Patents Examined by Chirag Jariwala
  • Patent number: 10677253
    Abstract: A turbocharger assembly can include a shaft sleeve that includes a bore that extends between a first end and a second end; a shaft received by the bore of the shaft sleeve where the shaft includes a compressor end and a turbine wheel that defines a turbine end; and a balance collar disposed on the shaft and seated axially between the end of the shaft sleeve and the turbine wheel wherein the balance collar includes a stem portion and a flared portion that includes a sacrificial portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn W Merritt, Luca Tabacchi
  • Patent number: 10670004
    Abstract: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a discharge cover including a plurality of covers stacked in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangeun Bae, Jeonguk Byun, Kyungmin Lee, Gyeoungjin Jeon, Dongkyun Ha
  • Patent number: 10670012
    Abstract: Variable displacement compressor 100 has second control valve 350 for adjusting the opening degree of pressure release passage 146. Second control valve 350 includes partition member 351, which partitions valve chamber 351c and back pressure chamber 351d, and has side wall 351a surrounding valve portion 352b of spool 352, and end wall 351b connected to one end side of side wall 351a and through which shaft portion 352b of spool 352 penetrates. Furthermore, in second control valve 350, end surface 351a1 opposite to the end wall of the side wall of partition member 351 abuts on the wall surface opposite to the back pressure chamber of the valve chamber 351c. When the valve portion 352b of spool 352 abuts on the wall surface, pressure receiving portion 352a of spool 352 abuts on end wall 351b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10655619
    Abstract: A stay of a liquid can be suppressed. A pump 100 includes a tube 102, having elasticity, in which a liquid as a target to be delivered flows; a tube housing 104 which covers an outside of the tube 102 and keeps a gas in an inner space V between an outer surface of the tube 102 and the tube housing 104; and an electropneumatic regulator RE configured to supply the gas into the inner space V and discharge the gas from the inner space V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sasa, Daisuke Ishimaru, Takahiro Okubo, Tomoyuki Yumoto, Tomohiko Muta
  • Patent number: 10641272
    Abstract: A vacuum pump with abatement function which can prevent contamination of a process chamber without allowing products generated by exhaust gas treatment to flow back to the process chamber, and can reduce the amount of gas to be treated without allowing a purge gas and a diluent gas to be contained in an exhaust gas, and thus can achieve energy saving by reducing the amount of energy required for the exhaust gas treatment in an abatement part is disclosed. The vacuum pump with abatement function includes a vacuum pump to which at least one abatement part for treating an exhaust gas is attached. The vacuum pump comprises a dry vacuum pump having a pair of multistage pump rotors each of which comprises a plurality of rotors arranged on a rotating shaft, and the at least one abatement part is connected to an interstage of the multistage pump rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Iwasaki, Hiroki Furuta, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tetsuo Komai, Shinichi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10641256
    Abstract: A vacuum pump with abatement function which can prevent contamination of a process chamber without allowing products generated by exhaust gas treatment to flow back to the process chamber, and can reduce the amount of gas to be treated without allowing a purge gas and a diluent gas to be contained in an exhaust gas, and thus can achieve energy saving by reducing the amount of energy required for the exhaust gas treatment in an abatement part is disclosed. The vacuum pump with abatement function includes a vacuum pump to which at least one abatement part for treating an exhaust gas is attached. The vacuum pump comprises a dry vacuum pump having a main pump capable of evacuating gas from an atmospheric pressure and a booster pump for increasing an evacuation speed of the main pump, and the at least one abatement part for treating the exhaust gas is connected between the main pump and the booster pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Furuta, Koichi Iwasaki, Keiichi Ishikawa, Tetsuo Komai, Shinichi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10598190
    Abstract: A disclosed centrifugal blower comprises: a centrifugal fan; a scroll casing which is configured so as to surround the centrifugal fan, has an air inlet on at least one surface thereof, has an air outlet on one side thereof, and guides, to the air outlet, air discharged from the centrifugal fan; an expansion part which is provided at the air outlet and is configured such that the cross-sectional area of the flow path is expanded in the air discharge direction; and a dividing plate which is provided in the expansion part, is arranged at the outside of the air outlet and is arranged lengthwise along the flow direction of the air discharged from the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Kim, Sang-Gu Sim, Myung-Jin Park, Bong-Suk Kim, Chan-Jung Park
  • Patent number: 10578096
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump may include a rotor rotatably mounted on a base and an occlusion bed mounted on the base and moveable toward and away from the rotor. The peristaltic pump may also include a lid hingedly mounted to the base along a first hinge axis including a mounting bracket extending perpendicularly relative to the first hinge axis. A linkage assembly connecting the occlusion bed and the lid may include a pair of curved arms hingedly mounted to the mounting bracket along a second hinge axis parallel to the first hinge axis and a cam connecting the pair of curved arms and having a cam surface facing the mounting bracket, the cam being hingedly mounted to the occlusion bed at an end opposite the second hinge axis. The mounting bracket abuts the cam surface and form a cooperative connection between the lid and the occlusion bed via the linkage assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: James Van Stell
  • Patent number: 10570911
    Abstract: A pump unit includes a pump housing having a valve assembly positioned on a wall thereof and adapted to be coupled to an inflatable device, and an air control assembly that is housed inside the pump housing. The air control assembly includes an impeller section that houses an impeller, and has an air inlet and an air outlet. The air control assembly further includes a motor housing that houses a motor, the motor housing having an air vent that communicates the interior of the motor housing with the air inlet and the air outlet, and a vent opening that communicates the interior of the motor housing to the environment. The air outlet is aligned with the valve assembly when the pump unit is operated in the inflation mode, and the air inlet is aligned with the valve assembly when the pump unit is operated in the deflation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Pleasure Company Limited
    Inventors: Vincent W. S. Lau, Shouguo Long
  • Patent number: 10539129
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system pertaining to the field of oil production engineering. According to the method, the crank complete-cycle operation uses a utility frequency driving mode, and the crank incomplete-cycle pumping operation and the crank incomplete-cycle no-pumping, operation use a variable, frequency driving mode. The system is provided with a utility frequency loop and a variable frequency loop which are provided with a common input terminal and a common output terminal. The common input terminal of the utility frequency loop and the variable frequency loop is connected to a utility frequency power supply circuit, and the output terminal is connected to a driving electric machine of the oil pumping unit. A frequency changer is configured in the variable frequency loop. An operation control unit is further configured outside the utility frequency loop and the variable frequency loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HARBIN SURFICS ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY INC
    Inventors: Ye Yang, Lin Wang, Min Zhang, Mingting Han, Yanan Sun, Chunlong Sun, Guoqing Wang, Hongliang Gong, Jie Zhang, Wen Xing, Feng Wei, Deshi Zhang, Jinyuan Li, Chenglin Liu, Feifei Wan, Yunlong Chen
  • Patent number: 10527064
    Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic pump (10) comprising a tubular steel frame (11) and a disc-shaped pressure vessel (12) including a lower, tangential transfer port (14) and an upper, radial ventilation port (15). A transfer assembly (16) on the port (14) includes an inlet assembly (17) having a positive-close non-return valve (21) and a delivery outlet assembly (20). A venturi assembly (22) applies suction to the ventilation port (15) and has an exhaust vent (24) including a closure assembly (25) selectively operable to cycle between a suction phase and a pressurized phase. A two way T-valve (40) selectively allows venturi exhaust air to pass selectively into either a diffuser/muffler (35) or a delivery line (42) downstream of an outlet non-return valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SOLIDSVAC PTY LTD
    Inventor: Mark Damien Krohn
  • Patent number: 10514025
    Abstract: A preheater for a compressor that is capable of heating a lubricant oil efficiently with smaller power is provided. A preheater for a compressor includes: a capacitive oil surface sensor that is provided at a compressor used in a refrigerating cycle, and detects an oil surface of a lubricant oil A in the compressor; and a power supply unit that applies high-frequency voltage to the oil surface sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishizeki, Hiroshi Doumae, Yuusuke Kishiwaki, Masahide Fujiwara, Motonobu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10465670
    Abstract: An inflating device includes a main body, an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a handle, an inflating tube and a switching structure. The outer cylinder is disposed within the main body and an upper portion of the outer cylinder defines a cavity which has a bottom surface defining a sliding passage. The inner cylinder is disposed within the outer cylinder. The switching structure includes a slide unit and a press cover. The slide unit is disposed slidably in left and right directions within a sliding passage. The press cover is mounted on the upper portion of the outer cylinder so as to cover the cavity and the slide unit. The inflating device can be conveniently switched between a small pump unit and a large pump unit by the switching structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DONGGUAN TIGER POINT METAL & PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Chung Tsai
  • Patent number: 10443619
    Abstract: A motor housing assembly for a cabin air compressor assembly is provided that includes a central body portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The central body portion has an internal cavity configured to receive an electric motor. The first end portion includes a first and second motor cooling inlet duct. The second end portion includes a flange configured to couple with an outlet housing of the cabin air compressor assembly. A motor cooling duct centerline is defined between the first and second motor cooling inlet duct and is perpendicular to a central body portion centerline. A first distance is defined between an outer edge of the first and second motor cooling inlet duct. A second distance is defined between an outer face of the flange and an intersection of the centerlines. A ratio of the first distance to the second distance is between 1.29 and 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darryl A. Colson, Brent J. Merritt, Paul E. Hamel, David Anderson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10443582
    Abstract: The device comprises a casing portion that has an open axial end and that has two main holes, respectively for fluid feed and for fluid discharge. Said holes open out in an inside axial face of the casing portion, respectively via a first main orifice and via a second main orifice that are disposed in succession in the direction going away from the open axial end. The inside axial face has first, second, and third sealing inside bearing surface arrangements, respectively situated between the open axial end and the first main orifice, between the two main orifices, and beyond the second main orifice. At least two of the three arrangements are staggered inside arrangements, each of which comprises two axial bearing surfaces that are staggered relative to each other, and that are separated by a shoulder facing towards the open axial end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: POCLAIN HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIE
    Inventor: Julien Viard
  • Patent number: 10436188
    Abstract: A pneumatic compressor is provided and includes a cylinder head having a first muffler cavity for drawing an intake air. Also included in the compressor is a compressor shroud including an inertial filter having a filter slot, and an integral muffler, wherein the inertial filter and the integral muffler are integrally formed within the compressor shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MAT INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas B. Sharp, Mark W. Wood, Jeremy D. Leasure
  • Patent number: 10421334
    Abstract: An electric compressor mounted to a vehicle includes a motor, a compression unit driven by the motor, an inverter unit for driving the motor, a housing for accommodating the motor, the compression unit, and the inverter unit, and a cover mounted to the housing for closing a space accommodating the inverter unit. The electric compressor is fixed to the vehicle by means of a first mounting leg provided to the housing, and a second mounting leg provided to the cover. The second mounting leg includes a stress concentration part at which stress concentrates as compared with another portion of the second mounting leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Nishibori, Makoto Iwasa, Nobuaki Ogawa, Takeshi Imanishi, Yoshifumi Abe
  • Patent number: 10415604
    Abstract: A pumping device includes a seal cap unit including a cap, an air relief member connected with the cap, and a regulating member connected with the air relief member. The cap has an air inlet hole and an air outlet hole. The air outlet hole has a through hole. The air relief member is mounted on the air outlet hole and has a guide hole and a plurality of apertures. The regulating member has an air relief hole and a plurality of draining holes. Thus, the air relief hole of the regulating member and the pressure relief member provide a double pressure relief function to release the excessive air pressure in the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Crafts & Carriers Taiwan Inc.
    Inventor: Kun-Wang Wang
  • Patent number: 10400756
    Abstract: A volumetric pump comprising a product metering piston 28 mounted inside a metering chamber 22 so as to slide, a sleeve 14 at least partially delimiting an intake chamber 16 and an exhaust chamber 18 for the product, and a product dispensing means 24 is provided. The dispensing means comprises an intake member 34 comprising product passage means 44d that are able to at least partially face an inlet orifice 48 of the metering chamber, and an exhaust member 36 comprising product passage means 50d that are able to at least partially face an outlet orifice 54 of said chamber. The intake and exhaust members are situated axially on either side of an internal partition 42 of the sleeve and are each mounted so as to bear axially against said partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Aurélien Tournebize, Pierre Annet
  • Patent number: 10385848
    Abstract: An improved air compressor includes a cylinder that is fitted with a piston body and defines at its top wall a plurality of exit holes which are approximately equal in diameter and can be regulated by plugs to enable the cylinder to communicate with an air storage container. The exit holes are normally sealed by the plugs with the assistance of compression springs when the air compressor is not in operation. The exit holes allow the compressed air produced in the cylinder to quickly enter the air storage container, so that the piston body can conduct reciprocating motion more smoothly and thus the performance of the air compressor can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Wen-San Chou