Patents Examined by Bryan M Lettman
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Patent number: 12160153Abstract: A curvilinear electromagnetic pump is configured to follow a curve, such as by coupling multiple linear pump segments together that are offset by an angle with respect to each other. The curvilinear electromagnetic pump can curve within two dimensions, or within three dimensions. The curvilinear electromagnetic pump allows for more efficient arrangement of components and systems within a nuclear reactor vessel and allows a significantly reduced reactor vessel height as compared to a linear pump arranged vertically. The curvilinear electromagnetic pump may follow the curvature of the reactor vessel wall and may be entirely disposed near the bottom of the reactor vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TERRAPOWER, LLCInventor: Robert A Corbin
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Patent number: 12158139Abstract: Disclosed are a pump body assembly and a fluid machine. The pump body assembly includes a rotation shaft and a piston provided with a sliding hole, at least a portion of the rotation shaft penetrates into the sliding hole, during rotation of the piston with the rotation shaft, and the sliding hole is in sliding fit with the rotation shaft, the piston is provided with a piston communication passage communicated with the sliding hole. The pump body assembly can solve the problem that the piston impedes a flow of oil liquid during use of a rotary cylinder compressor.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Yusheng Hu, Huijun Wei, Jia Xu, Zhongcheng Du, Liping Ren, Zhi Li
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Patent number: 12152591Abstract: A centrifugal pump having a barrel casing and at least one stage casing therein includes a transition from the last stage casing to the pressure connector of the barrel casing in the form of a spiral flow space. The contour of the spiral flow space is formed by a contour of the last stage casing, a contour of a cover which closes the barrel casing on an end face, and an inner contour of the barrel casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: KSB SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Peter Amann, Holger Lutz
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Patent number: 12146479Abstract: A nano gas pump for generating gas flow, gas compression and gas rarefication which provides up to several orders of magnitude pressure difference, operates over a wide range of pressure from several millitorr to several atmospheres, and with pumping speeds from several nano liters to several liters per minute. The nano gas pump does not require any moving parts and generate gas flow using steep temperature gradients of more than 100 milli Kelvin over a mean free path of the local gas in the direction of the gas flow. Temperature gradients are created and restricted mostly to the gas doing the work, through an arrangement of PNP, NPN, PP, NN thermoelectric segments together with conductive interconnects. Contact resistance which drastically reduces the efficiency of a nanoscale thermoelectric heat pump is mitigated by overlapping thermoelectric segments and electric connections.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: TORRAMICS, INC.Inventors: Sergey F. Gimelshein, Eugene Moskovets, Piotr A. Garbuz
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Patent number: 12146483Abstract: A system includes a chemical storage tank, a pipeline, a pump, a first electrostatic probe, and a control unit. The pipeline is connected to the chemical storage tank. The pump is connected to the pipeline and configured to pump a chemical solution from the chemical storage tank into the pipeline. The first electrostatic probe is coupled to the pump and configured to measure an electrostatic voltage of the pump. The control unit is coupled to the first electrostatic probe and configured to obtain a measurement of an electrostatic voltage from the first electrostatic probe.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Chih-Chiang Tseng, Ming-Lee Lee, Chiang Jen Chen
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Patent number: 12146486Abstract: In a refrigerant compressor comprising an overall housing with a motor housing portion, in which there is arranged a motor chamber having, provided therein, an electric motor comprising a stator and a rotor, and with a compressor housing portion which has a compressor unit, in order to be able to mount the stator as easily as possible it is proposed that the stator is mounted in the motor housing portion by means of supporting elements inserted into the motor housing portion, which supporting elements on the one hand abut against a stator-receiving surface of the motor housing portion and on the other hand surround the stator inserted into the supporting elements on its outer side and support it spring-elastically relative to the stator-receiving surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbHInventors: Axel Friedrich, Andreas Becker
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Patent number: 12140128Abstract: A gas compressor includes an incompressible fluid source for storing an incompressible fluid. A rotary shaft is coupled to the incompressible fluid source. Operation of the rotary shaft draws the incompressible fluid up or down the rotary shaft. A piston chamber is coupled to each piston in a set of pistons. The incompressible fluid is delivered to the first piston by a controlled fluid valve assembly, to drive the first piston. The centripetal force from the rotation of the rotary shaft and the force of incompressible fluid from an impeller drive the first piston to compress a gas in the piston chamber of the first piston. The incompressible fluid is released from the first piston, by the controlled fluid valve assembly. The incompressible fluid is alternately delivered to the second piston to drive the second piston and compress gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Inventor: Michael Newgent
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Patent number: 12129858Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid suck-back system and a liquid suck-back method, and belongs to the technical field of suck-back of liquid. The liquid suck-back system includes a suck-back pipeline and a suck-back pump. The suck-back pipeline includes a first port and a second port, the first port is connected to the suck-back pump, and the second port is connected to a liquid supply pipeline. The suck-back pipeline includes a suck-back valve and a water return bay, the liquid supply pipeline is configured to supply liquid chemicals, and the suck-back pump is configured to suck back residual liquid chemicals in the liquid supply pipeline when the liquid supply pipeline stops supplying liquid chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Yujie Guo
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Patent number: 12129855Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression portion, an electric motor, an inverter, a housing, a support bracket, a vibration insulator, and a soundproofing cover. The compression portion is configured to compress a fluid. The electric motor is configured to drive the compression portion. The inverter is configured to drive the electric motor. The housing includes an outer peripheral surface that has a cylindrical shape and accommodates the compression portion, the electric motor, and the inverter. The support bracket is fastened to the housing and supports the housing to an object to which the electric compressor is mounted. The vibration insulator is interposed between the support bracket and the object. The soundproofing cover is made of an elastically deformable sound absorbing material and covers the housing and the support bracket.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Noritaka Nishimori, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Suehiro Fukazawa, Toshiyuki Miyano, Takayuki Kato
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Patent number: 12116996Abstract: There is provided a compressor including: a piston that reciprocates inside a cylinder; a valve plate that closes an end portion of the cylinder; a connecting rod that supports the piston; a crankshaft that applies a rotating force to an end portion of the connecting rod; and a crankcase that rotatably supports the crankshaft. The piston is an oscillating piston that reciprocates while oscillating inside the cylinder according to rotation of the crankshaft. An outer peripheral surface of the piston is a curved surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuyuki Narisawa, Ken Umeda, Sho Goto, Tatsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 12117000Abstract: An orbiting scroll of a scroll compressor includes a platter wall having a first face including a spiral structure projecting therefrom, a second face having a coupling structure configured to couple the orbiting scroll to a drive mechanism of the scroll compressor, and a circumferential surface connecting the first face to the second face in an axial direction of the platter wall. The orbiting scroll includes a mass reduction feature provided as an inwardly indented channel formed in the circumferential surface. The channel is further configured to form a retaining feature for retaining a rim of a mask during a process of coating the spiral structure of the first face with a surface coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Steven Koester, Rance Stehouwer, Armando Nelson Pedro da Silva, Susana Isabel Nobre Salvador
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Patent number: 12110911Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for pumping fluids, including for the purpose of controlling temperature and pressure in a propellant tank include a type of novel ejector, consisting of a typical ejector and an isolation valve integrated on the inlet of secondary fluid to an ejector, or suction chamber. The inlet valve is actuated by the application of the primary motive fluid pressure to a motive nozzle. The ejector is configured to operate when submerged in the secondary fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: United Launch Alliance, L.L.C.Inventors: Joel Cy Scott, Jeffrey J. Rogers
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Patent number: 12098728Abstract: An inducer and a submersible pump for pumping a slurry comprising solids and viscous fluids, the inducer mountable to the pump's drive shaft adjacent to and immediately upstream of an impeller mounted on said shaft. The inducer comprises a hub, two to four inducer blades extending outwardly from and wrapping helically around the hub, the hub and the inducer blades defining a plurality of channels A trailing edge of each inducer blade is positioned snugly adjacent to and in fluidical alignment with a leading edge of a corresponding impeller blade when the inducer is mounted on the drive shaft of the pump, such that a velocity curve of the slurry is smooth as the slurry travels from a leading edge of the inducer blades to the leading edge of the impeller blades.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Dajustco IP Holdings Inc.Inventors: Nicholas James Guenther, Timothy Andrew Phillip Gjernes
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Patent number: 12098723Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided that may include a block insertion groove to accommodate a discharge port and at least one bypass hole disposed in a rear surface of a non-orbiting end plate of a non-orbiting scroll, and a retainer block including at least one bypass valve to open or close the bypass hole inserted into the block insertion groove. The bypass hole may include a first bypass hole and a second bypass hole. The bypass valve may include a first bypass valve to open or close the first bypass hole and a second bypass valve to open or close the second bypass hole, and may be disposed between the block insertion groove and the retainer block facing the block insertion groove. Accordingly, the first and second bypass valves are not fastened to the non-orbiting end plate, which may allow the non-orbiting end plate to be made thin.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jeonghun Kim, Changeol Jo, Nara Han, Juhwan Yun
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Patent number: 12092098Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid compression apparatus comprising a first and a second compression chamber, an intake system communicating with the first compression chamber, a transfer system communicating with the first and second compression chambers, and a mobile piston for ensuring the compression of the fluid in the first and second compression chambers. The apparatus further comprises a discharge port which communicates with the second compression chamber and is configured to allow the outlet of compressed fluid, wherein the second compression chamber is defined by a part of the body of the piston and a fixed wall of the apparatus, the piston being translationally mobile according to a longitudinal direction, the piston having a tubular portion mounted around a fixed central guide, a terminal end of the central guide forming the fixed wall defining a part of the second compression chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des ProcedesInventors: Cyril Benistand-Hector, Guillaume Petitpas
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Patent number: 12092106Abstract: Liquid ring systems are known for compressing gasses. However, known systems include moving surfaces that require high precision manufacturing. A valve arrangement for a liquid ring system comprising: a plurality of plates; a vane set; and a chamber set that comprises at least one chamber, wherein a first chamber of the chamber set comprises: a first valve, disposed on a first plate of the plurality of plates, which is configured to be closer to the first face of a first vane of the vane set than the second face of the second vane of the vane set; and a second valve, disposed on a second plate, which is configured to be closer to the second face of the second vane than the first face of the first vane.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Inventor: Richard Paul Kelsall
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Patent number: 12085066Abstract: A pulsatile fluid pump system includes a pump-valving assembly including a chamber and a diaphragm assembly coupled to the chamber and including a flexible diaphragm. The diaphragm assembly and the pump-valving assembly are configured as an integral pump assembly. The system further includes a linear motor having a magnet and a coil, the magnet moving in relation to the coil, the coil having an electrical input. The system also includes a control housing rigidly coupled to the linear motor and a controller system having an electrical output coupled to the electrical input of the coil, the controller system defining an electrical waveform at the electrical output to cause desired operation of the diaphragm. The integral pump assembly is configured to be removably coupled to the control housing, and the diaphragm assembly of the integral pump assembly is configured to be removably coupled to the linear motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: VentriFlo, Inc.Inventors: Douglas E. Vincent, Brian Bailey, Conrad Bzura, David Butz, David Olney, Eric Smith, George Koenig, James W. Poitras, Jeffrey P. Naber, Judy Labonté, Kathleen Vincent, Lawrence Kuba, Matthew J. Murphy, Patrick Shields, Roger Greeley
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Patent number: 12085065Abstract: A strapping tool and a pump used thereby are disclosed herein. The strapping tool includes a battery-powered motor; a hydraulic assembly operatively coupled to the battery-powered motor; and a sealing assembly, the sealing assembly comprising at least one crimping jaw member, the hydraulic assembly operatively coupling the at least one crimping jaw member to the battery-powered motor, and the at least one crimping jaw member of the sealing assembly configured to crimp or notch a strapping seal member so as to secure a piece of strapping around a package or bundle of items. The pump includes a pump rotor; and a plurality of balls displaced by the pump rotor, the plurality of balls configured to displace a fluid in the pump. The pump contains no linkage members and no piston.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Golden Bear LLCInventors: Joshua Robert Sikora, Charles Russell Patzer, Jack Louis Kime
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Patent number: 12081072Abstract: An EC motor contains a rotor, a stator, a shaft, a bearing system and an intermediate element connecting the stator to the shaft. The rotor includes a rotor case and one or more permanent magnets, and it is supported, by the bearing system, so as to be rotatable about the shaft. The stator is at least partially arranged, by the intermediate element, in a radially outer circumference of the bearing system. Ideally, a fan contains such an EC motor and a fan wheel connected to the rotor case of the rotor of the EC motor. Moreover, a household appliance contains an EC motor or a fan including the EC motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Robert Blaz, Viliam Farkas, Martin Kuco
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Patent number: 12066017Abstract: A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first fluid equals the volume of the second fluid. The balancing pod also includes a membrane that forms two balancing chambers. Also included in the cassette is at least two reciprocating pressure displacement membrane pumps. The pumps are within the housing and they pump the fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet line and pump the second fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason A. Demers, Michael J. Wilt, Kevin L. Grant, James D. Dale, Brian D. Tracey