Patents Examined by Han Lieh Liu
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Patent number: 6783336Abstract: A fuel sender assembly comprises an in-tank electrical connection to an electric fuel pump that is formed between a socket member and a plug element, in which the plug element includes a terminal that is received in a receptacle in the socket member. The socket element comprises a socket wall that extends about the socket face. The plug element also includes a plug wall that sealingly engages the socket wall to prevent the electrical contact from exposure to fuel vapors within the tank.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Thomas Kempfer, DeQuan Yu, Norman Nelson Krieger, David Joseph Setsuda
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Patent number: 6719539Abstract: The system has a fuel pump disposed in a fuel tank for raising a pressure of a fuel sucked through an intake filter and discharging the fuel, a pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the fuel discharged from a discharge port, a fuel filter for filtering the fuel discharged from the discharge port, and a pump holding case for hermetically covering the fuel pump and accommodating and holding the fuel pump. A cushion rubber, having a passage for communicating an intake port and the intake filter is interposed between a bottom wall of the pump holding case and the fuel pump.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 6685439Abstract: A hydraulic jet pump comprising: a nozzle housing; a nozzle member disposed within said nozzle housing and including an inlet aperture communicating through a jet nozzle with a mixing chamber along a power fluid inlet flow path; a deflector member including an axial bore formed partially therethrough from an input aperture at a first end thereof towards a second end thereof, said input aperture communicating with said mixing chamber, said deflector member further including a plurality of radially-disposed deflector outlet ports communicating with said axial bore and disposed at an acute angle with respect to said input aperture to form a flow path having an output flow direction disposed at an acute angle with respect to an input flow direction from said input aperture, said deflector member further including a plurality of axially-aligned vacuum inlet ports formed therethrough from said first end to said second end and in communication with said mixing chamber but not with said deflector outlet ports.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Inventors: Gary Harrell, Jerry Andrews, Jimmy Jones
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Patent number: 6638034Abstract: The pumping set comprises an electric motor (10), the output shaft (12) of which is drivingly connected to a piston pump arrangement (14) for delivering hydraulic fluid. To prevent hydraulic fluid, which escapes at the piston pump arrangement (14) during operation, from passing into the interior (39) of the electric motor (10), a collecting region (30) is provided, which is connected to a storage chamber (36) in order to receive hydraulic fluid therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Lucas Varity GmbHInventor: Helmut Gegalski
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Patent number: 6619928Abstract: A cam ring 10 is slidably supported within a pump body 2, and a rotor 20 is rotatably disposed inside the cam ring. The cam ring is eccentric to a rotation shaft 22 of the rotor. The rotor carries a plurality of vanes 18 that can be advanced or retreated, in which a pump chamber 24 is formed in a space between the cam ring and the rotor. The cam ring is formed with the first and second fluid pressure chambers 14 and 16 on both sides thereof, and biased in a direction where the displacement of the pump chamber is at maximum by a spring 26. A control valve 28 is provided in which a differential pressure across a metering orifice is applied on both ends of a spool 32 and a spring 36 is disposed on the side of an end face where a downstream fluid pressure is applied. The fluid pressures of the fluid pressure chambers 14 and 16 are controlled by means of the control valve, whereby the cam ring is swung.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Unisia JKC Steering Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideo Konishi
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Patent number: 6604913Abstract: In a vane pump, a bottom surface of a suction side low pressure passage is set to be below a bottom surface of a return passage of a flow control valve in a cross portion between the return passage and the low pressure passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Showa CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Koyama, Katsuya Arakawa, Isamu Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6599094Abstract: A screw compressor system comprises a plurality of screw compressors the capacity of each of which is controlled by repeating load operation and no-load operation. Using a timer output corresponding to compressed gas consumption in a demander including gas consumption equipments, a parent controller determines the number of compressors to be operated among the plurality of compressors. Among the compressors determined to be operated, all compressors other than one are put in load operation. In accordance with a load factor of the excepted one screw compressor, the parent controller controls discharge pressure of each compressor. At this time, the control is made so that discharge pressure of the screw compressor system measured by a pressure gauge be lower than that upon the maximum gas consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Kanazaki, Shinichi Hirose, Junji Okita, Seiji Tsuru
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Patent number: 6579072Abstract: A rotary pump has a rotor with a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a central bore and a plurality of cylinder bores arranged about the central bore and extending completely through the rotor from the first end to the second end. There is a plurality of pistons, each piston being reciprocatingly received in one of the bores. A swash plate member has a swash plate adjacent the second end of the rotor and a spigot extending through the central bore of the rotor. There is in an end cap connected to the first end of the rotor. The end cap closes off the bores at the first end of the rotor. A drive shaft is rigidly connected to the end cap and extends away from the rotor. There is a cover having an aperture rotatably receiving the drive shaft. The cover extends about the end cap and the rotor and is connected to the swash plate member.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Teleflex Canada Limited PartnershipInventors: Dana Trousil, Jan Kuyper
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Patent number: 6558136Abstract: A micropump underpressure control device, working in conjunction with a micropump having an inlet and an outlet. The micropump underpressure control device comprises a control valve and a transmission tube. The control valve is installed at a supply pipe leading to the micropump and further comprises a case with a membrane, a valve assembly, a connecting rod and a spring. The membrane is exposed to pressure from the outlet of the micropump and accordingly deformed, via the connecting rod controlling opening and closing of the valve assembly, so that working liquid is allowed to proceed to the inlet of the micropump or blocked. The transmission tube transmits pressure at the outlet of the micropump to the membrane. On an opposite side, the membrane is pressed on by working liquid and by the spring. Thus pressure at the inlet of the micropump is controlled, being kept smaller than or equal to pressure at the outlet of the micropump by a fixed difference.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Yu-Yin Peng
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Patent number: 6508806Abstract: Guiding or angiography catheters, having a catheter shaft formed of a multi-layer wire reinforced wall construction consisting of one layer of wire wrapped in a substantially circumferential manner and another layer of wire laid at an angle of about ±20° to about ±75° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tubular shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventor: John H. Hoste
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Patent number: 6497557Abstract: A sliding vane pump comprising a rotor housing having a pumping chamber, a rotor in the pumping chamber having a plurality of radially disposed slots, and a plurality of sliding vanes disposed in the slots configured to extend to follow an inner wall of said pumping chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2000Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Aden, Thomas C. Rytlewski, Jerrod M. Etienne, David Fredrick Hammerbacher, Bruce Alan Tucker, Roy William Heath
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Patent number: 6491621Abstract: A incubator door having a double walled construction where two parallel walls, an inner and an outer wall are spaced apart to form a passageway therebetween. The inner wall is easily removable from the door for cleaning of the interior of the walls by means of a hinge affixed to the outer wall that holds both of the walls together and which has sockets formed therein. The inner wall has tabs at its bottom that fit into the sockets to hold the bottom of the inner door pivotally to the hinge. There is a slot formed in each of the sockets of a sufficient size to allow the thickness of the inner wall to pass through the slot to be removed from the hinge. The other transverse dimension of the tab is larger and does not pass through the slot. Thus, by pivoting the inner wall so that it aligns with the slot, the inner wall can be readily removed from the outer wall. The upper portion of the inner wall is also held from pivoting by a resilient latch that holds the inner wall in position to the outer wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.Inventor: Christopher A. Dykes
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Patent number: 6491502Abstract: A fan shroud structure 10 including a shroud body 12 having a pair of opposing first sides 14 and a pair opposing second sides 16. The first sides 14 are joined with the second sides 16 at corners 18 so as to form a box-like configuration defining an interior space 20. The shroud body has a front end constructed and arranged to be disposed adjacent to a condenser and a back end constructed and arranged to be disposed adjacent to a radiator. Generally annular wall structure 26 is within the interior space and is constructed and arranged to receive blades of a fan within bounds thereof. Vortex preventing structure 40 is provided in each corner near the back end. The vortex preventing structure is constructed and arranged to prevent large scale eddy current generation of air in the corners as air enters the radiator. Air deflecting structure 50 is provided in each corner near the front end.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Siemens Canada LimitedInventor: Alexander Graham Hunt
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Patent number: 6485270Abstract: An air pump for a fish-tank comprises a compartmental air chamber assembly formed by a base plate and a casing in the body. Hence, an indirect prolonged air path is formed in the air chamber assembly, resulting in a great reduction of noise generated while operating.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Meiko Pet CorporationInventor: Chiao-Ming Wang
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Patent number: 6485275Abstract: A device for discharging a liquid raw material(fuel) is provided, including a structure for discharging liquid having at least a pressurizing means for discharging liquid, a pressure chamber, a flow path communicating with the pressure chamber, and an air bubble trap cell communicating with the pressure chamber via the flow path. According to this device, a trapped air bubble can be securely released.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nobuo Takahashi
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Patent number: 6468059Abstract: A hose cassette (1), for a peristaltic pump (2), includes a cassette housing (3) and a flexible hose (4) extending through cassette housing (3). The hose (4) is guided in the cassette housing (3) along a circular segment. The cassette housing (3) has a cutout (5) for the engagement of a roller wheel (6) of a peristaltic to pump (2) into the interior of said circular segment. The hose cassette has connection elements (7), (8) for connecting the cassette housing (3) to the peristaltic pump (2). At least one hose leg (9), (10) to be connected to the circular segment is displaceably held between a mounting position and an operating position in the cassette housing (3).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbHInventors: Christian Haser, Peter Zentner, Gotthilf Mehner
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Patent number: 6468045Abstract: The invention discloses a rotary piston pump, which comprise a cylinder block, a front end cover and a rear end cover secured to the front and the rear end surfaces of the cylinder block respectively; a cam rotor being fitted in the chamber of the cylinder block, the portion of the rotor having the maximum radius comes into sliding contact with the inner wall of the cylinder block so as to form an axially extending sealing region; a shaft, the rotor is mounted on the shaft and rotatable therewith; a separating means for separating the axially extending sealed chamber, which is formed between the outer surface of rotor and the inner wall of the cylinder block, into an induction chamber and an exhaustion chamber; an inlet and an outlet respectively provided at the two sides of the separating means and communicated with the induction chamber and the exhaustion chamber, the separating means comprises: an axially extending circular arc-shaped recess formed in the inner wall of the cylinder block with its axis beinType: GrantFiled: January 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Inventor: Xiaoying Yun
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Patent number: 6461126Abstract: A compressor including a valve plate held between the body and the head with the interposition of a first and a second flat sealing gasket. The compressor further includes a thin-sheet aspiration valve associated with an aspiration hole provided on the valve plate. The entire valve is accommodated within a recessed area provided on a surface of the valve plate that is turned toward the body of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Zanussi Elettromeccanica S.p.A.Inventor: Emilio Pierobon
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Patent number: 6457945Abstract: A fuel feeding module for a motor vehicle has a fuel supply tank, a storage container arranged in the fuel supply tank, a feeding aggregate arranged in the storage container and feeding fuel from the storage container to an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle, the feeding aggregate having a driving part and a pump part which is formed as a flow pump and has a rotatably driven impeller cooperating with at least one flow passage for feeding the fuel, a jet pump which is connected with the flow passage of the pump part of the feeding aggregate and through which the fuel is fed from the fuel supply tank into the storage container, the jet pump being arranged laterally near the feeding aggregate and connected with the flow passage of the pump part by a passage which extends along the bottom of the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stephan Kleppner, Michael Kuehn, Wolfgang Gabauer, Oliver Wahl, Dieter Schreckenberger
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Patent number: 6457949Abstract: A fan tray apparatus and method includes a mounting body portion having a length and a width. The mounting body portion further includes first and second longitudinal sides and first and second lateral sides. A plurality of fans is operatively attached to the mounting body portion. The plurality of fans includes a first set of fans, a second set of fans, and a third set of fans. The first set of fans is positioned along the first lateral side. The second set of fans is positioned along the second lateral side. The third set of fans is positioned between the first set of fans and the second set of fans, the third set of fans positioned on a middle portion of mounting body portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: Laura M. Bendikas, Daniel J. Lecinski, Hong Li, Dane L. Greives, Kenneth S. Laughlin