fluid on a downstream side by a stationary sand barrier and on an upstream side by a mechanical seal, the thrust chamber further comprising, a rotatable shaft extending axially through the thrust chamber, a head tubularly encasing the thrust chamber and threadedly coupled to a centrifugal pump intake, and a diamond-coated hydrodynamic bearing set inside the thrust chamber, wherein well fluid enters and exits the chamber through cross-drilled apertures in the head of the chamber, and wherein the well fluid forms a hydrodynamic film between the bearing set. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184672 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMPRESSOR IMPELLER AND COMPRESSOR IMPELLER - An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a compressor impeller which produces a small post-cutting residual strain. A compressor impeller is formed by cutting a workpiece. The manufacturing method of a compressor impeller includes: a workpiece-fixing step of fixing a workpiece W on the supporting pedestal | 2015-07-02 |
20150184673 | FAN MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND VACUUM CLEANER HAVING THE SAME - A fan motor assembly capable of improving efficiency of a motor by minimizing flow loss, and a vacuum cleaner having the same includes a case, a motor installed inside the case to form a suction force, an impeller rotatably installed on a shaft of the motor, and a guide fan configured to guide air that is suctioned by the motor, wherein the guide fan includes a first guide unit configured to increase pressure of the suctioned air and a second guide unit provided at an upper side of the first guide unit to be in contact with the case. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184674 | ELECTRONIC WATER PUMP WITH COOLING UNIT FOR VEHICLES - Disclosed herein is an electronic water pump for vehicles. The electronic water pump includes an inner motor casing ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184675 | Threaded Connection Having Different Upper and Lower Threads for Submersible Well Pump Modules - An electrical submersible pump assembly has pump, motor and pressure equalizer modules. A first adapter, which secures to the first module, has an external set of first adapter threads. A second adapter, which secures to the second module, has an external set of second adapter threads. A collar has an internal set of collar first threads that engage the first adapter threads, and an internal set of collar second threads that engage the second adapter threads. The collar first and second threads differ from each other, such that rotation of the collar relative to the first and second modules pulls the first and second modules toward each other. The pitches of the collar first and second threads may differ. Or, the collar first and second threads may turn in opposite directions. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184676 | FAN MOTOR AND FAN MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN APPARATUS SUCH AS A REFRIGERATOR - An apparatus such as a refrigerator includes a fan motor and a fan motor assembly. The fan motor assembly includes fastening brackets on opposed lateral surfaces or sides of the body or housing of the fan motor, and a fan fastening unit that is attached to the fan motor (e.g., the body or housing) using the fastening brackets, thereby reducing noise and vibration due to operation of the fan motor, enhancing the flow of air around the fan motor, minimizing an installation space of the fan motor, and reducing the manufacturing cost of the fan motor assembly. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184677 | Airlift Pump - An airlift pump comprising a hollow, cylindrical main body having an injection hole near the bottom end, a channel routed in the outside surface of the main body and extending continuously from the injection hole to the top end, and an air tube seated in the channel and bonded to the main body. The air tube comprises an injection end having an elbow forming an injection angle such that the air is injection into the main body in a downward direction toward the bottom end. The air tube further comprises a receiving end extending past the top end of the main body and connecting to air supply tubing. The pump has a restricted lateral width enabling the pump to fit inside the narrow monitoring wells typical in the groundwater monitoring industry. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184678 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A ROTOR ADVANCING TOOL - A system includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) that includes a housing and a rotor disposed within the housing. The system also includes a rotor advancing tool configured to engage and to move the rotor while the rotor is within the housing. The housing includes an opening that enables the rotor advancing tool to extend through the opening to engage and move the rotor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184679 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Energy can be stored by directing fluid into an expandable receptacle that has a relatively heavy mass above it. The fluid fills the receptacle such that it expands and lifts up the heavy mass above it. At a time when energy is needed, the fluid can be allowed to flow out of the receptacle and through a turbine or hydraulic motor to generate power or electricity. Intermittent or unreliable sources of power can be used to fill the receptacle, or power from a power grid can be used to fill the receptacle at times that are off-peak. During peak-load times, the potential energy of the fluid in the receptacle can be converted to power. The receptacle can also be used to control water flows and can provide a source of power and potable water to a community. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184680 | Torque Limit Control - A prime mover transfers power to a separate hydraulic circuits via a power take off (PTO). In some situations, a peak torque demand in one of the hydraulic circuits may cause the total torque of all hydraulic circuits to exceed a rated torque at the PTO. An apparatus measures hydraulic fluid pressure in a first hydraulic circuit and adjusts the hydraulic fluid pressure in a second hydraulic circuit. Because pressure is directly correlated to torque at a pump, by adjusting the pressure in the second circuit based on the current pressure in the first hydraulic circuit, the total torque may be capped below the maximum torque rating at the PTO. The first hydraulic circuit may have a higher priority function, such as steering, compared to that of the second hydraulic circuit which may, for example, power a tool. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184681 | ACTUATOR - An actuator includes a cylinder, a piston, a rod, a rod-side chamber and a piston-side chamber, a tank, a first pump capable of supplying liquid to the rod-side chamber, a second pump capable of supplying the liquid to the piston-side chamber, a first control passage allowing communication between the rod-side chamber and the tank, a second control passage allowing communication between the piston-side chamber and the tank, a first variable relief valve capable of changing a valve opening pressure for permitting a flow of the liquid by being opened when a pressure in the rod-side chamber reaches the valve opening pressure, a second variable relief valve capable of changing a valve opening pressure for permitting a flow of the liquid by being opened when a pressure in the piston-side chamber reaches the valve opening pressure, and a center passage allowing communication between the tank and the interior of the cylinder. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184682 | Cylinder Having A Floating Piston, Low Profile Swivel Cap, And Lubricated Rod - A swivel assembly for an actuator includes: a rod defining a socket, the rod defining an arcuate surface at the floor of the socket; a cap dimensioned to fit into the socket, the cap defining a convex arcuate surface dimensioned to correspond to the arcuate surface of the floor of the socket; a first extended surface defined by the rod, the first extended surface, defined at least in part, by side portions of the socket providing depth to the socket; a second extended surface defined by the cap providing an extended length to the cap to allow the cap to extend out of the socket when the convex arcuate surface of the cap contacts the arcuate surface of the floor of the socket; and a cylinder assembly operatively connected to a piston and the cap to permit the piston and cap to move axially along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder assembly to move inwardly and outwardly of the cylinder assembly. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184683 | ACTUATOR - An actuator according to the present invention includes a telescopic body, a tank, a first opening/closing valve provided in a first passage that connects a rod side chamber to a piston side chamber, a second opening/closing valve provided in a second passage that connects the piston side chamber to the tank, a pump that supplies a fluid to the rod side chamber, a motor that, drives the pump, an exhaust passage that connects the rod side chamber to the tank, and a valve element provided in the exhaust passage, wherein a telescopic unit is formed by integrating the telescopic body, the first opening/closing valve, and the second opening/closing valve, a driving unit is formed by integrating the pump and the motor, and the telescopic unit and the driving unit are provided as separate bodies. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184684 | MULTI TENSIONED COMPOSITE PROFILE - A self-locking support system includes a female profile having a first profile leg extending approximately orthogonally from a base, a first locking leg extending from the first profile leg, and a first tip extending from the first profile leg, wherein a gap is formed between the base and the first profile leg, and a first male profile having a fulcrum formed at an intersection of a second profile leg and a second locking leg, the second profile leg having a second tip extending therefrom. When the second locking leg is inserted into the gap, and a locking bead is positioned between the first and second tips, the first male profile is caused to rotate about the fulcrum and the first and second locking legs are caused to engage against each other. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184685 | WOOD SCREW - A wood screw includes a plurality of cutting areas radially disposed on a conical bottom surface of a head and a smooth area formed between the cutting areas. Each cutting area has at least two grooves, each of which has a base different from each smooth area and two rib walls protruding from the base. The rib walls of two adjacent grooves meet to form a first cutting edge. Each cutting area further has two outer walls protruding from the smooth area. Each outer wall meets one rib wall of the adjacent groove on a second cutting edge. The cutting edges cut and scrape off burrs attached to a drilled hole. The cutting edges cooperate with the grooves to permit a continuous cutting action simultaneously with an increasing accommodation area for scraped burrs and prevent the burrs from sticking out from the head. Thus, the fastening effect is promoted. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184686 | BOLT - A bolt capable of fastening without use of a special tool and which is extremely hard to be loosened (detached) after fastening is provided. A bolt of the present invention is configured by a fastened bolt, a fastening bolt, and a lock portion. A first engagement portion is provided on one end of a fastened bolt shank, and a concave portion is provided in the center part of the bolt shank. The fastening bolt has a second engagement portion on the surface confronting the first engagement portion and a fastening shank which is slidably inserted into the concave portion. The bolt is configured so that when the fastening bolt is turned in only one direction, the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged to turn the fastened bolt, but when the clamp load rotating the fastened bolt in only one direction reaches a predetermined torque, the lower strength portion is damaged so that the clamp load of the fastening bolt is not transferred to the fastened bolt. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184687 | FASTENER WITH PROTECTED DECORATIVE CAP - A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184688 | INJECTABLE NUT CAP - The present invention proposes a cap for forming a sealed cavity around one end of a fastener to thereby contain out-gassing and sparking events in the event of a lightning strike to the fastener. The invention also proposes a joint comprising such a cap, and a kit of parts and method for installing such a cap. A cap according to the invention comprises: an inner cap member having an annular base terminating at an edge which surrounds an opening into an air cavity for enclosing the one end of a fastener; and an outer cap member having an annular skirt or flange which extends radially outwardly away from the annular base, the annular skirt or flange and annular base between them defining an annular sealing cavity. The cap also comprises a sealing material inlet comprising an opening in the outer cap member that is in fluid communication with the annular sealing cavity, the opening being arranged to interconnect with a sealing material injection device to provide a flow of curable sealing material from the sealing material inlet into the annular sealing cavity. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184689 | FEED DEVICES FOR SWAGABLE LOCKBOLT COLLARS - An air-driven feeder tool is provided for presenting swagable collars one at a time for placement on the shanks of lockbolts and thereby made ready for the application of a swaging tool. The swaging tool breaks off a pintail from the lockbolt and a vacuum system draws the broken-off pintails through a vacuum device and into a receptacle for safe disposal. The feeder mechanism comprises a magazine holding a supply of side-by-side collars, a presentation piece holding a short working collars and a worker-actuable trigger mechanism between the two queues for transferring collars, one at a time, from the magazine to the presentation queue. Two embodiments of the feeder tool are disclosed, each with a unique trigger position. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184690 | STRUCTURE OF CRANKSHAFT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A crankshaft for an internal combustion engine can be an integrated crankshaft in which a thrust receiving surface is formed on each of crank arm parts around the root of a crankpin in an annularly protruding manner to restrict axial movement of a connecting rod. A recessed portion is formed in each of the facing surfaces of facing crank webs at a position near a corner portion continuing from the crankpin to the crank arm part, the position being so close to the crankpin that part of the thrust receiving surface is cut away. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184691 | BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A ROTATING MACHINING DEVICE - A bearing assembly includes a first race having an arcuate configuration and a first set of bearing elements. The first set of bearing elements is arranged to dynamically contact the first race and recirculate within the bearing assembly in a first direction. A second race has an arcuate configuration and is removably secured to the first race. A second set of bearing elements is arranged to dynamically contact the second race and recirculate within the bearing assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184692 | FRICTIONAL SLIDING MECHANISM FOR INTERIOR ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE - A system for a motor vehicle with a first assembly having a first substrate and a rail extending outwardly from the first substrate. The system also includes a second assembly having a second substrate and a clamp extending outwardly from the second substrate. The clamp is slidably coupled to the rail and configured to apply a lateral force to the rail to dampen longitudinal motion of the second assembly relative to the first assembly. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184693 | BEARING DEVICE AND EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - In a bearing device with a first bearing body ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184694 | COMPOSITE BEARINGS HAVING A POLYIMIDE MATRIX - The present disclosure relates to bearing and seal assemblies comprising a composite structure which includes a substrate and a layer disposed on the substrate. The layer disposed on the substrate includes a polyimide matrix and a filler dispersed within the polyimide matrix. The filler can be a thermoplastic polymer, such as PTFE, and/or an organic filler. The bearing assembly can exhibit a synergistic improvement in wear resistance and coefficient of friction. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184695 | ROLLING BEARING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR ROLLING BEARING RING - A rolling bearing element ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184696 | DEFLECTING DEVICE FOR BALL SPLINE DEVICE - A ball spline device includes a guide rail engaged into a sliding member and having a number of longitudinal channels and recesses aligned with each other for engaging with ball bearing members, a cylindrical member and a deflecting device are engaged between the sliding member and the guide rail, and the cylindrical member and the deflecting device each include a number of curved guiding pathway communicating with each other for forming a number of endless ball guiding passages in the ball spline device and for engaging with ball bearing members, and the cylindrical member includes a number of protrusions each having a slot for receiving a lubricating fluid to lubricate the ball bearing members. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184697 | Tolerance Ring Assembly - A tolerance ring has a band with outwardly extending corrugated protrusions forming waves that engage an outer surface of a shaft. At one end of the tolerance ring is an inwardly flared guide surface extending axially and radially from the band. The guide surface acts as a tapered entrance to a bore of a housing to assist during assembly. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184698 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATIONAL MOVEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing a connecting element for transmitting rotational movements, wherein the connecting element has a joint outer part or flange and a connecting pin. The object of providing a method for producing a connecting element with a joint outer part or flange and a connecting pin, with which method weight-optimized connecting elements can be produced in a simple manner, is achieved in that a round-plate-like or tubular blank is deformed by flow forming or flow turning to form the connecting element. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184699 | ENGAGING DEVICE - An ECU of an engaging device is configured to feedback-control a current value so as to realize an engagement indicator current required for moving a sleeve in a position in an axial direction in which dog teeth may mesh with dog teeth in engaging operation. This performs releasing operation based on temporal transition of the current value during the engaging operation. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184700 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH SELECTIVE DISCONNECT - A drive assembly with selective disconnect includes a motor with a motor drive shaft; a harmonic drive coupled to one end of the motor drive shaft; an output shaft coupled to the harmonic drive; and a retracting mechanism that selectively retracts the motor drive shaft axially to decouple the motor drive shaft from the harmonic drive. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184701 | TORQUE CONVERTER INCLUDING STATOR THRUST BEARING - A torque converter is provided. The torque converter includes an impeller including an impeller shell, a turbine including a turbine shell and a stator axially between the turbine and the impeller. A first fluid flow is generated between the impeller and the stator and a second fluid flow is generated between the turbine and the stator. The torque converter further includes a thrust bearing axially between the impeller and the stator or axially between the turbine and the stator. The thrust bearing includes a bearing surface arranged for maintaining a hydrodynamic film thereon in a region of the first fluid flow or the second fluid flow during operation of the torque converter. A method of forming a torque converter is also provided. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184702 | VISCOUS CLUTCH WITH ADJUSTABLE PUMP MECHANISM - A viscous clutch ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184703 | PULLEY STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a pulley structure containing a first rotatable body, a second rotatable body and a torsional coil spring, in which the torsional coil spring has one end region, the outer circumferential surface of which is in contact with one rotatable body due to the self elastic restoring force when the pulley structure is in a stopped state, the other end region, the inner circumferential surface of which is in contact with the other rotatable body when the pulley structure is in the stopped state, and a middle region, and in which when the torsional coil spring is twisted in the diameter increasing direction, the inner circumferential surface of at least a circumferential portion of the other end region of the torsional coil spring separates from the other rotatable body. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184704 | Electromagnet, Electromagnetically Actuatable Brake and Brake Motor - An electromagnet, particularly a brake coil, especially for an electromagnetically actuatable brake, an electromagnetically actuatable brake and a brake motor, the electromagnet having a coil winding accommodated in a coil brace, the coil brace being accommodated in a magnet body, the magnet body being two-part or multipart, an internal pole being produced from a first material and the external pole being produced from a second material, the first material exhibiting a higher specific magnetic permeability than the second material. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184705 | CARRIER AND MOUNT - A carrier and mount assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake. The assembly includes a carrier having a first location formation formed therein, a mount having a second location formation formed therein, wherein the second location formation is aligned with the first location formation, and wherein the carrier is mounted to the mount via two or more fasteners that extend in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of insertion or removal of a friction element into or from the carrier. There is also a locator positioned in the first and second location formations to enable the carrier and mount to be assembled in the correct position, wherein the locator is at least a close fit to the first and second location formations. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184706 | CARRIER AND MOUNT - A carrier and mount assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake. The assembly includes a carrier having a first location formation formed therein, a mount having a second location formation formed therein, wherein the second location formation is aligned with the first location formation, and wherein the carrier is mounted to the mount via two or more fasteners that extend in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of insertion or removal of a friction element into or from the carrier. There is also a locator positioned in the first and second location formations to enable the carrier and mount to be assembled in the correct position, wherein the locator is at least a close fit to the first and second location formations. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184707 | DISK BRAKE DEVICE - A disk brake device has a rotor, a carrier, a caliper, an inner pad, and a braking operation mechanism. The braking operation mechanism includes a base plate, a wedge plate, and a slide member movement mechanism which moves the wedge plate in a direction perpendicular to a braking surface while moving the wedge plate to slide in a rotating direction of the rotor. The carrier includes an inner-side rotating-direction movement restricting portion which faces the base plate in the rotating direction of the rotor and abuts against the base plate in the rotating direction of the rotor to restrict movement of the base plate in the rotating direction. The base plate is held by the caliper to be movable in the direction perpendicular to the braking surface with movement of the base plate in the rotating direction of the rotor kept restricted by the inner-side rotating-direction movement restricting portion. | 2015-07-02 |