Including Disengageable Rotary Or Frangible Drive Connection Patents (Class 417/319)
  • Patent number: 11602589
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump includes a first motor shaft, a second motor shaft, a first pump head, a second pump head, and a motor. The first pump head is operably coupled to the first motor shaft such that the first pump head is rotated in response to rotation of the first motor shaft. The second pump head is operably coupled to the second motor shaft such that the second pump head is rotated in response to rotation of the second motor shaft. The motor is configured to rotate the first and second motor shafts. The pump head has a first mode in which the first pump head is rotated and the second pump head is idle and a second mode in which the first pump head is idle and the second pump head is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Jordan A. Whisler, Roman J. Jedras
  • Patent number: 11566699
    Abstract: An oil supply system for a vehicle transmission includes a pump drivable by two drive sources, and a hydraulic control unit including multiple control valves for distributing oil to consumers of the oil supply system. The drive power of the two drive sources are combined by a planetary gear set having an element connected to a pump drive shaft of the pump. A method for supplying the consumers of the oil supply system includes determining an overall oil flow requirement in the oil supply system and an oil flow requirement of consumers in an oil supply circuit of the transmission. The method further includes calculating a drive parameter for at least one of the two drive sources based at least in part on the oil flow requirements. Additionally, the method includes outputting the drive parameter as a specified value for controlling the at least one of the two drive sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Mario Hasel
  • Patent number: 11530724
    Abstract: An electromagnetic friction disk clutch with a shaft, an electromagnet arrangement, a rotor for driving the shaft, and an armature disk which is connected to the shaft and moveable in a sprung manner in a direction which is axial to a shaft axis. In a shifting state of the friction disk clutch, the armature disk can be connected to the rotor in a frictionally locking manner, the rotor being mounted rotationally by a rotor bearing unit with respect to the housing section and with respect to the shaft, a magnetic effect is generated for connecting the armature disk to the rotor. The rotor bearing unit is offset with respect to the electromagnet arrangement in an axial direction with respect to the shaft, and overlaps the electromagnet arrangement in the axial direction with respect to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LICOS Trucktec GmbH
    Inventor: Joschua Morgenroth
  • Patent number: 11441649
    Abstract: An eccentric gear structure includes a gear block and an eccentric block embedded into the gear block; the gear block is provided with an accommodating cavity suitable for embedment of the eccentric block, the eccentric block is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole that deviates from the first through hole; an embedding hole is provided at an axis of the gear block, and an axis of the first through hole coincides with an axis of the embedding hole. The eccentric gear structure ensures the quality of the product through the embedded structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU ANTU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinhua Kuang
  • Patent number: 11396868
    Abstract: A pumping system utilizes a linear actuator to move a shaft attached to two pistons within cylinders to pump a working fluid. A housing is designed with coolant passageways and one-way valves such that movement of the shaft also pumps coolant past cooling fins and over a motor. The shaft is formed of several sections joined by couplers which slide within a bore of the housing. The couplers have a non-round shape and the bore has a complimentary non-round cross section such that rotation of the shaft is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andre Vazquez, Craig Hooker, Michael White, Michael Conlin, Eric Ovendorf
  • Patent number: 11274390
    Abstract: A clothes treating device includes a clothes accommodation part for accommodating clothes or laundry, a water supply pipe for supplying water into the clothes treating device, and a drain pipe for discharging water to the outside of the clothes treating device. A pump assembly generates a flow of water inside the water supply pipe and the drain pipe by using the rotation of a motor. The flow of water is generated only in one of the water supply pipe and the drain pipe depending on the rotating direction of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Kim, Hyungha Kang, Semin Jang, Joosik Jung
  • Patent number: 11192200
    Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, may include a chassis, an engine coupled to the chassis, a generator coupled to the engine, and a rotary screw compressor coupled to the chassis independent from the engine. The engine may be configured to drive both the generator and the rotary screw compressor. A method, according to another embodiment, may include isolating a rotary air compressor from an engine and a generator in a common chassis. The isolating may include separately mounting the rotary air compressor and the engine with a resilient or distance adjustable connection in between. The isolating also may include resiliently mounting the engine, or the rotary air compressor, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph N. Helf, John P. Laitala, Eric M. Kropp
  • Patent number: 11168675
    Abstract: A motor vehicle pump arrangement has a first pump and a second pump, and an electric motor for driving the two pumps. The electric motor is drive-connected fixedly to the first pump and connected via a clutch arrangement to the second pump, in such a way that the first pump can be driven on its own and the first and second pump can be driven together. The first pump is configured as a reversible pump which can be operated in two rotational directions. A valve arrangement generates a uniformly directed fluid volumetric flow which is independent of the rotational direction being provided for the first pump in a fluid circuit. The clutch arrangement is configured as a freewheeling clutch, via which the electric motor is drive-connected to the second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Serge Nassif
  • Patent number: 11149798
    Abstract: A rotary clutch uses a wrap spring clutch. An actuator generates a drag force to control the wrap spring clutch to engage or disengage the clutch. The actuator includes an electromagnet, a two-component armature and an axial return spring. The two-component armature includes first and second components threadingly connected one another for relative axial translation as they rotate relative to one another, and an angular position biasing member connecting them. The second component translates axially under magnetic force from the electromagnet, and when stopped by the electromagnet the first armature component translates axially due to their threaded connection. Due to the previous axial movement of the floating component the translation of the first armature component occurs in conditions where the air gap and reluctance of a magnetic circuit is reduced compared to the prior art, and thus the overall strength of the applied magnetic field can be comparatively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Bashar Yazigi
  • Patent number: 10907528
    Abstract: Pump for recirculating a cooling fluid for a vehicle with combustion engine, comprising: —a pump body (11) designed to be fixed to a base (11a) of the vehicle engine; an impeller (1) inserted inside a chamber containing the cooling fluid and mounted on a driven shaft (2), at least one first electric motor (50) for driving the shaft (2) of the impeller (1), wherein—said electric motor (50) comprises a fixed stator (51) mounted on the body (11) of the pump on the outside thereof and a rotor (52) radially outer lying with respect to the stator and connected to the shaft (2) of the impeller (1) of the pump on the outside of the cooling fluid chamber and via transmission means (54, 54a; 354, 354a; 54a, 66), and wherein the electric motor is designed to operate the impeller independently of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Piercarlo Boffelli
  • Patent number: 10837441
    Abstract: This application discloses a reciprocating compressor including: a piston rod extending along a predetermined central axis that crosses an opening formed in an end of a cylinder, the piston rod being coupled to a piston and a crank mechanism to convey driving force from the crank mechanism to the piston; a rear head penetrated by the piston rod, the rear head closing the opening of the cylinder; and a rod ring portion configured to prevent a gas in the cylinder from leaking out from a gap between the rear head and the piston rod. The piston rod includes an outer circumferential surface on which an annular groove portion surrounding the central axis of the piston rod is formed. The rod ring portion includes an inner circumferential portion inserted into the groove portion, and an outer circumferential portion in sliding contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rear head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ootsuka, Ryosuke Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10794377
    Abstract: A tube pump includes a tube, a housing member having a cylindrical chamber including an inner peripheral surface, a rotator having a first shaft and a first portion, the first portion having a guide, and a roller having a first shank received by the guide. The tube pump includes a contact member having a contact portion in the cylindrical chamber extending outwardly towards the inner peripheral surface at least the first distance and less than the second distance, the contact portion being configured to selectively contact the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuma Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10753349
    Abstract: A compressor has a crankcase in which a crankshaft is rotatably mounted in a crankspace. The crankcase contains at least one cylinder space in which a piston, mounted eccentrically on the crankshaft by way of a connecting rod, can be driven in reciprocating motion. The crankshaft is connected, via a gearing having a modulus m, to a drive source, wherein the gear wheel arranged on the crankshaft engages with the gear wheel on the drive source. The axis of rotation of the crankshaft is offset with respect to the center axis of the cylinder space by an amount dl which is a whole multiple of m/2. The center axis of the cylinder space is understood as the axis which proceeds from the center point of the base area of the cylinder space, perpendicular to this base area, and along which the piston moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Gilles Hebrard
  • Patent number: 10233927
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes first and second scroll bodies having respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases such that the scroll ribs mutually engage. The second scroll body is movable relative to the first scroll body for compressing fluid. A drive shaft has a longitudinal axis and an eccentric drive pin configured to engage a drive hub on the second scroll body. A counterweight has a hub portion, and a perimeter portion positioned radially outward from the hub portion. A radial axis divides the counterweight into a first and second regions. The mass of the hub portion in the first region being roughly equal to the mass of the hub portion in the second region, and the mass in the perimeter portion being distributed between the first and second regions such that the center of mass of the counterweight is located along the radial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Xianghong Wang, Kenneth D. Heusler
  • Patent number: 10006450
    Abstract: An air compressor includes an internal combustion engine for driving an air compressing part that generates compressed air, which is stored in an air-storage tank. At a point in time when the air pressure inside the air-storage tank has increased to a first set pressure, the supply of fuel to the engine is cut off, thereby stopping the engine and the combustion of fuel. At a point in time when the air pressure inside the air-storage tank has decreased from the first set pressure to a second set pressure, a starter motor is started up to resume the operation of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Nishido, Kenichi Miyata
  • Patent number: 9987901
    Abstract: A heat-pump-type air-conditioning device includes an electric compressor, a condenser, a coolant discharge pipe and a muffler. The electric compressor is disposed in a motor compartment of an electric vehicle, while the condenser is disposed in a passenger compartment. The coolant discharge pipe links the electric compressor and the condenser for channeling coolant from the electric compressor to the condenser. The muffler is provided at a position partway along the coolant discharge pipe for suppressing pulsation in the coolant discharged from the electric compressor. The muffler is disposed at a position higher up in the vehicle than the than a coolant discharge port of the electric compressor. A coolant inflow port of the muffler is set at a position higher up in the vehicle than the than a coolant outflow port of the muffler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Matano, Masahiro Onishi, Kenji Iino
  • Patent number: 9758170
    Abstract: A powertrain includes an engine, a transmission, and one or more accessories, such as an alternator or an air conditioning compressor, all operating based on commands from a controller. The controller is programmed to coordinate commands to the transmission with commands to the accessories to mitigate the impacts of transmission state changes. The accessory drive torque may be adjusted to compensate for the torque required to change the speed of a transmission internal shaft. The accessory effective inertia may be adjusted to maintain a powertrain natural frequency so that active damping can be maintained throughout a transmission state change event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John G. Fowler, Joseph F. Kucharski
  • Patent number: 9611787
    Abstract: A method of assembling accessories with a turbine engine and an accessory apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a first shaft that rotates when the gas turbine engine is energized. The accessory apparatus includes a mount rail attached to the gas turbine engine and extending parallel to the first shaft of the gas turbine engine a first accessory having a first mounting block, to mount the first accessory to the mount rail, and an first accessory shaft to power the first accessory and a second accessory having a second mounting block, to mount the second accessory to the mount rail, and a second accessory shaft to power the second accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Mark Gregory Wotzak
  • Patent number: 9316234
    Abstract: A rotor wheel for a turbomachine, particularly a radial turbomachine, having a rotor wheel face and a shrink collar adjoining the rotor wheel face for shrinking onto a rotor of the turbomachine and a circumferential groove between the rotor wheel face and the shrink collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
    Inventor: Christoph Lange
  • Patent number: 9243532
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pumping device (20) for supplying an exhaust gas aftertreament system (10) of an internal combustion engine with a reductant (14), in particular with a urea-water solution, in order to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust gas flow of the internal combustion engine, comprising a motor (32) for driving two pumps (22, 24). According to the invention, the first pump (22) is connected to the motor (32) by means of a first coupling, and the second pump (24) is connected to the motor by means of a second coupling. In a preferred embodiment, the couplings are designed as freewheel couplings (26, 28) acting in opposite directions, so that a switch between a “pumping state” and a “suck-back state” can be made by simply reversing the direction of rotation of the motor (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Ulrich, Christoph Waletzek
  • Patent number: 9086139
    Abstract: In a method for fitting a preassembled pulley subassembly (1) on a rotary machine (2), the preassembled subassembly comprising a pulley (7), a rolling bearing (8), a plate (9) and an elastic ring (23) positioned around a shoulder (9a) of the plate (9), the following steps are carried out:—the bearing (8) is mounted on a hollow shaft (10) of the rotary machine (2) and, at the same time, a hub (20) of the plate (9) is mounted on a rotary spindle (4) of the rotary machine (2), that passes through the hollow shaft (10),—the elastic ring (23) of the plate (9) is slid axially until it enters a groove (10a) in the hollow shaft (10) of the rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Laurent Varnoux, Romuald Lescorail
  • Publication number: 20150139827
    Abstract: A vacuum machine is provided, comprising: an engine secured to a frame and having an engine shaft; an impeller coupled to the engine shaft; a shroud surrounding the impeller and having an inlet and an outlet; a disk secured to the frame between the engine and the shroud, the disk having a plurality of spaced-apart notches around its perimeter; and a spring-loaded latch pin secured to the shroud and configured to engage one of the notches when in a first, locking position, and to disengage from the notch when in a pulled-back, unlocked position, thereby permitting the shroud to rotate about the impeller and lock in any of a plurality of positions corresponding to the plurality of notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Dwyer, Shawn Hurla, Raymond Lavallee, II, Brett Renck
  • Publication number: 20150078931
    Abstract: A pump system configured to deliver drilling fluid in at least one of a driving well and a drilling well includes a pump unit, a rotary drive device configured to drive the pump unit, and a gearbox comprising a driving gear and an driven gear. The rotary drive device is operatively connected to the pump unit by the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Albrecht Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 8967981
    Abstract: A mechanical combustion engine coolant pump for pumping a coolant for an internal combustion engine includes a stationary cylindrical support body. A rotatable driving wheel is supported by a driving wheel roller bearing at the stationary cylindrical support body. The rotatable driving wheel is configured to be driven by the internal combustion engine. A pump wheel is arranged at a rotatable rotor shaft. The pump wheel is supported by a shaft roller bearing at the stationary cylindrical supporting body. A switchable friction clutch is configured to couple the rotatable driving wheel with the pump wheel. The stationary cylindrical support body integrally comprises an inner ring of the driving wheel roller bearing. The stationary cylindrical support body integrally comprises an outer ring of the shaft roller bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Pierburg Pump Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Durand, Pierre Reininger, Laurent Finidori
  • Fan
    Patent number: 8961109
    Abstract: A fan includes a frame, rotor supported by this frame and having a central hub and a number of blades and a drive mechanism for rotatably driving the rotor, in addition to a ring to which the end zones of the blades are connected. The ring is assembled from two part-rings of the same form which each include a circular strip of sheet material, the free ends of which are mutually connected to form the outer surface of a truncated cone, and a third part-ring which mutually connects the inner edges of the first two part-rings. The end zones of the blades are connected to the third part-ring. The ring has a diameter of more than about 1.50 m. The number of blades amounts to at least eight. The blades are hollow and include a framework structure which is provided with a skin connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bronswerk Heat Transfer B.V.
    Inventor: Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Bertels
  • Publication number: 20150044074
    Abstract: A fluid pump (10) for a motor vehicle comprising a pump rotor (20) for pumping a fluid, a shaft (12) for driving the pump rotor (20) and a clutch (16) for the switchable coupling of the shaft (12) to the pump rotor (20). The clutch (16) is designed to connect the shaft (12) to the pump rotor (20) in a positive-locking manner and to separate said shaft from said pump rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Baeuerle
  • Patent number: 8951025
    Abstract: A dual drive pump system for rear wheel or front wheel drive automatic transmission in a motor vehicle includes a dual drive pump disposed off-axis of the transmission input shaft axis and driven by a gear train driven by a hub. The dual drive pump is also driven by a gear train driven by an auxiliary motor. Torque multiplication through the gear train allows the dual drive pump to have a smaller displacement while still providing the hydraulic pressure needs of the transmission. The dual drive pump may be driven by either an engine or the auxiliary motor depending on the operating conditions of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, LLC
    Inventor: John C. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20150037177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coolant pump having an impeller which is arranged on a pump impeller shaft and having a drive device for the impeller, which drive device has a mechanical drive and an electric-motor drive. The impeller shaft is divided into a driving section and a driven section, and an openable and closable clutch is arranged between the driving section and the driven section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Buchholz, Juergen Roth
  • Publication number: 20150037171
    Abstract: A downhole electric submersible pump system includes a plurality of motors operatively coupled on a common shaft with an electric submersible pump and a downhole switch mechanism for providing an electrical circuit to each motor of the plurality of motors, wherein the downhole switch mechanism allows power to be delivered to at least one motor. A downhole switch mechanism located in a wellbore, the downhole switch mechanism including an electrical power input for receiving power from an electrical cable and at least two electrical power outputs connected to at least two motors operatively coupled with one or more electric submersible pumps, wherein the downhole switch mechanism is actuated from the surface via the electrical cable and allows power to be delivered to at least one motor of the at least two motors coupled with the one or more electric submersible pumps. A method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Yamila Antonieta Orrego, Gopikrishna Chava, Ben Partington, Jose A. Gamboa
  • Publication number: 20150019078
    Abstract: An electric actuator-integrated electric power steering system may include an integrated motor which provides rotational force, a hydraulic pump connected to one end of the integrated motor and supplied with the rotational force from the integrated motor to pump working fluid that is used to transmit steering force, and an electric actuator connected to the other end of the integrated motor via a power controlling means. The electric actuator may operate when the rotational force is transmitted to the electric actuator and whether the rotational force from the integrated motor is transmitted to or cut off from the electric actuator may depend on an operation of the power controlling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dae Suk JUNG, Soo Bo PARK
  • Patent number: 8920134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hermetic compressor (1) used in operating cooling devices like the refrigerator, comprising a casing (2) carrying the elements therein, an oil sump (3) forming the lower portion of the casing (2) and wherein oil (Y) is put providing the lubrication of the movable elements, an electric motor having a rotor (4) and a stator, a piston (5) providing the delivery of the refrigerant fluid in pressurized state to the refrigeration system, a cylinder block (6) wherein the piston (5) operates, a crankshaft (7) delivering the rotational movement of the rotor (4) to the piston (5) by changing it to linear movement and an oil pickup tube (9) mounted to the core of the rotor (4), the lower end of which is immersed into the oil (Y) in the oil sump (3) and the upper end extending upwards from the middle of the rotor (4) and which delivers the oil (Y) to the crankshaft (7) by sucking from the oil sump (3) and a hydrodynamic coupling (10) that transfers the rotational movement of the rotor (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
    Inventor: Omer Akbas
  • Publication number: 20140377090
    Abstract: A coolant pump includes a rotatable rotor shaft, a pulley wheel which co-rotates with and is supported by the rotor shaft, a pump wheel rotatably supported at the rotor shaft, and an electrically switched wedge-coupled wet friction clutch. The wedge-coupled wet friction clutch comprises a clutch support fixed to the rotor shaft, a clutch ring arranged at a proximal side of the pump wheel, a clutch disk comprising a ferromagnetic element, a static electromagnet which axially pulls the clutch disk to the clutch support into a disengaged position when the static electromagnet is energized, and a wedge coupling mechanism. The wedge coupling mechanism comprises a wedge element and a counter-wedge element which are configured to generate an axial wedge force which axially pushes the clutch disk into an engaged position against the clutch ring when the static electromagnet is not energized and the rotor shaft rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Schneider, Laurent Finidori, Albert Genster, Thomas Schwander
  • Patent number: 8888467
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a drive shaft driven by power from an engine, a rotor adapted to be provided at a housing and rotating unitarily with the drive shaft, a driving wheel which is provided separately from the drive shaft and to which the power from the engine is always transmitted when the engine is running, a driven wheel transmitting the power from the engine to the drive shaft upon being in contact with the driving wheel, and a displacement mechanism causing the driving wheel and the driven wheel to be out of contact from each other by moving at least one of the driving wheel and the driven wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Motoo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140322042
    Abstract: A automotive coolant pump incudes a pulley wheel fixedly supported by a rotatable rotor shaft. A shaft sealing separates a dry pump section from a wet pump section. A pump wheel is supported in the wet pump section by the rotor shaft and is axially slidable between a pumping and a non-pumping position. An actuator is arranged in the dry pump section. A linear actuator rod is arranged in parallel to and eccentrically with respect to the rotor shaft. The linear actuator rod comprises a dry and a wet section. A rod sealing is actuated by the actuator and separates the dry from the wet of the linear actuator rod. A shift ring is arranged so as to be axially shiftable and rotatably fixed at the rotor shaft in the wet pump section. The shift ring is moved axially by the actuator rod and axially moves the pump wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Durand
  • Patent number: 8851866
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for engaging a pumping cartridge with a pump drive. In certain embodiments, the cartridge, including a cylinder and a movable piston assembly, is initially assembled or subsequently positioned so that the distance between the attachment point on the piston assembly for coupling to a drive assembly, and a reference point on the cylinder, is greater than the maximal distance that will be encountered during normal oscillation of the piston during use. The cartridge, in certain embodiments, may be pressed into a drive assembly that immobilizes the cartridge and couples the piston assembly to the driveshaft. In certain embodiments, when the cartridge is fully inserted into the drive assembly, the piston is pressed into the cylinder sufficiently to establish a selected distance so that the piston shaft is in the proper position to engage with a coupling mechanism carried on the driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: HydroCision, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Moutafis, Edward Bromander
  • Patent number: 8814497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switchable coolant pump for combustion engines which is driven by a pulley, wherein the impeller can be driven switchably by the pulley by way of a friction pairing. The switchable coolant pump according to the invention, comprising a connecting flange (9) for a pressure booster (10), the flange being disposed on the pump housing (1), and a working piston (14) disposed in a working cylinder (15), is characterized, among other things, in that on/in the pump housing (1) both the pulley (3) in a pulley bearing (2) and the pump shaft (5) in a pump bearing (4) are mounted separately, and a sleeve receptacle (17) is disposed in the pump housing (1), wherein an annular channel (19) is located in the annular bottom (18) of the receptacle, and an annular piston working sleeve (21) is inserted in the sleeve receptacle (17) in the pump housing (1), and an annular piston (24) that is provided with an annular piston packing (23) is disposed displaceably in the annular piston working sleeve (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Geraete- und Pumpenbau GmbH Dr. Eugen Schmidt
    Inventors: Franz Pawellek, Andreas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8807313
    Abstract: Hydraulic fan drive system with sensor feed-back. A sensor positioned in the central shaft of the fan drive assembly provides speed feedback signals and eliminates the need for routing the sensor wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua L. Roby
  • Patent number: 8790093
    Abstract: A compressor for generating compressed air in a vehicle includes a crankshaft and an interface area for fastening a clutch device by means of which the crankshaft of the compressor can be connected to or disconnected from a drive device. The interface area is configured to receive a crucible-shaped receptacle element. The crucible-shaped receptacle element can be a cylinder for receiving a piston that can be acted on by a pressure medium for actuating the clutch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Grosskopf, Ralf Stoffels, Ingo Stumberg
  • Patent number: 8776767
    Abstract: A clutch assembly configured for use with a supercharger includes a first shaft supported for rotation within a clutch housing. A pulley is mounted on the first shaft. A clutch rotor is also mounted on the first shaft at a location that is axially spaced from the pulley. A clutch coil is supported within the clutch housing and positioned adjacent to a first face of the clutch rotor. A second shaft is supported for rotation relative to the first shaft and is coaxially aligned with the first shaft. A clutch armature is mounted on the second shaft and positioned adjacent to a second face of the clutch rotor. A supercharger system including the clutch assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Ouwenga, Christopher W. Creager
  • Patent number: 8764411
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for pressurizing a transmission hydraulic circuit including a transmission mechanical pump coupled to an engine though a gearbox. One example method comprises, during an engine start, adjusting a speed ratio between the transmission pump and the engine between a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio, the pump rotating faster relative to the engine at the first speed ratio as compared with the second speed ratio. In this way, the pump may be driven at different speed ratios relative to the engine to provide better pressurization in the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alex O'Connor Gibson, Joseph Norman Ulrey, Gregory Michael Pietron, Seung-Hoon Lee, Yuji Fujii
  • Patent number: 8758146
    Abstract: A rotating system includes a drive member and a driven member. The rotating system includes a coupling positioned to rotatably couple the drive member to the driven member and a housing surrounding a portion of the coupling to define an inside and an outside, the housing having a plurality of apertures. A fan is coupled to the coupling and operable to produce a flow of air from the inside to the outside via at least one of the plurality of apertures, and a guide tube is positioned within one of the plurality of apertures to guide a flow of air from the outside to the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventor: David F. Rowe, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140147303
    Abstract: A power steering pumping apparatus for a vehicle may include a driving motor, a power steering pump connected to a first side of a shaft of the driving motor, a compressor connected to a second side of the shaft of the driving motor, and a clutch disposed between the driving motor and the compressor and intermitting power between the driving motor and the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dae Suk JUNG, Soo Bo PARK
  • Publication number: 20140140864
    Abstract: An arrangement for selectively making available hydraulic power in separate hydraulic circuits comprises two displacement machines, two free-wheels and a drive unit that is preferably arranged between the displacement machines. The free-wheels block in opposite directions and are coupled to the displacement machines. Consequently, the first displacement machine is driven in a first rotating direction of the drive unit while the second displacement machine is only driven in a second, opposite rotating direction of the drive unit. This makes it possible to realize an intermittent operation for selectively making available additional hydraulic power in separate hydraulic subsystems by choosing the rotating direction accordingly. This arrangement can reduce the weight and the complexity of a hydraulic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Harten, Denis Descheemaeker, Lars Hoffmann, Sebastian Lauckner
  • Publication number: 20140127048
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device comprising a fluid reservoir; a transcutaneous access tool fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir; and a drive mechanism for driving fluid from the reservoir, the drive mechanism comprising a plunger received in the reservoir; a leadscrew extending from the plunger; a nut threadably engaged with the leadscrew; a drive wheel; and a clutch mechanism coupled to the drive wheel, wherein the clutch mechanism is configured to allow the nut to pass through when disengaged and is configured to grip the nut when engaged such that the drive wheel rotates the nut to advance the drive rod and the plunger into the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Insulet Corporation
    Inventors: Steven DiIanni, Ian McLaughlin, Jason Brian O'Connor, Robert Campbell, Kevin Schmid
  • Patent number: 8714939
    Abstract: A water pump includes a housing, a pumping mechanism, and a pulley that receives an input torque. Rotation of a clutch disk provides a rotational force to the pumping mechanism. A ferromagnetic clutch ring rotates in unison with the pulley. The clutch ring moves between a disengaged position and an engaged position to selectively rotate the clutch disk in response to the input torque. A magnet disposed on the clutch disk attracts the clutch ring toward the engaged position, and an electromagnetic coil is operable to selectively diminish the attraction of the clutch ring to the magnet to move the clutch ring between the engaged and disengaged positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Melling do Brasil Componentes Automotivos Ltds.
    Inventors: Joao Luiz de Carvalho Meira, Eduardo Gubbiotti Ribeiro, Ayres Pinto de Andrade Filho, Sergio Satoshi Endo
  • Patent number: 8714942
    Abstract: A fluid pumping system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes a housing, an electric motor, a controller to control the speed of the electric motor, a planetary gearset including a first member adapted to be driven by the internal combustion engine, a second member driven by the electric motor and a third member. A pump is driven by the third member of the planetary gearset. The housing contains the electric motor, the pump and the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain Inc.
    Inventors: Jaroslaw Lutoslawski, Richard Muizelaar, Andrew Kowalski
  • Patent number: 8690546
    Abstract: An auxiliary drive system for a water pump includes a pump housing that is mounted to an engine block. The pump housing includes an impeller shaft that passes therethrough. One end of the impeller shaft has an impeller mounted thereon, which is part of the water pump. A second end of the impeller shaft is supported by an internal bearing to allow for rotation of the impeller shaft. An external bearing is disposed around, but not in contact with the impeller shaft or the internal bearing. The external bearing is in communication with and is driven by an engine belt, such as a timing belt, which helps rotate the impeller shaft and the impeller in accordance with engine operation. A collapsible gear is disposed between and effectuates engagement of the external bearing and the impeller shaft such that if the amount of force required to be exerted by the belt exceeds a certain predetermined threshold, the collapsible gear fails and thereby prevents damage to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Edward J. Standke
  • Publication number: 20140093399
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor system is provided comprising: a turbine; a reciprocating compressor driven by the turbine; and a gearbox arranged between the turbine and the reciprocating compressor. The turbine is provided with a barring device arranged for slow-turning the turbine during a barring phase. A clutch is arranged between the turbine and the reciprocating compressor, for mechanically disconnecting the turbine from the reciprocating compressor during a transient phase of operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Nuovo Pignone Srl
    Inventors: GUIDO PRATELLI, LEONARDO LI TOGNARELLI, GIULIANO MILANI, LORENZO FAILLA, NICOLA TAMMARO, MARCO SONNOLI
  • Patent number: 8668467
    Abstract: An integrated fluid handling apparatus 10 includes a power take off device 108 having a rotating power take off mechanism 122, a hydraulic pump 104 having a rotating fluid pump mechanism 146, a flow torque tube 106, and an electric motor/generator 102 having a rotating electric power conversion mechanism 173. A rotational power transfer system includes connector devices 128, 138, 166 and 172 that are drivingly connected to and that drivingly connect the mechanisms 122, 146 and 173 in one mode of operation. The electric motor/generator 102 includes heat exchange fluid flow passages that establish a fluid flow path to the inlet of the pump. The mechanisms 122, 146 and 173, and the connector devices 128, 138, 166 and 172 are assembled and used as a whole within a housing, without externally exposed mechanical drive connections and without externally exposed fluid connections, between such mechanisms and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Parker Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Douglas, Dale Vanderlaan, Bruce D. Larkin
  • Publication number: 20140056732
    Abstract: A pump comprising a housing having a first cavity and a second cavity, where the first cavity has a first motor and a pump element located therein. The first cavity is also connected to an external gear connected to the outside of the housing for receiving rotation power from a vehicle engine. The second cavity has a second motor that selectively connects to the pump element in the first cavity to provide toque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA POWERTRAIN
    Inventors: Liping Wang, Matthew Williamson