Patents Assigned to Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20080217446
    Abstract: A food processor for countertop foodstuff preparation comprises a receiving base that encloses an electric motor. The receiving base has a shaft driven by the motor. A pedestal extends generally upwardly from the outer periphery. The pedestal includes an actuator. The motor is operable when the actuator is in an activated position and inoperable when the actuator is in an unactivated position. A bowl is removably mountable on the receiving base. A lid is removably mountable over an open top of the bowl. The lid has an actuator tab that extends from the outer periphery and a positioning tab that extends from the outer periphery. The lid is rotatable for moving the actuator tab into engagement with the actuator to place the actuator in the activated position. The positioning tab extends over at least part of the pedestal to provide a visual indication when the actuator is in the activated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry D. Clapp, Derek Hassell
  • Publication number: 20080216657
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a housing having an air inlet, an air outlet and an airflow path therethrough. The housing has a top, a bottom and a plurality of sides. An air filter is located within the housing in the airflow path and a motor is located within the housing. The motor includes a motor shaft and a fan is on the motor shaft for urging air into the air inlet, through the airflow path and out of the air outlet. A cover is removably mounted to the housing proximate the air inlet and a base is removably mounted to the housing. The air purifier is positionable in one of a vertical operating orientation when the weight of the housing is supported by the base and a horizontal operating orientation when the weight of the housing is supported by one of the sides of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: HAMILTON BEACH/PROCTOR-SILEX, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Patrick Brady, Mark Francis Turner, Cuong Truong
  • Publication number: 20080221739
    Abstract: A blender for blending foodstuff includes a base enclosing a motor and having an upper mounting surface. A jar sensor is secured to the base proximate the upper mounting surface and a jar is removably mountable to the base on the mounting surface. The jar includes a closed end and an actuator is mounted proximate the closed end. The jar sensor detects the presence of the actuator when the jar is mounted to the base in an operating position. The motor is powered when the jar sensor detects the presence of the actuator in the operating position. A motor temperature indicator is positioned on a control panel on the base and a temperature sensor is in communication with the motor temperature indicator. First and second cordsets are adaptable for removable mounting to the base for powering the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: HAMILTON BEACH/PROCTOR-SILEX, INC.
    Inventors: Ernest B. Pryor, Steven W. Ashworth
  • Patent number: 7422419
    Abstract: A propeller blade mounted with a preload adjacent a propeller blade root retention that increases the moment capacity of the retention for a given pitch diameter, yet permits pitching of the propeller blade about a blade axis in response to a propeller pitch change actuation system. During assembly, the preload condition is established by preload springs which apply a load on the end of a tapered roller bearing set as a floating race is rotated which allows the tapered roller bearing set to progressively push the propeller blade root outboard and the floating race inboard to generate the preloaded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Armand Carvalho
  • Patent number: 7422361
    Abstract: A dispensing blender for blending foodstuff and dispensing foodstuff therefrom. The dispensing blender includes a base enclosing a motor, a jar removably mountable to the base, a collar removably mountable between the base and the jar and a dispensing spout mounted to the collar. At least a portion of the dispensing spout is movable to an open position wherein foodstuff within the jar is able to flow from the jar, through the collar and out of the dispensing spout and a closed position wherein the foodstuff is blocked from flowing out of the dispensing spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest B. Pryor, Jr., John Robert Bohannon, Jr., Benjamin Henry Branson, III, Atle Larsen, George William Stamper, III, Brian Paul Williams
  • Publication number: 20080212403
    Abstract: The blender includes a motor housing that has an outer surface surrounding an electric motor. The motor housing has a first end and a second end. The outer surface has a first mounting member. The motor housing includes a control electrically connected to the motor. A jar has an open end and a blending end and an interior surface. The jar includes a blade assembly proximate to the blending end. The jar is removably mountable to the first end of the motor housing in a operable position. The interior surface of the jar has a second mounting member. The second mounting member is in releasable registry with the first mounting member when the open end of the jar is placed over the first end of the motor housing in a storage position such that the motor housing is at least partially contained within the jar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: HAMILTON BEACH/PROCTOR-SILEX, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Garman, Benjamin Henry Branson
  • Patent number: 7419357
    Abstract: An improved ram air turbine (RAT) prevents release of its turbine blades due an over-speed condition by detecting an over-speed condition with a trigger mechanism and rotating the blades to a fixed coarse pitch position with a release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Nohr, William E. Seidel, David G. Bannon, David E. Russ
  • Publication number: 20080202339
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide (CO2) removal system includes a first sorbent bed and a second sorbent bed. Each of the first and second sorbent beds has a molecular sieve sorbent for adsorbing or desorbing CO2. One of the sorbent beds adsorbs CO2 and the other of the sorbent beds desorbs CO2. The first and second sorbent beds are thermally connected to transfer heat between the sorbent beds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Hamilton Sunstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy A. Nalette, Tony Rector
  • Patent number: 7416392
    Abstract: A stow abort mechanism for a ram air turbine (RAT) with a strut that rotates a turbine with associated blades from a stowed position to a deployment condition comprises a stow abort lock plate with an aperture that rotates with the strut and a stow abort lock pin that engages the aperture in the stow abort lock plate when the blades do not align properly for rotating the strut back into the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: David E. Russ
  • Patent number: 7417337
    Abstract: An improved method and system for facilitating no-break power transfer between an APU and a main engine includes determining a required APU speed for conducting power transfer based on various APU operating parameters, such as engine speed, fuel, environmental temperature, etc. The APU controller then adjusts the APU speed up or down to the required APU speed. Communication between an aircraft computer and the APU controller may also be provided so that operational data can be exchanged to adjust the electrical load of the aircraft below a maximum load threshold set by the APU, avoiding overloading of the APU during power transfer. By exchanging operational data between the APU controller and the aircraft computer, both the APU and the electrical load can be adjusted to optimize no-break power transfer despite varying APU operating conditions and main engine generator frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Peter J. Suttie
  • Publication number: 20080197634
    Abstract: A turboalternator system includes a turboalternator having a rotatable member operatively engaged to a bearing set, a radial support element, and a contact structure engaged with the radial support element. The rotatable member defines a first end, a second end and an axis of rotation. The turboalternator system is configured to be thermally adjustable such that in a first thermal condition the contact structure is at a first radial position with respect to the axis of rotation and contacts the rotatable member to provide support, and in a second thermal condition the contact structure is at a second radial position with respect to the axis of rotation that is spaced further from the axis of rotation than the first radial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Publication number: 20080197736
    Abstract: A rotor for a brushless permanent magnet generator/motor comprises a retention slot extending into a rotor flange for receiving a root of a permanent magnet. The retention slot comprises a base extending axially into the rotor flange, a pair of side walls extending radially from the base, and a pair of lugs projecting from the side wall to engage the root to provide radial and tangential retention of the permanent magnet. In other embodiments, the permanent magnet is further restrained in the axial direction by a spring pre-loaded axial retention ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Himmelmann, Mohammad Shahamat
  • Publication number: 20080197730
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine comprises a first rotor shaft, a second rotor shaft and a central element. The first rotor shaft rotates about a central axis of the machine and has a first magnetic drive element disposed about an outer circumference of the first rotor shaft. The second rotor shaft rotates about the first rotor shaft and has a second magnetic drive element disposed about an inner circumference of the second rotor shaft. The central element is disposed between the first rotor shaft and the second rotor shaft and is configurable to remain stationary while the first rotor shaft and the second rotor shaft rotate about the central axis. The central element also includes a third magnetic drive element for interacting with the first magnetic drive element, and a fourth magnetic drive element for interacting with the second magnetic drive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard A. Himmelmann, Mohammad Shahamat
  • Patent number: 7410520
    Abstract: A method for packaging, shipping, displaying and positioning a foldable filter having a hinge into an air filtration unit wherein the foldable filter is pivotable about the hinge between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The method includes the steps of positioning the foldable filter in the collapsed position, inserting the collapsed foldable filter into a package, shipping the collapsed foldable filter within the package to a store, positioning the packaged foldable filter for display at the store, removing the foldable filter from the package, moving the foldable filter to the expanded position and positioning the foldable filter into the air filtration unit. The foldable filter includes first and second frame sections connected by the hinge and pleated filter material that includes at least one pleat edge extending generally parallel to a hinge axis. The hinge is formed at least partially by a portion of the at least one pleat edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Nowak, Robert Haeberle, John F. Carroll
  • Patent number: 7410344
    Abstract: A brake system for a ram air turbine (RAT) causes the RAT to slow or lock if the RAT achieves an over-speed condition with a centrifugal force operated trigger system that actuates a compression type brake pack to slow or lock the turbine hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Seidel, David N. Chapman
  • Patent number: 7407367
    Abstract: A diffuser includes multiple vanes rotatable about pivot pins between multiple positions. A mounting plate supports a backing plate. The vanes are arranged between the backing plate and the shroud. The pivot pins are in a slip fit relationship with the backing plate, vanes and shroud and are threadingly received by bosses in the mounting plate. The mounting plate and pivot pin arrangement better enables the backing plate and shroud to remain parallel with one another during deflection of the backing plate and/or shroud. Structure, such as integral protrusions and/or bolts, extend from between the backing plate and shroud through apertures in the vanes to better contain the vanes in the event of a catastrophic failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher McAuliffe, Craig Beers, Brent Merritt, Robert Telakowski
  • Patent number: 7408327
    Abstract: The output voltage generated by permanent magnet generator (PMG) is regulated by controlling a buck/boost voltage applied to selected sub-coils within the PMG. The PMG includes a number of stator coils that are each divided into a number of sub-coils. A buck/boost voltage source generates a buck/boost voltage, and a controller connected to monitor the output voltage generated by the PMG selectively applies the buck/boost voltage to selected sub-coils based on the monitored output voltage. In this way, the controller is able to regulate the output voltage by selectively controlling the buck/boost voltage applied to the selected sub-coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sunstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Mahesh J. Shah, George H. Seffernick
  • Patent number: 7401588
    Abstract: A cylinder block for an axial piston pump or motor is formed from a steel material. The block includes a plurality of bores that each have an internal bore surface of a predefined final material surface finish. The bores are subjected to various machining and heat treating processes to provide a bore surface formed from the same material as the cylinder block, and which has the desired final surface finish. Pistons are mounted within each of the bores for axial movement relative to the cylinder block. Each of the pistons is formed from a steel material and has an exterior surface that is in sliding contact with the internal bore surface. The subject cylinder block is processed to provide a steel-to-steel interface between the bore and piston and eliminates the need for liners to be specially formed or installed within each piston bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Henry R. Vanderzyden
  • Patent number: 7402020
    Abstract: An air cycle machine includes a housing having a compressor housing portion. A shaft is supported by the housing and includes a thrust runner. A hydrodynamic thrust bearing is arranged adjacent to the thrust runner and includes upstream and downstream sides. A compressor rotor is mounted on the shaft. A seal is arranged between the compressor rotor and the compressor housing portion. An orifice is provided in the compressor housing portion at the downstream side of the hydrodynamic bearing. The orifice vents hot compressed air that may leak past the seal prior to reaching the hydrodynamic thrust bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Beers, Christopher McAuliffe, Brent Merritt
  • Patent number: D577247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: John Barnes, Yvonne Olson, David Jackson, James Gaynor