With Pump Patents (Class 137/565.01)
  • Publication number: 20140060676
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure supply system may include a low-pressure hydraulic pump receiving the oil stored in the oil pan and generating the low hydraulic pressure, a low-pressure regulator valve controlling the low hydraulic pressure of the first low-pressure line, a reducing valve fluid-connected to the low-pressure regulator valve and supplying a hydraulic pressure to the low pressure portion, a high-pressure hydraulic pump increasing the low hydraulic pressure supplied from the low-pressure hydraulic pump, a switch valve disposed between the first low-pressure line and the high-pressure line, and selectively connecting the first low-pressure line and the high-pressure line, a high-pressure regulator valve controlling the increased hydraulic pressure supplied from the high-pressure hydraulic pump and the low hydraulic pressure selectively supplied from the low-pressure hydraulic pump through the switch valve, and supplying the stable high hydraulic pressure to the high pressure portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Taehwan WI, Jin Young Hwang, Se Hwan Jo
  • Publication number: 20140060677
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure supply system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may generate low hydraulic pressure and high hydraulic pressure using oil stored in an oil pan and may supply the low hydraulic pressure and the high hydraulic pressure respectively to a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Taehwan WI, Jin Young HWANG, Se Hwan JO
  • Publication number: 20140060658
    Abstract: A fuel forwarding skid for delivering fuel from a storage area to a plurality of turbines includes at least two pumps for delivering fuel to a skid outlet line. A flow control device is connected to the pumps to control an output of the pumps. A recirculation line is in communication with the skid outlet line and is adapted to return a portion of the fuel in the skid outlet line to the storage area. A flow meter is in communication with the recirculation line to measure a rate of flow in the recirculation line, and the flow control device controls the output of at least one of the pumps in accordance with the rate of flow in the recirculation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Victor HAINS, Gary Cletus MOBLEY, Abhijit GUPTA
  • Patent number: 8662117
    Abstract: An environmentally secure weather containment system for at least one chemical container comprising a primary container significantly nested within and sealingly mated with a secondary container, the primary tank having an exposed portion, the secondary container providing a housing for at least one pump and at least one port for at least one a power line or signal line above a 110% containment level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: EFC Valve & Controls, LLC
    Inventor: Kirk Douglas Claborn
  • Publication number: 20140053915
    Abstract: A method for refilling an emptied hydraulic coupler of a fuel injector comprises the steps of: connecting a pressure generator to a return line of the fuel injector; operating the pressure generator in order to generate a return pressure in the return line; operating the fuel injector. The method can also include the step of monitoring the pressure level in the return line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Knoblauch-Xander, Bernd Kohler
  • Publication number: 20140034161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for turning off a pump. In operation, when the device is activated there is vacuum pressure in a syrup chamber. A diaphragm acting in response to the vacuum causes a piston assembly in the syrup chamber to move in the one direction (e.g. right), thus compressing a W-shaped spring in the air chamber. As the piston assembly moves, a spring holder of the W-shaped spring also moves to the one direction. As the W-shaped spring is compressed over and passed the most compressed position, the W-shaped spring moves a valve assembly in the air chamber to an opposite direction (e.g. left) and blocks a hole in a spool that otherwise allows air to pass through the air chamber to activate the pump. When the air is stopped, this turns off the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Flow Control LLC
    Inventor: Flow Control LLC
  • Publication number: 20140026993
    Abstract: A cabin air compressor heat housing for a cabin air compressor assembly includes a compressor inlet extending from a body of the cabin air compressor heat housing. The cabin air compressor heat housing also includes an add-heat valve interface extending transversely from the compressor inlet. The cabin air compressor heat housing further includes a diffuser actuator interface formed in the body of the cabin air compressor heat housing. A ratio of a diameter of the compressor inlet to a diameter of the diffuser actuator interface is between 1.90 and 1.98.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seth E. Rosen, Danielle Mansfield-Marcoux, Brent J. Merritt
  • Patent number: 8631815
    Abstract: A pump attachment interface provides a fixed link between a first line in communication with a fluid reservoir, and a second line in communication with a mobile storage tank via a pump of a pump truck. The interface includes an interface body with a sloping surface that supports a fixed conduit such that a lower end of the conduit is at a height that is lower than an upper end of the conduit. The lower end is for coupling to the first line, and the second end is for coupling to the second line. The attachment interface also has a spill containment catch basin over which the second end of the conduit is located so as to catch any spillage from the second line when it is coupled to the conduit. The body can be a concrete block, or be molded plastic filled with sand or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Inventor: Randal K. VanConett
  • Publication number: 20140013776
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for a compressor hub assembly configured for use with a dual piston compressor is provided and includes a cylindrically shaped body having a centrally located inner wall and defining cylinder sealing surface for receiving and maintaining at least one compressor pump; a plurality of bores integrated within the body, the bores defining at least one fill port, a fluid inlet port, an output port, at least two compression bores, an off-center cross-bore interconnected with the one of the at least two compression bores, and at least one reservoir passages; at least one check-valve assembly disposed in the output port, the check valve assembly including a check valve, a valve seal and a valve retainer, wherein the use of the check valve assembly and the plurality of bores produces a continuous DC flow output when fluid is flowed through the compressor pump and into the hub assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick CHAMPAGNE, Jeffrey R. OLSON
  • Publication number: 20140011170
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling fluid flow characteristics includes a fluid conduit for containing a fluid, a first dynamic pump connected to a first portion of the conduit, a second dynamic pump connected to a second portion of the conduit and a controller for operating the first and second dynamic pumps to control dynamic flow of the fluid and dynamic pressure in the fluid in the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Troy D. Nickel, Aaron M. Owens, David Louis Dingmann, Matthew D. Graen, Andrew D. White
  • Patent number: 8622067
    Abstract: A separator arrangement in a multiphase production system. A closed separator container includes a top and a bottom, an inlet for production fluids at an inlet level and at least one outlet for at least partly separated liquid at a level lower than the inlet level. The container outlet is connectable to a liquid pump arranged downstream of the container. A gas accumulator is arranged for by-passing the pump. The gas accumulator includes an inlet end connectable to a top region of the container and an outlet end connectable to a discharge side of the pump for flow communication between the container and the discharge side of the pump. A region near the inlet end the gas accumulator is connected to a supply of injection liquid that is controllable via a valve to be injected to the discharge side of the pump via the gas accumulator. A method for gas by-pass of a liquid pump in a multiphase production system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventors: John Daniel Friedemann, Bjørn Erik Kvilesjø
  • Publication number: 20140000721
    Abstract: An exemplary system for delivering a turbomachine fluid to a supplied area is a pump configured to draw fluid from both a first container and a second container when operating in both a positive g-force environment and a negative g-force environment. The fluid from the first container in a positive g-force environment is a mixture of air and oil, and the fluid from the first container in a negative g-force environment is primarily oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael E. McCune, Denman H. James
  • Publication number: 20140000720
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for delivering a fluid using non-mechanical lock hopper eductor assembly. The assembly including at least one lock hopper coupled to an eductor motive fluid inlet, a source of a treatment material and a suction flow outlet. The lock hopper configured to contain therein a pressurized treatment fluid as an output suction flow. The lock hopper is coupled to an eductor pump assembly. The eductor pump assembly including a suction chamber in fluidic communication with the eductor motive fluid inlet, the suction flow outlet and a fluid mixture outlet. The suction chamber configured to output a fluid mixture to a mixing chamber coupled to said fluid mixture outlet and configured to mix the fluid mixture therein. The eductor pump assembly further including an expansion feature coupled to said mixing chamber and configured to expand the fluid mixture therein for delivery to a downstream component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason Paul Mortzheim, Farshad Ghasripoor
  • Publication number: 20130340861
    Abstract: A spring guide configured to axially align a spring within a bore provided by a body of a check valve is provided. The spring guide comprises a base portion, a guide portion, and a stud. The base portion is configured to abut a closed end of the bore. The guide portion extends from the base portion. The guide portion is configured to abut an internal wall of the bore. The stud protrudes from the guide portion. The stud is configured to contact an inner spiral surface of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Senthilkumar Rajagopalan, Prashanth Sastry, Stephen R. Lewis, Tejas Vijaykamar Mayavanshi
  • Publication number: 20130340867
    Abstract: A fan device with air guide function, which contains at least a fan device and is characterized by comprising an air guide frame, wherein the said air guide frame is composed of at least two layers inclined guide which are configured as a symmetrical geometrical shape or at least two layers of arc-overlapped inclined guide which forms a arc-overlapped air guide frame, and are both connected by the securing elements. By the combination of the fan device and both embodiments of the air frame guide, the present invention is applicable to guide the air flow propelled from the fan with a prolonged air path in the space and provides higher air molecule freedom by the effect of more frequent collision which results each loose air molecule has larger surface area existing and moving in the air flow, enables a better indoor air circulation and forms comfortable and nature breeze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: BEL'AIR INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD.
    Inventor: Shu Li HUANG
  • Publication number: 20130333508
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a continuously variable transmission includes a pressure regulator subsystem, a ratio control subsystem, a torque converter control (TCC) subsystem, a variable lubrication control subsystem, a variator clamping subsystem, and a clutch control subsystem. The variable lubrication control subsystem allows for increased and decreased oil flow to components of the variable transmission based on demand. The pressure regulator subsystem provides binary line pressure control to the lubrication subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Philip C. Lundberg, Zhe Xie
  • Publication number: 20130333765
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sheath delivery system that uses a continuous flow of sheath fluid into a pressurized internal reservoir that substantially matches the outflow of sheath fluid through the nozzle of a flow cytometer. A substantially constant level of the sheath fluid is maintained. If the sheath fluid level falls below a desired level, or goes above a desired level, a dampened control system is used to reach the desired level. In addition, air pressure in the pressurized internal container is controlled so that an external sheath container can be removed and refilled with additional sheath fluid without stopping the sheath delivery system 100. Differences in pressure are detected by a droplet camera, which measures the droplet breakoff point to determine the pressure of the sheath fluid in the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel N. Fox, Nathan Michael Gaskill-Fox
  • Publication number: 20130333874
    Abstract: This mandrel places injection gas at the optimum production depth. It has been proven successful and could increase production in America and the world by bringing back into production wells that are not economical any other way. One well at a time, or entire fields can be produced with a single compressor. There is no need for additional packers or valves. Stripper wells account for 40% of total domestic production. There are 1000s of wells not being produced. Huge production OPEC type wells could be produced with this system better, faster, and less expensive than any other system. Using air, or gas in a closed loop this system outperforms every system like it or any other system. The key is to optimize compression with depth beneath the fluid level and reservoir abilities. Waiting to try this and prove it since graduate school seems extreme, but several devices are not allowed or kept from use in the oilfield for whatever reason. The key is to help the small guys compete, and this innovation is ready.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Leonard Alan Bollingham
  • Publication number: 20130327605
    Abstract: A brake may include a bellows having an opening that leads into the interior of the bellows, a brake element joined to the bellows, a rotational element arranged at a distance from the brake element, a fluid reservoir or a pressure production unit, and a first conduit between the fluid reservoir or the pressure production unit and the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Georg Bachmaier, Gunter Freitag, Andreas Goedecke, Karl-Josef Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20130327413
    Abstract: A reservoir may be filled with fluidic media in a first type of environment, a plunger head may be placed within the reservoir in the first type of environment, and a casing that may be configured to envelop at least a portion of a plunger arm operatively connected to the plunger head may be attached adjacent to at least a portion of the reservoir in a second type of environment. A reservoir may be provided having a first and second portion for respectively containing fluidic media, the second portion may be adapted to be removable, the reservoir may be selectively filled with a first volume or a second volume of fluidic media, a seal member may be placed in the reservoir, and the second portion may be removed in a case where the reservoir contains the first volume of fluidic media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin A. Chong, Truong Gia Luan, Rafael Bikovsky, Arsen Ibranyan
  • Publication number: 20130328967
    Abstract: A moving mechanism includes a support, a moving body arranged movably in a predetermined direction relative to the support, a first groove provided in the support parallel to the moving direction, a second groove provided in the moving body parallel to the moving direction, and facing the first groove, and a vibrating body arranged in the support or moving body and biased to press the other of the moving body or the support. A direction which the first groove and the second groove face each other intersects a direction which the support and the moving body face each other, and a biasing direction which the vibrating body is biased intersects the direction which the first groove and the second groove face each other and the direction which the support and the moving body face each other. Accordingly, backlash of the moving body with respect to the support is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Osamu Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20130327692
    Abstract: A system for providing a solvent or reagent to a liquid chromatography system comprises: a valve comprising a common port and a plurality of other ports, configurable such that the common port may be fluidically coupled to any one of the other ports; a pump fluidically coupled to the common port of the valve; a plug configured to block flow through a first one of said other ports of the valve; a container containing the solvent or reagent, said container fluidically coupled to a second one of said other ports of the valve; a fluid tubing line having a known resistance to fluid flow fluidically coupled to a third one of said other ports of the valve; and a pressure gauge configured to measure fluid pressure within the pump, wherein the solvent or reagent is provided to the liquid chromatography system by a fourth one of the other ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: John E. Brann
  • Publication number: 20130327428
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer tube can include a thermoplastic elastomer component disposed within a matrix. In an embodiment, the thermoplastic elastomer component is disposed within the matrix in a thermoplastic elastomer phase having a number of domains. At least approximately 50% of the domains of the thermoplastic elastomer component have an aspect ratio of no greater than approximately 1.5. In a particular embodiment, the thermoplastic elastomer tube comprises at least approximately 20 wt % of the thermoplastic elastomer component and no greater than approximately 50 wt % of a polyolefin component. In some embodiments, the thermoplastic elastomer component includes styrene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Mark W. Simon, Steven Schrader, Todd E. Kundinger
  • Publication number: 20130319553
    Abstract: A water tank includes a sealing ring, a container, and a claw. A submersible pump with a cable is mounted in the container. A joint extends from an outer side of a side plate of the container. The joint includes a neck extending from the side plate and a head formed on an end of the neck away from the neck. The container defines a first through hole. The first through hole includes a mounting hole for receiving the sealing ring. The claw includes a base plate, a pole extending from the base plate, and a number of hooks extending from the base plate to engage with the head. The claw defines a second through hole extending through the base plate and the pole. The pole presses the sealing ring, to bias the sealing ring to be compacted on the cable and a bounding wall of the mounting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAN-XIU TANG
  • Publication number: 20130319552
    Abstract: Disclosed is a deconstructable water storage tank assembled using modular components including wall panels, a base ring and a membrane for use in large volume fluid transfer operations such as hydraulic fracturing. Also disclosed are methods for assembling the tank for use at a first hydraulic fracturing site, and disassembling and transporting the tank components for redeployment at a second hydraulic fracturing site. A fluid management system is also disclosed utilizing the deconstructable storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Chevron USA Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Craig Svarczkopf, Dean Matthew Grose, Tad William Schirmer, Sean Michael Beecroft, Robert Glenn Hirtz, Albert Eugene Butterfield, IV
  • Publication number: 20130299019
    Abstract: A self-cleaning suction device has a user's suction end that self-sanitizes externally and internally before and after use, as well as self-sanitizes internally during use. A cover opens to reveal the user's suction end within a containment unit. As the cover opens, the suction end travels from a lower chamber, proceeds through a middle chamber of a sanitizing agent, and is presented for use. After suction is complete, the suction end retracts through an upper chamber with, a scraping feature that removes debris from the outer surface of the mouthpiece, and proceeds down through the middle chamber of a sanitizing agent and a scraping feature that removes debris and the sanitizing agent from the outer surface of the user's suction end. Upon the sealing closure of the cover, the upper and middle chambers are flushed with a sanitizing agent, which is suctioned away along with any collected debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Caluori
  • Publication number: 20130299013
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a braking system includes at least one motor-driven pump. A pump housing is configured to receive the at least one motor-driven pump. A plurality of connection ports are provided in the pump housing as bores intersecting an exterior surface of the pump housing and configured to be fluidly coupled with corresponding external brake lines. A plurality of internal fluid passages are provided inside the pump housing, including a plurality of connector passages, each in direct fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of connection ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Bernhard Gnamm
  • Publication number: 20130291969
    Abstract: A portable cooking oil distribution device for filling remote fryers with fresh cooking oil. In other embodiments the device can also collect used cooking oil from the fryer. In one embodiment, a portable device includes a fresh oil tank, a three-way valve connected by piping to the fresh oil tank, a pump connected by piping to the three-way valve, and a nozzle connected by piping to the pump, the nozzle having an outlet tube connected to the piping between the pump and the nozzle. The device may also include a used oil tank, a second three-way valve connected by piping to the used oil tank, a second pump connected by piping to the three-way valve, and piping connecting the second pump to the nozzle, where the nozzle includes a inlet tube connected to the piping between the pump and the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Allora, Ronald B. Dana, Michael Allora, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130292510
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a ram air turbine includes a hydraulic pump having a high pressure fluid outlet port, a housing, a pivot post arranged to pass through the housing and defining a mechanical pivot relative to the housing about an axis, a transfer tube positioned between the high pressure fluid outlet port of the hydraulic pump and a port in the housing for the high pressure fluid outlet path, and seal elements positioned at or near opposite ends of the transfer tube. A fluid inlet path and a high pressure fluid outlet path pass through the housing and the pivot post. The transfer tube has a crowned end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Everett Russ, Magdy A. Kandil, Doren C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130291970
    Abstract: A tubular medical fluid flow set comprises a pressure sensing chamber connected in flow-through relation to fluid flow tubing of the set. The pressure sensing chamber defines a movable, flexible, impermeable diaphragm dividing the chamber into two separate compartments. The fluid flow tubing communicates with one of the compartments and is isolated from the other of the compartments. A port is carried on the chamber, the port having a seal therein, and communicating with the other of the compartments. Thus, the other of the compartments is hermetically sealed until the port is opened for connection with a pressure measuring device, to keep the flexible diaphragm in a desired, initial position prior to opening of the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. SCHNELL, DAVID BELL, KAREN WILSON, DAVID S. UTTERBERG
  • Publication number: 20130284290
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for installing a fuel delivery system in a vehicle fuel tank of the type having a sender opening extending through a top of the tank, a flange cover configured to seal the sender opening, and a sender module mounted within the fuel tank. The sender module includes a fuel pump, a fuel inlet for drawing fuel from the bottom of the tank, a fuel outlet, and a detector module for detecting the fuel level in the tank. A coupling assembly includes an electrical conduit for transferring a fuel level signal to the flange cover, and a hydraulic conduit for transferring fuel from the pump to the flange cover. A retainer is mounted to the bottom of the fuel tank, preferably laterally offset from the vertical axis of the flange cover, and secures the sender module to the tank bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: JEFFREY S. BASISTA, JARROD J. WHITE, DANIEL SWAITA
  • Publication number: 20130284278
    Abstract: A chemical tank adapter for connecting a chemical injection pump system to a chemical tank is disclosed herein. The disclosed adapter generally comprises a novel connection member including a body, a first arm extending perpendicularly from a rear face of said body, and a second arm extending obliquely from a bottom face of said body. The disclosed adapter may further include one or more valves and an elbow member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Craig V. Winborn
  • Publication number: 20130276920
    Abstract: A control valve according to an embodiment includes a body having a valve hole and a guiding passage formed coaxially with the valve hole, an actuating rod, slidably supported along the guiding passage, which is provided with a valve element, a solenoid for applying the solenoidal force in an opening or closing direction of a valve section to the valve element via the actuating rod, and a seal section, provided between the actuating rod and the guiding passage, which houses a sealing member for restricting the leakage of refrigerant from a high pressure side to a low pressure side. The actuating rod and the guiding passage are configured such that the clearance, between the actuating rod and the guiding passage, which is at a higher-pressure side of the seal section is larger than the clearance which is at a lower-pressure side of the seal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: TGK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hidekazu Sakakibara, Takashi Kobayashi, Michiyoshi Miyazaki, Kotaka Tamotsu, Satoshi Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20130276922
    Abstract: An aqueous urea tank structure is provided for a construction machine, in which a temperature rise of the aqueous urea within the tank can be suppressed and the load applied to the tank due to vibration of a vehicle body can be reduced. The aqueous urea tank structure including an aqueous urea tank which is disposed within a revolving upperstructure of a hydraulic excavator to store aqueous urea that purifies the exhaust gas discharged from an engine, wherein the aqueous urea tank structure further includes a securing member which encloses the periphery of the aqueous urea tank to secure the aqueous urea tank within the revolving upperstructure, and heat insulating materials which are interposed between the securing member and the aqueous urea tank to hold the aqueous urea tank. The securing member contains a box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kensuke Sato, Hiroyuki Azuma
  • Publication number: 20130279891
    Abstract: A water delivery system is provided, comprising at least one faucet device with a cold water faucet part and a hot water faucet part, a cold water line to the at least one faucet device, a tankless heater device for heating water, a hot water line having a first portion running from an outlet of the tankless heater device to the at least one faucet device and having a second portion running from the at least one faucet device to an inlet of the tankless heater device, and a circulatory pump arranged in the second portion of the hot water line, wherein the circulatory pump has a prefixed first performance level and a prefixed second performance level, wherein the first performance level causes a finite water flow in the hot water line which is below an operation threshold value of the tankless heater device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Xylem IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Oliver Laing
  • Publication number: 20130276921
    Abstract: A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Dale A. Stretch, Jeffrey C. Thompson, Mahesh Joshi, Shrikant Basurtekar, Jerry L. Carlson, Aaron H. Jagoda, Jayakumar Ravathur, Otto Schultheis, G. Clark Fortune, Paul Brenner, Thomas J. Stoltz
  • Publication number: 20130269251
    Abstract: A system including a feedstock supply system that includes a first pump configured to supply a first feedstock to a first gasifier along a first supply conduit, a second pump configured to supply a second feedstock to the first gasifier along a second supply conduit, and a pressure vessel disposed along a first conduit loop. The feedstock supply system is configured to circulate the first feedstock through the first conduit loop to raise a first pressure of the first feedstock to a first threshold pressure in the pressure vessel. The feedstock supply system is also configured to control a first transition from the second pump to the first pump after the first pressure reaches the first threshold pressure. The first transition includes a first change from the second feedstock to the first feedstock for supply to the first gasifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Frederick Tyree, Chris Joseph Villa
  • Publication number: 20130263649
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve (10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 150, 210), comprising a first valve element (12, 42, 62, 82, 102, 122, 152, 212) and a second valve element (14, 44, 64, 84, 104, 124, 154, 214), wherein the first valve element comprises a first carrier part (13, 43, 63, 83, 103, 123, 153, 213) which is made of plastic material and a first surface element (16, 46, 66, 86, 106, 126, 158) which is made of silicon or silicon oxide and is fastened to the first carrier part, and the second valve element comprises a second carrier part (15, 45, 65, 85, 105, 125, 155, 215) made of plastic material and a second surface element (18, 47, 67, 87, 107, 127, 159, 218) which is made of silicon or silicon oxide and is fastened to the second carrier part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: PARItec GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Storch, Martin Lang, Joseph Lass
  • Publication number: 20130255804
    Abstract: Various systems and apparatuses are provided for a turbulence member for an annular seal cavity in a fluid handling device. In one example, the turbulence member includes an inner face positioned to cooperate with a seal assembly in the annular seal cavity to define an inner channel. The turbulence member also includes an outer face positioned to cooperate with a housing to define an outer channel in the annular seal cavity. The turbulence member also includes a front face extending between the inner face and the outer face, and a rear face spaced from the front face and extending between the inner face and the outer face. The turbulence member is configured to disrupt fluid flow within the annular seal cavity and inhibit formation of an air pocket adjacent to the seal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jeremy William SMITH, William Edward Gray
  • Publication number: 20130248026
    Abstract: Dual foods pump arrangement that includes a pump manifold, two food pumps, and a rotary valve element removably located within the manifold. The rotary valve element is operated to selectively direct the flow of food product from the two food pumps in alternating fashion through a single manifold outlet. The food pumps are driven by servo actuated cylinders. A tool is provided for lifting the valve element from the manifold that includes a pivotal removal bar that can be attached to a top of the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FORMAX, INC. AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Eisenbrandt
  • Publication number: 20130248027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tank arrangement (2), comprising a fuel tank (4) comprising at least one fuel chamber (6, 6a, b), a tank installation unit (8) arranged in the fuel tank (4), a fuel pump element (10) arranged in the installation unit (8) and designed to make fuel (12) available from the tank arrangement (2) to a fuel user (14), a pump unit (6, 16a, b) arranged in the fuel chamber (6, 6a, b) and operatively connected to the fuel pump element (10) and designed to convey fuel (12) out of the fuel chamber (6, 6a, b) into the tank installation unit (8), and a pressure regulating element (18), functionally arranged between fuel pump element (10) and pump unit (16). The arrangement is characterised in that the pressure regulating element (18) is designed as a mechanical pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Gutscher, Andreas Posselt, Marko Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20130240066
    Abstract: A merge and discharge unit has: a reservoir unit in which fuel can be collected; a first merge unit for merging into the reservoir unit the fuel from an upstream site upstream of the merge and discharge unit on a fuel supply route; a second merge unit for merging into the reservoir unit the fuel from a first fuel return route; a first discharge unit for discharging a portion of the fuel of the reservoir unit into a downstream site downstream of the merge and discharge unit on the fuel supply route; and a second discharge unit for discharging a remaining portion of the fuel of the reservoir unit into a second fuel return route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Ono, Takahiro Hisada, Mamoru Kawaguchi, Daisuke Yasunobe, Norifumi Adachi, Hisashi Tsukatani, Mitsuhisa Kanata
  • Publication number: 20130240067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reducing agent dosing system for injecting a reducing agent into the exhaust-gas flow of an internal combustion engine for selective catalytic reduction, wherein the dosing system can be or is connected to a reducing agent tank (1) from which reducing agent is extracted and delivered by means of a reducing agent pump (2), wherein there is a compressed air supply (3) and at least one nozzle (4) is provided which is connected to the pressure line (11) of the reducing agent pump (2) and via which the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust-gas flow and atomized by means of compressed air, wherein the pressure line (11) of the reducing agent pump (2) issues via an inlet (6) into a valve (5) which, when it is subjected to pressure by reducing agent delivered by the reducing agent pump (2), opens up the inlet (6) to the valve (5) and an overflow duct to an outlet (7) of the valve to a dosing line (12) to the nozzle (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Albonair GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Kassel, Werner Overhoff
  • Publication number: 20130233419
    Abstract: A milking installation with a milking robot for automatically connecting teat cups to the teats of a dairy animal has milk lines extending between the teat cups and a milk de-aeration unit or milk glass. A de-aeration port is present at the top of the de-aeration unit and a de-aeration line connects the milk glass to a vacuum system. At the bottom of the milk glass a milk inlet line is provided which connects the milk glass to the milk pump. The milk pump includes a milk inlet, a pump housing, a milk outlet. The milk pump is a membrane pump which type of pump is known to be gentle to the milk and thus reduce occurrence of lypolysis of the milk when pumped through the milking installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Lely Patent N.V.
    Inventors: Gerard MOSTERT, Jacobus Izaak VAN DE WALLE, Dimitris DOUZOULIKOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20130233420
    Abstract: A particle focusing system includes an inlet; an inertial focusing microchannel disposed in a substrate and connected to the inlet; and a pressure/flow source configured to drive a particle-containing fluid through the inertial focusing microchannel, where the inertial focusing microchannel includes a side wall having an irregular surface. The side wall includes a first irregularity protruding from a baseline surface away from a longitudinal axis of the inertial focusing microchannel. Alternatively or additionally, the first irregularity and the baseline surface form an angle more than or equal to 135 degrees. The inertial focusing microchannel may have a substantially rectangular cross-section having a height and a width, and a ratio of height to width is approximately 5:4 to 4:1. The system may also include a downstream expanding region having a side wall, where the side wall has a stepped surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Dino Di Carlo, Wonhee Lee
  • Patent number: 8524174
    Abstract: A fluid cartridge, comprising a channel layer within which at least one circumferentially sealed fluid channel is formed, the channel layer comprising a substrate and an elastic layer fixedly arranged on the substrate, wherein the substrate has a rigidity being greater than that of the elastic layer, and wherein the at least one fluid channel is defined on at least one side thereof by the elastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Levent Yobas, Lih Feng Cheow
  • Publication number: 20130199638
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated supplying apparatus for gas and sizing. It comprises a sizing barrel, a gas supply unit and a switching unit. The sizing barrel and the gas supply unit are both connected with the switching unit. When the switching unit is fixed in a first state by a safety cover, the gas supply unit can only output high pressure gas through the switching unit. When the switching unit is converted into a second state by releasing the safety cover, the gas supply unit in turn outputs some high pressure air into the sizing barrel through the switching unit, so that the sizing inside the sizing barrel is output under the action of the gas pressure and the gas inside the sizing barrel is then output when completing the output of the sizing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: David Hong
  • Publication number: 20130199617
    Abstract: A system and process for mixing and distributing building materials. This system and process can also include a way or a means for calibrating the mixing of these materials. This system and process can also include a system for tracking the materials that flow through the system, and for controlling the type of material used in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: PUMP TRUCK INDUSTRIAL LLC
    Inventor: PUMP TRUCK INDUSTRIAL LLC
  • Publication number: 20130203144
    Abstract: An anaerobic digester is fed a feedstock, for example sludge from a municipal wastewater treatment plant, and produces a digestate. The digestate is dewatered into a cake. The cake may be dried further, for example in a thermal drier. The cake is treated in a pyrolysis system to produce a synthesis gas and biochar. The gas is sent to the same or another digester to increase its methane production. The char may be used as a soil enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ANAERGIA INC.
    Inventor: Anaergia Inc.
  • Patent number: 8500877
    Abstract: Systems are provided for gasification operations. The systems may use carbonous gas as part of plant operations. The systems may include a gasifier and a solid fuel feeder. The solid fuel feeder is capable of feeding solid fuel in a carbonous carrier gas to the gasifier during a startup period and also during a steady state period of the gasifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anindra Mazumdar, Sunil Ramabhilakh Mishra, Rupinder Singh Benipal