A pressure vessel includes a body defined by a cross-sectional shape along a plane transverse to a centerline. The cross-sectional shape includes an inner surface defining an interior void and a wall extending from the inner surface to an outer surface defining an exterior of the body. The inner surface includes an arcuate region and a gabled region. The gabled region forms a curved interior peak opposite a center of the arcuate region. The arcuate region and the gabled region together define a teardrop shape. The wall includes a curved segment along the arcuate region having a curved segment minimum thickness at a location opposite the interior peak, an apex aligned with the interior peak and having an apex thickness, and thickened regions adjacent intersections between gabled region and the arcuate region and having greater radial thickness than the curved segment minimum thickness.
F17C 13/00 - RÉCIPIENTS POUR CONTENIR OU EMMAGASINER DES GAZ COMPRIMÉS, LIQUÉFIÉS OU SOLIDIFIÉS; GAZOMÈTRES À CAPACITÉ FIXE; REMPLISSAGE OU VIDAGE DE RÉCIPIENTS DE GAZ COMPRIMÉS, LIQUÉFIÉS OU SOLIDIFIÉS - Détails des récipients ou bien du remplissage ou du vidage des récipients
B33Y 80/00 - Produits obtenus par fabrication additive
A system for vane pitch actuation includes an electric motor with a rotary output shaft defining a drive axis. A worm shaft defines a drive axis, and is operatively connected to be driven in rotation about the drive axis by the rotary output shaft of the electric motor. A sync ring is defined about an engine axis that is orthogonal to the drive axis. The sync ring is configured to rotate about the engine axis over a range of positions for driving a plurality of variable pitch stator vanes to each have a pitch based on position of the sync ring. The sync ring includes a plurality of gear teeth for actuation of the sync ring by the electric motor.
F01D 17/16 - Organes de commande terminaux disposés sur des parties du stator faisant varier l'aire effective de la section transversale des injecteurs ou tuyères de guidage en obturant les injecteurs
F01D 9/04 - Injecteurs; Logement des injecteurs; Aubes de stator; Tuyères de guidage formant une couronne ou un secteur
3.
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING FLOW OF FIRE SUPPRESSANT AGENTS
A fire extinguisher includes a source conduit, a flow control device connected to the source conduit, and a supply conduit. The supply conduit is connected to the flow control device, is fluidly coupled therethrough to the source conduit, and is thermally coupled to the source conduit to communicate heat between pressurized fire suppression agent entering the flow control device through the source conduit and expanded fire suppression agent issuing from the flow control device through the supply conduit. Fire suppression systems and methods of controlling flow of fire suppressant agents are also described.
A62C 3/08 - Prévention, limitation ou extinction des incendies spécialement adaptées pour des objets ou des endroits particuliers dans les véhicules, p.ex. les véhicules routiers dans les avions
A62C 37/36 - Commande des installations de lutte contre l'incendie le signal de déclenchement étant émis par un détecteur distinct de la tuyère
A62C 99/00 - Matière non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
A solenoid drive circuit includes a power source, a first solenoid control circuit connected to the power source, the first solenoid control circuit including a first solenoid coil and a first solenoid control switch that controls a flow current through the first solenoid coil and a first regenerative drive circuit connected to the first solenoid control circuit and that includes a first regenerative capacitor. The first regenerative drive circuit can include a first diode bridge formed of four diodes (D1, D2, D3 and D4) and that has a positive input, a negative input, a positive output and a negative output, wherein the first regenerative capacitor is connected between the positive and negative inputs.
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a method includes installing a welding tool into a repair tool holder, ultrasonic welding a repair sheet to a part to be repaired with the welding tool, removing the welding tool from the repair tool holder, installing a machining tool into the repair tool holder, and ultrasonic machining a portion of the repair sheet that is welded to the part to be repaired to match an a predetermined geometry of the part to be repaired with the machining tool.
B23K 20/10 - Soudage non électrique par percussion ou par une autre forme de pression, avec ou sans chauffage, p.ex. revêtement ou placage utilisant des vibrations, p.ex. soudage ultrasonique
SELF-REGULATING AND GRAVITY-INDEPENDENT DEVICE FOR HYDROGEN RECOMBINING WITH AN INTEGRATED PASSIVE HEAT SINK FOR LOW-EARTH ORBIT AND DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION SPACECRAFT
The present disclosure provides for hydrogen recombiner assemblies utilizing an integrated passive heat sink. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for flameless hydrogen recombiner assemblies utilizing an integrated passive heat sink to convert leaked hydrogen (e.g., inside a spacecraft) to water vapor. In example embodiments, the present disclosure provides for self-regulating and gravity-independent hydrogen recombiner assemblies having an integrated passive heat sink for low-earth orbit (LEO) and deep-space exploration crewed spacecraft, with the hydrogen recombiner assemblies configured to convert leaked hydrogen (e.g., inside a spacecraft) to water vapor.
A system having: a power switching circuit providing a drive current to a load, and having: a power source; first and second serially connected switches convert DC power from the power source into AC current to form the drive current, or vice versa; a first high-bandwidth current sensor circuit measures high-side current pulses through the first switch and provides a first analog signal, proportional to the high-side pulses; a second high-bandwidth current sensor circuit measures low-side current pulses through the second switch and provides a second analog signal is proportional to the low-side pulses; a signal processing device coupled to the first and second current sensor circuits performs steps of: converting the first analog signal to a first digital signal and the second analog signal to a second digital signal; and reconstructing the drive current and obtaining its cycle average values from the first and second digital signals.
G01R 15/18 - Adaptations fournissant une isolation en tension ou en courant, p.ex. adaptations pour les réseaux à haute tension ou à courant fort utilisant des dispositifs inductifs, p.ex. des transformateurs
A fuel cell system includes: a gas turbine having a combustion chamber and a turbine; a hydrogen fuel cell configured to generate electrical energy from input air and input hydrogen; an air flow path for providing air from a source of fresh air as input air to the fuel cell and to the combustion chamber; and a closed hydrogen loop for providing hydrogen from a liquid or compressed hydrogen source to the fuel cell and to the combustion chamber. The system further includes: a hydrogen recirculation loop receiving hydrogen from the liquid or compressed hydrogen source and hydrogen used by the fuel cell to provide cooled used hydrogen, The hydrogen recirculation loop combines the cooled used hydrogen with hydrogen from the liquid or compressed hydrogen source to provide to the fuel cell as the input hydrogen.
H01M 8/04029 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par des liquides
A controller operable to perform cleaning system control operations includes generating, using a processor system, a first electronic cleanliness measurement (ECM) associated with a cleaning target. Based at least in part on a determination that the first ECM exceeds a threshold, the processor system is used to generate a first cleaning system protocol. The processor system executes the first cleaning system protocol to control a cleaning system operable to clean debris from the cleaning target.
G05B 13/02 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c. à d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques
B08B 3/02 - Nettoyage par la force de jets ou de pulvérisations
B08B 13/00 - Accessoires ou parties constitutives, d'utilisation générale, des machines ou appareils de nettoyage
An analog twin circuit device includes a sensing element and a signal conditioning circuit. The sensing element includes a signal input terminal configured to receive an input signal and a signal output terminal configured to output a signal. The signal conditioning circuit includes a first circuit input terminal connected to the signal input terminal and a second circuit input terminal connected to the signal output terminal such that the sensing element interacts directly with the input signal and delivers an output signal to the signal output terminal. The signal conditioning circuit physically models the sensing element.
G01R 1/20 - Modifications des éléments électriques fondamentaux en vue de leur utilisation dans des appareils de mesures électriques; Combinaisons structurelles de ces éléments avec ces appareils
G01R 19/00 - Dispositions pour procéder aux mesures de courant ou de tension ou pour en indiquer l'existence ou le signe
A method for detecting an insulation fault in an unearthed electrical system, the system comprising a first rail and a second rail, each rail having an insulation resistance. The method comprises, in an initial stage: connecting the first rail to a relative ground through a first resistive component, wherein the first rail has an initial stage first rail voltage in the initial stage; and charging a capacitor to a capacitor voltage using the first rail, wherein the capacitor voltage is indicative of the initial stage first rail voltage. In a subsequent stage: connecting the second rail to the relative ground through a second resistive component; wherein the first rail has a subsequent stage first rail voltage; and determining if a fault has occurred by using the capacitor voltage and the subsequent stage first rail voltage.
G01R 19/10 - Mesure d'une somme, d'une différence, ou d'un rapport
G01R 31/00 - Dispositions pour tester les propriétés électriques; Dispositions pour la localisation des pannes électriques; Dispositions pour tests électriques caractérisées par ce qui est testé, non prévues ailleurs
A heat exchanger core includes a plurality of first medium channels along which a first medium is directed from a first first medium channel end to a second first medium end, and a plurality of second medium channels along which a second medium is directed from a first second medium channel end to a second second medium channel end. The first medium channels and/or the second medium channels are formed to have a first portion having a first cross-sectional shape and one or more second portions having a second, different cross-sectional shape. The channel transitions smoothly from the first to the second cross-sectional shape.
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Wu, Peggy
Al-Nadawi, Yasir
Abrégé
A computer system includes a processor system electronically coupled to a memory. The processor system performs processor system operations that include accessing configuration information of a product-under-development (PUD). The configuration information of the PUD is provided to one or more physics-informed simulation models (PISMs) of the processor system. The one or more PISMs are used to predict debris-related properties of the PUD operating in an environment.
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Radawiec, Rochelle
O'Connor, Bradley
Luker, Kelly
Snead, Kelsey
Mccauley, Devin
Strickland, Julie
Abrégé
A biometric monitoring system for monitoring the health of user includes an article of clothing configured for placement over or contacting a foot of user. The article includes: a body portion; a transparent sole portion connected to the body portion and arranged such than the body portion is place over the foot of the user the transparent sole portion is arranged on or near a sole of the foot of the user; a sensor bed arranged and configured to contact the sole portion; and one or more biometric sensors on the sensor bed arranged and configured to transmit light through the transparent sole portion so that it contacts the sole of the foot of the user and receive one or more reflected signals from the sole of the foot of the user to measure the health of the user.
A distributed hybrid propulsion system is provided and includes an engine assembly that includes an engine, which is non-propulsive, an energy storage element, a motor-generator and a common bus to which the engine assembly, the energy storage element, the motor-generator and the controller are connected. The common bus includes bi-directional power flow control elements, which are controllable to manage bi-directional power flow between the engine assembly, the energy storage element and the motor-generator.
B60W 20/13 - Commande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise afin d'éviter la surcharge ou la décharge excessive de la batterie
B60L 50/16 - Propulsion électrique par source d'énergie intérieure au véhicule utilisant la puissance de propulsion fournie par des générateurs entraînés par le moteur, p.ex. des générateurs entraînés par des moteurs à combustion avec des dispositions pour une propulsion mécanique directe séparée,
B60W 10/06 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des moteurs à combustion
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p.ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
A supplemental power generation arrangement for an aircraft includes a duct defined in the aircraft, a ram air turbine located in the duct and driven to rotate about a turbine axis by a ram airflow through the duct. One or more accessory components are operably connected to the ram air turbine. The ram air turbine is configured to provide rotational energy to power the one or more accessory components.
The system includes a main supply line. A variable displacement pump (VDP) is in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. An actuator is operatively connected for direct control of the variable displacement mechanism. A pressure sensor is operatively connected to the outlet line to generate feedback indicative of pressure in the outlet line. A controller is operatively connected to receive the feedback from the pressure sensor, and operatively connected to the actuator to control the variable displacement mechanism based on the feedback. An actuation system is in fluid communication to be supplied with fluid from the outlet line for use in hydraulic actuation. The actuation system includes an actuation return line connecting the hydraulic actuation system in fluid communication to return fluid to the main supply line.
F04B 49/12 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes en modifiant la course des organes de travail
A rotor is provided and includes a central hub, an outer ring assembly comprising magnetic elements and back-to-back curved webs radially interposed between the central hub and the outer ring assembly.
H02K 1/274 - Rotors internes l'axe de magnétisation des aimants étant perpendiculaire à l’axe du rotor le rotor étant formé de plusieurs aimants disposés sur la circonférence
H02K 1/02 - MACHINES DYNAMO-ÉLECTRIQUES - Détails du circuit magnétique caractérisés par le matériau magnétique
H02K 15/03 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation des machines dynamo-électriques des corps statoriques ou rotoriques comportant des aimants permanents
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HYBRID LIQUID AND AIR COOLING OF HIGH-POWER PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE ROTOR
An electric machine includes a housing, a stator positioned in the housing and including a stator winding, and a rotor positioned in the housing configured to rotate about a machine axis and electromagnetically interactive with the stator across an air gap between the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets located at the rotor core, and a rotor sleeve enclosing the rotor core and the plurality of permanent magnets. The stator is cooled via a flow of cooling oil, and the rotor is cooled via a flow of cooling air directed through the air gap between the rotor sleeve and the stator.
H02K 9/197 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation pour machines avec enveloppe fermée et circuit fermé de refroidissement utilisant un agent de refroidissement liquide, p.ex. de l'huile dans lesquels l'espace du rotor ou du stator est étanche au fluide, p.ex. pour pourvoir le rotor et le stator d'agents de refroidissement différents
H02K 9/02 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation par l'air ambiant s'écoulant à travers la machine
H02K 9/10 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation par un agent de refroidissement gazeux circulant en circuit fermé, dont une partie est à l'extérieur de l'enveloppe de la machine
A hybrid airfoil bearing for a shaft is provided and includes airfoil bearing components and passive magnetic bearing components. The airfoil bearing components include a top foil immediately surrounding the shaft and additional components. The passive magnetic bearing components are integrated into the shaft and the additional components of the airfoil bearing components to remove a static load of the shaft on the top foil.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an aircraft electric motor is disclosed. The motor includes a rotor comprising a plurality of magnet segments arranged on a frame of the rotor. The motor also includes an output shaft operably coupled to the rotor radially inward from the plurality of magnet segments and a stator. The stator includes a radially outer rim and at least one winding wrapped about a plurality of stator teeth. The stator is arranged around the rotor and includes cooling fins extending radially outward from the radially outer rim. The cooling fins include wide fins that have a width ww distributed about the radially outer rim and thin fins that have width wt. The thin fins are disposed between the wide fins. The width of the wide fins ww is greater than the width wt of the thin fins.
H02K 1/20 - Parties fixes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 15/02 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation des machines dynamo-électriques des corps statoriques ou rotoriques
22.
REGENERATION USING LIQUID LOOP OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM
An environmental control system includes an inlet configured to receive a medium and a compressing device fluidly connected to the inlet. The compressing device includes a compressor operably coupled to a turbine. An outlet of the compressor is fluidly connected to an inlet of the turbine such that the medium is provided to the compressor and the turbine in series. At least one air-liquid heat exchanger is arranged in fluid communication with the outlet of the compressor and the inlet of the turbine. The at least one air-liquid heat exchanger is also connected to a liquid loop containing a liquid. At least one air-liquid regeneration heat exchanger is fluidly connected to the liquid loop at a location upstream from the at least one air-liquid heat exchanger.
F25B 9/00 - Machines, installations ou systèmes à compression dans lesquels le fluide frigorigène est l'air ou un autre gaz à point d'ébullition peu élevé
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
B64D 13/08 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé l'air étant réchauffé ou refroidi
F25B 9/06 - Machines, installations ou systèmes à compression dans lesquels le fluide frigorigène est l'air ou un autre gaz à point d'ébullition peu élevé utilisant des détendeurs
23.
Metal plated plastic ACM part with internal thermally adaptive structure
A component, having: a base having beads formed of with first and second thermoplastic polymers, respectively having first and second coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE), where each of the beads has an outer surface and an inner surface that abut each other; a lower support section formed on the base, having a mixture of a third thermoplastic polymer and a catalyst formed with metal; an upper support section on the component, formed on the lower support section via electrolysis deposition, a metallic coating, to thereby control thermal expansion and contraction of the component; and reinforcement fibers embedded the base, the lower support section and the upper support section.
F01D 11/02 - Prévention ou réduction des pertes internes du fluide énergétique, p.ex. entre étages par obturation non contact, p.ex. du type labyrinthe
B33Y 80/00 - Produits obtenus par fabrication additive
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
B33Y 70/10 - Composites de différents types de matériaux, p.ex. mélanges de céramiques et de polymères ou mélanges de métaux et de biomatériaux
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Three way transfer valve for parallel electrohydraulic servo valve control of actuator
A method includes using two parallel electrohydraulic servo valves EHSVs with a single transfer valve to move an actuator during a normal operation mode. The method includes upon failure of one of the EHSVs, using the single transfer valve to disconnect a non-operational one of the EHSVs and continuing to move the actuator with a functional one of the EHSVs in a backup mode.
F15B 13/044 - Dispositifs de distribution ou d'alimentation du fluide caractérisés par leur adaptation à la commande de servomoteurs pour utilisation avec un servomoteur unique actionnés par des moyens commandés électriquement, p.ex. des solénoïdes, des moteurs à couple
F15B 13/04 - Dispositifs de distribution ou d'alimentation du fluide caractérisés par leur adaptation à la commande de servomoteurs pour utilisation avec un servomoteur unique
F15B 20/00 - Dispositions propres à la sécurité pour systèmes de manœuvre utilisant les fluides; Utilisation des dispositifs de sécurité dans les systèmes de manœuvre utilisant des fluides; Mesures d'urgence pour les systèmes de manœuvre utilisant des fluides
25.
Reactive Current Injenction for Active Aerospace Rectification
A power generation system includes a generator configured to output alternating current (AC) power, an active rectifier configured to receive the AC power from the generator, convert the AC power to direct current (DC) power, and output the DC power. A current injector is connected to the active rectifier and is configured to provide an injection current to power flowing through the active rectifier. The injection current includes a reactive component.
H02J 4/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, la nature alternative ou continue du courant n'étant pas précisée
B64D 27/35 - Aménagements pour la production, la distribution, la récupération ou le stockage d'énergie électrique à bord
H02P 27/04 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de tension d'alimentation utilisant une tension d’alimentation à fréquence variable, p.ex. tension d’alimentation d’onduleurs ou de convertisseurs
A motor drive system includes: a motor; a controller; a first energy source configured to supply electrical energy to the motor, a second, different energy source configured to supply electrical energy to the controller, and an energy storage device. The energy storage device is configured to supply the controller with electrical energy when there is a loss of energy from the second energy source. The motor drive system is configured to, during a braking operation, charge the energy storage device with regenerative energy from the motor.
B60W 10/08 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des ensembles de propulsion comprenant la commande des unités de traction électrique, p.ex. des moteurs ou des générateurs
B60W 10/26 - Commande conjuguée de sous-ensembles de véhicule, de fonction ou de type différents comprenant la commande des moyens de stockage d'énergie pour l'énergie électrique, p.ex. des batteries ou des condensateurs
B60W 20/13 - Commande de l'apport de puissance de chacun des moteurs primaires pour répondre à la demande de puissance requise afin d'éviter la surcharge ou la décharge excessive de la batterie
An actuator assembly includes an actuator and an actuator housing. The actuator includes a main body portion and an actuator shaft. The actuator housing encloses the main body portion of the actuator. The actuator housing includes an outer layer, an inner ceramic fiber layer, an interior chamber that is bounded by the inner ceramic fiber layer, one or more inflow vents for receiving a first fluid, and one or more outflow vents for discharging the first fluid from the actuator housing.
H02K 5/20 - Enveloppes ou enceintes caractérisées par leur configuration, leur forme ou leur construction avec des canaux ou des conduits pour la circulation d'un agent de refroidissement
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes a rotor configured to rotate about a rotor axis within a pump housing. In embodiments, the rotor includes, a first end face configured to interface with a stationary port plate, a plurality of vane slots defined in the rotor arranged circumferentially about the rotor axis configured to accept a respective vane therein, and a plurality of lands between each vane slot, wherein each land includes a portion of the first end face. The rotor also includes, a lubrication pad defined in the first end face of at least one land between neighboring vane slots such that the lubrication pad is fed by the neighboring vane slots to induce buildup of a lubrication film between the first end face and the stationary port plate in the lubrication pad.
F04C 15/00 - "MACHINES" À LIQUIDES À DÉPLACEMENT POSITIF, À PISTON ROTATIF OU OSCILLANT; POMPES À DÉPLACEMENT POSITIF, À PISTON ROTATIF OU OSCILLANT - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoires des "machines", des pompes ou installations de pompage non couverts par les groupes
F04C 2/344 - Machines ou pompes à piston rotatif possédant les caractéristiques couvertes par au moins deux des groupes , , , ou par l'un de ces groupes en combinaison avec un autre type de mouvement entre les organes coopérants avec à la fois le mouvement défini dans l'un des groupes ou et un mouvement alternatif relatif entre les organes coopérants les organes obturateurs ayant un mouvement alternatif par rapport à l'organe interne
29.
Active rectifier with phase locked varying switch frequencies
A power distribution system includes a variable frequency alternating current (AC) generator, an active rectifier electrically connected to the variable frequency AC generator such that AC power output from the variable frequency AC generator is rectified by the active rectifier, and a switching controller configured to detect a fundamental frequency of the AC power output and lock an active switch rate of the active rectifier to an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
An airfoil, having: a body defining a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the body comprises: a base having an outer boundary extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end and transversely from a first side to a second side; and beads within the outer boundary, wherein each of the beads has a bead void, and wherein one or more of the beads includes: damping element within the bead void; or stiffening element extending across the bead.
H10N 10/17 - Dispositifs thermoélectriques comportant une jonction de matériaux différents, c. à d. dispositifs présentant l'effet Seebeck ou l'effet Peltier fonctionnant exclusivement par les effets Peltier ou Seebeck caractérisés par la structure ou la configuration de la cellule ou du thermocouple constituant le dispositif
A variable displacement pump can include a rotor having a plurality of vanes, and a cam ring surrounding the rotor and vanes. The vanes can be configured to extend from the rotor and contact an inner cam surface of the cam ring. The pump can also include one or more radial actuators configured to apply a radial force to the cam ring to control a position of the cam ring and the pumping action.
F04C 14/22 - Commande, surveillance ou dispositions de sécurité pour "machines" ou pompes ou installations de pompage caractérisées par la variation du volume de la chambre de travail en modifiant l'excentricité entre les éléments coopérants
F04C 2/356 - Machines ou pompes à piston rotatif possédant les caractéristiques couvertes par au moins deux des groupes , , , ou par l'un de ces groupes en combinaison avec un autre type de mouvement entre les organes coopérants avec à la fois le mouvement défini dans l'un des groupes ou et un mouvement alternatif relatif entre les organes coopérants les organes obturateurs ayant un mouvement alternatif par rapport à l'organe externe
32.
PRESSURE SENSITIVE STOP STROKE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. The VDP includes a variable stop configured to vary minimum displacement of the variable displacement mechanism based on position of the variable stop relative to a housing of the VDP. A pressure sensing valve (PSV) is operatively connected between the inlet line and the outlet line to actuate a stop member to adjust stopping position of the variable stop based on pressure differential between the inlet line and the outlet line.
F04B 49/16 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par réglage des volumes morts des chambres de travail
F04B 49/22 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par clapets
33.
ACTIVE DISPLACEMENT CONTROL AGAINST TEMPERATURE TARGET
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism. A bypass valve (BPV) includes a BPV inlet in fluid communication with the outlet line, and a BPV outlet in fluid communication with a bypass line that feeds into the inlet line upstream of the VDP. An actuator is operatively connected to control the BPV to vary flow from the BPV inlet to the bypass line. An electromechanical actuator (EMA) is operatively connected to actuate the variable displacement mechanism. A temperature sensor is operatively connected to the outlet line to generate sensor output indicative of fluid temperature in the outlet line, wherein the temperature sensor is operatively connected to a controller for active control of the EMA and/or of the actuator based on temperature in the outlet line.
F04B 49/24 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par clapets de dérivation
F04B 13/00 - Pompes spécialement modifiées pour débiter des quantités fixes ou prédéterminées
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. A bypass valve (BPV) includes a BPV inlet in fluid communication with the outlet line, and a BPV outlet in fluid communication with a bypass line that feeds into the inlet line upstream of the VDP. The BPV includes a thermostatic actuator configured to control recirculation flow amount through the BPV based on fluid temperature in the BPV. A method includes thermostatically controlling a bypass valve (BPV) to recirculate flow from the outlet line to an input line of the VDP in the event of flow demanded by the downstream system dropping below a predetermined low threshold of flow through the VDP based on fluid temperature in the BPV.
F04B 49/24 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par clapets de dérivation
F04B 49/16 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par réglage des volumes morts des chambres de travail
An aircraft system includes a thermal load, a controller, a tank for storing a cooling liquid, and a supply system for moving the cooling liquid outwardly of the tank and through a control valve to the thermal load. A controller is programmed to control the supply system. A conduit downstream of the thermal load is configured to communicate the cooling liquid to a fuel metering unit. The fuel metering unit also receives fuel from a high pressure pump. The fuel metering unit is configured to deliver a mixture of the cooling liquid and the fuel into a combustor on an associated aircraft engine. The controller programmed to determine a percentage solubility of the cooling fluid into the fuel at a detected temperature and pressure of the fuel reaching the fuel metering unit. The cooling fluid is combustible and soluble in the fuel. An aircraft and a method are also disclosed.
A fluid pump system can include a controllable pump configured to generate a pump flow through the controllable pump and to output an output flow to an output line. The fluid pump system can include a flow split system configured to be in fluid communication with the controllable pump in a bypass state such that the flow split system is configured to divert a portion of the pump flow to maintain a desired output flow to the output line but to also allow the controllable pump to maintain a minimum pump flow through the controllable pump to maintain pump temperature below a high temperature threshold.
F04B 49/24 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par clapets de dérivation
F04B 51/00 - Tests des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage
37.
COOLING OF HIGH-POWER PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE ROTOR
A rotor of an electric machine includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets located at the rotor core, and a rotor sleeve enclosing the rotor core and the plurality of permanent magnets. One or more sleeve cooling channels are positioned between a radially outer surface of the rotor core and a radially inner surface of the rotor sleeve and extend axially along a length of the rotor. One or more radial cooling channels extend radially outwardly from an interior of the rotor core to the one or more sleeve cooling channels. The one or more radial cooling channels are configured to convey a flow of cooling fluid from the interior of the rotor core to the one or more sleeve cooling channels.
H02K 1/32 - Parties tournantes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 1/278 - Aimants montés en surface; Aimants sertis
H02K 1/28 - Moyens de montage ou de fixation des parties magnétiques tournantes sur ou aux structures constituant le rotor
H02K 9/19 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation pour machines avec enveloppe fermée et circuit fermé de refroidissement utilisant un agent de refroidissement liquide, p.ex. de l'huile
38.
DIRECT CONTROLLED VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT VALVES WITH DUAL SET POINT PRESSURE RELIEF
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. A relief valve (RV) includes an RV inlet in fluid communication with the outlet line, and an RV outlet in fluid communication with a bypass line that feeds into the inlet line upstream of the VDP. An actuator is operatively connected to control the RV to change function of the RV between a first function and a second function. The first function is a high pressure relief valve function. The second function is as a wind milling bypass function. A controller is operatively connected to the actuator to control the RV to change back and forth between the first function and the second function.
F04B 49/22 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par clapets
F04B 49/24 - Commande des "machines", pompes ou installations de pompage ou mesures de sécurité les concernant non prévues dans les groupes ou présentant un intérêt autre que celui visé par ces groupes par clapets de dérivation
39.
DIRECT CONTROL VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT METERING PUMPS
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. An electromechanical actuator (EMA) is operatively connected to actuate the variable displacement mechanism. A flow sensing valve (FSV) connected in the outlet line. The FSV includes a sensor configured to generate sensor data indicative of flow out of the outlet line. A controller is operatively connected to the EMA to control the variable displacement mechanism based on the sensor data to support flow demands from one or more downstream systems.
F02C 9/30 - Commande de l'alimentation en combustible caractérisée par un débit variable d'une pompe à combustible
F04C 14/24 - Commande, surveillance ou dispositions de sécurité pour "machines" ou pompes ou installations de pompage caractérisées par l'utilisation des soupapes pour commander la pression ou le débit, p.ex. soupapes de décharge
A controllable pump system can include an inlet line and a pressure controlled pump connected to the inlet line to receive input flow. The pressure controlled pump can have a pressure controlled pump state configured to control a pump output to an output line connected to the pressure controlled pump. The system can include a slew pump connected to the inlet line and configured to output a slew pump pressure, and a slew pressure valve connected to the input line and to a second line and configured to output a control pressure to the pressure controlled pump. The second line can be configured to be in fluid communication with at least the slew pump such that the slew pressure valve can receive the slew pump pressure.
A fuel system can include a main pump assembly having a main fuel pump connected to an input line and configured to pump fuel to a main fuel control via a main fuel control line, a recirculation pump connected to the input line, and a fuel recirculation system connected to the recirculation pump and upstream of the main fuel control. The fuel recirculation system can be configured to select a mode from a plurality of modes. The plurality of modes can include a recirculation mode and a backup mode. The fuel recirculation system can be configured to recirculate fuel from the recirculation pump to a tank through one or more coolers in the recirculation mode, and to provide fuel to the main fuel control in the backup mode.
A system 100 comprising: a gas turbine 110 having a combustion chamber 114; a first heat exchanger HX1 configured to receive a first stream of compressed air CA1 and a stream of liquid hydrogen LH, wherein the first heat exchanger HX1 is configured to transfer heat between the first stream of compressed air CA1 and the stream of liquid hydrogen LH to yield a stream of liquid oxygen LO and a stream of gaseous hydrogen GH; and a second heat exchanger HX2 configured to receive the stream of liquid oxygen LO and a second stream of compressed air CA2, wherein the second heat exchanger HX2 is configured to transfer heat between the second stream of compressed air CA2 and the stream of liquid oxygen LO to yield a stream of gaseous oxygen GO; wherein the system is configured to direct the stream of gaseous hydrogen GH and the stream of gaseous oxygen GO to the combustion chamber 114.
H01M 8/04014 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par combustion des réactifs
H01M 8/04029 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par des liquides
H01M 8/04111 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p.ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux utilisant un assemblage turbine compresseur
A turbine of an air cycle machine, having: a housing; an output shaft that spins about a spin axis; a turbine disposed on the output shaft; a first nozzle defining a first inlet area that directs a first flow into the housing, the first nozzle extending along a first axis that is disposed at a first meridional angle to the spin axis; a second nozzle defining a second inlet area that differs from the first inlet area, the second nozzle directs a second flow into the housing to provide a mixed flow within the housing, the second nozzle extending along a second axis that is disposed at a second meridional angle to the spin axis, the second meridional angle differing from the first meridional angle; and a control valve configured to open and close the second nozzle.
F01D 17/00 - Régulation ou commande par variation de flux
F01D 25/00 - "MACHINES" OU MACHINES MOTRICES À DÉPLACEMENT NON POSITIF, p.ex. TURBINES À VAPEUR - Parties constitutives, détails ou accessoires non couverts dans les autres groupes ou d'un intérêt non traité dans ces groupes
F02C 9/16 - Commande du débit du fluide de travail
F02C 9/20 - Commande du débit du fluide de travail par réglage des aubes
A stator assembly for an electric motor. The stator assembly includes a stator core pack and a sleeve for the stator core pack. The sleeve includes a first portion proximal to a first end of the sleeve and a second portion adjacent to the first portion of the sleeve. The stator core pack is at least partially within the sleeve and the first portion of the sleeve is in contact with the stator core pack. The sleeve is arranged to apply a compressive stress to the stator core pack and the stator assembly is arranged such that the compressive stress applied by the first portion of the sleeve to the stator core pack is greater than the compressive stress applied by the second portion of the sleeve to the stator core pack.
An electric machine assembly includes a rotor core. The rotor core includes a plurality of winding poles extending between a first axial face and a second axial face of the rotor core. A clench lock slot is defined in the first axial face. The clench lock slot includes a first channel section having a first channel width, a second channel section having a width equal to the first channel width, and a converging-diverging section connecting between the first channel section and the second channel section. A first end of the converging-diverging section connects to the first channel section and has a width equal to the first channel width. A second end of the converging-diverging section connects to the second channel section and has a width equal to the first channel width. A clench point of the converging-diverging section is defined where the converging-diverging section is narrowest.
H02K 15/095 - Exécution des enroulements par pose des conducteurs dans ou autour des parties formant le noyau par pose des conducteurs autour des pôles saillants
46.
DISCRETE VAPOR COMPRESSION DISTILLATION URINE PROCESSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Himmelmann Schuster, Ashley Rose
Mugurusa, Diego S.
Abrégé
A vapor compression distillation urine processor assembly including a pump, a first phase separating apparatus, a compressor, and a second phase separating apparatus. Further detailed is a method of processing urine using a vapor compression distillation urine processor assembly.
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Himmelmann Schuster, Ashley Rose
Mugurusa, Diego S.
Abrégé
A distillation urine processor assembly includes a pump, a heat exchanger, a first phase separating apparatus, and a second separator. Further detailed is a method of processing urine using the distillation urine processor assembly.
A ducted smoke detector includes a housing defining an interior cavity, an air inlet in fluid communication with the interior cavity, an air outlet in fluid communication with the interior cavity, a smoke sensing chamber disposed in the interior cavity, and a particulate separator disposed between and in fluid communication with the air inlet and the smoke sensing chamber in the interior cavity. The particulate separator includes a shaft, a perforated wall disposed around the shaft, and a plurality of deflection vanes disposed on the shaft. The perforated wall extends from a first open end to a second open end, is connected to the shaft, and is configured to rotate with the shaft. The plurality of deflection vanes is disposed on the shaft and extend radially outward toward the perforated wall, the plurality of deflection vanes configured to rotate with the shaft and the perforated wall.
A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) is provided. The SSCB includes an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit includes inductor electrical connections, a diode rectifier bridge that drives current, which enters the electrical circuit in first or second directions, across the inductor electrical connections in only one of the first direction or the second direction and an inductor. The inductor is electrically interposed between the inductor electrical connections. The inductor includes a permanent magnet arrangement configured to introduce flux pre-bias for maintaining the inductor in an out-of-saturation condition during a peak fault event.
H03K 17/56 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
A power supply system includes first and second generators that are measured by first and second current sensors. The system also includes a first generator controller configured to: receive a first current signal from the first current sensing device and a second current signal from the second current sensing device; analyze the first current signal and the second current signal to determine a first voltage foldback value based on a first common mode current calculated from the first current signal and the second current signal; and operate the first DC power supply to reduce a first voltage output of the first DC power supply by the first voltage foldback value.
H02J 1/10 - Fonctionnement de sources à courant continu en parallèle
G05F 1/573 - Régulation de la tension ou de l'intensité là où la variable effectivement régulée par le dispositif de réglage final est du type continu utilisant des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs en série avec la charge comme dispositifs de réglage final sensible à une condition du système ou de sa charge en plus des moyens sensibles aux écarts de la sortie du système, p.ex. courant, tension, facteur de puissance à des fins de protection avec détecteur de surintensité
H02H 9/02 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion sensibles à un excès de courant
A cooling structure for a rotary electric machine includes an annular radiator body defining an axis X between a first end and a second end. The annular radiator body has a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall and a plurality of channels defined between the radially inner wall and the radially outer wall, each extending from the first end to the second end. Each channel includes a divider wall extending along the axis between the first end and the second end, separating the respective channel into two sub-channels. The divider wall has a corrugated shape defining alternating peaks and valleys along the axial length of the divider wall.
H02K 5/20 - Enveloppes ou enceintes caractérisées par leur configuration, leur forme ou leur construction avec des canaux ou des conduits pour la circulation d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 9/12 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation par un agent de refroidissement gazeux circulant en circuit fermé, dont une partie est à l'extérieur de l'enveloppe de la machine dans lesquels l'agent de refroidissement circule librement à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe
A stator assembly for an electrical machine, including stator teeth which are individually formed and are spaced azimuthally from each other. Each stator tooth includes an azimuthally extending central flange arranged to engage with the central flange of an adjacent stator tooth. The stator assembly includes clamping elements which are arranged between the stator teeth and are arranged to exert a radially inward force on each stator tooth, to hold the stator assembly together.
H02K 1/16 - Noyaux statoriques à encoches pour enroulements
H02K 15/02 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation des machines dynamo-électriques des corps statoriques ou rotoriques
53.
PERFORMANCE ENHANCED BRUSHLESS MOTOR WITH VIRTUAL WYE NEUTRAL POINT SWITCHING
A motor drive system includes a three-phase motor and a virtual neutral bridge inverter circuit. The three-phase motor includes a first phase lead, a second phase lead, and a third phase lead. Each of the first phase neutral end, the second phase neutral end, and the third phase neutral end of the phase leads are separated from one another. The virtual neutral bridge inverter circuit includes a first neutral switch pair connected at a first neutral connection node, a second neutral switch pair connected at a second neutral connection node, and a third neutral switch pair connected at a third neutral connection node. The first phase neutral end is connected to the first neutral connection node, the second phase neutral end is connected to the second neutral connection node, and the third phase neutral end is connected to the third neutral connection node.
H02M 7/5387 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif sans possibilité de réversibilité par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. onduleurs à impulsions à un seul commutateur dans une configuration en pont
H02P 21/22 - Commande du courant, p.ex. en utilisant une boucle de commande
H02P 25/03 - Moteurs synchrones avec excitation sans balai
H02P 25/16 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de moteur ou par des détails de structure caractérisés par des dispositions de circuit ou par le type de câblage
H02P 27/06 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de tension d'alimentation utilisant une tension d’alimentation à fréquence variable, p.ex. tension d’alimentation d’onduleurs ou de convertisseurs utilisant des convertisseurs de courant continu en courant alternatif ou des onduleurs
Apparatus and associated methods relate to dividing single full-width card slot of an electronics enclosure into two reduced-width card slots. Such conversion is performed by interposing a card-slot dividing member between full-width slide members on opposite interior surfaces of a card cage of the electronics enclosure. The card-slot dividing member has first and second reduced-width slide members aligned directly opposite the full-width slide members on opposite interior surfaces of the card cage. Each of the first and second reduced-width slide members is configured to slidably guide a reduced-width Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) module into the reduced-width card slot cooperatively with a corresponding one of the full-width slide members. In some embodiments, the card-slot dividing member is further configured to operate as a heat exchanger, helping to cool any CCA modules within an interior cavity of the electronics enclosure.
A power supply circuit includes a series connection, the series connection being configured to transmit energy from a main energy source to an output and an energy storage device connected in parallel to the series connection, the energy storage device being chargeable via the main energy source during a charging mode. The energy storage device is configured to supply energy to the output during a failure of the main energy source; and a controller configured to monitor and/or test the energy storage device for degradation when the energy storage device is not supplying energy to the output and when the energy storage device is not being charged.
G01R 31/392 - Détermination du vieillissement ou de la dégradation de la batterie, p.ex. état de santé
G01R 31/389 - Mesure de l’impédance interne, de la conductance interne ou des variables similaires
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 9/06 - Circuits pour alimentation de puissance de secours ou de réserve, p.ex. pour éclairage de secours dans lesquels le système de distribution est déconnecté de la source normale et connecté à une source de réserve avec commutation automatique
An environmental control system for conditioning a cabin of a vehicle positioned in an enclosed air-evacuated environment includes a first inlet for receiving a first medium and a second inlet for receiving a second medium. The first medium and the second medium are mixed at a mixing point located upstream from the cabin to form a mixed medium. The environmental control system additionally includes a coolant loop having a coolant circulating therein and at least one heat exchanger. The coolant loop includes a pump for circulating the coolant. The coolant is thermally coupled to the mixed medium at the at least one heat exchanger.
Disclosed is an electrochemical process to simultaneously produce a syngas suitable for the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process and oxygen. In an example embodiment, the process includes feeding steam and CO2 to an intermediate temperature (e.g., <700° C.) electrochemical reactor to produce separate CO-rich and O2-rich streams. An additional electrochemical reactor can be used to produce H2. The H2 is combined with CO from the first reactor to produce a syngas mixture ideal for a downstream F-T process. Alternatively, the electrochemical reactor can produce methane directly or a methanol stream for conversion to a hydrocarbon fuel.
C25B 9/30 - Cellules ou assemblages de cellules comprenant des électrodes mobiles, p.ex. des électrodes rotatives; Assemblages de leurs éléments de structure
An electric machine control system includes a control unit, wherein the control unit includes inputs for a POR voltage feedback, an electric machine current feedback, a PMG feedback, and an input speed feedback. A protection unit includes inputs for: the POR voltage feedback, the electric machine current feedback, the PMG feedback, and the input speed feedback. At least one trip connection connects between the control unit and the protection unit. A method of generator control includes receiving an input speed feedback, a generator line contactor (GLC) auxiliary feedback, a generator control switch (GCS) feedback, and the weight on wheels feedback in a control unit. The method includes determining within the control unit if voltage regulation and/or frequency regulation should be enabled independent from a protection unit operatively connected to the control unit.
H02P 9/00 - Dispositions pour la commande de génératrices électriques de façon à obtenir les caractéristiques désirées à la sortie
B60R 16/03 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleurs; Agencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique
H02P 9/10 - Commande s'exerçant sur le circuit d'excitation de la génératrice afin de réduire les effets nuisibles de surcharges ou de phénomènes transitoires, p.ex. application, suppression ou changement brutal de la charge
A method of operating an aircraft air conditioning system is includes delivering cabin air to a lower recirculation heat exchanger included in a lower cooling zone to generate lower cooled recirculated cabin air and delivering the cabin air to an upper recirculation heat exchanger included in an upper cooling zone to generate upper cooled recirculation air. The method further comprising generating power via a power system, and invoking, via the controller, a recirculation ground maintenance mode to command the power system to deliver power to one or both of the lower cooling zone and the upper cooling zone so as to output one or both of the lower cooled recirculated cabin air and the upper cooled recirculated cabin to an aircraft cabin.
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
B64D 13/02 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant pressurisé
B64D 13/08 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé l'air étant réchauffé ou refroidi
B64D 41/00 - Installations génératrices de puissance pour servitudes auxiliaires
A water collector includes a metallic center body, an outer guide disposed concentrically within the metallic center body, a mid guide disposed concentrically within the outer guide, and an inner guide disposed concentrically within the mid guide. The outer guide, the mid guide, and the inner guide are formed from a non-metallic material.
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
An electric engine start architecture is provided and includes a motor controller including an exciter inverter and a controller, which outputs a control signal to the exciter inverter, and a generator. The generator includes an exciter receptive of alternating current (AC) from the exciter inverter with the exciter inverter responsive to the control signal, a rotating rectifier receptive of AC from the exciter and configured to convert the AC from the exciter into direct current (DC) and a main machine exclusively drivable by AC fields in the exciter to execute an engine start operation.
H02P 1/18 - Dispositions de démarrage de moteurs électriques ou de convertisseurs dynamo-électriques pour faire démarrer des machines dynamo- électriques ou des convertisseurs dynamo-électriques pour faire démarrer individuellement un moteur à courant continu
B64D 27/24 - Aéronefs caractérisés par le type ou la position des groupes moteurs utilisant la vapeur, l'électricité ou l'énergie de ressorts
62.
HYBRID MICROPROCESSOR AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE (PLD)-BASED ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING INTER PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION
A microprocessor-PLD hybrid architecture includes an IPC microprocessor and a PLD in signal communication with the IPC microprocessor via an IPC interface. The IPC microprocessor outputs a data read command to initiate a data read operation or a data write command. The PLD includes a plurality of PLD modules that store data and a bus controller. The bus controller communicates with the plurality of PLD modules via a plurality of PLD interfaces and is configured to sequentially execute a set of bus controller instructions. The bus controller reads data from a target PLD module from among the plurality of PLD modules in response to receiving the data read command, and transfers the data to the IPC microprocessor. The bus controller receives data from the IPC microprocessor and stores the data in a target PLD module from among the plurality of PLD modules in response to receiving the data write command.
G06F 13/12 - Commande par programme pour dispositifs périphériques utilisant des matériels indépendants du processeur central, p.ex. canal ou processeur périphérique
G06F 11/10 - Détection ou correction d'erreur par introduction de redondance dans la représentation des données, p.ex. en utilisant des codes de contrôle en ajoutant des chiffres binaires ou des symboles particuliers aux données exprimées suivant un code, p.ex. contrôle de parité, exclusion des 9 ou des 11
G06F 13/16 - Gestion de demandes d'interconnexion ou de transfert pour l'accès au bus de mémoire
A system includes first precision rectifier operatively connected to receive high and low signals of a sine coil of a resolver and to output a first signaled condition and an exciter coil of the resolver. A second precision rectifier is operatively connected to receive high and low signals of a cosine coil of the resolver and to output a second signaled condition. A quadrant detection circuit operatively connected to receive high and low signals of the exciter coil of the resolver, wherein the quadrant detection circuit is operatively connected to receive high and low signals from the sine coil and from the cosine coil, and to output a signal indicative of quadrant position of the resolver.
G01D 5/20 - Moyens mécaniques pour le transfert de la grandeur de sortie d'un organe sensible; Moyens pour convertir la grandeur de sortie d'un organe sensible en une autre variable, lorsque la forme ou la nature de l'organe sensible n'imposent pas un moyen de conversion déterminé; Transducteurs non spécialement adaptés à une variable particulière utilisant des moyens électriques ou magnétiques influençant la valeur d'un courant ou d'une tension en faisant varier l'inductance, p.ex. une armature mobile
64.
DATA REFRESH CYCLE FOR ASYNCHRONOUS DEVICE COMMUNICATION
An asynchronous communication system configured to operate a MIL-1553 protocol. The system includes: a bus; a bus controller coupled to the bus that is configured to control access to the bus; a remote terminal connected to the bus; a device controller connected to the remote terminal; and a read/write overlap avoidance latch connected to the remote terminal. The read/write overlap avoidance latch provides an active signal to the device controller that prevents the device controller from writing data to the remote terminal while the bus controller is reading data from the device controller during a read cycle.
A water extractor for an environmental control system of an aircraft includes a separation mechanism configured to divide an airflow into a first airflow and a second airflow. The separation mechanism includes an inlet conduit, a body in fluid communication with the inlet conduit, and at least one coalescing feature arranged within an interior of the body. A water extraction vessel is arranged in fluid communication with the separation mechanism. The water extraction vessel includes a first portion for receiving the first airflow and a second portion for receiving the second airflow. The first portion is configured to collect and remove water from the first airflow.
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
B01D 45/04 - Séparation de particules dispersées dans des gaz ou des vapeurs par gravité, inertie ou force centrifuge par inertie
B01D 45/12 - Séparation de particules dispersées dans des gaz ou des vapeurs par gravité, inertie ou force centrifuge en utilisant la force centrifuge
B01D 50/20 - Combinaisons de dispositifs couverts par les groupes et
A water extractor is provided and includes a helical channel, a toroidal body encompassing the helical channel and defining an exhaust plenum beyond the helical channel and comprising a first outlet, an outer body defining a settling chamber about the toroidal body and including a second outlet and a drain and a scupper disposed to direct moisture, which is separated from a medium flowing through the helical channel, from the helical channel and into the settling chamber. The medium is flowable from the helical channel into the exhaust plenum and then sequentially through the first and second outlets to pressurize collected moisture flow from the settling chamber and through the drain.
B01D 45/16 - Séparation de particules dispersées dans des gaz ou des vapeurs par gravité, inertie ou force centrifuge en utilisant la force centrifuge produite par le mouvement hélicoïdal du courant gazeux
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
A valve includes a housing. A stroking valve is operatively connected to the housing for valve stroking movement relative to the housing in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the housing. The stroking valve has an open position for flow through the housing and a closed position for blocking flow through the housing. The stroking valve is configured to make sealing contact with a second face seal between the seal block and the stroking valve after a first portion of a stroke from the open position to the closed position prior to making sealing contact with a first face seal between the stroking valve and the housing.
A power generation system for an includes: a hydrogen fuel cell; an air supply system configured to supply air to the aircraft, the air supply system comprising an ORC-air heat exchanger; and an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system comprising an organic fluid circuit. The organic fluid circuit is configured to receive excess fuel cell heat from the hydrogen fuel cell to heat organic fluid in the organic fluid circuit. The organic fluid circuit passes through the ORC-air heat exchanger such that the supply air heats the organic fluid in the organic fluid circuit. The ORC system is configured to extract power from the organic fluid.
H01M 8/04029 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par des liquides
B64D 41/00 - Installations génératrices de puissance pour servitudes auxiliaires
F02C 6/20 - Aménagements des ensembles fonctionnels de turbines à gaz pour l'entraînement des véhicules
H01M 8/04014 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par combustion des réactifs
H01M 8/04111 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p.ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux utilisant un assemblage turbine compresseur
A power generation system for an aircraft includes a hydrogen fuel cell comprising a fuel cell hydrogen inlet and a fuel cell hydrogen outlet and a hydrogen recirculation system configured to recirculate recirculation hydrogen from the fuel cell hydrogen outlet to the fuel cell hydrogen inlet.
H01M 8/04089 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p.ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux
H01M 8/04014 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par combustion des réactifs
H01M 8/04111 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p.ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux utilisant un assemblage turbine compresseur
H01M 8/22 - PROCÉDÉS OU MOYENS POUR LA CONVERSION DIRECTE DE L'ÉNERGIE CHIMIQUE EN ÉNERGIE ÉLECTRIQUE, p.ex. BATTERIES Éléments à combustible; Leur fabrication Éléments à combustible dans lesquels le combustible est à base de matériaux comprenant uniquement des éléments autres que le carbone, l'oxygène ou l'hydrogène
An impeller includes a hub. The hub has a first end and a second end and includes an impeller disk at the second end of the hub. The impeller disk includes a first annular protrusion extending from the impeller disk. A first pocket is in a radially outer side of the first annular protrusion. The impeller also includes a first preloading band positioned in the first pocket. The first preloading band encircles the radially outer side of the first annular protrusion. The impeller also includes blades connecting to a radially outer surface of the hub.
F01D 5/02 - Organes de support des aubes, p.ex. rotors
F01D 11/02 - Prévention ou réduction des pertes internes du fluide énergétique, p.ex. entre étages par obturation non contact, p.ex. du type labyrinthe
An environmental control system for a vehicle includes a source of a first medium, a cabin air compressing device including a compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, and a conduit fluidly coupling the source of the first medium to the compressor inlet. The first medium provided to the compressor inlet is output at the compressor outlet as a compressed first medium. An environmental control system pack is located downstream from and is fluidly coupled to the compressor outlet. The environmental control system pack includes a ram air circuit having at least one ram air heat exchanger. Another conduit for providing a second medium to the compressor fluidly couples an outlet of the at least one ram air heat exchanger and the compressor inlet.
F25B 49/02 - Disposition ou montage des dispositifs de commande ou de sécurité pour machines, installations ou systèmes du type à compression
B64D 13/08 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé l'air étant réchauffé ou refroidi
F25B 9/00 - Machines, installations ou systèmes à compression dans lesquels le fluide frigorigène est l'air ou un autre gaz à point d'ébullition peu élevé
F25B 9/06 - Machines, installations ou systèmes à compression dans lesquels le fluide frigorigène est l'air ou un autre gaz à point d'ébullition peu élevé utilisant des détendeurs
An environmental control system for a vehicle includes at least one cabin air compressing device including a compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet. The environmental control system additionally includes an environmental control system pack located downstream from and fluidly coupled to the compressor outlet via at least one conduit. The environmental control system pack includes a ram air circuit. A bypass conduit fluidly couples the compressor outlet to the ram air circuit.
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
B64D 13/02 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant pressurisé
An environmental control system for a vehicle includes an environmental control system pack including a ram air circuit and a thermodynamic device. The ram air circuit includes a ram air shell having a ram inlet and a ram outlet and at least one ram air heat exchanger arranged within the ram air shell. A ram air fan is fluidly coupled to the ram air shell. A bypass conduit is fluidly connected to a source of compressed medium. The bypass conduit has an outlet end positioned adjacent to a surface of the ram air fan for delivering a compressed medium to the surface.
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
74.
MULTIPURPOSE INVERTER CURRENT SENSE FOR MOTOR DRIVE APPLICATION
A motor drive system includes an inverter comprising a plurality of switching elements on a first arm. A first switching element and a first resistor are connected in series between a DC input and an arm midpoint, and a second switching element and a second resistor are connected in series between the midpoint and ground. A signal conditioning circuit acts a sensor for the system and has first and second inputs. The first input is connected to the first leg between the first switching element and the first resistor, and the second input is connected to the first leg between the second resistor and the second switching element. The signal conditioning circuit can be the only current sensor connected to the arm and can be driven by the same power supply used to control the switching elements.
H02P 29/024 - Détection d’un défaut, p.ex. court circuit, rotor bloqué, circuit ouvert ou perte de charge
H02M 1/00 - APPAREILS POUR LA TRANSFORMATION DE COURANT ALTERNATIF EN COURANT ALTERNATIF, DE COURANT ALTERNATIF EN COURANT CONTINU OU VICE VERSA OU DE COURANT CONTINU EN COURANT CONTINU ET EMPLOYÉS AVEC LES RÉSEAUX DE DISTRIBUTION D'ÉNERGIE OU DES SYSTÈMES D'ALI; TRANSFORMATION D'UNE PUISSANCE D'ENTRÉE EN COURANT CONTINU OU COURANT ALTERNATIF EN UNE PUISSANCE DE SORTIE DE CHOC; LEUR COMMANDE OU RÉGULATION - Détails d'appareils pour transformation
H02M 7/539 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif sans possibilité de réversibilité par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. onduleurs à impulsions à un seul commutateur avec commande automatique de la forme d'onde ou de la fréquence de sortie
H02P 27/06 - Dispositions ou procédés pour la commande de moteurs à courant alternatif caractérisés par le type de tension d'alimentation utilisant une tension d’alimentation à fréquence variable, p.ex. tension d’alimentation d’onduleurs ou de convertisseurs utilisant des convertisseurs de courant continu en courant alternatif ou des onduleurs
A single stage servo valve assembly includes a drive assembly and a valve body assembly. The valve body assembly defines: a valve body extending along a valve body axis between a first valve body end and a second valve body axis: a supply port; a control port; and a return port formed through the valve body each defining a respective fluid flow channel, having a fluid flow axis, providing fluid communication between an interior of the valve body and an exterior of the valve body. The drive assembly operates to control the flow of fluid between the supply port, the control port and the return port, via the interior of the valve body, in response to an electric command signal. Each of the supply port, and the return port includes a tapered nozzle at an interface between the interior of the valve body and the respective port fluid flow channel.
F16K 31/124 - Moyens de fonctionnement; Dispositifs de retour à la position de repos actionnés par un fluide le fluide agissant sur un piston servo-commandé
76.
METHOD OF EVALUATING THE INERTING CONCENTRATION OF AN AEROSOL FIRE SUPPRESSION AGENT
A method is disclosed for evaluating inerting concentration of a fire suppression agent. The method includes flowing air upward into a chimney tube and flowing fuel into the flowing air in the chimney tube. A targeted concentration of the fire suppression agent is introduced into the flowing air and into the flowing fuel in the chimney tube. An ignitor is ignited to provide ignition energy to the flowing air and the flowing fuel, and the ignitor is deactivated. The targeted concentration of the fire suppression agent is at or above the inerting concentration of the fire suppression agent if combustion of the flowing fuel does not persist beyond three seconds after the ignitor is deactivated.
A vehicle includes a first area conditioned by a first medium, a second area conditioned by a second medium, and an air management system. The air management system includes a source of third medium, an environmental control system fluidly coupled to the source of third medium and to the second area, and a closed loop vapor compression system having a refrigeration medium circulating therein. The vapor compression system is fluidly coupled to the first area, the second area, and the source of third medium. During normal operation, both a first flow of the third medium conditioned within the environmental control system and a second flow of the third medium are provided to the second area.
A coated component includes a metallic body defining an inner volume configured to retain a fluid therein. The metallic body includes a plurality of segments, at least one weld joint attaching the plurality of segments, an outer surface, and an inner surface facing and defining the inner volume. The component further includes a chrome-free protective coating disposed on each of the outer surface and the inner surface. The coating includes an epoxy layer, and an oxide layer disposed between the epoxy layer and the respective outer surface and inner surface.
An exhaust moisture removal system for an electric generation system including: a sorbent wheel; an interchanger; a hydrogen evaporator including an exhaust portion; and an exhaust outflow stream passageway configured to convey an exhaust from a hydrogen fuel cell of the electric generation system through a first pass and then through a second pass, the second pass being located downstream of the first pass, wherein the first pass of the exhaust outflow stream passageway passes through the sorbent wheel, then through the interchanger, and then through the hydrogen evaporator, and wherein the second pass of the exhaust outflow stream passageway passes through the hydrogen evaporator, then through the interchanger, and then through the sorbent wheel.
H01M 8/04119 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p.ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux avec apport simultané ou évacuation simultanée d’électrolyte; Humidification ou déshumidification
H01M 8/04007 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur
80.
ELECTRICALLY DIRECT CONTROLLED VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) in fluid communication with an inlet line and with an outlet line. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary pressure to the outlet line. An electromechanical actuator (EMA) is operatively connected to actuate the variable displacement mechanism for direct electromechanical control of the VDP.
A61M 5/142 - Perfusion sous pression, p.ex. utilisant des pompes
A61M 5/172 - Moyens pour commander l'écoulement des agents vers le corps ou pour doser les agents à introduire dans le corps, p.ex. compteurs de goutte-à-goutte électriques ou électroniques
81.
MOUNTING LUG WITH PARTICLE DAMPING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
A vibration damping component for a vehicle includes a housing, and a mounting lug attached to the housing. The mounting lug includes an outer shell with a top, a bottom, and sides. The mounting lug also includes a bore through the outer shell from the top to the bottom. The mounting lug also includes a cavity, an interior lattice, and a damping media. The outer shell and the bore enclose the cavity. The interior lattice is within the cavity and stiffens the mounting lug. The damping media is enclosed in the cavity and between solid portions of the interior lattice.
F16F 15/02 - Suppression des vibrations dans les systèmes non rotatifs, p.ex. dans des systèmes alternatifs; Suppression des vibrations dans les systèmes rotatifs par l'utilisation d'organes ne se déplaçant pas avec le système rotatif
B22F 10/28 - Fusion sur lit de poudre, p.ex. fusion sélective par laser [FSL] ou fusion par faisceau d’électrons [EBM]
A method for monitoring degradation of at least one component in a power system comprising a motor drive circuit configured to provide AC power from a power source to power a motor. The method includes isolating the motor drive circuit from the power source; injecting a test signal to at least one component of the isolated motor drive circuit; and measuring a propagated signal resulting from the injected test signal propagating through the at least one component. The propagated signal may be compared to a test signal and, if the propagated signal differs from the test signal by a threshold, then degradation of the at least one component may be identified.
G01R 31/01 - Passage successif d'articles similaires aux tests, p.ex. tests "tout ou rien" d'une production de série; Test d'objets en certains points lorsqu'ils passent à travers un poste de test
A nozzle of a fire suppression system includes a housing. Two or more orifices in the housing emit a fire suppression agent. Each of the two or more orifices emits the fire suppression agent in a rotational vortex.
B05B 1/34 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour influencer la forme de l'écoulement du liquide ou d'autre matériau fluide, p.ex. pour produire une turbulence
A62C 3/08 - Prévention, limitation ou extinction des incendies spécialement adaptées pour des objets ou des endroits particuliers dans les véhicules, p.ex. les véhicules routiers dans les avions
A62C 35/68 - Réseaux de conduites - Détails, p.ex. de conduites ou de systèmes de soupapes
A stator coil includes a conductor wound into a plurality of turns having substantially straight sides and opposing curved ends. The stator coil also includes insulating material provided between the conductor turns and wound into the turns with the conductor. The coil can be formed by winding a conductor in a plurality of turns defined by opposing substantially straight sides an opposing curved ends, and winding an insulating material located below or above the conductor together with the conductor.
H02K 3/34 - Enroulements caractérisés par la configuration, la forme ou la réalisation de l'isolement entre conducteurs ou entre conducteur et noyau, p.ex. isolement d'encoches
H02K 15/10 - Application d'un isolant sous forme solide à des enroulements, des stators ou des rotors
A stator for an electrical machine can include a plurality of windings, each forming a coil and end connections. The stator can include a first potting material having a first viscosity and a first thermal conductivity. The first potting material can be disposed on each coil and fills gaps between each coil. The stator can include a second potting material different from the first potting material and having a second viscosity and a second thermal conductivity. The second viscosity can be higher than the first viscosity and the second thermal conductivity is higher than the first thermal conductivity. The second potting material can be disposed on each of the end connections to provide increased thermal conductivity from the end connections.
A bus controller-based page memory programmable logic device (PLD) architecture includes a plurality of PLD modules and a bus controller in signal communication with the plurality of PLD modules via a universal bus interface. Each PLD module include a PLD memory unit configured to store first data. The bus controller includes bus memory unit configured to store second data and includes a bus controller engine configured to sequentially execute a set of bus controller instructions. One or both of the first data and the second data is transferred between the bus controller and a target PLD module among the plurality of PLD modules in response to sequentially executing the set of bus controller instructions.
A power generation system for an aircraft includes: a storage tank for storing hydrogen; a fuel cell configured to generate power from the hydrogen; a fuel supply line configured to supply the hydrogen from storage tank to the fuel cell; a fresh air supply line configured to supply air to a cabin air supply system; and a fuel-air heat exchange system, wherein the fuel supply line and the air supply line pass through the fuel-air heat exchange system such that the hydrogen cools the air in use.
B64D 13/08 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé l'air étant réchauffé ou refroidi
An air processing system for an aircraft comprising a hydrogen fuel cell. The air processing system includes an input airflow; a first and a second compressor, wherein each compressor is configured to compress the airflow in a compression stage; a first and a second turbine, wherein each turbine is configured to decompress the airflow in a decompression stage; and a first and a second shaft each configured to independently rotate. Each shaft mechanically couples one of the compressors and one of the turbines, such that torque can be transferred between the compressor-turbine pair.
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
A face seal assembly includes a rotationally fixed first component at least partially defining an interior chamber containing a volume of lubricant. The first component includes a rotationally fixed seal element. A rotatable second component is rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the first component. The second component includes a second component body extending along the axis of rotation from the interior chamber to outside of the interior chamber. An axially facing component surface is located in the interior chamber and is configured to engage with an axially-facing element surface of the seal element to define a seal interface of the face seal. A plurality of fins extend radially outwardly from the second component body in the chamber interior, such that the plurality of fins create a centrifugal force on the volume of lubricant to urge the volume of lubricant away from the seal interface.
F16J 15/34 - Joints d'étanchéité entre deux surfaces mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre par bague glissante pressée contre la face plus ou moins radiale d'une des deux parties
A rectifier diode assembly is provided and includes first and second bus bars, a diode interposed between the first and second bus bars to define first and second spaces for fluid flow between the diode and the first and second bus bars, respectively, and first and second louvers. The first louvers are compressively interposed between the first bus bar and the diode to extend across the first space for thermally and electrically connecting the first bus bar and the diode. The second louvers are compressively interposed between the second bus bar and the diode to extend across the second space for thermally and electrically connecting the second bus bar and the diode.
H02M 7/00 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant alternatif en une puissance de sortie en courant continu; Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif
A multilevel power converter comprising: a DC bus having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a plurality of switches for each of a plurality of phase legs of the power converter connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal, each power leg having an output for provided a converted voltage output according to the switching control of the plurality of switches; and one or more current sensors, wherein at least two of the switches, or at least one of the switches and a current sensor, and/or at least two current sensors are connected as a cluster to share a common power supply.
H02M 1/00 - APPAREILS POUR LA TRANSFORMATION DE COURANT ALTERNATIF EN COURANT ALTERNATIF, DE COURANT ALTERNATIF EN COURANT CONTINU OU VICE VERSA OU DE COURANT CONTINU EN COURANT CONTINU ET EMPLOYÉS AVEC LES RÉSEAUX DE DISTRIBUTION D'ÉNERGIE OU DES SYSTÈMES D'ALI; TRANSFORMATION D'UNE PUISSANCE D'ENTRÉE EN COURANT CONTINU OU COURANT ALTERNATIF EN UNE PUISSANCE DE SORTIE DE CHOC; LEUR COMMANDE OU RÉGULATION - Détails d'appareils pour transformation
H02M 7/5395 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif sans possibilité de réversibilité par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. onduleurs à impulsions à un seul commutateur avec commande automatique de la forme d'onde ou de la fréquence de sortie par modulation de largeur d'impulsions
92.
SHOOT-THROUGH PROTECTION AND CURRENT MONITORING SCHEME FOR MULTILEVEL POWER CONVERTERS
A multilevel power converter comprising: a DC bus having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a plurality of switches for each of a plurality of phase legs of the power converter connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal, each power leg having an output for provided a converted voltage output according to the switching control of the plurality of switches; and wherein a current sensor provided in each phase leg connected in series between an adjacent pair of the plurality of switches.
H02M 7/537 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif sans possibilité de réversibilité par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs, p.ex. onduleurs à impulsions à un seul commutateur
H02M 1/44 - Circuits ou dispositions pour corriger les interférences électromagnétiques dans les convertisseurs ou les onduleurs
93.
HEAT EXCHANGER COOLING SYSTEMS AND AUXILIARY POWER GENERATION ON LIQUID HYDROGEN-FUELED AIRCRAFTS
A system includes a fuel cell stack. A heat exchanger has an air passage in thermal communication with an H2O passage for heat exchange between air and H2O. An exhaust outlet of the fuel cell stack is connected in fluid communication with an H2O inlet of the heat exchanger for supplying H2O to the heat exchanger.
H01M 8/04029 - Dispositions auxiliaires, p.ex. pour la commande de la pression ou pour la circulation des fluides relatives à l’échange de chaleur Échange de chaleur par des liquides
B64D 13/06 - Aménagements ou adaptations des appareils de conditionnement d'air pour équipages d'aéronefs, passagers ou pour emplacement réservé au fret l'air étant climatisé
An electric machine assembly includes a stator. The stator includes a core defining a rotational axis, windings assembled into the core, and a back iron heat exchanger mounted to the core, extending around the rotational axis. A plurality of coolant circuits pass from one or more coolant inlets in the back iron heat exchanger through the back iron heat exchanger, to one or more coolant outlets in the back iron heat exchanger. Between the one or more coolant inlets and the one or more coolant outlets, the plurality of cooling circuits are in fluid isolation from one another and from radially inner and outer surfaces of the back iron heat exchanger.
H02K 1/20 - Parties fixes du circuit magnétique avec des canaux ou des conduits pour l'écoulement d'un agent de refroidissement
H02K 9/19 - Dispositions de refroidissement ou de ventilation pour machines avec enveloppe fermée et circuit fermé de refroidissement utilisant un agent de refroidissement liquide, p.ex. de l'huile
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Myers, Casey
Kaufman, Cory
Abrégé
A waste processing system includes a storage tank to collect urine, a dose pump to mix a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water and dispense the resultant pretreat mixture into the storage tank, and a sensor configured to monitor one or more properties of the pretreat mixture. The sensor is an optical sensor transmitting a light signal through the pretreat mixture. A method of monitoring a flow of a pretreat mixture of a waste processing system includes mixing a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water at a dose pump defining a pretreat mixture, directing the pretreat mixture along a fluid pathway toward a storage tank, and measuring one or more properties of the pretreat mixture via an optical sensor disposed along the fluid pathway.
G01N 21/31 - Couleur; Propriétés spectrales, c. à d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en recherchant l'effet relatif du matériau pour les longueurs d'ondes caractéristiques d'éléments ou de molécules spécifiques, p.ex. spectrométrie d'absorption atomique
G01N 21/25 - Couleur; Propriétés spectrales, c. à d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes
G01N 21/27 - Couleur; Propriétés spectrales, c. à d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en utilisant la détection photo-électrique
G01N 33/493 - Analyse physique de matériau biologique de matériau biologique liquide d'urine
An electromagnetic machine including a stator and a heat transfer component thermally coupled to the stator. The heat transfer component has at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and one or more channels fluidly connecting the at least one inlet to the at least one outlet. The one or more channels have a helical configuration.
An assembly includes a rotor shaft extending in an axial direction along a center axis of the assembly and a flange extending radially outward from the rotor shaft and circumferentially around the rotor shaft. An axial flux motor extends circumferentially around the rotor shaft. The axial flux motor includes an array of magnets, a stator support structure, and a plurality of coils. The array of magnets extending circumferentially around the rotor shaft. The stator support structure extends circumferentially around the rotor shaft and faces the flange. The plurality of coils extends circumferentially around the rotor shaft and faces the array of magnets in the axial direction. Each coil of the plurality of coils includes bearing windings and torque generating windings on the stator support structure. Both the bearing windings and the torque generating windings face the array of magnets in the axial direction.
H02K 21/24 - Moteurs synchrones à aimants permanents; Génératrices synchrones à aimants permanents avec des induits fixes et des aimants tournants avec des aimants disposés axialement en face des induits, p.ex. dynamos de bicyclette du type moyeu
F04D 13/06 - Ensembles comprenant les pompes et leurs moyens d'entraînement la pompe étant entraînée par l'électricité
H02K 1/2793 - Rotors faisant face axialement à des stators
A pressure vessel includes a first component, a second component, and a bonded lap joint between the first and second components. The bonded lap joint includes a portion of the first component which extends about a circumference of the pressure vessel, a portion of the second component which extends about the circumference of the pressure vessel and partially overlaps the portion of the first component, an adhesive bond connecting the portion of the first component to the portion of the second component and thereby joining the first and second components, and mechanically interlocking structures connecting the portion of the first component to the portion of the second component. The adhesive bond forms a primary retention mechanism. The mechanically interlocking structures are situated at least partially within each of the portion of the first component and the portion of the second component, and form a secondary retention mechanism.
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Todd, Joshua
Fletcher, Gabriel
Abrégé
A system for detecting radiation events, having: a test memory with memory blocks; a controller having controller memory; an integrated circuit (IC) array having IC chains, wherein each of the IC chains has a plurality of IC elements that is response to and generates a voltage when exposed to a radiation event; a dosimeter configured to record an accumulated amount of radiation exposure to the system, wherein the controller is configured to perform steps of: initializing the test memory, the IC array and the dosimeter; monitoring for an unexpected signal from an IC chain and for unexpected data in a memory block of the test memory; and identifying the radiation event upon one or more of receiving the unexpected signal and identifying unexpected data in a memory block of the test memory.
A variable gear ratio gear set system includes a planetary gear set including a sun gear locate at a central axis of rotation, a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear and retained at a carrier, and a ring gear surrounding the plurality of planet gears and meshed therewith. An input shaft inputs rotational energy to the planetary gear set at a first rotational speed, and an output shaft outputs rotational energy from the planetary gear set at a second rotational speed. A plurality of one-way clutches are positioned in the gear set and are engageable such that the system has a first gear ratio when the input shaft is rotated in a first direction, and a second gear ratio when the input shaft is rotated in a second direction.
F16H 3/00 - Transmissions à engrenages pour transmettre un mouvement rotatif à rapport de vitesse variable ou pour inverser le mouvement rotatif
F16D 41/066 - Roues libres ou embrayages à roue libre avec organes d'accouplement intermédiaires d'arrêt entre une surface intérieure et une surface extérieure les organes intermédiaires d'arrêt agissant en roulant et ayant une section transversale circulaire, p.ex. billes tous les organes ayant le même calibre et uniquement une des deux surfaces étant cylindrique