Patents Examined by Devon Kramer
  • Patent number: 10012304
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (CVT) provided with an integrated gerotor pump that also acts as a rotation blocker is described herein. In one illustrated embodiment, the gerotor pump is used to pump lubrication and cooling fluid through a radiator and into the hollow shaft of the CVT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TRANSMISSION CVTCORP INC.
    Inventor: Francois Messier
  • Patent number: 10007274
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a water pump having an engine that drives an impeller, a water storage tank connected to the water pump, a first water level detector that outputs an A signal when a water level is at or higher than a first height and outputs a B signal when lower than the height, a second water level detector that outputs the A signal when the water level is at or lower than a second height and outputs the B signal when higher than the height, a connection switcher that switches connection of the first and second water level detector, and an impeller controller connected to the connection switcher and adapted to control operation of the engine that drives the impeller of the water pump based on the signals outputted from the first and second water level detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimamura, Atsuhisa Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10006458
    Abstract: The electric pump of the present application includes a motor unit including a stator, a rotor core disposed inside the stator and a shaft coupled to the rotor core; a pump unit including an internal rotor coupled to the shaft and having an external lob formed thereon and an external rotor disposed outside the internal rotor and having an internal lob formed to be engaged with the external lob; a housing unit including a motor housing including the motor unit and a pump housing connected to the motor housing and having a pump accommodating part, in which the pump unit is inserted, formed therein; and a cover unit coupled to the housing unit to cover the pump accommodating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Eop Yoon
  • Patent number: 10006465
    Abstract: A high-speed, single-stage, motor-driven blower designed to move water vapor includes an axial flow compressor and a rotating assembly supported by gas foil bearings and driven by a brushless permanent magnet synchronous motor utilizing a remotely mounted variable frequency drive. The blower is immersed in a water vapor flow for operation. Accordingly, the blower comprises an outer blower housing and an inner blower housing defining an annular cavity therebetween, wherein the inner blower housing is held within the outer blower housing by seals, and contains and protects the motor components and the bearings against water damage and contamination. A cooling flow may be leaked through the inner blower housing to cool the internal operational components of the blower and to capture heat therefrom, which can be added to the water vapor flow moving through the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: R&D Dynamics Corporation
    Inventors: Giridhari L. Agrawal, Charles W. Buckley, Jared Knechel
  • Patent number: 10001129
    Abstract: The invention relates to an impeller (1) of a centrifugal pump apparatus, in particular of a blood pump apparatus, comprising a discoidal body (1) rotatable around an axis (2) of rotation, the body (1) comprising an upper surface (3), a lower surface (4), a central channel (5) extending in the direction of the axis (2) of rotation between the upper and lower surface (3, 4) for guiding fluid, in particular blood through the body (1) in axial direction when the body (1) is rotated in a pump chamber of a pump and several blades (6) supported by the upper surface (3) for pumping fluid, in particular blood, when the body (1) is rotated in a pump chamber of a pump, several spiral grooves (7) in the lower surface (4), each groove (7) having a bottom (7a) and two sidewalls (7b, 7c) and being open in an axial direction, merging into a circumferential surface (8) of the body (1) and extending from this circumferential surface (8) to the central channel (5) at least for providing a pumping action of fluid, in particular
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: REINHEART GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Steinseifer, Fiete Boehning, Thomas Schmitz-Rode
  • Patent number: 9989050
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump is provided. The fuel injection pump includes a valve holder, a plunger, an inlet valve, an outlet valve, and a relief valve. The valve holder includes a pump chamber and a seat. The plunger configured to pressurize or depressurize the pump chamber. The inlet valve, the outlet valve, and the relief valve are arranged in an interior of the valve holder. The relief valve is provided on a downstream side of the outlet valve. The pump chamber is formed between the inlet valve and the outlet valve. The seat has a discharge passage and a return passage. The return passage is configured such that the fuel flows through the return passage from the downstream side of the outlet valve to an upstream side of the relief valve. The discharge passage and the return passage are formed offset from each other in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asayama, Takashi Usui
  • Patent number: 9989046
    Abstract: A roundel structure for a five-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump includes a cylindrical or inverted frustoconical eccentric roundel in an eccentric roundel mount. The cylindrical or inverted frustoconical eccentric roundel includes an annular positioning groove or indentation, a vertical or inverted frustoconical flank and a sloped top ring extending from the annular positioning groove or indentation to the flank. The sloped top ring eliminates the oblique high frequency pull and squeezing phenomena that occurs in a conventional tubular eccentric roundel arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ying Lin Cai, Chao Fou Hsu
  • Patent number: 9989051
    Abstract: A linear compressor is provided that may include a shell in which a discharge port may be provided, a cylinder disposed in the shell to define a compression space for a refrigerant, a piston disposed to be reciprocated in an axial direction within the cylinder, a discharge valve disposed on or at one side of the cylinder to selectively discharge the refrigerant compressed in the compression space, a valve spring coupled to the discharge valve to provide a restoring force, and a stopper coupled to the valve spring to restrict deformation of the valve spring. The stopper may include a guide recessed in a direction in which the valve spring is deformed to reduce an impulse between the stopper and the valve spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kiwon Noh, Kyungmin Lee, Jeehyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9982666
    Abstract: A vacuum pump system includes a secondary pumping mechanism incorporated into a stationary portion of a scroll pump. The stationary portion includes the stationary plate scroll of the scroll pump and defines a gas passageway in which the secondary pumping mechanism is disposed. The gas passageway is connected to a gas flow path through the scroll pump at a location upstream of an exhaust check valve of the scroll pump. The secondary pumping mechanism is displaceable within the gas passageway to draw residual gas in the compression stage upstream of the check valve into the gas passageway, and may pump the residual gas back out through the exhaust check valve, to evacuate residual gas from the compression stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Agilient Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. Forni
  • Patent number: 9976556
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a sealed container, a compression mechanism portion for a refrigerant, a compliant frame and a guide frame which support an orbiting scroll, an electric motor which drives the orbiting scroll, balance weights, a refrigerant flow path which introduces a refrigerant gas discharged through a discharge port of a fixed scroll to a bottom portion of the sealed container, cup-shaped members provided on both upper and lower surfaces of the rotor of the electric motor and contain the balance weights, a penetrating flow path through which the refrigerant gas containing a refrigerating machine oil flows from a lower side of the rotor of the electric motor through the interiors of the cup-shaped members to an upper side of the rotor, and a discharge cover which is provided at a lower portion of the frame, and which introduces the refrigerant gas to a discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumikazu Nagaoka, Teruhiko Nishiki, Hiroyasu Takahashi, Keisuke Narumi
  • Patent number: 9976546
    Abstract: An electromagnetic vibrating diaphragm pump capable of increasing pump efficiency by increasing the vibration amplitude of the vibration of diaphragms even when the pressure inside a compression chamber is high. Diaphragms are fixed to both end portions of an oscillator having magnets. AC driven electromagnets are provided in a manner to face the magnets of the oscillator. A frame adhered to the outer peripheries of the diaphragms covers the electromagnet side, and pump casings cover the opposite sides. The pump casing includes a compression chamber adjacent to the diaphragm, a suction chamber connected to the compression chamber via a suction valve and an exhaust chamber connected to the compression chamber via an exhaust valve, the suction chamber or the exhaust chamber being connected to the frame via a continuous hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TECHNO TAKATSUKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ishii, Tsuyoshi Takamichi
  • Patent number: 9970428
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a metal housing accommodating a compression unit and an electric motor and a resin cover coupled to the housing. The cover and the housing define an accommodation chamber that accommodates a motor driving circuit that drives the electric motor. A metal shield is fixed to the cover and blocks electromagnetic noise. The shield and the cover are stacked together. A sealing member located between the shield and the cover. The sealing member is configured to block entry of foreign matter into the accommodation chamber through a gap between the shield and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Ken Suitou, Kazuhiro Kuroki, Yumin Hishinuma, Junichi Takahata, Junya Yano, Takuro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 9951770
    Abstract: A valve seat has an inner passage and outer passages. A suction valve member has first passages and a first projection portion that guides, to the first passages, the fuel that flows from a pressure chamber at the time of valve opening. Therefore, an action force by the dynamic pressure applied to the suction valve member in the valve closing direction is reduced. An action force by the pressure of fuel that flows into pressure equalization grooves counterbalances the action force by the dynamic pressure of the suction valve member. Therefore, self-closing by the dynamic pressure can be inhibited, and the maximum output of an electromagnetic driving unit can be reduced. Fuel flows through a passage radially outside the suction valve member and the first passages. A fluid passage area is securable even when a lift amount of the suction valve member is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Hiroshi Inoue, Shinichiro Koshimoto
  • Patent number: 9951761
    Abstract: A pressure pulse dampener for a compressor system is disclosed herein. The pulse dampener includes a housing having inlet passageway and an outlet passageway. A radially expanding annular passageway is formed downstream of the fluid inlet. A toroidal passageway is formed downstream of the annular passageway, the toroidal passageway being configured to direct fluid in a generally circumferential path around the central body. A connecting passageway is formed through the central body to provide fluid communication between the toroidal passageway and the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Michael John Lucas, Larry Rodney Stutts, James Richard Lindsey
  • Patent number: 9951769
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump includes a quick discharge valve unit that comprises a vessel including a supply passage, a check valve seat, a delivery passage and a discharge passage, and an elastic member configured to partition an internal space of the vessel into an input-side space connected to the supply passage and an output-side space connected to the delivery passage and the discharge passage. The elastic member includes a check valve body to prevent an inflow of air from the output-side space to the input-side space, and a discharge port valve body configured to close the discharge passage when air is supplied to the input-side space through the supply passage. The vessel includes a connecting path having a sectional area smaller than an area of a section of the supply passage, and configured to release pressurized air in the input-side space to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: OKENSEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Fukami
  • Patent number: 9948171
    Abstract: A positive displacement inductive pump includes a central piston formed of a ferromagnetic material having non-ferromagnetic end pistons that extend from each of its opposite ends. Stationary end walls are mounted to opposite ends of a housing and are centrally bored. First and second inductive coils are alternately energized, causing the central piston and the end pistons to conjointly reciprocate within an axial bore and the end wall central bores, respectively. First and second check valves are positioned outboard of each end wall and allow valve-controlled ingress and egress of material into and out of the axial and central bores. The relative diameters of the central piston and the end pistons are changed to control the relationship between the magnetic force applied and the output pressure for a given volume of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Laurence R. Salamey
  • Patent number: 9938993
    Abstract: A hydraulic intensifier comprising a reciprocating differential piston arrangement and a controller configured to control the supply of low pressure hydraulic fluid to the intensifier is provided. The controller comprises at least one solenoid operated pilot valve and electronic operator configured to operate the pilot valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas UK Limited
    Inventor: Timothy James Roberts
  • Patent number: 9938967
    Abstract: A compressor may include a crankcase, a crankshaft, a piston, a discharge valve and a suction plenum. The crankcase defines a discharge plenum receiving working fluid at a first pressure. The crankshaft is disposed within the discharge plenum. The piston is drivingly connected to the crankshaft and reciprocatingly received in a cylinder. The piston and cylinder cooperate to define a compression chamber therebetween. The discharge valve may control fluid flow through a discharge passage between the compression chamber and the discharge plenum. The suction plenum may receive working fluid at a second pressure that is less than the first pressure. The suction plenum may provide working fluid at the second pressure to the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirill M. Ignatiev, Michael M. Perevozchikov
  • Patent number: 9932950
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump has a metering valve and a valve stopper. The stopper has a regulation portion which an end surface of the valve is brought into contact with. An outer diameter of the regulation portion is equal to an outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the valve. A cylindrical sleeve is disposed around the regulation portion. When the end surface of the valve is in contact with the regulation portion, the sleeve covers a tapered surface of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 9932992
    Abstract: A piezoelectric fan is provided that can effectively supply airflow to a subject to be cooled. The piezoelectric fan includes an air blower having a free end and a fixed end, and a planar piezoelectric element fixed to the air blower. The piezoelectric element causes vibration of the free end of the air blower. The air blower includes a first plate to which the piezoelectric element is fixed, and a second plate and a third plate which are orthogonal to the first plate and parallel to each other. In this structure, the free end of the air blower is H-shaped. The H-shaped blowing end of the air blower effectively prevents lateral airflow and improves the directivity of airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: R-FLOW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeda