Including Manual, Mechanical, Or Diverse Drive Patents (Class 417/374)
  • Publication number: 20120020817
    Abstract: Provided is a reciprocating compressor having a structure in which friction losses between a shaft and a bearing can be reduced without impairing the ability of the bearing to support the shaft. A reciprocating compressor (100) includes a cylinder (5), a piston (4), a connecting rod (6), a shaft (1), and a bearing (2). The shaft (1) has a journal portion (28) as a portion covered by the bearing (2). The journal portion (28) has a first journal portion (7) located closer to the connecting rod (6) with respect to a midpoint M of the journal portion (28) in a direction parallel to a rotational axis and a second journal portion (8) located farther from the connecting rod (6) with respect to the midpoint M. The bearing (2) has a first sliding portion (10) for supporting the first journal portion (7) and a second sliding portion (11) for supporting the second journal portion (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Sugamoto, Masaru Matsui, Fuminori Sakima, Ko Inagaki, Akira Nakano
  • Patent number: 8066492
    Abstract: A drive device (2) for the oil pump (6) of a motor vehicle automatic transmission, in which the oil pump (6) on the one hand can be coupled to the drive motor by way of an overrunning clutch (34) and on the other hand is drivingly connected to an auxiliary electric motor (22), which is powered by the on-board power supply of the motor vehicle. The electric motor (22) is arranged outside of the pump housing (8) and is drivingly connected to a driven pump impeller wheel (ring gear 10) that is arranged in the pump housing via a non-rotatable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Horst Rögner
  • Publication number: 20110243766
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing, a compression mechanism, an input shaft rotatable on an axis thereof, an output shaft for driving the compression mechanism, a transmission for transmitting torque from the input shaft to the output shaft and also changing the rotating speed of the input shaft and a control device for controlling the operation of the transmission. The transmission includes a plurality of planetary rollers, a carrier rotatably supporting the respective planetary rollers and being integrally rotatable with the input shaft, a sun roller engaged with the respective planetary rollers and integrally rotatable with the output shaft and a ring roller engaged with the respective planetary rollers. The ring roller can be fixed to the housing or rotatable relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yoshio KIMOTO, Masaki OTA, Masahiro KAWAGUCHI, Nobuaki HOSHINO, Toru ONISHI
  • Patent number: 8011903
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various pumps and compressors for energizing fluids. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, pumps are provided for compressing hydrogen gas produced by electrolysis at a first location. The pump includes a bore with a piston disposed in the bore, and a magnetic drive external to the bore. The piston is moved through the bore to compress the fluid using permanent magnets or electromagnets. Using the disclosed embodiments, hydrogen compressed at a first location can be directed to a second location, such as a power plant or a fueling station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventor: Robert William Pollack
  • Patent number: 8001781
    Abstract: A motor-driven supercharger is provided with a thrust bearing (30) rotatably supporting a thrust force applied to a turbine shaft (12). The thrust bearing (30) is constituted by a small-diameter disc-shaped thrust collar (32) rotating together with a turbine shaft, and a turbine side thrust bearing (34) and a compressor side thrust bearing (36) which block a movement in an axial direction of the thrust collar. The compressor side thrust bearing (36) has a small-diameter ring portion (37) including a thrust surface which is in contact with the thrust collar and has approximately an equal diameter, and a flange portion (38a) fixed to a housing (16) in the turbine side, and the small-diameter ring portion and the flange portion are arranged at different positions in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shibui, Masahiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20110198887
    Abstract: A double-acting piston compressor (1) includes at least one cylinder (3) in which a double-acting piston (4) moves, the cylinder (3) and the piston (4) jointly defining an upper chamber (5) and a lower chamber (6) each provided with at least one intake duct (7) and at least one delivery duct (8), and each duct including at least one valve (90, 91), and a linking rod (10) connecting the double-acting piston (4) to a transmission member (11) collaborating, on the one hand, with a guide roller (12) and, on the other hand, with a pinion (15), at least one anchoring member (22) collaborating with the pinion (15), a connecting rod (25) to which the pinion (15) is articulated by a pivot pin (26), the connecting rod (25) being connected to the crank (28) of a crankshaft (27) housed in bearings formed in the compressor casing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: Vianney RABHI
  • Publication number: 20110182757
    Abstract: An apparatus is proposed for a pump, in particular a water pump of a motor vehicle having a rotating pump wheel which can be driven, and having a switchable clutch arrangement for switchable connection of the pump wheel to a drive side. According to the invention, the pump wheel is mounted such that it can rotate on a rotatable driveshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: LICOS Trucktec GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wolf, Rainer Krafft
  • Publication number: 20110182756
    Abstract: A multi-phase pump for the pumping of mixtures, which contain a plurality of phases is proposed. The multi-phase pump (1) is equipped with at least one rotor (5.1, 5.2), a hollow shaft (2) on which the rotor is arranged and with at least one shaft extension piece (10) which respectively includes a shaft extension (12, 12.2) with a shaft diameter which is smaller relative to the hollow shaft and a connection part (11), in order to connect the at least one shaft extension piece to the hollow shaft. Additionally a flange (11a) is formed on the connection part (11) of the shaft extension piece (10), which is connected to an end face (2a) of the hollow shaft (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Lienau, Thomas Weischinger, Benedikt Trottmann
  • Publication number: 20110176939
    Abstract: A pulley assembly comprising a locking assembly connected to an input shaft of a water pump, a pulley mounted in a idle condition with respect to the shaft, an armature which is axially mobile in order to selectively cooperate by friction with the pulley, an electromagnet to displace the armature arranged on the axially opposite side of the pulley with respect to the armature, and an elastic element preloaded to maintain the armature in contact against the pulley when the electromagnet is not energised and having a substantially flat shape in its non-preloaded or non-deformed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: DAYCO EUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Massimo Pasta, Adriano Rolando
  • Publication number: 20110164998
    Abstract: A pitch change apparatus comprises a hydraulic actuator for angular displacement of propellers of the propeller assembly. The hydraulic actuator has a piston and cylinder arrangement which defines fine and coarse fluid chambers. Increasing the volume of the fine chamber at the expense of the coarse chamber results in angular displacement of the propellers to a finer pitch. Increasing the volume of the coarse chamber at the expense of the fine chamber results in angular displacement of the propellers to a coarser pitch. The pitch change apparatus further comprises one or more fine hydraulic lines carrying hydraulic fluid to and from the fine chamber, and a coarse hydraulic line carrying hydraulic fluid to and from the coarse chamber. The apparatus further comprises a pressure-sensing check valve which fluidly isolates the coarse chamber from the coarse hydraulic line if the pressure in the coarse hydraulic line falls below a threshold pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Andrew SWIFT, Antony MORGAN
  • Publication number: 20110147005
    Abstract: A method of running a down hole rotary pump using a top drive, sucker rod or any drive shaft from surface. A first step involves providing a gear box having an input end and an output end. The gear box is being capable of receiving an input of a first speed at the input end and producing an output of a second speed which is one of either faster or slower than of the first speed at the output end. A second step involves positioning the gear box down hole with the input end coupled to a remote lower end of a sucker rod and the output end coupled to a rotary activated pump. A third step involves applying a driving force to the sucker rod to rotate the sucker rod at the first speed, with the rotational force being transmitted to the rotary activated pump through the gear box which rotates the rotary activated pump at the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Pradeep Dass
  • Publication number: 20110123368
    Abstract: A pumping system and method to be used within a downhole tool is disclosed herein. The pumping system includes a displacement unit having a cavity formed therein, in which the cavity is configured to receive a fluid therein. A hydraulic driving device and a mechanical driving device are then both included within the system such that both the hydraulic driving device and the mechanical driving device are configured to drive a piston of the displacement unit to receive the fluid within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: ALEXANDER ZAZOVSKY, Mark Milkovisch, Pierre Campanac
  • Patent number: 7942652
    Abstract: A reciprocating liquid or gas pump is driven by bi-directional force. A prime mover causes eccentric weights to rotate, which in turn cause pistons to be driven in linear paths under bi-directional force. This bi-directional force then drives opposing sets of pistons to pump a fluid. The pressurized fluid can then be used for, e.g., driving a hydraulic motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Lawrence D. Murray
  • Publication number: 20110110802
    Abstract: A compressor assembly includes compressor means having an inlet, an outlet and a means for drawing air through the inlet and exhausting compressed air through the outlet, rotary drive input means, and gear means for changing the speed of the rotary drive input means and having an input connected to the rotary drive input means and an output driving the compressor means, the gear means comprising planetary gear means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Lothar Peter Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20110097223
    Abstract: An oil filter for use in an electric motor forming part of a downhole device such as an ESP, comprising a two-part filter including a first part formed from a porous material which acts to filter solid particulate material from the motor oil, and a second part comprising a sorbent for removing aqueous liquids from the motor oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Stanislav Nikolaevich Verichev, Jacques Orban, Evgeny Mikhailovich Sviridov
  • Publication number: 20110031278
    Abstract: Bellow actuated pump devices for dispensing a product from a container may include a bellow and a base or a bellow, a base, and a valve having two or more valves wherein actuation of the bellow opens a discharge portion of the valve and dispenses a product and the de-actuation of the bellow opens an intake portion of the valve and refills the pump for the next actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Eelco Han de Man
  • Publication number: 20100313996
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus includes an operable peristaltic pump. The pump supports a rigid container which includes an aggressive fluid which is to be dispensed from the container. A vent tube and a dispensing tube extends from the container through the pump. Operation of the pump causes fluid to be pumped out from the container through the dispensing tube while air is pumped into the container through the vent tube. This equalizes pressure in the container and allows fluid to be dispensed from a rigid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Breault, Steven J. Hemsen
  • Publication number: 20100316510
    Abstract: A reciprocating piston machine is proposed, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a drive shaft (1) having a central axis (5), a driving element (3) which is rigidly connected to the drive shaft (1) and which extends essentially perpendicular to the central axis (5), a guide sleeve (9) which encloses the drive shaft (1) and which is axially displaceable thereon, and a spring element (15) which applies a force to the guide sleeve (9) and which on the one hand is supported on the guide sleeve (9) and which on the other hand introduces forces into the drive shaft (1). The reciprocating piston machine is characterized in that the forces from the spring element (15) are indirectly introduced into the drive shaft (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: IXETIC MAC GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Hinrichs, Tilo Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20100303656
    Abstract: A drive device, comprising a housing, a rod, a limiting device, a sliding block, a rotating block, a pair of springs, a pair of first grooves, and a second groove. The rod passes through the sliding block, an axis is disposed on the sliding block, the rotating block is disposed on the axis, the springs are disposed on both sides of the rotating block, the top of the spring is contacted with one side of the rotating block, the first grooves are disposed on one side of the rod opposite to the housing, the second groove is disposed on inner side of the housing opposite to the first groove, a middle part of the second groove is lower than other parts thereof, one end of the rotating block slides in the second groove, and the other end of the rotating block slides in and between the first grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Bo LIN, Jiang LIN
  • Patent number: 7837448
    Abstract: An oil seal structure of a supercharger (10) has an oil shield member (21), a seal housing (25), and an annular seal member (23) arranged between the oil shield member (21) and the seal housing (25). The oil shield member (21) has a portion in which an approximately circular outer edge is formed in a vertical cross section to an axial direction, in a leading end portion in a compressor side, and the oil shield member (21) has an outer edge reduced-diameter portion (21a) which is formed in the leading end in the compressor side and in which a radius of the outer edge is smaller than the other portions of the outer edge. The seal member (23) is fitted to the outer edge reduced-diameter portion (21a). An opening through which the oil shield member (21) passes is formed in the seal housing (25), and the seal housing (25) is brought into contact with the seal member (23) in an inner edge in a radial direction forming the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Shimizu, Yukio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100290931
    Abstract: A hand-actuated pump includes a cylinder with a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end defines an opening. The hand-actuated pump also includes a piston with a proximal end. The proximal end of the piston is configured to be slidably inserted into the distal end of the cylinder. An exhaust port is positioned at the proximal end of the cylinder and includes a coupler that is configured to be removably attached to an inflatable object and to communicate air to the inflatable object. The coupler is also configured to be selectively locked in an extended position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony Jonathan Sanders, Tim Austen, Brian Coleman
  • Patent number: 7832989
    Abstract: The pump comprises a pump body, a control member, an elastic member, and blades. The pump body has a holding space, one or more pump inlets, and one or more pump outlets. The holding space, the pump inlets, and the pump outlets communicate with each other. The pump outlets communicate with a fuel outlet of the fuel storage device; while the pump inlets communicate with a fuel reservoir of the fuel storage device. The control member passes through the fuel storage device and is rotatably set in the holding space. The elastic member is set fixed on the pump body and connects with the control member. The blades are set in the holding space and connect with the control member. Thereby, no extra energy is needed for the pump to transport the fuel from the fuel reservoir to the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Shung-Huei Chang, Shu-Hao Liang
  • Publication number: 20100254831
    Abstract: A rotational to linear displacement conversion mechanism comprises: an assembly including a plurality of driver discoidal elements and a plurality of driven discoidal elements mounted alternately on a common central axis to form an interleaved stack. Each discoidal element has a ramped surface, the ramped surfaces of adjacent elements being complementarily shaped and opposed so that, when in contact and completely interengaged, they form a stack of minimum length. A coupling means is provided for coupling the driver discoidal elements for rotation together about the axis by an externally applied force while permitting them to translate along the axis. The driven elements are mounted in such a way as to permit translation along the common axis while preventing rotation of the driven elements about the common axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Rodia Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Gareth Philip Bristow
  • Patent number: 7779725
    Abstract: A pump housing assembly includes a bearing cage assembly for supporting an input axle and a pump for communicating pressurized lubricant from a sump to specific driveline components. The pump housing assembly is installed to a gear housing that includes a gear assembly for driving axles supported within an axle housing. An input shaft is supported on a first end by the bearing cage within the pump housing assembly. The pump housing includes an inlet that communicates with oil contained within a sump of the gear housing. A rotor pump is driven by rotation of the input shaft to pump oil from the sump into passages defined within the input shaft. The passage within the input shaft communicates lubricant with the desired driveline components at a desired pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Dale Eschenburg
  • Patent number: 7762787
    Abstract: In an engine drive washing machine, a discharge switch 10 is provided in a jet gun 5. When the switch 10 is turned off, an engine 1 is stopped. When the switch 10 is turned on, the engine 1 is started up to drive a pump 2. When an outlet pressure of the pump 2 is not lower than a predetermined value, a water-discharge valve in the gun 5 is opened to cause the water to be discharged. When the switch 10 is not turned off for a long time, the engine 1 is stopped. When an operator takes up the gun 5 to start the operation, the engine 1 is started up. The engine-drive type of washing machine is provided with a battery 13 for a starter motor, and the battery 13 is charged by a generator function of a starter-motor generator 3 during the operation of the engine 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kawakami, Toshinori Inagawa, Tsutomu Wakitani
  • Publication number: 20100163005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-pressure pump, particularly for delivering fuel for a common rail fuel injection system, having a pump body in which at least one cam drive having a cam shaft is received. The cam shaft is pivotally supported about a cam shaft axis in the pump body and/or in a flange body by at least one bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement includes a radial bearing bush extending in the direction of the cam shaft axis, and an axial bearing washer, which is integrally formed on the radial bearing bush. The axial bearing washer extends in a radial extension direction of less than 90 degrees relative to the cam shaft axis in the non-installed state. The radial extension direction is directed toward the radial bearing bush and can be brought into an axial bearing plane extending at an angle of 90 degrees to the cam shaft axis in the installed state by elastic deformation of the axial bearing washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Gerhard Meier, Armin Merz, Andreas Dutt
  • Publication number: 20100158715
    Abstract: A mute compressor includes a driving motor, a positioning base fixed at one side of the driving motor, a driven mechanism and a cylinder fixed above the positioning base. The driving motor has a driving gear and a cooling fan respectively fixed at its two sides. The positioning base is provided with a chamber for accommodating the driven mechanism having a driven gear engaged with the driving gear. Set on the driven gear is a shaft that is fixed with a cam having an eccentric shaft fixed on it. The cylinder includes a piston and a piston rod fixed at the bottom of the piston to connect with the eccentric shaft. With the driving gear and the driven mechanism confined in the chamber sealed with a lid, the noise created during operation of the mute compressor can be blocked by the positioning base to get minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Min-Hsieng WANG
  • Publication number: 20100158702
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a compressor system includes a compressor shaft for generating compressed air, a clutch that, when engaged, transfers power from a vehicle engine to drive the compressor shaft and that, when disengaged, does not transfers power from the vehicle engine to drive the compressor shaft. An electric motor that, when activated, drives the compressor shaft. A control module that sets the compressor into one of at least three modes of operation as a function of respective statuses of various vehicle components. The compressor shaft is driven by both the clutch and the electric motor during at least one of the modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
    Inventor: David D. Colavincenzo
  • Patent number: 7717683
    Abstract: An electrical power supply for powering electrical pump instrumentation and process control equipment associated with a pump having a rotating member. The power supply includes an electrical current generator driven by the rotating member of the pump, and a voltage regulator for regulating the output of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene P. Sabini, Jerome A. Lorenc, Oakley Henyan, Kenneth L. Hauenstein
  • Patent number: 7682136
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system includes a first pump having a first drive assembly, a second pump having a second drive assembly, and a pump housing. At least a portion of each of the first and second pumps are located in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Donoho, II, Christopher M. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20100068071
    Abstract: A mobile work platform includes an operator platform (6), a base (2) and a lift mechanism (4) for lifting the operator platform relative to the base. A hydraulic drive system for the mobile work platform includes an internal combustion engine (14), an electric motor (24) and a hydraulic pump (26). The internal combustion engine (14) and the electric motor (24) are constructed and arranged so as to be capable of driving the hydraulic pump (26) either separately or together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Frank Roger Bowden
  • Patent number: 7662286
    Abstract: A medical fluid machine includes a housing providing a first wall and a second wall, the first and second walls at least partially defining a pump chamber. A fluid receptacle is located within the pump chamber, the fluid receptacle including first and second flexible membranes configured to be moved apart to accept a medical fluid and moved together to dispel the fluid. A medical fluid outlet is in communication with the fluid receptacle. A first valve arrangement is configured to enable medical fluid in a sufficiently air-free condition to be delivered from the receptacle through the medical fluid outlet to a patient. A second valve arrangement is configured to enable medical fluid with entrained air to be delivered instead from the receptacle through the medical fluid outlet to an entrained air destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: Robert W. Childers, Peter A. Hopping
  • Patent number: 7647883
    Abstract: A fluid supply apparatus is provided for feeding a fluid to two faces relatively moving in a clearance direction, a continuous flow supplied from the fluid supply apparatus is converted to an intermittent flow by utilizing pressure change caused by a fluctuation of a clearance space of the relative moving faces, and an intermittent discharge quantity per dot is adjusted by the number of revolutions of the fluid supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Maruyama, Takashi Inoue, Ryoji Hyuga
  • Publication number: 20090269221
    Abstract: An electric compressor having a built-in electric motor for driving the compressor and in which a connection section between an external terminal for power supply to the electric motor and the end of a wire from a stator of the electric motor is stored in a compressor housing. The electric compressor is characterized in that the connection section is constructed from a housing side coupler engaged with the compressor housing, a power supply-external terminal side coupler engaged with the housing side coupler, and a stator side coupler for holding the end of the wire from the stator, fitted to the power supply-external terminal side coupler, and engaged with the housing side coupler. In this electric compressor, vibration resistance of a terminal connection section for the motor is improved and breakage and momentary electrical interruption at the terminal connection section can be prevented, with productivity of the compressor maintained at a good level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Takehiro Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7568500
    Abstract: A pressure relief device for an air inflator includes a pipe connector, a seal member, a check valve mounting ring, a check valve, an air cell connector, and a pressure relief control ring. Thus, the pressure relief control ring is tightened to perform the air inflating action and loosened to perform the pressure relief action, so that the air inflating action and the pressure relief action are performed along the same axis, and the pressure relief device has a co-axial operation function, thereby facilitating the user inflating and deflating the inflatable body. In addition, the air inlet hole is not mounted in the air cell to facilitate the user compressing the air cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel Huang
  • Patent number: 7559751
    Abstract: A supercharger with an electric motor includes, a turbine impeller rotationally driven by an exhaust gas, a compressor impeller rotationally driven by rotation of the turbine impeller, a compressor housing accommodating the compressor impeller, a turbine housing accommodating the turbine impeller, a shaft coupling the turbine impeller and the compressor impeller, a bearing housing rotatably supporting the shaft, an electric motor accommodated in an inside of the bearing housing for assisting rotation of the turbine impeller, and a power supply line extending from an inside to an outside of the bearing housing. The power supply line has one end portion connected to the electric motor, and the other end portion connected to a connector that receives electric power. The connector is installed at a position that is away from a side of the turbine impeller, and is less affected by heat of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shibui, Masahiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090173095
    Abstract: A fluid separator for a compressor is disclosed including a hollow main body having an annular flange and an annular collar formed thereon, wherein the annular collar includes an annular array of apertures formed therein for separating a liquid from a fluid and attenuating pressure pulsations of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Kanwal Bhatia, Michael Gregory Theodore, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090175739
    Abstract: A dual drive compressor is disclosed including a suction chamber having at least one muffler incorporated therein, wherein the at least one muffler attenuates pulsations caused by a fluid received in the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Kanwal Bhatia, Michael Gregory Theodore, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090116979
    Abstract: A vibratory pump for dispensing a fluid in a highly controllable manner includes a pumping mechanism in which a piston is slidably disposed within a chamber having an inlet and an outlet spaced from one another. The piston is shaped similarly to the interior of the chamber and is capable of moving within the chamber in a manner that prevents any fluid in the chamber from flowing between the chamber and the piston. As a result, the pumping mechanism does not require the use of any separate compressible or elastic sealing members, thereby increasing the reliability and useful life of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Grigori Lishanski, Oleg Lishanski
  • Patent number: 7413417
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle drive arrangement oil is supplied to a drive gear mechanism and other drive elements by an oil pump which is driven only by an electric motor and is arranged in a space in which one or more torque transmission devices such as a hydrodynamic torque converter, an operable drive clutch and at least one electric motor for forming a hybrid drive are disposed and which is formed between the oil pump and electric motor, on the one hand, and the vehicle travel drive motor on the other, the oil pump is disposed around a shaft transmitting the drive torque to the transmission and is surrounded by the electric motor driving the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Andreas Klaus, Tobias Ostertag
  • Patent number: 7399167
    Abstract: A check valve is provided to each discharge port, which communicates between a corresponding working chamber and a high pressure chamber in an integrated compressor/expander apparatus. A valve mechanism, which is opened in a motor mode, is provided to communicate between the working chamber and the high pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki Iwanami, Yasushi Yamanaka, Yasushi Suzuki, Atsushi Inaba, Hironori Asa, Keiichi Uno, Kazuhide Uchida
  • Publication number: 20080152512
    Abstract: An infiltration apparatus, having a cannula, a flexible tubing connecting to one end of the cannula, a peristaltic pump comprising a pathway for the flexible tubing to extend through and a plurality of non-conductive rollers installed along the pathway to exerting force on the flexible tubing, a container in fluid communication with the cannula via the flexible tubing extending through the peristaltic pump, a foot pedal pneumatically connected to the peristaltic pump to control operation thereof. The response of the foot pedal can be programmed into various modes. Under one of the modes, when the foot pedal is depressed, the peristaltic pump is switched on and remains as long as the foot pedal is depressed. Once the foot pedal is released, the peristaltic pump is switched off. Under another mode, one depression event, regardless how long the depression event lasts, the peristaltic pump is switched from on to off, or from off to on, and remains off/on before a next depression event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Klein
  • Patent number: 7338261
    Abstract: A hybrid compressor includes a first compression mechanism, which is driven by a first drive source, and a second compression mechanism, which is driven by a second drive source, and a second radial axis of a second housing of the second compression mechanism is offset relative to a first radial axis of a first housing of the first compression mechanism, or a second diameter of the second housing of the second compression mechanism is less than a first diameter of the first housing of the first compression mechanism, or both. When a significant external force is applied to the front end of a vehicle containing the compressor, most of the external force may be absorbed by the first compression mechanism portion of the compressor, thereby reducing or avoiding damage to the second compression mechanism. In particular, when the second drive source is an incorporated electric motor, damage to the electric motor may be reduced or avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawahara, Hiromitsu Adachi, Shinichirou Wakou, Hideki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7322799
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention recites a fan motor assembly with integrated redundant availability. The fan motor assembly comprises a fan motor subassembly with a plurality of replaceable fan motors, and a fan motor selector mechanism coupled to the fan motor subassembly, so that the fan motor selector mechanism selectively engages one of the plurality of replaceable fan motors to a fan. The fan motor assembly further comprises a control unit which is coupled to the fan motor selector mechanism which is configured to control the fan motor selector mechanism such that a first replaceable fan motor mechanically powers the fan while a second replaceable fan motor can be dynamically removed from the fan motor subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Naysen J. Robertson, Ricardo Ernesto Espinoza-Ibarra, Sachin Navin Chheda
  • Patent number: 7296427
    Abstract: In a hybrid compressor for a vehicle where a vehicle engine is stopped when the vehicle is temporally stopped, a pulley, a motor and a compressor can be driven in independent from each other, and are connected to a sun gear, planetary carriers and a ring gear of a planetary gear. A rotational speed of the motor is adjusted by a controller, so that a rotational speed of the compressor is changed with respect to a rotational speed of the pulley. Accordingly, production cost of the hybrid compressor and the size thereof can be reduced, while a cooling function can be ensured even when the vehicle engine is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Suzuki, Shigeki Iwanami, Hironori Asa, Keiichi Uno
  • Patent number: 7281909
    Abstract: A compressor device compresses refrigerant of a refrigeration cycle system and is connected to an engine and a motor to selectively receive drive force from one or both of the engine and the motor. When the engine is operated in an idling mode, a control apparatus energizes the motor to drive the compressor device alone or in cooperation with the engine and controls the energization of the motor to adjust load on the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Uno, Yasushi Suzuki, Shigeki Iwanami, Hironori Asa, Kazuhide Uchida
  • Patent number: 7278833
    Abstract: A hybrid compressor includes a first compression mechanism, which is driven by a first drive source, a second compression mechanism, which is driven by a second drive source, and a communication path communicating between a suction chamber of the first compression mechanism and a suction chamber of the second compression mechanism. The first compression mechanism may be adapted only to be driven by the first drive source and the second compression mechanism may be adapted only to be driven the second drive source. Therefore, the compression mechanisms are adapted to their respective drive sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Higashiyama, Hideki Matsumura, Suguru Okazawa
  • Patent number: 7144225
    Abstract: Device for controlling the means (1) for recirculating a cooling fluid in engines (11a) in particular for vehicles and like, comprising a shaft (2) actuating the impeller, means (3,3b) for generating the movement of said shaft and means for transmitting the movement from the said generating means (3,3b) to the said shaft (2) of the impeller (1), in which said movement transmission means comprise a double-action coupling (30,40) comprising: magnetic means (31) integral with a rotor (30;130;230) and able to cooperate with corresponding magnetizable means (41;141;241) of a support (40;140;240) rotationally connected to the shaft (2) of the recirculating means and movable in an axial direction with respect thereto, so as to determine a first speed of rotation of the recirculating means (1), and electromagnetic means (22,22a) able to co-operate with a ring (41a;141a;241a) integral with said support (40;140;240) so as to determine a second and different speed of rotation of the pump impeller (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Baruffaldi S.p.A.
    Inventors: Piercarlo Boffelli, Claudio Bellotti, Erminio Depoli, Fabio Natale
  • Patent number: 7104765
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid compressor system in which its configuration is simplified, its cost and size are reduced, and its reliability is enhanced. In the hybrid compressor system which selectively transmits a driving force of an engine and a driving force of a motor being mounted on a vehicle to a compressor of a vehicle air conditioning device to drive the compressor, the motor is provided with a one-way clutch which selectively transmits the driving force of the motor to the compressor 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Miyaji, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Hideyuki Takasaki
  • Patent number: 7048515
    Abstract: A fuel injection control unit, including an electronic governor and a controller for an engine performs control in a governor region based on an isochronous characteristic. A working machine controller receives a delivery pressure signal P and controls a regulator such that, when the delivery pressure of a hydraulic pump exceeds a predetermined pressure P1, the displacement of the hydraulic pump does not exceed a value decided in accordance with a preset pump absorption torque curve. The working machine controller controls the regulator such that, when the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump 2 is not higher than the predetermined pressure P1, the displacement of the hydraulic pump is increased as the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump lowers from the predetermined pressure P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Shimomura, Tomohiko Yasuda