Patents Examined by Kenneth J. Hansen
  • Patent number: 11795942
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly for use in a high pressure pump according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cartridge housing. A bore extends through the cartridge housing from a valve end to a packing end. A valve assembly is arranged in the valve end of the bore and configured to abut a valve seat. The bore has a constant diameter between the valve assembly and the packing end. The cartridge assembly is designed to be used in a fluid pump at a fluid pressure of at least 30,000 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NLB Corp.
    Inventor: Donald Anthony Wojciechowski, III
  • Patent number: 11795926
    Abstract: A motor-hydraulic machine unit includes an electric motor, a hydraulic machine, and a connection body that has a planar connection surface which delimits first and second working connections. The first and second working connections are each in fluid exchange connection with the hydraulic machine via an assigned first fluid duct in the connection body. The electric motor and the hydraulic machine have a common axis of rotation which is arranged substantially parallel to the connection surface. The hydraulic machine and the electric motor are arranged on opposite sides of the connection body in the direction of the axis of rotation. The connection body is traversed by a drive aperture in the direction of the axis of rotation. The electric motor and the hydraulic machine are in rotary drive connection in a region of the drive aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Joa, Matthias Oppelt, Ruben Ertelt
  • Patent number: 11788520
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a frame; an outer stator including a stator core disposed on the frame, a teeth portion extending inward from the stator core, and a teeth shoe extending in a circumferential direction from an inner end of the teeth portion; a coil disposed on the teeth portion; a cylinder disposed on the frame; a piston disposed in the cylinder; an inner stator coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the piston, and reciprocating in an axial direction by electromagnetic interaction with the coil; a magnet disposed on the teeth shoe and facing the inner stator; and a virtual pole disposed on the teeth shoe, disposed in front or behind in an axial direction of the magnet, and facing the inner stator. The outer stator includes a plurality of core plates stacked in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaebeum Kim, Sangsub Jeong, Sanga Park
  • Patent number: 11788546
    Abstract: An ammonia plant synthesis gas compressor train includes a steam turbine; and a compression unit that compresses a synthesis gas by being rotationally driven by the steam turbine. The compression unit includes a rotary shaft that rotates around an axis, and a plurality of impellers that are provided on the rotary shaft at intervals in a direction of the axis and are rotated integrally with the rotary shaft to pump a gas outward in a radial direction to compress the gas. In at least one of the impellers, a maximum operating peripheral speed at a radially outermost position of the impeller is within a range of 290 m/s to 390 m/s, a yield strength is 827 MPa or less, and a Brinell hardness is 311 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Oishi, Hiroaki Oka
  • Patent number: 11788552
    Abstract: An example rotary machine includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, and a cooling jacket disposed around the stator. The cooling jacket includes an inner body part being cylindrical and in contact with the stator, an outer body part being cylindrical and surrounding the inner body part, and a groove through which a cooling medium passes, the groove circling helically around an outer circumference of the inner body part at least once. The groove has a pair of side surfaces opposed in a direction of an axis of rotation of the rotor, and a bottom surface connected to each of the pair of side surfaces. Each of the pair of side surfaces is formed having a draft angle inclined away from each other, the draft angle inclined relative to a release direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kai Iijima, Tatsuya Fukui, Hikaru Sugiura, Yoshihito Katsu
  • Patent number: 11788540
    Abstract: A system and methodology are provided for enhancing the life and usefulness of a thrust bearing assembly in a submersible pumping system component. The technique utilizes a thrust runner positioned adjacent a thrust bearing in the submersible pumping system component. The thrust runner is rotated relative to the thrust bearing via a shaft. Gas that may accumulate in a lower region beneath the thrust runner is vented through a passageway from the lower region to an upper region above the thrust runner. The gas is vented to help maintain a hydrodynamic fluid film between the thrust runner and the thrust bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Arthur Ignatius Watson
  • Patent number: 11781541
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oil-scavenge pump, which includes a cap member, a piston member, a resilient member and a filter member. The filter member interconnects the cap member and the piston member. The resilient member is disposed between the cap member and the piston member. The cap member includes a cap head, a pump valve connected to the cap head, a first-resilient unit disposed and a first sphere disposed between the first-resilient unit and the pump valve. The piston member includes a main portion, a piston seat, a second-resilient unit, a second sphere and a rod portion. The piston seat has two ends respectively connected to the piston head and the rod portion. The second-resilient unit and the second sphere are disposed between the piston head and the piston seat. The filter member is mounted to surround the rod portion and engaged with the pump valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CHIPMAST AUTOTRONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Ta Kuo, Chi-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 11781551
    Abstract: A blood pump system includes a pump housing and an impeller for rotating in a pump chamber within the housing. The impeller has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The system includes a stator having drive coils for applying a torque to the impeller and at least one bearing mechanism for suspending the impeller within the pump chamber. The system includes a position control mechanism for moving the impeller in an axial direction within the pump chamber to adjust a size of a first gap and a size of a second gap, thereby controlling a washout rate at each of the first gap and the second gap. The first gap is defined by a distance between the first side and the housing and the second gap is defined by a distance between the second side and the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Masamichi Yanai, Shunzhou Yu, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11773843
    Abstract: A reciprocating pump having a power end, a fluid end, and a spacer section interposing the power and fluid ends. The power end includes a structural support frame having structural members that are each a discrete, unitary member. Each structural member forms a portion of a crankcase frame, a portion of a crosshead support frame, and a portion of a support base. The support base portion extends beneath the crosshead support frame and the spacer section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hau Nguyen-Phuc Pham, Rod Shampine
  • Patent number: 11773837
    Abstract: A swash plate compressor has bosses on the inner faces of the bridges of its pistons that contact the outer face of the swash plate only between the edges to eliminate wear at the edges and to thereby increase the life of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: T/CCI Manufacturing, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward M. Arrieta, Richard B. Ennis, Fanglin Zeng, Deguo Weng
  • Patent number: 11773872
    Abstract: A ducted fan device provides enhanced containment capability resulting from a Fan Blade Out (FBO) event. The fan device includes an annular fan shroud (52) and an electric motor disposed at the center driving at least one fan blade (58, 64). The fan shroud (52) has a multilayer structure including a fiber layer (74) and a resin layer (70, 72). The shroud has an opposing section (A) that opposes a tip of at least one of the fan blades (58, 64) and a non-opposing section (B) that does not oppose the tips of the fan blades (58, 64). The opposing and non-opposing sections are arranged in the axial direction. In the non-opposing section (B), the fiber layer (74) is impregnated with part of resin forming the resin layer (70, 72). In the opposing section (A), the fiber layer (74) is not impregnated with the resin forming the resin layer (70, 72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Ishitsuka
  • Patent number: 11773848
    Abstract: A cartridge vane pump includes: a side plate brought into contact with first end surfaces of the rotor and the cam ring; a cover brought into contact with second end surfaces of the rotor and the cam ring, the cover attached to the body; and an O-ring provided in an outer circumference of the side plate, the O-ring being configured to seal a gap between the outer circumference of the side plate and an inner circumference of the body. The side plate has: a first flange portion configured to restrict movement of the O-ring towards the rotor side; a second flange portion configured to restrict movement of the O-ring towards an opposite side from the rotor. The first flange portion is formed to be able to compress the O-ring with the body in an axial direction of the driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Kondou, Masamichi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11767832
    Abstract: A piston pump includes: a tilting mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with a control pressure; a support spring configured to support the swash plate; and a regulator configured to control a control pressure guided to the tilting mechanism in accordance with a 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; and a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with a biasing force from the outer spring and the inner spring, the control spool being configured to regulate the control pressure, and the outer spring and the inner spring and the support spring are provided adjacent to each other and in parallel with respect to the swash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gen Takei, Tetsuya Iwanaji, Hiroaki Kuboi
  • Patent number: 11766001
    Abstract: A single-tube blowing suction device, including a body, an airflow generation apparatus, a collection apparatus, and a blowing-suction tube. The airflow generation apparatus has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion and is rotatably mounted on the body. The airflow generation apparatus rotates relative to the body to enable the single-tube blowing suction device to switch between a suction mode and a blowing mode. In the suction mode, the air inlet portion of the airflow generation apparatus is in fluid communication with a first end of the blowing-suction tube, and the air outlet portion is in fluid communication with a connection port of the collection apparatus. In the blowing mode, the air outlet portion is in fluid communication with the first end of the blowing-suction tube. In the single-tube blowing suction device of the present invention, one tube is used for both blowing and suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Yu, Shiping Jiao
  • Patent number: 11767831
    Abstract: A hydraulic radial piston device includes a housing, a pintle having a pintle shaft, a rotor mounted on the pintle shaft and defining a plurality of cylinders, and a plurality of pistons displaceable in the cylinders. The radial piston device further includes a piston ring that provides an interface for the pistons. The radial piston device includes various configurations for improving the performance and efficiency of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Aaron Smith, Sushant Subhash Bawdhankar, Aaron Matthew Davis, Jeffrey David Skinner, Kendrick Michael Gibson, Mark Alan Long, Nicholas John Hansen, Kendall Otis Lee
  • Patent number: 11767850
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes multiple impeller stages, each impeller stage including at least one impeller vane. At least one impeller stage includes at least one impeller vane with at least one perforation disposed therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
    Inventors: Hassan Mohamed Badr, Chidirim Enoch Ejim, Jinjiang Xiao, Abdelsalam Mohammad AlSarkhi, Muhammad Mustafa Kamal
  • Patent number: 11754072
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scrolls, and an axial biasing chamber. Spiral wraps of the scrolls mesh with each other and form compression pockets including a suction-pressure compression pocket, a discharge-pressure compression pocket, and intermediate-pressure compression pockets. The axial biasing chamber may be disposed axially between the second end plate and a component. Working fluid disposed within the axial biasing chamber may axially bias the second scroll toward the first scroll. The second end plate includes outer and inner ports. The outer port is disposed radially outward relative to the inner port. The outer port may be open to a first one of the intermediate-pressure compression pockets and in selective fluid communication with the axial biasing chamber. The inner port may be open to a second one of the intermediate-pressure compression pockets and in selective fluid communication with the axial biasing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Copeland LP
    Inventors: Roy J. Doepker, Michael M. Perevozchikov
  • Patent number: 11754075
    Abstract: An impeller (1) for an implantable vascular support system (2) is provided. The impeller includes an impeller body (3) having a first longitudinal portion (4) and a second longitudinal portion (5) forming a first inner rotor (12) having at least one magnet encapsulated in the second longitudinal portion (5). At least one blade (6) formed in the first longitudinal portion (4) is configured to axially convey a fluid upon rotation. A second outer rotor (13) extends axially and includes at least one magnet. The first rotor (12) and the second rotor (13) form a magnetic coupling (14). The magnets of the first and second rotor being arranged to partially axially overlap with an axial offset and are entirely radially offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KARDION GMBH
    Inventors: Armin Schuelke, Ingo Stotz, Johannes Bette, David Minzenmay
  • Patent number: 11754076
    Abstract: A magnetic coupling suspension pump includes a stator body and a rotor. The stator body includes a magnetic suspension stator assembly and a magnetic coupler stator assembly; the rotor includes a magnetic suspension rotor assembly and a magnetic coupler rotor assembly; the magnetic suspension stator assembly and the magnetic suspension rotor assembly constitute a magnetic suspension assembly, and the magnetic suspension assembly is configured to generate radial uni-polar magnetic poles and magnetic fields arranged along a circumferential direction, resulting in that the rotor suspends; and the magnetic coupler stator assembly and the magnetic coupler rotor assembly constitute a magnetic coupler assembly, and the magnetic coupler assembly is configured to generate radial non-zero even number of periodic magnetic poles and magnetic fields arranged along the circumferential direction, resulting in that the rotor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUZHOU SUPERMAG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chengke Yin
  • Patent number: 11746800
    Abstract: A blower is provided that may include a fan that creates airflow; a lower body forming an inner space in which the fan may be installed, and having at least one suction hole through which air passes; an upper body positioned above the lower body and including a first upper body forming a first inner space that communicates with the inner space of the lower body, and a second upper body forming a second inner space that communicates with the inner space of the lower body and spaced apart from the first upper body; a space formed between the first upper body and the second upper body and opened in a frontward-rearward direction; a first opening formed through a first boundary surface of the first upper body facing the space; a second opening formed through a second boundary surface of the second upper body facing the space; and a door assembly including a first door installed at the first upper body and that opens and closes the first opening, and a second door installed at the second upper body and that opens
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Kim, Yongmin Kim, Kidong Kim, Seokho Choi, Hyungho Park, Hoojin Kim, Chiyoung Choi