Patents Examined by Chirag Jariwala
  • Patent number: 10371134
    Abstract: A sealed compressor comprises a sealed container (101) which accommodates an electric component (105) and a compression component (106); wherein the compression component (106) includes a shaft (110) including a main shaft section (111) and an eccentric shaft section (112), a cylinder block (114), a piston (126), and a main bearing unit (120) mounted to the cylinder block (114) and supporting the main shaft section (112) such that the main shaft section (112) is rotatable, a thrust ball bearing (132) mounted to a thrust surface (130) of the main bearing unit (120); and the thrust ball bearing (132) includes a plurality of balls (134) held in a cage (133), an upper race (135) having main surfaces one of which is in contact with upper portions of the balls (134); and a lower race (136) having main surfaces one of which is in contact with lower portions of the balls (134) and; a restricting means for restricting a displacement of the upper race (135) with respect to the shaft (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Kousuke Tsuboi, Kiwamu Watanabe, Akihiko Kubota, Hironari Akashi, Terumasa Ide
  • Patent number: 10371137
    Abstract: A system has a fluid motor for receiving a pressurized fluid motor causing actuation of the fluid motor, with the fluid motor having a motor inlet and a motor outlet. The motor fluid is delivered from the motor outlet into a container. The motor rotor drives a pump rotor. The pump rotor drives a fluid from a pump inlet to a pump outlet, with the pump outlet being connected into the container. A metering system allows a precise amount of rotation of the motor rotor and the pump rotor to meter the motor fluid and the pump fluid into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Patent number: 10364806
    Abstract: A pump barrel (70) for use in a hydrostatic pump assembly includes a barrel body (88) defining a plurality of piston bores (84) that receive a plurality of pistons moveable within the bores, and a porting face (74) that defines a plurality of ports (72) in fluid communication with the piston bores and providing fluid flow paths into and out from the barrel body. Each port (72) has a leading edge surface and a trailing edge surface relative to a direction of rotation of the pump barrel, said leading and trailing edge surfaces being oriented in a first direction (along line 6-6) at non-right angles relative to the porting face (74). Each port (72) has an inner edge surface (80) and an outer edge surface (82) relative to a radial direction of the pump barrel, said inner and outer edge surfaces (80,82) being oriented in a second direction (along line 9-9) comprising a tilt angle (90,92) relative to the porting face (74) that is different from the angles in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Dyminski
  • Patent number: 10337513
    Abstract: A liquid pump has a housing with a suction connection, a pressure connection and a electric motor for rotationally driving a conveying device that has a suction inlet and pressure outlet which communicate with the suction connection and the pressure connection respectively. An electronic power unit for the electric motor is adjacent to the motor and extends transversely to the axis of rotation and is on the rear side of the partition wall of the housing. The suction inlet is arranged at a height smaller than an inner radius of an annular gap between the stator and rotor, whereas a rotor passage extends at a constant height, so that a liquid inducted by way of the suction connection is guided in part via the annular gap and undergoes a deflection at the partition wall, cooling the latter before it passes through the rotor passage to the suction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: FTE automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Reul, Markus Dirauf
  • Patent number: 10309425
    Abstract: A hydraulically-retrievable, reversible flow operation jet pump threadably attached to a tubing string which is powered by fluid supplied through the tubing string. A pump housing, or container, of the jet pump includes a hollow cylinder with an internal diameter closely matching that of the attached tubing string. A jet pump assembly is retainably, scalably disposed within the pump housing. A jet pump reducing nozzle-mixing chamber-diffuser assembly is retainably disposed within the carrier. Power fluid pumped through the nozzle-mixing chamber-diffuser assembly conventionally draws in objective fluid in which the jet pump is immersed, and transports it out of the pump to the desired receiving station. The jet pump assembly can be oriented in either of two directions within the pump housing, for selected fluid direction flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Steven P. Burgess
  • Patent number: 10294953
    Abstract: A centrifugal multiblade blower includes: an electric motor; and an impeller blowing off air outward in a radial direction by being rotated by the electric motor. A main plate of the impeller has an uneven part on one surface adjacent to the electric motor in a thickness direction of the main plate. The one surface is in contact with air passing through inside of the electric motor. A surface shape of the uneven part is formed in manner that, among a whole surface of the uneven part, a total surface area of a surface facing inward in a radial direction of the motor is larger than an imaginary smooth surface on which the surface shape of the uneven part is defined to be a smooth surface without the uneven part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kamiya, Hiroaki Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10273966
    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: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Sun Pleasure Company Limited
    Inventors: Vincent W. S. Lau, Shouguo Long
  • Patent number: 10227986
    Abstract: A pumping system for use in moving a fluid present within a well casing and through a production tubing is provided. The pumping system includes a housing coupled to the production tubing. The pumping system further includes a first pump coupled to the housing and having a first flow capacity and a second pump coupled to the housing and having a second flow capacity. The second flow capacity is different than the first flow capacity. A motor is coupled to the first pump and the second pump, wherein the motor is configured to selectively operate at least one of the first pump and the second pump based on a flow capacity of the fluid present within the well casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, Scott Mordin Hoyte
  • Patent number: 10221867
    Abstract: An aspirator for creating vacuum is disclosed that includes a housing defining a fluid passageway with a first tapering portion and a second tapering portion. Each tapering portion has a larger internal opening and a smaller internal opening, the smaller openings facing one another. The aspirator includes a gate positioned between and in fluid communication with the first and second tapering portions, the gate having a first Venturi tube with a Venturi opening creating vacuum when fluid flows in a direction and a second Venturi tube with a Venturi opening that creates vacuum when fluid flows in the opposite direction. The Venturi openings are in fluid communication with a suction port, and the first and second Venturi tubes may provide different mass flow rates through the aspirator. An engine system having an aspirator with a gate having a first bore and a second bore and an actuator is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Dayco IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Hampton, David Fletcher, Brian M. Graichen, Rex Bravo, James H. Miller, Matt Gilmer, Andrew Niedert
  • Patent number: 10215174
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, first and second compression mechanisms, and first and second motor assemblies. The first compression mechanism may include first and second compression members that are rotatable relative to the shell about first and second rotational axes, respectively. The first motor assembly may be disposed within the shell and may include a first rotor attached to the first compression member and surrounding the first and second compression members. The second compression mechanism may include third and fourth compression members that are rotatable relative to the shell about third and fourth rotational axes, respectively. The second motor assembly may be disposed within the shell and may include a second rotor attached to the third compression member and surrounding the third and fourth compression members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Stover, Roy J. Doepker
  • Patent number: 10208738
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel supply system having improved assembly and pulsation reducing efficiency. A housing (20) of a fuel supply system (1) is formed by joining a first housing member (20a) forming one end side of a tubular chamber (23) in the direction of the backward and forward movement of a plunger (10) and a second housing member (20b) forming the other end side. A pulsation reducing mechanism (60) includes a tubular bellows damper (61) housed in the tubular chamber (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd., Kelhin Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Suda, Toshiaki Iwa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Naoki Murata
  • Patent number: 10197055
    Abstract: An oil pump device includes an oil pump (10) and an electrically operated control valve (20). The valve adjusts hydraulic pressures to be applied to a decrease-side control pressure chamber (15A) for causing a pump casing (14) to swing in the discharge amount decrease direction and an increase-side control pressure chamber (15B) for causing the pump casing to swing in the discharge amount increase direction so as to hold the pump casing at a predetermined approximately intermediate position between the maximum swing position in the discharge amount decrease direction and the maximum swing position in the discharge amount increase direction by balancing the urging forces of a decrease-side return spring (16) for urging the pump casing in the discharge amount decrease direction and an increase-side return spring (17) for urging the pump casing in the discharge amount increase direction when supply of current to the valve is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Honda, Tomohiro Koguchi
  • Patent number: 10184464
    Abstract: A compressor includes a piston disposed in a housing and configured to be reciprocatably driven in the housing by an electromagnetic drive. A conventional linear motor drive assembly reciprocatably drives the piston in an embodiment. A magnetically-geared drive assembly reciprocatably drives the piston in another embodiment. A solenoid drive assembly reciprocatably drives the piston in another embodiment. A control system is coupled to the drive for varying piston displacement, and an accumulator conserves force by decelerating a translating assembly at the end of one stroke and accelerating the assembly in a subsequent stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE SRL
    Inventors: Riccardo Bagagli, Leonardo Tognarelli, Massimo Bargiacchi, Alessio Capanni
  • Patent number: 10156231
    Abstract: A combination of a chamber wall and the flexible membrane defines a pump chamber in a diaphragm pump. The pump chamber includes one or more internal surfaces that are modified to include a pattern of a pattern of channel surface regions. The channel surface regions provide unobstructed pathways to a respective opening disposed on an internal surface of the chamber wall. For example, as discussed herein, presence of the channel surface regions ensures that the facing of the flexible membrane does not needlessly stick (as a result of residual suction) to an inside surface of the chamber wall during a portion of the pump stroke in which negative pressure is applied to a backing of the flexible membrane. In other words, the channel surface regions distribute relief pressure along the inside surface of the pump chamber wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ivenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse E. Ambrosina, Benjamin G. Powers, Alexander J. Segit, David I. Nazzaro
  • Patent number: 10151318
    Abstract: A unique low cost and efficient submersible, hermetically sealed, variable speed system intended to drive submersible boosting units. The system includes a unique combination of a liquid filled electrical motor connected to a hydraulic coupling and a magnetic coupling driver section, in a hermetically sealed container, with a magnetic coupling follower driving a booster unit. The system further includes integrated cooling, lubrication and control functionality. The drive unit has an actuating system connected to internal guide vanes which controls the liquid flow between the pump impeller and turbine wheel of the hydrodynamic coupling and hence the torque and speed. The combined system is a sealed seal-less and topside-less submersible drive unit that can operate in harsh subsea environments. The drive unit opens up for use of thin walled pressure casings and low pressure electrical penetrators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Fuglesangs Subsea SA
    Inventors: Tommy Westberg, Alexander Fuglesang
  • Patent number: 10145368
    Abstract: A pump volume control apparatus includes: a tilting piston; a pump volume switching valve configured to adjust a tilt driving pressure by a movement of a spool; a flow rate control spring configured to bias the spool in accordance with a tilt angle; a horsepower control piston configured to move in accordance with a pump discharge pressure; and a horsepower control spring configured to bias the horsepower control piston in accordance with the tilt angle. The tilt driving pressure is adjusted by means of the movement of the spool in accordance with a force acting on the spool in response to a flow rate controlling signal pressure in a flow rate controlled state, and is adjusted by means of the movement of the spool in accordance with a force acting on the horsepower control piston in response to the pump discharge pressure in a horsepower controlled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Iwanaji
  • Patent number: 10125759
    Abstract: A well pump assembly includes a pump and a motor that contains a dielectric motor lubricant and a pressure equalizer containing a bellows. The bellows has an interior in fluid communication with the motor lubricant and an exterior immersed in well fluid. The bellows is axially extendable and contractible in response to a pressure differential between the well fluid and the motor lubricant. A tube has a lower end secured to a tube port in the pressure equalizer housing and an upper end secured to a lower end of the bellows. The tube has a center line that makes at least one curved flexible bend between the tube upper end and the tube lower end to enable the tube to flex as the bellows extends and contracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BAKER HIGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Pyron, Kelsey A. McKinney, Robert Clay Patterson, Kevin R. Bierig
  • Patent number: 10125792
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump includes a main body casing. The main body casing includes an upper main body casing, a lower main body casing fixed to the upper main body casing, and a blade casing. In the blade casing, an interior space S1 formed by the upper main body casing and the lower main body casing is partitioned, and a fluid introducing passage is formed on the upper portion and a rotating accommodating space S2 to accommodate the rotating blade member is formed on lower portion. A joint portion of the upper main body casing, the lower main body casing, and the blade casing is fixed on the state of sealing. A joint portion of the suction side coupling member and the main body casing and a joint portion of the discharge side coupling member and the main body casing 34 are fixed on the state of sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Seiichi Nakano
  • Patent number: 10125756
    Abstract: A baffle, for directing air within a compressor head, includes a first leg extending along a first direction, positioned proximate to a first valve of the compressor head, and a second leg extending along the first direction and substantially parallel to the first leg, positioned proximate to a second valve of the compressor head. A first portion of air from a first side of the first leg is communicated to a second side of the first leg beyond an end of the first leg. An aperture in the first leg communicates a second portion of the air from the first side of the first leg to the second side of the first leg. A turbulence and/or pressure fluctuation proximate the first valve is reduced by communicating the second portion of the air from the first side to the second side of the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Shane A Harte, Edward F Hoban, Gene E. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10119539
    Abstract: An internal-gear pump has a housing which has a first fluid port and a second fluid port. An inner rotor is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable about an inner rotor axis and has an external toothing. An outer rotor is rotatable in the housing about an outer rotor axis and has an internal toothing which, to generate a pump action, engages with the external toothing of the inner rotor. The internal-gear pump furthermore has a ring element which is mounted movably in the housing so as to be pivotable between a first position and a second position. At least a third fluid port is formed on the housing. The third fluid port is arranged relative to the ring element such that, in the first position of the ring element, the third fluid port is connected to the second fluid port. In the second position, said third fluid port is separated from the second fluid port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe—und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagen
    Inventors: Mark Schweiher, Thomas Hoffmeister, Sven Schuster, Holger Berg