Patents Examined by Jessica Cahill
  • Patent number: 11959561
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic expansion valve and a refrigeration system. The electronic expansion valve includes: a valve seat provided with an inlet, an outlet and a communication channel in communication with the inlet and the outlet; an actuator movably mounted in the valve seat, wherein the actuator is provided with a first position to block the communication channel and a second position to avoid the communication channel; and a driving mechanism connected with the actuator to drive the actuator to move between the first position and the second position, wherein the driving mechanism includes noise reduction members to reduce noise of the electronic expansion valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuchen He
  • Patent number: 11958091
    Abstract: Fluid delivery devices (114), systems (100), and methods are disclosed. A fluid delivery device (114) includes a body (115), a solution flow path (144), and a flush flow path (166). The solution flow path and the flush flow path are defined at the body. The solution flow path extends from a solution inlet (116), defined at the body, to a solution outlet (146), also defined at the body. The solution flow path includes a cross channel (148), an inlet channel (150), and an outlet channel (152). The inlet channel extends from the solution inlet to the cross channel. The outlet channel extends from the cross channel to the solution outlet. The flush flow path extends from a flush inlet (118), defined at the body, to a flush outlet (120), also defined at the body. The solution outlet fluidly connects the solution flow path to the flush flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Katharina Horn, Heribert Lohwieser, Brock Mueggenborg
  • Patent number: 11953153
    Abstract: A high-pressure gas cylinder valve for vehicle includes a valve seat having a gas charging runner and a gas supplying runner. A check valve is connected in series onto the gas charging runner, and the check valve and a solenoid valve are connected in series sequentially onto the gas supplying runner in a gas flow direction. A portion of the gas supplying runner located downstream of the solenoid valve is jointly connected to a portion of the gas charging runner adjacent to a gas inlet end and supplies gas to outside through a gas inlet of the gas charging runner when the gas supplying runner supplies gas. The gas cylinder valve further includes a flow-blocking buffer structure connected in series onto the gas supplying runner and located downstream of the solenoid valve and upstream of an intersection of the gas supplying runner and the gas charging runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: YAPP AUTOMOTIVE PARTS (KAIFENG) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guanghui Tan, Lin Jiang, Shaowen Hu, Yinchun Liu, Xiaoqiong Dong, Kaige He
  • Patent number: 11946438
    Abstract: A pilot valve assembly, for operating a pressure reducing valve disposed within a fuel tank, can include a housing including a first chamber and a second chamber, a first port in fluid communication with the first and second chambers, the first port being configured to receive an atmospheric pressure, a second port in fluid communication with the first and second chambers, the second port being configured to receive a fuel tank pressure, a first pilot valve arranged within the first chamber and configured to open only when a predetermined positive pressure differential exists between the first and second ports, and a second pilot valve arranged within the second chamber and configured to open only when a predetermined negative pressure differential exists between the first and second ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Harshad Pawale, Pradeep Biradar, Abhijit Borawake
  • Patent number: 11947370
    Abstract: A fluid flow device that can measure and control a flow of a fluid is described. Various procedures, including measuring, controlling, balancing, or calibration procedures can leverage differential pressure measurement. These differential pressure measurements can be measured across the fluid flow device such that a first pressure measurement is taken upstream of the fluid flow device while a second pressure measurement is taken downstream of the fluid flow device. Moreover, one or more of the various pressure measurements, and in particular the downstream pressure measurement, can be performed at stagnation zone where the flow has stagnated. Such can provide significant amplification and/or turndown capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: John C. Karamanos, Herbert Willke
  • Patent number: 11946553
    Abstract: An explosion protection valve for decoupling system parts or workpieces, in particular for the installation in a pipeline, comprising a housing, a closing body which is axially guided inside the housing on a guide rod and can be displaced from a defined open position in the event of one of the group comprising a pressure and suction wave in the pipeline in at least one closing movement direction into a sealing closed position in which the closing body can be fixed by means of a locking device, a spring assembly, which is in operative connection to the closing body, on the guide rod for holding the closing body in the open position, bearing assemblies each carrying the end of the guide rod, which are each connected to the housing by means of at least one suspension cross-member, and a bearing arrangement, which is subject to play, of the at least one suspension cross-member in a receiving opening on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rico Sicherheitstechnik AG
    Inventors: Loïc Zaugg, Walter Aloi, Jürgen Kern, Aleksandar Agatonovic, Daniel Zellweger
  • Patent number: 11939133
    Abstract: A valve for a packaging container is proposed, wherein the valve comprises at least one base film (10) with an opening (11), at least one frame film (13) encompassing a free region (17), and at least one membrane (12) which is arranged on the base film (10) and covers the opening (11), wherein a fluid is provided between the membrane (12) and the base film (10), wherein the membrane (12) is connected to a surrounding film (20) via at least one connection region (22), the surrounding film (20) being connected on one side to the base film (10) and on its other side to the frame film (13) and the membrane (12) being arranged movably within the free region (17), wherein the surrounding film (20) is open at least in one point, such that a channel (18) is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Stadel, Jenny Haase, Holger Poell
  • Patent number: 11940056
    Abstract: A vehicle driveline component that includes a tubular body, a relief valve, a vent cover and a pin. The tubular body has a first and second axial ends and defines an interior circumferential surface. The relief valve is mounted in the tubular body between the first and second axial ends. The vent cover is mounted to the tubular body and covers the second axial end. The pin is mounted to the tubular body at a location between the first axial end and the relief valve. The pin extends through the interior circumferential surface into a hollow interior of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore N. Grupido, Mark L. White
  • Patent number: 11927974
    Abstract: The flow rate control device includes a main plate corresponding to an inner diameter and including a through hole which is formed at the center thereof and through which a fluid flows, a sub-plate corresponding to a size of the through hole, disposed in front of the main plate, and applied with a pressure of the flowing fluid, and an expansion and contraction flow path formed to connect the through hole and a circumference of the sub-plate to each other and expanded and contracted by the pressure applied to the sub-plate. The expansion and contraction flow path includes a plurality of holes which are formed in a side surface thereof and through which the flow flows, and has a cross-sectional area changed by the pressure to control a flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Kwang Kun Park, Jun Seong Lee, Kee Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 11927308
    Abstract: A valve for a fluid, comprising: a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively opening and closing the passage, the shut-off device comprising a main seat, a main closing element forming a channel extending there through and a pilot seat, a pilot closing element housed in the main closing element, a first compression spring, and a second compression spring; an actuating device of the shut-off device. The second compression spring is operatively mounted between the main closing element and the body and the first compression spring is stronger than the second compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11920686
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a chamber to store compressed air and a relief valve in communication with the chamber. The relief valve includes an inflow channel communicating with the chamber and an outflow channel with a larger diameter formed at a downstream side of the inflow channel. A valve stem moves along the inflow channel. An O-ring to seal the inflow channel is attached in an annular groove of the valve stem. Air release channels are defined in the valve stem. Each air release channel includes an inlet that opens to an inner circumferential chamber and an outlet that opens to the outflow channel to allow the compressed air to be discharged from the inner circumferential chamber to the outflow channel when the O-ring moves toward the outflow channel and moves beyond the inflow channel due to the internal pressure of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Arata
  • Patent number: 11899474
    Abstract: A coolant control valve includes an actuator, at least one valve body, an outer housing, and a temperature sensor having a first flow state and a second flow state. The first and second flow states can be achieved by first and second axial positions of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Biplob Dutta, Raghunath Paralkar
  • Patent number: 11898650
    Abstract: This pressure-reducing valve includes: a casing in which a valve passage is formed; a valve body that is movably housed in the casing and changes a position thereof according to a secondary pressure to adjust an opening degree of the valve passage; and a biasing member that biases the valve body against the secondary pressure in an opening direction in which the valve passage opens. The biasing member is a spring in the form of a plate and extends laterally from the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Fujimoto, Masayoshi Okamoto, Masataka Higashiura, Masataka Shirasawa, Tsutomu Tomita, Shigeyoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 11892860
    Abstract: A regulator is adapted to connect to a gas cylinder, particularly at a location upstream of a cylinder valve, and the regulator may include at least one of a filling slide component, oscillation damper, charge port, and a reset assembly. The regulator includes a body enclosing a cavity, and an inlet passage configured to attach to an associated gas cylinder and an outlet passage configured to attach to an associated cylinder valve, the inlet and outlet passages in selective fluid communication with one another. A flexible diaphragm/bellows is interposed between the inlet and outlet passages. A poppet assembly is located between the inlet and outlet passages that selectively seals with a poppet seat to regulate fluid flow between the inlet and outlet passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Paul G. Eidsmore
  • Patent number: 11885200
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic control system for actuating a control valve includes a control module. The control module is coupled to the surface via at least one hydraulic line and two electrical power lines. The control module uses one of the hydraulic lines as a “supply” line and the other line as a “return” line if included. Each hydraulic line of the at least one hydraulic lines can be used as an “open” line or a “close” line to open or close the control valve. The control module includes two normally closed (NC) solenoid valves (SOVs) that are coupled to the electrical power lines and can be controlled from the surface to open or close. The opening or closing of the NC SOVs in cooperation with hydraulic pressure on a “supply” line of the hydraulic lines operates (i.e., closes or opens) the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzzo Breda Minassa, Robert William Gissler
  • Patent number: 11879676
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a thermal expansion valve for a heat exchanger with at least one header. The valve includes a valve block and a superheat defining mechanism. The valve block includes a high pressure inlet, a low pressure outlet, a first suction gas port and a second suction gas port. A contact surface for coupling the valve to the header includes at least one cylindrical portion of the valve block. The invention is also directed at a heat exchanger with a corresponding thermal expansion valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Sigurd Larsen, Ali Foulladpour
  • Patent number: 11867439
    Abstract: A stator assembly, an electronic expansion valve, and a refrigeration device are provided. The stator assembly has a housing, a coil assembly and a fixing member. An outer surface of the housing is provided with an installation opening. The coil assembly is provided in the housing, and has a shell for mounting a coil. The fixing member is inserted through the installation opening to be fixedly connected with the shell, and the is configured to connect with the conducting tube of the electronic expansion valve to electrically conduct the shell and the conducting tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG MEIZHI COMPRESSOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Chen, Longhua Huang, Mao Yang, Bo Jiang
  • Patent number: 11859770
    Abstract: An actuator for opening a hermetically sealed cylinder is disclosed herein. The actuator includes an actuation chamber configured to receive pressurized gas, the actuation chamber at least partially defined by a top wall and a bottom wall, a cutter body disposed within the actuation chamber between the top wall and the bottom wall, the cutter body including a top portion and a bottom portion, a cutting edge extending from the bottom portion of the cutter body, and a spring disposed between the top portion of the cutter body and the bottom wall of the actuation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Poly John, Vasantha Kumara Jnanegowda, Srijith Purushothaman, Ashish Kumar Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11852255
    Abstract: A combination pressure regulator includes a regulator body having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a combined inlet and outlet port. A first pressure regulator includes a first diaphragm, a first valve assembly, and a first biasing member that applies a first bias force to the first diaphragm to establish a first pressure regulator setting. A second pressure regulator includes a second diaphragm, a second valve assembly, and a second biasing member that applies a second bias force to the second diaphragm to establish a second pressure regulator setting. An input portion of the first pressure regulator is in fluid communication with the inlet port. An output portion of the second pressure regulator is in fluid communication with the outlet port. An output portion of the first pressure regulator and an input portion of the second pressure regulator are in fluid communication with the combined inlet and outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Gailey, Randy C. Edenfield
  • Patent number: 11850411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade-type check valve for gaseous and liquid media, to be used in medical technologies as well as in waste water technology with at least three triangular blades, grouped in round configuration at the edges of a polygonal bore of a valve ring or housing, with the number of blades corresponding to the number of faces of the bore. At least at one of the three sides, the valve blades feature an integrated joint, which may also consist of fabric, whereas the two other sides of the valve blades form an articulated lock. The valve can be installed in any position and closes automatically, actuated by the backflow respectively return flow of the medium, without external energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Mohammad Mohsen Saadat