Abstract: A motor includes: a central shaft; a stator extending in an axial direction around the central shaft; a rotor facing an outer side in a radial direction of the stator and configured to rotate around the central shaft; a substrate located on one side in the axial direction with respect to the rotor and on which a rotation position detection circuit detecting a rotation position of the rotor is mounted; and a case located on one side in the axial direction with respect to the substrate and supporting the stator. The stator includes a restricting portion restricting a position in a circumferential direction of the substrate. The case includes a fixing portion fixing the substrate. The substrate includes a restricted portion whose position in the circumferential direction is restricted by the restricting portion, and a fixed portion fixed to the fixing portion.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump or motor includes a mounting flange that is disposed at the first end of the housing. The mounting flange defines a pair of bolt receiving slots that are disposed along the X-axis on either side of the shaft. The pair of bolt receiving slots each define a radius center that are spaced away from each other a X dimension, and a pilot projection extends longitudinally away from the mounting flange, defining a pilot projection diameter. A ratio of the X dimension to the pilot projection diameter ranges from 1.1 to 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fruit or vegetable shaped fan for dispersing airborne eye irritants that are released during cutting fruits or vegetables. The fan includes a base that is wedge-shaped, an air inflow collimator that is fruit or vegetable shaped having an open front end, an internal frame that is configured to provide minimal abatement to airflow through the air inflow collimator, a motor mount that secures a motor, a fan blade that attaches to the motor, and a grill that attaches to the open front end of the air inflow collimator. The fan is configured to disperse airborne eye irritants away from a user's eyes. Airborne eye irritants are released when certain fruits and vegetables are chopped or otherwise cut. Such fruits and vegetables that can release airborne eye irritants when cut include onions, peppers, and certain other fruits and vegetables.

Abstract: An improved high-pressure fuel pump for a gasoline direct injection system is provided. The fuel pump includes a pump body defining a low-pressure side, a high-pressure side, and a pumping chamber therebetween. The pump body also defines a central bore and a drain port extending from the central bore to the low-pressure side. A slip-fit sleeve is clamped within the central bore, the slip-fit sleeve including upper and lower guide ribs. A plunger is moveable within the sleeve for compressing fuel within the pumping chamber. The plunger and the sleeve define a first diametral clearance, and the guide ribs and the central bore define a second diametral clearance. Fuel diverting around the upper guide rib during pumping operations can recirculate through the drain port to the low-pressure side. To accommodate thermal expansion of the sleeve, the second diametral clearance is at least 75% of the first diametral clearance.

Abstract: A blower includes a moving blade rotatable about a central axis, a motor to rotate the moving blade, a housing, and a substrate. The housing includes a holding portion below the moving blade to hold the motor, and a peripheral wall portion having a cylindrical shape extending upward from a radially outer end portion of the holding portion. The peripheral wall portion includes a peripheral wall recess recessed downward from an upper end of the peripheral wall portion and connecting a space radially inside and a space radially outside of the peripheral wall portion. The peripheral wall recess includes a first peripheral surface that opposes one circumferential direction opposite to a rotation direction of the moving blade, the first peripheral surface extending from an upper end of the peripheral wall recess toward a lower side of the peripheral wall portion.

Abstract: A system and method for pumping fluid. The system includes a sequence of two or more positive-displacement sub-systems each having a respective one-way inlet. A respective one-way flow path links each adjacent two of the sub-systems. A one-way outlet from a last of the sub-systems is provided. The system is capable of a mode of operation in which at least some of the sub-systems are substantially in phase with respect to each other to cause the system to draw fluid from more than one of the one-way inlets; and another other mode of operation in which at least some of the sub-systems are substantially in antiphase with respect to each other to increment a pressure of the fluid as the fluid moves along the sequence.

Abstract: A vacuuming device comprises a main body, a rotary shaft, a vacuum pump rotor, a motor stator and a motor rotor. An air inlet, an air outlet, an oil storage chamber and a motor chamber are disposed in the main body. The oil storage chamber communicates with the air outlet. The rotary shaft is rotationally connected to the main body. The vacuum pump rotor is fixedly mounted to the rotary shaft and cooperatively forms a stator cavity of the vacuum pump with the inner-wall of the main body. The air inlet and the oil storage chamber communicate with the stator cavity of the vacuum pump respectively. The vacuuming device reduces the cost of manufacturing, optimizes the spatial structure and downsizes the device.

Abstract: A system is provided for use with an electrical submersible pump (ESP). The system includes an ESP mounted on a tubing and a magnetic field source positioned above the ESP. The magnetic field source generates a magnetic field configured to suspend iron-containing particles above a discharge of the ESP. The magnetic field prevents an accumulation of the iron-containing particles onto components of the ESP during a powered-off state of the ESP.

Abstract: A compressor includes a motor unit that includes a rotor and a stator, a compressor unit that compresses a refrigerant by rotation of the rotor, and a container that forms an internal space in which the motor unit and the compressor unit are housed, wherein in the rotor, a rotor gas passage through which the refrigerant flows from an under-motor space of the internal space arranged on a side of the motor unit that is close to the compressor unit to an above-motor space of the internal space arranged on a side of the motor unit that is distant from the compressor unit is formed, in the stator, a stator gas passage through which the refrigerant flows from the under-motor space to the above-motor space is formed, and a cross-sectional area of the stator gas passage is 6.0 times or less a cross-sectional area of the rotor gas passage.

Abstract: A cam ring of a supply pump revolves around a camshaft without rotating. A tappet reciprocates in a direction perpendicular to the camshaft in response to revolution of the cam ring such that the tappet slides along a cam ring sliding surface. A plunger reciprocates together with the tappet to pressurize and deliver fuel. The cam ring sliding surface is shaped in a convex form that has a curved contour line which is non-circular. A height of an inside of the cam ring sliding surface is higher than a height of a periphery of the cam ring sliding surface. Specifically, an ellipsoidal surface portion is formed at the cam ring sliding surface, and an axial direction of a major axis of the ellipsoidal surface portion is set to coincide with a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the cam ring sliding surface.

Abstract: A fan includes a motor base, a bearing, an impeller, a stator and a magnetic element. The motor base has a bearing stand in a center portion thereof. The impeller includes a metallic case, plural blades and a rotating shaft. A top surface of a top wall of the metallic case continuous with curved surface that defines part of a central opening, and a depth of the central opening is equal to a thickness of the top wall. The blades are disposed around an outer periphery of said metallic case. The rotating shaft is inserted into the central opening and penetrated through the bearing stand, wherein no raised ring structure is formed in the top wall, and the rotating shaft and the metallic case are jointed together by a laser welding process. The magnetic element is disposed on an inner wall of the metallic case and aligned with the stator.

Abstract: A pump having two pistons which are driven by a cam belonging to an external rotor and which are inserted into two cylinder blocks mounted parallel to each other in such a way as to form two opposite, parallel, eccentric pump chambers The pump chambers have at least one inlet port through which liquid is drawn into the pump chambers during the fill stroke of the pistons, and then expelled from the pump chambers during the discharge stroke of the pistons to at least one outlet port, the outflow rate of which is constant and even.

Abstract: A vacuum pump system includes an air-cooled, O-ring sealed vacuum pump and an oil management system with an LED illuminated clear tank for observation of the oil condition as well as a large oil inlet and outlet for rapid and safe oil changes while the pump is operating. The oil management system is also configured to prevent oil from the sump from being drawn into an evacuated AC/R system when the pump is stopped and the intake ports are not sealed from the high vacuum AC/R system. The oil management system includes a preferential vacuum relief system that allows air instead of the oil from the sump to be drawn back into the evacuated lines.

Abstract: Provided is a variable displacement compressor that is directed to cost reduction and productivity enhancement of a second control valve that adjusts an opening degree of a discharge passage for discharging a refrigerant in a controlled pressure chamber to a suction chamber. The variable displacement compressor includes the second control valve (400) configured to decrease an opening degree of the discharge passage to a minimum value when a first end surface (421a) of a valve body (420) accommodated in a valve chamber (410) comes into contact with a first end wall surface (411) of the valve chamber (410) to close a second port (432) and a third port (433), and configured to increase the opening degree of the discharge passage to a maximum value when the first end surface (421a) of the valve body (420) separates from the first end wall surface (411) of the valve chamber (410) to open the second port (432) and the third port (433).

Abstract: A suction cover assembly for a reciprocating pump includes a suction cover nut having a nut face and a thread configured to threadably connect the suction cover nut to a fluid cylinder of the reciprocating pump. The suction cover assembly includes a suction cover having a cover face. The suction cover is configured to be held by the fluid cylinder such that the cover face opposes the nut face of the suction cover nut. The suction cover includes first and second seals having a leakage trap defined therebetween. The leakage trap is configured to trap leakage pressure during operation of the reciprocating pump. The suction cover includes at least one leakage channel that is configured to channel the leakage pressure from the leakage trap to an interface between the cover face and the nut face.

Abstract: A fluid pump includes an electric motor having an armature with a commutator and a motor frame which supports a pair of permanent magnets which are located radially outward from the armature. The motor frame has a support stem extending axially in a direction away from the commutator. A pump section is rotationally coupled to the electric motor and pumps the fluid. First and second motor brushes deliver electricity to the commutator and are urged into electrical contact with the commutator by a first and second springs. The first and second springs are mechanically grounded to a brush spring retainer fixed to the motor frame. The brush spring retainer includes a central portion having an opening within which the support stem is received in an interference fit. A support arm extends from the central portion such that the first and second springs are mechanically grounded to the support arm.

Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.

Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a valve housing to which a suction fluid having a suction pressure and a control fluid having a control pressure are supplied; a solenoid; a CS valve body that partitions an inside of the valve housing into a first space, and a second space and moves according to the suction pressure of the suction fluid and the control pressure of the control fluid, and a CS valve seat with which the CS valve body is configured to come into contact; a biasing member biasing the CS valve body in a valve opening direction of the valve; and a pilot valve formed of a pilot valve body to be driven by the solenoid and a pilot valve seat with which the pilot valve body is configured to come into contact.

Abstract: An air mover is provided. The air mover includes a housing, a spacer, a co-axial motor, a first fan and a second fan. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member. A first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet are formed on the housing. The first inlet is formed on the first housing member and the second inlet is formed on the second housing member. The spacer is disposed between the first housing member and the second housing member. The co-axial motor includes a shaft, wherein the co-axial motor is disposed on the spacer. The shaft includes a first free end and a second free end. The first free end extends in a first direction, and the second free end extends in a second direction.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer shell defining an internal cavity, wherein the mixer shell includes an upstream end configured to receive exhaust gases and downstream end. A reactor is positioned within the internal cavity and has a reactor inlet configured to receive injected fluid and a reactor outlet that directs a mixture of exhaust gas and injected fluid into the internal cavity. A flow diverter is associated with the reactor to direct exhaust gas bypassing the reactor to mix with the mixture exiting the reactor outlet prior to exiting the downstream end of the mixer.