52nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120324814 | EXTERIOR WALL FINISHING ARRANGEMENT - A finishing arrangement for an exterior wall of a building includes a weather or water barrier against at least the exterior of the wall; an outer hardboard panel; an insulating foam panel between the weather or water barrier and the outer hardboard panel, the insulating foam panel attached to the outer hardboard panel and having drainage channels therein; and a drainage guide that extends from the weather or water barrier to at least the outer hardboard panel, for guiding moisture away from the wall. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324815 | CONSTRUCTION PANELS - A structural construction panel of the invention has an outer fiber-reinforced polymeric layer, and an inner fiber-reinforced polymeric layer. Thermally insulating foam generally occupies space which is not otherwise occupied between the inner and outer layers. A fire-rated capacity is provided by a fire-rated board, rated to pass at least a 15-minute corner fire test, incorporated as part of the finally-completed panel. Such fire-rated board can be foam-based, or non-foam-based. The fire-rated board product, whether a foam-based product or a non-foam-based product, can be enclosed in the panel between the inner and outer layers. Where the board is non-foam-based, the fire-rated board can be disposed, as part of the panel, as one or both outer surfaces of the panel structure, optionally between studs which protrude from the inner layer. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324816 | Easy-to-Lay Floor Board - Aspects relate to improved floor boards. Certain embodiments may be laid and fixed without the need for fixing with adhesive or nails. Example floor boards are convenient for use and simple in structure, and after a decorative strip is adopted, it further has the advantage of good decorative effects. In one embodiment, a floor board includes a four-sided surface board connected to a four-sided base board. In one embodiment, positions of board-shaped hooking tongues on two edges of the base board body and positions of board-shaping hooking tongues on two other edges of the base board body are arranged in a staggered manner, and the positions of buckles on two edges of the base board body and the positions of buckles on two other edges of the base board body are arranged in a staggered manner. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324817 | TRANSITION MOLDING AND INSTALLATION METHODS THEREFOR - The invention is a joint cover assembly and related method for covering a gap adjacent an edge of a panel that covers a sub-surface. The assembly includes a molding having a foot, a first arm, and a second arm. The foot is positioned along a longitudinal axis of the molding, wherein the first arm, and optionally the second arm, extend generally perpendicularly to the foot. A tab depends from at least one of the first and second arms. At least one of the tab and the foot engage a track in order to position the assembly over the gap. The method includes placing the foot in the gap, pressing the respective panel engaging surfaces into contact with respective panels, and configuring at least one of the tab and the foot to cooperate to retain the molding in the gap when the assembly is installed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324818 | Building System for Forming a Wooden Panel into a Powder Coated Wall Structure - A method of assembling a powder coated wall frame supporting a wooden panel therein, by: (1) powder coating various metal members; (2) connecting top and side metal members together to form a frame having an open bottom; (3) inserting a wooden panel into the open bottom of the frame; and then (4) connecting a bottom metal member onto the side members, thereby sealing the wooden panel within the metal frame structure. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324819 | BUILDING ELEMENT AND METHOD - A formed building element or “log” comprising a top filler section and a bottom filler section affixed on opposite sides of a center reinforcement member. The center reinforcement member may be a steel or metal rod or tube. The reinforcement member, which may be of approximately the same length of the filler sections, has one end extending out from the end of the building element. The extended end may have a vertical hole extending from top to bottom, adapted to accept a rod pin, which may or may not be threaded. Matching holes extend from the top to bottom of the filler section at the opposite end of the building element, so adjacent building elements may be attached end-to-end. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324820 | MODULAR BUILDING BLOCKS WITH INTERLOCKING REINFORCEMENT RODS - A modular building block comprises a first load-bearing surface having a key. There is a recess in the key. The recess has a shoulder disposed therein and side walls extending from the shoulder to a mouth thereof. A reinforcement rod extends into the recess and a coupling for connecting vertically aligned reinforcement rods is disposed in the recess. The reinforcement rod threadedly engages the coupling. A locking plate engages the coupling to prevent the coupling from rotating relative to the locking plate. The locking plate is shaped to sit on the shoulder so that rotation of the locking plate within the recess is prevented by the side walls of the recess. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324821 | Stud Bracket for Temporary Wall - An expandable stud bracket for attachment to a 2×4, 2×6, or 4×4 board for construction of a temporary structure of support is disclosed. An embodiment of the bracket includes a receiving portion for securing the bracket to a stud, an adjustable portion opposite the receiving portion and having an extendable rod, an engagement plate attached to an end of the rod and an anchor attached to an end of the rod opposite the engagement plate and for limiting extension of the rod from the bracket, and a locking mechanism attached to the rod for preventing retraction. Optionally, a detachable foot portion may be used as part of the entire disclosed expansion system. Preferably, the extendable rod is threaded and the locking mechanism comprises a nut which can be tightened using a lever. The bracket may also accommodate angled surfaces. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324822 | Prefabricated Removable Molding System - A pre-fabricated decorative moulding system which can be temporary, semi permanent or permanent, requiring no tools other than a tape measure or rule and a pencil or pen to install. An embodiment could be made of wood, plastic, or any material suitable for moulding, wainscot or appliqués. The system includes one or more devices, typically square or rectangular in shape. A device may also be of other shapes, angles or curves. A device would include a pre-applied double sided adhesive tape attached to the backside of the device with the removable adhesive side exposed which is capable of adhering the device to a surface and later easily removed without damage. The device can then be adhered to another desired surface. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324823 | OPERATING METHOD OF A FACTORY FOR THE MOLDING MANUFACTURE OF PRECAST CONCRETE VOUSSOIRS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WIND GENERATOR SUPPORT TOWERS - An operating method of a factory for the molding manufacture of precast concrete voussoirs intended for the construction of wind generator support towers by placing the factory in a place of origin in a disassembled state in initial units that are smaller than the voussoirs to be manufactured, taking the initial units to a building site close to the point of delivery of the voussoirs to be manufactured, assembling the factory at the building site starting from the initial units, manufacturing the pertinent voussoirs by means of the factory in the assembled state, disassembling the factory at the building site until the factory is in a disassembled state in final units that are smaller than the manufactured voussoirs, and taking the final units to a place of destination leaving the building site in basically the same conditions as before assembling the factory at the building site. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324824 | LOW-COST REDEPLOYABLE PROTECTIVE SHELTER - A protective shelter is presented. The protective shelter includes a substantially cylindrical wall member defining a shelter interior. The wall member has a first end and a second end and an opening formed there through. A domed member is coupled to the first end of the wall member. A door coupled to the wall member. The door is openable to permit ingress and egress into and out of the shelter interior through the opening and being closeable to cover the opening. At least one anchor point is coupled to the wall member adjacent to the second end, such that the protective shelter can be anchored to an underlying substrate. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324825 | ANCHOR BOLT TEMPLATE - A reusable anchor bolt template facilitates positioning of anchor bolts in anchoring material such as concrete, for subsequent mounting of a vertical structure, such as a light pole or the like. The anchor bolt template comprises a template body which defines a plurality of bolt-receiving channels within which the anchor bolts are respectfully positioned. By this arrangement, the template and anchor bolt can be positioned, as an assembly or unit, on an associated cylindrical tube or like structure which contains and confines the associated anchoring material. The template can be configured to permit the introduction of the anchoring material generally to the template, with the template thereafter being removable, and reused, if desired. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324826 | POST CASING - A casing member for assembly with an opposed identical casing member to encase a post includes an elongate body portion having spaced apart first and second side edges extending lengthwise of the body portion. First and second connectors are adjacent the first and second side edges respectively, and extend lengthwise therealong. The first connector includes a first tongue protruding from the body portion along a tongue axis. The second connector includes a groove bounded at least partially by spaced apart first and groove second sidewalls joined to the body portion. The first groove has a groove axis parallel to both the groove sidewalls and the tongue axis. The first tongue is inter-engageable with the first groove of the opposed identical casing member and the first groove is inter-engageable with the first tongue of the opposed casing member so as to secure the two casing members together about the post. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324827 | BRACING SYSTEM FOR REINFORCING BEAMS - A bracing system and method of its installation are provided. The bracing system includes a set of support panels and a set of crossover panels. The support panels may comprise connection members at their both ends such that these panels may be connected to each other in a line. The support panels are designed to be fixed in such lines to a beam. The beam should be provided with two parallel lines of interconnected support panels. The crossover panels are designed to link the support panels. The bracing system allows adding tremendous strength to wood beams in existing buildings. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324828 | POWDER REMOVAL DEVICE OF MEDICINE DISPENSER - A dispenser feeds tablets from a storing section to a packaging section. A tablet-adhered powder removal device is provided in a preparation section between the storing section and the packaging section. The preparation section has rotating open-top receiving portions, and the tablets for one package are fed to each receiving section. One side wall of each receiving section includes a fixed plate having a groove-ridge portion, while the opposite side wall includes a swing plate. The swing plate vibrates when a cam roller rides on protrusions during the rotation of the receiving portion. Due to the vibration, the powder adhered to the tablets between the plates is stripped and removed. The powder falls from a gap formed by opening the plates, and is discharged to the outside. When the cam roller rides on a cam, the swing plate is swung and drops the tablets in the receiving portion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324829 | MEDICINE DISPENSING APPARATUS - A medicine guide assembly is disposed between paired adjacent medicine feeder storage units. Each medicine guide assembly guides the medicines, which have been ejected from the medicine feeders included in the paired medicine feeder storage units, to an outlet port located downward. The medicine guide assembly includes a first divided guide member and a second divided guide member which are combined with each other when the paired medicine feeder storage units are accommodated in the housing and which are separated from each other when one of the paired medicine feeder storage units is drawn out from the housing. Further, air cleaning devices are provided so as to be operable to take in air, clean the air, and supply the cleaned air to an interior of the housing. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324830 | WRAPPER FOR WRAPPING ROUND BALES OF CROP MATERIAL - A wrapper for wrapping round bales of crop material includes a frame, a wrapping table pivotable between a wrapping position and a bale release position, a wrapping device, and an unloading device. The unloading device has an unloading arm movable between a receiving position and a release position, and a ground support movable between a lifted position and a support position, wherein the wrapper comprises a first actuator to move the unloading arm from the receiving position to the release position. The wrapper includes a second actuator arranged to move the ground support from the lifted position to the support position and to move the wrapping table at least partially from the wrapping position to the bale release position. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324831 | METHOD FOR WRAPPING A FLORAL GROUPING - A method for wrapping a floral grouping having a bloom end and a stem end is disclosed. A wrapper is formed from a sheet of material or bag which is wrapped about at least a portion of the stem end of the floral grouping. The wrapped floral grouping is then positioned within a receiving space of a preformed sleeve whereby the wrapper is secured in a stable position about at least a portion of the stem end of the floral grouping by the preformed sleeve. A detaching element defines the detachable upper portion and a lower portion of the preformed sleeve so that the upper portion can be removed from the lower portion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324832 | METHOD OF OVERPACKING A PACKAGE USING AN OVERPACK SALVAGE DRUM - A method of packing a package in an overpack salvage drum that includes a drum body for holding the package to be overpacked, a lid adapted to be rotatably threaded onto the drum body to seal the package held in the drum body therein, and a clip adapted to be operatively associated with the lid before the lid is rotatably threaded onto the drum body. The method includes placing the package into a drum body, operatively associating a clip to a lid that is adapted to be rotatably threaded onto the drum body, and rotatably threading the lid with the clip operatively associated therewith onto the drum body to seal the package therein, wherein the clip is adapted to break in preference to the lid and the drum body when the seal between the lid and the drum body is first compromised. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES - An apparatus for packaging articles in a box blank which has folding lines and also side flaps and/or lid flaps and/or base flaps. The apparatus includes a device for feeding a stream of articles, a device for dividing up the articles into groups and/or assemblies of articles, a device for feeding individual box blanks to the groups of articles and/or for combining the groups of articles and the box blanks, and a device for forming a box and for folding in the side flaps by folding-in elements, which rotate about an axis which is more or less perpendicular to the conveying plane and/or conveying direction of the box blanks. The folding-in elements each have at least one pair of folding-in devices, which can be moved in a common plane and which can be moved and/or controlled and regulated independently of one another. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324834 | PACKAGING MATERIAL - A decorative packaging material comprising a plurality of flexible strips of material integrally interconnected to one another. The strips of material may be interconnected via a border portion, and the decorative packaging material may be disposed in a container. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324835 | METHOD AND SEALING STATION FOR SEALING PACKAGING UNITS - The invention relates to a method for sealing at least a packaging unit by means of a sealing tool lower part carrying the packaging unit, a sealing tool upper part, and a sealing plate. The sealing tool lower part is configured to perform a lifting movement by means of a drive. The invention is characterized in that the lifting movement is performed in a uniform, continuous motion from a lowered position, via an intermediate position in which a packaging unit is clamped, to a final position. The invention further relates to a sealing station for a packaging machine in which the sealing plate is suspended via a damping unit at the sealing tool upper part. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324836 | METHOD OF APPLICATION OF CLOSURE LINER IN HOT FILL PACKAGES - A method of applying a liner to a container mouth in a hot-fill operation, said method comprising the steps of: placing the liner over a mouth sealing surface of the container; heating the liner by induction or conduction; and cooling the liner immediately thereafter while biasing the liner against the mouth sealing surface for a sufficient length of time to permit curing and sealing of the liner to the mouth sealing surface. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324837 | HANDTOOL FOR CLOSING FOIL FOOD CONTAINERS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A handheld lid-closing tool and method of use thereof for closing a foil food container having a food-receiving compartment with a ledge extending around the periphery and a flexible flange extending around the peripheral edge of the ledge. The flange is reversibly foldable over a lid removably placed over the food-receiving compartment and the ledge. The handheld tool including a body member which is configured and dimensioned to be grasped by a user, having an outer surface; and at least one elongated, flange-closing channel formed in the outer surface of the body member. The channel has two open ends and two opposite spaced-apart channel walls which are connected together by a base wall to define a generally U-shaped cross section The channel has an outwardly flared broad portion on at least one of the first and second ends and an inner narrow portion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324838 | CONTAINER CLOSURE TOOL - A hand-held closure tool for closing a container. Based on the design of the inventive closure tool, a pair of wheels provides two points of contact between the closure tool and the container peripheral flange. This design feature stabilizes the closure tool as the container is moved in a circular fashion. The stability of the closure tool against the peripheral flange of the container enables the closure tool movement to be accomplished in a single, continuous motion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324839 | AUTOMATED SYRINGE FILLER AND LOADING APPARATUS - An automated cap extractor/installer is disclosed comprising a cap access space, a rack and modified pinion, a solenoid actuator and a position sensor. The modified pinion has a flat surface with two edges and the flat surface can be positioned proximate to the cap access space. The modified pinion is in communication with a rack component communicating with a solenoid actuator causing the pinion to rotate. When a capped syringe is positioned in the cap access space, a signal can be sent by the position sensor to the solenoid actuator. The solenoid actuator moves, causing the pinion to rotate and grip the syringe cap. The solenoid actuator and components can be moved vertically and thereby pulling the cap off the syringe. A rotating cam device can be substituted for the modified pinion. The process can be reversed to install the cap on a syringe. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324840 | PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT WITH TRANSPORT DEVICE - The invention is related to a packaging arrangement, comprising a transport device for transporting products in a first position oriented in a production direction, and for selectively rotating the products into a different position relative to the production direction. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324841 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - An abnormality determination apparatus includes a particulate filter provided in the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine that collects particulate matter in the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, a particulate matter deposition amount detection device provided downstream of the particulate filter, and a abnormality determination portion. The particulate matter deposition amount detection device includes a detecting element that detects the particular matter that flows toward the particulate matter deposition amount detection device and that is not trapped by the particulate filter, and then outputs a value corresponding to a deposition amount deposited the particulate matter on the detecting element. The abnormality determination portion determines, whether an abnormality is present in the particulate filter based on the gradient of an output waveform of the particulate matter deposition amount detection device. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324842 | FILTER - A filter bag is longitudinally formed with at least a portion of the filter bag formed in a frusto-conical shape. The filter bag has a plurality of radially extending members that form a propeller shaped cross-section. A lower, frusto conically shaped lower portion balloon or billows during a reverse air cycle enhances dust fall from the exterior for cleaning. A manifold having multiple openings is also disclosed. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324843 | Inlet Air Pulse Filtration System - The present application provides an inlet air pulse filtration system. The inlet air pulse filtration system may include an inlet filter house and a number of pulse filters positioned therein. One or more of the pulse filters may include a conical section, a transitional section, and a tapered section. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324844 | FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A BAGHOUSE - A filtration system for use in a turbine flow path is provided. The filtration system includes a cartridge filter and an attachment portion coupled to the cartridge filter, the attachment portion configured to couple the cartridge filter to a tube sheet, such that the tube sheet is secured within an annular cavity defined between a first flange and a second flange extending from the attachment portion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324845 | FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A BAGHOUSE - A filtration system is provided. The filtration system includes a flexible attachment portion, the attachment portion configured to couple the bag filter to a tube sheet, an adapter ring attached to the attachment portion, and a bag filter attached to the adapter ring. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324846 | WATER SEPARATING CONTAINER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A water separating container for a motor vehicle is provided. An air stream sucked in from outside the vehicle passes through the water separating container, which separates water present in the air stream. The water separating container includes an air inlet having an air inlet opening and an air outlet having an air outlet opening. An impact wall for separating the water present in the air stream is disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324847 | SUPPORT BRACKET ASSEMBLY AND INTERLOCKING CERAMIC TILE SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a support bracket assembly and multiple support bracket assemblies supporting a series of interlocking ceramic elements. The interlocking ceramic elements form a cylindrical structure that is an important component of a cyclone separator. Several industrial plants have large cyclone separators such as power plants and cement plants where it is necessary to remove solids from a particle-laden gas stream. The support bracket assembly is comprised of five main components: two end plates, a middle support arm which is capable of supporting a ceramic element, and two horizontal flat bars that fit through the two end plates and the middle support arm. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324848 | FILTER UNIT - A filter unit for removing particles from an air or gas flow, comprising a filter body having a front side, a rear side, and an edge side between the front side and the rear side, and an edge strip arranged on the edge side, which edge strip extends at least the height of the edge side and at least the length of the edge side, wherein the edge strip comprises a foamed thermoplastic material, which is molded to the edge side of the filter body such that the edge strip thereby is formed and fastened directly to the edge side of the filter body, and such that the edge is embedded in the edge strip. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324849 | Filter Element for Fluid Filtration, in Particular for Intake Air of Internal Combustion Engines - A filter element ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120324850 | Air Filter Element with Covered Terminal Disks - In order to provide a seal function and a protection of the sealing surfaces for an air filter element ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120324851 | FILTER ELEMENT WITH GUIDE SHAFT - A Filter element for insertion into a housing of a ventilation unit or air conditioner, comprising a bellows with folds and a front side, which can face a wall of the housing, wherein the folds on the front side define fold cross-sectional surfaces, wherein to the front side at least one guiding slot is assigned and wherein a fold cross-sectional surface has a geometry in the area of a guiding slot that is different from the fold cross-sectional surface of a multiplicity of folds, is, in view of the task of providing an efficient filter element which, after problem-free manufacture is equipped with guiding slots into which guide pins can be inserted, characterized in that a multiplicity of regular fold walls is provided, wherein each two flanking walls flank the guiding slot. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324852 | PREVENTION OF FACE-PLUGGING ON AFTERTREATMENT DEVICES IN EXHAUST - An inlet face for an aftertreatment device that prevents and/or eliminates face-plugging for a passageway where the inlet face is disposed. The inlet face includes a particular end surface disposed on an outer surface at the end of a substrate. The end surface includes at least one of a three-dimensional topographical configuration disposed at the end of the substrate, a chemical coating applied on the end of the substrate, or both a three-dimensional topographical configuration disposed on the end of the substrate and a chemical coating applied on the three-dimensional topographical configuration. As one example, the inlet face can be helpful in preventing carbonaceous fouling, which can result from engine exhaust material, such as carbon soot and other engine exhaust by-products. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324853 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HARVESTING THRESHED CROPS - The invention relates to a method and device for harvesting threshed crops. The device according to the invention for harvesting threshed crops includes a threshing assembly ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120324854 | Self-Leveling Four-Bar Linkage for Suspending a Header of an Agricultural Implement - A suspension system for agricultural implements having at least one floating head using a four-bar linkage and permitting the floating head to accommodate variations in ground surface elevation in a lateral or transverse direction. By permitting the floating head to float, a more consistent cutting height is realized when ground surface elevation varies in a transverse direction. A main frame is provided to which the ground engaging wheels are attached. A sub-frame is connected to the main frame via the four-bar linkage. The sub-frame is pivotally attached to the arms of the four-bar linkage by spherical bearings. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324855 | DRAPER ASSEMBLY WITH ROLLERS 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. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324856 | Mulching Lawn Mower Rear Discharge Pathway and Shield - Disclosed is a rear discharge lawn mower assembly having a rearwardly-directing mower deck, a plurality of cutting blades, and rear housing and clippings pathway adapted to direct clippings through the rear of the mower assembly while shrouding the rear drive elements and tires of the mower from flying debris. The rear housing comprises an enclosed volume that shrouds the axle and rear drive elements of the mower, while further providing a pair of downwardly suspended tire shields and a rear access panel for allowing access into the housing for mower maintenance purposes. The mower deck routes clippings through a rear discharge, wherein clippings and debris are then directed into a space defined by the rear housing lower surface shield and the tire shields. In this way, grass, wood chips, glass and other hardened debris is exited from the mower without damaging the tires or drive elements of the mower. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324857 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING CABLE BEAD - A method and system for manufacturing high-quality cable beads with efficiency. The method includes the steps of arranging a plurality of carriages carrying a core and a reel wound with a wire around a reel revolving means having at least two arms, attaching the core to a core rotating means for rotating the core in a circumferential direction by holding it with one of the arms and positioning the reel on one side of the core by holding it with the other of the arms, manufacturing a cable bead by revolving the reel by holding it alternately with each of the two arms, and returning the cable bead and the reel to the carriage using the two arms. Thus, the setting of the reel and the core, the manufacturing of a cable bead, and the returning of the cable bead and the reel back to the carriage are performed automatically. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324858 | CABLE PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING AN INITIAL STRESS ON A CABLE - A method of reducing an initial stress on a cable includes stretching the cable to a first length to thereby define the initial stress. The cable has a central longitudinal axis, and includes a plurality of wires each twisted around the axis and formed from a shape memory alloy transitionable in response to a signal between a first state wherein each of the wires has a first temperature-dependent length, and a second state wherein each of the wires has a second temperature-dependent length that is less than the first. After stretching, the method includes activating the alloy by exposing the alloy to the signal such that the alloy transitions from the first to the second temperature-dependent state. Concurrent to activating, the method includes elongating the cable to a second length that is greater than the first to define a second stress on the cable that is less than the first. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324859 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided for warming fuel prior to introduction of the fuel to an engine, the heat exchanger including: a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet; a heat exchange matrix having heat transfer components past which the fuel flows between said inlet and said outlet and which are arranged to be heated; and swirl inducing means arranged between said inlet and said matrix arranged to cause fuel from said inlet to swirl prior to entering said matrix. By causing the fuel to swirl prior to entering the heat exchange matrix, entrained ice in the fuel can be caused to concentrate at an outer region of the heat exchanger thereby allowing fuel to continue to flow through the heat exchanger to the engine even when ice is present in the fuel. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324860 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention is a unique pulse detonation combustion system. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for pulse detonation combustion systems, gas turbine engines, and other machines and engines. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324861 | Compression Installation - A compressor plant with at least one gas turbine having a gas turbine compressor and with a steam turbine is disclosed, wherein a steam generation plant which is assigned to the gas turbine is operated with exhaust gases of the gas turbine, such that the steam generated in the steam generation plant drives the stream turbine. There is assigned at least one additional compressor for compressing a process medium. The compressor is connected directly to the gas turbine and/or the steam turbine such that the assigned compressor is driven in each case directly by the gas turbine and/or the steam turbine. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324862 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEAM TURBINE WHEEL SPACE COOLING - The present application provides a steam turbine system. The steam turbine system may include a high pressure section, an intermediate pressure section, a shaft packing location positioned between the high pressure section and the intermediate pressure section, a source of steam, and a cooling system. The cooling system delivers a cooling steam extraction from the source of steam to the shaft packing location so as to cool the high pressure section and the intermediate pressure section. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324863 | COOLING SCHEME FOR AN INCREASED GAS TURBINE EFFICIENCY - A burner for a combustion chamber of a turbine, with an injection device for the introduction of at least one gaseous and/or liquid fuel into the burner is proposed. The injection device has at least one body arranged in the burner with at least two nozzles for introducing the at least one fuel into the burner, the body being configured with a streamlined cross-sectional profile which extends with a longitudinal direction perpendicularly or at an inclination to a main flow direction prevailing in the burner. The carrier air plenum is provided with holes such that carrier air exiting through the holes impinges an inner side of a leading edge portion of the body. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324864 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AIR FUEL RATIO - Methods and system for controlling air-fuel ratios in an internal combustion engine are disclosed. One embodiment comprises, adjusting a sensor calibration correction value of an exhaust sensor upstream of a catalyst based on an exhaust sensor downstream of the catalyst. The adjustment of the sensor calibration correction value takes advantage of the fact that certain aromatic hydrocarbons causing errors in the reading of the upstream sensor are not present at the downstream sensor due to sufficient catalytic activity of a catalyst positioned between the sensors. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324865 | METHOD FOR REGULATING A PUMP OF AN SCR SYSTEM - A method for regulating a motor-driven pump of an SCR system, the pump delivering a pressure, being subjected to a hydraulic torque in relation to this pressure and also to a resistive torque and being driven by an electric motor including coils supplied with a current and developing a torque in relation to this current, according to which to regulate the pump, use is made of a mechanism to measure the current in the coils of the motor, of a regulator of overall current consumed by the motor, and of a model of the relation between the current and the pressure using an estimate of part of the resistive torque, namely the dry frictions, obtained by rotating the pump under no-load conditions at different speeds and by measuring the associated current. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324866 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DELIVERY DEVICE FOR A REDUCING AGENT AND DELIVERY DEVICE FOR A REDUCING AGENT - A method for operating a delivery device for delivering a reducing agent from a reducing agent tank into an exhaust treatment device of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes at least intermittently carrying out a ventilation process of the delivery device during operation of the internal combustion engine. A registration of a ventilation process first occurs. A timing unit having a preset time interval and/or a mass-flow summing unit having a preset total mass flow is then actuated. When the preset time interval and/or the preset total mass flow is reached, the ventilation process is then carried out. In particular, monitoring the delivery device by a pressure sensor can thus be omitted. A delivery device for delivering a reducing agent is also provided. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324867 | CONTROL OF EMISSIONS - A diesel engine aftertreatment system comprises a diesel engine having an exhaust manifold and a filter substrate in direct connection with the exhaust manifold without any intervening catalyst, wherein the filter substrate comprises on its inlet side an SCR catalyst incorporating a non-coking molecular sieve. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324868 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING CONSTITUENT GASES IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS MIXTURE AND A VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine operatively disposed therein. The engine generates exhaust gases. The vehicle further includes an alternator operatively connected to the engine. The alternator produces DC power. An ultracapacitor is operatively connected to the alternator to receive electrical energy therefrom. The vehicle still further includes an exhaust gas treatment system operatively connected to the engine to receive exhaust gases therefrom. The exhaust gas treatment system includes an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) device electrically connected to the ultracapacitor to selectively heat a catalytic exhaust system component. The ultracapacitor stores energy converted by the alternator from vehicle kinetic energy and releases the stored energy to heat the EHC. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324869 | CATALYST DEGRADATION DETECTION APPARATUS - A catalyst degradation detection apparatus includes: calculation means for calculating, as an oxygen storage amount of a catalyst, an amount of oxygen stored into or desorbed from the catalyst during a period from when a change that corresponds to a change in an air/fuel ratio occurs in the signal of a pre-catalyst sensor to when the signal of a post-catalyst sensor reaches a criterion value regarding the change in the air/fuel ratio; catalyst degradation determination means for determining of degradation of the catalyst on the basis of the oxygen storage amount; and correction means for correcting the oxygen storage amount calculated for use for determining of degradation of the catalyst more to a decrease side as a measured responsiveness of the post-catalyst sensor becomes more deteriorated relative to a reference value. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324870 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle, and includes an engine, a catalyst and a control unit. The engine is a bifuel engine using gas fuel and liquid fuel as its fuel source. The control unit makes an air fuel ratio rich and increases a proportion of the gas fuel if a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324871 | System of Treating Exhaust Gas of Engine - In order to relief a sudden change of engine sound during the transition to recovery control of a particulate removing filter or during returning from the recovery control, a system of treating exhaust gas of an engine includes an exhaust-gas particulate removing filter in an exhaust path, closes down the opening of an inlet throttle valve or an exhaust throttle valve to a recovery opening smaller than a normal opening during recovery of the particulate removing filter, and returns the opening from the recovery opening to the normal opening after the recovery of the particulate removing filter. The opening of the inlet throttle valve or the exhaust throttle valve during the closing process from the normal opening to the recovery opening and during the returning process from the recovery opening to the normal opening is changed at a gradually decreasing or gradually increasing rate of change of the opening. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324872 | Exhaust System - Embodiments of the invention are directed to an exhaust system for a combustion engine with a bent pipe section conducting an exhaust gas flow. The exhaust system further includes an injector for introducing a liquid reduction agent into the exhaust gas flow, which is connected to the pipe section via a connecting pipe so that the injector can introduce the reduction agent through the connecting pipe into an introduction region of the pipe section into the exhaust gas flow. The risk of a crystallisation of the reduction agent can be reduced with a return flow plate, which in the pipe section is arranged upstream of the introduction region. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324873 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR - A hydraulic accumulator system for providing pressurized oil to a transmission in a vehicle. The system includes a transmission oil storage chamber to store oil at a predetermined level; and a hydraulic accumulator mounted in the oil storage chamber and including an accumulator piston mounted below the level of oil, separating an accumulator oil area from a remainder of the oil storage area and movable to increase and decrease the oil in the accumulator oil area, and a spring biasing the piston toward the accumulator oil area. The system also has a hydraulic assembly including a first oil passage for removing the oil from the remainder of the oil storage area, a second oil passage for directing oil into and out of the accumulator oil area below the predetermined oil level and a hydraulic circuit directing the oil from the first oil passage into the second oil passage. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324874 | INDEPENDENT SUPPLY AND EXHAUST METERING WITHIN A VALVE CASTING - The present disclosure provides a hydraulic system for controlling a load. The system includes a housing defining an inlet, a first port, and a second port. The system further includes a spool valve and a proportional control element. The spool valve is in fluid communication with the inlet and the second port and the proportional control element is in fluid communication with the first port. The proportional control element can be controllable to exhaust fluid from the first port to a reservoir. In this arrangement, the proportional control element and the spool valve are controlled independently of one another. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324875 | OPTIMIZED SYSTEM RESPONSE WITH MULTIPLE COMMANDS - A method and system for operating a machine having first and second movable elements, first and second hydromechanical movers for moving the first and second movable elements, respectively, and first and second hydraulic pumps linked to the first and second hydromechanical movers, respectively. Movement requests for moving the first and second movable elements are processed such that the movement command to the second hydromechanical mover is reduced by a variable amount based on the magnitude of the first movement request. For commanded first hydromechanical mover movements below a certain level, flow to the second hydromechanical mover may optionally not be reduced. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324876 | SUBSEA ACCUMULATOR SYSTEM - Embodiments of a subsea accumulator system are disclosed. The system includes a subsea skid structure, a pre-charged fluid accumulator mounted in the subsea skid structure and fluidly coupled to a flowline in the skid structure, and a subsea device coupled to the flowline to receive hydraulic fluid power from the pre-charged fluid accumulator. The system may include a fill port having a releasable connection to selectively couple with a hydraulic fluid supply separate from the skid structure. Certain embodiments may include a subsea pump, instead of a pre-charge, for delivering pressurized fluid to a piston in the accumulator, and multiple accumulators for mixing fluids or discharging the fluids sequentially. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324877 | SYSTEM FOR DRIVING A BOOM OF A HYBRID EXCAVATOR AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a system for driving a boom of a hybrid excavator, and a method for controlling same. The disclosed system comprises: an electric motor operating by means of a motor or generator; a capacitor for storing electricity generated by the electric motor; a hydraulic pump motor driven by the electric motor to supply working oil to a boom; a boom control valve having a closed circuit for selectively connecting/disconnecting a discharge line and an inlet line of the hydraulic pump motor to/from a head or a load of the boom; a main pump driven by a driving source arranged separately from the motor so as to supply working oil to a bucket, driving motor, or arm; a boom-assisting valve, which connects a discharge line of the main pump to the discharge line of the hydraulic pump motor, such that working oil discharged from the main pump and the hydraulic pump motor can be combined; and a control unit for controlling the electric motor, the hydraulic pump motor, and the boom control valve. The system of the present disclosure minimizes the loss of energy during excavation, which is the main use of an excavator, while using the electric motor, ensures the operating performance of the boom, and recovers regenerative energy from the boom. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324878 | Hydraulic Drive System And Diagnostic Control Strategy For Improved Operation - A method and apparatus are provided for hydraulic fluid supply between a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic drive unit, switching hydraulic fluid flow direction to the hydraulic drive unit or stopping hydraulic fluid flow to the hydraulic drive unit when measured hydraulic fluid pressure crosses a predetermined pressure threshold value. The method further comprises calculating an amount of mechanical work done by the hydraulic drive unit and warning an operator or limiting hydraulic fluid flow rate to the hydraulic drive unit when the calculated mechanical work for the drive cycle is less than an expected amount of mechanical work. The apparatus for practicing the method further includes a pressure sensor associated with a hydraulic fluid supply conduit between the pump and the drive unit, and an electronic controller programmed to operate the drive system according to the method. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324879 | Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Safe and Efficient Hydrostatic Operation - A shut off valve is configured to shut off flow from the high pressure fluid line to the high pressure accumulator in a series hydraulic hybrid vehicle in order to quickly raise system pressure in the high pressure fluid line and enable additional torque output from the hydraulic motor for vehicle propulsion. A pressure relief valve is further provided to vent excess flow from the high pressure line to the high pressure accumulator as needed to avoid exceeding a maximum desired system pressure in the high pressure fluid line, thereby providing for safe and efficient hydrostatic operation in the vehicle. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324880 | ELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC HYBRID DRIVER - The present invention provides an apparatus for electrically and hydraulically driving a hydraulic cylinder, including a hydraulic pump rotatable in opposite directions, an electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump, a reservoir tank containing hydraulic fluid therein, and a servo-valve. The hydraulic cylinder makes fluid-communication at a head-sided hydraulic chamber with a first port of the hydraulic pump, and makes fluid-communication at a rod-sided hydraulic chamber with a second port of the hydraulic pump. The servo-valve allows ones of the head-sided hydraulic chamber and the rod-sided hydraulic chamber to make fluid-communication to the reservoir tank in accordance with a direction in which the hydraulic pump rotates, and varies a degree at which one of the head-sided hydraulic chamber and the rod-sided hydraulic chamber makes fluid-communication with the reservoir tank, to a designated degree. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324881 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR BOOSTERS AND BOOSTER ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a mounting structure for boosters and a booster assembly for vehicles having the same. The mounting structure for boosters to mount a booster provided with a casing formed by hermetically connecting a front cell and a rear cell includes a front bolt passing through the front cell, the inside of the front bolt being hollow, a tube having a cylindrical shape, the inside of which is hollow in the lengthwise direction, and provided with a front part being opposite the front bolt to communicate with the hollow of the front bolt and a rear part crossing the casing to pass through the rear cell, a support washer installed on the tube and connected to the rear portion of the front bolt to surround the outer circumferential surface of the rear portion of the front bolt, and a sealing member provided between the tube and the support washer. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324882 | ELECTRIC BOOSTER AND BRAKE DEVICE USING THE SAME - [Problem] To provide an electric booster that can mechanically exhibit a jump-in characteristic and hysteresis characteristic without relying on control software. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324883 | MASTER CYLINDER DEVICE - A master cylinder device includes: a first pressurizing piston including a main body portion which defines a first pressurizing chamber for pressurizing a brake fluid, and a flange portion which is formed around an outer circumference of the main body portion and in front of which there is defined an opposing chamber; and an input piston which can be shrunk by operating a brake pedal. The master cylinder device further includes an electromagnetic open/close valve for making the opposing chamber and the inter-piston chamber communicate with a reservoir, and an electromagnetic open/close valve for prohibiting the shrink of the input piston. The master cylinder device with such a structure allows a pressurization of the brake fluid depending on an operation force in a state in which the shrink of the input piston is prohibited. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324884 | DRIVE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND AN EXPANSION MACHINE WITH GAS RETURN - A drive for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber delimited by a cylinder and a piston, a compressed gas store connectable with the combustion chamber for storing a gas compressed in the combustion chamber, a separate expansion machine for expanding compressed gas from the combustion chamber or from the compressed gas store by performing mechanical work, and devices for supplying gas from the expansion machine into the combustion chamber or into an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The drive may, alternatively or in addition, also include devices for heating the compressed gas from the combustion chamber or from the compressed gas store before the compressed gas enters into the expansion machine. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324885 | GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT UTILIZING HOT GEOTHERMAL FLUID IN A CASCADE HEAT RECOVERY APPARATUS - A geothermal power system includes a steam turbine and a closed loop working fluid system having a preheater, a vaporizer, a superheater, an expander, a condenser, and a pump and a working fluid disposed to pass sequentially through the preheater, vaporizer, superheater, expander, condenser, and pump. Geothermal fluid is separated into a steam stream and a brine stream. The steam is expanded across the steam turbine to generate power, and thereafter exhaust from the steam turbine passes through the vaporizer to vaporize the working fluid. Geothermal brine is first used to heat vaporized working fluid in the superheater and is then used to preheat liquid working fluid in the preheater. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324886 | Liquid Ring Rotating Casing Steam Turbine and Method of Use Thereof - A rotating liquid ring rotating casing gas turbine ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120324887 | Multi-Stage Solar Power Device - A multi-stage solar power device includes a light-permeable base plate, a plurality of light-condensing plates, a heat-conducting tube, at least one gas turbine, a gas inlet tube and a gas outlet tube. The light-condensing plates include a plurality of arcs with different length. The light-condensing plates are spaced from each other and arranged under the light-permeable base plate to define a plurality of light-reflecting chambers. The heat-conducting tube has first and second ends and extends through the light-reflecting chambers. At least one gas turbine is disposed in the heat-conducting tube. The gas inlet tube has first and second sections. The first section protrudes from the light-permeable base plate, and the second section extends through the light-permeable base plate. The gas outlet tube has one end protruding from the light-permeable base plate, as well as an other end extending through the light-permeable base plate. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324888 | CUSHION-SHAPED CONCENTRATOR - The invention relates to a cushion-shaped concentrator ( | 2012-12-27 |
20120324889 | ADVANCED UNIFLOW RANKINE ENGINE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An Advanced Uniflow Rankine Engine (“AURE”) that is effective and thermodynamically efficient at higher speeds (e.g., 400-1800 rpm) and has low torque output. This allows the AURE to be compact of size without the need for a massive foundation found in prior art steam engines. The AURE includes an admission valve assembly, a cylinder head/valve gear assembly, a cylinder/piston assembly, a crank shaft assembly, an external sump, and an integral condenser. The admission valve assembly includes a counterbalancing poppet valve and valve stem that creates counterbalanced unsupported areas that allow the poppet valve to operate at higher speeds. The AURE can be fueled by raw, unprocessed fuel, including biomass, to generate efficient energy in a smaller overall package. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324890 | ADSORBING HEAT EXCHANGERS - The present invention generally relates to power generation systems configured to absorb and capture a component, such as carbon dioxide, in a flue gas for later sequestration or utilization, wherein heat generated in the sorption process is captured for use in the power generation system. In some examples, the heat of sorption is used to preheat fluids in one or more systems of the power generation system to reduce the heating load on the subsystem. By using the heat of sorption, the carbon dioxide capture and sequestration process not only reduces or eliminates the concentration of carbon dioxide in the flue gas, but reduces or eliminates the parasitic effect of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration on power generation. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING HEAT AND CONVERTING IT INTO MECHANICAL POWER IN A DRIVE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A method and an apparatus recover heat and convert the heat into mechanical power in a drive system for motor vehicles. A working medium carried in a working medium circuit is evaporated by an evaporator integrated into the working medium circuit by waste heat from an internal combustion engine. The vapor generated is fed to an expansion machine coupled to the internal combustion engine, and the exhaust vapor from the expansion machine is then converted back into the liquid phase in at least one condenser. Accordingly at least one valve, which can be subjected to control by a control device, and a vapor accumulator are integrated into the working medium circuit downstream of the evaporator such that the vapor generated is fed into the vapor accumulator. The vapor stored in the vapor accumulator is fed back at least in part into the working medium circuit to drive the expansion machine. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324892 | Power System Driven By A Low-Temperature Heat Source - A power system driven by a low-temperature heat source includes a power cycling unit and a heat pump unit. The power cycling unit includes a turbine, a condenser, a pump, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger. The turbine, the condenser, the pump, the first heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger are connected in sequence. The heat pump unit includes a condenser and an evaporator. The condenser of the heat pump unit is connected to the second heat exchanger. The evaporator is connected to the condenser of the heat pump unit. The evaporator absorbs heat of a working fluid in a waste heat pipe. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324893 | Coal-Fired Power Plant, and Method for Operating Coal-Fired Power Plant - A coal-fired power plant having a control unit including a first flow rate control valve for regulating a water flow rate of a water feed bypass system, a second flow rate control valve installed in an extraction pipe for extracting steam from a steam turbine, a first temperature sensor on a downstream side of a heat recovery device, and a second temperature sensor on a downstream side of a heat exchanger and the control unit regulates opening of the first and second flow rate control valves on the basis of an exhaust gas temperature detected by the first temperature sensor and a feed water temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324894 | STRAIN TOLERANT COMBUSTOR PANEL FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A combustor component of a gas turbine engine includes a substrate with a cold side, a central core section and a hot side, the cold side and the hot side have a porosity different than the central core section. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324895 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A fuel supply device of a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel supply device includes a fuel divider which divides fuel supplied from a collecting fuel passage to feed the fuel to a pilot fuel passage and to a main fuel passage. The fuel divider includes a movable member which is movable according to fuel pressure at the fuel entrance and opens and closes pilot ports and main ports according to a distance of the movement of the movable member. When the fuel pressure at the fuel entrance is not higher than a predetermined value, the fuel is supplied only to the pilot fuel passage, while when the fuel pressure at the fuel entrance is higher than the predetermined value, the fuel is supplied to the pilot fuel passage and to the main fuel passage. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324896 | PREMIXER FUEL NOZZLE FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - In an embodiment, a system includes a turbine fuel nozzle having a hub with an axis, a shroud surrounding the hub along the axis, an air flow path between the hub and the shroud, and a fuel flow path. The turbine fuel nozzle also includes a swirl vane extending between the hub and the shroud in a radial direction relative to the axis. The swirl vane includes a fuel inlet coupled to the fuel flow path, a fuel chamber extending from the fuel inlet, and a plurality of fuel outlets extending from the fuel chamber to the air flow path. The plurality of fuel outlets is positioned at an axial distance of at least approximately ⅔ of an axial length of the fuel chamber downstream from an upstream point along an upstream edge of the fuel chamber. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324897 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT FROM A TRANSITION NOZZLE - Methods and systems are provided for transferring heat from a transition nozzle. The transition nozzle includes a transition portion, a nozzle portion integrally formed with the transition portion, and at least one surface feature configured to transfer heat away from the transition portion and/or the nozzle portion. The transition portion is oriented to channel the combustion gases towards the nozzle portion. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324898 | COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A TURBINE ENGINE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A combustor assembly for use with a turbine engine that includes a rotor assembly. The combustor assembly includes a casing that includes a plenum and a combustor liner that is spaced a distance from the plenum and that defines a combustion chamber therein. A transition nozzle extends between the combustor liner and the rotor assembly for channeling combustion gases from the combustion chamber to the rotor assembly. The transition nozzle includes a transition portion and a nozzle portion integrally formed with the transition portion. An annular flowsleeve is coupled radially outward from the transition nozzle such that an annular flow path is defined between the flowsleeve and the transition nozzle. The flowsleeve includes a plurality of openings extending through an outer surface of the flowsleeve for providing flow communication between the plenum and the annular flow path to facilitate impingement cooling of the flowsleeve. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324899 | OIL BYPASS CHANNEL DEAERATOR FOR A GEARED TURBOFAN ENGINE - An assembly includes a gas turbine engine, a compartment wall, and a gutter system. The gas turbine engine has a spool connected to a fan shaft via a gear system. The compartment wall is positioned radially outward from the gear system. The gutter system is positioned radially outward from the gear system for capturing lubricating liquid slung from the gear system and positioned radially inward of the compartment wall. The gutter system includes a gutter and a flow passage fluidically connected to the gutter. The flow passage has a plurality of holes that allow the lubricating liquid to pass through the flow passage into a space between the flow passage and the compartment wall. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324900 | PHASE AND AMPLITUDE MATCHED FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector for a turbine engine may include a body member disposed about a longitudinal axis, and a barrel member located radially outwardly from the body member. The fuel injector may also include an annular passageway extending between the body member and the barrel member from a first end to a second end. The first end may be configured to be fluidly coupled to a compressor of the turbine engine and the second end may be configured to be fluidly coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine. The fuel injector may also include a perforated plate positioned proximate the first end of the passageway. The perforated plate may be configured to direct compressed air into the annular passageway with a first pressure drop. The fuel injector may also include at least one fuel discharge orifice positioned downstream of the perforated plate. The at least one fuel discharge orifice may be configured to discharge a fuel into the annular passageway with a second pressure drop. The second pressure drop may have a value between about the first pressure drop and about 1.75 times the first pressure drop. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324901 | TANDEM FAN-TURBINE ROTOR FOR A TIP TURBINE ENGINE - A tandem fan-turbine rotor assembly for a tip turbine engine includes a hollow fan blade rotor and a solid fan blade rotor. The hollow fan blade rotor includes a first fan blade rotor hub, hollow fan blades, and an inducer. The solid fan blade rotor includes a second fan blade rotor hub, solid fan blades, an exo-ring, and tip turbine blades. The exo-ring connects the solid fan blades at their maximum outward radial extent. The tip turbine blades are connected to the exo-ring and extend radially outward from the exo-ring. The hollow fan blade rotor and the solid fan blade rotor rigidly attach to each other at the first and second fan blade rotor hubs. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324902 | METHOD OF MAINTAINING SURFACE-RELATED PROPERTIES OF GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR COMPONENTS - A method and coating for maintaining surface-related properties of a gas turbine combustor component having a wall formed of a nickel-base alloy containing a gamma prime precipitate strengthening phase, interior and exterior surfaces defined by the wall, and at least one hole in the wall that fluidically connects the interior and exterior surfaces of the combustor component. A diffusion coating composition is applied at least within the hole, and then heated to form a diffusion aluminide coating in at least an in-wall surface region of the wall that surrounds and defines the hole. The aluminiding coating forms a diffusion zone that contains a sufficient amount of aluminum intermetallics to inhibit depletion of the gamma prime precipitates in the wall and inhibit degradation and cracking in the in-wall surface region surrounding the hole. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324903 | HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPACT GAS TURBINE ENGINE - This disclosure relates to a highly efficient gas turbine engine architecture utilizing multiple stages of intercooling and reheat, ceramic technology, turbocharger technology and high pressure combustion. The approach includes utilizing a conventional dry low NOx combustor for the main combustor and thermal reactors for the reheat apparatuses. In a first configuration, there are three separate turbo-compressor spools and a free power turbine spool. In a second configuration, there are three separate turbo-compressor spools but no free power spool. In a third configuration, all the compressors and turbines are on a single shaft. Each of these configurations can include two stages of intercooling, two stages of reheat and a recuperator to preheat the working fluid before it enters the main combustor. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324904 | RADIAL STAGING METHOD AND CONFIGURATION OF A LIQUID INJECTION SYSTEM FOR POWER PLANTS - A turbine power plant employs a radial staging of a liquid injection system to provide a uniform fluid distribution, for use in wet compression. The liquid injection system can be actuated to inject liquid to various radial regions of an air intake case of the turbine power plant. During a stage one actuation, liquid is directed to a first radial region of the air intake case. During a stage two actuation, liquid is directed to the first radial region and also to a second radial region of the air intake case. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324905 | APU FUEL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control disclosed herein for providing fuel to an auxiliary power unit (“APU”) includes a constant speed electrical motor, a first pump driven by the motor; and, a second pump driven by the motor wherein the electric motor, the first pump and the second pump provide fuel at sufficient pressure/flow capacity to run the APU. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324906 | HEAT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A heat and/or fire protection assembly for a component, the assembly comprising: a plurality of protrusions distributed about a surface of the component, the protrusions protruding with respect to the surface of the component; the protrusions comprising a barrier material, the barrier material being arranged and configured to form a first protective layer under the action of heat, the first protective layer being arranged to protect the component from the heat. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324907 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A mounting assembly for attaching a ducted fan gas turbine engine that includes an intake, a propulsive fan, a fan case surrounding the fan, and a core engine. The air intake is attached to the front of the fan case such that loads acting on the air intake are transmitted to the fan case. The mounting assembly includes: a support structure extending in an axial direction of the engine and having a rearward region adapted to attach to the aircraft; and a load distribution ring coaxial with and rearward of the fan case, adapted to join to the fan case, and joined to a forward region of the support structure. The support structure and the load distribution ring are adapted such that the primary load path for the loads transmitted to the fan case by the air intake is through the load distribution ring and the support structure. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAGNETICALLY PROCESSING A SPECIMEN - An apparatus for magnetically processing a specimen that couples high field strength magnetic fields with the magnetocaloric effect includes a high field strength magnet capable of generating a magnetic field of at least 1 Tesla and a magnetocaloric insert disposed within a bore of the high field strength magnet. A method for magnetically processing a specimen includes positioning a specimen adjacent to a magnetocaloric insert within a bore of a magnet and applying a high field strength magnetic field of at least 1 Tesla to the specimen and to the magnetocaloric insert. The temperature of the specimen changes during the application of the high field strength magnetic field due to the magnetocaloric effect. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324909 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between two media in a vehicle is provided. The heat exchanger includes at least one tube, especially a double-walled tube for carrying a first medium of a first temperature, a thermoelectric material being disposed on an inner wall of the tube, and at least one guide sheet, connected to the at least one tube, for carrying a second medium of a second temperature. The at least one guide sheet is designed to carry the second medium to the outer wall of the at least one tube to allow the exchange of heat between the first and the second medium. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324910 | Articulated Tug and Barge Arrangement for LNG Storage, Transportation and Regasification - Articulated tug and barge arrangements and methods for transportation, storage and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) aboard barge units and for ballasting the barge units are provided. A barge unit includes a type C tank for the containment of LNG under pressure and a regasification unit fluidly coupled to the type C tank for regasification of LNG aboard the barge unit for offloading natural gas. The barge unit is adapted for loading LNG directly from a liquefaction plant, for transporting LNG by operatively coupling to a tug unit, as well as for storing LNG at a destined off board facility, and for fueling a floating power production facility. The arrangements and methods provide a transport terminal ring. The arrangements and methods provide for the circulation of seawater through the regasification unit and into ballast tanks for ballasting of the barge unit while offloading natural gas. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324911 | DUAL-LOOP COOLING SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for cooling a work piece surface using a dual-loop cooling system. The system includes a vapor-compression loop and a liquid-evaporation loop. The loops are configured to prepare a coolant at or approximately at saturation for delivery into a chamber for cooling the surface. A preferred liquid-evaporation loop includes a chamber, a phase separator, a liquid pressurizer, and a vapor mixer that heats the coolant to or near its saturation temperature. A preferred vapor-compression loop includes the phase separator, a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and a return line. The vapor mixer preferably heats the coolant by mixing liquid coolant with vapor coolant derived from the vapor-compression loop. A two-phase flow detector may be disposed downstream of the vapor mixer and be in communication with a vapor valve disposed upstream of the vapor mixer to ensure that an appropriate amount of vapor is fed into the vapor mixer to induce evaporation. Methods include cooling a surface by cycling a coolant through the liquid-evaporation loop and preparing the coolant at saturation with vapor derived from the vapor-compression loop. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324912 | METHOD FOR BLAST FREEZING A PRODUCT - A method for freezing a commodity includes a plurality of boxes arranged in two rows with a space formed therebetween. A plenum is formed between the two rows of boxes with the plurality of boxes being positioned side-by-side. Air is pulled through and/or around the plurality of boxes and through ventilation holes in the boxes and/or through spacers positioned underneath adjacent boxes and along a length of the space formed between the two rows. The air may be discharged upwardly, horizontally or downwardly therefrom. In addition, the air may be forced through the plenum, along the length of the space formed between the two rows and through ventilation holes in the boxes and/or through spacers positioned underneath adjacent boxes for evenly freezing a commodity positioned in the boxes. | 2012-12-27 |
20120324913 | ICE MAKING, TRANSFERRING, STORING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM FOR A REFRIGERATOR - An ice making, transferring and storing system includes an icemaker located in the fresh food compartment and an ice storage bin, located in one of the fresh food and freezer compartments, for receiving ice from the icemaker. A first ice transfer mechanism delivers ice from the icemaker to the ice storage bin. An ice dispenser is located in one of the fresh food and freezer doors. A second ice transfer mechanism selectively delivers ice from the ice storage bin to the ice dispenser. | 2012-12-27 |