Patents Examined by Andrew J Marien
  • Patent number: 11697399
    Abstract: A washer fluid pump includes: a housing in which a motor and an impeller rotated by the motor are housed; a washer fluid introduction pipe which extends vertically from the housing; a plotter which is movable along the washer fluid introduction pipe; a moving body which is connected to the plotter and contains a magnetic material; and a reed switch which is switched on/off by a movement of the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Gyu Park, Sang Hyun Jung
  • Patent number: 11692496
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for capturing a trip sign of a turbine due to a high bearing temperature based on correlation and a device therefor. By combining a temperature of a target bearing and related operating parameters thereof, this method can capture possible abnormal trip online. According to the present disclosure, it is not necessary to add additional detection equipment, and it does not need to establish a complex physical model for turbine bearings, and only the historical data of the operating parameters of the temperature of the target bearing and generator set operating parameters related to the temperature of the target bearing are required to complete the establishment of the model for capturing abnormal sign before the trip, which is convenient for popularization and application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhengguo Xu, Yong Xiong, Zijun Que, Peng Cheng, Jiming Chen
  • Patent number: 11686218
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a bearing housing with a housing cavity and a shaft rotating about a rotation axis. One or more bearings support the shaft. A housing supporting the bearing and defining a chamber axially adjacent to the bearing. A seal assembly is in the housing between the chamber and an exterior of the chamber. The seal assembly includes a seal supported by the housing and surrounding the shaft so as to define an annular gap between an inner surface of the seal and an outer surface associated to the shaft, the gap defining a part of a sealing path of the seal assembly for air to flow from said exterior into the chamber. An impeller rotates with the shaft and located radially inward of the gap relative to the rotation axis, the impeller oriented to drive oil toward the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Stuart Hodgson, Felipe Perez, Daniel Poirier, Nadim Antoine Najjar
  • Patent number: 11684883
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air purifier including a plurality of bi-directional fans, which are arranged to be misaligned in a vertical direction such that the discharge directions of discharge ports are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Hong, Sang Woo Kang, An Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 11680579
    Abstract: An impeller for use in an aquarium filter pump includes a shaft and a plurality of impeller blades radially extending from the shaft. Each of the impeller blades includes opposite blade faces. A depression is in each of the blade faces and aids in pushing the water. The depression can be a variety of shapes and can have its deepest portion along one of the edges of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: John L. Shumate
  • Patent number: 11680486
    Abstract: Turbomachinery comprising first and second sets of rotors configured to operate on a working fluid. The machinery further comprises first and second sets of electric machines coupled to the respective first and second rotors, and a coupling arrangement arranged to couple adjacent rotors of the first and second rotor sets to provide for fixed ratio, contra-rotation of the first and second rotor sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Chloe J. Palmer, Vladimir A. Shirokov
  • Patent number: 11668315
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite metal article and/or a composite metal wear component. The method including the following steps: casting a component composed of a host metal composition wherein one or more cavities are formed in the component during casting; inserting a wear resistant composition in solid form into the one or more cavities formed in the component composed of the host metal composition; and, bonding the wear resistant composition into the one or more cavities of the component composed of the host metal composition to form the composite metal article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Henry Marshall, Timothy Justin Lucey, Lee Jenkins, Randy James Kosmicki, Ronald Joseph Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 11661949
    Abstract: 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 capacity control valve that has a curved surface facing a flow of refrigerant from the first stage to the second stage. The capacity control valve can allow or obstruct flow through the side stream injection port. The capacity control valve can extend and retract in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow from the first stage impeller to the second stage impeller. The side stream injection port and the capacity control valve can be ring-shaped. The side stream injection port and the capacity control valve can allow at least some of the side stream to be introduced on a side of the capacity control valve opposite the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Rick T. James, Yuanjie Wu, Christopher Glen Thilges, Mark W. Harrison, Jon Christopher Johnson
  • Patent number: 11661947
    Abstract: A neck fan includes an arc-shaped housing configured to hang around user's neck and at least four fan assemblies arranged in the housing. The housing 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 housing. 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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JISU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiangfu Li
  • Patent number: 11649828
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a cylindrical rotary shaft extending in a direction of an axis, a fastening bolt having a bolt body that extends in a direction of an axis O in the rotary shaft to form fastening portions at both ends, a pair of rotary bodies each having an end portion in the direction of the axis that is fixed to each of the pair of fastening portions to be in contact with an end surface of the rotary shaft in the direction of the axis, and a bolt extension mechanism that temporarily extends the bolt body in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11634347
    Abstract: Provided is an outer enclosure for a turbo blower in which a turbo blower is installed, which includes a housing forming an exterior of the outer enclosure, an outside air inflow chamber which is a space partitioned in one side inside the housing and which communicates with the outside through an outside air inlet, an inverter chamber which is a space partitioned in the other side inside the housing, a motor chamber which is a space partitioned in an upper portion of a space positioned between an inverter chamber and the outside air inflow chamber, and in which a turbo blower including an intake nozzle communicating with the outside air inflow chamber is positioned, and a first refrigerant discharge port is positioned on one side, a refrigerant inflow chamber which is a space in a lower portion of the motor chamber and which communicates with the outside through a refrigerant inlet, in which the upper and lower portions of the inverter chamber are in communication with the motor chamber and the refrigerant in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Won Seok Rhee, Keon Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 11635083
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JISU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiangfu Li
  • Patent number: 11629723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a side channel compressor (1) for a fuel cell system for conveying and/or compressing a gas, particularly hydrogen, comprising a housing (3) and a drive (6), wherein the housing (3) has a housing upper part (7) and a housing lower part (8), a compressor chamber (30) which is circulating in the housing (3) about an axis of rotation (4) and has at least one peripheral side channel (19), a compressor wheel (2) located in the housing (3), which is rotatably arranged about an axis of rotation (4) and is driven by the drive (6), said compressor wheel (2) comprising blades (5) arranged on the periphery thereof in the region of the compressor chamber (30), and comprising respectively a gas inlet opening (14) embodied on the housing (3) and a gas outlet opening (16) which are fluidically interconnected via the compressor chamber (30), in particular the at least one side channel (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Hero, Armin Merz
  • Patent number: 11603847
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for a chiller system includes a casing having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, a recirculation structure including a recirculation path and a recirculation discharge cavity, an impeller disposed downstream of the recirculation discharge cavity, a plurality of recirculation discharge guide vanes disposed to surround the recirculation discharge cavity, and a diffuser disposed in the outlet portion downstream of the impeller. The recirculation structure is configured to impart a swirl to a flow of refrigerant into the inlet portion. The recirculation path supplies the refrigerant from the diffuser to the recirculation discharge cavity. The recirculation path includes a recirculation pipe that introduces the refrigerant toward the plurality of recirculation discharge guide vanes. An annular groove is disposed between the recirculation pipe and the plurality of recirculation discharge guide vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Vladislav Goldenberg, Marc Phothiboupha
  • Patent number: 11584510
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a propeller, a driving device, and an elastic abutting member sleeve. The propeller includes a blade base, a blade mounted on the blade base, and a first installation foolproof member disposed on the blade base. The driving device includes a main body, a driving shaft rotatable relative to the main body, a locking member disposed on the main body, and a second installation foolproof member disposed on the locking member. The driving device is coupled with the propeller. The elastic abutting member is coupled with the driving shaft and disposed between the main body and the blade base and abuts against the main body and the blade base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Deng, Ruochen Tang, Yueyao Tu
  • Patent number: 11572882
    Abstract: A centrifugal gas compressor fed with a gas and a processing liquid comprises a rotor rotated by a prime mover. The rotor defines an internal axial cavity with a cylindrical surface, an annular peripheral collection cavity, and a tapered radial channel fluidly connecting the internal axial cavity and the annular peripheral collection cavity. With each rotation of the rotor, a portion of the processing fluid is swept into the inlet of the tapered radial channel and travels radially as a fluid piston under centrifugal force pushing and compressing a column of gas entrained in front of said fluid piston, and is expelled into the annular peripheral collection cavity where it undergoes centrifugal separation, leaving the compressed gas to be drawn off through the compressed gas outlet for downstream use. A method for compressing a gas is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Pecheanu Air Compressors Inc.
    Inventor: Cristinel Antoniu Pecheanu
  • Patent number: 11572898
    Abstract: A levering device includes a coupling block, a gripper, an operating rod, and a constraint sleeve. The coupling block includes a coupling chamber, two guide slots in communication with the coupling chamber, an extension rod, and an axial hole axially cut through the extension rod in communication with the coupling chamber. The operating rod being axially movably inserted through the axial hole into a bearing chamber of a housing of a motor-driven water lifting device to stop against respective one end of a wheel axle of the motor-driven water lifting device. The gripper is attachable to the two guide slots of the coupling block and includes two gripper blocks and two claw bars respectively connected to the gripper blocks. The constraint sleeve is sleeved onto the coupling block to stop the two claw bars in the respective the guide slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NAN YANG WATER SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jui-Yu Lin, Po-Yu Chiang, Hsi Chen
  • Patent number: 11566636
    Abstract: A suspending tool includes a suspending tool main body that extends to be parallel with an axial direction above a rotor main body, a pair of bearing supporting portions that are disposed at an interval in the axial direction and are detachable from the bearing portions, a pair of seal supporting portions that are disposed inside the pair of bearing supporting portions in the axial direction at an interval in the axial direction and are detachable from the seal portions, and a plurality of diaphragm supporting portions that are disposed inside the pair of seal supporting portions in the axial direction such that the diaphragm supporting portions are disposed at intervals in the axial direction and are detachable from the diaphragms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11536277
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark W. Harrison, Jon Christopher Johnson
  • Patent number: 11536285
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing and controlling the aerodynamic stability of a compressor and method there of are provided. The apparatus includes a measurement device (100), a signal processing device (200) and a control and execution device (300), wherein the measurement device (100) is configured to measure the pressure or velocity fluctuations of air flows in different positions inside a compressor in real time, and to transmit real-time measurement signals obtained from different positions to the signal processing device (200); the signal processing device (200) is configured to determine, according to the real-time measurement signals, a type and spatial distribution of instability precursor in the compressor, and to output corresponding control strategy signals to the control and execution device (300); and the control and execution device (300) executes, according to the received control strategy signals, corresponding control actions to regulate the stability of the compressor (S3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jichao Li, Juan Du, Chaoqun Nie, Hongwu Zhang