Patents Examined by Christopher Brunjes
  • Patent number: 9206803
    Abstract: An oil pump apparatus for supplying an oil to a vehicular transmission, includes a pump to suck the oil from an oil reservoir through an inlet port into a pumping chamber, and an intake circuit to convey the oil sucked from the oil reservoir to the inlet port. The intake circuit includes a proximal segment, an intermediate segment and a distal segment. The proximal segment extends from the inlet port, to the intermediate segment. The intermediate segment extends upwards from the proximal segment. The distal segment extends downwards from a first connecting end portion connected with the intermediate segment to a end portion formed with an suction opening to suck the oil from the oil reservoir into the intake circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keichi Tatewaki, Akio Nonomura, Yasuhiro Kawachi
  • Patent number: 9145899
    Abstract: A pump device may include a first case provided with a circular ring-shaped protruded part, a second case provided with a circular ring-shaped stepped part into which the circular ring-shaped protruded part is coaxially inserted, an O-ring which is mounted on a circular outer peripheral face of the circular ring-shaped protruded part and is crushed between the circular outer peripheral face of the circular ring-shaped protruded part and a circular inner peripheral face of the circular ring-shaped stepped part in a direction perpendicular to an axial line of the circular ring-shaped protruded part, and a turning prevention mechanism which prevents the first case and the second case from being relatively turned to each other around the axial line when the circular ring-shaped protruded part of the first case is inserted into the circular ring-shaped stepped part of the second case to form the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yokozawa, Shogo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9109600
    Abstract: A two-stage medium-pressure screw air compressor includes a primary screw compressor (21) and a secondary screw compressor (22) communicating with the gas-liquid separator (6) via the first gas-liquid inlet (61). A first oil outlet (63) is connected to a mid section of a gas-liquid separator (6). The oil is injected into the lubricating components of the compressor is the first oil outlet (63), a first filter (64). A secondary oil-water separator (9) is connected to the first oil outlet (63) of the gas-liquid separator (6), the second oil-water separator (6) has an upper separating tank (91) and a lower separating tank. The water and the impurities contained in the lubricating oil can be eliminated at a largest extent, so as to create essential condition thr ensuring the screw compressor to operate continuously, stably and safely and provide high operational reliability, safety and long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: NINGBO BAOSI ENERGY EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Jiangwei Wu, Jiongyan Zhang, Leijie Wang, Zhongping Zhuang, Xibo Yin, Gang Chen, Changhong Wu
  • Patent number: 9103346
    Abstract: A household fan for providing the feel of a natural breeze includes a motorized impeller for providing airflow, a controller coupled to the motorized impeller for changing characteristics of the airflow, and an interface in communication with the controller for receiving human instructions. The fan further includes a breeze setting to be selected by way of the interface and implemented via the controller to operate the motorized impeller. The breeze setting varies intensity of the airflow that is output by the motorized impeller such that local extrema of the intensity are related to numbers selected by way of random number generation within a bounded range or numbers drawn from a sequence of substantially non-consecutive numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Inventor: Russell Scott Magaziner
  • Patent number: 9097256
    Abstract: A vortex pump device may include a pump case which forms a pump chamber and a stator accommodating chamber partitioned from the pump chamber, and a wiring outlet part for taking out a wiring line within the pump case to an outer side. The pump case is provided with an outer peripheral wall surrounding an upper space formed on an upper side in the stator accommodating chamber. The wiring outlet part includes a wiring outlet port which is formed by cutting out the outer peripheral wall, a wire placing part on which the wiring line taken out from the wiring outlet port to the outer side is placed, and a fixing member with which the wiring line is sandwiched and fixed between the wire placing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yokozawa, Ryoji Shirakami
  • Patent number: 9074587
    Abstract: A system includes a pump that is operative to move liquid out of a reservoir. The system also includes a depth level sensor that is operative to determine a depth level of the liquid in the reservoir, and a controller operatively connected to the depth level sensor. The system further includes a variable frequency drive operatively connected to the motor and the controller. Responsive to the determined depth level of the liquid increasing to a first level, the controller is operative to start operation of the motor. The variable frequency drive is operative to control the speed of the motor. The controller is operative to cause the variable frequency drive to output an optimum frequency that causes the motor to operate at substantially the lowest usage of energy to lower the depth level of the liquid in the reservoir from the first level to a second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SJE-Rhombus
    Inventor: Alain Julian Atchia
  • Patent number: 8985968
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Teppei Matsumoto, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Osamu Hishinuma
  • Patent number: 8961155
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear peristaltic pump that is capable of dispensing varied amounts of liquid from a tube. The linear peristaltic pump includes an adjustably attached squashing plate that is configured to move lengthwise in the housing of the pump. The amount of liquid dispensed from a tube disposed in the pump varies based on the location of the squash plate in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Douglas Shipman
  • Patent number: 8932034
    Abstract: A submersible well pump assembly has a rotary pump, a motor, and a seal section coupled between the motor and the pump. The seal section has a cylindrical housing having upper and lower adapter and a shaft extending axially through the housing. A guide tube surrounds the shaft and a bellows surrounds the guide tube. A well fluid passage communicates well fluid to a well fluid chamber between the bellows and the housing. A guide tube passage extends axially within the guide tube between an interior and an exterior of the guide tube from an upper portion to a lower portion of the guide tube for communicating lubricant in the motor with lubricant within the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelsey A. McKinney, Dan A. Merrill
  • Patent number: 8905731
    Abstract: Linear peristaltic pump for pumping a fluid through a flexible tube (13) comprises a rotatable central member (34) with a plurality of radially disposed planetary gears (51-53). An offset roller (61-63) is disposed on each of the planetary gears (51-53). The flexible tube (13) is inserted between a generally flat compression surface (40) and at least one of the plurality of rollers (61-63). Rotation of the central member (34) enables the plurality of rollers (61-63) to serially collapse the flexible tube (13) and to move in a substantially linear motion along the generally flat compression surface (40) for pumping the fluid through the flexible tube (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Rick Baron
  • Patent number: 8905727
    Abstract: Isolated pressure compensating electrical motor connections and related methods are provided. According to an example of a sealed motor electrical connection, the connection incorporates a sealed female motor connection positioned to receive a male motor connector. The female motor connector has one or more independent dielectric oil chambers each pressure compensated by a bellow or similar device interfaced with the motorhead oil and/or well annulus fluid to thereby pressure compensate the chamber pressure of the female motor connection with that of the internal motor and/or well annulus. This configuration locates the electrical connection point of the motor lead extension with the motor lead wires to a separate area outside the motor to thereby prevent the occurrence of phase to phase or phase to ground shorts occurring in this critical area due to conductive element contamination that may reside in the motor oil or the well bore fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Frey, Ryan P. Semple
  • Patent number: 8858193
    Abstract: The air pump is installed on the frame of a bicycle which utilizes the sprocket of the bicycle as the power source. The air pump contains a cylinder member, a transmission member, and a positioning member. The positioning and transmission members are connected to the cylinder member. The positioning member allows the adjustment and positioning of the cylinder member along the bicycle frame so that the cylinder member can be engaged by a front sprocket of the bicycle. The transmission member contains a shaft and a gear. The shaft has one end connected to the cylinder member and another end connected to the gear. When a rider rotates the front sprocket, the rotational power is delivered to the gear and then to the shaft of the transmission member, which in turn drives the cylinder member to pump air for inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Dongguan Chengmao Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Wu
  • Patent number: 8734135
    Abstract: An electric air pump has a pumping assembly, an outer bracket and an inlet plate. The pumping assembly has a casing. The outer bracket is connected pivotally to the pumping assembly and has a faceplate mounted pivotally on an open top of the casing of the pumping assembly and selectively hermetically contacting a top annular edge of an open top of the casing. A locking hole is defined through the faceplate. The inlet plate is mounted securely in the casing, located between the casing and the outer bracket and has a resilient locking hook selectively hooking in the locking hole of the outer bracket. The electric air pump is capable of inflating and deflating an inflatable product without cooperating with external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Zhe Jiang Hong Zhu Plastic Hardware Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jing-Hong Tsai