Including Separate Port On Noncyclic Valve For Venting Or Filling Pump Portion Patents (Class 417/435)
  • Patent number: 11767834
    Abstract: A disposable single-piston dual-action reciprocating pump part includes a single piston, an output port, and a balloon damper. The output port is configured for outputting fluid pumped by the single piston. The balloon damper is fitted in the output port, and the balloon damper is configured to suppress a pulsation in a flow rate of the outputted fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky, Gili Attias
  • Patent number: 11644131
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide an adapter which may be utilized with traditional in-tank fuel pumps to convert the pump from a first style to a second, alternative style. The instant embodiment utilizes an adapter which slides on the end of an existing fuel pump type and provides indexing for proper alignment and fuel communication. The adapter also allows connection of alternate type of port or fitting in order to allow connection with more desirable type of fuel pickup system. The adapter is then clamped onto the end of the pump once the adapter and pump are indexed to proper alignment for sealing and fuel communication. The adapter may also include a coupling for a fitting to connect additional fuel delivery and/or filtration parts to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Holley Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Darko Palkic, Timothy A. Grillot
  • Patent number: 11572856
    Abstract: A damper spring structure of a high-pressure fuel pump includes: a housing of the high-pressure fuel pump in which a flow path for fuel is formed; a lid coupled to the housing and having an accommodation space between the housing and the lid; a damper spring installed in the accommodation space between the housing and the lid; and a damper installed in the damper spring so as to be supported by the damper spring, in which the damper spring is seated and supported on the lid and the housing in the accommodation space by contact points, and the lid is supported at a plurality of contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeong Kyun Park, Kyung Chul Han, Jin Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11346338
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston, and a discharge valve, wherein the piston includes a first part extending in the axial direction, a second part having a diameter greater than that of the first part and formed at one end of the first part facing the discharge valve, and a third part having a diameter greater than that of the first part and formed at the other end of the first part. The second part includes a first outer circumferential surface extending backward from a front surface of the piston, and a second outer circumferential surface spaced apart from the first outer circumferential surface in a direction away from the discharge valve, and a distance between the first outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is less than a distance between the second outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jeongwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11226032
    Abstract: An automatic transmission has an oil pump driven by a travelling driving source. An air vent structure that expels air bubbles contained in automatic transmission fluid during pump operation has an air vent hole whose one end communicates with an outlet port of the oil pump and whose other end opens toward the oil pan. An air vent tube is connected to an opening end of the air vent hole. The air vent tube is extended up to a strainer lower side gap area located between a strainer and the oil pan, and a tube opening end of the air vent tube is placed in oil of the automatic transmission fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10413924
    Abstract: A spray system has a pump with a double-action reciprocating plunger balanced to receive equal up-stroke and down-stroke assist from a pre-pressurized supply. The reciprocating plunger has identical working surface area on opposite first and second axial faces. A pumping system has a double-action reciprocating plunger with upward- and downward-facing spacers. The plunger travels axially within a proportioning cylinder with first inlet and outlet ports at a first axial end, and second inlet and outlet ports at an opposite second axial end. When the plunger is at its top-most position, the upward-facing plunger occludes the first inlet and outlet ports without blocking flow. When the plunger is at its bottom-most position, the downward-facing plunger occludes the second inlet and outlet ports without blocking flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis J. Van Keulen
  • Patent number: 10385663
    Abstract: A pump can include a plunger and a barrel, at one stroke extent flow being substantially restricted between the plunger and the barrel at spaced apart positions and a plunger interior passage in filtered communication with a fluid chamber between the positions, and at an opposite stroke extent the fluid chamber being in communication with the standing valve. A method can include displacing a plunger in one direction, thereby receiving filtered liquid into a fluid chamber, and b) displacing the plunger in an opposite direction, thereby transferring the liquid to a barrel interior passage. A system can include an actuator that reciprocates a rod string, and a pump including a plunger with a traveling valve, a barrel with a standing valve, and a filter that filters liquid which flows from a tubing string to a compression chamber disposed between the traveling valve and the standing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Lane, Douglas Hebert, John Stachowiak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9765762
    Abstract: A reciprocating cryogenic pump 2 comprises a piston reciprocable within a pumping chamber 44. The pumping chamber 44 has an inlet suction valve 48 for cryogenic liquid to be pumped and an outlet 32 for high pressure cryogenic liquid. The inlet valve 48 for the cryogenic liquid communicates with a cryogenic liquid reception chamber 46 in the cold end or head 6 of the pump 2. The pump head 6 is at least partially surrounded by a first jacket 8 retaining primary vacuum insulation. The first jacket 8 is itself at least partly surrounded by a second jacket 10. The jacket 10 defines a chamber for the reception of a coolant fluid such as liquid nitrogen and the second jacket has an inlet 20 and an outlet 22 for the liquid nitrogen. The thermal insulation can be further enhanced by a trapped gas space 73 between the first jacket 8 and an inner sleeve 52, the latter defining with an outer sleeve 50 vacuum insulation for the pumping chamber 44.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Cryostar SAS
    Inventors: Pierre Papirer, Stephane Sgambati
  • Patent number: 9181783
    Abstract: A well-drilling sucker-rod pump for extracting oil with a large content of gas in the liquid being pumped out. The sucker-rod pump possesses a cylinder containing a hollow plunger, in the lower part of which a delivery valve is mounted. An inlet valve is mounted in the lower part of a pump chamber. The pump is equipped with a passageway having a floating valve which has a floating element and a seat. The cylinder is stepped on the internal surface side, and the passageway having the floating element is formed in the lower part of a smaller cylinder step above the pump chamber. One passageway opening is connected to the upper part of the pump chamber and the other passageway opening is connected to the well. As a result, the pump efficiency is increased and gas generation in the pump chamber is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: Rivener Musavirovich Gabdullin
  • Publication number: 20150132165
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump includes a pump body, a cylinder, a plunger, and a plug. The pump body has a fuel chamber therein into which fuel is supplied. The cylinder is disposed inside the pump body and having one end immediately adjacent to the fuel chamber. The cylinder has an inner threaded portion formed on an inner wall of the cylinder at the one end. The plunger is disposed inside the cylinder and is reciprocally movable in an axial direction to change a volume of a pressurizing chamber within which the fuel supplied from the fuel chamber is pressurized. The plug is screwed into the inner threaded portion of the cylinder from the fuel chamber in the axial direction and closing the one end of the cylinder. The plug has an end surface that faces an end surface of the plunger and defines the pressurizing chamber together with the end surface of the plunger. The end surface of the plug is parallel to the end surface of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Eiji ITOH
  • Patent number: 9027262
    Abstract: A shoe, such as an athletic shoe, includes a pump assembly integral therewith. The pump assembly includes a pump which produces a stream of pressurized air and a delivery assembly which operates to deliver the stream of pressurized air to an end use location exterior of the shoe. The shoe may comprise an athletic shoe and may be utilized to inflate sports balls such as basketballs, footballs, and volleyballs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Efferent Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Blankenship, Sam Howard
  • Publication number: 20150110654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a displacement pump with a delivery chamber, which is connected to a pressure connection and a suction connection, a displacement element determining the volume of the delivery chamber, said displacement element being able to be moved back and forth between a first position, in which the delivery chamber has a smaller volume, and a second position, in which the delivery chamber has a larger volume, wherein the pressure connection is connected to the delivery chamber by a pressure valve and the suction connection is connected to the delivery chamber by a suction valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Bubb, Jens Kaibel, Tobias Völker
  • Patent number: 8882480
    Abstract: In an oil pump for an automatic transmission, a suction port is adapted to be connected to a first suction passage. The first suction passage is arranged in parallel with a second suction passage connected to an auxiliary pump. The first and second suction passages branch from an upstream suction passage leading to an oil strainer. A discharge outlet is adapted to be connected to a first discharge passage. An air vent hole is disposed downstream of the suction port and upstream of the discharge outlet. A communication passage is connected to the air vent hole and adapted to reach a predetermined oil level in an oil pan so as to communicate the air vent hole with inside of oil in the oil pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Jatco Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Oomura
  • Publication number: 20140271252
    Abstract: A precision pump system having a motor driver for accurately and repeatedly delivering process fluid, (e.g., photo chemicals) using a pumping fluid with minimal process fluid loss to a fabrication process and whereby the motor driver can be easily and quickly replaced without interrupting the fluid flow path. This is accomplished with the use of a process fluid reservoir and a pumping fluid reservoir that are associated with the pump, either integrated with the pump or closely adjacent. In addition, this precision pump system can be remotely monitored, viewed and controlled over the Internet. In addition, trapped process fluid within a downstream filtering block can be recirculated to the process fluid reservoir when trapped gas in the filter is removed. Furthermore, a nitrogen gas source is connected to the process fluid reservoir via a valve in case a need to insert a gas is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Integrated Designs, L.P.
    Inventors: John C. Vines, John Laessle
  • Patent number: 8800167
    Abstract: A pneumatic inflation device disposed within the sole of a shoe and comprising a pump with integral air release valve and which is entirely within the sole, a pump actuator which is entirely within the sole when not in use, and an inflatable bladder which is entirely within the sole and is operatively connected to the pump. Such a device can include a mechanism to lock the pump actuator within the sole such that the mechanism's cap is flush with the outer wall of the sole and finger-operable to allow the shoe-wearer to easily operate the inflation device and release air therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventor: Harold S. Doyle
  • Publication number: 20130287608
    Abstract: A volume control device having a housing with an inlet passage, an outlet passage, and an internal chamber communicating with the inlet and outlet passages. An accumulator is movably positioned within the internal chamber and substantially conforms with walls of the internal chamber, the accumulator including an internal passage allowing fluid flow therethrough. An one-way valve is positioned in the internal passage of the accumulator where the valve is biased in a closed position and an adjustable seat is positioned within the housing internal chamber between the accumulator and the housing outlet passage. A positioning mechanism engages the housing and adjustable seat whereby the position of the adjustable seat within the housing internal chamber may be adjustably fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew C. Elliott, Don G. Matherne, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130189135
    Abstract: An air pump structure includes a main body. The main body has a central air chamber. The main body has two side air chambers at two sides thereof. The two side air chambers communicate with the central air chamber through an air inlet unit. The two side air chambers each have a passage at a lower end thereof to communicate with an air outlet. A one-way valve plate is coupled to the air outlet. Two air pump members are to seal the two side air chambers. The air pump members cooperate with a link member and an electromagnetic member to pump air. The present invention has a simple configuration and lowers the cost and is convenient for assembly to enhance its quality and prevent air leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventor: Shang-Neng WU
  • Patent number: 8408885
    Abstract: A washer fluid pump (2) for a window cleaning system includes two ventilation openings (13, 14) arranged in a housing (5) and linked with a single opening (15) arranged on the inside. A ventilation duct (18) has two sections (16, 17) arranged tangentially to the housing (5). The ventilation openings (13, 14) are separated from each other by a partition (19). This design makes it possible for the housing (5) to have a large ventilation cross section and avoids splashed water penetrating the housing (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Hoffmann, Patrick Opel, Thomas Werner
  • Patent number: 8361379
    Abstract: The present invention includes a molten metal pump and associated components that enable gas to be released into a stream of molten metal. The gas may be released into the molten metal stream (preferably into the bottom of the stream) flowing through a passage. Such a stream may be within the pump discharge and/or within a metal-transfer conduit extending from the pump discharge. The gas is released by using a gas-transfer foot that is positioned next to and is preferably attachable to the pump base or to the metal-transfer conduit. Preferably, the conduit (and/or discharge) in which the gas is released comprises two sections: a first section having a first cross-sectional area and a second section downstream of the first section and having a second cross-sectional area, wherein the second cross sectional area is larger than the first cross-sectional area. Preferably, the gas is released into or near the second section so that the gas is released into an area of relatively lower pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Paul V. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20120114510
    Abstract: A reciprocated pump positioned at the lower end of a string of tubing in a bore hole that provides a passageway for moving formation fluid to the earth's surface, including a pump barrel supported in communication with the tubing and a standing valve at the lower end thereof providing a first passageway through which formation fluid flows into the pump barrel, the pump barrel having an intermediate vent port providing a second entry passageway, and a tubular plunger reciprocated within the barrel and having an upper and a lower portion with a plurality of non-metallic seal rings separated by metallic spacers received on the plunger upper portion and configured to support a column of formation fluid within the tubing to substantially isolate the portion of the barrel below the non-metallic seal rings from the tubing pressure to thereby allow formation fluid to move into the pump barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: T. Leon Brown
  • Patent number: 8066496
    Abstract: A reciprocated pump positioned at the lower end of a string of tubing in a bore hole that provides a passageway for moving formation fluid to the earth's surface, including a pump barrel supported in communication with the tubing and a standing valve at the lower end thereof providing a first passageway through which formation fluid flows into the pump barrel, the pump barrel having an intermediate vent port providing a second entry passageway, and a tubular plunger reciprocated within the barrel and having an upper and a lower portion with a plurality of non-metallic seal rings separated by metallic spacers received on the plunger upper portion and configured to support a column of formation fluid within the tubing to substantially isolate the portion of the barrel below the non-metallic seal rings from the tubing pressure to thereby allow formation fluid to move into the pump barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: T. Leon Brown
  • Patent number: 8057193
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement includes a compressor housing, an intake region defined in the compressor housing, a control pressure connection in communication with the intake region, a control pressure chamber in communication with the control pressure connection, a control piston disposed in the compressor housing beneath the control pressure chamber, a guide element securing the control piston in the compressor housing, at least one sealing element disposed between the control piston and the guide element, and a feed pressure connection defined in the compressor housing to supply compressed air beneath the control piston. In a closed position, the control piston closes the feed pressure connection when in the closed position. In an opened position, the control piston opens the feed pressure connection when in the opened position, thereby permitting air to vent from the feed pressure connection via a venting connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeugh GmbH
    Inventor: Engelbert Köck
  • Patent number: 7997881
    Abstract: A combined prime valve and electrical pressure control apparatus including a prime valve actuator, an electrical pressure control actuator, and a control housing containing the actuators, with each coupled to a single shaft having a cam assembly for selectively actuating the control apparatus to one of a prime mode and a spray mode and the electrical pressure control is operable within a range of pressure settings by movement of the shaft while the control apparatus remains in the spray mode. The actuators are oriented diametrically opposite and offset along an axis of the single shaft with respect to each other, and contact the cam assembly and respectively contact a lever for a prime valve and a pressure switch carrier. A setscrew in the carrier provides adjustment of the pressure at which the switch is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Smith, Craig Peterson
  • Publication number: 20110194959
    Abstract: In an oil pump for an automatic transmission, a suction port is adapted to be connected to a first suction passage. The first suction passage is arranged in parallel with a second suction passage connected to an auxiliary pump. The first and second suction passages branch from an upstream suction passage leading to an oil strainer. A discharge outlet is adapted to be connected to a first discharge passage. An air vent hole is disposed downstream of the suction port and upstream of the discharge outlet. A communication passage is connected to the air vent hole and adapted to reach a predetermined oil level in an oil pan so as to communicate the air vent hole with inside of oil in the oil pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Tomohiro OOMURA
  • Patent number: 7945989
    Abstract: A wet extraction floor cleaning device having a base assembly adapted for movement on a surface being cleaned, an operating handle pivotally attached to the base assembly, a supply tank having a supply tank outlet, and a recovery tank having a recovery tank inlet and a recovery tank outlet. The base assembly has an inlet nozzle that extends from an inlet slit proximal the surface being cleaned to a nozzle outlet. The device further includes a fluid deposition assembly that can be selectively placed in fluid communication with the supply tank outlet, a vacuum source, and first and second external pockets. The supply and recovery tanks are adapted to be selectively placed in the first and second external pockets, thereby placing the supply tank outlet in fluid communication with the fluid deposition system, the recovery tank inlet in fluid communication with the nozzle outlet, and the recovery tank outlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnie Sepke, Randall Sandlin, Vince Bobrosky, Bill Reimer
  • Patent number: 7670117
    Abstract: A fluid metering device for monitoring flow of fluid is provided. The fluid metering device comprises: an electric motor; and a housing having a manifold section, a motor adapter plate and a pressure retaining container, said pressure retaining container encompassing a pressurized chamber having a hydraulic pump placed in the pressurized chamber; and the manifold section including an air bleed valve and a pressure biased relief valve for maintaining pressure within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kermit L. Achterman & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Kermit Achterman
  • Patent number: 7527595
    Abstract: A diaphragm is provided in a pump case so as to define a pump chamber communicated with an external member having an air chamber. The actuator is provided in the pump chamber. An exhaust valve is provided with a valve body, formed with a slit through which air the pump chamber is exhausted, and a screw member, screwed into a first wall of the pump case to adjust an opening amount of the slit by a screwed amount thereof, thereby adjusting an exhausting rate of the air in the pump chamber. The pump case is formed with a ventilation hole communicated with the pump chamber to allow the air exhausted from the slit to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Hori
  • Publication number: 20090016901
    Abstract: An electronic metering pump system has a fluid flow detector for monitoring the output of the electronic metering pump to detect loss of prime. The fluid flow detector, upon detecting loss of fluid flow, initiates an electronic signal to a downstream solenoid valve which closes the output conduit of the electronic metering pump and facilitates the repriming of the pump and return of output fluid flow. The electronic signal may also be utilized to initiate an warning or alarm to an operator, either directly or by data network, that the system requires attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventor: Harry E. Morris, III
  • Publication number: 20080213110
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for compressing a cryogenic media is disclosed. A compressor includes a compressor chamber surrounded by a cylinder wall in which a compressor piston is moved in a linear manner, a suction valve and a pressure valve, which are arranged in the region of the lower end position of the compressor piston, and a liquid chamber which at least partially surrounds the compressor chamber. The cylinder wall defines at least one opening, which corresponds to the liquid chamber, and at least one opening, via which the gaseous medium can be extracted from the compressor chamber, where the openings are located at points on the cylinder wall that are passed by the compressor piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Robert Adler
  • Publication number: 20080213111
    Abstract: A device for releasing gas into molten metal includes a base having a discharge. The discharge has a first section including a first cross-sectional area and a second section including a second cross-sectional area, wherein the first section is upstream of the second section and the first cross-sectional area is smaller than the second cross-sectional area. A gas-release opening is positioned so that it can release gas into one or more of the first section or the second section. As the molten metal moves from the first cross-sectional area to the second cross-sectional area gas is released into the molten metal and the molten metal flow helps to draw the gas into the flow, thereby lowering the pressure required to release gas into the molten metal. Metal-transfer conduits other than a discharge incorporated in a pump base are also disclosed, as are pumps including either a discharge or other metal-transfer conduit according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Paul V. Cooper
  • Patent number: 7410348
    Abstract: A pumping/compressing apparatus for use in a fluid handling system transferring a fluid from one location, e.g., a tank, to another location or to an end use is provided. The apparatus basically includes a motor and a multistage, e.g., two stage, device including at least one reciprocating piston, an inlet stage chamber, an outlet stage chamber, an inlet, and an outlet. The piston is arranged to be reciprocated at multiple, e.g., respective first and second, speeds. The second speed is higher than the first speed, whereupon when the piston is reciprocated at the first speed the device effectively pumps liquid or mostly liquid to the outlet. When the piston is reciprocated at the second speed the device effectively compresses gas or mostly gas fluid and provides it to the outlet. A blowby port may be provided to provide blowby fluid back to the tank or the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Jonathan Chalk, David John Farese
  • Publication number: 20080118383
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a vacuum pump is capable of preventing adhesion of by-products to its surfaces. The vacuum pump includes a stator. The stator includes a cylinder wall and a pair of diaphragms disposed at opposite ends of the stator. A rotary shaft passes through the diaphragms, and a lobe is attached to the rotary shaft in the stator. The lobe may include a fluid port, and the fluid port may be disposed in sidewalls of the lobe to face the diaphragms. The rotary shaft may include a fluid supply path in communication with the fluid port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tea-Jin PARK
  • Patent number: 7097435
    Abstract: A method of draining and recharging a hermetic compressor with oil using a drainage assembly mounted in the compressor housing. The assembly includes a tube having a valve mounted at one end thereof with the second end of the tube located in the oil sump of the housing. To drain the compressor oil, refrigerant flowing through the discharge and suction lines is shut off. Refrigerant is purged from the housing to create a vacuum therein and the housing is charged with a gas such as dry air or nitrogen. As the compressor housing is charged with gas, the pressure inside the housing increases, forcing the oil through the drainage assembly and out of the compressor. To recharge the compressor with oil, the gases are purged creating a vacuum in the housing. A predetermined amount of oil is drawn into the housing through a service hose. The compressor is purged and recharged with refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventors: Sukru Erisgen, James D Rutz
  • Patent number: 7029248
    Abstract: A pump unit for the metered delivery of fuel to internal combustion engines. The pump unit comprises a housing which comprises a longitudinal bore. Located in the longitudinal bore is an overflow valve, via which fuel flows back through a channel into a fuel tank. The passage can be opened or closed by a spring-loaded closing element. Fastened to the valve shaft of the overflow valve is a ring fitting. In the longitudinal bore of the housing there is an additional thread section, via which air flows out through vent gaps into a cavity of the ring fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Merz, Walter Fuchs, Andreas Dutt
  • Patent number: 7011505
    Abstract: A self priming pump system that includes a motor coupled to a centrifugal pump for driving the centrifugal pump. A separator having a reservoir is provided for storing a limited amount of pumped fluid in advance of the centrifugal pump. A vacuum source provides a vacuum suction to the reservoir to draw pumped fluid into the reservoir to prime the pump. To increase the reliability of the vacuum pump system, a deflector and/or extension may be provided in the reservoir to help prevent pumped fluid from entering the vacuum pump input. Also, the configuration of a tank used to store liquid for the vacuum pump system may be configured to separate and collect sediments near a drain port, which then can be easily drained. For positive head pressures, one or more valves may be used to prevent pumped fluid from escaping the reservoir, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Water Management Systems
    Inventor: David Muhs
  • Patent number: 6984113
    Abstract: An oil pressure operated pump for marine steering gears includes a multiple piston oil pressure operated pump controlled by a steering wheel, a valve housing mounted under the pump, a bottom cover closing the valve, the valve housing and the cover each including channels, threaded holes for reciprocal fastening thereof, non-threaded bores for oil pressure connections, a valve set lodged in the valve housing for non-return and adjustment of oil flow, the valve set including a generally parallelepiped shaped tubular shell having a generally external square shape, a central tubular through-hole, and lathe-turned ducts, a double acting oil pressure cylinder including a shaft movable in the central tubular through-hole for controlling a direction of an engine or rudder of a boat, and valves for controlling fluid flow and thereby movement of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ultraflex S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Gai
  • Patent number: 6846166
    Abstract: In a reciprocating pump, drive power of a drive-power supply member is transmitted to a diaphragm within a diaphragm drive chamber via operating fluid. An operating-fluid-flow regulation chamber for regulating the flow of operating fluid is located between the drive-power supply member and the diaphragm drive chamber. A first gas discharge member and a second gas discharge member are respectively located in an upper part of the inside of the operating-fluid-flow regulation chamber and an upper part of the inside of the diaphragm drive chamber. The first gas discharge member is held in fluid communication with the second gas discharge member so as to constitute a single gas discharge mechanism. This single gas discharge mechanism is provided with a reverse-flow prevention member for preventing a reverse flow of fluid from the first gas discharge member to the second gas discharge member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Tacmina Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Kinugawa
  • Patent number: 6837692
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump with facilitated self-priming, which comprises a casing with a suction inlet and a discharge outlet and with an internal series of diffusers and impellers, which form a cylindrical assembly that forms, together with the casing, an annular interspace which is connected to the inside of the series of diffusers and impellers on the discharge side through corresponding openings and on the inlet side through a hole arranged perimetrically in the intake region; the hole is controlled, on the side of the interspace, by a normally-open flexible metallic laminar valve. A wall of the pump struck by the fluid exiting from the interspace through the controlled hole is shaped so as to have a double symmetrical channel for imparting to the fluid a double vortex before passing through the first impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: DAB Pumps S.p.A.
    Inventor: Davide Martinello
  • Publication number: 20040253129
    Abstract: A surgical system having a cassette with an aspirant vent line that permits a fluidic connection between the inlet to a aspirant pump and the outlet of the aspirant pump through a vent valve. When the aspiration vent valve is open, fluid flows from the pump outlet into the pump inlet, thereby releasing any pressure within the pump inlet. Such a system does not require a second source of irrigation fluid, minimizes pressure surges into the irrigation fluid line and does not affect the fluidic performance of the aspiration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Gary P. Sorensen, Michael D. Morgan
  • Patent number: 6823686
    Abstract: A pressure equalization method and system is provided for starting a compressor while maintaining the condenser at a high pressure and includes a valve and a bleed port. The compressor has a compressor inlet for receiving a fluid at a first pressure and a compressor outlet for discharging the fluid at a second pressure, and is operable to compress the fluid from the first pressure to the second pressure. The valve is proximate to and in fluid communication with the compressor outlet and is movable to an open position when the compressor is operating to permit the fluid at the second pressure to flow through the valve and is movable to a closed position when the compressor stops operating to prevent backflow of the fluid at the second pressure through the valve toward the compressor inlet. The bleed port is upstream of the valve and in fluid communication with the compressor inlet to equalize the pressure of the fluid contained in the compressor when the compressor stops operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Bristol Compressors, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chumley, Larry G. Pippin, Pantelis V. Hatzikazakis, William Z. Sun, Timothy M. Wampler, Charles E. Zimmerman, Rongchang Xin, David T. Monk
  • Patent number: 6779608
    Abstract: A surface pump assembly having a pressure vessel containing a submersible pump and an industrial motor located at least partially external to the pressure vessel having a shaft or seal thrust chamber extending at least partially into the pressure vessel to connect to pump. The pressure vessel has an inlet connected to a fluid source and one or more bleed off or pressure relief valves. The pump has an intake to receive the fluid and a discharge connected to a discharge conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Grubb, Robert DeLong
  • Publication number: 20040109774
    Abstract: A pressure-relieving valve is connected to relieve air pressure from an internal diameter of a transmission pump. On startup, pressurized oil is delivered to the torque converter. At engine idle speed, the centrifugal effects on the oil cause any air (which may have leaked into the torque converter during the shut-sown time) to accumulate at the center of the converter. Air pressure output from a torque converter escapes between the housing and the transmission pump to which it is connected. The escaped air reaches the internal diameter of the pump and it is prevented from blowing across the face of the pump to the suction side of the pump by a ball and check valve arrangement which delivers the air to a non-fluid internal part of a transmission, thereby avoiding the leakage of this air to the suction side of the pump and the possible loss of pump prime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Maurice Leising, Charles Redinger
  • Patent number: 6726458
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump for pumping fuel, and includes a main unit for pumping the fuel, which unit is actuated by a secondary unit for pumping a working liquid. The secondary unit has a filling neck for filling a reservoir with working liquid. The filling neck is connected to the reservoir which is selectively plugged by a plug. The plug is provided with a plugging surface that mates with a plugging seat formed in the neck. The neck includes an area for containing an excess of working liquid overflowing from the reservoir. An overflow level extends into the neck above the seat. The plug moves in the neck in the presence of the overflow of working liquid, between a position of pre-plugging, in which the plugging surface is removed from the seat, and a position of plugging in which the plugging surface is in sealed contact with the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles, S.A., Siemens VDO Automotive
    Inventor: Christian Hervault
  • Publication number: 20040062667
    Abstract: An emulsion pump mainly comprises a piston rod, a pressing head, a screw-topped sleeve, a cylinder, a spring, a rubber pipe and a gasket. Among them, the upper screw thread of the cylinder engages with a screw thread portion of the screw-topped sleeve. The width of the teeth of the upper end screw thread of the cylinder is A, the width of the gullet the screw thread portion of the screw-topped sleeve which is connected with the screw thread of the cylinder is B, and B is greater than A, thereby a gap exists between them; in addition, a gap is also formed between the contact surface of the upper end of the cylinder and the lower surface of the top portion of the screw-topped sleeve, thereby an air channel for preventing liquid entrance is formed in the emulsion pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Yao Wu Ding
  • Publication number: 20040057836
    Abstract: A circuit for a hydraulic pump is provided. The circuit includes a supply of fluid. A pumping element is operable to increase the pressure of fluid received from the supply of fluid and to generate a flow of pressurized fluid. An inlet passageway connects the pumping element with the supply of fluid. A drain passageway is connected to the inlet passageway. A valve is disposed in the drain passageway. The valve is moveable between a first position where the valve prevents a flow of fluid relative to the drain passageway and a second position where the valve allows a flow of fluid relative to the drain passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ashraf B. Abdelrahman, Dennis H. Gibson, Joseph S. Burkitt
  • Patent number: 6691730
    Abstract: The invention is an inflatable pad with a built-in pump, including an inflation unit with a laminated fringed chamber and an interior air pump assembly with an inflation and deflation channel. The pump chamber has two pieces of unidirectional membrane tubing in a reverse loop. One tubing is a channel between the pump chamber and the inflation chamber. The other tubing is installed inside the pump chamber so that one end connects to the pump chamber and the other to a piece of round tubing on the chamber edge. The round tubing connects to the laminated edge of the inflation chamber and has an insertable hollow bolt so that an inflation access is formed. On the round tubing surface ther is a vent hole. When the bolt is removed from the tubing, a deflation channel is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Inventor: Chin-Tang Chen
  • Publication number: 20040028544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic aggregate for a hydraulic controlling and/or regulating device, including a pump having a pump housing that includes a leakage chamber with a leakage bore opening into a hollow space of a lid fixed to the pump housing, said hollow space having a pressure-fluid connection to the atmosphere. The leakage bore is connected to the atmosphere by way of a float valve open in its basic position, and the float valve effects closure of the leakage bore under the effect of hydrostatic pressure in lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Stefan A Schmitt, Joachim Hotzel
  • Publication number: 20030138326
    Abstract: The present invention is a submersible pump system that includes a main housing, which is watertight and contains a submersible pump therein. There is a liquid suction inlet connected to the main housing and adapted for functional connection to a liquid source. This may be a direct pipe connection, or an open intake. There is also a one way check valve functionally connected to the main housing and located downstream from the liquid suction inlet, adapted to permit liquid to flow from the inlet to the main housing and to prevent liquid from oppositely flowing. The submersible pump has electrical power wiring and control wiring connected thereto and extending out of the main housing with a watertight seal. The pump has a submersible pump inlet to pump liquid from the main housing, and a pump outlet directly connected to a liquid flow outlet extending out through the main housing for liquid distribution therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: John A. Reid
  • Patent number: 6595758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conveying damp gases by means of a conveyor device (1) and also relates to a conveyor device (1) for carrying out the process. The conveyor device (1) has at least one feed pump (2) with an oscillating reciprocating piston (3) in a delivery chamber (7). In order to dry the conveyor device (1) effectively in the region of the delivery chamber (7), the delivery chamber (7) of at least one feed pump (2) is intermittently ventilated at various intervals in time using an ventilation device (15) while the conveyor device (1) is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: KNF Neuberger GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hauser, Heinz Riedlinger
  • Patent number: 6584791
    Abstract: A pressure equalization method and system is provided for starting a compressor while maintaining the compressor at a high pressure and comprises a valve and a bleed port. The compressor has a compressor inlet for receiving a fluid at a first pressure and a compressor outlet for discharging the fluid at a second pressure, and is operable to compress the fluid from the first pressure to the second pressure. The valve is proximate to and in fluid communication with the compressor outlet and is movable to an open position when the compressor is operating to allow the fluid at the second pressure to flow through the valve and is movable to a closed position when the compressor stops operating to prevent backflow of the fluid at the second pressure through the valve toward the compressor inlet. The bleed port is upstream of the valve and in fluid communication with the compressor inlet to equalize the pressure of the fluid contained in the compressor when the compressor stops operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol Compressors, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Monk, Larry G. Pippin, Pantelis V. Hatzikazakis, William Z. Sun, Timothy M. Wampler, Charles E. Zimmerman