Patents Examined by Dominick L Plakkoottam
  • Patent number: 11293432
    Abstract: A water part module for attaching to a piston pump, which has a support unit that can be releasably attached to the piston pump and at least respectively one suction module and pressure module that is releasably connected to the support unit. The support unit and each suction module and each pressure module are designed such that the suction and pressure modules are interchangeable with one another. Each suction and pressure module have at least two planed side faces of which one acts as a lower connection face and a side face adjoining the lower connection face acts as a lateral connection face. A duct inside the respective suction and pressure module, which can be closed and opened by a valve in the respective suction and pressure module, ends on one side in the lower connection face and on the other side in the lateral connection face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BENTEC GMBH DRILLING & OILFIELD SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Malte Cordes, Michael Gelker
  • Patent number: 11286937
    Abstract: Electrically driven mobile compressor or pump, comprising at least one compressor element or pump element for supplying a pressurised fluid to a network of consumers of such pressurised fluid; an electric drive motor with a variable speed control coupled to the compressor element or pump element and a controller for the variable speed control of the electric drive motor as a function of the flow rate of compressed gas and/or pressure demanded by the network, and a connection for connection of the compressor or pump to an electricity supply source, and the controller is provided with an algorithm with which the electric current drawn from the supply source can be limited to a set or adjustable maximum value by controlling the speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Bert Jozef I. Lathouwers, Antoon Stuer
  • Patent number: 11286809
    Abstract: An airfoil may include an airfoil body, a root and a platform disposed between the airfoil body and the root. The platform may have a first mating surface and a second mating surface. The platform may include a pocket defined by an inner diameter surface of the platform proximate the first mating surface. A channel may be defined in the platform with an outlet of the channel defined in the second mating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott D Lewis, Kyle C Lana
  • Patent number: 11286775
    Abstract: A rotatable piston assembly for a reciprocating piston type hydraulic machine includes a rotatable piston configured for a controlled rotation and configured to reciprocate within a cylinder bore of the reciprocating piston type hydraulic machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Poisedon Fluid Power, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas A. Hemink
  • Patent number: 11280328
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a shell having a first opening and a second opening defined at opposite ends of the shell, a compressor body including a cylinder and a piston accommodated in the shell, a support part that protrudes from an end portion of the compressor body toward the second opening, a supporting damper that extends from the support part toward an inner surface of the shell. The supporting damper includes a first portion that is coupled to the support part and that defines a single contact region between the support part and the supporting damper, and at least two second portions that extend from the first portion to the inner surface of the shell and that define at least two contact regions that are spaced apart from each other along the inner surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Sangeun Bae, Yunhyeok Yu
  • Patent number: 11274672
    Abstract: A rotation driving device includes: a casing; a stator holding part; a cylindrical member; a flange extending from an end of the cylindrical member in the axial direction toward a rotating shaft, and facing an end of the stator holding part in the axial direction; and a fastening member fastened to the end of the stator holding part in the axial direction via the flange. The flange has a through-hole extending through the flange in the axial direction, and in which the fastening member is inserted. The through-hole has a diameter smaller than that of a head of the fastening member, and larger than that of a screw part of the fastening member. The rotating shaft, the rotor, the stator, the stator holding part, and the cylindrical member are arranged in this order in the radial direction in the casing, and are concentrically arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshie Nakasuji, Koji Funaoka, Masahiko Hasegawa, Yoshiharu Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 11268516
    Abstract: A well fluid centrifugal pump has a shaft passage in the shaft. The shaft passage has an open upper end above the impellers and a closed lower end below the impellers. An outlet port extends laterally from the shaft passage. A gas-lock re-priming device in the shaft passage diverts a portion of well fluid in the discharge adapter bore through the shaft passage and out the outlet port. The re-priming device may be a pressure actuated valve that is biased to a closed position and opens when the pressure in the discharge adapter bore drops below a minimum. Alternately, the re-priming device may be an orifice member with an orifice passage that continuously diverts a portion of the well fluid in the discharge adapter bore out the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Xiaonan Lu, Risa Rutter, Zheng Ye
  • Patent number: 11268531
    Abstract: A fan control method is described. The method includes obtaining, after controlling a fan to enter a scene wind running mode, the sleep time of a particular user corresponding to the scene wind running mode, obtaining a gear control time sequence of the fan according to the sleep time of the particular user, and controlling the fan according to the gear control time sequence of the fan to adjust the wind speed of the fan. The method can provide gentler wind during sleep of particular users such as babies and pregnant women to prevent the users from catching a cold, and also can provide a quitter sleep environment for babies and pregnant women to improve their sleep quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jinquan Liu, Xinyun Pan
  • Patent number: 11261863
    Abstract: A hose for a reciprocating pump, the hose comprising: a first end and a second end separated by a length (L) along a centerline of the hose, wherein the first end reciprocates with a reciprocating element of the reciprocating pump during operation of the reciprocating pump; an inner surface and an outer surface separated by a thickness; and a variable bend radius wherein a bend radius of a first section of the hose is different from a bend radius of at least one second section of the hose, such that, during operation of the reciprocating pump, a stress on the first end of the hose, the second end of the hose, or both the first end of the hose and the second end of the hose is reduced relative to that of a hose that does not contain the variable bend radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Beisel, Justin Lee Hurst, David Mark Stribling
  • Patent number: 11261735
    Abstract: A rotor blade has a spanwise axis, a root comprising an anchor having an anchor surface configured to form at least one of a normal angle relative to the spanwise axis and an acute angle relative to the spanwise axis, and a selectively removable tip comprising a connector having a connector surface configured to complement the anchor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Sutton, Tim Ledbetter
  • Patent number: 11248628
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump assembly. The electric submersible pump assembly comprises an electric submersible pump comprising a pump intake and a tubing configured to provide continuous fluid communication between a discharge side of the electric submersible pump and the pump intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn J. Brown, David C. Beck
  • Patent number: 11248573
    Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure fuel pump that ensures oil tightness even at high fuel pressure and has a small and lightweight inexpensive discharge valve structure. Therefore, a high-pressure fuel pump according to the present invention includes: a discharge valve arranged on a discharge side of a pressurizing chamber; a discharge valve seat on which the discharge valve is seated; and a facing member configured independently as a separate member from the discharge valve seat and located on an opposite side of the discharge valve seat with the discharge valve interposed therebetween, in which a stroke direction regulating portion that regulates displacement of the discharge valve in a stroke direction is formed on a tapered surface of the facing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moritsugu Akiyama, Satoshi Usui, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigehiko Omata, Masashi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11242845
    Abstract: Provided is a compressor in which vibration resistance against an excitation force due to drive of a linear motor is improved. A linear compressor 1 includes: a mover 101 and a stator 102 which relatively move in a first direction and a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction; and an inverter portion 300 which includes a printed circuit board 305 and circuit elements 302 and 304 connected to the printed circuit board 305 through connection lead lines 306 extending from the printed circuit board 305, wherein the printed circuit board 305 is installed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Chida, Yoshinori Kawai
  • Patent number: 11242855
    Abstract: At an electric pump, a first gasket is interposed between a stator and a motor housing, and a supporting member, and a second gasket is interposed between the supporting member and a substrate housing. Further, the electric pump has a first snap-fit structure that assembles the stator to the supporting member, a second snap-fit structure that assembles the motor housing the supporting member, and a third snap-fit structure that assembles the substrate housing to the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imai, Toshihiro Matsuura, Toshimasa Kosugi, Yuuji Takemura
  • Patent number: 11236741
    Abstract: A diaphragm assembly for a pulsatile fluid pump includes an edge-mounted flexible diaphragm, the diaphragm configured for operation cyclically between a diastole mode and a systole mode. The diaphragm assembly further includes a systolic distribution brace having an interior wall configured to cup a portion of the outside surface of the diaphragm, and a diastolic plate, embedded in the diaphragm, mechanically coupled to a portion of the inside surface of the diaphragm. In the course of the systole mode, force is applied across the maximum radial extent of the systolic distribution brace, so as to impart tension in the diaphragm around the periphery of the systolic distribution brace. In the course of the diastole mode, force is applied across the maximum radial extent of the diastolic plate, so as to impart tension in the diaphragm around the diastolic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: VentriFlo, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Vincent, George Koenig, James W. Poitras, Matthew J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11236763
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure are directed to providing structures that define a radial gap between an impeller and a pump casing element that facilitates minimizing the movement of fluid into the radial gap in a manner that lessens the impact, and consequent degradation, of the inner surface of the pump casing element by movement of abrasive particulates out of the radial gap, which is accomplished by providing a suction inlet arrangement of an impeller and pump casing element that are angled from the eye of the impeller to the outer periphery of the impeller in a direction away from the back shroud or drive side of the impeller and toward a first end of the pump casing in which fluid is introduced into the pump casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Weir Slurry Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy J Kosmicki, Allen David Russell
  • Patent number: 11215187
    Abstract: A vacuum pump, and a waterproof structure and a control apparatus applied to the vacuum pump which improve efficiency of on-site maintenance work and prevent water from penetrating into a connector connecting portion when a cover is removed during circuit separation or the like. When performing maintenance work, after a chassis of a control apparatus is lowered by around several tens of millimeters, the chassis of the control apparatus is pulled out in a radial direction of a pump. Accordingly, a pump main body and the control apparatus can be readily attached and detached even when sufficient empty space is not available in an axial direction of the vacuum pump. A wall portion is circumferentially protrusively provided in side portions of the base portion and the control apparatus. Furthermore, a sealing member and a lid are inserted into a gap. Therefore, water droplets cannot easily penetrate into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Kengo Saegusa, Yanbin Sun
  • Patent number: 11215180
    Abstract: A method for evacuating a chamber employs a pump arrangement composed of a booster pump and of a downstream forepump is connected to the chamber. The booster pump is accelerated, gas from the chamber is introduced into the booster pump, such that from the booster pump there is temporarily extracted an excess power which exceeds the power provided by the drive of the booster pump. The gas is discharged through a bypass valve while the outlet pressure of the booster pump lies above a predefined threshold value, and the gas is directed to the forepump when the outlet pressure of the booster pump has fallen below the threshold value. The gas supplied by the booster pump is compressed by means of the forepump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sterling Industry Consult GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Kösters, Jörg Temming, Daniel Kühlein
  • Patent number: 11209024
    Abstract: Apparatus, e.g., including a pump or rotary device, having a discharge casing and a discharge casing insert. The discharge casing may be configured with a discharge flow pathway for providing a flow of effluent being pumped and discharged, the discharge flow pathway having a discharge flow pathway wall, the discharge casing also configured with a discharge casing insert borehole that passes from an outer surface of the discharge casing through the discharge flow pathway wall. The discharge casing insert may include a discharge casing Venturi plug portion to be received in the discharge casing insert borehole and arranged in the discharge flow pathway, the discharge casing Venturi plug portion configured with a restricted discharge flow pathway for providing a partial obstruction in the discharge flow pathway and the flow of the effluent being pumped and discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Switzer, David Skinner, Simon Bradshaw, Mark Hall
  • Patent number: 11204036
    Abstract: A pumping installation includes at least one first positive-displacement machine and one second positive-displacement machine, as well as a control module, in which installation a gas is evacuated from an enclosed volume by means of the first positive-displacement machine and/or the second positive-displacement machine. The pumping installation includes at least one control valve controlled by the control module and a pressure sensor for sensing the value of the pressure at the outlet of the first positive-displacement machine and/or a temperature sensor for sensing the value of the temperature at the outlet of the first positive-displacement machine in order to control the flow of gas between the enclosed volume and the outlet of the pumping installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ATELIERS BUSCH SA
    Inventor: Paul Alers