Patents Examined by Atif H Chaudry
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Patent number: 11719358Abstract: Technologies are described for devices and methods to determine a position of a valve. The devices may comprise a housing attached to an actuator. The actuator may be in physical communication with the valve. The devices may comprise a microcontroller within the housing. The microcontroller may be in communication with the actuator to control a position of the valve. The devices may comprise a position sensor module in communication with the microcontroller. The devices may comprise a position sensor target attached to at least one part of the actuator that moves. The position sensor module may be configured to detect movement and a position of the position sensor target, generate position data related to the position of the position sensor target, and transmit the position data to the microcontroller. The microcontroller may be configured to determine a position of the valve based on the position data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventors: Richard Kovacs, Louis Matalon
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Patent number: 11719235Abstract: A hydraulic device for a rail vehicle includes a fluid container, a motor with a pump, a control plate, a control region, a ventilation and purging unit for ventilating and purging the fluid container, wherein the ventilation and purging unit has a valve unit integrated into a wall of a housing of the fluid container, and a channel labyrinth connected to the valve unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventors: Torsten Stickel, Marcus Clev, Benjamin Hirth, Fabian Elwischger, Nico Kullen
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Patent number: 11708684Abstract: A hydraulic tank for a machine is disclosed herein. The hydraulic tank includes a casing defining an interior space and having an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the inner surface, and a return hydraulic fluid inlet extending through the casing. A first concave member is connected to the inner surface of the casing to form a passage. The passage is positioned and shaped to transport hydraulic fluid from the return hydraulic fluid inlet to another location within the hydraulic tank.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jared E. Louis, Bruno L. Risatti
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Patent number: 11703144Abstract: A motor-driven axial-flow control valve is disclosed that has a valve body with an inlet and an opposite outlet and a passage located between having a substantially axial alignment relative to the inlet and outlet, and a flow control path arranged in the passage with an operative connection to a motor drive in a switch housing resting on the valve body. The flow control valve is formed by two radially arranged discs lying on one another and each having at least one passage opening where one disc is a stator disc permanently arranged in the valve body, and the other disc lies axially rotatably on the stator disk, and the rotatable disc is in engagement with an axially rotatable sleeve that is arranged axially in the passage and through which flow can pass in the cavity of the rotatable disc.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: OBLAMATIK AGInventors: Daniel Knupfer, Thomas Knupfer, Roland Obrist
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Patent number: 11698169Abstract: A vessel for the transport of liquefied gas has a hull, a cargo storage tank arranged in the hull for storing liquefied gas and an engine to propel the ship. A compressor has a compressor inlet connected to a vapour space of the at least one cargo storage tank for receiving boil-off gas at a first pressure and a compressor outlet for supplying pressurized boil-off gas to the at least one engine at a second pressure exceeding the first pressure. A boil-off gas recovery system is provided for recovery of boil off gas. The boil-off gas recovery system has a cooling section with a cooling section inlet connected to the compressor outlet to recondense at least part of the pressurized boil-off gas and a boil-off gas storage tank having a boil-off gas storage tank inlet connected to the cooling section outlet for storing the recondensed pressurized boil-off gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.Inventors: Mark Andrew Hodgson, Stephen Andrew Brown
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Patent number: 11697318Abstract: A throttle assembly for a pressure control system in a vehicle includes at least one throttle valve. The at least one throttle valve defines an assembly cross-section of the throttle assembly, the assembly cross-section specifies a flow resistance acting on a pressure medium entering the throttle assembly, and the at least one throttle valve includes at least one controllable throttle valve configured to be controlled in accordance with an upstream pressure. The assembly cross-section of the throttle assembly is configured to be set, by control of the at least one controllable throttle valve, in such a way that an inlet volume flow of the pressure medium entering the throttle assembly can be limited to a limit volume flow in accordance with the upstream pressure, in order to set, in accordance with the upstream pressure, a power consumption of a pneumatic load in the pressure control system.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BVInventors: Uwe Stabenow, Joerg Scharpenberg
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Patent number: 11692719Abstract: An onboard system for winterizing vessels includes an antifreeze storage system. The onboard system includes a control system capable of determining one or more of the one or more system components to be winterized, an antifreeze storage system, and one or more pumps capable of pumping antifreeze from the antifreeze storage system. The antifreeze flows through the determined one or more system components to be winterized.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NAVSELL LLCInventor: Lyle Eric Beutz
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Patent number: 11686074Abstract: A faucet including a spring spout supporting a spout nest, and a sprayhead releasably coupled to the spout nest. A docking cradle is supported by the spout base and is configured to releasably couple to the spout nest. The faucet may include a capacitive sensor operably coupled to the spring spout by at least one capacitive coupling.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Delta Faucet CompanyInventors: Terrence Lee Fourman, Jeffrey Lee Moore, Kyle Robert Davidson, Randy L. Schneider, II, Joel D. Sawaski, Alfred Charles Nelson
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Patent number: 11685997Abstract: A flow substrate mounting structure comprising a fastener aperture and an alignment feature, wherein the alignment feature comprises at least one of an alignment pin removably coupled with the flow substrate mounting structure, an alignment slot, and an alignment step. A structure for coupling a plurality of flow substrates comprising a flow substrate mounting structure comprising a first fastener aperture, and a second fastener aperture, wherein the first fastener aperture is configured to couple with a first fastener and the second fastener aperture is configured to couple with a second fastener, wherein an alignment fixture is used to align the flow substrate mounting structure with the plurality of flow substrates.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Compart Systems PTE. LTD.Inventors: Frederick Rezaei, Kim Ngoc Vu
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Patent number: 11680654Abstract: A pilot-operated relief valve assembly can include a relief valve, and a pressure detection assembly. A valve lift factor or indicator of relief flow can be determined based on pressure measurements gathered by the pressure detection assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Emerson Automation Solutions Final Control US LPInventors: Vishwa Kalyanasundaram, Michael McNeely, Raul Almazan, William Bockeloh
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Patent number: 11680589Abstract: An example valve includes a valve piston configured to block fluid flow from a first port of the valve to a second port of the valve when the valve is in a closed position; a forward flow spring applying a first biasing force on the valve piston in a distal direction; a reverse flow spring applying a second biasing force on the valve piston in a proximal direction; and a pressure setting spring applying a third biasing force on a check element in the distal direction, wherein fluid from the first port applies a fluid force on the check element in the proximal direction, and fluid from a pilot port applies a respective fluid force on the check element in the distal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Sun Hydraulics, LLCInventor: Bernd Zähe
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Patent number: 11674643Abstract: The invention relates to a corner structure (16) for a leaktight and thermally insulating tank for storing a fluid, comprising a plurality of walls (1, 101, 201); the said corner structure (16) being intended to be arranged in a corner between a first wall (101) and a second wall (201) and comprising: a first angle bracket (32) anchored to an anchoring device (16) intended to be fastened to the supporting structure (3) of the first and second walls (101, 201); the anchoring device (16) comprising a first tab (18) and a second tab (19) intersecting one another, each of the first and second tabs (18, 19) comprising an external portion (24, 25) and an internal portion (22, 23) which are arranged on either side of an intersection between the first tab (18) and the second tab (19); the corner structure (16) furthermore comprising a first insulating panel (42) which is arranged in a first space delimited by the internal portion (22) of the first tab (18) and the external portion (25) of the second tab (19), andType: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Gaztransport Et TechnigazInventors: Mohamed Sassi, Ronan Le Bihan
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Patent number: 11662030Abstract: A flow regulating switch valve includes a valve core that includes a switch assembly configured to drive a diaphragm assembly to open or close a water outlet, and also includes a flow regulating assembly that comprises a rotating ring, a sliding block, and a magnet. A control key is configured to control the switch assembly. The rotating ring is connected to the control key and includes an inclined plane that transitions from high to low and is configured to drive the sliding block to slide up and down such that the sliding block drives the magnet to move up and down. The magnet is configured to control the diaphragm assembly to regulate a size of the water outlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BEIJING KOHLER LTD.Inventor: Pengcheng Xia
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Patent number: 11662040Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric water diverter, which includes a controller, a brushless DC motor, a core and a T-shaped body. The controller is electrically connected to a fixed Hall PCB circuit board and the brushless DC motor in turn. The brushless DC motor has a rotating shaft detachably connected to the core via a connector, which is also embedded with a magnet cooperating with the Hall PCB circuit board. The Hall PCB circuit board obtains a relative position signal of the rotating shaft through Hall induction and feeds the relative position signal back to the controller. A user controls the brushless DC motor to perform phase rotation through the controller and drive the connector and the core to selectively rotate forward or backward relative to the T-shaped body. Thereby, stepless adjustment of water flow from water outlet is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Guangzhou Rising Dragon Recreation Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuewen Liu, Ziqin Guo, Yingjun Wu, Huamin Tang
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Patent number: 11649927Abstract: A fuel cylinder, such as a high-pressure fluid storage tank, is provided with dual-inlet refilling capabilities. The storage tank may include a main body section with a first domed end portion and a second domed end portion disposed at opposite portions of the main body section. A first inlet assembly and a second inlet assembly are provided at the respective first domed end portion and the second domed end portion. Each inlet assembly is configured to provide fluid communication between a supply of a high-pressure fluid and an interior of the storage tank. Each inlet assembly may include a boss and a tank valve, with each tank valve being in fluid communication with the compressed fluid receptacle. During filling of the storage tank, the high-pressure fluid travels through a compressed fluid receptacle and enters the interior of the storage tank simultaneously through each of the first and second inlet assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Jacquelyn Birdsall
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Patent number: 11629786Abstract: A fuel system having a fuel tank, a filler pipe for adding liquid fuel, a carbon canister for collecting fuel vapors from the fuel tank during a refueling operation, a stepper motor and a stepper driven valve for controlling fluid communication between the fuel tank and the canister, where the valve is configured to be positionable in a closed position, an open position creating a passageway with a first size, and one or more intermediate positions each creating a passageway with a size which is smaller than the first size and having a moving element, movable relative to a valve opening between a closed position and an opened position, the moving element having: a sealing means for making a leak tight seal and, a deflecting means for controlling the fluid flow, where the deflecting means protrudes inside the valve opening and is adapted to be located upstream relative to sealing means.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and ResearchInventor: David Hill
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Patent number: 11619355Abstract: Disclosed is a method for automatically replacing high-pressure gas barrels, in which when loading a high-pressure gas barrel is loaded on the lift of a cabinet so as to supply gas to the wafer production line in the semiconductor fabrication FAB process facility, at the time point of replacement of the high-pressure gas barrel, a used high-pressure gas barrel is separated from a connector holder and then a new high-pressure gas barrel is connected to the connector holder.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: AMT CO., LTD.Inventor: Won Ho Choi
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Patent number: 11608909Abstract: A flow control device includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path connecting the inlet and the outlet. A flow vane is coupled to the valve body and disposed in the flow path to divide a flow of fluid through the valve body. The flow vane has a first surface, a second surface, and a corrugation formed on at least one of the first and second surfaces. A control element is disposed in the flow path and movable in the valve body between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLCInventors: Paul T. Alman, Andrew J. Kinser, Randall S. Collison
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Patent number: 11607949Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, a boom pivotably attached to the upper turning body, an arm pivotably attached to the boom, an engine mounted on the upper turning body, a hydraulic pump mounted on the upper turning body, a fuel tank mounted on the upper turning body, a work walkway provided on an upper surface of the fuel tank for the movement of a worker, and a rollover valve provided at the top of the fuel tank at a position different from the work walkway.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshito Koyama
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Patent number: 11585452Abstract: A fuel nozzle metering valve that includes a spool having an inlet port and an outlet flow port, and a retainer assembled to one end of the spool. A valve liner houses a portion of the spool. The spool is configured to move back and forth within the valve liner. The metering valve is biased in a closed position in which the outlet flow port is disposed entirely within the valve liner. The valve is opened when the spool slides within the valve liner such that some portion of the outlet flow port extends beyond an end of the valve liner. The retainer has a stepped portion configured to abut an end of the retainer at a fuel flow pressure below the expected maximum fuel flow pressure to be used in the fuel nozzle metering valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Woodward, Inc.Inventor: Jimroy A. McCormack