Patents Examined by Devon Kramer
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Patent number: 9932974Abstract: A pump system includes a particulate consolidator pump that has a pump outlet. A duct is coupled to the pump outlet. The duct has a wall that is coupled with an oscillator. The oscillator is operable to oscillate the wall at a controlled frequency. The controlled frequency is selected with respect to breaking static bridging of particulate in the duct due, at least in part, to consolidation of the particulate from a downstream check valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Gas Technology InstituteInventor: Kenneth M. Sprouse
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Patent number: 9926926Abstract: A high-pressure pump is comprised of a lower housing, an upper housing and a cover, which are formed independently from each other. Thereby, shapes of the above can be simplified. Although the cylinder and the plunger receive a fuel pressure during a pressurization stroke, the upper housing and the cover do not receive fuel pressure directly from a pressurization chamber. Therefore, the upper housing and the cover can be made thin and light as much as possible.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Mamoru Urushizaki, Yasuaki Matsunaga, Shinobu Oikawa, Noriya Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9920752Abstract: A fluid pump includes a pump body having a fluid path with an inlet and an outlet. The fluid pump also includes a diaphragm disposed along the fluid path between the inlet and the outlet, a non-return valve to control direction of flow along the fluid path, and a diaphragm actuating unit. The diaphragm actuating unit includes an unbalanced motor. Further, a steam generator may include the fluid pump.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan
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Patent number: 9920765Abstract: A system and method for sensing level of a fluid associated with a submersible pump having an impeller driven by an associated motor include a fluid level sensor having a probe with a plurality of discrete resistive elements each having an associated contact pair substantially evenly spaced along a length of the probe and an associated switch powered by an induced voltage or current generated by power provided to the submersible pump motor and activated by the fluid conducting across the contact pair to shunt the associated discrete resistive element.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventor: Charles Wayne Zimmerman
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Patent number: 9915259Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling an electric pump supplying operating oil to a driving system or the like of a vehicle, control satisfying both responsiveness and reduction in power consumption is performed even in a case in which an oil temperature sensor and a pump characteristic are abnormal. After starting of the electric pump, feedback control is performed in which a rotation number Nm of a driving motor is settled in a target rotation number Na set to satisfy predetermined performance. After satisfying a predetermined condition in which the motor rotation number Nm is in a stable state, motor current Im is settled in an indicated current Ip within a range of being equal to or less than a current limit value IL while the motor rotation number Nm is maintained equal to or greater than a required rotation number Np corresponding to the indicated current Ip.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Okamoto
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Patent number: 9915251Abstract: A pump system is disclosed for use with a fuel system of an engine. The pump system may have a first pump with a first end, a second end, a reservoir located at the second end, and at least one pump mechanism configured to receive fluid from the reservoir. The pump system may also have a second pump mounted to the first pump at the second end and having at least one pump mechanism configured to discharge fluid into the reservoir of the first pump. The pump system may further have a mechanical input operatively connected to the at least one pump mechanism of each of the first and second pumps.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Dana R. Coldren, Joshua W. Steffen
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Patent number: 9909591Abstract: A stationary portion of a blower fan according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a stator and a stator holding portion to which the stator is fixed. A rotating portion of the blower fan includes an annular rotor hub portion arranged around a central axis; a rotor magnet arranged along a circumferential surface of the rotor hub portion, and arranged radially inside a stator; and an impeller including a plurality of blades arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotor hub portion. An upper end of the stator is arranged at a level lower than that of an upper end of the rotor magnet. The impeller is arranged axially above the rotor magnet and is arranged to extend radially outward. The blades are arranged axially above the stator.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Hiroaki Hirano
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Patent number: 9903242Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid module, a transmission and a torque converter. The lubrication system associated with the torque converter includes an oil sump within the torque converter housing which is intended to be managed as a “dry” sump oil lubrication system. There is an oil pump in communication with the sump in order to manage the sump oil level. By monitoring an operational parameter of the oil pump motor (pressure, torque, or current) oil aeration can be detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.Inventors: Charles F. Long, Thomas A. Wright
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Patent number: 9903373Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) control system includes a primary variable frequency drive (VFD), a transformer, and a secondary VFD. The primary variable frequency drive (VFD) is configured to receive power from a power source and output a variable voltage and variable amplitude AC voltage. The transformer has a low voltage side and a high voltage side of the transformer. The primary VFD is coupled to the low voltage side. The transformer is configured to receive the AC voltage from the primary VFD and output a stepped up AC voltage. The secondary VFD is coupled to the high voltage side of the transformer, wherein the secondary VFD is configured to provide a supplemental voltage in addition to the stepped up AC voltage when the operational values of an electric motor exceed a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Nathaniel Benedict Hawes, Kum Kang Huh, David Allen Torrey, Di Pan, Tomas Sadilek
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Patent number: 9903362Abstract: In a control valve, the spring load of a spring, which biases a main valve element in a valve opening direction, is regulated, for instance. This allows a range of suction pressures Ps, where a main valve and a sub-valve are simultaneously closed until a sub-valve element is lifted from a sub-valve seat after a main valve element has been seated on a main valve seat, to be set as a deadband. The control valve is configured such that the value of a suction pressure Ps with which to open the sub-valve after the closing of the main valve and the pressure values at which the deadband takes place are set variably by the setting of a value of current supplied to the solenoid.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: TGK CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Saeki, Masaaki Tonegawa
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Patent number: 9890771Abstract: Disclosed are an isentropic booster and a method thereof. The booster comprises a main body pump having a chamber provided with a fixed division plate, a left piston, a right piston and a connecting rod separating the chamber into a plurality of independent booster chambers. The connecting rod passes through the division plate and connects at its two opposite ends with the left piston and the right piston. The volume of the booster chambers is changed with the movement of the left piston and the right piston. A part of the plurality of the booster chambers connect between high-pressure gas source and a medium-pressure gas pipeline network, and the rest of the plurality of the booster chambers connect between low-pressure gas source and the medium-pressure gas pipeline network. The isentropic booster of present invention improves efficiency of using high-pressure gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SHAANXI DINGJI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ze Jiang
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Patent number: 9887603Abstract: A wet-running centrifugal pump includes an electric motor (1) and a centrifugal pump (7) which is driven thereby. The electric motor (1) has a rotor (4) which is rotatably arranged within the stator (3). A canned pot (13), which carries a motor-side bearing for the rotor (4), is provided between the rotor and the stator. Moreover, a bearing plate (19) is provided, which carries a pump-side bearing for the rotor (4), wherein the bearing plate (19) is fixed on the housing side, and in the region of the pump-side bearing immerses into the canned pot. A radial seal (20) is provided between the bearing plate (19) and the canned pot (13).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/SInventors: Therkel Damm, Søren Bøndergaard
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Patent number: 9879683Abstract: A gas blower includes a housing, a motor and a resilient sealing member for safety improvement. The housing has a receiving space and receives a fan wheel inside the receiving space, and the housing has an inlet and an outlet in communication with the receiving space. The motor has a base and a shaft. The base couples with the housing, and the shaft rotatably couples with the base and firmly connects with the fan wheel. The resilient sealing member is arranged between the housing and the base and is in a ring shape. The resilient sealing member has a central through hole for the shaft to extend through, a radial extending portion extending in radial directions of the shaft, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, with the first and second surfaces abutting against the housing and the base respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Patent number: 9879686Abstract: A number of variations may include a product for use with a turbocharger system may include an electric motor with a rotor rotating about an axis. The rotor may operate through a bending critical mode. A magnet may be disposed in the rotor. The rotor may be provided with a selected amount of compliance to tune the bending critical mode to occur at a selected rotational speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Kurle, Allan D. Kelly
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Patent number: 9879691Abstract: A pump a shaft portion arranged to extend in a vertical direction; a rotor portion arranged to surround an outer circumference of the shaft portion, and including a magnet; and a housing joined to the shaft portion, and arranged to contain the rotor portion. The housing includes a stator arranged opposite to the magnet; a rotor accommodating portion arranged to accommodate the rotor portion; and an inlet and an outlet each of which is arranged to pass through a portion of the rotor accommodating portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion, the shaft portion, and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one first dynamic pressure groove arranged to support rotation of the rotor portion. A surface of at least one of the rotor portion and the rotor accommodating portion includes at least one second dynamic pressure groove arranged to transfer a fluid from the inlet to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Junya Mizukami, Hideki Nishimura, Yoshito Nishitani, Michihiro Ito, Naohiro Nagasawa
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Patent number: 9879665Abstract: A portable electric inflator includes an electric air compressor, a pressure gauge, and a box for accommodating the electric air compressor and the pressure gauge. The box defines therein a generally L-shaped space for accommodating a cooling fan, a motor, a main frame with a transmission mechanism, a cylinder with a piston body, and an air storage tank of the electric air compressor. The motor defines two openings at its surrounding wall and multiple downstream through holes at its bottom wall. The main frame is provided with a peripheral wall and beveled radial braces and defines two through holes to facilitate the airflow passing through the main frame. The cooling fan can draw outside air to enter the box and smoothly flow along the generally L-shaped space to quickly dissipate the heat generated by the electric air compressor, whereby the performance and safety of the inflator can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Inventor: Wen-San Chou
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Patent number: 9879666Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a compression mechanism compressing refrigerant gas, an electric motor driving the compression mechanism, a housing made of a thermally conductive material and accommodating the compression mechanism and the electric motor and an inverter assembly controlling rotation of the electric motor. The inverter assembly includes an elastic member made of a thermally conductive material and disposed in contact with the housing, a circuit board supported directly by the elastic member, an electronic part mounted on the circuit board and a base member made of a thermally conductive material, fixed to the housing and having a closed end. The base member fixes the electronic part. The base member and the housing cooperate to form an accommodation space that accommodates the elastic member, the circuit board and the electronic part. The closed end of the base member and the elastic member forms therebetween a space.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Ken Suitou, Yusuke Kinoshita, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9874213Abstract: A centrifugal multistage pump “VODOMET-WATER CANNON” contains electric motor, condensing case and pump stages, installed on the pump cases. The pump stages are located inside the case and are centered by the covers and, and also by the support. The bearing end shield of the electric motor is sealed with the elastic diaphragm. The condensing case is a leakproof cavity where the condenser and the cable connectors, of the electric motor are placed. The thermoswitch is located in the condensing box on the heat contactor. The pump stages include guide wheels and antifrictional washers. The washers interact with the axial supports—ceramic inlays that are inserted into the guide wheels. The inlays rest on the end clamps on the butt ends of the guide wheels. The guide wheels are sealed with radial inlays and together with pump stages create a hermetic tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Inventor: Andrey Yurievich Yazykov
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Patent number: 9869321Abstract: A waterproof axial flow fan includes: a rotor having a rotating shaft pivotally supported by a bearing in a rotatable manner, an impeller provided to a tip of the rotating shaft and a rotor cover; a stator having a winding and a circuit board, a surface of which is coated with an electrically insulating synthetic resin; and at least one ring collection groove part formed in a resin surface opposing to the rotor cover at an apex of the stator so as to surround a tip of a bearing holding part for holding the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsumichi Ishihara, Akira Nakayama, Tatsuya Midorikawa, Masato Kakeyama
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Patent number: 9869319Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a pump inlet, a pump outlet, a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation, at least one process gas pump stage for conveying a process gas present at the pump inlet from the pump inlet to the pump outlet, a motor space, and a drive motor which is arranged in the motor space, is configured for rotationally driving the rotor and which has a motor stator, wherein at least one gas path is provided for the process gas from the pump inlet to the pump outlet which leads through the motor space and which leads at least sectionally along the motor stator or through the motor stator.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbHInventors: Mirko Mekota, Jan Hofmann, Uwe Leib, Michael Schill, Bernhard Koch