Patents Examined by Charles Freay
  • Patent number: 9929607
    Abstract: A compressor includes a hermetic container, a compression mechanism section disposed in the hermetic container, and a motor disposed in the hermetic container to drive the compression mechanism section. The motor has a rotor and a stator disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the rotor. The stator includes a stator core and oil passage grooves. The stator core has a hollow circular cylindrical section and a plurality of circumferentially arranged teeth protruding radially inward from an outer peripheral surface of the hollow circular cylindrical section. The oil passage grooves are located radially outside of the teeth. The oil passage grooves are formed by cutting an outer peripheral surface of the hollow circular cylindrical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kataoka, Yasukazu Nabetani, Kazuo Ida, Azusa Ujihara
  • Patent number: 9920755
    Abstract: A pump having at least two fluid drivers and a method of delivering fluid from an inlet of the pump to an outlet of the pump using the at least two fluid drivers. Each of the fluid drives includes a prime mover and a fluid displacement member. The prime mover drives the fluid displacement member to transfer fluid. The fluid drivers are independently operated. However, the fluid drivers are operated such that contact between the fluid drivers is synchronized. That is, operation of the fluid drivers is synchronized such that the fluid displacement member in each fluid driver makes contact with another fluid displacement member. The contact can include at least one contact point, contact line, or contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Project Phoenix, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Afshari
  • Patent number: 9919265
    Abstract: A pump system for use in a gas dehydration system having an absorber/contactor and a reboiler is used to pump glycol or another fluid through a natural gas dehydration system. The pump system includes a gear pump connected to an electric motor for pumping glycol from the reboiler to the contactor/absorber. The motor may be powered by a thermoelectric generator that uses temperature differences in the gas dehydration system fluid to convert heat into electric energy. The pump system may also include additional pumps for moving fluid from the absorber to the reboiler, for moving a second fluid through a heat trace loop, and/or for driving peripheral components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: KOLD KATCHER INC.
    Inventors: Duncan MacPherson, Terry Jacobi
  • Patent number: 9920774
    Abstract: A system includes a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The system also includes a motor system configured to power the hydraulic energy transfer system and a shaft coupling the motor system and the hydraulic energy transfer system. Additionally, the system includes a shaft seal disposed about the shaft. Further, the system includes a pressure compensator configured to reduce a pressure differential across the shaft seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Jeremy Grant Martin, David D. Anderson, Alexander Patrick Theodossiou, Adam Rothschild Hoffman, Mark Richter, Patrick William Morphew
  • Patent number: 9915262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for pumping or compressing a fluid, the apparatus characterized by a compression chamber including an inlet and outlet, opposed front and rear vane members disposed inside said compression chamber, each vane member including at least one axially extending vane segment and at least one radially disposed open segment adapted to receive a vane segment of the opposed vane member, wherein adjacent vane segments of mating vane members form radial compartments there between. The assembly further includes a swing arm assembly for effecting equal and opposite rotational oscillation of the front and rear vane members such that adjacent vane segments oscillate toward and away from one another simultaneously, thereby creating a bellowing effect which draws fluid into the chamber via the inlet and discharges fluid out of the chamber via the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: George Flenche
  • Patent number: 9915253
    Abstract: An improved air compressor includes a cylinder fitted with a piston body and an air storage container. The cylinder and the air storage container are detachably assembled to define an air chamber. A metal seat with a through hole is provided on top of the cylinder. A valve plug is spring-biased against the metal seat. The air storage container is provided with an elongated pressure indicator, which includes a transparent tube defining therein a first bore and a second bore, between which a tapered annular surface is formed. When the air pressure within the air storage container exceeds a predetermined pressure set for the air compressor, the elongated pressure indicator allows excess air to flow into the first bore of the transparent tube and pass through the tapered annular surface to be released to the ambient environment, so that objects can be prevented from damages due to excessive inflations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-San Chou
  • Patent number: 9909578
    Abstract: There is provided an integrated electric compressor that can be made small in size while reducing radio noise effectively. In an inverter of the electric compressor, a snubber circuit 21 comprising a resistor R and a capacitor C is provided between input/output terminals 20 of a power source and a switching element 18. The snubber circuit 21 is formed by surface mounting a resistive element constituting the resistor R and a capacitor element constituting the capacitor C on a power board 16. A leakage current from a motor 19 is thus restrained and radio noise is reduced. The resistive element and the capacitor element constituting the snubber circuit 21 are preferably surface mounted on the power board 16 on the side opposite to the side on which a control circuit board is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Kasai, Koji Nakano, Koji Toyama, Makoto Hattori, Kazuki Niwa
  • Patent number: 9903361
    Abstract: A derrick-type long-stroke hydraulic pumping unit containing a rack, a counterweight basket, a sucker rod side oil cylinder, a counterweight basket side oil cylinder, a hydraulic station, and an oxbow component. The sucker rod side oil cylinder and the counterweight basket side oil cylinder each include a cylinder barrier. A piston and a piston rod are disposed inside the cylinder barrel. A cylinder cap component includes a cylinder cap body. A pressing sleeve mechanism is disposed on an upper part of the cylinder cap body. An oil scraping mechanism is disposed between the cylinder cap body and the pressing sleeve mechanism. The hydraulic pumping unit has the advantages of a reasonable structure, a long service life, high work efficiency, and resource saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LIANCHUANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongxin Xiang
  • Patent number: 9903277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a fuel circuit shut-off valve comprising an LPSOV, a flow regulator, the shut-off valve, characterised in that it comprises: a step for ordering (30) the closure of the valves; a step for measuring (32) the fuel flow rate in the circuit qui carried out before the LPSOV is completely closed; and a diagnostic step (34) consisting of determining that said shut-off valve is defective if the fuel flow rate measured is not equal to zero and determining that said shut-off valve is operating correctly if the fuel flow rate measured is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Brice Andre, Virginie Ayrault, Bruno Robert Gaully
  • Patent number: 9903351
    Abstract: A device for transfer of granular solid material between two chambers at different pressures. A piston type transfer pump device used in a horizontal position transfers granular material into the compression chamber by gravity and evacuates the material into the exhaust chamber at a higher pressure. Such a device may for example find an application for feeding a gasification reactor with biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Luc-Francois Gros-D'Aillon, Thierry Chataing, Sylvie Rouge
  • Patent number: 9897082
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention relate to monitoring a change in a rotational speed of a crankshaft to identify a failure related to a crankcase breather valve. A reciprocating compressor can include a detection component that is configured to track a rotational speed of a crankshaft of a compressor to identify a change in rotational speed. In an embodiment, the rotational speed can be monitored while unloaded and/or below approximately 800 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM). Based on a change in a rotational speed of the crankshaft, a controller can be configured to communicate an alert which corresponds to a failure related to the crankcase breather valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Richard C. Peoples, Milan Karunaratne, Jason M. Strode, Jayaprakash Shreeshailappa Sabarad
  • Patent number: 9890778
    Abstract: A method for operating a linear compressor includes measuring a current induced in a motor of the linear compressor and calculating an observed current of the motor of the linear compressor using at least an electrical dynamic model for the linear compressor and a robust integral of the sign of the error feedback. The method also includes detecting a head crash within the linear compressor if an error between the observed current of the motor of the linear compressor and the measured current induced in the motor of the linear compressor is greater than a crash threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Srujan Kusumba, Gregory William Hahn, Michael Lee McIntyre, Mohammad Taghi Mohebbi
  • Patent number: 9890780
    Abstract: The Invention provided is a hydraulic powered downhole reciprocating pump traveling valve component to provided lifting hydraulics on the down stroke using the derived motion and pressure of petroleum liquids and gasses, such as oil, water and natural gas. Designed to utilize the elements within the pumping apparatus to obtain the hydraulic power within and transfer the energy's force to the exposed bottom end of the pressure locked traveling ball valve adjacent within the ball valve containment cage, providing ultimate lifting power to open the ball valve on the initiation of the down stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Tru Lift Supply Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Kowalchuk
  • Patent number: 9885372
    Abstract: A system includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) that includes a housing and a rotor disposed within the housing. The system also includes a rotor advancing tool configured to engage and to move the rotor while the rotor is within the housing. The housing includes an opening that enables the rotor advancing tool to extend through the opening to engage and move the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Prem Krish, Jeremy Grant Martin, Felix Winkler, Alexander Patrick Theodossiou
  • Patent number: 9879696
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump having a rotor. The rotor of the pump is provided with elements that produce an at least partially axially directed fluid flow in the wet section of the pump during rotation of the rotor. This fluid flow serves to cool components of the pump that are arranged in or on the wet section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Kreutz, Peter Koeppler
  • Patent number: 9879894
    Abstract: A compressor crankcase heating control method for a heat pump system includes selectively actuating a first switching device to connect and disconnect first and second power lines to and from second and third switching devices, respectively, the first and second power lines receive a first voltage. The compressor crankcase heating control method further includes, when the first and second power lines are disconnected from the second and third switching devices via the first switching device, actuating the second and third switching devices thereby connecting third and fourth power lines to ends, respectively, of at least one winding of a stator of an electric motor of a compressor. The at least one winding of the stator of the electric motor heats the crankcase of the compressor. The third and fourth power lines receive a second voltage that is less than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Ramayya
  • Patent number: 9874078
    Abstract: A submersible electrical motor that drives a pump has an electrical connector receptacle base. A plug opening extends from the base into an interior of the motor and has a side wall extending around a plug opening axis. An electrical connector plug at an end of a motor lead has a nose portion that stabs into the plug opening and is surrounded by the side wall. An inward facing shoulder formed in the side wall faces inward into the motor. An outward facing shoulder on the nose portion faces outward from the motor interior and registers with the inward facing shoulder when the nose portion is fully received within the plug opening. A retainer inserts into engagement with the inward and outward facing shoulders to prevent outward movement of the plug in the plug opening. The retainer may be a pin or a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
    Inventor: John M. Knapp
  • Patent number: 9863410
    Abstract: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a shell including a suction inlet, a cylinder provided in the shell to define a compression space for a refrigerant, a piston reciprocated in an axial direction within the cylinder, a discharge valve provided on or at one side of the cylinder to selectively discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space, at least one nozzle disposed in the cylinder to introduce at least a portion of the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve into the cylinder, and a passage to guide the refrigerant discharged from the discharge valve to the at least one nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghae Kim, Kyoungkyu Lee, Kwangwoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9863435
    Abstract: A fan unit (2) includes a fan housing (3), a fan motor (5) provided in the fan housing, and a partition plate (4) that is attached to a partition plate attachment surface (6a) of the fan housing and that regulates air flow from the fan motor. A protrusion portion (7) is provided on the partition plate attachment surface of the fan housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Miura
  • Patent number: 9863418
    Abstract: A rotary pump may include a rotary cover and a rotary housing that may be engaged with one another during operation. A ring gear may be positioned within an internal portion of the rotary cover and rotary housing, and an inner gear may be positioned within a portion of the ring gear. The rotary pump may be configured with a pressure relief portion that may be in fluid communication with an outlet of the pump. The rotary pump may be configured such that pressurized fluid passing through the pressure relief portion is routed to an inlet of the rotary pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Laverne Schumann