Patents Examined by Connor J Tremarche
  • Patent number: 11105520
    Abstract: A method of forming a sound attenuator around a compressor of an air conditioning system includes providing a molding cover, positioning a compressor of an air conditioning system in a cavity of the molding cover, and placing a first material in the cavity of the molding cover. The method further includes placing a second material in contact with the first material in the cavity of the molding cover. The first material and the second material chemically react with each other to form a self-forming foam around the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Derek Brasuell, Paul McKim, Rick Robbins
  • Patent number: 11105322
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a pumping system with connectable and disconnectable pumping assemblies coupled to suction and discharge manifolds. In an embodiment, the pumping system includes a pulsation dampening assembly including a variable volume chamber fluidly coupled to the discharge manifold. In addition, the pumping system includes a controller coupled to the pumping assemblies. The controller is configured to detect a pressure pulsation based on a measurement from at least one of the pressure sensors, and is configured to adjust the rotational speed of the driver of at least one of the pump assemblies. In addition, the controller is configured to adjust a volume of the variable volume chamber of the pulsation dampening assembly based at least in part on the measurement from the at least one of the pressure sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventor: Adrian Marica
  • Patent number: 11098712
    Abstract: A gear pump comprises an internal gear (10), a first external gear (20) and a second external gear (30), a case member (50) having a one end side accommodation portion (52) for retaining these gears (10,20,30), an other end side accommodation portion (53) at other end side and a partition wall portion (54) therebetween, a cover member (70) and a plate member (80). A pump chamber (P) defined inside the internal gear (10) is divided into a first pump chamber (P1) which has a first intake-discharge space (L1) and a first discharge-intake space (H1), and a second pump chamber (P2) which has a second intake-discharge space (L2) and a second discharge-intake space (H2). The plate member has a first communication path (81) and a second communication path (82) between the plate member (80) and the cover member (70). The one side communication passage (57) is communicated with the first communication path (81). Two penetrating holes (82b,82c) are formed on the plate member (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TBK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Terada
  • Patent number: 11092158
    Abstract: A centrifugal blood pump without a mechanical bearing comprises a pump casing (1), an impeller (9) arranged in the pump casing rotatably about the central axis and freely movable axially and radially within a limited clearance. The impeller has permanent magnets or permanently magnetized magnetic regions (N/S) which cooperate with an electromagnetic drive to set the impeller rotating. A circular wall (12) or circularly arranged wall sections are provided within the pump casing, their inner surfaces defining a radial clearance together with the outer circumference of the impeller to form a hydrodynamic radial bearing for the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ABIOMED EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Siess, Gerd Spanier
  • Patent number: 11084355
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compressor that includes a casing, a fastening part disposed at a portion corresponding to a support bracket provided in a compressor mounting part of a vehicle on the casing, and a fastener connecting the support bracket to the fastening part, wherein a compressor's center of gravity and a compressor's point of support supported by the fastener are positioned in a longitudinal direction of the fastener. The present disclosure has an effect of relieving rotational moment and fatigue stress occurring in the compressor when the compressor is mounted to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: In Cheol Shin, Chi Myeong Moon, Hyun Seong Ahn, Kweon Soo Lim, Jae Hoon Lim, Soo Cheol Jeong
  • Patent number: 11085441
    Abstract: An electric gear pump comprising: a gerotor rotatable about an axis of rotation A; a support base for the gerotor; a cover which can be joined to the base; a feed duct and a delivery duct; electronic components of the control unit which are fastened on the outer surface of the cover; wherein the feed and delivery ducts are at least partly formed in the cover and comprise an axial section parallel to the axis A and a radial section parallel to the outer surface of the cover; wherein the outer surface of the cover comprises an inset portion; wherein at least a portion of the radial sections of the feed and delivery ducts is configured so as to project externally from the inset portion of the outer surface of the cover and form projecting support portions for the electronic components of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Scamarcio, Nello Medoro
  • Patent number: 11078916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum pump, in particular to a turbomolecular pump, having at least one pump stage and having a pressure determination unit for determining a pressure present at a suction side of the vacuum pump, said pump comprising a measurement device, with a measurement tap of the measurement device being provided in the region of the pump stage or downstream of the pump stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hofmann, Florian Schneider
  • Patent number: 11073316
    Abstract: Disclosed herein may be an electric compressor. The electric compressor may include: a rear housing having a discharge chamber into which refrigerant is discharged; and an oil separator disposed in the discharge chamber and having a refrigerant inlet hole through which the refrigerant is drawn into the oil separator. The discharge chamber may protrude in a multi-stepped manner outwards from the rear housing such that a volume of the rear housing is increased, and based on the oil separator, an internal space of the discharge chamber may be divided into spaces having different volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Hong Min Kim, Soo Cheol Jeong, Kweon Soo Lim, Jae Hoon Lim, In Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 11073158
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for a fluid pump having a hollow shaft centrifugal impeller capable of using suction or pressure to move large volume flows of fluids including liquids and gasses. In one or more non-limiting embodiments, the pump has an impeller assembly that is capable of being attached to the inner circumference of a housing tube and said housing tube is connected to a magnetic rotary. The magnetic rotary is capable of spinning the hollow shaft and the impeller assembly inside the hollow shaft and moving the fluid through the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Eugene Juanatas Hoehn
  • Patent number: 11052006
    Abstract: An aspirator includes a pump, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The pump is driven by a piezoelectric element and has a suction portion and a discharge portion. The detecting unit includes a current detector and a regulator, and detects a closed state of the suction portion. The control unit includes the regulator and a voltage controller, and regulates an output voltage for the piezoelectric element in accordance with the closed state of the suction portion detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhira Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11035364
    Abstract: Pressure changing devices and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. One pressure changing device includes an elliptic cylinder and a piston that has an external surface with a trochoid cross-section. Another pressure changing device includes a piston and a rotating cylinder that has an internal surface with a trochoid cross-section. Another pressure changing device includes two fixed axes, one for rotation of one component and another for orbiting or oscillation of the other component. The devices and methods include stacked pressure changing devices with one or more common shafts. The pressure changing device may be easier and less expensive to manufacture and repair than prior pressure changing devices of the same or similar functionality, and can provide efficient gap sealing in a high-pressure expansion part of a compression or expansion cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Sten Kreuger
  • Patent number: 11035349
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes: a piston configured to reciprocate along an axial direction of the linear compressor; a resonance spring configured to elastically support the piston along the axial direction; a motor assembly configured to provide a driving force to the piston, the motor assembly including a magnet that is disposed radially outside the piston; and a supporter configured to be coupled to the piston, the magnet, and the resonance spring. The supporter includes: a piston coupler coupled with the piston; a magnet coupler coupled with the magnet; and a spring coupler coupled with the resonance spring. The piston coupler, the magnet coupler, and the spring coupler are integrally formed by aluminum die casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Geonwoo Kim, Chulgi Roh
  • Patent number: 11028852
    Abstract: A drain pump includes an impeller, a rotor configured to rotate the impeller, a stator, a first housing that defines a rotor accommodating portion, a second housing that is coupled to the first housing and that defines together with the first housing a motor accommodating space that accommodates the stator, a connector that extends from the stator and that has a contact surface configured to connect to a power source and exposed to an outside of the motor accommodating space through at least one of the first housing or the second housing, and a connector cover portion that is located at at least one of the first housing or the second housing to cover the connector and that has at least one side surface opened to expose the contact surface of the connector to the outside of the motor accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangyoung Cho, Changsub Kim, Changhyeon Song, Youngjin Oh, Seonjoong Lee
  • Patent number: 11028844
    Abstract: A controller for operating a rod pumping unit at a pump speed. The controller includes a processor configured to operate a pump piston of the rod pumping unit at a first speed. The processor is further configured to determine a pump fillage level for a pump stroke based on a position signal and a load signal. The processor is further configured to reduce the pump speed to a second speed based on the pump fillage level for the pump stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Ravdos Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Al Assad, Rogier Sebastiaan Blom, Gary Hughes, Justin Edwin Barton, Peter Westerkamp
  • Patent number: 11022080
    Abstract: A pump assembly for a fluid tank extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a cover at an external end, the cover including a flange that extends radially outward of the longitudinal axis, an insertable end opposite the external end along the longitudinal axis, and a rotatable arm that is flexible such that, when the rotatable arm is resiliently bent such that the rotatable arm has a radial extent, from the longitudinal axis, that is less than the flange, the sender assembly is in a compact state in which the insertable end and the flange would be able to move straight along the longitudinal axis, which is coaxial with a center axis of an opening of the fluid tank, from a position where the insertable end initially enters the opening to a position where the flange engages the fluid tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TRICO GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Soreo, Mike McKee, Lindsey Tufts, Jr., Ryan Gernheuser
  • Patent number: 11022094
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of assembly of a rotor blade for a wind turbine. The method includes placing a first rotor blade section onto a first set location of an assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a first locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the first set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the first locating datum along a first direction; placing the first rotor blade section onto a second set location of the assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a second locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the second set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the second locating datum along a second direction; and positioning a second rotor blade section onto the first rotor blade section within the assembly fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Danilo Veljkovic, Brian Scott Redmon, Roland Joseph Menassa, Thomas Merzhaeuser, Daniel Alan Hynum, Alan M. Walker, Shridhar Champaknath Nath
  • Patent number: 11015617
    Abstract: A rear guard of a box fan comprises: a body arranged vertically and a waterproof part arranged on the body. The waterproof part is arranged in a position corresponding to a motor in the box fan and the waterproof part comprises a plurality of recessed structures arranged on the body. a plurality of vent holes are arranged on the body for communicating an inner side of the body with an outer side of the body are arranged in the recessed structures. By arranging the vent holes in the recessed structures, the waterproof effect is realized on the premise of ensuring ventilation, the electric leakage and ignition of the motor can be effectively prevented, and the lifetime of the motor of the box fan is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: GD MIDEA ENVIRONMENT APPLIANCES MFG. CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Runming Guo, Fengxi Yan, Weiliang Liu, Xusheng Zhang, Meihua Deng, Tuanguang Jiang
  • Patent number: 11002272
    Abstract: An apparatus for compressing gas-phase fluid including a housing having a wall, a stator having a base plate and a helical wall extending from one side of the base plate, and an orbiter having a base plate and a helical wall extending therefrom. The base plates are disposed such that the wall of the stator and the wall of the orbiter engage with each other to define closed working chambers. The volumes and positions of the working chambers are changed in response to the motion of the orbiter. The apparatus includes a guide device having an opening formed in the base plate of the orbiter and a pin coupled to the housing. The pin engages the opening. A sliding element is disposed between the wall of the housing and the orbiter and coupled to the wall. The pin is pressed into an opening formed in the sliding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Thomas Klotten, Dennis Kroecker
  • Patent number: 10982673
    Abstract: A vacuum pump for pumping a gas includes a pump housing which defines a pump cavity, a shiftable vane, a pump rotor body, a separate axial rotor retaining arrangement, and a radial friction bearing. The pump housing includes a closed housing wall. The pump rotor body includes a vane slit which supports the shiftable vane to define rotating pumping chambers, an axial low-pressure end which is axially supported by the closed housing wall so that a gas pressure inside the pumping chambers is present at the low-pressure end, and an axial high-pressure end. The pump housing is fluidically open at the axial high-pressure end so that atmospheric pressure is present. The axial rotor retaining arrangement includes a retaining sheet body arranged in a transversal plane which axially in part blocks the axial high-pressure end. The radial friction bearing is arranged axially between the vane slit and the axial high-pressure end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Giorgio Peroni, Raffaele Squarcini, Michael Rombach, Andreas Kuhnekath
  • Patent number: 10982515
    Abstract: An electric submersible hydraulic lift pump system is used for removing fluid from a well. The hydraulic lift pump system includes a source of fluid, a tubing string extending from the surface and in fluid communication with the source of fluid, a first pump interposed in the tubing string so the first pump is positioned below the surface and operably arranged to draw fluid from the tubing string upstream of the first pump and to discharge the fluid into the tubing string downstream of the first pump as a power fluid, and a second pump interposed in the tubing string and operably arranged to receive the power fluid from the first pump and be combined with a production fluid to form a return fluid to be discharged into the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intrinsic Energy Technology, LLC
    Inventor: William James Hughes