Patents Examined by Dominick L Plakkoottam
  • Patent number: 11965509
    Abstract: An internal gear pump or motor includes inner and outer rotors that mesh together. An internal electric motor or generator may include a stator supported by a support element that passes through bearings of the outer rotor and the inner rotor may act as a rotor of the electric motor or generator. With or without the stator, the support element may support bearings of the inner rotor. The support element may be, for example, an eccentric shaft. Fluids may be supplied via the support element, if present, for cooling, lubrication or to flush a working fluid out of portions of the pump or motor, such as bearings. Flushing may also occur via channels in the housing with or without the presence of the support element. Axial faces of one of a pair of adjacent elements, for example the inner rotor and the outer rotor, may include portions for improved axial sealing and wearing in of the other of the pair. Fluid may enter and exit chambers between the inner and outer rotors by radial ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Genesis Advanced Technology Inc.
    Inventors: James Brent Klassen, Alexander Korolev
  • Patent number: 11965503
    Abstract: A pump comprising a bore pump fluid end having a reciprocating element bore, a discharge valve assembly comprising a discharge valve seat and a discharge valve body, and a suction valve assembly comprising a suction valve seat and a suction valve body; a hollow, cylindrical reciprocating element; a hollow reciprocating element adapter comprising a first end having a fluid inlet opposite a second end having a fluid outlet, wherein the second end of the reciprocating element adapter is connected to and in fluid communication with the fluid intake end of the reciprocating element; a pump power end having a push rod connected to the first end of the reciprocating element adapter; and a movable manifold comprising a reciprocating element end and a fluid intake end, wherein the reciprocating element end of the movable manifold is connected to and in fluid communication with the fluid inlet of the reciprocating element adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Beisel, Justin Lee Hurst, Dick C. Headrick, James Alan Olis
  • Patent number: 11958594
    Abstract: A cyclic pitch angle adjustment apparatus for a rotor or propeller and to a rotorcraft with such a rotor. The cyclic pitch angle adjustment apparatus may include levers that rotate rotor blades around associated pitch axes rods that mechanically link the levers with a bearing such that the rods are movable relative to the central point, the bearing being attached to a central rod that is movable and adapted for adjusting the cyclic pitch angle of the rotor blades from one pitch angle in one position to another pitch angle in another position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Ian-Luca Czech
  • Patent number: 11953007
    Abstract: A rotary lobe pump having a pump housing with a pump room, an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a first multi-lobe rotary piston, which is arranged in the pump room and is rotatably mounted about a first axis of rotation, a second multi-lobe rotary piston, which is arranged in the pump room and is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation spaced apart from the first axis of rotation and meshingly engages in the first rotary piston, wherein the first and second rotary pistons are drivable in opposite directions and are designed to generate a flow of a conveyed medium from the inlet opening through the pump room to the outlet opening by counter-rotation about the first and second axis of rotation, respectively, and a drive device, which is mechanically coupled to the rotary pistons for driving the rotary pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOGELSANG GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Paul Krampe, Henrik Ahrens
  • Patent number: 11953005
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a shell forming an outer portion thereof and having lower part in which an oil pan is formed to store oil; a motor provided in the shell; a compression unit provided in the shell to compress a working gas when being driven by the motor; a frame fixed to the shell and supporting the compression unit; a shaft supported by the frame, connecting the motor and the compression unit, provided to transmit a turning force of the motor to the compression unit, and including an oil passage; and an oil pump provided at lower part of the shaft to draw oil from the pan and supply the oil into the oil passage. The pump includes a bypass valve that is opened, when a pressure of oil flowing in the oil passage is higher than a threshold pressure, to return part of the oil to the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Sasano, Koji Masumoto, Yuji Takamura, Kohei Tatsuwaki
  • Patent number: 11946476
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compressor rotor, a compressor and a refrigerant circulation system. The compressor rotor includes: a motor rotor including a plurality of rotor sections, a locking rod, a compression unit rotating part and a locking member. The rotor sections are fixedly connected in an axial direction and are provided with an axial through hole and the locking rod penetrates through the axial through hole. The compression unit rotating part is located at the end part of the motor rotor and is connected to the locking rod. The locking member is configured to lock the compression unit rotating part on the locking rod. The locking rod, the compression unit rotating part and the locking member form a pressing structure which applies a pressure toward an axial inner side to the motor rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Hua Liu, Zhiping Zhang, Yuhui Chen, Ruixing Zhong, Hongbo Li, Wenteng Ye, Jingli Qi
  • Patent number: 11945069
    Abstract: A novel turbine motor spindle assembly for a spindle-mounted pneumatic tool, especially in a live tool environment is described. The novel turbine motor spindle assembly includes a manifold with a front end and a rear end. The manifold includes an air intake passage for receiving pressurized air. The pressurized air is directed axially through a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the front end. The pressurized air drives a turbine motor assembly and a drive shaft. The drive shaft is mounted inside a housing is self-lubricating. The turbine motor assembly includes tangential openings for expelling exhaust air therefrom. The turbine motor housing is mechanically coupled to the front end of the manifold with an exhaust air passage for directing exhaust air from the one or more tangential openings out through the rear end of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Air Turbine Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kemma Samuel Dodds, David William Tripp, Ronald Maharaj
  • Patent number: 11939979
    Abstract: A compressor includes a shell, a first scroll member, a second scroll member and a sealing assembly. The shell defines a first pressure region and a second pressure region. The first scroll member is disposed within the shell and includes a first end plate and a first scroll wrap. The second scroll member includes a second end plate and a second scroll wrap. The second scroll wrap meshingly engages the first scroll wrap to define a compression chamber therebetween. The seal assembly fluidly separates the first and second pressure regions from each other. The seal assembly includes a first plate, a second plate, a sealing member. The sealing member is sealingly engaged with the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Copeland LP
    Inventors: James W. McBean, Aasif M. Nadaf, Shawn W. Vehr
  • Patent number: 11939977
    Abstract: A scroll compressor comprising a fixed scroll (15); an orbiting scroll (16) supported in a manner allowing for orbiting motion; a discharge port through which a fluid compressed by the two scrolls (15, 16) is discharged; an end plate step portion (16E) provided on an end plate of the orbiting scroll (16) formed so that a height of the end plate is higher on a center portion side in the direction of a spiral wrap and lower on an outer end side; and a wrap step portion (15E) provided on a wall portion of the fixed scroll (15) that corresponds to the end plate step portion (16E) so that a height of the wall portion is lower on the center portion side of the spiral and higher on the outer end side; wherein the orbiting scroll (16) is treated for surface hardening and the fixed scroll (15) is not treated for surface hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Makoto Takeuchi, Genta Yoshikawa, Kazuhide Watanabe, Katsuhiro Fujita, Takayuki Hagita, Takayuki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 11933284
    Abstract: A vacuum exhaust system includes a plurality of turbo pumps that evacuate a plurality of vacuum chambers. A plurality of chamber valves are positioned between the turbo pumps and the plurality of vacuum chambers. A plurality of branch channels are each connected to a corresponding exhaust of the plurality of turbo pumps and a main channel is formed from a confluence of the branch channels. A booster vacuum pump is connected to the main channel. A backing vacuum pump is connected to an exhaust of the booster vacuum pump. A plurality of bypass channels, each having a valve, provide a fluid communication path between at least some of the plurality of vacuum chambers and the booster vacuum pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Paul Schofield, Christopher Mark Bailey, Michael Andrew Galtry, Andrew David Mann
  • Patent number: 11933295
    Abstract: Tapered shafts for fluid pumps are disclosed. An example apparatus to pump fluid includes a gear, and a shaft including a taper to define a first portion of the shaft having a first thickness and a second portion of the shaft having a second thickness less than the first thickness, the second portion of the shaft between the gear and the first portion of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bradley Alan Bauer, Paul T. Sudkamp, Michael J. Halligan
  • Patent number: 11933304
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes two scroll bodies each having a scroll rib. The scroll ribs engage each other to form at least one compression chamber. The scroll compressor further comprises a drive shaft for driving a moveable scroll body of the two scroll bodies. The moveable scroll body includes a base plate which has two opposing sides. On a first side of the two opposing sides, the scroll rib is arranged, and on a second side of the two opposing sides a hub is arranged. The hub has a receiving portion for a drive section of the drive shaft. The moveable scroll body has at least one passage from an interior of the receiving portion to a hub environment located around the hub at the second side of the two opposing sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BITZER KUEHLMASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Paul J. Flanigan
  • Patent number: 11926013
    Abstract: The invention refers to a pneumatically driven apparatus, in particular a hand guided and/or hand held pneumatic power tool (1), comprising a pneumatic rotary vane motor (100), a working element (9) and a gear arrangement functionally located between the motor (100) and the working element (9) for transmitting a rotational movement and torque. The motor (100) comprises a housing defining a cylindrical chamber (114) extending along a cylinder axis, and a cylindrical rotor (104) located in the chamber (114) and extending along and rotatable about an axis (60) running parallel to the cylinder axis, the rotor (104) comprising a plurality of radially movable vanes (108) forced radially outwards during rotation of the rotor (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Guido Valentini
  • Patent number: 11927192
    Abstract: A pump apparatus has a rotor shaft, a pump impeller connected to the rotor shaft, at least one axial bearing which rotatably supports the rotor shaft at a side facing the pump impeller, a magnetic pump stator, a magnetic pump rotor which is connected to the rotor shaft, a containment can which extends between the stator and the rotor, and at least one central support element which is mounted in the region of the pump impeller. The pump apparatus has an elastomer disk which is arranged between the support element and the axial bearing. The stator and the rotor are arranged with an axial offset with respect to each other. The stator and the rotor are provided as a result of the axial offset to produce an axial force F in the direction of the elastomer disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Walter, Claudius Muschelknautz, Gerald Zierer, Hannes Butscher, Pierre Werny, Ralf Herrmann, Thomas Eckerle
  • Patent number: 11927187
    Abstract: A compressor includes a shell, a bearing housing, an orbiting scroll, a non-orbiting scroll and a spacer. The bearing housing includes a central body and a plurality of arms extending radially outwardly from the central body. Each of the arms has a first aperture. The non-orbiting scroll is meshingly engaged with the orbiting scroll and includes a plurality of second apertures. Each second aperture receives a bushing defining a first longitudinal axis and a fastener defining a second longitudinal axis. The fastener extends through the bushing and into a corresponding one of the first apertures in the bearing housing. The spacer is disposed between the bushing and the fastener of each second aperture and is configured to engage one of the bushing and the fastener to restrict radial misalignment between the first longitudinal axis of the bushing and the second longitudinal axis of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Copeland LP
    Inventors: Harry B. Clendenin, Dennis D. Pax, Larry L Bingham, Keith J. Reinhart, Nicholas J. Altstadt
  • Patent number: 11927349
    Abstract: A deflector assembly for a combustor defining an operational fluid flow. The deflector assembly includes an upstream surface and a downstream surface opposite the upstream surface. One or more fastening mechanisms each extends through the deflector assembly. One or more cooling holes extend through the deflector assembly from the upstream surface to the downstream surface. The one or more cooling holes are located about the one or more fastening mechanisms to operably direct cooling air about the one or more fastening mechanisms at the downstream surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Vijayaraj Sukumar, Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Rimple Rangrej, Hiranya Nath, Krishnendu Chakraborty, Narasimhan S. Sahana, Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
  • Patent number: 11920580
    Abstract: A bellows pump device includes a control unit which, before operation of the bellows pump device is started, performs initial control in which solenoid valves are switched and pressurized air is supplied to suction-side air chambers in advance, thereby determining operation air pressures which are air pressures of the pressurized air to be supplied to the suction-side air chambers during the operation. As the initial control, the control unit outputs control commands to electropneumatic regulators so as to gradually increase the air pressures of the pressurized air to be supplied to the suction-side air chambers in advance, and when detection signals resulting from detection of expansion positions of the bellows are inputted from the proximity sensors to the control unit, the control unit determines the air pressures of the pressurized air supplied to the suction-side air chambers at that time as the operation air pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Otono, Ai Tomotoshi, Kazukiyo Teshima
  • Patent number: 11920600
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a pumping system that is part of a pumping station in operational service, the pumping system including a pump, a motor driving the pump, and a pipe for discharging fluid by the pump, where the method includes at least the steps of measuring physical values that characterize the operational characteristics of the pumping system including hydraulic values characteristic of the state of the pump discharge pipe, analyzing and interpreting the measured physical values to detect one or more anomalies, pre-diagnosing probable causes of the detected anomalies, determining preventive and curative actions to apply to the pumping system, and automatically implementing the preventive and curative actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUEZ INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Patrick Philipp, Maurice Martaud, Pierre Gramont
  • Patent number: 11920599
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump includes a plurality of centrifugal pump stages, each stage including a rotating impeller and a stationary diffuser mounted on a shaft coupled to a motor. An upthrust washer can be disposed axially between an impeller and its associated diffuser at or near a tip of the impeller, and the gap between the impeller tip and diffuser can define the end play or axial clearance for the pump. If the upthrust washer wears away, upthrust rubbing occurs at the impeller tip instead of proximate the pump shaft to advantageously help protect the shaft from damage or failure related to heat. In some ESPs, an upthrust bearing assembly can be located at the pump head. A downthrust washer can be disposed in an upstream facing groove of the impeller. The downthrust washer can have a thickness greater than 0.10 in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raju Ekambaram, Teng Fei Wang, Pradeep Mahadevan, Kean Wee Cheah, David Milton Eslinger
  • Patent number: 11913451
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a first rotor and a second rotor, and each rotor is provided with a synchronisation gear. The screw compressor is further provided with an electric motor and one or two driving gears for driving the first rotor or second rotor. At least one of the synchronisation gears or driving gears is provided with spokes between a rim supporting a gear mesh and a corresponding gear hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Wim Meeusen, Bjorn Verrelst