Patents Examined by Kenneth J. Hansen
  • Patent number: 11946394
    Abstract: A method for producing a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor, a stator and at least one cover, the method including arranging the at least one cover at the stator wherein the at least one cover is a flat circular piece of sheet metal and the stator including internal vanes and external drive teeth is integrally provided from one piece of metal; sealing the at least one cover at the stator by applying a ground axial face of the at least one cover to a ground contact surface of the stator; and after the sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Brand, Stephan Wanner
  • Patent number: 11939890
    Abstract: A continuous variable valve duration apparatus includes: a camshaft, a front cam unit and a rear cam unit of which the phase relative to the camshaft can be varied, a front inner wheel and a rear inner wheel, a front guide bracket and a rear guide bracket, a front wheel housing and a rear wheel housing, a front control shaft, a rear control shaft, a phase controller selectively changing the relative phase of the front control shaft and the rear control shaft, a main driving unit for driving the rear control shaft, vibration sensors that measure the vibration of each cylinder corresponding to the front cam unit and the rear cam unit and output a corresponding signal, and a controller for controlling the operation of the main driving unit and the phase controller according to the output signals of the respective vibration sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyeon Woo Kim, Back Sik Kim, Jinyoung Jung
  • Patent number: 11939980
    Abstract: An electronic unit, in particular for an electric fluid pump of a motor vehicle, having a functional element for holding electronics, and a heat sink arranged on the functional element, wherein the functional element and the heat sink are sealed from one another in fluid-tight fashion by means of a cured sealing compound of a liquid seal, and wherein the functional element has at least one ventilation opening, which is open in the course of a curing process for the sealing compound, and which, after the curing process, is sealed in fluid-tight fashion by means of a closure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Nico Wießmann, Peter Sudermann, Stephan Roos, Christian Schumpa, Fabian Müller, Hans-Jürgen Geßner
  • Patent number: 11933286
    Abstract: An assembly for a diaphragm pump includes: a body defining a plurality of diaphragm chambers spaced apart about a body axis, wherein each diaphragm chamber defines a membrane opening, an inlet chamber in fluid communication with each diaphragm chamber, and an outlet chamber in fluid communication with each diaphragm chamber; and a plurality of flexible membranes that each comprise an outer edge, wherein the body is configured to clamp the outer edge of each membrane along a corresponding membrane opening to seal a corresponding one of the diaphragm chambers; wherein the membranes are configured to deflect substantially in parallel to the body axis to suction fluid into each diaphragm chamber from the inlet chamber and discharge fluid from each diaphragm chamber into the outlet chamber; wherein each membrane comprises a coupling section configured to couple the membrane to a pump drive and arranged along a diaphragm axis that extends in parallel to the body axis, and a deflection section arranged radially outw
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PSG Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Simon Dario Nettesheim
  • Patent number: 11933294
    Abstract: A pump system includes a triple-gear pump which pressurizes a fluid using three gears; an outlet flow path which guides the fluid from a first pressure-increasing portion to an outlet; a first flow path which guides the fluid from the first pressure-increasing portion to a second pressure-increasing portion; a second flow path which guides the fluid from the second pressure-increasing portion to the outlet flow path; a third flow path connected to the first flow path and the second flow path; a first valve device provided in the first flow path; a second valve device provided in the second flow path, and a control device which controls the first valve device. When the first pressure-increasing portion and the second pressure-increasing portion are switched from a parallel state to a series state, the control device causes the first valve device to open after the second valve device is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Seiei Masuda
  • Patent number: 11933212
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system, EATS, for converting NOx emissions in exhaust gases from an engine. The EATS includes a fluid channel for providing a fluid pathway for the exhaust gases; a selective catalytic reduction, SCR, catalyst arranged in the fluid channel, the SCR catalyst being configured to store ammonia; an injector configured to inject a reductant for providing ammonia to the SCR catalyst, the injector being arranged upstream of the SCR catalyst; a fluid flow inducer configured to cause an induced fluid flow in at least a part of the fluid channel when the engine is turned off; and a controlling apparatus configured to precondition the EATS prior to engine start by injecting the reductant into the fluid channel, and transport the reductant into the SCR catalyst by the induced fluid flow to store ammonia in the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Irman Svraka, Dan Stenqvist, Martin Wilhelmsson
  • Patent number: 11936275
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes an electric motor with a printed circuit board carrying a controller, a pump driven by the electric motor, a housing surrounding the printed circuit board, and a plug connector which is fixed to an outside of the housing by a flange. The plug connector covers an opening of the housing and includes contacts directly electrically contacting the printed circuit board and passing through the opening of the housing. The connector includes a pressure compensator including a sintered filter to vent the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventor: Conrad Nickel
  • Patent number: 11933200
    Abstract: A valve timing change device 2 comprises: a vane rotor 4; a housing 6 accommodating the vane rotor; a spring 8 contacting at one end portion 8b the housing and contacting at another end portion 8c the vane rotor to bias the vane rotor against the housing in a circumferential direction of the vane rotor; a first protruding portion 32 protruding from an end surface 6a of the housing on a first direction side of an axial direction of the vane rotor and contacting the one end portion of the spring so as to be biased by the spring; and a retaining portion 34 disposed on the first direction side of the one end portion of the spring and extending from the first protruding portion so as to restrict movement of the one end portion of the spring in the first direction. The first protruding portion and the retaining portion are formed integrally with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Riki Murasaka
  • Patent number: 11927197
    Abstract: In one example, a centrifugal fan includes a bearing, a shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, fan blades operatively connected to and rotatable with the shaft to take in air axially and to exhaust air radially, and a groove in the shaft extending axially along an outer surface of the shaft through the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald Robert Anderson, Gregory Charles Reed, Richard Walter Riper
  • Patent number: 11920597
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for driving a circulatory assist device with motive power from a fluid motor. In one example a parallel plate Tesla-type of motor extracts power from the circulatory system of a biological unit to drive a non-positive displacement pump and increase blood pressure in the biological unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Mark D. Rodefeld
  • Patent number: 11920574
    Abstract: The application of fluidic systems to a variety of consumer devices would typically exploit fluidic structures of a few millimeters to a centimeter or so that are between the common fluidic realms of microfluidics and macrofluidics. For these devices power consumption, portability, batter operation etc. are significant factors in the design and implementation of these fluidic systems. However, the necessary range of fluidic device structures for electromagnetically driven high efficiency pumps, valves, switches, capacitors etc. require development to provide both the required functionality as well as to meet the user expectations for functionality, variability, cost, etc. but also lifetime, reliability, manufacturability etc. of the consumer devices exploiting these fluidic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Bruce Murison, Dylan Carson
  • Patent number: 11920488
    Abstract: A repaired turbine housing for use in an air cycle machine including a journal bearing bore having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner diameter of about 2.580±0.001 inches (6.553±0.003 centimeters). The repaired turbine housing including a cylindrical insert secured within the journal bearing bore. The cylindrical insert having a first end, a second end, an inner surface, a step located at the first end, and an outer surface with an outer diameter that provides a diametric interference with the inner diameter of the journal bearing bore. The diametric interference being between about 0.000-0.003 inches (0.000-0.008 centimeters). The cylindrical insert being inserted into the inlet of the journal bearing bore up to the step. The step has an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the cylindrical insert. The inner surface of the cylindrical insert includes at least one selected inner diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig M. Beers, Clarence J. Wytas
  • Patent number: 11913463
    Abstract: A compressor for a heat transfer circuit includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), an electric motor that rotates a driveshaft, bearing(s) for supporting the driveshaft, a backup gas supply, and a power supply. During a utility power interruption, the backup gas supply operates utilizing DC electrical power generated by a back electromotive force of the electric motor. A method of operating an electric power supply system for a compressor includes operating in a utility power mode and operating in a backup power mode during a utility power interruption. In the utility power mode, AC electrical power is supplied from the VFD to the motor. In the backup power mode, DC electrical power generated in the VFD by a back electromotive force of the motor it used to operate a backup gas supply to supply compressed working fluid to gas bearing(s) of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Seth M. McGill, Charles J. Peterson, Robert S. Bakkestuen, Kevin P. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11913440
    Abstract: A fixing device of a motor of an air compressor contains: a body, a cylinder, a motor, a transmission mechanism, and at least one retainer. The body includes a first positioning orifice and a second positioning orifice. The cylinder is connected on the body. The motor is fixed on the body, a small gear is received in the first positioning orifice and is connected on the motor, and a connection seat of the motor is accommodated in the first orifice. The transmission mechanism actuates a piston to move in the cylinder reciprocately. The at least one retainer is configured to fix the body and the motor. A first end of at least one retainer is engaged on the body, and a second end of the at least one retainer is engaged on the motor so that the motor is fixed on the body without using any screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-San Chou, Cheng-Hsien Chou
  • Patent number: 11913369
    Abstract: This application relates to a mixer and an exhaust system. Wherein, the mixer comprises a pipe, comprising a side wall that comprises an opening; a doser mounting base provided on the opening of the side wall of the pipe, connecting the pipe through the opening, defining a first space, and comprising an injection inlet; and an attachment, comprising a chamber portion and a deflector portion, wherein the chamber portion comprises a chamber portion inlet corresponding to the injection inlet, and a chamber portion outlet corresponding to the opening of the side wall of the pipe; and the deflector portion extends from a side wall of the chamber portion and makes the pipe, the side wall of the chamber portion and the chamber portion inlet fluidly connected, and the attachment constitutes a swirling structure that forms a swirling movement of exhaust at the chamber portion inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Emission Control Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Fabien Sudries, Vikas Jukanti, Vijaykumar Madegowda, Haneesh Penubolu, Rajeev Naik
  • Patent number: 11913439
    Abstract: A pressure calibration device can include certain features that allow it to be used with a variety of hydraulic and pneumatic systems. A pressure calibration device can be configured to provide pressure or vacuum, and can have a mode selector for selecting to provide pressure or vacuum. A pressure calibration device can have a volume adjuster configured to modify pressures for hydraulic or pneumatic systems. A pressure calibration device can have a pressure release valve and a bleed valve for adjusting pressure values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: King Nutronics, LLC
    Inventors: Amir Gnessin, Robert T. Welther
  • Patent number: 11913473
    Abstract: A compressor device includes a coolant jacket cooperatively defined by a motor case and an outer motor housing. The coolant jacket includes a radial portion that spans about the motor case in a circumferential direction and an axial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the motor. The coolant jacket includes an axial portion that spans in a radial direction across an axial end of the motor case. At least one of the plurality of flow passages fluidly connects the radial portion and the axial portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC
    Inventors: Carlos Chavez Castellanos, Adonis Spathias, Manuel Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11913442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low-pressure starter device for pneumatic pumps with a pivoting directional air-control valve, characterised in that the low-pressure starter system consists of a retractable push piston actuated by a variable-tension spring that exerts pressure on the shaft of a pivoting element of the body of the directional valve, during start-up, in an end operating positions, said device being formed by a retractable piston, a sealing gasket, a spring and a spring stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMOA INDUSTRIAL, S.A.
    Inventor: Alberto Gonzalez-Moratiel Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11913460
    Abstract: An exhaust fan assembly can include an outer housing, a fan housing mounted to the outer housing, a fan wheel and an electric motor operably coupled to the fan wheel, the fan wheel and electric motor being mounted within the fan housing, wherein the fan housing defines an open inlet side for accepting airflow in a direction generally parallel to a rotational axis of the fan wheel and an outlet for discharging airflow in a direction generally perpendicular to the rotational axis, wherein the fan housing defines a volute section with an outer perimeter having a continuously curved cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Greenheck Fan Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Davis
  • Patent number: 11913467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radially compressible and expandable rotor for a pump having at least one impeller blade, wherein the impeller blade has an impeller blade body whose material is elastically deformable as well as at least one stiffening strut which is at least partially embedded in the material of the impeller blade body. The struts are designed suitably in size, shape and arrangement and are integrated in suitable hollow spaces of the impeller blade body for stabilizing the impeller blade. Elements with tensile strength can additionally be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Thomas Toellner, Mario Scheckel