Patents Examined by Essama Omgba
  • Patent number: 11959499
    Abstract: An Environmental Control System (ECS) for an aircraft includes a ram air system having a ram inlet and a ram outlet. The ECS includes a cabin air compressor motor, a diverter valve, and a dedicated outlet. The cabin air compressor motor has a motor inlet passage and a motor outlet passage with the motor inlet passage being coupled to the ram inlet. The diverter valve includes a first diverter inlet, a first diverter outlet, and a second diverter outlet. The first diverter inlet is coupled to the motor outlet passage. The dedicated outlet is connected to the first diverter outlet in a flight mode of operation of the aircraft and the ram outlet is connected to the second diverter outlet in a ground mode of operation of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald E. Army, Patrick McCord, Dominique P. Sautron, Thomas M. Zywiak
  • Patent number: 11959472
    Abstract: A pump device includes a piezoelectric pump, a piezoelectric pump, and a driving circuit. The piezoelectric pump is driven at a first frequency when singly driven. The piezoelectric pump is driven at a second frequency when singly driven. The driving circuit drives the piezoelectric pump and the piezoelectric pump at the same driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenjiro Okaguchi
  • Patent number: 11959468
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying thick matter has a drive cylinder for receiving hydraulic fluid, a drive piston, which is arranged in the drive cylinder, a conveying cylinder for receiving thick matter, a conveying piston, which is arranged in the conveying cylinder, and a piston rod, which is fastened to the drive piston for coupling motion together with the conveying piston. The drive cylinder has a rod-side opening for applying pressure to a rod side of the drive piston by way of hydraulic fluid and a crown-side opening for applying pressure to a crown side of the drive piston facing away from the rod side by the hydraulic fluid. A drive pump is designed to generate a drive volume flow having a drive pressure of hydraulic fluid for moving the drive piston. A pump connection is designed for variable connection of the drive pump to the rod-side opening or the crown-side opening for the flow of hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf-Michael Petzold, Jan-Martin Veit, Michael Schaefer, Frederik Kort
  • Patent number: 11952988
    Abstract: A piston pump includes: a first biasing mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with control pressure supplied; a second biasing mechanism configured to bias the swash plate against the first biasing mechanism; and a regulator configured to control the control pressure in accordance with self-pressure of the piston pump. The regulator has: an outer spring and an inner spring configured to be extended and compressed by following tilting of the swash plate; a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with biasing forces exerted by the outer spring and the inner spring, the control spool being configured to adjust the control pressure; an auxiliary spring configured to exert biasing force to the control spool against the biasing forces exerted by the outer spring and the inner spring; and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the biasing force exerted by the auxiliary spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuboi, Tetsuya Iwanaji
  • Patent number: 11952999
    Abstract: A plunger pump base and a plunger pump device. The plunger pump base includes a support assembly and an extension assembly. The support assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate and a support frame, the top plate and the bottom plate are oppositely arranged at an interval, and the support frame is respectively fixed with the top plate and the bottom plate. The extension assembly includes an extension block, a first telescopic mechanism and a second telescopic mechanism. One end of the first telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the extension block, the other end of the first telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the top plate. One end of the second telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the extension block, and the other end of the second telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Zhang, Rikui Zhang, Xiaolei Ji, Chunqiang Lan, Sheng Chang, Liang Lv, Xincheng Li, Lintao Song, Weiqiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11913441
    Abstract: Systems are provided for an air compressor system. In one example, a system includes a housing, a piston arranged in the housing, and a crankshaft arranged in the housing, the crankshaft coupled to a connecting rod of the piston, and the crankshaft forces the piston to oscillate from a first end of the housing to a second end, the piston pressurizing air in the housing to a first pressure at the first end and to a second pressure at the second end, the second pressure greater than the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Miller, Christopher Lucke, Jeffrey Hritz, Matthew Chatham, Wesley Martincic
  • Patent number: 11905946
    Abstract: A backup ring is for contacting with and supporting a plunger seal which is for sealing a pump chamber provided in a pump head of a plunger type liquid feeding pump. The backup ring includes a maximum outer diameter portion of a cylindrical shape and a smaller outer diameter portion. The maximum outer diameter portion includes a maximum outer diameter in a plunger seal supporting surface side that makes contact with a rear surface of the plunger seal. The smaller outer diameter portion includes a smaller outer diameter than the maximum outer diameter portion in at least one part of a portion other than the maximum outer diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Sano, Shinya Imamura, Masataka Nikko
  • Patent number: 11905948
    Abstract: In a variable displacement type oil pump, a swing member accommodates a pump forming member, and swings to vary a quantity of change of a volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A biasing member biases the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A first control oil chamber applies a first torque to the swing member in a direction to reduce the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber. A second control oil chamber applies a second torque to the swing member in a direction to increase the quantity of change of the volumetric capacity of each pump chamber, wherein the second torque is larger than the first torque. A switching mechanism switches between supply and drain of working oil with respect to the second control oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Saga, Yasushi Watanabe, Hideaki Ohnishi, Atsushi Naganuma
  • Patent number: 11879472
    Abstract: A control system for an electric motor for a fluid moving apparatus includes a drive circuit and a processor. The drive circuit regulates power supplied to the motor to generate fluid flow. The processor is coupled to the drive circuit and controls the drive circuit to operate the motor at a first speed and torque, and at a second speed and torque, receive a first flow corresponding to the first speed and torque, determine a second flow based on a ratio of the first flow to the first speed, and corresponding to the second speed and torque. The processor is configured to define an algorithm based on the first and second speed, torque, and flow, compute a set point for a demanded flow using the algorithm, and control the drive circuit based on the set point to supply power to the motor and generate the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Yang, Brian Lee Beifus, Roger Carlos Becerra
  • Patent number: 11852130
    Abstract: A pump system contains a pair of pumps each of which contains a vibration actuator vibrated by electromagnetic drive and can discharge fluid due to drive of the vibration actuator. The pump system has a vibration suppression mode in which the pair of the pumps are driven so that vibration of the vibration actuators of the pair of pumps is cancelled each other and a vibration generation mode in which the pair of the pumps are driven so that the vibration of the vibration actuators of the pair of pumps is superimposed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Yoshii, Chikara Sekiguchi, Shigenori Inamoto, Yuki Takahashi, Daisuke Kodama, Kenta Ueda, Takahiko Irie, Daisuke Kurita
  • Patent number: 11846290
    Abstract: A method of operating a system (16) for pumping a fluid, which system comprises a pump (17) comprising a suction side (18) and a discharge side (19); a motor (20) for driving the pump, which motor is drivingly connected to the pump via a shaft; a recirculation conduit (23) providing a fluid path for the fluid from the discharge side to the suction side of the pump; and a control valve controlling the flow of the fluid through the recirculation conduit, which method comprises the steps of: mapping a plurality of minimum torque diagrams for the pump, where each minimum torque diagram identifies the minimum allowable torque of the pump as a function of an operational parameter of the pump, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Karen Todal
  • Patent number: 11767851
    Abstract: A magnetic bearing control apparatus and a vacuum pump which do not require a displacement sensor, which enable control with high accuracy, and which are small and low cost. A rate of change (di/dt) that is a time derivative of a current value Im flowing through an electromagnet varies in accordance with a magnitude of a displacement of a gap between a target member and the electromagnet. The rate of change (di/dt) can be obtained by detecting a voltage value Vs that is generated at both ends of an inductive element. Therefore, by detecting the voltage value Vs, the magnitude of the displacement of the gap can be estimated by calculation. Inductive elements are connected in series to electromagnets and the voltage Vs between the inductive elements is detected by the differential input amplifier. A single period of switching of a PWM switching amplifier is constituted by a current control period of the electromagnet and a displacement detection period for detecting the rate of change (di/dt).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventor: Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11754083
    Abstract: A motor for a fan, a ventilator, a pump or a compressor includes integrated motor electronics and at least one sensor unit for pressure or volume flow control. The at least one sensor unit may be a module that can be plugged onto or into the integrated motor electronics or may be at least partly integrated into the motor electronics. The motor may be an electronically commutated motor. The integrated motor electronics may be configured to supply the at least one sensor unit with energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ZIEHL-ABEGG SE
    Inventors: Sven Hofmann, Ruben Kollmar
  • Patent number: 11754065
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump can include a chassis and a chassis retaining portion forming a cavity. The pump can also include a rotor, a cover, and a linkage. The rotor can be disposed within the cavity such that tubing can be held between the rotor and the chassis and/or the chassis retaining portion. The linkage can couple the cover to the chassis. The linkage can include an arm. When opening the cover, the arm can pivot such that the chassis moves away from the chassis retaining portion to widen the cavity. When closing the cover, the arm can pivot such that the chassis moves toward the chassis retaining portion. When closed, a stop can restrict further movement of a corresponding member toward the chassis retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Blue-White Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: John T. Nguyen, Robert E. Gledhill, III
  • Patent number: 11739745
    Abstract: A micropump system (100) for a compressible fluid (102) includes a plurality of micropumps (110), rigid flow duct elements (120), a control unit (130), and one or two printed circuit boards (140). The micropumps have an intake opening (112) and an outlet opening (114). The rigid flow duct elements are connected to a respective micropump via a respective, elastically sealed port (122) and with the micropumps form a flow path (104) for the fluid. The one or two printed circuit boards are arranged and configured to electrically connect the control unit to the plurality of micropumps. Each micropump is rigidly fastened to the one or two printed circuit boards via a respective fastening device. A pressure build-up of the fluid flowing through the plurality of micropumps during the use, which is cascaded due to the plurality of micropumps, is provided at a system outlet (106) of the micropump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co KGaA
    Inventor: Hans-Ullrich Hansmann
  • Patent number: 11742191
    Abstract: Within an ion pump, accelerated ions leave the center portion of an anode tube due to the anode tube symmetry and the generally symmetrical electric fields present. The apparent symmetry within the anode tube may be altered by making the anode tube longitudinally segmented and applying independent voltages to each segment. The voltages on two adjacent segments may be time varying at different rates to achieve a rasterizing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Ben D. Gardner, David E Burchfield
  • Patent number: 11739770
    Abstract: A radial hydraulic wind turbine pump system incorporates: 1) a concentric, multi-lobed cam that produces multiple strokes per revolution; 2) a piston profile that maximizes the number of large-diameter pistons arranged radially around the centerline axis; 3) a flexible piston base 50 with internal oil flow; 4) hydraulically connected cylinders which counter displacement issues raised in item 2 above; 5) variable stroke capability leading to infinitely variable output and the ability to disengage unneeded cylinders from the cam; 6) integral reservoir and accumulator capacity; 7) compact, external pressure and return manifolds; 8) axially-oriented pressure and return manifolds 60, 70, and 9) a hydraulic reservoir and pressure tank integrated into the body of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Robert D. Kline
  • Patent number: 11708821
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a pump assembly for a hydraulic tool. The pump assembly can include a reciprocating element that is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, a cam surface in the reciprocating element that can engage cam followers, a rotating element that can receive rotational input, and a base that can at least partially surrounds the rotating element. Movement of the cam followers along the cam surface can move the reciprocating element from the retracted position to the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: James O. Myrhum, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11698066
    Abstract: A pressure-controlling device (10) includes a pump (21), a connection pipe (30), a first valve (41), and a second valve (42). The pump (21) has an inlet port (211) and an outlet port (212). The connection pipe (30) has a first end in communication with the outlet port (212), and a second end in communication with the inlet port (211) and that has a first space (31) that contains the first end, a second space (32) that contains the second end, and a third space (33) that is located between the first space (31) and the second space (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhira Tanaka, Kenjiro Okaguchi
  • Patent number: 11680572
    Abstract: A position deviation calculated by a subtractor of a vacuum pump is input to the PIDs of three modes. The first PID is a PID controller for a high-bias mode, the second PID is a PID controller for a high-rigidity mode, and the third PID is a PID controller for a low-rigidity mode. The output signal of the third PID is extracted as a change of an indicator current for each clock of a PWM frequency and then the mean value of a change of an indicator current for several clocks is determined in a calculating unit. At this point, a switching control unit performs an operation on whether the mean value of the averaged change of the indicator current is larger than a preset redetermined value and then according to the result, an ? value is outputted in the range of 0 to 1 from the switching control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ezawa, Hideo Fukami, Kou Sato