Patents Examined by David N Brandt
  • Patent number: 11149732
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao Akei
  • Patent number: 11136982
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a casing, a screw rotor, a discharge passage, and at least one muffler space. The casing includes a cylindrically-shaped cylinder, a main body surrounding a vicinity of the cylinder, and a high-pressure fluid passage provided between the main body and the cylinder. The screw rotor includes a plurality of helical grooves. The screw rotor is inserted into the cylinder to define fluid chambers. A fluid is sucked into the fluid chambers to compress the fluid. The discharge passage is disposed in the casing. The discharge passage guides the fluid that has been discharged from the fluid chambers to the high-pressure fluid passage. The at least one muffler space is disposed in the casing. The at least one muffler space communicates with the discharge passage so as to reduce a pressure fluctuation of the fluid flowing from the discharge passage to the high-pressure fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Ueno
  • Patent number: 11098711
    Abstract: The pump device includes: a pump body which transfers a transfer fluid; a drive unit which drives the pump body; an operating unit which sets an operation of the drive unit; and a joint mechanism which attaches the operating unit to the drive unit. The drive unit includes a casing. The operating unit includes a user-accessible operating surface. The joint mechanism is attached to a wall surface of the casing so as to be rotationally operable about a first axis perpendicular to the wall surface and supports the operating unit such that the operating surface crosses a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and follows along an outer surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: IWAKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Matsumoto, Toshiaki Hada
  • Patent number: 11092143
    Abstract: A thick matter pump includes a hydraulically-driven two-cylinder piston-pump configured to generate a thick matter delivery pressure. The thick matter pump also includes a hydraulic pump configured to apply hydraulic fluid to the two-cylinder piston-pump via a drive line. The hydraulic pump includes a pressure regulator that is adjustable to a target value of pressure of the hydraulic fluid for limiting the thick matter delivery pressure, and the thick matter delivery pressure is adjustably limited. The pressure of the hydraulic fluid is limited in the drive line, via an adjustable pressure-limiting valve, to an adjustable maximum pressure. The target pressure of the pressure regulator and the maximum pressure of the hydraulic fluid are adjustable through a joint adjusting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SCHWING GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Lehmann, Anke Wiedermann
  • Patent number: 11073142
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioner compressor may include a housing having a front housing section and a rear housing section; a shaft rotatably installed in the housing; a lug fixed at a preset position on the shaft; a swash plate coupled with the lug at one side thereof and rotating together with the lug, a piston connected to the swash plate by a shoe and moved reciprocatingly by the swash plate; a cylinder that accommodates the piston therein, and a pressure-sensing chamber coupled with a rod at the other side of the swash plate, that operates the rod using a pressure provided from a high-pressure chamber of the rear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Dong-Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11053956
    Abstract: An ejector includes a body including an inflow space into which a refrigerant flows, a passage formation member disposed inside the body and having a conical shape, and a nozzle passage having an annular cross section which functions as a nozzle and a diffuser passage having an annular cross section which functions as a pressure increase portion, the nozzle passage and the diffuser passage being disposed between an inner wall surface of the body and a conical lateral surface of the passage formation member. A drive mechanism that displaces the passage formation member in a direction along a center axis is coupled to an upstream actuating bar which extends from the passage formation member toward the inflow space and is slidably supported by the body. Center axes of the passage formation member, the upstream actuating bar and the inflow space are coaxial with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nishijima, Yoshiaki Takano, Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Hiroshi Oshitani, Yohei Nagano, Ryota Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11053933
    Abstract: Provided is A displacement control valve which includes a valve housing, a valve element constituting a main valve that contacts and separates from a main valve seat, for opening and closing communication between discharge ports and control ports by driving force of a solenoid, a pressure-sensitive valve that opens and closes according to ambient pressure, and a pressure-sensitive valve member constituting the pressure-sensitive valve together with a pressure-sensitive element. The valve element and the pressure-sensitive valve member are formed with an intermediate communicating passage which allows communication between the control ports and the suction ports by opening and closing of the pressure-sensitive valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew R. Warren, Ernesto Jose Gutierrez, Daichi Kurihara, Takahiro Ejima, Wataru Takahashi, Kohei Fukudome, Masahiro Hayama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 11053942
    Abstract: A screw compressor is provided with: a compressor body in which a screw rotor is accommodated in a rotor casing; a motor in which a rotator and a stator are accommodated in a motor chamber, the motor for rotationally driving a rotor shaft through use of a motor shaft; axial liquid supplying parts, provided on an anti-rotor side of the motor shaft; a motor shaft cooling part which is a cavity extending in the axial direction inside the motor shaft, the motor shaft cooling part for cooling the motor shaft by circulating a cooling liquid through the inside of the cavity thereof; and a liquid outlet part positioned on a rotor side of the motor shaft or a motor side of the rotor shaft and fluidically connected to the motor shaft cooling part so as to extend radially inward from an outlet opening formed in an outer surface of the motor shaft or the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsunori Hamada, Noboru Tsuboi, Hajime Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11047391
    Abstract: A motor vehicle vacuum pump includes a pumping chamber in which a pump rotor rotates to compress a gas, an outlet chamber into which the gas exits, a separation wall which includes a valve opening and a valve seat arranged on an outlet side of the separation wall around the valve opening. The separation wall separates the pumping chamber from the outlet chamber. An outlet valve is formed as a non-return valve in the separation wall. The outlet valve is formed by the valve opening in the separation wall and includes a valve body with a closing body. The outlet valve has the gas exit therethrough from the pumping chamber into the outlet chamber. A corresponding part of the closing body is supported on the valve seat when the closing body is in a closed position. The valve seat and/or the corresponding part of the closing body includes microgrooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Enver Des, Moritz Johannes Job
  • Patent number: 11022119
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell assembly, first and second scrolls, and a valve assembly. The shell assembly may define a discharge chamber. The first scroll may be disposed within the discharge chamber and may include a first end plate and a first spiral wrap. The first end plate may include a discharge passage in communication with the discharge chamber. The second scroll may be disposed within the discharge chamber and may include a second end plate and a second spiral wrap. The first and second spiral wraps define fluid pockets therebetween. The second end plate may include a port selectively communicating with one of the fluid pockets. The valve assembly may be mounted to the second scroll and may include a valve member that is movable between open and closed positions to allow and restrict communication between the port and the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Perevozchikov, Kirill M. Ignatiev, Roy J. Doepker
  • Patent number: 11015589
    Abstract: A gas supplying apparatus includes a compressor, a housing having an exhaust port, and an exhaust duct. The housing has a circumferential wall and a top wall. The circumferential wall has an access section. The exhaust port is provided on at least one of the circumferential wall and the top wall at a location higher than the access section. The exhaust duct includes a discharge port for discharging the air, exhausted from the exhaust port, to the outside. The discharge port is opened upward or opened downward in an area overlapping the top wall in an up-and-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Washio, Koichiro Hashimoto, Daisuke Wada, Kenji Nagura, Akitoshi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 10995765
    Abstract: A magnetic levitated pump that does not cause pulsation of a pumped liquid and can suppress the generation of particles, which are liable to be produced by contact of a sliding part, is disclosed. The magnetic levitated pump for magnetically levitating an impeller housed in a pump casing includes a motor configured to rotate the impeller, and an electromagnet configured to magnetically support the impeller. The motor and the electromagnet are arranged so as to face each other across the impeller, and the motor is arranged on the opposite side of a suction port of the pump casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiju Sato, Hiroshi Sobukawa, Toshimitsu Barada, Tomonori Ohashi, Satoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 10995753
    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: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Berning, Juan Esteban Catano-Montoya, Roy J. Doepker, Michael M. Perevozchikov
  • Patent number: 10989056
    Abstract: An airfoil includes an airfoil body having a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a tip shelf, a pocket surface, and a tip surface. The tip shelf circumferentially extends between the first wall and the second wall. The pocket surface circumferentially extends between the second wall and the third wall. The first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the pocket surface at least partially define a squealer pocket. The tip surface is spaced apart from the pocket surface and circumferentially extends between the second wall and the third wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Carey J. Clum
  • Patent number: 10982634
    Abstract: A fluid pump valve assembly includes: a valve body; a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet defined in the valve body; an inlet disk and an outlet disk movably disposed in the valve body; and a valve seat fixed within the valve body and including a disk member including at least one first aperture defined axially through the disk member, and at least one second aperture defined axially through the disk member, the inlet disk and the valve seat forming at least part of an inlet valve and the outlet disk and the valve seat forming at least part of an outlet valve. An inlet chamber is disposed upstream of the inlet valve, a pump chamber is disposed between and in fluid communication with the inlet valve and the outlet valve, and an outlet chamber is disposed downstream of the outlet valve. The inlet chamber surrounds the outlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Fochtman, John Walters, Tyler Craven
  • Patent number: 10975856
    Abstract: A gas transportation device is provided and includes a plurality of flow guiding units. Each of the flow guiding units includes an inlet plate, a substrate, a resonance plate, an actuating plate, a piezoelectric component, an outlet plate and a valve, which are sequentially stacked. A convergence chamber is formed between the resonance plate and the inlet plate. The actuating plate has a suspension part, an outer frame and a plurality of interspaces. The piezoelectric component is attached on a surface of the suspension part. Gas is inhaled into the convergence chamber via an inlet aperture of the inlet plate, is transported into a first chamber via a central aperture of the resonance plate, is further transported into a second chamber via the interspaces, and is discharged out from an outlet aperture of the outlet plate. The gas is transported by the flow guiding units disposed in a specific arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Chi-Feng Huang, Wei-Ming Lee, Hsien-Chung Tai, Yung-Lung Han
  • Patent number: 10975864
    Abstract: A screw pump with a housing; a housing cover; at least one idler screw held in a bore in the housing; and a bushing arranged on the housing cover with a receiving space bounded by a cylindrical flange, into which one end of the idler screw engages; wherein the bushing has an opening in its base, through which a fluid, supplied by a feed channel in the cover, can be supplied from the end opposite the idler screw under pressure to the end surface of the idler screw, wherein the bushing engages with radial play in a receptacle in the cover and comprises a radial flange, by which it is supported axially on the housing; and wherein at a least certain part of the ring-shaped flange of the bushing engages in the bore and is accommodated therein with play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LEISTRITZ PUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Trossmann, Ralf Richter
  • Patent number: 10968903
    Abstract: A pump draws fluid from a reservoir and drives the fluid downstream to a spray tip where the fluid is applied to a surface. The pump includes a polymer pump body and a metallic piston configured to reciprocate relative to and within the polymer pump body. The metallic piston interfaces with an inner cylinder formed within the polymer pump body and pumps fluid through the polymer pump body to a spray nozzle downstream of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Diane L. Olson, Christopher C. Hines, Robert W. Kinne
  • Patent number: 10967121
    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: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Alessandro E. Pizzochero, J. Richard Gyory, Kenneth Focht, Justin Fisk, Joeseph Gordon, Matthew Perry, Ajit D'Souza, Christopher Petroff
  • Patent number: 10968904
    Abstract: An oil pumping system to carry oil from an oil sump in a pump housing to an internal oil reservoir in another portion of the pump housing. A top plate is attached to a pump rod and moves in accordance with a reciprocating motion of the pump rod. A bottom plate is below the top plate. A pump mechanism, disposed between the top plate and bottom plate, includes a valve seat that contacts the bottom plate, and an upper portion that contacts the top plate. A first biasing element is configured to urge the valve seat upward away from the bottom plate. A second biasing element is configured to urge the plunger upward away from the valve seat. Upward movement of the pump rod allows oil to flow into the pump mechanism. Downward movement of the pump rod causes the bottom of the valve seat to seal against the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Unico, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Hilgers, Michael A. MacDonald, Benjamin J. Gregory, Ronald G. Peterson