Patents Examined by David N Brandt
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Patent number: 11268508Abstract: A variable displacement pump according to the present invention is notably configured such that the opening area of a variable metering orifice (MO) is variably controlled by a second control valve (6) as a spool valve having a second spool valve body (61). According to this type of the second control valve (6), a larger amount of movement (stroke movement) of the second spool valve body (61) can be ensured. Consequently, the opening area of the variable metering orifice (MO) can be controlled without being restricted by a range of variation in a proper discharge amount based on an amount of movement of a cam ring (2), thereby achieving sufficient energy conservation of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventor: Shigeyuki Miyazawa
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Patent number: 11268505Abstract: An electric compressor includes a casing which accommodates an inverter and includes a bottom plate on which a power board of the inverter is mounted and a cooling water passage which is provided in a housing and opens to a bottom plate of the casing. The bottom plate of the casing includes a first surface on which a power board is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A metal plate is buried at a position corresponding to the power board in the bottom plate and a rear surface of the metal plate is exposed to the second surface side and faces the cooling water passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Yuji Sasaki, Takashi Yoshida, Tatsumi Inomata, Kuniaki Iizuka, Takuya Ozasa, Ryosuke Yumoto
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Patent number: 11261856Abstract: Provided is a linear compressor including a linear motor having a mover reciprocating with respect to a stator; a piston coupled to the mover to reciprocate; a cylinder into which the piston is slidingly inserted, the cylinder having an inner circumferential surface forming a bearing surface together with an external circumferential surface of the piston, the cylinder forming a compression space together with the piston, and the cylinder having at least one first hole formed through the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder to guide refrigerant discharged from the compression space to the bearing surface; and a porous member inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and configured to cover the first hole, the porous member having multiple micropores smaller than the first hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kwangwoon Ahn, Donghan Kim, Kiwon Noh, Joonsung Park
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Patent number: 11236648Abstract: A system may include a compressor, a first passageway, a valve and a control module. The compressor includes a compression mechanism operable to compress a working fluid. The first passageway is in fluid communication with an oil sump of the compressor and the compression mechanism. The valve is disposed along the first passageway and movable between an open position allowing lubricant from the oil sump to flow to the compression mechanism and a closed position restricting lubricant from the oil sump from flowing to the compression mechanism. The control module is in communication with the valve and configured to move the valve between the closed position and the open position based on an operating parameter indicative of a temperature of the compression mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jacob A. Groshek
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Patent number: 11231030Abstract: A diaphragm pump is revealed. The diaphragm pump includes a pump device, a pump body, a top cover, and an air release valve head. The pump body includes at least two air inlet passages, at least one air outlet passage and at least one leak-proof/sealing passage, all selectively communicating with one cavity. The top cover includes a valve port, an air vent and an air outlet duct. Air pressure in the leak-proof passage acts on the air release valve head so that the valve port is closed by the air release valve head while the pump device is pumping air. The air release valve head and the valve port are separated from each other and then the valve port is communicating with the air outlet duct when the pump device stops pumping air. The pump performance is improved and no air release valve is required.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: XIAMEN KOGE MICRO TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Si-Cheng Wang
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Patent number: 11231031Abstract: A linear compressor according to the present disclosure may include a piston reciprocating within a cylinder, a motor providing a driving force for the motion of the piston, a sensing unit configured to sense a motor voltage and a motor current associated with the motor, a discharge portion provided at one end of the cylinder to regulate the discharge of refrigerant compressed in the cylinder, a control unit configured to compute at least one control parameter associated with the motion of the piston using at least one of the motor voltage and the motor current sensed by the sensing unit, and a deep learning operation unit configured to receive the control parameter, and output a compensation value associated with an absolute position of the piston using artificial neural network technology.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Daegeun Park, Youngsik Ko, Hyunsung Park
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Patent number: 11231025Abstract: Provided is a linear compressor including a linear motor having a mover reciprocating with respect to a stator; a piston coupled to the mover to reciprocate; a cylinder into which the piston is slidingly inserted, the cylinder having an inner circumferential surface forming a bearing surface together with an external circumferential surface of the piston, the cylinder forming a compression space together with the piston, and the cylinder having at least one first hole formed through the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder to guide refrigerant discharged from the compression space to the bearing surface; and a porous member inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and configured to cover the first hole, the porous member having multiple micropores smaller than the first hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kwangwoon Ahn, Donghan Kim, Kiwon Noh, Joonsung Park
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Patent number: 11221002Abstract: A method for operating a tandem motor linear rod pumping apparatus that includes first and second linear mechanical actuator systems each having a motor, and also includes a rod for a sucker-rod pump. The method calls for constructing the first and second linear mechanical actuator systems to operate within a single housing, and simultaneously operating each of the two motors in a manner that imparts reciprocating vertical motion to respective-vertically movable members of the first and second linear mechanical actuator systems. Each motor has a reversibly rotatable element that is operatively connected to the vertically-movable member of its respective linear mechanical actuator system, thus establishing a fixed relationship between the rotational position of the rotatable element and the vertical position of its respective vertically-movable member. The simultaneous operation of the two motors imparts a reciprocating vertical motion to the pump rod of the sucker-rod pump.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Unico, LLCInventors: Andrew J. Hilgers, Michael A. MacDonald, Benjamin J. Gregory, Ronald G. Peterson
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Patent number: 11208992Abstract: A wastewater sump assembly for receiving and disposing of undesired fluid and, in some cases, solid waste (collectively “wastewater”). A sump basin includes an upstanding wall a base and a top. A sensor in the form, e.g., of a float switch extends into the basin and is operable to actuate a pump to remove collective wastewater from the basin. The sensor depends from a sensor support that is supported distally within the basin in a vertical manner and is supported proximately within the basin in a horizontal manner, with securement of the sensor support not requiring traversal of the basin top and with the distal basin support not needing to be accessed vertically through a pump access aperture in the top.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.Inventors: James J. Coffey, Petr Sramek, Steven C. Gray
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Patent number: 11204039Abstract: An arrangement of an impeller (1) on an electrical motor, in particular on an external rotor motor (8), whereby the torque of the motor is transferred to the impeller (1) by means of a torsion-proof connection between the rotor (8) of the motor and the impeller (1) and/or its impeller hub (3), is characterised in that the connection of the impeller (1) to the motor (8) results from physical and/or chemical interactions between an adhesive medium (10) and the contact surfaces (5) of the impeller hub (3) and of the motor (8), which face each other, whereby the adhesive medium (10) fills, at least partially, an intermediate space (9) that is formed between the impeller (1) and the motor (8) by the given play.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Ziehl-Abegg SEInventors: Tobias Gauss, Andreas Gross, Stefan Roessler
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Patent number: 11199203Abstract: The invention relates to a jet pump collector comprising a convergent duct extending along the longitudinal axis (AX) and comprising an intake opening for a fluid to be withdrawn, this convergent duct having a restriction shape terminated by a reduced end having a smaller cross-section than its intake opening. This convergent duct is equipped with a tube (17) orientated perpendicular to the longitudinal axis longitudinal (AX), this tube (17) comprising an outer portion extending outside of the convergent duct and being terminated by an intake opening (31) for a propulsion fluid, and an inner portion extending in the convergent duct and comprising a plurality of distribution openings (18, 19) for the propulsion fluid which are orientated towards the reduced end.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Thierry Kohn, Benissa Boujida, Benjamin Lemenand, Alexis Pereira
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Patent number: 11199187Abstract: A plunger pump, comprising: a liquid tank; a pump body including a liquid storage part, a suction passage configured to allow communication between the liquid storage part and the liquid tank and a discharge passage configured to discharge a liquid in the liquid storage part to outside; and a plunger reciprocally movably supported in the pump body so that a tip reaches the liquid storage part. The suction passage includes a first suction passage, the tip of the plunger being reciprocally slidably inserted into the first suction passage, and a second suction passage provided in parallel to the first suction passage, and a check valve configured to allow only a flow of the liquid from the liquid tank to the liquid storage space is disposed in the second suction passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: NITTOKU CO., LTD., NAKA LIQUID CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Norio Oda, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Takahiro Sato, Yuji Kanbayashi
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Patent number: 11193493Abstract: Provided is a water pump including: a housing; a support shaft fixed to the housing; an impeller disposed on an upper portion of the housing; a stator disposed inside the housing; a rotor rotatably supported to the support shaft; and a connecting member inserted in the supporting shaft to rotatably support the rotor and connecting between the rotor and the impeller, thereby reducing the number of parts and simplifying a manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Jeong Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 11191892Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Alessandro Pizzochero, J. Richard Gyory, Kenneth Focht, Justin Fisk, Joseph Gordon, Matthew Perry, Ajit D'Souza, Christopher Petroff
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Patent number: 11181109Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a refrigerant discharge flow passage and an oil recovery flow passage that are separated from each other. The scroll compressor further includes a flow passage separation unit configured to separate an intermediate space between a drive portion and a compression portion into an inner space communicating with the refrigerant flow passage and an outer space communicating with the oil flow passage to separate the refrigerant discharge path from the oil recovery path.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Nayoung Jeon, Taekyoung Kim, Cheolhwan Kim
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Patent number: 11162483Abstract: A mortise-tenon jointed air pump has a holding base, an inflation cylinder assembly, an inflation connector assembly, and an air pressure gauge. The holding base has a hollow housing. The inflation cylinder assembly is connected to an inlet end of the housing. The inflation connector assembly is mounted in an exhaust opening of the housing. The air pressure gauge is mounted in a pressure sensing portion of the holding base. The housing of the holding base and a connector of the inflation cylinder assembly are connected with each other by engaging at least one engaging protrusion in at least one engaging groove. Moreover, by inserting at least one retaining block through the housing and the connector, a relative position of the connector and the holding base is locked.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: JIAO HSIUNG INDUSTRY CORP.Inventor: Yung-Hao Yang
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Patent number: 11156222Abstract: An electric fluid pump may include a pump housing and an electric motor arranged in the pump housing. A rotor of the electric motor may have a rotor shaft and may be mounted in a stator of the electric motor so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The pump housing may be divided into a dry region and a wet region in which the rotor may be disposed. The dry region and the wet region may be separated by a stator support piece which may at least regionally enclose the stator.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Inventors: Johannes Diekmann, Andrej Rul, Benjamin Weimann
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Patent number: 11148818Abstract: An aspirator air vent valve may include an air vent valve body coupled with an aspirator body and a pipe fitting. The air vent valve body may include an air vent valve air channel defined by an inner wall of the air vent valve body and disposed between the aspirator body and the pipe fitting. The aspirator air vent valve may further include a vent passage defined by a first vent wall and a second vent wall and disposed between an outer wall and the inner wall of the air vent valve body, wherein the vent passage is in fluid communication with the air vent valve air channel. The aspirator air vent valve may further include a plunger coupled with the air vent valve body.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventors: José Morales, Michael A. Luzader
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Patent number: 11149729Abstract: A gear pump assembly includes a drive gear having a plurality of circumferentially spaced teeth, and a driven gear likewise having a plurality of circumferentially spaced teeth positioned for intermeshing engagement between the drive and driven gears via the teeth. A bleed mechanism directs carryover fluid from a discharge side of a bearing dam to an inlet side of the bearing dam in order to supply the carryover fluid to a carryover volume disposed between mating drive gear teeth and driven gear teeth. The bleed mechanism including a passage communicating with at least one of (i) a gear face of the drive gear, (ii) a gear face of the driven gear; or (iii) a bottom of a gear tooth profile adjacent a root region between adjacent gear teeth.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Jubin Tom George, Kishor Ramdas Borkar, Robert Joseph Nyzen
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Patent number: 11149732Abstract: A fluid machine includes a first rotor rotatable about a first axis. The first rotor has a first portion and a second portion. A second rotor is rotatable about a second axis. The second rotor includes a first portion and a second portion. At least one spacer is associated with the first rotor and the second rotor to limit intermeshing engagement between the first rotor and the second rotor.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Masao Akei