Patents Examined by Christopher Brunjes
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Patent number: 9945363Abstract: A cylinder is configured into a bottomed tubular form and includes an inner peripheral wall, an inner bottom wall, an outer peripheral wall and an intake hole and a discharge hole. The inner peripheral wall slidably guides the plunger. The intake hole and the discharge hole communicate between the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall. A pump housing includes a cylinder receiving hole that includes an inner peripheral wall, into which the cylinder is inserted. A pressurizing chamber is formed by the inner peripheral wall and the inner bottom wall of the cylinder and a distal end outer wall of the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Teppei Matsumoto, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Osamu Hishinuma
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Patent number: 9903361Abstract: A derrick-type long-stroke hydraulic pumping unit containing a rack, a counterweight basket, a sucker rod side oil cylinder, a counterweight basket side oil cylinder, a hydraulic station, and an oxbow component. The sucker rod side oil cylinder and the counterweight basket side oil cylinder each include a cylinder barrier. A piston and a piston rod are disposed inside the cylinder barrel. A cylinder cap component includes a cylinder cap body. A pressing sleeve mechanism is disposed on an upper part of the cylinder cap body. An oil scraping mechanism is disposed between the cylinder cap body and the pressing sleeve mechanism. The hydraulic pumping unit has the advantages of a reasonable structure, a long service life, high work efficiency, and resource saving.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SHANGHAI LIANCHUANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhongxin Xiang
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Patent number: 9863723Abstract: An integrated pressure compensating heat exchanger and method of use are provided. The integrated pressure compensating heat exchanger includes an inlet configured to input an internal fluid; a first conductive bellows connected to the inlet, configured to accept the internal fluid from the inlet, configured to transfer heat between the internal fluid and an external fluid, and configured to compensate for a pressure by compressing in length; and an outlet configured to accept the internal fluid from the first conductive bellows and to output the internal fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Silvio Giachetti
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Patent number: 9850900Abstract: A rotary compressor, comprising: a housing, comprising a lubricant oil storage part for containing lubricating oil; a compression mechanism disposed in the housing; a driving mechanism driving the compression mechanism, the driving mechanism comprising a rotation shaft, through-holes extending along the axial direction of the rotating shaft are disposed inside the rotating shaft, and the rotation shaft is in fluid connection with the lubricating oil storage part via the through-holes; and an oil level sensor in fluid connection with the through-holes inside the rotation shaft via a pressurized collection channel. Also disclosed is a rotation mechanism, comprising an oil level sensor in fluid connection with the through-holes inside the rotation shaft via the pressurized collection channel. Accurate and reliable detection of the lubricating oil in a compressor can be done using the pressurized collection channel and the oil level sensor, thus greatly saving cost and improving compressor reliability.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chunzhi Mao, Xiaogeng Su, Qingwei Li, Qiang Liu, Hongshan Li
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Patent number: 9797402Abstract: Cooling devices for use with electric submersible pump motors include a refrigerator attached to the end of the electric submersible pump motor with the evaporator heat exchanger accepting all or a portion of the heat load from the motor. The cooling device can be a self-contained bolt-on unit, so that minimal design changes to existing motors are required.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Todd Andrew Jankowski, Jose A Gamboa
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Patent number: 9797398Abstract: An operational control device is disclosed for a positive-displacement pump having a motor, means for actuating the motor, state sensor means for detecting an actual operating parameter (e.g., pressure) of the pump, and operating mode means for controlling an operating mode of the pump. A first actuating mode of the operating mode means is set by the actuating means below a first operating-parameter threshold value (P1). This mode brings about a constantly rising pump pressure in the direction of an operating-parameter setpoint value (Pset) in a variable manner, which is dependent on a detected change in the operating parameter over a predefined time interval. A second actuating mode is set as normal operation to the operating-parameter setpoint value by the actuating means above the first operating-parameter threshold value. P1 is fixed or is calculated as a fraction of the operating-parameter setpoint value and/or a pump parameter correlated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Allweiler GmbHInventors: Stefan Werner, Michael Jackle, Christian Hopf
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Patent number: 9784258Abstract: Microfluidic oscillator circuits and pumps for microfluidic devices are provided. The microfluidic pump may include a plurality of fluid valves and a microfluidic oscillator circuit having an oscillation frequency. The fluid valves may be configured to move fluids. Each fluid valve may be connected to a node of the microfluidic oscillator circuit. The pumps may be driven by the oscillator circuits such that fluid movement is accomplished entirely by circuits on a microfluidic chip, without the need for off-chip controls.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: The Regents of The University of CaliforniaInventors: Elliot E. Hui, Philip N. Duncan, Transon V. Nguyen
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Patent number: 9771930Abstract: Compressor unit (12) of a compressor (10) for compressing refrigerant, comprising a drive device, particularly a drive shaft (24), for driving one or more pistons (14) that are arranged in a radial direction and that can be moved back and forth in extension and retraction movements in corresponding cylinder bores (16), wherein the drive device is in operative engagement with an eccentric (28) that controls the extension movement of the pistons (14), said eccentric (28) also controlling the retraction movement of the piston (14), the invention further relating to a corresponding compressor (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: GEA BOCK GMBHInventor: Arno Görlich
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Patent number: 9771941Abstract: A closing cover integrally includes a cover main body, and a ventilation cap body. The ventilation cap body has a connecting portion that is integrally connected to the cover main body, and at least one ventilation passage hole that is disposed in the connecting portion to perpendicularly extend, and has a depth smaller than a plate thickness of the cover main body. A ventilation recessed portion is formed at a location that is positioned on an inner surface of the ventilation cap body of the closing cover. An inner wall surface defining the ventilation recessed portion is formed in such a shape that a deep side of the ventilation passage hole is opened to the inner wall surface defining the ventilation recessed portion to form a ventilation passage. A ventilation filter is installed on an inner opening portion of the ventilation recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Yoshioka, Sayaka Sugano
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Patent number: 9750873Abstract: A portable medical device includes an interface for accepting a power supply and enabling data transfer while still connected to a human body. The interface may include a universal serial bus interface and may be coupled to a data isolation chip and a power isolation chip. A power controlling processor may determine how the supplied power, e.g., voltage, is supplied to other components within the infusion device. Additional circuitry within the system may provide a secure power transfer within the device to ensure user safety and ensure that a high frequency noise is properly attenuated.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventors: Justin Brown, Donald Ludolph, Philip Lamb, Anthony Barghini, Sean Saint, Marcus Julian, Robert Eastridge, Michael Rosinko, Michael Michaud
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Patent number: 9748815Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a casing, an electric motor, a compression mechanism and a balance weight mechanism. The electric motor includes a stator fixed to the casing, and a rotor. The compression mechanism is connected to the electric motor via a drive shaft. The balance weight mechanism is configured to cause centrifugal force to act on the drive shaft. The rotor includes a rotor core including a plurality of stacked electromagnetic steel sheets, and a rivet configured to clamp the rotor core at axial ends of the rotor core. The balance weight mechanism includes an insertion portion into which drive shaft is press fit, and a flat portion forming a flat surface at an axial end of the drive shaft. The balance weight mechanism is disposed at an axial end portion of the rotor to cover a head of the rivet.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouichi Tanaka, Kazutaka Hori, Takashi Shimizu
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Patent number: 9732874Abstract: A control valve according to an exemplary embodiment includes an interlocking mechanism that achieves a first operation and a second operation simultaneously or continuously. In the first operation, a sub-valve is opened by having an actuating rod displaced integrally with a sub-valve element in accordance with the magnitude of solenoidal force. In the second operation, a load, by which to bias a main valve element in a closing direction of a main valve, is increased by displacing the actuating rod relative to the main valve element.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: TGK CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Saeki, Yuuki Kaneko, Masaaki Tonegawa
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Patent number: 9709061Abstract: A centrifugal pump system having an impeller rotating with first and second magnetic structures on opposite surfaces. A levitation magnetic structure is disposed at a first end of a pump housing having a levitating magnetic field for axially attracting the first magnetic structure. A multiphase magnetic stator at a second end of the pump housing generates a rotating magnetic field for axially and rotationally attracting the second magnetic structure. A commutator circuit provides a plurality of phase voltages to the stator. A sensing circuit determines respective phase currents. A controller calculates successive commanded values for the phase voltages in response to the determined phase currents and a variable commutation angle. The angle is selected to correspond to an axial attractive force of the stator that maintains a levitation of the impeller at a centered position within the pumping chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Masamichi Yanai, Jeffrey H. Campau, Jason C. Nanna
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Patent number: 9709050Abstract: A plunger driven solution pump is described that is configured to have a diaphragm that substantially conforms to the volume of a pump solution chamber when in a fully outwardly deflected state. The solution chamber may have an inlet port and an outlet port form in a concave solution chamber wall. A step, or ridge, may be formed along an outer periphery of the solution chamber wall and adjacent the inlet and outlet ports to prevent the diaphragm from becoming deformed from pressure against the solution chamber wall. This configuration may allow the pump to efficiently self-prime.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Rocky ResearchInventors: Paul Sarkisian, Uwe Rockenfeller
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Patent number: 9702358Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for cooling a coolant for a gas compressor includes a compressor to generate a flow of compressed gas, a dryer in fluid communication with the compressor, and a coolant circuit. The coolant circuit includes a accumulator to accumulate the coolant, a pump in fluid communication with the accumulator and the compressor to circulate the coolant through the coolant circuit, a first intercooler in fluid communication with the accumulator and the pump and structured to transfer heat from the coolant circuit to the compressed gas flow via the dryer, and a valve disposed between the accumulator and the first intercooler and structured to route at least a portion of the coolant through the first intercooler depending on a temperature of the coolant relative to prescribed low and high temperature limits.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: Stefano Vezil, Jouko Tapani Peussa, Cristiano Lissoni
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Patent number: 9702376Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing a gas flowing comprising at least 0.1 vol % water, include a compressor containing N compression stages, in which each compression stage includes a compressing means and an exchanger directly or indirectly connected to a water-coolant circuit; and in which at least a first exchanger and a second exchanger, in first and second consecutive or non-consecutive compression stages, are connected in series to the water-coolant circuit. The exchangers, which are not connected in series to the water-coolant circuit, include at their water-coolant output a pressure drop device.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Arthur Darde, Cyril Defaye, Thomas Morel
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Patent number: 9677477Abstract: A fuel system includes: a constant-volume pump and a centrifugal pump increasing the pressure of fuel to be supplied to an engine for aviation and discharging the fuel; an operation controller configured to select in accordance with the operation state of the engine, one of a constant-volume pump-using mode of increasing the pressure of fuel using the constant-volume pump and a centrifugal pump-using mode of increasing it using the centrifugal pump; and a speed changer connecting the engine and the centrifugal pump, changing the rotational speed of rotational power output from the engine and transmitting the rotational power to the centrifugal pump, and being capable of adjusting the speed-changing ratio of the rotational speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: IHI CorporationInventor: Daisuke Oba
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Patent number: 9657730Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat dissipation structure of the tire repair machine, wherein, a positioning pedestal having at least one channel is provided inside the body, a channel inlet and a channel outlet are provided at the two ends of the channel respectively; a gas supply unit arranged inside the body comprises a motor and an air compressor driven by the motor, the motor is arranged at the rear of the positioning pedestal, such that the radial direction of a centrifugal fan connected with the drive shaft of the motor is directed to the channel inlet, while the air compressor is corresponding to the channel outlet; when the motor drives the air compressor to run, the air drawn in by the centrifugal fan can blow the air compressor via the channel, so as to perform heat dissipation for the air compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: ACTIVE TOOLS INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD.Inventor: David Hong
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Patent number: 9651033Abstract: A pumping unit for a machine to distribute concrete includes a pair of cylinders provided with a relative pumping piston movable linearly for a determinate travel to feed the concrete to a determinate circuit to distribute the concrete; and a hydraulic command circuit operatively connected to both the cylinders, to determine an alternate pumping movement of the relative pumping pistons. The pumping unit includes at least a sensor member operatively associated to at least one of the cylinders in order to detect point-by-point one or more data relating to the operating condition of the pumping piston during its movement for the whole travel. The data includes at least one of position, speed, stress and direction of movement of the relative piston.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: CIFA SPAInventors: Nicola Pirri, Gennaro Paolo Bottino
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Patent number: 9648786Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for preventing removal of an air-moving assembly from a chassis when in operating state. The apparatus includes an interlock assembly having a slide element and one or more interlock elements. The slide element is slideably coupled to the air-moving assembly and resides in a first position when the air-moving assembly is in the operating state, and is slidable to a second position when the air-moving assembly is in a quiesced state. The slide element prevents removal of the air-moving assembly from the chassis in the first position, and allows removal of the air-moving assembly from the chassis in the second position. The interlock element(s) is associated with the slide element and prevents sliding of the slide element from the first position to the second position when the air-moving assembly is in the operating state.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Christopher R. Ciraulo, Milnes P. David, Dustin W. Demetriou, John J. Loparco, Robert K. Mullady, Donald W. Porter, Roger R. Schmidt, Richard P. Snider, John G. Torok