Patents Examined by Alexander B. Comley
  • Patent number: 11879453
    Abstract: A method for operating a pump of a delivery unit, in particular of a fluid supply system, having a pump chamber and an actively controllable inlet valve and an actively controllable outlet valve for the pump chamber, wherein, for the delivery of a fluid, a pressure (p), which is to be provided by the pump, of the fluid for delivery is controlled in closed-loop fashion on the basis of a manipulated variable (V), and wherein, within one full cycle (Z) of the pump (200), at least one of inlet valve (211) and outlet valve (212) is activated only if fluid is to be delivered, and is not activated if no fluid is to be delivered, and to a fluid supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kellner, Annabel Hackert, Arno Matzner, Horst Kleinknecht, Jasper Grohmann, Sebastian Gepperth, Siegfried Zerbin, Vellaiyan Thiruvarma
  • Patent number: 11878770
    Abstract: A small lightweight battery operated remote switched bilge pump is provided weighing less than one pound for installing in a small watercraft, including a kayak, canoe, sailboat, row boat, dingy, featuring a bilge pump having a low voltage inline pump, a housing having a compartment with an integrated strainer base to receive the low voltage inline pump, and having a watertight compartment to receive lightweight batteries to power the bilge pump for about 1.5 hours, and a switch assembly to selectively operate on/off functionality of the bilge pump remotely; and a Velcro® arrangement to couple the bilge pump to a surface of the small watercraft to allow easy installation of the bilge pump in about 15 seconds to perform bilge pump functionality without drilling or making holes in the small watercraft, and to allow easy removal of the bilge pump for cleaning and battery replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: FLOW CONTROL LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Irving, Joel A. Kenney
  • Patent number: 11873811
    Abstract: An air compressor is received in an accommodation box and contains a body, a cylinder, a motor, and a transmission mechanism. The body includes a first positioning orifice and a second positioning orifice. The cylinder is connected on the body and communicates with an air storage holder. The motor is fixed on the body, a small gear is received in the first positioning orifice, and a connection seat is accommodated in the first orifice. The transmission mechanism actuates a piston to move in the cylinder reciprocately so as to produce compressed air. The motor includes at least one locking extension for engaging the motor with the body. A first end of a respective one locking extension extends from the motor, and a second end of the respective one locking extension is engaged on the body, hence the motor is fixed on the body securely without using any screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-San Chou, Cheng-Hsien Chou
  • Patent number: 11873825
    Abstract: A portable blowing device configured for being worn around a neck of a human body, includes two arms each defining an airflow channel therein; and fans received in the arms respectively. The arm includes an inner side wall close to the neck and an outer side wall connected to the inner side wall. The arm includes an air inlet and an air outlet in communication with the airflow channel respectively. The air inlet is arranged at the inner side wall and/or the outer side wall. The fan is configured to generate an airflow passing through the air inlet, the airflow channel and the air outlet in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LANHE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Xunhuan Wu, Guang Yang, Weiping Li, Quan Lv, You Lai, Jun Zhu, Tong Li
  • Patent number: 11873802
    Abstract: A displacement pump has multiple gas compression stages and serial gas flow through the compression stages. The gas is initially compressed in a first compression stage by a first fluid displacement member. The gas from the first compression stage flows to a second compression stage. The gas in the second compression stage is compressed by a second fluid displacement member and output from the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob D. Higgins, Benjamin J. Paar, Brian W. Koehn, Bradley H. Hines, Paul W. Scheierl
  • Patent number: 11867170
    Abstract: A decompression system is configured to: determine a regulating amount of a flow regulating valve provided on a discharge flow path through which compressed gas flowing out from a gas generating device flows, the regulating amount being determined based on a pressure detected by a pressure sensor provided on the discharge flow path; correct the determined regulating amount based on a temperature detected by a temperature sensor provided on the discharge flow path; and control the flow regulating valve so that the regulating amount thereof becomes the corrected regulating amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takumi Kawano
  • Patent number: 11852133
    Abstract: A well service pump system supplies high pressure working fluid to a well. The pump system is a linear design which incorporates an electric motor, a variable frequency drive (VFD), a pump drive, closed loop variable flow rate hydraulic pumps, hydraulic ram cylinders, working fluid end cylinders, and a coupling to connect the hydraulic ram cylinders and the working fluid end cylinders. The electric motor powers the hydraulic system which, in turn, provides hydraulic fluid to operate the hydraulic ram cylinders. The VFD is connected to a single one of the hydraulic pumps at a time and applies power to the connected pump, via the pump drive, to drive the connected pump from a cold start to an operating speed. The VFD is connected sequentially, one pump at a time, to each of the hydraulic pumps and disconnected from each pump once the pump reaches the operating speed. Once the pump reaches operating speed, the pump is connected to receive power directly to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AMERIFORGE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Tom Gable, Garrett Smith, Shelton Burnett, John Fischer
  • Patent number: 11846293
    Abstract: A method for operating a pump, for conveying a fluid from a low-pressure side to a high-pressure side of the pump includes determining a current rate of change of pump vibrations and comparing the current rate of change with a limit for the rate of change or determining a current vibration of the pump and comparing the current vibration with a vibration amplitude limit for the vibration, storing the limit for the rate of change or the vibration amplitude limit in a surge controller, providing a control signal when the current rate of change reaches the limit or when the current vibration reaches the vibration amplitude limit, and changing a control variable of the pump by the control signal, such that the vibration is reduced and an unstable operating state of the pump is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Simon Gassmann, Thomas Felix, Karel De Raeve
  • Patent number: 11845112
    Abstract: A pressure washer disclosed herein may include a pump mechanism configured to pressurize water supplied through a water inlet and pump out the water through a water outlet, an electric motor configured to drive the pump mechanism, and a housing that houses the pump mechanism and the electric motor. An outer surface of the housing most proximate to the electric motor may have a shape that does not allow the pressure washer to stand on its own when the outer surface is used as a placement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11841032
    Abstract: A fan assembly designed for quick assembly and disassembly can include a housing, a fan and a motor disposed within the housing, a first guard located on a first side and a second guard located on a second side of the housing. The fan assembly can include a tensioner mechanism provided on an exterior of the housing to secure the first and the second guards to the housing. The fan assembly can be assembled by securing a plurality of struts to an interior side of a housing, mounting a fan and motor to the plurality of struts, inserting first and second guards within the housing proximate the inlet and outlet ends, and tensioning the first and second free ends of the housing to secure the first and second guards within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Pinnacle Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Leither, Dennis Meyer
  • Fan
    Patent number: 11835050
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a fan, which includes a body, the body includes a first air inlet, a second air inlet, an air outlet, and a fan motor for generating an air flow passing through the body, wherein the first air inlet and the second air inlet are arranged at interval in a first direction; a nozzle, which is connected with the air outlet and used for receiving the air flow from the body and ejecting the air flow; and a filter, which is arranged in a region between the first and the second air inlet in the body, and disposed downstream of the air inlet. The fan makes the air pass through the filter more evenly, prolongs the life of the filter, reduces filter replacements, reduces the cost of the air purifier, and is more conducive to the improvement of the indoor environment and provides a cleaner living environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hui Ying
  • Patent number: 11828275
    Abstract: An automatic double-acting valve includes: a valve body, a central duct, passing through the valve body and is equipped with a first opening made in a first end of the valve body and a second opening made in an opposite second end, a peripheral duct made in the valve body, eccentric to the central duct and equipped with a first opening, in a side surface between the first end and the second end, and a second opening in the second end of the valve body, a first blocking body movable at least between a closed position, in which it obstructs the first opening of the central duct, and an open position, a first elastic element configured to generate a force adapted to keep the first blocking body closed, a second blocking body movable at least between a closed position, in which it obstructs the second opening, and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ANNOVI REVERBERI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Pierluigi Argentino
  • Patent number: 11821418
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing with a first and second area; a motor incorporated into the first area and a diaphragm pump unit incorporated into the second area; the diaphragm pump unit including at least one diaphragm body and a drive unit; an armature of the motor being operatively connected to the drive unit through a drive axle; and the diaphragm pump unit having a first imbalance U1 and the motor having a second imbalance U2, wherein the size of the second imbalance U2 is designed in such a way that the sum of the first imbalance U1 and the second imbalance U2 in the system consisting of the motor and the drive unit coupled with the drive axle statically and dynamically results in zero. A related method for manufacturing the compressor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Alfmeier Präzision SE
    Inventor: Erich Dörfler
  • Patent number: 11815084
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes: a cylinder that moves a moving object in a vertical direction by extension and retraction of a rod; a first bidirectional pump connected to a head-side chamber of the cylinder by a first supply/discharge line; a second bidirectional pump connected to a rod-side chamber of the cylinder by a second supply/discharge line and coupled to the first bidirectional pump in a manner enabling torque to be transmitted between the first and second bidirectional pumps; a relay line connecting the first and second bidirectional pumps such that a hydraulic liquid discharged from one of the first and second bidirectional pumps is introduced into the other of the first and second bidirectional pumps; and a servomotor that drives the first or second bidirectional pump. At least one of the first and second bidirectional pumps is a variable displacement pump whose delivery capacity per rotation is freely variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kondo, Hiroaki Mitsui, Toshihisa Toyota, Koki Mibu, Takashi Nakatsuji
  • Patent number: 11815095
    Abstract: A power saving vacuuming pump system is based on complete-bearing-sealing and dry-large-pressure-difference root vacuuming root pumps includes an input valve at an input end of a vacuum space for receiving gas mixture of saturation water vapor and non-condensed air from a condenser of a power plant; a first root vacuum pump connected to the input valve for receiving gas mixture from the input valve and then compressing the gas mixture; a second root vacuum pump connected to the first root vacuum pump for receiving gas mixture from the first root vacuum pump and then compressing the gas mixture. Inner connection walls between the vacuum chamber and the two bearing chambers are installed respective bearings which are installed to be around the driving shaft, and thus all the vacuum chamber and the two bearing chambers are tightly sealed. The vacuum chamber is completely dried so as to prevent from internal emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: ELIVAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Raymond Zhou Shaw, Yi Rong, Bin Wu
  • Patent number: 11808258
    Abstract: Providing high accuracy calibration of a pump control table when variable capacity of a hydraulic pump is controlled based on a pump control table representing the relationship between pump capacity and current command value. The calibration: acquires data by measuring pump pressure corresponding to each current command value while changing the current command value in a multi-step manner; obtains a factor K representing a relationship between pump pressure and pump flow rate; creates a first table representing a relationship between the factor K and pump pressure; creates a second table representing a relationship between current command value and pump pressure; creates a third table representing a relationship between pump flow rate and current command value according to factor K; and creates a pump control table representing a relationship between pump capacity and current command value through engine rotation speed during pump pressure measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Atsunori Shimamoto, Naoki Sawada
  • Patent number: 11788529
    Abstract: An example assembly comprises: a main housing; an electric motor disposed in the main housing and comprising a stator fixedly positioned in the main housing, and a rotor positioned within the stator; a hydraulic pump positioned in the main housing and at least partially within the rotor, wherein the hydraulic pump is configured to receive fluid from an inlet port and provide fluid flow to an outlet port, wherein the hydraulic pump comprises a pump shaft rotatably coupled to the rotor of the electric motor; a controller housing coupled to the main housing; and a motor controller comprising one or more circuit boards disposed within the controller housing and configured to generate electric current to drive the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Satish Kumar Raju Kalidindi, Steven Huard, Yu-Sen Chu, Suresh Natarajan, Brian Burgess, Frank Iannizzaro, Patrick Toops, Robb Fisher
  • Patent number: 11773859
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the efficiency and/or the running performance of a fan, wherein, starting from component-specific or function-specific numerical detailed models, on the basis of at least one algorithm, a model reduction and thus data reduction (data refinement) to component-specific or function-specific behavior models takes place, wherein the reduced data of the behavior models are coupled or combined in a system simulation to form a system behavior model having input and output variables, and wherein the input variables and associated output variables of the fan from the system behavior model are provided to an optimizer for selection in order to achieve optimized control of the system depending on framework conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZIEHL-ABEGG SE
    Inventor: Bjoern Wenger
  • Patent number: 11774111
    Abstract: A fan system is provided, which includes a volute having a front cover, a rear cover and an annular wall connected between the front cover and the rear cover; an impeller disposed inside the volute, and a motor; the front cover has an air inlet facing downward in the state when the fan system is mounted; the motor includes a motor body and an edge; the edge is connected to the rear cover at the side of the rear cover facing the air inlet. A range hood equipped with the fan system and a mounting method for a flow guide device of the range hood are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO FOTILE KITCHEN WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gai Lei, Zhineng Xu, Lei Shi
  • Patent number: 11746775
    Abstract: A power end frame assembly for a reciprocating pump that includes a first and second end plate segment each including annular bearing support surfaces configured to support a crankshaft bearing assembly. At least one middle plate segment is disposed between the first and second end plate segments and includes an annular bearing support surface configured to support a crankshaft bearing assembly. The annular bearing support surfaces of the first and second end plate segments and the at least one middle plate segment each have a diameter and are coaxially aligned. The diameter of at least one of the first and second end plate segments is different from the diameter of the at least one middle plate segment to facilitate insertion and removal of the crankshaft bearing assembly from the power end frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob A. Bayyouk, Edward C. Kotapish, Chandu Kumar, Donald Keith Plemons, Benjamin D. Engstrom