Abstract: Thicker and thinner portions of a filter media sheet are provided in a filter element. The filter element includes a ring of filter media disposed around a central support tube. The filter media comprising a pleated layer of media including inner pleat tips adjacent the tube, and outer pleat tips radially outwardly spaced from the tube. The layer varies in thickness between the tips, such that a thinner portion of media is at the inner pleat tips than as at the outer pleat tips.

Abstract: A magnetically operated valve includes a combined valve body and bobbin that includes a bobbin portion that supports a magnet wire coil and a valve body portion that houses a pole and an armature. The armature is moveable under magnetic forces to operate a valve operator to control the fluid flow through the valve. The valve includes a flux bracket having a first end that is positioned in close contact with the pole and a second end that is passed through the valve body portion of the combined valve body and bobbin to position the second end in proximity to the armature. The flux bracket is formed as a single piece of material, such as a single piece of stamped or otherwise formed soft iron. The valve operator may be configured as a rocker with a fluid isolating diaphragm, and the valve may have a three-way or a two-way valve configuration.

Abstract: A linear electro-mechanical actuator assembly includes a linear actuator having an output rod end, and a bell crank assembly having a bell crank that is rotatable around a central axis and that has a rod connection opening for receiving the rod end. The bell crank further includes a tube opening along the central axis for receiving a torque tube. First and second bearing plates are positioned on opposite sides of the bell crank, whereby the bank crank rotates relative to the first and second bearing plates. A connection pin provides a hinge connection of the rod end to the bell crank such that linear motion of the rod end imparts rotational motion to the bell crank. The bell crank includes bearing supports positioned on opposite sides of the bell crank body. Circular bearings are positioned within the bearing plates, and around the bearing supports, to support the rotational motion of the bell crank.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insert element for insertion between two adjacent battery cells of a battery module, and to a battery module of this type. In order to improve insert elements of this type, in particular with regard to the flexibility of their use and their configuration, an insert element is proposed comprising two rigid cover plates and an intermediate layer which is arranged between the two cover plates, can be compressed elastically, and is constructed from a multiplicity of individual compression elements which are arranged distributed over the entire intermediate layer.

Abstract: A power take-off includes a housing that is adapted to be supported on a source of rotational energy, an input mechanism that is supported within the housing and adapted to be rotatably driven by the source of rotational energy, and an output mechanism that is supported within the housing and rotatably driven by the input mechanism. At least one of the input mechanism and the output mechanism includes a pair of mating gears. An eddy current damper is supported within the housing and configured to exert a drag torque on either or both of the mating gears during operation of the power take-off. The eddy current damper may provide a variable amount of such drag torque, a constant amount of such drag torque, or a combination of both.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure can include a system for dispensing purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution. The delivery system can include a fluid reservoir, a sterilization and/or purification mechanism, a solution production mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and a controller. The system can dispense the purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution on-demand.

Abstract: An example control system includes: a source of fluid; a cylinder actuator having: (i) cylinder, and (ii) a piston movable within the cylinder and dividing an internal space of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber; a pressure control valve; a pilot-operated valve having a pilot port that is fluidly coupled to the source; and a proportional control valve configured to fluidly couple the source of fluid to the second chamber.

Abstract: An assembly configuration prevents eddy or other electrical currents from flowing through the bearings that support relative motion of two components by incorporation of a sealing element that includes an electrically conductive additive material, thereby providing a conductive pathway to shunt the electrical currents externally from the bearings or around the bearings. The sealing element is therefore a two-function sealing element that seals the system components and additionally shunts the electrical currents externally from or around the bearings to prevent current flow through the bearings. A material of the contacting sealing element is electrically conductive, and in this manner, the sealing element is sufficiently electrically conductive to provide an electrically conductive path between the two components to shunt the eddy currents around the bearings.

Abstract: A fault tolerant interface includes a sensor and a safety control that are electrically connected to each other by a single wire. The sensor is configured to provide various signals to the safety control dependent on environmental parameters. Based on the ignal received by the safety control, the fault tolerant interface may act accordingly and place the overall system in a mitigative state in the event of a fault state or an alarm state. Data and fault or alarm states are detected by determining a first time interval between a first edge and a second edge of a signal, wherein an edge is one of a transition of the signal from a first voltage to a second voltage or a transition of the signal from the second voltage to the first voltage on a single wire. Data values versus fault or alarm states are assigned based on whether a current time interval corresponds to the first time interval or the second time interval, or another time interval associated with alarm or fault states.

Abstract: A counter pressure valve arrangement for controlling a pressure level of a hydraulic fluid in a return line from a hydraulic actuator arrangement. The counter pressure valve arrangement comprises a counter pressure valve having: a moveable valve member; a counter pressure regulating port configured for being connected to the hydraulic actuator arrangement via the return line; a tank port configured for being connected to a tank or low pressure reservoir for storing low pressure hydraulic fluid; and a pump port configured for being connected to a source of pressurised hydraulic fluid. A first position of the valve member effects fluid communication between the pump port and the counter pressure regulating port for supplying pressurised hydraulic fluid to the return line (4), and a second position of the valve member effects fluid communication between the counter pressure regulating port and the tank port for discharging hydraulic fluid from the return line to the tank.

Abstract: A pump system including a prevention mechanism for preventing excessive fluid temperature buildup of system fluid. The overheat prevention mechanism includes a thermally-responsive control component made with a thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive control component is located in the pump system such that the thermally-responsive material is in thermal communication with the system fluid for effecting a change in temperature of the thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive material is configured to have an activation temperature that is a predefined amount less than a maximum operating temperature of the system fluid. The thermally-responsive control component is configured to cooperate with a pump control mechanism in the system to decrease pump output pressure in response to the thermally-responsive material being heated by the fluid to a temperature that is equal to or greater than the activation temperature of the thermally-responsive material.

Abstract: An example plug assembly includes: a telescopic cone comprising a sealing cone and an anchoring cone, wherein the sealing cone and the anchoring cone are configured to move together in a distal direction, while the sealing cone is allowed to move relative to the anchoring cone in a proximal direction; a seal mounted to the sealing cone; and an anchoring ring mounted to the anchoring cone and comprising a plurality of segments disposed in a circular array, wherein during deployment of the plug assembly, the telescopic cone is driven in the distal direction, thereby expanding the anchoring ring and the seal, and wherein as the seal is allowed to relax after deployment, the seal pulls the sealing cone away from the anchoring cone, which remains in position relative to the anchoring ring.

Abstract: A split reversible heat pump/air conditioning system employs a single, bulbless thermostatic expansion valve (TEV) that spans both the common liquid line and the suction line. The system includes a compressor that supplies a refrigerant flow along a refrigerant pathway; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger; a reversing valve located along the refrigerant pathway between the outdoor heat exchanger and the compressor, and between the indoor heat exchanger and the compressor; and a bulbless TEV comprising a valve portion located along a common liquid line of the refrigerant pathway between the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger that throttles the refrigerant flow as between the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger, and a sensor portion for sensing pressure and temperature located along a suction line of the refrigerant pathway between the compressor and the reversing valve.

Abstract: An integrated electric power take-off includes an electric motor that is driven by an electric motor of an electric vehicle, a hydraulic pump or a similar device that is adapted to operate a rotatably driven accessory provided on the electric vehicle, and a geartrain system connected between the electric motor and the hydraulic pump. The geartrain system is an integral portion of the integrated electric power take-off that permits an optimal selection of the electric motor and the hydraulic pump to be made for each specific application.

Abstract: An enhanced low noise relief valve renders the anodizing processing irrelevant to the low leakage nature of the valve member based on the tolerance between the tube portion of the valve member and the inlet bore of the machined housing. This is accomplished by providing an additional valve stem holder that acts as a stem holder through which at least part of the tube portion of the valve member extends, with the stem holder instead of the valve member tube being located adjacent to the bore of the machined housing. The stem holder does not need to be subject to the anodizing process, and therefore a tight tolerance between the valve member and stem holder provides adequate leakage control, and the anodizing process applied to the machined housing otherwise is separated from the location where leakage tolerance is critical.

Abstract: A filter media, filter element, filter system and methods are provided. The filter media provides improved filter characteristics including water separation efficiency. The filter media may include one or more of increased surface roughness and/or embossments. The filter media may be provided by pleated filter media.

Abstract: A calibration device for a conductivity sensor for aqueous solutions. The calibration device includes a first connector configured to electrically couple with the sensor electrodes of the conductivity sensor. The connector is further configured to provide for the application of a controlled voltage across at least two of the sensor electrodes. A first resistor is connected between the at least two sensor electrodes and coupled to the first connector. The resistor has a value such that a current flow between the at least two sensor electrodes replicates the properties of an electrochemical calibration solution. In certain embodiments, the calibration device is configured for pH sensors or dissolved oxygen sensors.

Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body that houses valve components for controlling a flow of fluid through the valve body, and a solenoid component that controls operation of the valve components. The solenoid component includes a connector cap that is attached to a solenoid base, the connector cap having a plurality of electrical connection openings oriented at different directions that are configurable at multiple orientations corresponding to different directions connection paths with the solenoid component. The solenoid component is rotatable about a longitudinal axis relative to the valve body to configure the electrical connection openings at one of multiple first orientations corresponding to a rotational position of the solenoid component relative to the valve body.

Abstract: A bulbless thermostatic expansion valve has enhanced joining of the power element to the valve body. The valve body includes an upper extension that extends from a main body portion, an end of the upper extension being crimped into a lip relative to an opposing surface of the main body portion thereby defining a recess that receives a portion of the housing of the power element to the join the power element to the valve body. The lip may be formed by roll forming the end of upper extension of the valve body. The housing of the power element may be a multipart housing including an upper housing and a lower housing, with a diaphragm being secured between the upper housing and the lower housing, and an end of the lower housing is the portion of the housing of the power element that is received within the recess.