Patents Examined by Christopher S Bobish
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Patent number: 11639715Abstract: The disclosure provides an inflatable pump comprising an inflatable pump body, a plastic air cylinder and a plastic disc. A side of the inflatable pump body is provided with a bracket, the plastic air cylinder and the bracket are connected to each other through rotary joint protrusions and rotary joint holes, and the plastic disc is fastened to a top side of the plastic cylinder. By adopting the inflatable pump of the disclosure, the production and processing of the plastic air cylinder and the plastic disc is more convenient and will not cause environmental pollution. Meanwhile, the plastic air cylinder and the plastic disc can meet structural accuracy requirements of the inflatable pump. Furthermore, the plastic air cylinder and the bracket are connected to each other through rotary joint protrusions and rotary joint holes, no additional fasteners and assembly jigs are needed.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: GUANGZHOU ANTU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Xinhua Kuang
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Patent number: 11635079Abstract: A fluid pump assembly is used in combination with a container having a wall. The pump assembly comprises a first casing disposed outside the container in contact with the wall, a first magnetic assembly mounted to the first casing and operatively associated with a drive motor, a second casing disposed inside the container in contact with the wall, and a second magnetic assembly mounted to the second casing and operatively associated with an propeller. The first magnetic assembly includes a rotatable magnetic drive member drivingly coupled to the drive motor. The magnetic drive member is magnetically coupled to the magnetic driven member through the wall for imparting a rotary driving force of the drive motor to the propeller. Furthermore, the second casing is detachably connected to the second side of the wall of the container solely by magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnetic assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: EcoTech, Inc.Inventors: Justin Lawyer, Patrick Clasen, Timothy Marks
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Patent number: 11619217Abstract: A hermetic compressor is provided. The hermetic compressor may include a compressor body spaced apart from an inner surface of a shell and including a motor unit and a compression unit; at least one support spring provided between the shell and the compressor body and that elastically supports the compressor body with respect to the shell; at least one stopper cap fixed to the inner surface of the shell or the compressor body facing the inner surface of the shell; and a stopper bar that extends from the compressor body or the inner surface of the shell and inserted into the at least one stopper cap with a predetermined distance therebetween. By mechanically restraining vibration of the compressor body and limiting amplitude of the compressor body, vibration noise of the compressor body may be reduced and the compressor body may be suppressed from being in contact with the shell to thereby prevent damage to the compressor body.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hangjun Cho, Youngboo Son, Seokjong Jang
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Patent number: 11614084Abstract: To prevent generation of drain reliably without depending on a difference in ambient temperature where a compressor is installed. Provided is a gas compressor: having a compressor main body compressing a gas, a drive source driving the compressor main body, a controller controlling the rotation speed of the drive source according to the discharge pressure of the compressor main body, and a temperature detector detecting the temperature of a discharge gas of the compressor main body; and performing no-load operation with the rotation speed of the drive source as a lower limit rotation speed when the discharge pressure reaches an upper limit pressure higher than a set pressure.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryusuke Oshiro
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Patent number: 11603833Abstract: Air compressor 10 for a vehicle, including at least one cooling duct 30 arranged to convey air from outside of the compressor 10, alongside a sealable chamber 28 containing a motor 22, alongside a cylinder 12, and through a cylinder head 18 to emit from at least one exhaust 32 spaced from an air inlet 20, and a fan 34 operable to impel air through the, or each, cooling duct 30. Alternatively or additionally, the compressor 10 includes a sensor 56 arranged to sense a critical parameter of the compressor 10, and a controller in communication with the motor 22 and the sensor 56, the controller configured to control operation of the motor 22 to adjust a rotational speed of a shaft 24 responsive to receiving a sensed value from the sensor 56.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: ARB Corporation LimitedInventors: Andrew Harry Brown, Daniel Jason Bongard, Samuel Benjamin Steward, Anthony Joseph Dervaric, John Desmond Clark
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Patent number: 11598326Abstract: A pressure adjustment apparatus including a pump, a selector valve coupled to the pump, and a chamber in selective fluid communication with the pump through the selector valve is disclosed. The pump includes a pump body that defines a variable volume therein, the pump body further defining a first aperture and a second aperture therethrough. The selector valve includes a first check valve disposed in a first fluid channel of a plurality of fluid channels, the first check valve being oriented to permit flow through the first fluid channel only in a first flow direction, the first flow direction being a flow direction out of the variable volume, and a second check valve disposed in a second fluid channel of the plurality of fluid channels, the second check valve being oriented to permit flow through the second fluid channel only in a second flow direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATEDInventors: David Troy Rowe, John C. Victor, Jeffrey Vitullo, Rodney Wilmer Denlinger
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Patent number: 11585346Abstract: The invention relates to a pump assembly, especially of a mechanical seal assembly, for supplying a fluid, especially to a mechanical seal (2a, 2b), comprising exactly one drive (11) comprising a drive shaft (24), a first axial pump (21), which conveys the fluid in the axial direction (X-X) of the drive shaft, a second axial pump (22), which conveys the fluid in the axial direction of the drive shaft, and a radial pump (23), which conveys the fluid in the radial direction (R) of the drive shaft, wherein the first axial pump (21) and the second axial pump (22) are arranged in front of the radial pump (23) in the flow-through direction (B) of the fluid across the pump assembly, and wherein the drive (11) simultaneously drives the first axial pump (21), the second axial pump (22) and the radial pump (23).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Markus Bareis, Christian Eisfeld, Martin Ertl, Christoph Karner, Hans-Georg Scherer, Berthold Schulten
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Patent number: 11572774Abstract: Systems and methods to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead may include a gas turbine engine including a compressor turbine shaft connected to a compressor, and a power turbine output shaft connected to a power turbine. The compressor turbine shaft and the power turbine output shaft may be rotatable at different rotational speeds. The systems may also include a transmission including a transmission input shaft connected to the power turbine output shaft and a transmission output shaft connected to a hydraulic fracturing pump. The systems may also include a fracturing unit controller configured to control one or more of the rotational speeds of the compressor turbine shaft, the power turbine output shaft, or the transmission output shaft based at least in part on target signals and fluid flow signals indicative of one or more of pressure or flow rate associated with fracturing fluid pumped into the wellhead.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLCInventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Diankui Fu, Warren Zemlak, Caleb Barclay
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Patent number: 11566505Abstract: Systems and methods for operating hydraulic fracturing units, each including a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead and an internal combustion engine to drive the hydraulic fracturing pump, may include receiving signals indicative of operational parameters. The systems and methods also may include determining an amount of required fracturing power sufficient to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation, determining an available power to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation and a difference between the available power and the required power, and controlling operation of the hydraulic fracturing units based at least in part on the power difference. When the power difference is indicative of excess power available, the system and methods may include causing at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units to idle, and when the power difference is indicative of a power deficit, increasing a power output of at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLCInventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Joseph Foster
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Patent number: 11560905Abstract: A multistage aspirator for an inflatable assembly may comprise a first end defining a primary gas inlet and a second end defining a gas outlet. An internal surface of the multistage aspirator may define a flow path extending from the primary gas inlet to the gas outlet. A first stage of the multistage aspirator may include a first stage orifice extending from the internal surface to an external surface of the multistage aspirator. A second stage of the multistage aspirator may include a second stage orifice located downstream of the first stage orifice and extending from the external surface to the internal surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventor: Jerry A. Lambert
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Patent number: 11542937Abstract: Provided is a tube pump system which includes: a pair of roller units which are rotated around an axis line from a closing position to a releasing position; a pair of drive units which are configured to respectively rotate the pair of roller units; a control unit which is configured to control each of the pair of drive units; and a pressure sensor which is configured to detect a pressure of a liquid in a pipe connected to the other end of the tube, wherein the control unit controls a first rotation angle when the first roller unit passes through the closing position and a second rotation angle when the second roller unit passes through the releasing position such that fluctuation of the pressure of the liquid when the pair of roller units are rotated through at least one revolution falls within a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yukinobu Imai
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Patent number: 11519417Abstract: A blower has a blower housing of clamshell construction, including two housing members having a scroll back wall molded with radial draft, an impeller and a motor within the housing, and a static tap connected to the housing. The impeller has a backplate with a backplate back surface region of substantially the same radially converging shape as that of a front surface region of the scroll back wall formed by the radial draft, providing a substantially uniform axial gap between the backplate back surface region and the scroll back wall. The impeller has a ring connected by a skirt to the back plate to define a stepped area behind the ring. The impeller includes impeller blades extending forwardly from the impeller backplate and the ring and back fins extending rearwardly from the ring. The blower has a scroll width of about twice an impeller exhaust width.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Steven W. Post, Lyn D. Coones, Jeffrey J. Long
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Patent number: 11506195Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for the control of downhole pumping systems that can perform a controlled draining operation of the downhole pumping system in the event of an interruption of a drive. Such embodiments include a zero power factor control, a motor braking, and a pumping down operation. The apparatus and the methods disclosed can include an independent piece of equipment interlocked with a variable speed drive, and installed at the primary or secondary of the step-up transformer where used. However, integration within other pieces of equipment, in particular the variable speed drive, and its control by the latter is also contemplated. Also disclosed is a transformer having a tap changer that includes a plurality of taps and contacts including shorting contacts, open contacts and auxiliary contacts.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventors: Georgios Orfanoudakis, Michael Yuratich
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Patent number: 11499544Abstract: A monitoring system may include a strain gauge, a position sensor, and a torque sensor. The strain gauge may measure strain in a chamber of the pressure pump and generate a strain signal representing the strain measurement. The position sensor may measure a position of a rotating member and generate a position signal representing the position measurement. The torque sensor may measure torque in a component of the pressure pump and generate a torque signal representing the torque measurement. The torque measurement may be used with the strain measurement and the position measurement to determine a condition of the pressure pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Joseph A. Beisel
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Patent number: 11486378Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, an inverter, an inverter case, a case bottom wall, and a case peripheral wall. The inverter case has a seal peripheral wall. The seal peripheral wall has a cylindrical shape and extends from the case bottom wall in a direction opposite to a direction in which the case peripheral wall extends. The seal peripheral wall surrounds a part of an outer peripheral surface of the housing. A seal member having an annular shape seals a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the seal peripheral wall and the outer peripheral surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takeshi Okochi, Junya Yano, Yusuke Kinoshita, Shumpei Yamakage
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Patent number: 11480184Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a compressor shell, a terminal provided on the compressor shell, a terminal guard erected on the compressor shell and surrounding the terminal, and a terminal cover mounted to the terminal guard and covering the terminal. A terminal chamber is defined by the compressor shell, the terminal guard, and the terminal cover. Except for at least a body of the terminal, metal portions facing the terminal chamber are generally covered with an insulator such that the metal portions are not exposed to the terminal chamber. The insulator includes an insulating portion that covers an inner surface of the terminal guard.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Sugiyama, Tomoko Mizuguchi, Souichi Nakamura, Eitarou Nakatani
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Patent number: 11473582Abstract: A package-type compressor includes a body unit, a controller, a casing, a first cooling air inlet, a second cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet, a fan duct, a cooling fan, an air cooling type heat exchanger, a machine chamber, and a cooling duct. The cooling duct is provided below the fan duct, the cooling duct causing the cooling air taken in at the second cooling air inlet to flow along the controller toward the suction port of the fan duct. A vertical projection plane of the cooling fan overlaps the machine chamber and the cooling duct.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Sadakata, Toshikazu Harashima, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kentaro Yamamoto, Masahiko Takano
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Patent number: 11473581Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a first cylinder, a first piston and a drive shaft. The drive shaft includes a first eccentric portion, a first shaft portion rotatably supported by a first bearing, and a first coupling portion coupling the first shaft portion with the first eccentric portion. The first piston is fitted to the first eccentric portion. The first shaft portion has a cylindrical shape coaxial with the rotational center axis. Re1?e1<R1. Re1 is a radius of the first eccentric portion. R1 is a radius of the first shaft portion. e1 is an eccentricity of the first eccentric portion. An outer surface of the first coupling portion does not extend radially out of the outer surface of the first eccentric portion. A circumferentially extending groove is formed at an end of an inner peripheral surface of the first piston on a first coupling portion side in the axial direction of the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takazou Sotojima, Kousuke Nishimura, Hirofumi Higashi
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Patent number: 11473413Abstract: Systems and methods for operating hydraulic fracturing units, each including a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead and an internal combustion engine to drive the hydraulic fracturing pump, may include receiving signals indicative of operational parameters. The systems and methods also may include determining an amount of required fracturing power sufficient to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation, determining an available power to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation and a difference between the available power and the required power, and controlling operation of the hydraulic fracturing units based at least in part on the power difference. When the power difference is indicative of excess power available, the system and methods may include causing at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units to idle, and when the power difference is indicative of a power deficit, increasing a power output of at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLCInventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Joseph Foster
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Patent number: 11473580Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a motor, a movable scroll, and a fixed block. The fixed block is fixed to the housing and disposed between the motor and the movable scroll. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor has an introduction passage that is formed through the rotor in an axial direction of the drive shaft. The drive shaft includes a balance weight that is disposed between the fixed block and the motor and extends to a position where the balance weight covers at least a part of the introduction passage in a radial direction of the drive shaft in a view in the axial direction. The introduction passage includes a first passage located outward of the balance weight in a circumferential direction of the rotor and the drive shaft, and a second passage facing the balance weight in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takuro Yamashita, Yuya Hattori, Takumi Maeda