Patents Examined by David N Brandt
  • Patent number: 11460032
    Abstract: A cross-flow impeller mounting structure includes a housing and an impeller shaft support structure mounted on the housing and adapted to mount and support one end of a cross-flow impeller shaft away from a motor; the housing is adapted to mount a cross-flow impeller and match the cross-flow impeller to form an air duct; the housing includes: a side wall; a first end wall connected to one end of the side wall and provided with a first mounting through hole having an aperture which matches an outer diameter of the motor driving the cross-flow impeller to rotate and is adapted to mount the motor; a second end wall connected to the other end of the side wall and provided with a second mounting through hole for the cross-flow impeller to mount; the second end wall, the first end wall and the side wall encloses a cavity receiving the cross-flow impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (WUHAN) CO., LTD, GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Xiaobo Hu, Tuchun Sun, Jianfei Hou, Hai Yang, Yabo Hu, Zhiyong Jiang, Li Zeng, Bowen Zheng
  • Patent number: 11391271
    Abstract: A compressor is disclosed, which comprises a case, a cylinder disposed inside the case, a piston moving inside the cylinder, and a muffler provided in the piston. The muffler includes a fluid pipe provided with a resonant space formed between an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the piston, and a guide panel protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the fluid pipe to the inner circumferential surface of the piston and extended along an outer circumferential direction of the fluid pipe. The guide panel is provided in a plural number, and is partially opened along the outer circumferential direction of the fluid pipe to form an open area, and the open area formed in any one guide panel is covered by its adjacent guide panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeongjun Lim, Jungsik Park
  • Patent number: 11378069
    Abstract: A compressor is disclosed. The compressor compressing and discharging a refrigerant sucked into a cylinder includes a cylinder forming a compression space of the refrigerant and having a cylindrical shape; a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder along an axial direction and having a cylindrical shape; a suction valve disposed at a front of the piston; a plate disposed in a rear of the piston, the plate comprising a flow groove into which the refrigerant is sucked; and a rod extending along the axial direction, one end of the rod being disposed on the suction valve, and other end of the rod being disposed on the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kichul Choi, Youngpil Kim, Kiwon Noh
  • Patent number: 11359645
    Abstract: A compressor device includes a motor cooling system that provides a first flow of a first fluid through a housing for cooling a motor. The motor cooling system includes a first fluid flow section at a first axial position. The first fluid flow section extends in a downstream direction radially with respect to the axis of rotation. Also, the device includes a bearing cooling system that provides a second flow of a second fluid through the housing for cooling the bearing. The bearing cooling system includes a second flow section at a second axial position that is spaced apart axially from the first axial position. The second flow section extends in a downstream direction radially with respect to the axis of rotation. The first flow section and the second flow section are disposed in a heat exchanger arrangement configured to transfer heat between the second fluid and the first fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC
    Inventors: Carlos Chavez Castellanos, Adonis Spathias, Kristian Dullack, Manuel Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11359617
    Abstract: A compressor is disclosed. The compressor compressing and discharging a refrigerant sucked inside a cylinder includes a frame configured to support the cylinder, and a discharge cover assembly disposed in front of the frame. A gas layer is formed between the discharge cover assembly and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngmun Lee, Kiwon Noh
  • Patent number: 11353018
    Abstract: In a piston pump, for example, a piston sub assembly includes a columnar plunger that lies along an axial direction, a cap that is fixed with the plunger to cover an adjacent region between a first end surface at one end in the axial direction of the plunger and the first end surface at a first outer circumferential surface of the plunger, and provided with an intake passage extending from an inlet on an outer side of the first outer circumferential surface to an outlet on an outer side of the first end surface outside the plunger, and a first valve seat of a first intake check valve located at the outlet, and a seal member that is a member different from the cap and that prevents leakage of hydraulic fluid from the first chamber through a gap between the first cylinder and the piston sub assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Aono, Tomoo Harada
  • Patent number: 11339761
    Abstract: A bolt sleeve connector, a blade of a wind turbine generator system and manufacturing method thereof and a wind turbine generator system are provided. The bolt sleeve connector includes at least two extension portions arranged side by side and spaced apart, and each extension portion has a first end and a second end. The first ends of the extension portions are connected together and the second end of each extension portion is connected with the corresponding bolt sleeve. By using the bolt sleeve connectors to connect multiple pre-embedded connection sleeves at the position of the blade root of the blade of the wind turbine generator system, the multiple pre-embedded connection sleeves are connected as a whole, thus can disperse the stress of the bolt and the bolt sleeve and then improve the bearing capacity of the blade root bolt and facilitate reducing the weight of the blade root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingbo Wang, Liufeng Hao
  • Patent number: 11326814
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a discharge valve, a valve spring pressing the discharge valve to close one side of the cylinder, and a spring support portion providing a support point for the valve spring to press the discharge valve. The valve spring includes a first spring arm whose center is connected to the discharge valve and extending spirally, a second spring arm spaced apart from the first spring arm by a predetermined distance with respect to an axial direction of the cylinder and extending spirally toward an outer portion according to a shape of the first spring arm, and a rubber damper connecting the first spring arm and the second spring arm and fixing relative positions of the first spring arm and the second spring arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangeun Bae, Sangmin Lee, Hyunsoo Kim, Dongkyun Ha
  • Patent number: 11319966
    Abstract: A vapor pump for an automotive application includes a housing group with a pump housing having a pump chamber, an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a motor housing having a motor chamber; a rotor shaft made from an electrically conductive material; a pumping wheel made of an electrically conductive plastic material arranged in the pump chamber and mounted on the rotor shaft to rotate therewith to pump the fuel vapor from the inlet opening to the outlet opening; a drive motor arranged in the motor chamber which includes a motor stator, a motor rotor and a motor control unit; a contact plug which electrically connects the motor control unit; and an electrically conductive bearing arrangement which is connected with the contact plug via a conductor. The motor rotor is connected with the rotor shaft to rotate therewith. The electrically conductive bearing arrangement rotatably supports the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Alessandro Malvasi
  • Patent number: 11319947
    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 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Max Carideo, James M. Dalton, Justin G. Johnston, Steve J. Wrobel, Christopher A. Lins
  • Patent number: 11319938
    Abstract: A swash-plate type piston pump includes a cylinder block configured to be rotated with rotation of a driving shaft, a plurality of pistons accommodated in a plurality of cylinders provided in the cylinder block, a swash plate configured to reciprocate the piston so that a volume chamber of the cylinder is expanded/contracted with the rotation of the cylinder block, an biasing mechanism configured to bias the swash plate in a direction where a tilting angle is made larger, a control pin configured to drive the swash plate in a direction where the tilting angle is made smaller in accordance with a rise in a load pressure of a pressure chamber, and a discharge channel configured to discharge the load pressure of the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iwanaji, Masaya Abe, Takeshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 11306738
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing the pressure of a first pressurized fluid, thereby reducing the temperature of the pressurized fluid, and utilization of the reduced-pressure and temperature fluid to cool a second fluid. Such an approach can enable a reduction in the size and weight of a hydraulic system, utilize waste energy in a system, and/or minimize electrical power requirements of a system, among other benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Concepts NREC, LLC
    Inventors: Kerry N. Oliphant, Francis A. Di Bella
  • Patent number: 11306737
    Abstract: An inflator with an air guiding sleeve includes a chassis, a core and a drive motor installed in the chassis, an air guiding sleeve and a cooling fan. The air guiding sleeve has an air guiding hole penetrating through the air guiding sleeve. The drive motor includes a main body and a shaft rotatably installed to the main body, and the shaft has an end protruded from the main body and provided for driving the core to move and the other end protruded from the main body and provided for connecting the cooling fan. The air guiding sleeve includes a positioning shell and an air guiding ring connected to the positioning shell, and the positioning shell is installed to the chassis and/or the drive motor, and the air guiding ring is sheathed onto the external side of the cooling fan and installed around the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Dongguan Richtek Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Yang
  • Patent number: 11306591
    Abstract: A rotor can comprise a body having arcuate voids each presenting away from a rotation axis and, for each void, a vane. The vane is mounted to the body for pivotal movement between retracted and extended positions; is adapted to sweep the void in the manner in which a piston sweeps a cylinder during movement between the positions; and terminates in a tip. A stator defines the rotation axis; and has an annular surface which, in use, is swept by the tips during rotation of the body. The surface is positioned such that, in each rotation, each vane cycles between its extended and retracted positions. A sealing arrangement defines a pair of ports and, in combination with the rotor and stator, defines, in use, chambers that increase in volume when in communication with one of the ports and that decrease in volume when in communication with the other of the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Tony Sleiman, Andre Sarkis Laba, Jessie Joseph Laba, Buck Sleiman
  • Patent number: 11299941
    Abstract: A pump jack with counterbalance system is provided, including a supporting structure, a linear actuator with a housing and a shaft, a first pulley carried by the shaft, a second pulley fixed above the first pulley, an elongate flexible member, and a weight cared by the shaft. The housing is vertically oriented and mounted to the supporting structure above a ground surface. The shaft has a first end received within the housing and a connection end that extends out of the housing and carries the first pulley and the weight. The linear actuator drives the shaft between extended and retracted positions. The elongate member passes around the pulleys and has a first end fixed relative to the housing and a second end connected to a surface rod, such that reciprocating movement of the shaft causes the surface rod to move vertically and the weight to act as a mechanical counterbalance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Vertx Artificial Lift Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Donohoe, Lee Douglas Basset
  • Patent number: 11300112
    Abstract: A drive system for a fluid displacement pump includes an electric motor, a drive coupled to the rotor at a first end of the electric motor, a fluid displacement member mechanically coupled to the drive, and a pump frame mechanically coupled to the electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed on an axis. The drive coupled to the rotor converts the rotational output to a linear, reciprocating input to the fluid displacement member. The rotor is disposed about the stator to rotate about the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Janecek, Tyler Kenneth Williams, Andrew J. Kopel, Jarrod C. Drexler, Douglas S. Ryder, Mark D. Schultz
  • Patent number: 11293444
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid channel defined therebetween. The pump assembly also includes an impeller positioned within the fluid channel and configured to channel a fluid between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The pump assembly also includes a motor assembly having a shaft coupled to the rear plate, wherein the shaft defines a first fluid cavity coupled in flow communication with an opening in the rear plate to enable fluid flow into the shaft. The motor assembly also includes a motor housing having a back plate positioned relative to the impeller rear plate to define a second fluid cavity therebetween. The motor assembly further includes a stator assembly coupled to the back plate and positioned opposite the second fluid cavity such that the fluid facilitates cooling the stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., REGAL BELOIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Jason Jon Kreidler, Samuel Augustin Dieckhaus, Alexander Julian Baer
  • Patent number: 11286948
    Abstract: A single-shaft turbo compressor having a rotor extending along an axis, an outer housing, static flow fittings, bearings for supporting the rotor, and at least one first shaft seal, wherein the rotor has a shaft and an impeller arranged on the shaft, wherein the static flow fittings have supply elements, intermediate elements and discharge elements, and wherein the outer housing has a casing part that is open at the end on both sides. A first cover of the outer housing is connected to a first shaft seal, wherein supply lines and discharge lines of the first shaft seal are provided extending through the first cover into a wall thickness of the casing part adjacent to the first cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frederic Hilgenberg, Dieter Nass
  • Patent number: 11274665
    Abstract: A linear compressor may include a shell, a shell cover, a compressor body disposed in the shell, and a support device configured to connect the compressor body to the shell cover to prevent the compressor body from contacting an inner peripheral surface of the shell. The support device includes a support spring formed with a hole in a central portion and having a spiral spring arm extending from the central portion to an outer portion, at least a portion of the outer portion being connected to the compressor body, a rigid connection portion spaced apart from the support spring by a predetermined distance, and an elastic connection portion formed to surround at least a portion of a periphery of the hole of the support spring to connect the support spring and the rigid connection portion and coupled to the shell cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Sangmin Lee, Sangeun Bae, Dongkyun Ha
  • Patent number: 11274533
    Abstract: A linear actuator for pumping comprising a stator having an inner opening, a shaft having a plurality of permanent magnets spaced linearly in the axial direction, the shaft disposed in the stator opening and configured to reciprocate linearly in the axial direction relative to the stator, the stator comprising a first stator assembly having a plurality of pole sections spaced linearly in the axial direction and a plurality of coils disposed therebetween, a second stator assembly having a plurality of pole sections spaced linearly in the axial direction and a plurality of coils disposed therebetween, a bearing assembly positioned axially between the first stator assembly and the second stator assembly, and the bearing assembly having a width that is a function of the spacing of the plurality of pole sections of the first stator assembly and the second assembly and the spacing of the plurality of permanent magnets of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Harnsberger, Carl Deirmengian, Brian Williams, David P. Cardamone, John C. Layer