Plural Units Patents (Class 417/423.5)
  • Patent number: 11859474
    Abstract: An electric machine is configured to be positioned within a wellbore. The electric machine enclosed within a housing isolates the electric machine from fluids within the wellbore. A first lubrication circuit includes a lubrication reservoir within the housing. The lubrication reservoir is fluidically connected to the electric machine. The first lubrication circuit is configured to provide lubrication to a bearing within the electric machine. A fluid rotor is configured to move or be moved by a fluid within the wellbore. A magnetic coupling couples the fluid rotor and a rotor of the electric machine to rotate in unison. A second lubrication circuit is configured to provide lubrication to a bearing supporting the fluid rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Upwing Energy, LLC
    Inventors: David Biddick, Patrick McMullen, Christopher Matthew Sellers, Herman Artinian
  • Patent number: 11802571
    Abstract: There is provided a fan assembly comprising an air flow generator that is arranged to generate an air flow through the fan assembly, and a nozzle arranged to emit the air flow from the fan assembly. The nozzle comprises a nozzle body and a plurality of steerable air outlets that are each arranged to emit a portion of the air flow, wherein the plurality of steerable air outlets are arranged to be independently rotated relative to the nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Charles Edward Pouget, George Oram, James Gregory Forrest, Steven Eduard Peet, Lyle Dempsey Fletcher-Wilmot
  • Patent number: 11564326
    Abstract: An air mover assembly may include an air mover comprising a body and a cable extending from the body and one or more air mover holders mechanically coupled to the body. The one or more air mover holders may comprise a plurality of cable maintenance features and a keying feature. The plurality of cable maintenance features may include a first cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a first configuration of the air mover in a first airflow direction and a second cable maintenance feature configured to maintain the cable in a second configuration of the air mover in a second airflow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Julian Yu-Hao Chen, Hung-Pin Chien, Yu-Hung Wang
  • Patent number: 11280351
    Abstract: A blower includes a first fan, a second fan axially below the first fan, and a tubular housing accommodating the first fan and the second fan. The housing includes an upper tubular portion accommodating the first fan, a lower tubular portion accommodating the second fan, a first fan support at an axially lower end portion of the upper tubular portion to support the first fan, and a second fan support at an axially upper end portion of the lower tubular portion to support the second fan. The housing is separable into a first structure including the first upper tubular divided body, the first lower tubular divided body, and the first fan support, and a second structure including the second upper tubular divided body, the second lower tubular divided body, and the second fan support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Tokuno
  • Patent number: 11097076
    Abstract: This invention relates to a blower for a breathing apparatus. The blower comprising a bottom support with a stub axle, a top support with a stub axle, a motor core comprising a motor stator and rotor, and an impeller coupled to the motor core via a shaft, the shaft is rotatably coupled at a first end to the stub axle on the top support and at a second end via the stub axle on the bottom support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Donald Roy Kuriger, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma
  • Patent number: 10578157
    Abstract: A magnetic bearing may include an inner ring and an outer ring arranged concentrically. The inner ring and the outer ring may be mounted rotatably relative to each other by way of axial and radial magnets. The magnetic bearing may also include a back-up bearing, which is integrated into at least one of the outer ring or the inner ring both in an axial direction and in a radial direction. The outer ring may be multipiece and may include a recess that opens inwards and receives the inner ring. Further, the back-up bearing may be made of aluminum, austenitic steel, bronze, or ceramic, and the back-up bearing may operate as a shielding device that shields magnetic fields emitted by the axial and radial magnets from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP TRANSRAPID GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Klaus Pantke, Qinghua Zheng, Erhard Lampersberger, Bernd Lüneburg, Jörg Rollmann, Florian Dignath
  • Patent number: 9951785
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for facilitating air-cooling of, for instance, one or more electronics racks within a data center. The apparatus includes an air-moving assembly and one or more flywheels. The air-moving assembly includes a shaft, one or more mechanical fans coupled to the shaft to rotate, at least in part, with the shaft, and a motor coupled to the shaft to rotatably drive the shaft. The flywheel(s) is sized and coupled to the shaft of the air-moving assembly to store rotational energy, and to facilitate, for a specified period of time, continued rotation of the shaft during interruption in power to the motor. In one implementation, the flywheel(s) is sized and coupled to the shaft to facilitate, for the specified time period, continued rotation of the shaft at a specified percentage, or greater, rotational speed of the shaft compared with shaft speed when rotatably driven by the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Milnes P. David, Michael J. Domitrovits, Joshua Murphy, John V. Palmer, Sal M. Rosato
  • Patent number: 9315094
    Abstract: There is provided a working vehicle that can continuously drive a working machine by electric power to improve the silence. The hydraulic pump is driven by the power of the motor generator that is driven by the electric power of an external power supply supplied via the power cable. By this means, when a crane operation is performed by the crane apparatus in a workplace with an external power supply, it is possible to continuously drive the hydraulic pump by the power of the motor generator, and therefore to continuously perform the crane operation of the crane apparatus, improving the silence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Hazebayashi, Kimihiko Terata
  • Patent number: 9036348
    Abstract: A heat dissipating module includes a housing, a first fan and a second fan. The housing has a partition. The first fan is disposed at a side of the partition, and the second fan is disposed at the other side of the partition. The second fan has a plurality of wind deflectors, which are disposed higher than the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Yung-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 9017046
    Abstract: The fan assembly having multiple centrifugal fans in mechanical connection with a planetary gear system is a novel improvement to the field of fans, and which includes at least two centrifugal fans that are in mechanical connection with a single drive source. A planetary gear system connects the centrifugal fans to the single drive source such that all centrifugal fans work in concert. The assembly includes a housing that is constructed of a first portion positioned atop and able to rotate with respect to a second portion. The ability of the first portion to rotate with respect to the second portion enables the first portion where the centrifugal fans to rotate 360 degrees. The first portion includes partitions, which isolate each centrifugal fans from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Elijah Anim Owusu
  • Patent number: 8998586
    Abstract: A self-priming pump assembly is disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, the self-priming pump assembly includes a motor, a main pump having a main pump impeller, a vacuum pump having a vacuum pump impeller, and a drive shaft driven by the motor. The main pump impeller and the vacuum pump impeller may be directly coupled to and driven by the drive shaft, and may rotate about the rotation axis of the drive shaft. In some instances, the vacuum pump impeller is situated between the motor and the main pump impeller, while in other instances, the main pump impeller may be situated between the vacuum pump impeller and the motor. In some cases, bearings may be provided at or near the vacuum pump to help support the vacuum pump relative to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventor: David Muhs
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8956130
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a sump pump system that pumps fluid. The system can include a base with one or more inlets and one or more outlet. The system can also include a first cartridge coupled to the base and removable from the base. The first cartridge can include a first electric motor. The system can further include a second cartridge coupled to the base and removable from the base. The second cartridge can include a second electric motor. The first cartridge and/or the second cartridge can be capable of operating at any given time in order to propel fluid from inlets to the outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sebastien Buzit, Richard Cameron
  • Patent number: 8899941
    Abstract: A technique is provided for pumping fluid in subsea applications. A self-contained pumping module is created by mounting a pumping unit on a skid that can be lowered to a sea floor. The skid comprises a support structure designed to hold the pumping unit in a desired orientation, such as an inclined orientation with respect to a base of the skid. The self-contained nature of the pumping module facilitates deployment to a sea floor/retrieval from the sea floor to enable use of the pumping module in a variety of subsea applications with reduced complexity and cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Wilson, Leonel Ruiz Contreras, Kevin T. Scarsdale
  • Patent number: 8893775
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump (“ESP”) module is disclosed for producing fluids from subsea wells. The ESP module includes at least two ESPs positioned side by side and connected in parallel to discharge into a common manifold. The ESPs and manifold can be enclosed in a housing and deployed to a subsea location. At the subsea location, the ESP module can be operationally connected to an electric source, the production fluid, and to an export conduit. The production fluid from the well(s) is drawn from within the housing into one or more of the at least two ESPs which energize and discharge the production fluid into the manifold and through the export conduit to a collection point. Each of the ESPs may be selectively operated to provide the desired flow rate and/or lifting head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Bjoroy, Steven Wilson
  • Patent number: 8876499
    Abstract: A fan module includes a housing and at least one impeller. The housing includes first and second air channels. The housing further includes an axial air inlet in communication with the first air channel and a radial air inlet in communication with the second air channel. The housing further includes at least one radial air outlet in communication with the first and second air channels. The at least one impeller draws external air into the housing via the axial air inlet or the radial air inlet and expels air out of the housing via the at last one radial air outlet. By such an arrangement, external air can be guided into the fan module via different directions, providing an enhanced cooling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Wen-Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8876493
    Abstract: A fan motor includes a pair of fans axially mounted to both sides of a rotary shaft of the motor. The motor includes an inner rotor placed inside a stator wound with windings and an outer rotor placed outside the stator. The motor thus has a dual-rotor structure where the inner rotor and the outer rotor are held such that both the rotors can rotate on the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Kawamura, Hu Li, Yuichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami, Yasushi Kato
  • Patent number: 8851865
    Abstract: A vacuum pump comprises a molecular drag pumping mechanism and a regenerative pumping mechanism. A rotor element of the molecular drag pumping mechanism surrounds rotor elements of the regenerative pumping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Ian David Stones, Nigel Paul Schofield, Martin Nicholas Stuart
  • Patent number: 8807969
    Abstract: A fan assembly includes a housing, a first frame, a second frame, at least one driving device, a supporting device, an active impeller and a passive impeller. The housing has an air-flowing channel, and the first frame and second frame are disposed at opposite sites of the air-flowing channel. The driving device is disposed on the first frame and actuates the active impeller to rotate. The supporting device is disposed on the second frame and has the passive impeller thereon. The passive impeller is propelled by the airflow generated by the active impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shun-Chen Chang, Chia-Ming Hsu, Bo-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 8807956
    Abstract: A fan system includes a motor control module external to a motor housing of a fan assembly. The motor control module includes a speed control module. The fan assembly includes a fan and the motor housing. One or more first conductors are configured to connect the motor control module to a motor in the motor housing. One or more second conductors are configured to connect the motor control module to a host device control module. The host device control module is separate from the motor control module and is configured to generate a control signal. The speed control module is configured to control speed of the fan based on the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Ravishanker Krishnamoorthy, Foo Leng Leong, Edy Susanto, Yayue Zhang, Cheng Yong Teoh
  • Patent number: 8801390
    Abstract: A fan control system includes a first fan, a second fan that is adjacent to the first fan, a first motor that is configured to rotate the first fan, a second motor that is configured to rotate the second fan, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the rotational speeds of the first motor and the second motor, and to decrease the rotational speeds of both the first motor and the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor must be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sato, Hiroshi Doumae, Sumio Kagimura
  • Patent number: 8727751
    Abstract: A vacuum pumping arrangement comprises a turbomolecular pumping mechanism and a molecular drag pumping mechanism connected in series. A rotor of the molecular drag pumping mechanism is supported by the rotor blades of the turbomolecular pumping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Nigel Paul Schofield
  • Publication number: 20140127035
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a propulsion apparatus for ships. The propulsion apparatus, which includes a front propeller and a rear propeller to rotate in opposite directions and provides propulsion power to propel a hull of a ship, includes a power unit to supply power to rotate the rear propeller, a main shaft to transfer the power supplied from the power unit to the rear propeller, a hollow shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the main shaft to allow the main shaft to pass therethrough and coupled to the front propeller, a drive motor including a rotor coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the hollow shaft and a stator supported by the hull, the drive motor rotating the hollow shaft in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the main shaft, and an electricity supply unit to supply electricity to the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Goo Lee, Hyung Gil Park, Kwang Jun Paik, Dong Hyun Lee, Jin Suk Lee, Tetsuji Hoshino
  • Patent number: 8668477
    Abstract: A series-connected fan unit includes a first fan frame, a second fan frame, a first motor, a second motor and two impellers. The first fan frame has a first base and a first positioning member coupled with the first base. The second fan frame is connected to the first fan frame in series and has a second base and a second positioning member coupled with the second base. The first motor is disposed in the first base and has a first circuit board coupled with the first positioning member. The second motor is disposed in the second base and has a second circuit board coupled with the second positioning member. The two impellers are respectively coupled with the first motor and the second motor, and an insulation area is formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhe-Hao Wu, Cheng-Te Liu
  • Publication number: 20140044576
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self contained portable fan assembly for use with golf carts strategically positioned directly behind the seating area of a conventional golf cart. The portable fan assembly may include rechargeable batteries that can be charged within the assembly from an AC source or recharge directly from the golf cart batteries. The portable housing is constructed and arranged to span the stanchions of a conventional golf cart roof support employing an upper area of the seating area to provide housing support. Flexible straps permit ease of installation and removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Richard C. Geisland, Kimberly T. Geisland
  • Patent number: 8636479
    Abstract: A blower includes a stationary portion including an inlet and an outlet, a rotating portion provided to the stationary portion, and a motor adapted to drive the rotating portion. The inlet and outlet are co-axially aligned. The stationary portion includes a housing, a stator component provided to the housing, and a tube providing an interior surface. The rotating portion includes one or more bearings that are provided along the interior surface of the tube to support a rotor within the tube. In an embodiment, the blower is structured to supply air at positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc
    Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, David B. Sears, Aleksandr Nagorny, Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Peter John Sweeney
  • Patent number: 8556574
    Abstract: A fan array fan section in an air-handling system includes a plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array and positioned within an air-handling compartment. One preferred embodiment may include an array controller programmed to operate the plurality of fan units at peak efficiency. The plurality of fan units may be arranged in a true array configuration, a spaced pattern array configuration, a checker board array configuration, rows slightly offset array configuration, columns slightly offset array configuration, or a staggered array configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Huntair, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence G. Hopkins
  • Patent number: 8523540
    Abstract: A fluid pump system comprises an electrical drive unit and a rotary pump comprising a rotatable shaft and a drive element formed from a number of impellers attached to the shaft for causing flow within a process fluid. The electrical drive unit comprises an electrical stator and an electrical rotor attached to the shaft via a coupling, the electrical stator being disposed adjacent to the electrical rotor. The electrical stator is disposed within a first casing and the rotary pump and the electrical rotor are disposed within a second casing. The first casing contains a first fluid and the second casing contains a second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Framo Engineering AS
    Inventors: Jørgen Eide, Aage Hadler-Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 8508182
    Abstract: An alternating current-to-direct current (AC-to-DC) power supply has a first stage providing a first DC voltage and a second stage providing a second DC voltage. The AC-to-DC power supply has a first efficiency at the first stage and a second efficiency at the second stage that is less than the first efficiency. The second DC voltage is also less than the first DC voltage. A blower is electrically connected to the first stage of the AC-to-DC power supply to receive the first DC voltage from the AC-to-DC power supply to power the blower. Electrical connection of the blower to the first stage of the AC-to-DC power supply instead of to the second stage of the AC-to-DC power supply wastes less power and is more efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randhir S. Malik, Jen-Ching Lin, Chu Te Chung, Cecil C. Dishman, Michael J. Steinmetz
  • Patent number: 8500419
    Abstract: A technique is provided for pumping fluid in subsea applications. A self-contained pumping module is created by mounting one or more removable pumping units on a skid that can be lowered to a sea floor. Each removable pumping unit comprises an electric submersible pumping system enclosed by an outer housing. The self-contained pumping module also comprises hydraulic connectors and electrical connectors that facilitate connection with corresponding hydraulic lines and electric lines while at a subsea location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin T. Scarsdale
  • Patent number: 8485780
    Abstract: A pump assembly is provided with a pump (6) having one or more pump stages (10), wherein at least one of the components (12, 14) of the pump assembly, whose axial length depends on the number of pump stages (10). On at least one of its axial ends, the component has no connection configuration which is formed in the component (12, 14) itself and which is limited to the axial end. Instead, it is connected at this axial end with a friction fit and/or a positive fit to a connection element (20) which is coupled and/or connected to adjacent parts of the pump assembly, or is provided for coupling to adjacent parts of the pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventor: Per Frost Vedsted
  • Patent number: 8454330
    Abstract: A bore-hole pump has an electrical drive motor (3) and a multi-stage centrifugal pump (4) which is driven thereby. A sensor housing (9) is arranged at the end of the pump, in which one or more sensors are arranged, and which is surrounded by fluid and through which fluid flows (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventor: Jan Lyngholm
  • Patent number: 8382457
    Abstract: A technique is provided for pumping fluid in subsea applications. A self-contained pumping module is created by mounting a pumping unit on a skid that can be lowered to a sea floor. The skid comprises a support structure designed to hold the pumping unit in a desired orientation, such as an inclined orientation with respect to a base of the skid. The self-contained nature of the pumping module facilitates deployment to a sea floor/retrieval from the sea floor to enable use of the pumping module in a variety of subsea applications with reduced complexity and cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Wilson, Leonel Ruiz Contreras, Kevin T. Scarsdale
  • Publication number: 20130028763
    Abstract: A fan assembly includes a nozzle and a body on which the nozzle is mounted. The nozzle has a rear section having at least one first air inlet, at least one first air outlet, and a first interior passage for conveying air from said at least one first air inlet to said at least one first air outlet; and a front section having at least one second air inlet, at least one second air outlet, and a second interior passage for conveying air from said at least one second air inlet to said at least one second air outlet. A first air flow through the first interior passage and a second air flow through the second interior passage are each generated within the body. At least one of the temperature, humidity, and electrical charge of the second air flow is changed before it enters the second interior passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Joseph STANIFORTH, Jude Paul PULLEN
  • Patent number: 8360735
    Abstract: A serial axial fan preferably includes a first impeller and a second impeller each having a plurality of blades radially extending with a predetermined rotation axis as the center, a first motor portion, a second motor portion, a first housing, and a second housing. The first motor portion has a first circuit board on which at least one electronic component arranged to control the driving of the first impeller is mounted. The second motor portion has a second circuit board on which at least one electronic component arranged to control the driving of the second impeller is mounted. The first and second circuit boards are electrically connected. The driving of the first impeller and the driving of the second impeller are controlled by the electronic component disposed on at least one of the first and second circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Hanaoka, Hidenobu Takeshita, Hiroyoshi Teshima
  • Patent number: 8358043
    Abstract: A submersible electric motor has feature to enhance thermal conductivity from the motor interior to the exterior. The motor has a cylindrical housing and a stator rigidly mounted within housing. A rotatable rotor is located within the stator. A gap formed between the stator's outer diameter and the inner wall of the housing is filled with a high thermal conductivity material to improve heat transfer from the motor. The remaining portion of the housing may be filled with a dielectric lubricant that has lesser thermal conductivity than the high thermal conductivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven K. Tetzlaff, Ketankumar K. Sheth, John M. Knapp, Earl B. Brookbank, William F. Pranger, Thien Q. Tran, Suresha R. O'Bryan
  • Patent number: 8323002
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a cooling fan, an electric motor and a belt. The cooling fan includes a fan housing and an impeller. The impeller includes a hub, a plurality of fan blades and a shaft extending from the hub and having a distal end protruded out of the fan housing. A fan pulley is fixed to the distal end of the shaft. The electric motor includes a driving pulley. The belt has one end engaging with the driving pulley of the electric motor and an opposite end engaging with the fan pulley of the cooling fan. Rotation of the driving pulley of the electric motor is transferred to the fan pulley via the belt to cause the impeller to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin-Xiang Zha, Ye-Fei Yu, Jun Ding, Jer-Haur Kuo
  • Patent number: 8297949
    Abstract: A seal actuated by generally atmospheric pressure helps protect the motor bearing of a vacuum appliances, such as a dry air vacuum cleaner, a wet/dry vacuum cleaner, a water extractor (e.g., carpet cleaner), etc. The generally atmospheric air pressure on a motor side of the seal and a vacuum on an opposite turbine side of the seal urges the seal in an axial direction toward an impeller of the vacuum appliance and presses the seal firmly against an axially abutting sealing surface. Sliding sealing contact between a broad axial surface of the seal and the abutting sealing surface helps prolong the life of the seal and the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventors: Scott C. Mancl, Dennis J. Mancl
  • Patent number: 8256222
    Abstract: A fuel supply system includes a fuel metering pump and a servo-flow pump that are used to supply fuel to one or more fuel manifolds and one or more fluid-operated actuators, respectively. The fuel metering pump and the servo-flow pump are driven by the same electric motor(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Mahoney, Larry A. Portolese
  • Patent number: 8241011
    Abstract: A fan includes a first motor having a first rotor and a second motor having a second rotor which is rotationally connected to the first rotor. The fan further comprises a first impeller which, when driven by the first motor, rotates along a first direction and creates a main flow along a direction perpendicular to the periphery thereof and a tangential flow along the tangent thereof. The fan also includes a second impeller which, when driven by the second motor, rotates along the reverse direction of the first direction and impel the tangential flow to the direction perpendicular to the periphery of the first impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chao-Jui Huang
  • Patent number: 8192177
    Abstract: An auxiliary fan that can reduce electricity consumption and increase cooling effects. Air flow which comes from a DC cooling fan is guided to impel one or more auxiliary fans. The auxiliary fans blow and exhaust hot air to increase cooling effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Yeou Chih Corporation
    Inventor: Ke-Wei Chin
  • Patent number: 8083501
    Abstract: A technique is provided for pumping fluid in subsea applications, such as booster pumping applications. A self-contained pumping module has a pump and a motor mounted on a skid. The self-contained pumping module also includes electrical connections by which electrical power can be provided to the motor and hydraulic connections for connecting suitable hydraulic lines with a pump intake and a pump discharge. The self-contained nature of the pumping module enables easy deployment to a sea floor in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin T. Scarsdale
  • Patent number: 8025490
    Abstract: A connection structure is applied to a serial fan assembly, which includes an upstream fan and a downstream fan. The upstream fan and the downstream fan have different sizes. The connection structure connects the upstream fan and the downstream fan so that the upstream fan and the downstream fan are arranged in series. The connection structure has a housing, a base and a plurality of ribs for connecting the base, and the housing is formed with an air guiding passage and a chamber. The upstream fan or the downstream fan is accommodated in the chamber or the air guiding passage is located between the upstream fan and the downstream fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Ming Lee, Ya-Hui Hung
  • Patent number: 8011896
    Abstract: A fan system is electrically connected with a driving source generator and includes a first fan, a second fan and an energy storage element. The second fan is rotated by the first fan for generating an electric energy. The energy storage element is electrically connected with the second fan for storing the electric energy and keep supplying power when the driving source generator is out of order or the fan is rotating in lower rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Delta Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heng-Yu Wu, Chun-Lung Chiu, Ming-Shi Tsai
  • Patent number: 7972122
    Abstract: A blood pump comprises a pump housing; a plurality of rotors positioned in said housing, each rotor comprising an impeller having a hydrodynamic surface for pumping blood; and a motor including a plurality of magnetic poles carried by each impeller, having motor stators, each including electrically conductive coils located adjacent to or within the housing. At least one of the rotors is adopted to rotate clockwise, and at least one of rotors is adopted to rotate counterclockwise. By this means, stator or stationary blades between the rotors may not be needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Heartware, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. LaRose, Charles R. Shambaugh, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7942649
    Abstract: An electrical driven pump unit having two hydraulic pumps and two electric motors that are fitted in such a way as to make it possible to obtain the unit's power by adding together the power of the two motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: JTEKT HPI
    Inventors: Nicaïse Lesther, Francois Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110097225
    Abstract: An air compression and expansion system having a combined motor-generator unit and a single drive shaft coupled to compressors and expanders is disclosed. The system includes a motor-generator unit, a drive shaft connected to the motor-generator unit configured to transmit rotational power to and from the motor-generator unit, a compressor system selectively coupleable to the drive shaft and positioned thereabout, and a turbine system selectively coupleable to the drive shaft and positioned thereabout, the turbine system positioned with the compressor system on a common side of the motor-generator unit. The air compression and expansion system also includes a compressor clutch attached to the compressor system and a turbine clutch attached to the turbine system. The compressor clutch and the turbine clutch are arranged coaxially about the drive shaft and configured to selectively couple and decouple the compressor system and the turbine system, respectively, to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Sebastian W. Freund
  • Patent number: 7922442
    Abstract: A fan array fan section in an air-handling system includes a plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array and positioned within an air-handling compartment. One preferred embodiment may include an array controller programmed to operate the plurality of fan units at peak efficiency. The plurality of fan units may be arranged in a true array configuration, a spaced pattern array configuration, a checker board array configuration, rows slightly offset array configuration, columns slightly offset array configuration, or a staggered array configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Huntair, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence G. Hopkins
  • Patent number: 7914252
    Abstract: A fan array fan section in an air-handling system includes a plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array and positioned within an air-handling compartment. One preferred embodiment may include an array controller programed to operate the plurality of fan units at peak efficiency. The plurality of fan units may be arranged in a true array configuration, a spaced pattern array configuration, a checker board array configuration, rows slightly offset array configuration, columns slightly offset array configuration, or a staggered array configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Huntair, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence G. Hopkins
  • Patent number: 7914597
    Abstract: A dust collector includes turbofans with inducers fixed to the shafts of electric motors. The electric motors are fixed to the rectangular body with mounting legs. The dust collector further includes a single dust collecting filter under the turbofans. The turbofans have a diameter ranging from 40% to 50% of the length of the short side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Ogino, Atsushi Nagata, Hitoshi Nozu