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7611329 Method and device for synchrophasing the propellers of an aircraft with several propulsion units  
For constant-speed synchrophasing of the propellers ( 14 ) of the propulsion units ( 10 ) of an aircraft each equipped with an electronic control circuit ( 20 ) connected to a communications...
7484933 Method for controlling a wind turbine  
A method is provided for controlling a wind turbine, and a wind turbine is provided with a control device for controlling a wind turbine. A method and a wind turbine are developed so that losses of...
7448853 System and method of determining centrifugal turbomachinery remaining life  
A centrifugal turbomachine includes an impeller and a speed sensor arranged to detect a speed associated with an impeller speed. A temperature sensor is arranged to detect a temperature associated...
7425117 System and method for reducing back flow  
A system and method of reducing back flow in an air mover having one or more blades is described. A flap is attached to a blade of the air mover such that, when back flow occurs, the flap obscures...
7419357 Ram air turbine blade disengagement mechanism for over-speed prevention  
An improved ram air turbine (RAT) prevents release of its turbine blades due an over-speed condition by detecting an over-speed condition with a trigger mechanism and rotating the blades to a fixed...
7354246 Electronics cooling fan with collapsible fan blade  
An electronics cooling fan comprises at least one collapsible fan blade driven by centrifugal force to extend radially as the fan spins and driven by elastic force to retract as spinning slows or...
7351033 Wind turbine load control method  
A method for limiting loads in a wind turbine by using measured loads or wind speed to increase the minimum pitch angle for extended periods. The minimum pitch angle will be allowed to relax down...
7331760 Fan revolution speed control method  
Actual temperatures of intake air, hydraulic oil, and coolant, to be cooled by a cooling fan, are detected. Target fan revolution speeds are determined by PI control units based on differences...
7296970 Ram air turbine speed sensing ball detent over-speed prevention mechanism  
A ram air turbine (RAT) prevents release of its turbine blades due an over-speed condition by detecting an over-speed condition with a turbine hub-mounted centrifugally operated trigger mechanism...
7223071 Device for providing assistance to the pilot of a rotorcraft in the event of engine failure  
The present invention provides a device enabling the collective pitch of the blades of the main rotor of a single-engined rotorcraft to be reduced automatically in the event of an engine failure....
7204674 Rotor blade for a wind power installation  
A rotor for a wind power installation having at least one rotor blade. The smaller the surface area on which the wind acts, that is to say in particular the rotor blade area, the correspondingly...
7172392 Passive speed and power regulation of a wind turbine  
A wind turbine with at least one blade having a pitch axis that is offset laterally so that the blade does not intersect with an axis of rotation of the wind turbine, and a center of mass and an...
7118336 Pressurized oil supply for propeller engine system  
A system and method for providing pressurised oil during non-feathered in-flight shutdown conditions in a variable-pitch aircraft propeller engine. A secondary pump provides pressurised oil...
7101152 Method for maximizing the energy output of a wind turbine  
A method is provided for controlling a wind turbine, and a wind turbine is provided with a control device for controlling a wind turbine. A method and a wind turbine are developed so that losses of...
7094017 Vertical shaft driving device for vertical wind mills or the like and electric power generator using the same  
A vertical shaft driving device wherein a plurality of rotary blades ( 8 a , 8 b , 8 c and 8 d ) each including a blade ( 10 ) supported on a planetary shaft are equally arranged...
7025559 Methods and systems for operating rotary machines  
A method for operating a rotary machine is provided. The rotary machine includes a stationary member and a rotatable member wherein the rotatable member is configured to rotate at least partially...
6986641 Engine control system  
A power turbine speed control system for a helicopter is disclosed which includes components for generating a power turbine speed signal based upon a demanded rotor speed, a high-order filter for...
6984110 Windmill blade and apparatus for generating power using the blade  
Disclosed is a wind power generating apparatus in which windmill blades are mounted in a multi-stage fashion to a rotating shaft while being spaced apart from one another to efficiently generate...
6921248 System for controlling the torsional stability of the drivetrain of a machine, in particular of a helicopter  
System for controlling the torsional stability of the drivetrain of a machine, in particular of a helicopter. The system ( 1 ) comprises a means ( 7 ) for acting on the speed of an engine ( 5 ) of...
6755609 Radial pump  
A radial-flow pump ( 1 ), and especially a coolant pump for an internal combustion engine, comprising an impeller ( 2 ) provided with vanes ( 5 ) and a directing device ( 4 ) including at least one...
6749399 Vertical array wind turbine  
A wind turbine with an array of rotors arranged at various heights. Each rotor is optimized for the height at which it is located. Optimization of each rotor could include selection of rated power,...
6736593 Protective device for a turbo molecular pump and method of protecting a turbo molecular pump  
A protective device is provided for protecting a turbo molecular pump having a rotor mounted for undergoing rotation, an intake port for sucking gas by rotation of the rotor, and an exhaust port...
6641365 Optimum speed tilt rotor  
A variable speed helicopter tilt rotor system and method for operating such a system are provided which allow the helicopter rotor to be operated at an optimal angular velocity in revolutions per...
6311106 Automatic flat rate setting system for freight feeder aircraft and method of setting of engine flat rate  
A system and method of automatically setting a flat rate engine power setting of an aircraft determines the weight of loaded cargo containers to determine the total gross weight of the aircraft...
6227803 Apparatus for generating electric power using wind force  
An apparatus for generating electric power using wind force which is capable of generating good quality electric power by combining the apparatus with the inventor's water wave force-based electric...
6196801 Adjustable propeller unit which can be hydraulically reversed  
A hydraulically reversible, adjustable propeller unit for aircraft, land vehicles and watercraft, with a propeller with at least two blades, the pitch of which is controllable by means of a control...
6193464 Active brake control for rotor/wing aircraft  
The present invention comprises a feedback-controlled braking apparatus that applies a modulated braking force that smoothly decelerates a rotating shaft such that it comes to rest at a precise...
6161994 Device for cleaning the working area of chip removal machines  
A propeller with pivoting blades is provided as a cleaning tool (1) for the work area of metal cutting machines, where the angle of adjustment for the pivoting blades is such that an air jet is...
6065930 Cooling control apparatus  
A cooling control apparatus controls a plurality of cooling members. The apparatus has a monitor which monitors states of predetermined combinations of the cooling members and a controller which...
6059528 Electronic propeller control system  
An improved electronic hydraulic propeller control designed as a retro-fit kit for existing Hamilton Standard Division 54460 and 54H60 propeller controllers includes an apparatus for controlling...
6007298 Optimum speed rotor  
A variable speed helicopter rotor system and method for operating such a system are provided which allow the helicopter rotor to be operated at an optimal angular velocity in revolutions per minute...
6000907 Fluid-activatable vane for a fluid turbine  
A fluid-activatable vane is defined by a thin vane body having opposed narrow leading and trailing side edges and opposed substantially smooth large top and bottom surfaces. The body has a central...
5997250 Method and apparatus for controlling pitch of an aircraft propeller  
A propeller pitch control apparatus for an aircraft in which the vector sum of the aircraft forward speed and the propeller rotational tip speed is a selected fraction of the speed of sound, the...
5993158 Method and apparatus for aeration using flexible blade impeller  
An impeller having flexible impeller blades with a stiffness which allows the blades to flex into a backward-curved impeller configuration at the maximum intended rotational speed of operation, and...
5951249 Self governing fluid energy turbine  
A fluid energy turbine has a radial flow rotor in which fluid driven blades are peripherally distributed about a horizontal axis and in which auxiliary-biased outlet gates are provided for release...
5897293 Counterweighted propeller control system  
A system for controlling functions of a propeller having a plurality of blades is disclosed. The system comprises an electronic control for controlling the functions of the propeller. A plurality...
5742107 Rotary cooling fan  
A rotary fan includes a rotatable base plate, a plurality of fan blades mounted rotatably on the base plate at a peripheral portion thereof by means of supporting studs, and a blade angle adjusting...
5354175 Wind turbine rotor hub and teeter joint  
A rotor hub is provided for coupling a wind turbine rotor blade and a shaft. The hub has a yoke with a body which is connected to the shaft, and extension portions which are connected to teeter...
5335175 Propeller control system  
A propeller control system comprises a phase controller (11) having a phase control gain to control a propeller phase relationship, free air turbulence detection means (7, 9) and a gain controller...
5320491 Wind turbine rotor aileron  
A wind turbine has a rotor with at least one blade which has an aileron which is adjusted by an actuator. A hinge has two portions, one for mounting a stationary hinge arm to the blade, the other...
5299911 Electric pitch control apparatus for variable-pitch propeller  
An electric pitch control apparatus for a variable-pitch propeller equipped with a pitch control mechanism having an electrically controlled actuator for controlling a pitch angle of the propeller...
5290147 Variable pitch marine propeller with shift biasing and synchronizing mechanism  
A marine propeller includes a hub rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly therefrom and pivotable about respective radial pivot axes...
5213471 Propeller pitch control  
The invention concerns a system for controlling an aircraft propeller. A hydraulic motor controls pitch of the propeller blades. The propeller blades are characterized by the absence of...
5209640 Pitch control apparatus for variable pitch propeller  
A pitch control apparatus for a variable pitch propeller for drive connection to an aircraft engine, wherein an optimum rotation number of the engine is calculated in relation to a flight speed of...
5170365 Propeller speed and phase sensor  
A speed and phase sensor counterrotates aircraft propellers. A toothed wheel is attached to each propeller, and the teeth trigger a sensor as they pass, producing a sequence of signals. From the...
5096378 Control of a wind turbine  
A wind turbine generator blade includes a movable front portion, extending from the faster-moving blade tip in a span-wise direction along the blade, and mounted on a pivot axis permitting the...
5029091 Ground mode control of aircraft propeller speed and pitch  
A ground mode pitch position logic and control is shown and described in this invention. A method for scheduling and limiting the pitch actuator reference signal in accordance with the actuator...
5019006 Aircraft engine propeller overspeed protection technical field  
An aircraft engine propeller autofeather system (4) has a feather solenoid (8) which is actuated by either a signal provided by an engine power loss detector (10) or a signal provided by an engine...
4776762 Windmill  
A power conversion turbine for actuation by fluid in motion such as, for example the wind, with a body supported to rotate about a central axis and carrying a plurality of vanes spaced from said...
4743163 Ram air turbine control system  
A blade pitch control mechanism for a ram air driven turbine blade mounted for rotation on a hub assembly having a central axis. A governor control member, including a seat, is mounted on a portion...
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