Patents Examined by Bryan Lettman
  • Patent number: 9841033
    Abstract: A turbine housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (15) having a turbine volute (7) which is delimited by a metallic outer shell (8) and which has an inner wall (9); and a heat insulation layer (10) which is arranged on the inner wall (9) and which has a heat insulation core (6A, 6B) which, on its surface (12A, 12B) facing into a volute interior space (11), is covered by a first sheet-metal shell (3A, 3B). The heat insulation core (6A, 6B) is covered, on a surface (13A, 13B, 13?B) facing toward the inner wall (9), by a second sheet-metal shell (4A and 4B respectively).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: BorgWarner Inc., Isolite GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Henke, Patric Hoecker, Stefan Muenz, Matthias Kroll, Werner Loibl, Holger Oberthuer
  • Patent number: 9841024
    Abstract: A compressor includes compression and drive mechanisms disposed in a casing having a cylindrical member. The compression mechanism includes a cylinder main body, an end surface member attached to the cylinder main body, a muffler main body attached to the end surface member, an intake hole communicating with the compression chamber and extending in a direction crossing the drive shaft, and a circular hole located radially outside the compression chamber and extending in a direction parallel to the drive shaft. The circular hole opens to a space inside the casing. At least a part of the circular hole is located within an area defined by extending the intake hole in a plan view. A method of producing a compressor includes inserting a positioning pin into the circular hole of the compression mechanism and pressing an inlet tube into the intake hole from outside of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Hayashi, Yasuto Hiraoka, Seio Miyata, Naoto Sekida, Yoshinobu Ishiodori, Kouji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9841028
    Abstract: A pump unit includes a drive motor (14) and a first housing (2), in which a control electronics unit (18) is arranged for operating the drive motor (14). An operating unit (20) having at least one display or operating element (26, 28, 30) can be detachably connected to the first housing in at least two different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventors: Jan Knedler, Klaus Müller, Karsten Antonius, Matthias Ulmer, Mohammad Mehdi Ayatollahzadeh
  • Patent number: 9835159
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes a housing, a pump section disposed within the housing on a first side thereof, a motor section disposed within the housing on a second side thereof and communicating with the pump section, and an upper body closing an end of the housing on the second side. A fuel chamber, into which fuel flows from the pump section through the motor section toward the second side of the housing, and a first branch fuel path, which is connected to the fuel chamber, are provided between the upper body and a motor. A discharge port is connected to the fuel chamber. A supply port is connected to the first branch fuel path, and the fuel in the fuel chamber is provided to the supply port through the first branch fuel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Honda
  • Patent number: 9828880
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system having a combustion section and a turbine section is provided. The turbine section includes at least one turbine stage having a plurality of turbine blades coupled to a rotor and an inner casing circumferentially disposed about the plurality of turbine blades. The turbine section includes an outer casing circumferentially disposed about at least a portion of the inner casing. The inner casing and the outer casing define a cavity comprising a volume configured to facilitate the distribution of air within the cavity to cool an outer surface of the inner casing and an inner surface of the outer casing. The outer casing comprises at least one air inlet and the inner casing comprises at least one air outlet. At least one flange is provided within the cavity, and the at least one flange flanks the air inlet and at least one flow guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Henry Grady Ballard, Jr., Ozgur Bozkurt, Kenneth Damon Black, Radu Ioan Danescu
  • Patent number: 9828989
    Abstract: A liquid delivery device includes a constant flow valve, a pump and channels. A medicinal solution bag is connected to the liquid delivery device. The pump has a suction aperture, a discharge aperture and check valves. The constant flow valve includes a valve casing and a diaphragm that partitions the interior of the valve casing to form a first valve chamber and a second valve chamber. A first opening, a second opening, and a third opening are provided in the valve casing. A conical spring arranged between and in contact with a top plate and the diaphragm is provided in the second valve chamber. The spring applies a pressure towards an O-ring side to a second main surface of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yokoi, Yuzo Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 9829139
    Abstract: A method is provided for actively compensating for pressure changes of a working fluid within a conduit. A first cavity is provided in fluid communication with the conduit. A second cavity is in fluid communication with a control fluid. A plunger is in communication with both the first cavity and the second cavity and is movable in response to pressure changes of the working fluid in the conduit. The plunger is re-centered. Re-centering the plunger includes the following steps. Position data representative of movement of the plunger is collected. The position data is analyzed with a control unit to determine an average position of the plunger which is offset relative to a center position. The average position of the plunger is compared, with a control unit, to the center position. A signal is relayed from the control unit to a control valve to urge the plunger toward the center position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Paul C. Stavrou
  • Patent number: 9828976
    Abstract: A pump for cryogenic liquids including plurality of temperature managed pumping mechanisms. Each pumping mechanism including a barrel having a first end and a second end, and at least one bore extending through the barrel from the first end to the second end. The pump barrel including a stabilizer positioned on the first end and at least partially defining a space in fluid communication with the at least one bore to provide cooling to the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Steffen, Shivangini Singh Hazari
  • Patent number: 9816553
    Abstract: In order to adapt a balance piston unit of a compressor to a high speed, and to extend a service life of the compressor, a screw compressor according to the present invention includes a screw rotor including a rotor shaft, a radial bearing, a thrust plate, a balance mechanism, which is a slide bearing, a lubrication oil supply flow passage for supplying a lubrication oil, and a working fluid supply flow passage for supplying a working fluid for pressing the balance mechanism toward the thrust plate so that a reverse thrust load acts on the thrust plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shugo Takaki, Yoshinori Kurioka, Masahiro Tajima, Hisanori Gotou, Norio Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9816499
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression unit that compresses a refrigerant, an electric motor that is coupled with the compression unit via a main shaft and a housing that accommodates the compression unit and the electric motor. The electric compressor further includes an end-side bearing holding part that is provided near an axial end of the housing closer to the electric motor and a rolling bearing that has an outer ring press-fitted into the end-side bearing holding part and an inner ring into which an end of the rotating shaft is press-fitted, and that supports the main shaft, in which an opening into which an assembly jig for supporting the rolling bearing when the main shaft is press-fitted into the inner ring can be inserted and removed is provided in an end surface of the housing near the end-side bearing holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Takayuki Hagita, Yuki Ichise, Takeshi Hirano, Takayuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9816507
    Abstract: A back-up sump pump kit for use with a battery and an alternating current power source. The kit can be adapted to be a portable power source for an external electric device. The kit can include a portable case, a battery-operated back-up sump pump removably stored in the portable case, and a control charger integrated into the portable case. The control charger can include a battery charger, cables, a power input socket to charge the battery, and a power output socket to provide power from the battery to the external electric device. The portable case can include a handle and wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Senthilkumar Vijayakumar
  • Patent number: 9810157
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine compressor includes a rotor defining a central axis of rotation and a plurality of blades which project into an annular compressor gas flow passage, and a shroud circumferentially surrounding the rotor and having a radially inner surface adjacent to the blade tips. Bleed holes extend through the shroud adjacent the blade tips, each of the bleed holes having an inlet end disposed in the shroud radially inner surface and an outlet end disposed in a shroud radially outer surface. Bleed air removed from the annular gas flow passage flows through the bleed holes from the inlet to the outlet ends. The outlet end of each bleed hole is located circumferentially upstream of the inlet end relative to a direction of rotational flow in the annular gas flow passage driven by a direction of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Jason Nichols, Peter Townsend, Hien Duong, Vijay Kandasamy
  • Patent number: 9810241
    Abstract: A pumping system featuring a pump chamber configured with a central portion having a tangential outlet, and configured with a tubular coupling end portion having inwardly flexible rim portions on one side; and a mounting base, having a circular portion with an inner circumferential rim configured to receive and engage the inwardly flexible rim portions of the tubular coupling portion of the pump chamber so as to be rotationally coupled to the pumping chamber so that the pumping chamber may be rotated 360° in relation to the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FLOW CONTROL LLC
    Inventors: William A. Gell, III, Jeffrey D. Lopes, Jesus Estrada, Randall H. Moormann
  • Patent number: 9803628
    Abstract: A double-headed piston swash plate type compressor includes a rotary shaft, a drive force transmitting member, a tiltable swash plate, a movable body that changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a control pressure chamber defined by the movable body and the drive force transmitting member, which are arranged on one side with respect to the swash plate in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. The movable body includes a bottom portion, through which the rotary shaft extends, and a cylindrical portion, which extends from the bottom portion in the axial direction of the rotary shaft to surround the rotary shaft. The cylindrical portion is permitted to move in the axial direction while sliding along a part of the drive force transmitting member, so that the inclination angle of the swash plate is changed in accordance with the internal pressure of the control pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masaki Ota, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii, Yusuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9797388
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a resilient member 1 to a magnetic actuator 2 of a linear compressor. The apparatus includes at least one support member 6 cooperating with a resilient element 1, the support member 6 includes a substantially cylindrical part equipped with intermediate perimeter salient portion 61; at least one fastening element 7 cooperating with the support member 8 and the magnetic actuator 2, and enabling interconnection between a magnetic actuator 2 and a resilient member 1 of a detachable and electrically insulated linear compressor, the fastening element 7 being made in electrically insulating and non-magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Luiz Biesek, Everton Magnabosco
  • Patent number: 9797357
    Abstract: Responsiveness is improved in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Usui, Kenichiro Tokuo, Tatsuo Kawano, Masahiko Hayatani, Shingo Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9797389
    Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a housing having therein a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber and a cylinder bore. The compressor further includes a drive shaft and a swash plate that is mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith. The compressor further includes a link mechanism, a piston, a conversion mechanism, an actuator and a control mechanism. The actuator includes a partitioning body, a moving body and a pressure control chamber formed between the partitioning body and the moving body into which a refrigerant is introduced from the discharge chamber for moving the moving body. A connecting member and a connecting unit are disposed on radially opposite side of the drive shaft. The compressor further has an urging member that urges the moving body that reduces the inclination angle of the swash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hideharu Yamashita, Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9790939
    Abstract: A pump apparatus (1) comprises a pump head (2) and a container (20) for a liquid to be dispensed. The pump head (2) has a flexible dispensing tube (4) in fluid connection with the inside of the container (20). The fluid connection between the dispensing tube (4) and the inside of the container (20) is provided by a supply tube (28) which co-operates with the dispensing tube (4) to provide a non-return valve function. An end (48) of the supply tube (28) is disposed within an end of the dispensing tube (4) and the non-return valve function is provided by a hole (46) through a side wall of the supply tube (28) in a region where the dispensing tube (4) overlaps the supply tube, whereby the dispensing tube (4) provides a seal over the hole (46) to prevent ingress of fluid when the internal pressure is lower than the external pressure. Another aspect of the invention provides a container (20) for use in the pump apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Tristel PLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Turner
  • Patent number: 9784262
    Abstract: A fluid end (15) for a multiple reciprocating pump assembly (12) includes at least three plunger bores (61) or (91) each for receiving a reciprocating plunger (35), each plunger bore having a plunger bore axis (65) or (95). The fluid end (15) includes suction valve bores (59) or (89), each suction valve bore receiving a suction valve (41) and having a suction valve bore axis (63) or (93), and the fluid end further includes discharge valve bores (57) or (87), each discharge valve bore receiving a discharge valve (43) and having a discharge valve bore axis (63) or (93). The axes of at least one of the suction and discharge valve bores is inwardly offset in the fluid end from its respective plunger bore axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: S.P.M. Flow Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob A. Bayyouk, Donald Mackenzie
  • Patent number: 9777739
    Abstract: A rotation shaft supporting structure for an electric supercharger includes a rotation shaft that supports a compressor wheel, an electric motor including a motor rotator securely installed to the rotation shaft, and a stator for applying torque to the motor rotator. The supporting structure further includes a bearing provided on a bearing side end of the rotation shaft, which is adjacent to the compressor wheel, to support the rotation shaft, and a damper unit for absorbing shaft vibration of the rotation shaft. The compressor wheel is a wheel of a supercharging side, and the damper unit is provided at a shaft end on an opposite side to the bearing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hayashi, Yukio Yamashita, Byeongil An