Patents Examined by Joseph S. Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10629417
    Abstract: A sputter-ion-pump system includes a sputter ion pump and an electronic drive. The electronic drive supplies a voltage across the ion pump to establish, in cooperation with a magnetic field, a Penning trap within the ion pump. A current sensor measures the Penning-trap current across the Penning trap. The Penning trap is used as an indication of pressure within the ion pump or a vacuum chamber including or in fluid communication with the ion pump. The pressure information can be used to determine flow rates, e.g., due to a load, outgassing, and/or leakage from an ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ColdQuanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Hughes, Farhad Majdeteimouri
  • Patent number: 10612530
    Abstract: A bent-axis hydraulic pump motor includes: a cylinder block, a retainer plate; and a constant velocity joint, which includes an inner joint element; an outer joint element; and a plurality of balls interposed between block-side ball grooves and shaft-side ball grooves to transmit torque between the cylinder block and the retainer plate, so that all block-side groove planes, which include respective extending axial lines of the block-side ball grooves and the inclined rotation center, are inclined with respect to an axial center of a center shaft and all drive shaft-side groove planes, which include respective extending axial lines of the shaft-side ball grooves and the inclined rotation center, are inclined with respect to an axial center of a drive shaft such that loads applied to a cage in an axial direction from the balls are balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Seita Hayashi, Takuya Miyata
  • Patent number: 10590908
    Abstract: A variable-displacement hydrostatic axial piston motor of bent-axis construction includes a drive shaft, a cylinder drum that pivots in a pivoting plane, and a one-piece port plate nearly symmetrical with a central plane and with two working ports. The motor further includes an adjusting device with an adjusting piston arranged in the port plate, a control valve arranged on the port plate and with a control valve piston, a feedback spring arranged in the port plate and clamped between the adjusting piston and the control valve piston, a counterbalance valve with a counterbalance spool, and two secondary pressure-limiting valves inserted as cartridge-type inserts into the port plate. The counterbalance spool is accommodated in a valve bore in the port plate. The two working ports are situated on the port plate opposite to the first side. The two secondary pressure-limiting valves are arranged on the same side as the port surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Bidell, Marcus Herrmann, Thomas Abenstein, Walter Jauernig
  • Patent number: 10590955
    Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump comprises a cylindrical rotor to be rotatably driven by a motor; a cylindrical stator provided corresponding to the rotor; a heater configured to elevate a temperature of the stator to a target temperature; a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the stator; and a control section. A rotation start command is input after start of energization of the heater, the control section stops rotary driving of the rotor at a rated rotation speed until the temperature of the stator reaches a predetermined temperature set lower than the target temperature and begins the rotary driving at the rated rotation speed when the temperature of the stator exceeds the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Moriyama
  • Patent number: 10584692
    Abstract: A liquid supply system providing a stable pump operation even when ultra-low temperature liquid including slurry is set as a liquid feed target. The liquid supply system that supplies ultra-low temperature liquid including a slurry component by expansion and contraction of bellows 41 and 42. At least a region in the bellows 41 and 42 that is in contact with the liquid is coated with resin having a low temperature brittle temperature that is equal to or lower than an operating temperature of the liquid supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Mori, Kiyotaka Furuta, Yoshio Osawa
  • Patent number: 10583233
    Abstract: A mechanism for adjusting occlusion of a roller pump is described, wherein the mechanism is provided with: an elongated rod member oriented on a central axis of a pump head of the roller pump; and a drive member attached to the elongated rod member so as to move along the elongated rod member between a first position and a second position, wherein the drive member is connected to each roller block of a pump rotor of the pump head so that movement of the drive member by constant increments along the elongated rod member causes non-uniform and/or non-linear incremental movement of each roller block in a direction radial to the central axis of the pump head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbH
    Inventors: William James Repka, Daniel A. Walters
  • Patent number: 10563659
    Abstract: A series fan structure includes at least one first combining part and a series fan assembly, which has a first fan and a second fan mated with the first fan. The first fan has a first base and a lateral side, which together internally define a first passage. The first base is outwardly extended to form a plurality of a first supporting portions connected to the first lateral side. A first connecting space is defined among the first supporting portions and communicated with the first passage. The second fan has a second base and a lateral side, which together internally define a second passage, which is communicated with the first passage and the first connecting space. The first combining part is located in the first connecting space and connected to the first supporting portions and has a plurality of first holes communicated with the first and the second passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Liu, Ze-Hua Tan, Jing-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 10527043
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a pump motor controller for managing energy usage of a pump motor and for receiving signals from a signal sending device corresponding to the status of a climate control device is provided. The motor controller is adapted to receive the signal and to control the pump motor at least partially based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Yu-Pu Wung, Stephen Douglas O'Brien, Howard Ray Richardson
  • Patent number: 10519913
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump has a metering valve and a valve stopper. The stopper has a regulation portion which an end surface of the valve is brought into contact with. An outer diameter of the regulation portion is equal to an outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the valve. A cylindrical sleeve is disposed around the regulation portion. When the end surface of the valve is in contact with the regulation portion, the sleeve covers a tapered surface of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 10480465
    Abstract: A vacuum pump suitable for mounting to an engine includes a casing, a cavity in the casing having with an inlet and an outlet, a moveable member arranged for rotation inside the cavity, wherein the movable member is movable to draw fluid into the cavity through the inlet and out of the cavity through the outlet so as to induce a reduction in pressure at the inlet, an oil supply conduit for supplying oil from a reservoir to the cavity, and a check valve having a check valve body arranged in the oil supply conduit. The check valve meters the oil flow to the cavity dependent on an oil pressure so that on exceeding an upper oil pressure threshold the supply of oil to the cavity is stopped by means of the check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
    Inventors: David Heaps, Phillip Saxton, Peter Todman
  • Patent number: 10480502
    Abstract: A pump (1) includes a vibrating plate (15) that has a central part (21), a frame part (22), and connecting parts (23 to 26), a piezoelectric element (16) that is stacked over the central part (21) and configured to cause flexural vibrations to occur concentrically from the central part (21) to the connecting parts (23 to 26), and an opposed plate (13) that is stacked over the frame part (22) and positioned facing each of the connecting parts (23 to 26) with a spacing therebetween. The vibrating plate (15) has such a resonant mode that an antinode occurs in each of the central part (21) and the connecting parts (23 to 26). The opposed plate (13) has, at positions facing the connecting parts (23 to 26), a plurality of channel holes (39 to 43) through which a fluid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Hirata, Yukiharu Kodama
  • Patent number: 10480367
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic circuit system for forced regeneration of a diesel particulate filter, and more particularly, to a hydraulic circuit system for forced regeneration of a diesel particulate filter (DPF), which prevents a working machine from being operated when the diesel particulate filter is forcedly regenerated by combusting particulate matters (PM) in a case in which the diesel particulate filter is installed in a construction machine with a diesel engine and particulate matters contained in exhaust gas are collected in the diesel particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung Jin Seok, Sung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10473268
    Abstract: A gas supply apparatus includes; a compressor unit including a compression section compressing hydrogen gas and storing pressure accumulators with the compressed hydrogen gas and a drive portion including an electric motor as drive source and driving the compression section; and a control unit controlling the electric motor. The electric motor has output characteristics where rated torque can be maintained against rotational speed changes in a standard rotation region, rotation region at or below standard speed, and output torque decreases from the rated torque as electric motor rotational speed increases in an overspeed region, rotation region above the standard speed. The control unit performs, in at least part of a storage process where the compression section stores the pressure accumulators with the hydrogen gas until set pressure is reached, overspeed operation control for allowing driving of the electric motor in the overspeed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Okuno, Koichiro Hashimoto, Kenji Nagura
  • Patent number: 10465674
    Abstract: A method for determining a pump setpoint for delivering a desired volumetric flow rate of a substance through a channel comprises measuring a first volumetric flow rate through the channel for a first pump setpoint. The pump setpoint for delivering the desired volumetric flow rate is determined based on previously obtained performance curves of the pump and a flow resistance of the channel. Each performance curve represents the relation between flow rate and pressure at the pump's exit for a different setpoint. The flow resistance of the channel is determined based on said first volumetric flow rate and on the performance curves of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Assaf Pines, Erez Heldy, Jonathan Nir
  • Patent number: 10465673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peristaltic pump (1) comprising a saddle and a rotor (3) rotatable therein, between which a hose (4) is arranged. The rotor (3) carries hose compression means (6), which sweep over the hose (4) with the rotation of the rotor (3) and thus convey a conveying fluid. When the hose compression means (6) emerge from the hose (4), this results in pulsation effects. According to the invention, these pulsation effects are suppressed in that an inner saddle face (5), on which the hose (4) is positioned, is suitably shaped. In addition, the pulsation effects may be reduced or prevented by controlled adaptation of the rotor rotational speed, by suitable selection of a conveying end position during metering of the pumping medium, or by establishing particular invariable conveying end positions. The use of a peristaltic pump (1) of this type for metering is further proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BAUSCH + STRÖBEL MASCHINENFABRIK ILSHOFEN GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Simon Ackermann, Harald Bauer
  • Patent number: 10465671
    Abstract: A discharge valve assembly includes an outer shell. An inner sleeve is positioned within the outer shell. A side wall of the inner sleeve is spaced from a side wall of the outer shell along a radial direction. A distal end of the side wall of the inner sleeve is spaced from an end wall of the outer shell by a gap along an axial direction. The inner sleeve divides an interior volume of the outer shell into a first muffler cavity and a second muffler cavity. A related compressor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory William Hahn
  • Patent number: 10465690
    Abstract: A method for controlling a pump arrangement upon clogging. The arrangement includes a pump and a control unit. The pump includes a motor, and the control unit drives the motor. The motor during operation is associated with an operational parameter from which the motor torque may be derived. The operational parameter has a normal value PN during normal operation of the motor in a first direction. The method includes the steps of driving the motor in a first direction by the control unit, stopping the motor if a real value P of the operational parameter exceeds a predetermined clogging limit PI, driving the motor in an opposite second direction a predetermined flushing time TR by the control unit, and stopping the motor if the absolute value of the real value P of the operational parameter during the flushing time TR exceeds the absolute value of a first unfastening limit PL1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: XYLEM EUROPE GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Fullemann
  • Patent number: 10451057
    Abstract: A liquid pump/motor combination powered by an electric motor, preferably, an oil pump or reducing-agent pump with an electric motor, a positive displacement pump and a bearing shield arranged between the electric motor and the positive displacement pump. The liquid pump/motor combination comprises a positive displacement pump; an electric motor; and a bearing shield having a contact face, the bearing shield arranged between the electric motor and the positive displacement pump. A spherical bearing is accommodated in the bearing shield, the spherical bearing, under application of a force, being able to swivel to a limited extent. A connecting shaft is accommodated in the spherical bearing. The connecting shaft is positioned between the electric motor and the pump. An annular bearing gap, filled with liquid, is between the inside diameter of the spherical bearing and the connecting shaft. The arrangement functions as a hydrodynamic sliding bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Peterreins
  • Patent number: 10436205
    Abstract: This fan motor includes a motor, an impeller arranged to rotate together with a rotating portion of the motor, a housing arranged to house the motor and the impeller therein, and a lead wire connected to the motor and arranged to extend outwardly of the housing. The housing includes a tubular portion, a bottom plate portion fixed below the motor, and a support portion arranged to extend from at least a portion of the tubular portion toward the bottom plate portion, and joined to at least a portion of the bottom plate portion. The support portion includes a groove portion recessed upward. The tubular portion includes a cut portion defined at a portion thereof continuous with the groove portion. The lead wire is drawn out of the housing through the groove portion and the cut portion. At least one of the groove portion and the cut portion has a thermosetting resin arranged therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Hamano, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Jinsoo Cho
  • Patent number: 10436181
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for determining an estimated rotor shaft position of a rotor shaft of a wind turbine. The method includes generating, with a rotor shaft position sensor, a measured rotor shaft position signal associated with a measured rotor shaft position of the rotor shaft. The method also includes generating, with a plurality of accelerometers positioned in an axisymmetric arrangement, a plurality of rotor hub acceleration signals associated with a plurality of rotor hub accelerations of a rotor hub coupled to the rotor shaft. The method further includes determining, with a controller, a phase adjustment based on one of the plurality of rotor hub acceleration signals or a predetermined correction value. Furthermore, the method includes adjusting, with the controller, the measured rotor shaft position by the phase adjustment to determine the estimated rotor shaft position of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Peter Slack, Mark Edward Cardinal