Integral Resilient Member Forms Plural Valves Patents (Class 137/512.15)
  • Patent number: 11938352
    Abstract: A filtering mask assembly includes a housing including a fan and an outlet valve. A filter is releasably mounted onto the housing and is adapted to substantially follow a shape and contour of the housing to seal the housing. A face seal is interposed between the wearer's face and the housing to provide a resilient conformity to the wearer's face when the mask assembly is worn. The mask assembly defines an inner space between the mouth and nose of the wearer and an inner side of the mask assembly, and an intermediate space between the housing and the filter and an outer space separated from the inner space by an outer side of the mask assembly. The fan is positioned on a downstream side of the filter to draw air through the filter. The mask assembly prevents the breathing of any air which has not passed through the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Suzaleja B.V.
    Inventors: Adel Arigue, José Tavares
  • Patent number: 11554471
    Abstract: An exhaust valve comprising an elastomeric flap portion (e.g. of silicone) covering one or more exhaust ports in a normally closed position for a combustion driven fastener hand tool is disclosed. The elastomeric flap portion is much shorter than a comparable steel reed valve, allowing it to be disposed in small spaces. A single flat piece of elastomeric material can be configured held fixed to a housing surface along a line between one or more pairs of ports such that a flap portion of the material extends to each side of the line and covers one of the pairs of ports. The flat piece can be conveniently held in position against the housing surface by a rib or standoff on the interior surface of an exterior housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Power Tech Staple and Nail, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Wong, Shih-Yi Chen, Chin-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11346259
    Abstract: A device for controlling a camshaft phaser includes a hydraulic element with a body, a slide assembly having a slide body, and a valve assembly with a first valve, a second valve, and a third valve. The device also includes an actuator which moves along a longitudinal axis between 1) a first position in which the first valve opens or closes a first fluid communication, 2) a second position in which the second valve and the tray open or close a second fluid communication, and 3) a third position in which the third valve and the slide body open or close a third fluid communication between a retard port and a retard chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Delphi Automotive Systems Luxembourg SA
    Inventors: Lucas Giambrone, Sebastien Stoltz-Douchet, Rodrigue Berhin
  • Patent number: 11345248
    Abstract: A charging inlet for an electric vehicle (EV) includes a body defining a socket housing a conductive charging terminal, and a flange extending from the body and defining an interior channel in fluid communication with the socket. A valve assembly of the inlet includes a cap or adapter body removably attachable to the flange. The cap defines an interior space in communication with the interior channel of the flange with the cap attached to the flange. The valve assembly further includes at least one sealing valve, such as an umbrella valve, attached to an exterior of the cap and adapted to permit the passage of fluid from the interior space of the cap to an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Bryan Hitchcock, Aaron James de Chazal
  • Patent number: 11268879
    Abstract: A wind tunnel device may include a waste disposal unit configured to collect fluid from a droplet extractor positioned in a wind tunnel. The waste disposal unit may include a drain line and a liquid trap integrated in the drain line. The liquid trap may be adjustable during operation of the wind tunnel to accommodate different tunnel operating conditions (e.g., wind speeds) such that liquid waste does not backflow into the wind tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WinField Solutions LLC
    Inventors: William Hambleton, Daniel C. Bissell
  • Patent number: 11221084
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a self-sealing valve for an inflatable body such as a toy balloon is disclosed. The method comprises immersing a mold in an immersion bath of an elastomeric material in liquid form and heating the mold in a heating device until a hollow tube element of an elastomeric material with a proximal end, a distal end, a cylindrical portion at the proximal end, a flat portion at the distal end having two flat sides, and a transition portion between the cylindrical portion and the flat portion is formed. The cylindrical portion is open at the proximal end and the flat portion is closed at the distal end with an opening on at least one of its flat sides. The valve is inserted in an inflatable body with the flat and transition portions of the hollow tube element located inside the inflatable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: Jose Luis Rueda Calvet
  • Patent number: 11193601
    Abstract: Check valve assemblies for fluid flow sets and devices are provided. The check valve assembly includes a housing having an inlet body and an outlet body. The inlet body includes a fluid inlet, a first seal bead having a first height, a second seal bead having a second height and a central channel. The outlet body includes a fluid outlet and a stem having a centering post, the centering post received by the central channel of the inlet body. A seal has an inner ring with a first thickness and an outer ring with a second thickness less than the first thickness. The inner ring is engaged with the first seal bead and the outer ring is engaged with the second seal bead in a fully sealed position of the check valve assembly. Fluid flow sets and methods for manufacturing check valve assemblies are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Feith, Eugene Mason, Shervin Maleki
  • Patent number: 11156263
    Abstract: A hydraulic mount apparatus includes a housing having an upper and a lower portion disposed on a center axis and defining a housing chamber. A partition member is disposed in the housing chamber dividing the housing chamber into a pumping chamber and a receiving chamber. The pumping chamber extends between the upper portion and the partition member. The receiving chamber extends between the lower portion and the partition member. A decoupler attaches to the partition member separating the pumping and the receiving chambers. A moving member of elastomeric material, disposed in the pumping chamber, attaches to the decoupler. The moving member is molded from a first elastomeric material having a first hardness level and a second elastomeric material having a second hardness level with the first hardness level and the second hardness level being different from one another. The second hardness level is less than the first hardness level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJINGWEST INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: James William Zehnder, II, Timothy Allen Haerr
  • Patent number: 11129928
    Abstract: An assembly is disclosed for collecting fluid during a medical or a surgical operation. The assembly can include a canister having an openable lid and a collection liner. The collection liner can include a closed bag portion and an inlet for a collection container. The inlet has a first end and a second end, which opens into the bag portion. The bag portion is placed inside the canister. The first end of the inlet for a collection container extends from between the edge of the canister and the edge of the lid to the outside of the canister when the lid is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SERRES OY
    Inventors: Rami-Matti Korkeamäki, Jarmo Mäkiranta, Kimmo Frondelius
  • Patent number: 11111909
    Abstract: A liquid foam delivery device includes a pump proper, a linear transmission mechanism, a unidirectional input/output gas mechanism and a unidirectional input/output liquid mechanism. The pump proper has a rotating shaft. The linear transmission mechanism converts rotational motion output by the rotating shaft into linear reciprocating motion perpendicular to the rotating shaft. The unidirectional input/output gas mechanism admits gas into a gas inlet and discharge gas from a gas outlet in a direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft through the linear reciprocating motion of the linear transmission mechanism. The unidirectional input/output liquid mechanism delivers liquid admitted through a liquid inlet to a liquid outlet through the rotational motion output by the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FANER AROMA PRODUCT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsu-Hui Chang
  • Patent number: 11092045
    Abstract: A control valve for a cam phaser of an internal combustion engine, the control valve including a cylindrical housing, including a first operating connection, a second operating connection, a supply connection, and a tank drain connection configured to drain a hydraulic fluid; a control piston device, including a control piston, a supply tube, a first check valve and a second check valve enabling cam torque recirculation, wherein the control piston device is arranged in the housing and axially movable by an actuator, wherein the first check valve is configured with a first disc portion and a second disc portion and the second check valve is configured with a third disc portion and a fourth disc portion and the first check valves and the second check valve are arranged offset from each other by a compression coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Kenneth Parker, Dave Fiddes, Mustafa Mohammed, Kevin Phillips, Daniel Stanhope
  • Patent number: 11008903
    Abstract: A retard supply check valve is installed in a retard supply passage and is located on a side of a hydraulic oil controller where a hydraulic oil supply source is placed. The retard supply check valve enables only a flow of hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil supply source toward a retard chamber. An advance supply check valve is installed in an advance supply passage and is located on the side of the hydraulic oil controller where the hydraulic oil supply source is placed. The advance supply check valve enables only a flow of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil supply source toward an advance chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuro Mitsutani
  • Patent number: 10858967
    Abstract: When a supply check valve is opened, the supply check valve enables a flow of oil from an oil supply source toward a pressure accumulation space. When the supply check valve is closed, the supply check valve limits a flow of the oil from the pressure accumulation space toward the oil supply source. When a recycle check valve is opened, the recycle check valve enables a flow of the oil from a retard chamber or an advance chamber toward the pressure accumulation space. When the recycle check valve is closed, the recycle check valve limits a flow of the oil from the pressure accumulation space toward the retard chamber or the advance chamber. A characteristic of the supply check valve with respect to valve opening of the supply check valve is different from a characteristic of the recycle check valve with respect to valve opening of the recycle check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Mitsutani, Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 10801637
    Abstract: A gas transportation device includes an inlet plate, a substrate, a resonance plate, an actuating plate, a piezoelectric component and an outlet plate stacked sequentially. The gas transportation device includes a valve disposed within at least one of the inlet of the inlet plate and the outlet of the outlet plate. A first chamber is formed between the resonance plate and the actuating plate, and a second chamber is formed between the actuating plate and the outlet plate. When the piezoelectric component drives the actuating plate, a pressure gradient is formed between the first and second chambers and the valve is opened. Accordingly, gas is inhaled into the convergence chamber via the inlet, transported into the first chamber through a central aperture of the resonance plate, transported into the second chamber through a vacant space of the actuating plate, and then discharged out from the outlet, so as to transport the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Chi-Feng Huang, Hsuan-Kai Chen, Chang-Yen Tsai, Yung-Lung Han
  • Patent number: 10697445
    Abstract: A valve closure for a piston compressor valve including: a valve seat having a plurality of passage openings, a shaft having an axis of rotation (D), and a rotatable closing element connected to the shaft for opening and closing the passage openings, the valve seat having a flat end face, to which the passage openings lead and a center (Z): the passage openings extending radially to the center (Z); and the closing element having a center point (M) and a plurality of closing arms extending radially to the center point (M). The shaft can be rotated about the axis of rotation and can be slid in the extension direction of the axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to the end face and through the center (Z); each closing arm having a sealing surface substantially complementary to the passage openings in accordance with the rotation of the closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BURCKHARDT COMPRESSION AG
    Inventor: Alexandre Voser
  • Patent number: 10683860
    Abstract: A piston compressor valve including a valve seat having a plurality of through openings including a closing element which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (D) for opening and closing the through openings and having an actuating drive for rotating the closing element, wherein the valve seat has an end face into which the through openings lead, wherein the closing element is movably connected to the actuating drive in the running direction of the axis of rotation (D), such that the closing element is both rotatable about the axis of rotation (D) and also movable in the running direction of the axis of rotation (D) relative to the end face, and having a sensor for detecting a condition variable (E) of the piston compressor valve, and having a control device which activates the actuating drive as a function of the condition variable (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BURCKHARDT COMPRESSION AG
    Inventor: Alexandre Voser
  • Patent number: 10663084
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve includes a housing including an air passage chamber defining an airflow passage and a membrane flap secured within the air passage chamber. The membrane flap covers the airflow passage in a closed position. A portion of the membrane flap is configured to move off the airflow passage into an open position. A flap motion dampener is proximate to the airflow passage. The flap motion dampener is configured to control motion of the membrane flap as the membrane flap seats over the airflow passage in order to dampen noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Raymond Markie, John Elmer Carey
  • Patent number: 10618226
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a body component (1) for a motor vehicle (2), said body component (1) being made of a main body (3), formed from a batt that is embedded in a plastics matrix, and comprising at least one air-removal device (4), in particular for removing air from an interior (5) of the motor vehicle (2). The air-removal device (4) comprises at least one ventilation opening (7) that can be reversibly sealed by means of at least one ventilation flap element (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: EuWe Eugen Wexler Holding GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Wolfgang Wexler
  • Patent number: 10605322
    Abstract: A hydraulic mount for a vehicle includes: a core bush coupled to a bolt; a main rubber formed on an outer surface of the core bush; an orifice portion coupled to a lower portion of the main rubber so as to divide an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber, the orifice portion including a lower plate and an upper plate; and a membrane mounted between the lower plate and the upper plate. A fluid path is formed on an upper surface portion of the lower plate, a lower inlet and outlet port is formed on a predetermined position of the fluid path, an upper inlet and outlet port communicating with the fluid path is formed on the upper plate, a concave groove portion and a fixing end are repeatedly and uniformly formed along a circumference of the upper plate so as to cover the fluid path on the lower plate and be coupled thereto, and the membrane is exposed through the concave groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Yong Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 10598169
    Abstract: A fluid transportation device includes a valve body, a valve membrane, a valve chamber seat, an actuator and an outer sleeve. The valve body includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve chamber seat includes an inlet valve channel, an outlet valve channel and a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is in communication with the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve body and the valve chamber seat. The valve membrane includes two valve plates. The inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel are closed by the two valve plates. The pressure chamber is covered by the actuator. The outer sleeve has an accommodation space. A ring-shaped protrusion structure is formed on the inner wall of the outer sleeve. Moreover, plural engaging structures are discretely arranged on a periphery of the outer sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shou-Hung Chen, Shih-Chang Chen, Hung-Hsin Liao, Chi-Feng Huang, Chang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 10590826
    Abstract: There is provided a secondary air introduction device configured to introduce air into an exhaust port provided in a cylinder head of an engine by using a negative pressure in the exhaust port. A back-flow restriction member is provided between a reed valve and the exhaust port in an air introduction passage, and includes a plate part intersecting with an extension direction of the air introduction passage. The plate part has an air passing region in which the air flowing through the air introduction passage from an air intake unit toward the exhaust port is enabled to pass therethrough and a back-flow cutoff region in which exhaust air, which flows in a direction of directly colliding with at least a valve body of the reed valve, of exhaust air flowing back through the air introduction passage from the exhaust port is cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yoshikatsu Akita
  • Patent number: 10591085
    Abstract: A one-way valve is provided. The one-way valve includes a base having a first ring wall including a first aperture disposed therethrough. The base further includes a second ring wall coaxial with the first ring wall. The second ring wall includes a second aperture disposed therethrough and angularly offset from the first aperture. The base further includes a central arching surface. The one-way valve includes a diaphragm disposed on the central arching surface. The one-way valve further includes a cover secured to the base and defining an annular skirt region. The one-way valve further includes a seal disposed in the annular skirt region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Arnold Lammers, Ahthavan Raja Sureshkumar, Tyler James-Ray Kaldobsky, Robert Joseph Bartz, Douglas G Hughes
  • Patent number: 10532849
    Abstract: A refill bottle, such as a laundry refill bottle, is disclosed that can be used with a consumer refill station to reuse the bottle over and over. The refill bottle includes automatic flow control valves, that allow the bottle to be filled, handled, dispensed from, and refilled innumerable times without a cap. The elimination of a cap alleviates the manufacturer and consumer of the tasks of installing, loosening, tightening, removing, and reinstalling or replacing the cap. The refillable bottle uses flow control valves, specifically an automatic filling valve, an automatic pressure vent valve, a manual/automatic dispensing valve, and an automatic vacuum vent valve. The refill bottle enables liquid and air to be exchanged during filling, handling, dispensing, and refilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: C. H. &I. Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Levenstein, Eric A. Williams
  • Patent number: 10527031
    Abstract: An improved air compressor includes a cylinder fitted with a piston body, a main frame for mounting a motor, and an air storage container. The cylinder defines a plurality of exit holes regulated by a control mechanism including a resilient sheet having a root and a plurality branches corresponding to the exit holes. The root and branches of the resilient sheet are individually attached to a top wall of the cylinder at separate points, so that each of the branches can be individually moved by the compressed air produced in the cylinder to open or close the corresponding exit hole without affecting movements of the other branches, so that the piston body can conduct reciprocating motion more smoothly, and thus the performance of the air compressor can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Wen-San Chou
  • Patent number: 10519941
    Abstract: Provided is a flow control apparatus including a flow passage having a tube pump placed therein, a flow meter placed downstream of the tube pump in the flow direction, the flow meter measuring a flow rate of liquid passing the flow passage, and a flow controller controlling a liquid output of the tube pump so that the flow rate measured by the flow meter matches a target flow rate. The flow passage includes a straight tubular second flow passage that is flexible to be elastically deformed by the pressure of the liquid, the second flow passage being placed downstream of the tube pump in the flow direction, and a third flow passage at which a cross-sectional flow area of the flow passage in a plane orthogonal to the flow direction is smallest, the third flow passage being placed downstream of the second flow passage in the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10512737
    Abstract: An inhalation device (1) comprising a compressor (2), an aerosol generator (3) and a pressure relief valve (4), wherein the compressor (2) is configured to provide a compressed gas for the aerosol generator (3) and the pressure relief valve (4) is configured to limit a pressure in the inhalation device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: PARI GmbH Spezialisten für effektive Inhalation
    Inventor: Christian Seidl
  • Patent number: 10435078
    Abstract: A system for controlling airflow through a syphon tube associated with a vehicle cowl airbox disposed within an engine compartment associated with a vehicle may include a drain valve disposed on one of a first open end and a second open end associated with a hollow tubular portion of the syphon tube. The drain valve may include a connecting portion configured to be received by a portion of a first passageway defined by a divider extending between the first open end and the second open end. The drain valve may further include a flap attached to the connecting portion, the flap configured to, in response to the vehicle cowl airbox being drained through a second passageway defined by the divider, allow air to flow through the first passageway and, in response to a negative pressure within the vehicle cowl airbox, prevent air from being drawn into the syphon tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Greggs
  • Patent number: 10408512
    Abstract: A valve in receiver (VIR) for a climate control system includes a receiver drier shell having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an interior portion having an opening. A drier housing is disposed in the receiver drier shell and a molded desiccant is disposed internal to the drier housing. The molded desiccant is configured to form a restrictive fluid flow passage along an interior surface of the drier housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James Resutek, Jeffrey A Bozeman
  • Patent number: 10359036
    Abstract: A fluid transportation device includes a valve cover, a valve body, a valve membrane and a valve chamber seat. The valve cover has two openings. The valve body includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve body and the valve chamber seat, having two valve plates respectively close an inlet valve channel and an outlet valve channel of the valve chamber seat. The valve chamber seat forms a pressure chamber which is sealed and covered by an actuator. The valve cover is sleeved on the valve body and tightly fitted to the inner wall of an outer sleeve to assemble the device, in which a first gasket is disposed between the valve body and the valve membrane, and a second gasket is disposed between the valve membrane and the valve chamber, by which sealing effect is improved and backflow is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shou-Hung Chen, Shih-Chang Chen, Jia-Yu Liao, Mei-Yen Chen, Hsuan-Kai Chen, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10337629
    Abstract: A check valve with a a housing having an inlet connected to an outlet. A stop and a membrane are disposed in the housing. The membrane is movable and bendable to control fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet. The stop may be an elongated extension about which the membrane may bend along a line or a curve such that the extension lies between overlapping sections of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Eagle Actuator Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Michael Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10267307
    Abstract: An air pump is provided. An air pump includes an upper cover, a valve seat, a spacer, an air intake one-way valve and a piston assembly. The upper cover has an air outlet. The valve seat is disposed on a bottom of the upper cover. The spacer is disposed between the valve seat and the upper cover and has an air intake chamber and an air outtake chamber. The air intake chamber has an air intake passage communicated therewith, and the air outtake chamber having an air outtake passage communicated therewith. The spacer has a valve clack, so that air flows in a one-way direction from bottom to top. The air intake one-way valve is disposed and movable in the air intake passage so as to make the air flow in the one-way direction from top to bottom. The piston assembly is disposed under the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN KOGE MICRO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunlin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10246870
    Abstract: A construction venting strip to be placed at the interfaces between framing members that enclose a space. The strip acts as a conduit for the passage of air across it; prevents water from pooling on the surface of underlying framing members; seals penetrations passing through the strip and into the underlying framing members; acts as a thermal break; and may be used as a furring or shim strip. It is a linear strip of polymer with a side locating flange and a waterproof, self-sealing strip in its bottom face, The top face of the strip base has spaced pads extending therefrom with air passage channels there between. The air passage channels are configured for angular cut lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Philip J Busby
  • Patent number: 10247208
    Abstract: A speed controller capable of controlling an action speed of an external cylinder in one stroke in a step-wise manner. The speed controller includes a first flow path and a second flow path that allow a first port and a second port to be in communication with each other. The first flow path is provided with a first check valve for allowing flow from the first port to the second port. The second flow path is provided with a first needle valve, and an opening hole of the first check valve is constituted as a part of a flow path. The first needle valve adjusts the flow rate by changing an opening area of the opening hole with a tip portion fixed on a piston in the cylinder chamber. The speed controller further includes a third flow path allowing the first port and the cylinder chamber to be in communication with each other. The third flow path is provided with a second check valve for allowing flow from the first port to the cylinder chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: YUGEN KAISHA HAMA INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Tomio Hama
  • Patent number: 10221760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a check valve for a connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine including at least one hydraulic chamber, the check valve including a valve body with a fluid path that is openable and closable by at least one closure element, wherein the at least one closure element is provided as an annular band. The invention also relates to a connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine including a least one hydraulic chamber that is connectable by the at least one check valve with a bearing shell or a supply connection of the connecting rod or another hydraulic chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Bastian Eckrich, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10174851
    Abstract: A check structure of a control valve base is provided, including a valve body, two seat bodies and two check members. Each seat body is assembled to the valve body, each check member is received in the seat body, each check member includes a blocking portion which is flexible, the blocking portion has a base portion and a side portion, and the side portion is obliquely connected to the base portion. When a water flow flows forward, the blocking portion and the seat body have a gap therebetween for the water flow to pass therethrough; and when the water flow flows reversely, the blocking portion contact the seat body tightly to block the water flow from flowing reversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Tsai-Chen Yang
  • Patent number: 10146234
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve, which includes a main body portion, a cavity formed as part of a main body portion, and an inner wall integrally formed with the main body portion adjacent the cavity. A circumferential flange is integrally formed with the inner wall, such that the circumferential flange surrounds a valve cavity. A valve member is attached to the inner wall disposed in the valve cavity, and a flow aperture is formed as part of the inner wall. Fluid flows through the flow aperture into the valve cavity, and when the pressure in the valve cavity is above a predetermined value, the valve member contacts the inner wall, preventing fluid from flowing through the flow aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Powers, Erin Beemer, John Wattai
  • Patent number: 9901444
    Abstract: Prosthetic valve embodiments are described herein that include a frame and a valve member mounted within the frame. The valve members can have a plurality of leaflets that are affixed to one another along their inflow edges, with articulating edges projecting from the inflow edges in the outflow direction. In an open configuration, the articulating edges can be collapsed radially inward by the forward flow of blood through the prosthetic valve, thereby creating a plurality of discrete flow areas between the frame and the inflow edges of the leaflets. In a closed configuration, the leaflets can be pushed radially outward by the reverse flow of blood, thereby closing the plurality of discrete flow areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Inventors: Michael G. Valdez, Tram Ngoc Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9890864
    Abstract: A check valve comprises a valve body defining a valve opening and a pair of valve elements mounted so as to be movable from a closed position in which they close the valve opening to prevent fluid flow through the opening to an open position in which they permit fluid flow through the opening. The valve further comprises a one piece bridge element having first and second end portions mounted to the valve housing on opposite sides of the valve opening and an intermediate portion extending between the end portions. The intermediate portion acts as a stop for the valve elements in their open position. A shaft mounting the valve elements for pivotal movement between their open and closed positions, is supported in the end portions of the bridge element. Fasteners for attaching the bridge element to the valve housing overlap the ends of the valve shaft thereby retaining it in the bridge element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Zbigniew Minta
  • Patent number: 9855461
    Abstract: An oxygen trainer assembly for use in athletic activities to increase inspiratory muscular endurance includes a mouthpiece having a mouthpiece opening, a circulation chamber housing having a circulation chamber in fluid communication with the mouthpiece opening, a first endcap having a first endcap aperture, and a second endcap having a second endcap opening in fluid communication with the circulation chamber housing. The oxygen trainer assembly further includes a first endcap insert disposable in the first endcap operative to control the level of air resistance in the assembly during inhalation and exhalation and a one-way valve disposable in the second endcap sized and configured to allow the flow of air away from the circulation chamber during exhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BAS RUTTEN, LLC
    Inventor: Bas Rutten
  • Patent number: 9849754
    Abstract: An air extractor grill for a vehicle may include a housing fixedly mounted at a portion on the vehicle separating inside and outside spaces of the vehicle and provided with through holes having a plurality of grills, an outer cover coupled with one surface of an outside of the housing and having an opened inner space provided with a plurality of outer barrier ribs, and a plurality of valves including upper portions fitted between the housing and the outer cover to be closely disposed to the housing to seal the through holes when the outer cover is connected with the housing, the plurality of valves being operated to open the through holes while lower portions of the plurality of valves rotate toward the outer cover based on the fixed upper portions when air inside the vehicle needs to be discharged to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Byeong Moo Jang, Jun Mo Ku
  • Patent number: 9808746
    Abstract: A filter device has a filter element (37) in a filter housing having a connection unit (29) forming a fluid connection to the filter element (37). The connection unit (29) feeds fluid to be purified to the dirty side (41) of the filter element (37) and is a component of the element receiver mounting the filter element (37) in the functioning position. The connection unit (29) is a component of the filter housing. The valve arrangement (61; 67, 69) is movable such that by removing the filter element (37) from the filter housing, the valve arrangement (61; 67, 69) closes and by insertion of the filter element (37) into the filter housing, the valve arrangement (61; 67, 69) opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Ralf Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9808657
    Abstract: A directional valve includes a fixing lug (13), which is arranged eccentrically to a valve membrane (16) and is arranged at a valve housing (15). The dimensions of the fixing lug (13) are selected for fixing the valve membrane (16) relative to the sealing surface (2) of valve seat (1). The size of the eccentric offset (x) is in a range between 8% and 15% of the axis length (D) of the greatest longitudinal extension of valve membrane (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Michael Rosert, Dennis Leske, Harald Heyer, Thomas Pancur
  • Patent number: 9789300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve device comprising an elastic valve insert and a reception means for the valve insert. It further relates to a valve insert, an external functional means and a treatment apparatus, as well as a manufacturing method and methods in which the valve device of the invention may be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Lauer
  • Patent number: 9777857
    Abstract: A flow control valve includes a valve body, a control member and a cover. The valve body has a receiving space, a resting face, a stepped face, a positioning groove and a plurality of water outlet holes. The control member is provided with an elastic portion, a sealing portion and an abutting face. When a flow pressure of the fluid is under a normal condition, the elastic portion of the control member is contracted inward, so that the abutting face of the control member is disposed at an open state. When the flow pressure of the fluid is under an abnormal condition, the elastic portion is expanded outward and abuts the stepped face of the valve body, so that the abutting face of the control member abuts the resting face of the valve body, to seal the water outlet holes of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventors: Pao-Tang Chen, Hung-Shan Chen
  • Patent number: 9768593
    Abstract: Electrical enclosure including circuit breaker, exterior panels defining a volume, wall separating compartments defined in the volume, and cooling channel component. Cooling channel component includes first plate coupled to wall. First plate includes first end and a second opposite end coupled to wall, the first plate covering an opening defined in wall and having a first aperture defined therethrough, first aperture having a first shape and a first orientation. Cooling channel component also includes electrically conductive second plate coupled to first plate and having a first end coupled to first plate first end and a second opposite end coupled to first plate second end, the second plate having at least one second aperture defined therethrough, the second aperture having a second shape and a second orientation, where a hollow cavity is defined between the first and second plates, and where the first and second apertures are arranged in a non-overlapping configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Samir Rajauria, Ayyappa Reddy Jakkireddy, Guru Moorthy Kurra, Lenin Pokkula
  • Patent number: 9677677
    Abstract: The valve includes a body, a seat and a flexible membrane capable of being urged against the seat, while plugging passage ports of this seat. The passage ports have each an oblong shape and are arranged with their greatest dimensions oriented along radial directions of the seat. Applications: check valve or flow control valve for gaseous fluids, in particular in the automotive field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MGI COUTIER
    Inventor: Marco Martino Spanevello
  • Patent number: 9664302
    Abstract: A flow rate control device includes a needle valve mounted within a body section and is configured such that the needle valve is advanced and retracted within the body section by the rotation of a handle, thereby adjusting the flow rate of fluid flowing between a first port and a second port. The handle is surrounded by a cover to prevent a change in the adjusted flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9592857
    Abstract: A closing plug for an opening in a body structure of an automobile, wherein the closing plug closes the opening against a passage of fluid and/or gas up to a limit pressure which acts on the closing plug, and allows a passage of fluid and/or gas above the limit pressure, characterized in that the closing plug comprises a base body consisting of a first plastic material, which has a holding section with holding means for holding the closing plug in the opening and a plate-shaped head section provided on one end of the holding section with at least one opening and that the closing plug comprises a sealing body of a second plastic material molded onto the base body in a plastic injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Frank Eckstein
  • Patent number: 9587528
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve, in particular for a cam phaser of a cam shaft, the hydraulic valve including a supply connection with a check valve for supplying a hydraulic fluid; at least one first operating connection and a second operating connection; at least one first tank outlet and a second tank outlet for draining the hydraulic fluid; a piston that is moveable in a bore hole along a longitudinal direction of the bore hole for distributing the hydraulic fluid from the supply connection to the first operating connection and/or the second operating connection and for conducting the hydraulic fluid from the first operating connection to the second operating connection and from the first operating connection to the first tank outlet and/or from the second operating connection to the second tank outlet; and a sleeve that is arranged in the piston moveable relative to the piston in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hilite Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Kaufmann, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 9486884
    Abstract: An assembly for limiting excess flow includes a seat that provides a sealing surface and a diaphragm that is coupled to the seat. The diaphragm includes a seal portion and at least one leg extending between the seal portion and the seat. The seal portion is spaced apart from the sealing surface during normal flow conditions and is in engagement with the sealing surface when a predetermined flow condition is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Brasscraft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jesus R. Dominguez, Joseph P. Schutte, David C. Tisch, Ronald D. Green, Timothy D. Mulligan