Patents Examined by Andrew J Marien
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Patent number: 11867200Abstract: A storable fan includes a fan head, a support rod and a base that are connected detachably. A first accommodating groove and a second accommodating groove are formed in the base, and the storable fan has a used state and a stored state. In response to the used state of the storable fan, the fan head, the support rod and the base are connected sequentially. In response to the stored state of the storable fan, the fan head is stored in the first accommodating groove, and the support rod is stored in the second accommodating groove. The fan head, the support rod and the base are connected detachably, for ease of detachment of the storable fan. Both the fan head and the support rod can be stored in the base. The storage process can be accomplished without detaching such fasteners as screws and nuts or by only using few fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: AIRMATE ELECTRICAL (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Juipin Shih, Feixiong Li, Youbing Cheng, Jianwei Huang
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Patent number: 11859621Abstract: Centrifugal compressors can incorporate a side stream flow of intermediate pressure vapor between stages of that compressor. The side stream flow can be controlled by a side stream injection port controlled by a throttle ring disposed between stages of the compressor. The throttle ring can allow or obstruct flow through the side stream injection port. The throttle ring can extend and retract in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow from the first stage impeller to the second stage impeller. A method of operating a centrifugal compressor can include actuating a throttle ring by rotating a drive ring to adjust a flow of interstage fluid into the second stage impeller.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Mark W. Harrison, Jon Christopher Johnson
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Patent number: 11859625Abstract: A neck fan, configured to be worn around a neck of a user, includes: an inner shell, disposed near the neck; an outer shell, connected to the inner shell and disposed opposite to the inner shell and away from the neck, wherein the outer shell and the inner shell cooperatively define a receiving space; a plurality of fan assemblies. Each fan assembly is received in the receiving space and connected to the inner shell and the outer shell. Each of the inner shell and the outer shell defines a plurality of air inlets, each fan assembly corresponds to both the air inlets in the inner shell and the air inlets in the outer shell, each of the plurality of fan assemblies is configured to intake air from an outside of the neck fan into the receiving space through the corresponding plurality of air inlets.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN JISU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Xiangfu Li
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Patent number: 11846289Abstract: Proposed is a through type drain pump for a fluid draining apparatus of a fluid pipe. The drain pump includes: a housing formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the housing being configured such that a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port are in communication with each other via a fluid movement path; a rotary shaft having a driving motor, the rotary shaft being rotatably coupled to an output shaft of the driving motor via a coupler; an impeller formed at a lower end of the rotary shaft and configured to be rotated so that the fluid is moved to the fluid outlet port through the fluid movement path; and a mounter mounted at a lower outer side surface of the housing and configured to mount the drain pump on any pipe such that the drain pump is capable of being lifted and inserted into the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Sang Ho Choi
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Patent number: 11846299Abstract: A fan is disclosed. The fan includes a base mountable to a ceiling; a base motor contained in the base; a multi-section shaft operably connected to the base motor and moveable between a collapsed position and an extended position; and a fan assembly connected to the multi-section shaft and including a fan motor and at least one fan blade operably connected to the fan motor, wherein in response to a signal, the base motor raises or lowers the fan assembly by moving the multi-section shaft between the collapsed position and the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Phansee Company, LLCInventors: Philip Emanuel Noble, Christopher Patrick Noble
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Patent number: 11846295Abstract: A turbocharger includes: an oil drainage path formed in a radial bearing support, one end of the oil drainage path being opened on at least one of a surface facing a thrust bearing and a surface facing a supported portion in the radial bearing support, the other end of the oil drainage path being opened on a bottom surface of the radial bearing support, an entire projected surface of the oil drainage path projected along a central axis thereof to an oil outlet being included within the oil outlet; and an oil drainage space provided between the thrust bearing and an impeller and connected to an oil chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: IHI CorporationInventor: Katsunori Hayashi
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Patent number: 11821435Abstract: Compressor rotor structure for turbomachinery, such as a compressor, is provided. Disclosed embodiments may involve a flow loop that at least in part flows through the interior of the tie bolt or by way of a venting arrangement that at least in part extends through one of the rotor shafts of the rotor structure. Disclosed embodiments may further benefit from seal elements that may be arranged to inhibit passage onto respective hirth couplings of the process fluid being processed by the compressor. In operation, the flow loop may be appropriately pressurized to keep any residual seal leakage that may develop in one or more of the seal elements from travelling onto the hirth couplings.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Kevin Miny
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Patent number: 11821433Abstract: A rotary machine is disclosed, which includes a rotary shaft having a rotation axis, a first shaft end, and a second shaft end; a first bearing arrangement at the first shaft end; a second bearing arrangement at the second shaft end; a coupling flange mechanically connected to the first shaft end. The coupling flange is mechanically connected to the first shaft end by means of a first axial-contact coupling.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.r.lInventors: Giuseppe Iurisci, Lorenzo Naldi, Pradeep Kumar Diddi
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Patent number: 11803168Abstract: A distributed control system may include a main processing unit, a distributed control module, and a controllable component. The distributed control module may be configured to receive a nominal command reference from the main processing unit, determine a series of cumulating command references based at least in part on the nominal command reference; and output a series of cumulating control commands to the controllable component. The series of cumulating control commands may be based at least in part on the series of cumulating command references.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Manxue Lu, Mitchell Donald Smith, Daniel Lee Immel, Jon Tomas Zumberge
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Patent number: 11795959Abstract: Disclosed is a remote control smart blower. More particularly, the remote control smart blower includes a blower chamber (100) compressing external air flowing inside and discharging the compressed air; and a blower controller chamber (200) forming a predetermined-high partition with the blower chamber (100) and being able to operate and monitor in real time the power and operation status of a blower (110) disposed and fixed in the blower chamber (100), in which a manager can check the operation status of the blower (110) installed and fixed at a site and control and manage the blower (110) in real time using an exclusive terminal not only at the site, but regardless of the distance due to the blower controller chamber (200), whereby safety of operation and ease of management of the blower (110) are maximized.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TURBOWIN CO., LTD.Inventor: Minsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11795957Abstract: A neck fan includes an arc-shaped shell configured to hang around user's neck and at least four fan assemblies arranged in the shell. The shell includes a first part and a second part. Each of the first part and the second part defines an accommodating space, air inlets and air outlets communicated with the accommodating space, at least one partition is arranged in the accommodating space and configured to divide the accommodating space into at least two accommodating parts arranged along an extension direction of the shell. Each of the fan assemblies is arranged in one of the at least two accommodating parts and is configured to direct air into the one of the at least two accommodating parts through corresponding air inlets and to direct air out of the one of the at least two accommodating parts through corresponding air outlets.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN JISU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Xiangfu Li
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Patent number: 11788547Abstract: A propeller fan includes a shaft portion disposed on a rotation axis, and a blade disposed on an outer peripheral side of the shaft portion and including a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade includes a negative pressure surface in which a plurality of recesses are formed, and the plurality of recesses include a first recess and a second recess disposed on the trailing edge side than the first recess in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis as a center. The first recess has a depth larger than a depth of the second recess.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuya Teramoto, Takahide Tadokoro, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Hiroya Ito, Yuki Ugajin, Shingo Hamada, Takashi Ikeda, Takafumi Abe
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Patent number: 11781559Abstract: A side channel compressor for compressing gas includes a housing, which forms a side channel, and an impeller drive arranged in the housing. The housing forms a feed channel fluidically connected to the side channel for feeding gas to the side channel and a discharge channel for discharging gas out of the side channel that is fluidically connected to the side channel. The feed channel branches into two separate channel arms each extending along a channel arm center axis. The housing is subdivided along a separating plane into first and second housing parts which sealingly lie against one another. The discharge channel is passed through between the two channel arms and either a first or second discharge channel part of the discharge channel, opens out on a connecting surface of the first or second housing part forming a gas outlet opening arranged apart from the separating plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Christian Gramlich, Daniel Schatz, Johannes Weinmann
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Patent number: 11781556Abstract: A turbomachine includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A shaft is rotationally disposed in the housing. The shaft is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. An impeller is coupled to the shaft between the inlet and the outlet and rotates with the shaft. The impeller includes a single impeller inlet and an impeller outlet, a first set of vanes disposed on a first side of the impeller, and a second set of vanes disposed on a second side of the impeller. A passage is formed through a thickness of the impeller. The passage facilitates transmission of fluid from the first side of the impeller to the second side of the impeller such that fluid is supplied to the first set of vanes and the second set of vanes via the single impeller inlet. Transmission of fluid through the impeller reduces net axial thrust imparted to at least one of the impeller and the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Abhay R. Patil, Gerald Morrison, Adolfo Delgado
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Patent number: 11773873Abstract: A process for producing compressed hydrogen gas including: electrolysing water to produce hydrogen gas, and compressing the hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system including: a centrifugal compression stage and a recycle system for recycling a portion of the hydrogen gas from a product end to a feed end of the centrifugal compression stage; wherein hydrogen gas feed is fed to the feed end at a pre-determined feed temperature and pressure and mole fraction of water; wherein a portion of the hydrogen gas is removed from the product end, reduced in pressure in the recycle system to the pre-determined feed pressure and is then recycled to form at least part of the hydrogen gas feed to the centrifugal compression stage; and further including cooling hydrogen gas comprising the reduced pressure hydrogen gas such that the water mole fraction in the hydrogen gas feed is at the pre-determined water mole fraction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
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Patent number: 11773868Abstract: A blower includes a fluid introducing box, a fan, a casing, a tubular portion disposed inside the fan to introduce a first fluid and a second fluid separately into the fan, and an upper end portion defining an inlet into the tubular portion. The casing has a suction port forming portion defining a suction port. The upper end portion is disposed between the suction port forming portion and the fluid introducing box. A gap passage is defined between the upper end portion and the suction port forming portion. At least one of the first fluid or the second fluid is introduced into the gap passage from a passage inlet and fluids through the gap passage toward a downstream portion. A distance between the upper end portion and the suction port forming portion in the axial direction at the downstream portion is less than that at the passage inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Satoh
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Patent number: 11768014Abstract: A coolant system includes a multistage compressor having a plurality of surge detection sensors. A condenser is connected to an outlet of the multistage compressor. An economizer is connected to an outlet of the condenser and has a gaseous coolant outlet and a liquid coolant outlet. The liquid coolant outlet is connected to a cooler and the gaseous coolant outlet is connected to a second or later stage of the multistage compressor via a controllable valve. A controller is communicatively coupled to the surge detection sensors and the controllable valve. The controller includes a non-transitory medium storing instructions for causing the controller to detect an occurrence of a surge and restricting a flow through the controllable valve until the surge has ceased.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Vishnu M. Sishtla, Lei Yu
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Patent number: 11754080Abstract: A neck fan includes an arc-shaped shell and a fan assembly. The arc-shaped shell is configured to be worn around a neck of a user. The shell has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. Each of the first side and the second side defines air inlets. At least one of the first side and the second side defines air outlets. The shell further defines a receiving space, and the receiving space includes an air duct communicating with the air inlets and outlets. The fan assembly is received in the receiving space and configured to drive the air to flow from the air inlets of both sides, through the air duct, reaching the air outlets.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN JISU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Jiahang Xie, Guanzheng Zheng, Xiangfu Li
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Patent number: 11719250Abstract: A neck fan includes an arc-shaped shell configured to hang around user's neck and at least four fan assemblies arranged in the shell. The shell includes a first part and a second part. Each of the first part and the second part defines an accommodating space, air inlets and air outlets communicated with the accommodating space, at least one partition is arranged in the accommodating space and configured to divide the accommodating space into at least two accommodating parts arranged along an extension direction of the shell. Each of the fan assemblies is arranged in one of the at least two accommodating parts and is configured to direct air into the one of the at least two accommodating parts through corresponding air inlets and to direct air out of the one of the at least two accommodating parts through corresponding air outlets.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN JISU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Xiangfu Li
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Patent number: 11713769Abstract: An impeller includes a housing having a fluid inlet cavity defining a rotational axis. A plurality of vane are inlets arranged along an inner surface of the fluid inlet cavity and a plurality of vane outlets are circumferentially arranged along a rim of the housing. Each of the vane outlets is fluidly connected to a corresponding vane inlet by a corresponding internal channel situated internal to the housing. Each of the channels maintains a triangular cross-section from the vane inlet to the vane outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Jacob Greenfield, Thomas J. Ocken, John Sypek, Andrew W. Solomon