Thermal Responsive Patents (Class 137/468)
  • Patent number: 11792885
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a set of operational parameters of a first electronic pump, a first set of measurements collected by a first electronic pump sensor, and a second set of measurements collected by a second electronic pump sensor of a second electronic pump. The method also includes sending the second set of measurements from the second node to the first node, determining a set of state representations based on the measurement data, and determining whether a flow between the first electronic pump and the second electronic pump is in an anomalous state based on the set of state representations and a library of values. The method also includes changing a pump operation in response to a determination that the flow is in the anomalous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DROPWATER SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: Paul Kirch
  • Patent number: 11675374
    Abstract: A diagnostics system, for mass flow controller calibration, comprising a controller communicable coupled to a sensor(s) and a valve. The controller controls the valve based on a predetermined set point value and communication from the at least one sensor. The controller determines a number of set point value adjustments and compares results of a calibration operation and a set point value plus a tolerance value. The controller generates a notification message indicating at least one of the predetermined number of set point value adjustments and results of the comparing. The controller calibrates the mass flow controller based on, at least in part, one of a predetermined number of set point value adjustments, results of the comparison, and user input. The notification message can comprise temperature values, valve drive values, sensor flow rate values, gas flow hours, and a remaining number of set point adjustments based on a total fluid hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph John Sipka, Randy Burnham, Steven Kannengieszer
  • Patent number: 11512790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve device (100) for a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a valve housing (6) which comprises a closing element (14) that is arranged therein and can be moved in the longitudinal axis (18). The closing element (14) interacts with a seal seat (16) in order to release and close a through-opening (22). The valve housing (6) is equipped with at least one spring element (8) which is supported against the closing element (14) and the valve housing (6). Furthermore, the at least one spring element (8) is made of a bimetal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Friedrich Muehleder
  • Patent number: 11392148
    Abstract: A flow rate control system including a flow rate controller controlling a flow rate of a fluid supplied to a controlled object to keep a desired flow rate set value is provided, and includes a flow rate sensor, a pressure sensor measuring a pressure of a primary side of the flow rate controller, a PI calibration value determination unit determining a PI calibration value based on at least a physical property coefficient according to a physical property value of the fluid, a correction unit correcting an estimated flow rate, based on the PI calibration value and a measured value, and a drive control circuit adjusting an opening of a valve supplying the fluid to the controlled object based on the estimated value and controlling the flow rate of the fluid. A flow rate is accurately calculated regardless of types of a fluid in the pressure insensitive type flow rate controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Van Tu Nguyen, Masafumi Kitano
  • Patent number: 11268470
    Abstract: A method in a combustion engine 100 for determining a desired fuel setting ?+. The method comprises configuring a fuel setting ?, determining a combustion engine parameter ? in dependence of the configured fuel setting ?, wherein the combustion engine parameter is related to the fuel setting by a convex function relationship, and updating the fuel setting ? towards the desired fuel setting ?+, based on the determined combustion engine parameter ? and on the convex function relationship between the fuel setting ? and the combustion engine parameter ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Johan Ikonen
  • Patent number: 11073845
    Abstract: Mass flow controllers and methods for correcting flow inconsistencies associated with parasitic flow of a fluid in mass flow controllers are disclosed. A method includes obtaining a pressure measurement signal of the fluid generated by a pressure sensor and receiving a flow sensor signal of the fluid generated by a flow sensor. An estimated parasitic flow signal is generated using the pressure measurement signal, and the flow sensor signal is accelerated to produce an accelerated flow sensor signal with a bandwidth that is comparable to that of the estimated parasitic flow signal. A corrected flow signal is generated using the accelerated flow sensor signal and the estimated parasitic flow signal to control the mass flow controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alexei V. Smirnov
  • Patent number: 11067144
    Abstract: A hydraulic apparatus comprising a casing (1) having arranged therein a hydraulic machine (2), a shaft (4) mounted to rotate relative to the casing (1) by means of a bearing (5), a braking system (3) having a plurality of brake disks (31, 34) configured to prevent the shaft (4) rotating relative to the casing (1) in selective manner, and a control system (6, 7) for controlling said braking disks (31, 34), the hydraulic system including an irrigation system adapted to cool said brake disks (31, 34) by means of a fluid, the irrigation system including a fluid inlet (81) and a fluid outlet (82), the hydraulic system being characterized in that the fluid inlet and outlet (81, 82) of the irrigation system define a fluid flow within the casing in which the braking system (3) is downstream from the hydraulic machine (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: POCLAIN HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Julien Engrand, Jean-Philippe Raisin, Stéphane Vidal, Aurélien Ulmer, Dominique Costaz
  • Patent number: 11029042
    Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for a heat pump use apparatus, the indoor unit being a part of the heat pump use apparatus including a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate refrigerant, a heat medium circuit configured to allow a heat medium to flow through the heat medium circuit, and a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat medium. The indoor unit is connectable to an outdoor unit accommodating the refrigerant circuit and the heat exchanger. The indoor unit accommodates a part of the heat medium circuit. The indoor unit includes a pressure protection device connected to the heat medium circuit, and an on-off device provided to be interposed between the heat medium circuit and the pressure protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Taro Hattori, Hirokazu Minamisako, Kazutaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10955091
    Abstract: A tank valve for installation on a compressed gas container has a base body having a shared gas connection for refueling/extraction which is divided inside the base body into a refueling line and an extraction line as part of an extraction path, and has an extraction valve in the extraction line. The tank valve has a check valve disposed in the extraction path in series with the extraction valve, blocking the flow against the flow direction when gas is extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Simone Albert, Fabian Gall, Philipp Hausmann
  • Patent number: 10890475
    Abstract: The present invention intends to more accurately diagnose a function of a flow rate sensor regardless of a variation in measurement ambient condition. The present invention includes: a flow rate sensor for measuring the flow rate of fluid; a correction part adapted to measure an output value of the flow rate sensor or a value related to the output value (hereinafter collectively referred to as an “output-related value”), relates the measured output-related value and a corresponding measurement ambient condition to each other, and in accordance with the measurement ambient condition in measurement data, correct the output-related value or a reference value that is predetermined in order to determine whether the output-related value is normal; and a diagnostic part adapted to compare the output-related value and the reference value on the basis of a correction result by the correction part and correct the function of the flow rate sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Shakudo, Kentaro Nagai, Kazuhiro Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10817006
    Abstract: The mixing unit for a mixer tap has a generally cylindrical shape defining a main axis and comprising a first intake of a first incoming stream of fluid having a first temperature, a second intake of a second incoming stream of fluid having a second temperature greater than the first temperature, an outlet for an outgoing stream, means for mixing the first and second incoming streams to form the outgoing stream, and thermostatic means which comprise a portion that is mobile in translation along a shutter axis. According to the invention, a plane that is orthogonal to the main axis and the shutter axis intersect, wherein the shutter axis is inclined with respect to this orthogonal plane, and passes through it so that the mixing unit, while being easy to manufacture, has sufficient compactness to accommodate most existing mixer taps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: VERNET
    Inventor: Pierre-Olivier Fassolette
  • Patent number: 10815817
    Abstract: A turbine section according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a component including a coating on a substrate, and at least one sensor positioned a distance from the component, the at least one sensor configured to detect radiation emitted from at least one localized region of the coating at a first wavelength and configured to detect radiation emitted from the substrate corresponding to the at least one localized region at a second, different wavelength. The first wavelength and the second wavelength are utilized to determine a heat flux relating to the at least one localized region. A method of measuring a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shayan Ahmadian, Charles W. Haldeman, Mark F. Zelesky, Christopher T. Bergman, Sebastian Martinez
  • Patent number: 10795385
    Abstract: The mixing unit for a mixer tap has a generally cylindrical shape defining a main axis and comprises a cartridge comprising a mixing chamber traversed by the main axis, wherein the mixing chamber comprises intakes of the incoming stream and an outlet for an outgoing stream. The mixing unit comprises means for mixing the incoming steams to form the outgoing stream contained in the mixing chamber, and an additional casing extending out of the mixing chamber. According to the invention, the mixing unit comprises a single-piece common part which delimits the mixing chamber, while forming at least a portion of the additional casing. The common part forms a separation wall between the cartridge and the additional casing, extending in a plane that is orthogonal to the main axis, wherein the intakes and the outlet are formed through the separation wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: VERNET
    Inventor: Pierre-Olivier Fassolette
  • Patent number: 10730313
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid chamber that communicates with a nozzle, a communication flow path that communicates with the liquid chamber and that has a first opening into which a liquid flows, a discharge flow path that discharges the liquid and that has a second opening into which the liquid flows, a supply flow path capable of supplying the liquid to the communication flow path and the discharge flow path, and a first slide portion disposed between the supply flow path and the communication flow path and having a first through hole that enables the supply flow path to communicate with the communication flow path. The first slide portion, by sliding along the opening surface of the first opening, changes the position of the first through hole with respect to the communication flow path and changes the flow path resistance of the communication flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keigo Sugai
  • Patent number: 10697350
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a cooling circuit of a motor vehicle may include a thermostat housing part, a connector, a connector sleeve and an expansion element including a hearing resistor. The connector and the expansion element may each be insertable into the connector sleeve via a sealed and mechanically plugged-in connection. The connector and the expansion element together with the connector sleeve may define an assembly. The assembly may be insertable into the thermostat housing part via another sealed and mechanically plugged-in connection. The connector and the heating resistor may define an electrically conductive connection when the connector and the expansion element are inserted into the connector sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Joerg Looser, Bert Hiller, Tim Speer
  • Patent number: 10670308
    Abstract: An adsorption refrigeration device includes a first chamber with an adsorber/desorber material and a second chamber with an evaporator/condenser device. The first and second chambers are in fluid connection via a pipeline. The fluid connection between the chambers is blocked in a first functional position and opened in a second functional position via a valve device that is arranged in the pipeline. The valve device has a valve element with a variable diameter. The valve element has two functional positions. In the first functional position, the valve element has a first diameter by which it fills an internal cross section of the pipeline with tight contact with an inner wall of the pipeline. In the second functional position, the valve element has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter such that a gap is opened between the inner wall of the pipeline and the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Eichendorf, Thomas Demmer, Ulrich Kappenstein, Ralf Diekmann
  • Patent number: 10663983
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for regulated provision of a fluid relies upon a pilot control unit. The pilot control unit includes at least one electrically controlled pilot control valve and one regulating unit coupled to the pilot control unit. The regulating unit is designed for the adaptive, parameter-based regulation of the at least one pilot control valve. The regulation is based on a combined parameter which describes an opening point of the at least one pilot control valve. A determination of the combined parameter is made based on a static component and a dynamic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Asco Numatics GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Paulig, Harald Steinle, Felix Ams
  • Patent number: 10655619
    Abstract: A stay of a liquid can be suppressed. A pump 100 includes a tube 102, having elasticity, in which a liquid as a target to be delivered flows; a tube housing 104 which covers an outside of the tube 102 and keeps a gas in an inner space V between an outer surface of the tube 102 and the tube housing 104; and an electropneumatic regulator RE configured to supply the gas into the inner space V and discharge the gas from the inner space V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sasa, Daisuke Ishimaru, Takahiro Okubo, Tomoyuki Yumoto, Tomohiko Muta
  • Patent number: 10642291
    Abstract: A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LTD
    Inventors: Sean L. Cameron, David Russell Scott, Stuart Anthony Astley, Nigel Philip Clark, Patrick James Jones
  • Patent number: 10590635
    Abstract: A mixing unit for a mixer tap has a first intake for a first incoming stream, and a second intake for a second incoming stream. The mixing unit mixes the first and second incoming streams in order to form an output stream, and has an outlet for the output stream. A thermostat includes a heat-sensitive portion and a translationally movable portion along an axis. A seal of the second intake is connected to the movable portion. A recess connects the outlet with the second intake and housing and is sealed by the heat-sensitive portion and the translationally movable portion. The outlet has an abutment to restrain the translational movement of the heat-sensitive portion along the axis, in a direction parallel to the axis and opposite to the seal. The abutment limits the movement of the heat-sensitive portion and the translationally movable portion outside of the recess to avoid breaking the tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VERNET
    Inventors: Pierre-Olivier Fassolette, Thierry Maraux
  • Patent number: 10550867
    Abstract: A ram air turbine (RAT) actuator includes a housing and a piston in operable communication with the housing and at least one damping orifice in operable communication with the housing and the piston, a flow area of the at least one damping orifice being alterable to adjust damping of movement between the piston and the housing in response to changes in viscosity of a fluid related to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kuehn, Stephen Michael Bortoli
  • Patent number: 10481620
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve body, an inlet in the valve body in fluid communication with the gas and an outlet in the valve body, and a rupture disc in fluid communication with and between the inlet and the outlet that prevents fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. The valve also includes a piston that is urged by a gas from the gas source to rupture the rupture disc to allow fluid communication between the gas source and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Poly Puthur John, Ashish Kumar Agarwal
  • Patent number: 10401202
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the flow of a gas, containing a controllable valve, wherein the position of the valve and the gas pressure upstream of the valve are measured and used in conjunction with a first lookup table to determine the flow rate of the gas through the valve; and a flow restrictor upstream of the controllable valve, wherein the temperature of the flow restrictor and the gas pressure upstream and downstream of the flow restrictor are measured and used in conjunction with a second lookup table to determine the flow rate of the gas through the flow restrictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PIVOTAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph R. Monkowski, James Franklin, Jiuyi Cheng, Tao Ding, Andrey Shmakov, Travis Owens
  • Patent number: 10384786
    Abstract: A valve includes an inlet, an outlet, and a biasing element. The biasing element includes a first spring element, a second spring element, and a valve element. The second spring element includes at least one bimetallic disk including a first and second material. The first material includes a first coefficient of linear thermal expansion, and the second material includes a second coefficient of linear thermal expansion different than the first coefficient of linear thermal expansion. The valve element disposed on an end of the first spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Greenberg, Zhijun David Zheng, Robert Goodman
  • Patent number: 10337343
    Abstract: A system according to various embodiments includes: a cooling network within a turbine component, the cooling network including at least one passageway fluidly connected with a surface of the turbine component; a cooling fluid source for providing a cooling fluid to the cooling network; and a temperature-actuated flow modulating device fluidly connected with the cooling fluid source and the cooling network, the temperature-actuated flow modulating device configured to: detect an ambient air temperature proximate the turbine component; and control a flow of the cooling fluid to the cooling network based upon the detected ambient air temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Carlos Miguel Miranda, Benjamin Paul Lacy, Slawomir Rubinsztajn
  • Patent number: 10330109
    Abstract: An axial pump operated in a standing manner has an inner housing part (2), in which a shaft (10) carrying a propeller wheel (4) is mounted. An outer housing part (1) is provided, wherein a flow path (3) for the fluid delivered by the propeller wheel (4) is formed between the inner and outer housing part. The inner housing part (2) is designed for receiving a fluid buffer for at least one seal (15) and includes an opening (19, 20) for the supply and drainage of the buffer. A recess (24, 25) is provided in the outer housing part (1), via which recess the opening (19, 20) is accessible from the outside. A valve (23) is provided in or on the inner housing part (2), with which valve the conduit leading through the opening (19) can be blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventor: Allan Jessen
  • Patent number: 10329133
    Abstract: Automatic dispenser for preparing and dispensing a liquid food mixture includes a food concentrate tank, a pipeline with a first conduit having a food liquid inlet and a first food liquid outlet, a second conduct having a food concentrate inlet in fluid communication with the food concentrate tank, and a food concentrate outlet. A flow rate stabilizer is arranged along the first conduit. A self-priming mixing pump has an inlet in fluid communication with the first food liquid outlet of the first conduit and with the food concentrate outlet of the second conduct (5). The dispenser has a liquid food mixture outlet. The self-priming mixing pump is configured to suction the food concentrate from the food concentrate tank, creating a depression inside the self-priming mixing pump so as to mix therein the food concentrate and the food liquid, obtaining a liquid food mixture. The liquid food mixture has a pressurized outflow from the liquid food mixture outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ZERICA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Zerilli
  • Patent number: 10280999
    Abstract: A damper assembly includes a cylinder (10) having a piston assembly (14) mounted for reciprocal movement therein. The piston assembly (14) divides the cylinder (10) into separate chambers with a restricted flow path therebetween for passage of damping fluid contained within the cylinder. The restricted flow path is defined between elements whose shape and/or relative position is designed to vary with temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Titus d.o.o. Dekani
    Inventors: Valter Svara, Danijel Kozlovic, David Pecar
  • Patent number: 10234016
    Abstract: A heat exchanging device includes: a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between first operating oil used in an engine and second operating oil used in a fluid transmitting device and an automatic transmission; and a heat exchanging amount decreasing unit configured to, when a temperature of the second operating oil is lower than a predetermined temperature at which it is allowed to engage a lock-up mechanism, decrease a flow amount of at least one of the first and second operating oil flowing in the heat exchanger as compared to a case in which the temperature of the second operating oil is not lower than the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Shiina, Daisuke Tokozakura, Kazuya Arakawa
  • Patent number: 10006552
    Abstract: A valve for saving water and energy in a shower uses a wax motor as an actuator. Below the activation temperature of the wax motor, the valve is open and the shower water flows. When the water reaches the activation temperature, the piston of the wax motor extends and turns off the water in the shower. The person taking the shower then can restore flow by turning a handle. The shower can then be turned off and on at will by turning the handle manually. When the valves cools down, it resets automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Edward Herbert
  • Patent number: 10001060
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine valve assembly having an oil shut-off valve and a compensating valve fluidly connected thereto. The compensating valve, in a first position, restricts access to a pressure-reducing oil flow path leading to an oil reservoir, and in a second position, provides access to the pressure-reducing oil flow path. The pressure-reducing oil flow path is defined by fluid flow between housing apertures, a laminar hole and an orifice. The valve assembly is operable between a first configuration, wherein the oil shut-off valve is in a fluid transfer position and a piston of the compensating valve is in a closed position to direct oil toward the engine component, and a second configuration, wherein the oil shut-off valve is in the shut-off position and the piston is in a open position to direct oil toward the oil reservoir via the pressure-reducing oil flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Charles Faubert, Johnny Vinski, Valeri Soukhostavets
  • Patent number: 9989394
    Abstract: A shut off valve featuring a flow conduit with a fluid inflow end and a fluid outflow end, at least one electrically actuated flow control element coupled to the conduit with a blocking state and a flow state, control circuits coupled to the element and a local power source coupled at least to the control circuits. Wherein, in response to a received signal from a displaced source, the control circuits switch the element from the flow state to the blocking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: METROPOLITAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: John R. Kochan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9989974
    Abstract: An apparatus of mass flow controlling for use in an integrated gas delivery system, comprising an input terminal, a sensor unit, an electromagnetic valve, and a control unit. The control unit comprises an A/D converter, a microprocessor, and a valve control circuit. The A/D converter converts a flow rate setting signal inputted by the input terminal into a first digital signal, and converts a flow rate detection signal outputted by the sensor unit into a second digital signal. The microprocessor further comprises a control module and a calculation module. The valve control circuit opens the electromagnetic valve according to the first control signal only, and further regulates an openness of the electromagnetic valve according to the first control signal and the second control signal. It is concluded that response time of the mass flow control apparatus of the present invention is shorten, and control quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING SEVENSTAR FLOW CO., LTD
    Inventors: Changhua Mou, Nelson Urdaneta, Maolin Wang, Qianyi Su, Di Zhao
  • Patent number: 9977436
    Abstract: There is provided a flow rate adjustment apparatus in which a flow rate measurement mechanism includes: a thermal flowmeter; and a lower casing, a flow rate adjustment mechanism includes: an electric drive mechanism that moves a valve body part; a control board; a valve main body in which a valve chamber, a second flow passage that communicates with a valve hole, and a third flow passage that is connected to an external flow passage have been formed; and an upper casing that houses the electric drive mechanism and the control board thereinside, the flow rate adjustment mechanism is attached to the flow rate measurement mechanism in a state where a clearance communicating with an outside is provided between the lower casing and the valve main body, and in which the thermal flowmeter has a coupling part that couples the second flow passage to a first flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9957933
    Abstract: A boost switching device (115) for generating a boosted high voltage (Vh) includes a slew rate selection circuit (115s), decreases a selection value (k) to suppress noises when the temperature of the boost switching device (115) is low, and increases the selection value (k) to suppress a temperature increase when the temperature thereof is high. An internal average temperature of an in-vehicle engine control apparatus (100) is detected by an environmental temperature detection device (139), reference data (400) provided in a calculation control circuit unit (130) is used to calculate a relationship between a permissible engine rotational speed (Nk) at which the split injection can be continued at a current measured environmental temperature (Tx) and the selection value (k), and an appropriate selection value (k) corresponding to a current engine rotational speed (Ne) is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Harada, Mitsunori Nishida, Osamu Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 9927036
    Abstract: A valve assembly having a seat, a valve body, and a seal. The valve body has an outer circumferential surface defined by an upper planar surface, a lower planar surface, and a groove disposed between the upper planar surface and the lower planar surface. The seal is coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the valve body. The valve body and the seal are movable into engagement with the seat to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventor: Mark C. Dille
  • Patent number: 9915959
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a diesel fuel system includes a valve housing and a valve element movable within the housing between a position directing heated diesel fuel returning from an engine to the inlet of a fuel pump and a position dumping the fuel into a reservoir where the fuel mixes with lower temperature fuel. A temperature responsive thermostatic element moves the valve element in response to the temperature of the diesel fuel. A temperature relief valve is provided in the housing to dump the returning fuel into the reservoir if the temperature reaches a temperature indicating overheating of the fuel. The temperature relief valve is a bi-metal valve mounted in an end wall of the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: William L Villaire, Jeffrey J Milton, Gordon G Rinke, Kristen M Demare
  • Patent number: 9909572
    Abstract: A drive device includes: a base member having, on a surface, an operation base part made up of one or more operation recesses; and a movable member disposed to be opposed to the base member and having, on the opposing surface, operation projections to be inserted into the operation recesses. A shape memory alloy member is interposed between the base member and the movable member, and the movable member is moved so as to be separated away from the base member in response to the contraction of the shape memory alloy member when energized. The drive device includes a spring which is supported by the base member and bias the movable member so as to be separated away from the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhito Fujii, Takeshi Matsuda, Yoshinori Watanabe, Yuki Akita
  • Patent number: 9904298
    Abstract: The invention discloses a metering valve for metering a metering material, having a valve chamber comprising an outlet aperture, a closure element arranged in or on to the valve chamber, a valve chamber casing and an actuator assembly realized to move at least the outlet aperture, preferably the valve chamber, relative to the valve chamber casing in an ejection direction and/or a retraction direction during operation such that, in at least one movement mode, metering material is expelled by the closure element through the outlet aperture by a movement of the outlet aperture in the ejection direction. The invention further discloses a metering method which can be performed by means of such a metering valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: VERMES MICRODISPENSING GMBH
    Inventors: Mario Fliess, Juergen Staedtler
  • Patent number: 9903497
    Abstract: A first thermal shield constituted by a material with a thermal conductivity of 20 W/(m·K) or less and a second thermal shield constituted by a space are disposed between a passage and a laminated piezoelectric actuator. Preferably, a third thermal shield with a thermal conductivity of 20 W/(m·K) or less is further disposed. Thereby, a flow control valve which can effectively intercept a transmission of heat using a simpler and compacter structure than a flow control valve according to a conventional technology so that the temperature of a laminated piezoelectric actuator does not exceed its heat-resistant temperature even when it is used for high-temperature process gas is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ishii, Ryu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9845695
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly includes a second module interconnected with a first module along a joint such that a surface of a second radial wall faces a surface of a first radial wall, with a cavity defined in part by the first and second radial walls. A seal assembly includes a finger seal, and a seal support ring having a backing ring portion and a flow discourager arm. The backing ring is secured to one of the first radial wall and the second radial wall, and the flow discourager arm extends axially through the cavity into a recess formed in the other of the first and second radial walls. The finger seal includes a free end contacting an inner side of the flow discourager arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Budnick, Conway Chuong
  • Patent number: 9790904
    Abstract: A diesel fuel recirculation device may include a fuel tank configured to store and supply diesel fuel, a main filter connected to the fuel tank and filter diesel fuel to supply the filtered diesel fuel to an engine, and a recirculation member provided in the main filter and be resupplied with high temperature fuel from the engine to supply the resupplied high temperature fuel to the fuel tank or the main filter, such that marketability and usage convenience may be improved by increasing a temperature of the fuel using the high temperature fuel resupplied from the engine to shorten a starting time under low temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Yeon Seo Park
  • Patent number: 9739655
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a self-validating mass flow controller or mass flow meter. For example, in one embodiment, a self-validating mass flow controller is disclosed that does not require any software modification to a tool/tool controller in which the mass flow controller is being utilized. In other embodiments, a self-validating mass flow controller is disclosed that does not require any hardware or mechanical changes to an existing mass flow controller. Still, the disclosed embodiments further include a self-validating mass flow controller that is configured to determine valve leak and sensor offset simultaneously for performing real time in-situ correction of a mass flow controller's output for zero offset or zero drift in the presence of valve leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Berwin Banares, Bill Valentine, John Lull, Anthony Kehoe, Chris Ellec
  • Patent number: 9739202
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel nozzle has a fuel nozzle tip with an outer tip housing. The tip housing has a recess formed at an inner surface of the tip housing. A shim is disposed within the recess and a surface of the shim contacts a diaphragm of the fuel nozzle tip. A thermal adjustment member is disposed within the recess against the shim. The tip housing, diaphragm and shim are formed of a base material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (?1) and the thermal adjustment member is formed of a different material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (?2) higher than the coefficient of thermal expansion (?1) of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel K. Vetters
  • Patent number: 9689287
    Abstract: Bypass valve for a lubrication circuit of an internal combustion engine equipped with a cooler of a respective lubricating fluid, the valve comprising a tubular body, a first outlet opening, a second outlet opening and a movable shutter slidingly associated to the tubular body so as to define a slide valve, wherein the valve comprises a bypass duct having development parallel to said development axis and partially penetrating in the tubular body to bypass said shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Dario Lauria
  • Patent number: 9618943
    Abstract: At a time when control of a flow rate adjusting valve is initiated from a fully closed state in order to make a measured flow rate equal to a target flow rate, an initial value of a driving signal is set as a parameter by making use of at least one of the type, pressure, and temperature of a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Tanaka, Akito Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9618132
    Abstract: A variable flow orifice for a hydraulic control system in a transmission includes a shape memory alloy that selectively increases and decreases the size of an orifice. The deformation of the shape memory alloy, and therefore the size of the orifice, is a function of the temperature of the transmission. During cold conditions the orifice size is increased and during normal operating conditions the size of the orifice is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Zhe Xie, Vijay A. Neelakantan, Robert L. Moses, John E. Marano
  • Patent number: 9603193
    Abstract: There is provided a thermostatic working element comprising: a housing for receiving an expansion medium; an electric heating element arranged in the housing and provided with connecting lines, wherein a base of a bottom side of the housing comprises an opening for passage therethrough of the connecting lines; and a gasket disposed between the electric heating element and the base of the bottom side of the housing, essentially surrounding the opening, wherein the housing further comprises a recess located in proximity to the electric heating element, configured to press the electric heating element and the gasket against the base of the bottom side of the housing and thereby sealing of the housing is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: M.A.P. MOTORAD AUTOMOTIVE PARTS LTD.
    Inventors: Shai Brenner, Eli Elkayam
  • Patent number: 9541211
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve includes a housing and a thermostatic actuating element, and the thermostatic actuating element includes a main body in which a thermosensitive substance is provided. The housing has an open end which is closed by a cap assembly. The thermostatic valve includes a first elastic element and a second elastic element, wherein the first elastic element is provided at a side of the cap assembly, and has one end abutting against the cap assembly, and another end directly abutting against or indirectly abutting against the piston at least during a moving process; the second elastic element is provided at a side of the third port, and has one end abutting against an inner wall or a bottom wall of the cavity of the housing, and another end abutting against the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoming Qiu, Bin Yin, Jianmin Zhang, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 9512932
    Abstract: A actuating device includes a fixed portion forming a frame including an inlet intended to receive a fluid, a main outlet and a sampling outlet and a return device for exerting a mechanical force on a movable portion; a movable portion including a shutter moving between an open position and a closed position; a thermostatic device including a conical turning disc, the turning of the disc above a known critical temperature driving the shutter to the closed position of same; a control device allowing a holding force for holding the shutter to be generated, the control device being able to be controlled in such a way that below the critical temperature, the opening or the closing of the valve results from the balance between the holding force and the mechanical force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Huguette De Wergifosse, Eric De Wergifosse