Patents Examined by Christopher S Bobish
  • Patent number: 11460028
    Abstract: A pump body assembly, a compressor and an air conditioner are provided. The pump body assembly has a crankshaft, a main bearing, and a cylinder body. The crankshaft has a main shaft part and an eccentric part connected with the main shaft part. The main bearing has a hub part. The main shaft part extends through a through hole in the hub part. A first oil guide groove is formed in the hole wall of the through hole. A sliding vane slot and a center hole are formed in the cylinder body. The crankshaft extends through the center hole. The main bearing is located at the one side of the cylinder body. The crankshaft and the main bearing are in uniform contact with oil films at all positions. The abnormal wear of the main shaft part of the crankshaft can be reduced, and the service life of the compressor can be prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ANHUI MEIZHI PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Licheng Zheng, Jin Li
  • Patent number: 11460013
    Abstract: A pump and motor assembly (20) includes a centrifugal pump (30), a bent axis hydraulic pump 58, and a wet-type drive motor (228). The motor has a rotor and a stator that are submerged in hydraulic fluid for full lubrication and cooling. A drive shaft 66 is driven by the motor. The centrifugal pump has a rotatable impeller (50) for pumping hydraulic fluid from an inlet (48) to the bent axis hydraulic pump. The centrifugal pump also pumps fluid to the motor for lubrication and cooling. The bent axis hydraulic pump pumps the fluid and discharges the fluid from the system. The centrifugal pump and the bent axis hydraulic pump are rotatable along a common rotational axis R1 that is angled relative to the rotational axis R2 of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Sen J. Chu
  • Patent number: 11454222
    Abstract: A pump system and method of operating the same may utilize two relatively smaller turbines that are attached to and used to power a single pump. The two turbines are releasably coupled to the pump via respective one-way clutches, thereby enabling the use of one or both turbines at a time to power the pump. At low loads (e.g., low pump outputs), only one turbine operates to power the pump, and at higher loads (e.g., high pump outputs), both turbines operate to power the pump. By using two smaller turbines instead of one large turbine, the range-ability of the turbine power at the most efficient operating ranges is increased. This improves the fuel efficiency of the pump system. In addition, the dual turbine driven pump system provides increased reliability by preventing the loss of all power to the pump in the event of a turbine malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley V. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11454230
    Abstract: A cylinder piston for an air compressor, in particular for a two-stage air compressor, has at least two channel openings integrated in the piston surface of the cylinder piston, which are designed as an inlet valve and/or as an outlet valve for air in a compression chamber of the cylinder. A coherent, one-piece and flexible bending sealing element is provided inside or covering the channel openings. The sealing element for the at least two or a plurality of channel openings enables an inflow into a channel opening or outflow from a channel opening, wherein the at least two channel openings through the flexible bending sealing element can be designed independently of one another as an inlet valve or as an outlet valve. Also provided is a cylinder with at least one cylinder piston and an air compressor with such a cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Schmalz, Christine Reich, Philipp Schaible
  • Patent number: 11454235
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a pump element in communication with an inlet and an outlet. Rotation of the pump element generates a suction at the inlet and pressure at the outlet. The suction and pressure cooperate to move a fluid through a fluid path. An accessory fluid path is in communication with the inlet and outlet. The accessory fluid path includes a thermistor in communication with the accessory fluid path. The thermistor monitors a temperature of the fluid within the accessory fluid path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GHSP, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan David Rosinski, Bradley John Vecellio
  • Patent number: 11441552
    Abstract: A reciprocating piston machine for compressing a fluid, more particularly ambient air, for a compressed air system of a motor vehicle, includes a cylinder housing and a cylinder head constructed layer by layer and including a valve carrier element with an outlet valve, a chamber plate and a head plate with a pressure medium outlet. A cooling medium channel for cooling at least a partial region of the cylinder head and an outlet channel for connecting the outlet valve to the pressure medium outlet are provided and extend through components of the cylinder head, at least in portions. In order to improve the cooling, at least a partial portion of the cooling medium channel and a partial portion of the outlet channel are allocated to the cylinder housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Marius Burkauskas
  • Patent number: 11441549
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump (6) comprising: a housing (20) having first and second inlets (100a, 100b) and first and second outlets (102a, 102b); a crankshaft (4) extending within the housing (20) and having axially offset first and second cams (62, 64); first and second groups (30, 32) of piston cylinder assemblies provided in the housing (20), each of the said groups (30, 32) having a plurality of piston cylinder assemblies having a working chamber of cyclically varying volume and being in driving relationship with the crankshaft (4); one or more electronically controllable valves (40) associated with the first and second groups (30, 32); and a controller (70) configured to actively control the opening and/or closing of the said electronically controllable valves (40) on each cycle of working chamber volume to thereby control the net displacement of fluid by the first and second groups (30, 32), wherein at least the first group (30) comprises a first piston cylinder assembly in driving relationship with the first cam
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Danfoss Power Solutions GmbH & Co. OHG, Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexis Dole, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Onno Kuttler
  • Patent number: 11434901
    Abstract: A flangeless fluid end comprising a fluid end body releasably attached to a connect plate. The connect plate is attached to a power source using stay rods. The flow bores of the fluid end are sealed without threading a retainer nut into the walls of each bore. Instead, the flow bores are sealed by bolting a retainer to the fluid end body. Plungers to drive fluid through the fluid end body are installed within removable stuffing box sleeves. These sleeves are maintained within the plunger bores by the bolted retainers. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve structures, aid in reducing or transferring wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Kerr Machine Co.
    Inventors: Mark S. Nowell, Kelcy Jake Foster, Christopher Todd Barnett, Brandon Scott Ayres, Michael Eugene May, Guy J. Lapointe, Micheal Cole Thomas
  • Patent number: 11434886
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes, a cylinder, a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder, a motor configured to supply driving force to the piston, a detector configured to detect a motor current and a motor voltage that are applied to the motor, and a controller configured to estimate a stroke of the piston based on the motor current and the motor voltage and to determine a phase difference between the stroke and the motor current. The controller is configured to detect operation information of the linear compressor, determine whether to perform a resonance operation based on the operation information, and control operation of the motor to allow the phase difference to be within a preset phase range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daegeun Park, Nayi Ryu, Sungjin Lim
  • Patent number: 11428215
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electric oil-free air compressor, including a motor, a box body, a piston, and a flywheel shaft. The motor is fixed on the box body, a cylinder cover is at the top of the box body, a main shaft of the motor includes a coupling driving end, the flywheel shaft is driven by an elastic body to rotate. The piston includes a primary intake valve piece and a primary exhaust valve piece, the box body is provided with a secondary cavity, a secondary exhaust valve piece is provided at a vent hole on one side of the cavity, and the primary exhaust valve piece is also a secondary intake valve piece of the compressor, increasing the exhaust pressure. When the piston reciprocates, the stress is balanced and the vibration is small, and with the assistance of a high-efficiency flywheel, the operation of the air compressor is stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: RUILI GROUP RUIAN AUTO PARTS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bin Zhu, Chuanwu Li, Shengbo Zhou, Zhoule Zhong
  • Patent number: 11421922
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a housing defining a sump for collecting a lubricant and a pump for circulating a flow of lubricant within the housing. A heat dissipation or heat exchange assembly includes a plate mounted on a lower portion of the housing to define one or more fluid passageways between the plate and the housing. Hot oil is collected from the working components of the linear compressor and is passed through the one or more fluid passageways to discharge heat through the housing before the oil is returned to the sump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory William Hahn
  • Patent number: 11421694
    Abstract: A pump may include a stator, a rotor, and an impeller. The stator may include one or more electromagnets and one or more permanent magnets. The rotor may include an armature, one or more complementary permanent magnets, and a pull magnet configured to position the rotor in an axial direction. The rotor may be disposed within the stator. The complementary permanent magnets and the one or more permanent magnets of the stator may create magnetic bearings. The armature may be aligned with at least one of the electromagnets of the stator and configured to rotate the rotor with respect to the stator. The impeller may be coupled to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: White Knight Fluid Handling Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Simmons, Geoffrey White, Courtney Parsons
  • Patent number: 11421671
    Abstract: A compressor of an embodiment includes: a piston that is housed in a case and moves back and forth in an axis direction inside the case; a main shaft that i) extends in the axis direction inside the case, and ii) guides the piston to move in the axis direction; and a drive that drives the piston to move along the axis direction. The piston includes: a main shaft bush through which the main shaft passes in the axis direction; and a compression board that has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the main shaft bush, and that is fixed to an end portion of the main shaft bush on a side in the axis direction. Fluid inside the case is compressed, and then is ejected to an outside of the case. The drive is arranged between the compression board and an end portion of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventor: Masashi Hida
  • Patent number: 11408418
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of geographically distributed compressors, wherein the outputs of the geographically distributed compressors are coupled to a compressed air distribution system within an industrial automation environment, is provided. The method includes receiving performance data from the plurality of compressors, and receiving current environment data from a plurality of sensors within the industrial automation environment, including at least some sensors within the compressed air distribution system. The method also includes assigning a guide vane weight to each compressor based at least in part on a capacity of each compressor, identifying a target system air pressure, and processing the performance data, current environment data, guide vane weights, and target system air pressure to determine control settings for each of the plurality of compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scotty Bromfield, Andries Ernst Kruger, Jonathan Armstrong, Mithun Mohan Nagabhairava, Timothy L. Stanford, Chidiebere U. Egbuna
  • Patent number: 11408413
    Abstract: Provided is a linear compressor. The linear compressor includes a shell, a compressor body disposed in the shell, and a first support device coupled to a front portion of the compressor body in an axial direction to support the compressor body. The first support device may be disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the shell and the compressor body to support the compressor body in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gyeoungjin Jeon, Hangjun Cho, Jonghun Ha
  • Patent number: 11401925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for compressing a working medium, comprising: compressing a drive medium in a compressor; moving a drive piston within a first cylinder by means of the compressed drive medium; moving a high-pressure piston, which compresses the working medium, within a second cylinder by means of the drive piston; and transferring heat from the compressed working medium to the compressed drive medium before the compressed drive medium enters the first cylinder of the drive piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MAXIMATOR GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Adler, Georg Fahrthofer, Sarah Gruber, Christoph Nagl, Markus Rasch, Markus Stephan, Henning Willig, Rene Himmelstein
  • Patent number: 11396868
    Abstract: A pumping system utilizes a linear actuator to move a shaft attached to two pistons within cylinders to pump a working fluid. A housing is designed with coolant passageways and one-way valves such that movement of the shaft also pumps coolant past cooling fins and over a motor. The shaft is formed of several sections joined by couplers which slide within a bore of the housing. The couplers have a non-round shape and the bore has a complimentary non-round cross section such that rotation of the shaft is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andre Vazquez, Craig Hooker, Michael White, Michael Conlin, Eric Ovendorf
  • Patent number: 11384752
    Abstract: An agricultural work vehicle having an air supply device includes: an air compressor for pressurizing air; an air tank for storing the air compressed by means of the air compressor; a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of the air stored in the air tank or atmospheric pressure; a controller for stopping the operation of the air compressor when the measured pressure exceeds a first reference value; and an air pressure regulator for discharging, to the outside, the air inside an air pressure circuit system so as to reduce the pressure when the pressure of the air stored in the air tank exceeds a second reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LS MTRON LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Jo, Haeng Sik Yang
  • Patent number: 11378072
    Abstract: An air compressor includes: a motor; a compression mechanism that is driven by the motor and that is configured to generate compressed air; a tank that is configured to store the generated compressed air; a load acquisition part that is configured to acquire a load applied to the compression mechanism; and a control part that is configured to control a rotation of the motor. The control part is configured to perform control for changing a TN characteristic of the motor in response to the load of the compression mechanism acquired by the load acquisition part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okubo, Tsutomu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11371511
    Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for a fuel pump diagnoses the state of a fuel pump based on: a correlation between a pump rotational speed that is a rotational speed of the motor and fuel pressure that is pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel pump; and an initial correlation that is the correlation in an initial actuation period from when the fuel pump is energized for the first time to when a specified period has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Kato