Patents Examined by Kenneth Bomberg
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Patent number: 11596783Abstract: Methods and devices for a self-contained device including a hydraulic motor and a hydraulic pump. Preferably, the motor is incorporated either within the interior of the pump, on the exterior of the pump, or a combination of the two. The pump increases the kinetic energy of the fluid by centrifugal means, and in some embodiments is a viscous impeller pump. Applications include building flow systems, industrial processes, and biological circulatory systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Indiana University Research & Technology CorporationInventor: Mark D. Rodefeld
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Patent number: 11598172Abstract: A rotating head assembly includes a body, an implement, a clamp assembly, a drive member, a hydraulic motor, and a bypass circuit. The drive member is threadingly connected to a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The hydraulic motor is connected to the drive member to cause the drive member to rotate in a selected direction. An inlet of the bypass circuit is in fluid communication with an inlet of the hydraulic motor to receive a portion of the pressurized hydraulic fluid passing to the hydraulic motor. An outlet of the bypass circuit is in fluid communication with the outlet of the hydraulic motor. At least one bypass valve is interposed between the inlet of the bypass circuit and the outlet of the bypass circuit. The bypass valve has an actuator positioned adjacent one of the first clamp member and the second clamp.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: The SydCo System, Inc.Inventor: Tyler Whitehead
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Patent number: 11592040Abstract: A compressed-air treatment system and operating method are disclosed. The compressed-air treatment system has a first valve unit configured to charge a control line for a compressor with pressure and a pressure regulator valve unit configured to release pressure from a feed line, A control port of the pressure regulator valve unit is connectable to a second valve unit. A regeneration line which has a check valve for regeneration and which is utilized for a regeneration of a dryer cartridge is connected directly to the control line. During a filling operation the compressed-air treatment system is configured to release leakage air of the regeneration check valve via the first valve unit to surroundings. The filling operation is an operating state in which the compressor is activated to perform a supply of compressed air to a vehicle compressed-air system.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbHInventor: Ferenc Zeman
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Patent number: 11592091Abstract: A torque converter assembly is disclosed herein. The torque converter assembly includes a thrust washer having a radially inner surface configured to engage against a drive shaft. A first axial surface of the thrust washer is configured to contact a cover. A second axial surface of the thrust washer is configured to contact a damper flange. The second axial surface of the thrust washer partially defines a first flow path. The thrust washer further comprises a second flow path configured to direct fluid in a first direction and a third flow path configured to direct fluid in a second direction. The thrust washer disclosed herein both provides an axial thrust bearing feature, and also provides three distinct flow paths or passages.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventor: Joshua Verdier
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Patent number: 11591914Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an endwall having a first material composition, an airfoil extending in a radial direction from the endwall, and a cupped contour of a second material composition that is formed on the endwall to define a cooling chamber, the first material composition different than the second material composition. A method of forming an endwall is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dipanjan Saha, Brooks E. Snyder, Thomas N. Slavens
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Patent number: 11585067Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a first supply line connecting a boom control valve and a bottom side of a boom cylinder, a second supply line connecting the boom control valve and a rod side of the boom cylinder, a leveling switch valve having: a first operating position allowing a leveling operation of a working tool; and a first stopping position allowing the leveling operation to stop, a ride controller including: a ride-control switch valve connected to a branched fluid line branched from the first supply line; and an accumulator configured to perform an anti-vibrating operation for suppressing a pressure fluctuation of the boom cylinder, and a drain fluid line to discharge operation fluid in a downstream section extending from the leveling switch valve to the rod side of the boom cylinder in the second supply line when the leveling switch valve is switched to the first stopping position.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventor: Yuji Fukuda
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Patent number: 11583672Abstract: A blood pump includes an impeller assembly housing; and an impeller assembly disposed within the impeller assembly housing. The impeller assembly includes an impeller having a main body, at least one impeller blade extending outwardly therefrom, and a skirt disposed around at least a portion of the main body. At least a portion of the at least one impeller blade is disposed between the main body and an inner surface of the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jan Weber, Matthew Boyer, Umang Anand
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Patent number: 11585439Abstract: An edge-welded bellows, including a plurality of diaphragms and a guide part for guiding on the outer surface of a rod extending through an inner through-opening of the bellows or for guiding on the inner surface of a tube surrounding the bellows. The guide part has a retaining fin, which, at the edge thereof, lies between the edges of adjacent diaphragms and is welded thereto, and a guide sleeve, which surrounds the longitudinal central axis and has a guide surface for guiding the bellows on the outer surface of the rod or the inner surface of the tube. The guide sleeve has a wall thickness that is more than three times that of the retaining fin. The guide sleeve has a step having a contact surface. The retaining fin lies, in a region adjoining the edge thereof, on the contact surface and is form-fittingly secured against being lifted off from the contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: VAT Holding AGInventor: Christian Hasler
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Patent number: 11585229Abstract: The invention relates to a bladed disk (1) of a fan, comprising: a hub (10) comprising an outer radial platform (13) designed so as to define an inner gas flow stream in the turbomachine, a plurality of blades (20) comprising a root (23) connected to the platform (13), a leading edge (21) and a trailing edge (22), a groove formed in the platform (13) around part of the root (23) of each blade (20) in an area adjacent to the leading edge (21) and/or the trailing edge (22), and a joint (30) placed in the groove (15) in such a way that it extends in the extension of the radially outer face (14) of the platform (13) in order to ensure a continuity of the inner flow stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Laurent Jablonski, François Jean Comin, Philippe Gérard Edmond Joly, Jean-Marc Claude Perrollaz, Anthony Lafitte, Rémi Roland Robert Mercier
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Patent number: 11577481Abstract: An electro-hydrostatic drive for realizing a rapid movement and a force-building movement, comprising a hydro-machine with variable volume and/or rotational speed, driven by an electric motor, for providing a volume-flow of a hydraulic fluid, a first cylinder with a housing, a piston, a cylinder rod, and a first and a second cylinder chamber, a second cylinder with a piston, a cylinder rod, and a first and a second cylinder chamber, a moveable carrier plate, a pillar, and a clamping apparatus to clamp and/or unclamp the first cylinder to the pillar, where the hydraulic drive has a closed hydraulic circuit, which has, when run, a positive pressure above atmospheric pressure and which, by utilizing the hydro-machine, can pressurize either the first or the second cylinder chamber of the first cylinder and/or the first or the second cylinder chamber of the second cylinder. The moveable carrier plate is connected both to the first cylinder and to the second cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Werner Haendle, Achim Helbig, Christoph Boes, Michael Sieber
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Patent number: 11577067Abstract: A bearing assembly is configured to retain a distal end of an impeller of a blood pump, where the impeller includes a drive shaft. The bearing assembly includes a pivot member coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft; a distal bearing cup having a proximally-facing surface configured to engage at least a portion of a distal section of the pivot member; and a sleeve bearing disposed around at least a portion of a proximal section of the pivot member.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Breidall, Daniel H. VanCamp, Travis J. Schauer
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Patent number: 11572794Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An inner shroud damper for a gas turbine engine includes: at least one carrier including a joint to couple to an inner shroud, the at least one carrier having a first side and a second side, and at least one mass damper coupled to the at least one carrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Sam J. Stoughton, Kevin Lee Kirkeng, Jacob P. Miller, Reddi Hari Prasad Reddy Mylapalli, Paul Trimby, Jaeyong Kim
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Patent number: 11548653Abstract: A nacelle is provided that includes an outer structure and an inner structure. The inner structure includes a support structure, a first core cowl and a second core cowl. The support structure includes a plurality of first hinges, a plurality of second hinges, a plurality of longitudinal rails and a plurality of crossover rails spaced longitudinally along and connected to the longitudinal rails. Each of the first hinges is connected to a respective one of the crossover rails at a first distal end of the respective crossover rail. Each of the second hinges is connected to a respective one of the crossover rails at a second distal end of the respective crossover rail. The first core cowl is pivotally mounted to the support structure by the first hinges. The second core cowl is pivotally mounted to the support structure by the second hinges.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Lacko, Christian Soria
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Patent number: 11549523Abstract: A fluid pump inlet stabilizer dampener includes a deformable diaphragm separating an enclosure into a gas chamber and a liquid chamber; and a piston coupled to the deformable diaphragm and being movable with respect to a valve housing, wherein the piston is configured to be positioned in at least first, second, and third positions, wherein in the first position a first fluid flow path from a pressurized gas inlet port to the gas chamber is open, in the second position the first fluid flow path is closed, and in the third position the first fluid flow path is closed and a second fluid flow path that activates a venturi vacuum generator is open.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: BLACOH FLUID CONTROLS, INC.Inventor: David Dean McComb
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Patent number: 11536250Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a wind turbine. Accordingly, a controller of the wind turbine determines a thermal gradient of the tower due to solar heating. The controller also determines a displacement of a reference point of the wind turbine from a nominal position resulting from a thermal expansion of a portion of the tower. The displacement includes a displacement magnitude and a displacement direction. The displacement direction is in a radial direction opposite of a maximal peak of the thermal gradient. Additionally, the controller determines a correction factor corresponding to the displacement and a setpoint for a component of the wind turbine based, at least in part, on the correction factor. Finally, an operating state of the wind turbine is established based, at least in part, on the setpoint.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bernard P. Landa, Pierino Gianni Bonanni
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Patent number: 11536287Abstract: A dual impeller includes: a hub configured to rotate about a rotation axis; a plurality of first blades which are disposed on a first surface of the hub along a circumferential direction of the hub; a first shroud which is mounted on the plurality of first blades to cover the plurality of first blades; and a plurality of second blades which are disposed on a first surface of the first shroud along a circumferential direction of the first shroud.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: HANWHA POWER SYSTEMS CO., LTDInventors: Robert Pelton, Karl Wygant
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Patent number: 11535363Abstract: There is provided an hydraulic actuation system for an aircraft, the hydraulic actuation system includes an actuator (A), a primary actuation arrangement to provide hydraulic fluid to control the actuator (A), wherein the hydraulic actuation system is configured to detect a fault in the actuator (A). The hydraulic actuation system also includes a secondary actuation arrangement to provide hydraulic fluid to control the actuator (A) in response to a detection of a fault in the actuator (A).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: RATIER-FIGEAC SASInventors: Julien Lassalle, Thibaut Marger
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Patent number: 11536275Abstract: An axial fan includes a housing, an upper motor, and a lower motor. The housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing. A lower peripheral wall of the lower housing includes first engaging portions and lower protruding pieces. The lower protruding pieces oppose the first engaging portions in an axial direction and protrude axially upward from an axially upper surface. An upper peripheral wall of the upper housing includes upper engaging claws and upper notch grooves. The upper engaging claws extend axially downward from an axially lower surface, and include a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion in a lower end portion. The upper notch grooves are notched axially upward from the axially lower surface radially inward of the upper engaging claw. At least a portion of the lower protruding pieces is located in the upper notch grooves.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Inouchi, Yuta Yamasaki, Hidefumi Kawakami, Hidenobu Takeshita
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Patent number: 11536146Abstract: A guide vane arrangement configured for use in a turbo pump, wherein the guide vane arrangement includes a first guide vane and a second guide vane, wherein the second guide vane is arranged adjacent to the first guide vane such that a flow channel is defined between a leading surface of the first guide vane and a trailing surface of the second guide vane.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ArianeGroup GmbHInventor: Louis Souverein
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Patent number: 11519288Abstract: Sealing arrangements and rotor assemblies are provided. A sealing arrangement includes a stationary component, a rotating component spaced apart from the stationary component. A clearance is defined between the stationary component and the rotating component. The sealing arrangement further includes a plurality of magnets embedded within the rotating component. The sealing arrangement further includes a brush seal having a frame and a plurality of magnetically responsive filaments. The plurality of magnetically responsive filaments each extending from the frame to a free end. The plurality of magnetically responsive filaments are attracted to the rotating component by the plurality of magnets. The plurality of magnetically responsive filaments at least partially covering the clearance, such that a flow of fluid across the clearance is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Jonathan Dwight Berry