Patents Examined by David N Brandt
  • Patent number: 11898562
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pumping assembly, a compressor and air conditioning equipment. The pumping assembly includes a first structural body, a rolling bearing assembly, a second structural body, a third structural body and a main shaft passing through the first structural body, the rolling bearing assembly, the second structural body and the third structural body. The pumping assembly includes: a first lubricating oil path passing through a second structural part, the sliding sheet backpressure cavity, a third structural part, a second structural part and a rolling body of the rolling bearing assembly; a second lubricating oil path passing through the sliding sheet backpressure cavity and a first pressure relieving groove of the first structural body; and a third lubricating oil path passing through the sliding sheet backpressure cavity, the first structural part and the rolling body of the rolling bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Yusheng Hu, Huijun Wei, Jia Xu, Liying Deng, Guomang Yang, Shebing Liang, Pengkai Wan
  • Patent number: 11879446
    Abstract: A compressor includes a case, a compression unit having a cylinder, a piston disposed inside the cylinder, and a driving unit for reciprocating the piston, and a support unit elastically supporting the compression unit to be spaced apart from an inner surface of the case. The support unit includes a wire spring having a plurality of linear portions arranged in parallel with one another and curved portions each connecting two adjacent linear portions. The wire spring includes a first wire spring and a second wire spring symmetrically disposed with each other. The wire spring includes a connecting portion connecting the first wire spring and the second wire spring, and the connecting portion is supported by the case. Accordingly, a simplified structure can be obtained and a manufacturing cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwangwook Kim, Hyeongjun Lim
  • Patent number: 11859481
    Abstract: A fracturing apparatus is provided. The fracturing apparatus includes a plunger pump, a transmission shaft, a main motor, an oil pipe, a first radiator and a noise reduction cabin. The main motor is spaced apart from the plunger pump, the plunger pump is connected with the main motor through the transmission shaft; the oil pipe is configured to be connected with the plunger pump; the first radiator is spaced apart from the plunger pump, the first radiator is configured to dissipate heat from oil in the oil pipe, the main motor, the first radiator and at least part of the oil pipe are all located inside the noise reduction cabin, and the plunger pump is located outside the noise reduction cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanwu Fu, Ruijie Du, Jian Zhang, Jifeng Zhong, Sheng Chang, Xiaolei Ji
  • Patent number: 11859608
    Abstract: Aspects are provided for a case for a pump assembly having a base and an enclosure assembly. The enclosure assembly includes a case cover coupled to the enclosure assembly via a gasket, wherein the case cover and the enclosure assembly form a gap between the case cover and the enclosure assembly in a portion of the case cover without the gasket, a display, a plurality of bosses, a frame plate removable fastened to the plurality of bosses, wherein the display is fixedly attached to the case cover when the frame plate is fastened to the plurality of bosses, and one or more drainage channels disposed at an underside surface of the case cover, the one or more drainage channels being configured to divert fluid away from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Masterflex, LLC
    Inventors: James Van Stell, Bradley J Blum
  • Patent number: 11857756
    Abstract: A rotary pump for a fluid metering system is provided. The rotary pump reciprocates, and is reversed by a signal from a limit switch that is deflected by an actuator arm on a rotating sleeve of the pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Pizzochero, J. Richard Gyory, Kenneth Focht, Justin Fisk, Joseph Gordon, Matthew Perry, Ajit D'Souza, Christopher Petroff
  • Patent number: 11841022
    Abstract: A control system is provided for an electric motor configured to drive a fluid moving apparatus to generate a fluid-flow. The control system includes a drive circuit configured to regulate power supplied to a stator of the motor to turn a rotor and generate the fluid-flow, and a processor that computes a value proportional to at least one of a system resistance or a static pressure for the fluid moving apparatus based on a fixed set point for a first control parameter and a feedback parameter. The processor receives a fluid-flow rate demand and computes an operating set point for a second control parameter based on the fluid-flow rate demand and the value proportional to the system resistance or the static pressure. The processor controls the drive circuit based on the operating set point to supply power to the motor and operate the fluid moving apparatus to generate the fluid-flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Brian L. Beifus, Roger C. Becerra
  • Patent number: 11835038
    Abstract: A paint sprayer includes an end bell, a motor connected to the end bell, a pump drive connected to the end bell, a pair of protrusions attached to an extending from the end bell such that each protrusion is cantilevered from the end bell, and a pump assembly comprising a pair of mounting holes and containing a piston. The pair of mounting holes is adapted to receive and slide onto the pair of protrusions to mount the pump assembly on the end bell as well as slide off of the pair of protrusions to remove the pump assembly from the end bell. The pump drive is configured to covert rotational motion output by the motor to reciprocal motion. The pump assembly is configured to pump paint when reciprocated by the pump drive while mounted on the end bell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Max Carideo, James M. Dalton, Justin G Johnston, Steve J. Wrobel, Christopher A. Lins
  • Patent number: 11828281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston compressor (100) having a reciprocating piston (111) in a cylinder (110), wherein an inlet valve (112) and an outlet valve (113) are provided in the cylinder (110) on the side of a medium (b) which is to be compressed and conveyed, wherein the reciprocating piston (111) is moved to and fro by way of a hydraulic drive (120, 121) with a hydraulic piston (120) with the use of a hydraulic medium (a) in a first volume (141), with which the reciprocating piston (111) is loaded on the side of the hydraulic drive (120, 121), wherein, if required, hydraulic medium (a) is fed into the first volume (141) and/or is discharged from the first volume (141) in a manner which is dependent on a position of the hydraulic piston (120) and/or a rotational angle ((p) of a shaft (121) which is provided for moving the hydraulic piston (120) in relation to a position (x) of the reciprocating piston (120) and/or a pressure (p) in the first volume (141), and to a piston compresso
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Linde GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Dorner, Christoph Nagl, Johannes Fritzer, Klaus Fischer
  • Patent number: 11795926
    Abstract: A motor-hydraulic machine unit includes an electric motor, a hydraulic machine, and a connection body that has a planar connection surface which delimits first and second working connections. The first and second working connections are each in fluid exchange connection with the hydraulic machine via an assigned first fluid duct in the connection body. The electric motor and the hydraulic machine have a common axis of rotation which is arranged substantially parallel to the connection surface. The hydraulic machine and the electric motor are arranged on opposite sides of the connection body in the direction of the axis of rotation. The connection body is traversed by a drive aperture in the direction of the axis of rotation. The electric motor and the hydraulic machine are in rotary drive connection in a region of the drive aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Joa, Matthias Oppelt, Ruben Ertelt
  • Patent number: 11795942
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly for use in a high pressure pump according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cartridge housing. A bore extends through the cartridge housing from a valve end to a packing end. A valve assembly is arranged in the valve end of the bore and configured to abut a valve seat. The bore has a constant diameter between the valve assembly and the packing end. The cartridge assembly is designed to be used in a fluid pump at a fluid pressure of at least 30,000 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NLB Corp.
    Inventor: Donald Anthony Wojciechowski, III
  • Patent number: 11788520
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a frame; an outer stator including a stator core disposed on the frame, a teeth portion extending inward from the stator core, and a teeth shoe extending in a circumferential direction from an inner end of the teeth portion; a coil disposed on the teeth portion; a cylinder disposed on the frame; a piston disposed in the cylinder; an inner stator coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the piston, and reciprocating in an axial direction by electromagnetic interaction with the coil; a magnet disposed on the teeth shoe and facing the inner stator; and a virtual pole disposed on the teeth shoe, disposed in front or behind in an axial direction of the magnet, and facing the inner stator. The outer stator includes a plurality of core plates stacked in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaebeum Kim, Sangsub Jeong, Sanga Park
  • Patent number: 11773848
    Abstract: A cartridge vane pump includes: a side plate brought into contact with first end surfaces of the rotor and the cam ring; a cover brought into contact with second end surfaces of the rotor and the cam ring, the cover attached to the body; and an O-ring provided in an outer circumference of the side plate, the O-ring being configured to seal a gap between the outer circumference of the side plate and an inner circumference of the body. The side plate has: a first flange portion configured to restrict movement of the O-ring towards the rotor side; a second flange portion configured to restrict movement of the O-ring towards an opposite side from the rotor. The first flange portion is formed to be able to compress the O-ring with the body in an axial direction of the driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Kondou, Masamichi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11773843
    Abstract: A reciprocating pump having a power end, a fluid end, and a spacer section interposing the power and fluid ends. The power end includes a structural support frame having structural members that are each a discrete, unitary member. Each structural member forms a portion of a crankcase frame, a portion of a crosshead support frame, and a portion of a support base. The support base portion extends beneath the crosshead support frame and the spacer section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hau Nguyen-Phuc Pham, Rod Shampine
  • Patent number: 11754072
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scrolls, and an axial biasing chamber. Spiral wraps of the scrolls mesh with each other and form compression pockets including a suction-pressure compression pocket, a discharge-pressure compression pocket, and intermediate-pressure compression pockets. The axial biasing chamber may be disposed axially between the second end plate and a component. Working fluid disposed within the axial biasing chamber may axially bias the second scroll toward the first scroll. The second end plate includes outer and inner ports. The outer port is disposed radially outward relative to the inner port. The outer port may be open to a first one of the intermediate-pressure compression pockets and in selective fluid communication with the axial biasing chamber. The inner port may be open to a second one of the intermediate-pressure compression pockets and in selective fluid communication with the axial biasing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Copeland LP
    Inventors: Roy J. Doepker, Michael M. Perevozchikov
  • Patent number: 11746767
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a cylinder that defines a compression space of a refrigerant and has a cylindrical shape, and a piston disposed in the cylinder and reciprocating along an axis of the cylinder. The cylinder includes a gas inlet formed on an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, a supply port radially passing through the cylinder and communicating with the gas inlet, and a recess communicating with the supply port and formed on an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. An angle formed by an axial cross section of the recess and a straight line extending the supply port and an angle formed by the axial cross section of the recess and a straight line extending the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder each are an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangik Son, Wooju Jeon, Youngkyun Lim, Donghan Kim
  • Patent number: 11725641
    Abstract: A double-acting reciprocating pump comprises a piston assembly comprising at least one piston disposed within at least one piston cylinder for undergoing opposite reciprocal movements within said at least one piston cylinder, an upper pump chamber disposed above the piston, and a lower pump chamber disposed below the piston. A fluid inlet is fluidically connected to one of the upper and lower pump chambers so as to supply fluid thereto, and a fluid outlet dispensing port is defined within a lower end portion of the double-acting reciprocating pump assembly for permitting fluid to be dispensed out from the double-acting reciprocating pump assembly during both of the opposite reciprocal movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: William E. Howseman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11725643
    Abstract: A piston for a compressor and a compressor including the same are disclosed. The piston is used in a compressor which compresses and discharges refrigerant suctioned into a cylinder. The piston includes a cylindrical slider and a head. The slider has an outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the cylinder and defines a suction space in which the refrigerant suctioned in the cylinder is received. The head is coupled to the slider, in which a compression space is provided in the front and a suction space is provided in the rear, and in which a suction port communicating with the suction space and the compression space is formed, in which the head includes an inner body and an outer body surrounding the inner body, and the suction port is formed between the inner body and the outer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyunyoung Lee, Kiwon Noh
  • Patent number: 11725642
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a compressor body configured to compress a refrigerant. The compressor body includes a cylinder, a discharge valve, a groove, a gas hole, and a flow restrictor. The cylinder receives a piston. The discharge valve is configured to open and close one side of the cylinder and define a compression space for the refrigerant together with the piston. The groove is defined in an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and into which at least a portion of the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve is introduced. The gas hole is defined in the groove to pass through the cylinder. The flow restrictor includes twisting wires made of different materials and is disposed to be wound around the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Geonwoo Kim, Junghae Kim, Jaeyong Jang, Donghan Kang, Jinwoong Jung, Chulgi Roh
  • Patent number: 11699937
    Abstract: A first elastic member is interposed between an outer peripheral surface of the circular core back portion and an inner wall surface of the second motor housing in a radial direction, both outer peripheral ends of the core back portion in the axial direction of the rotor are covered with the first elastic member, the first elastic member is assembled by being pinched between end surfaces of the first motor housing and the second motor housing which faces each other, and a second elastic member is assembled by being stacked between the bearing assembled in one of the pair of bearing housings and the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohei Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11696983
    Abstract: A rotary pump for a fluid metering system is provided. The rotary pump reciprocates, and is reversed by a signal from a limit switch that is deflected by an actuator arm on a rotating sleeve of the pump system. The rotary pump includes a plunger and optional stopper formed from a two-shot molding process, and including seals overmolded onto the head of the plunger and the head of the optional stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Alessandro E. Pizzochero, J. Richard Gyory, Kenneth Focht, Justin Fisk, Joseph Gordon, Matthew J. Perry, Ajit D'Souza, Christopher Petroff