Patents Examined by Mary A. Davis
  • Patent number: 11608828
    Abstract: A pump for supplying an assembly with a pressure fluid, the pump including: a pump housing including a circumferential wall, surrounding the pump's, a first end-face wall and a second end-face wall which delineate the delivery chamber at its end-face sides; a rotor, rotatable about an axis of rotation in the delivery chamber, for forming delivery cells; a pressure outlet which emerges on an outer end-face side of the first end-face wall facing away from the delivery chamber and through which pressure fluid can be discharged from the delivery chamber; an outlet gasket provided on the outer end-face side of the first end-face wall, for sealing off the pressure outlet; a holder in a holding engagement with the outlet gasket and which positions the circumferential wall and the end-face walls relative to each other and axially holds them together as a pre-fitted fitting unit by the holding engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Claus Welte
  • Patent number: 11585268
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes a first compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 67% of the radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section. A second compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 57% of a radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11560892
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-stage compressor and an air conditioner having the same. The multi-stage compressor includes: a first-stage cylinder including a first-stage compression cavity and a first vane disposed in the first-stage compression cavity; a second-stage cylinder including a second-stage compression cavity and a second vane disposed in the second-stage compression cavity, wherein a refrigerant flowing out from the first-stage compression cavity enters the second-stage compression cavity; a linkage structure disposed between the first vane and the second vane, so that the second vane is capable of moving with a movement of the first vane and maintain contact with a roller in the second-stage compression cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GREEN REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF ZHUHAI GREE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dahao Wang, Huijun Wei, Hongwei Zhu, Jing Liu
  • Patent number: 11560795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scroll type compressor having an Oldham's ring having an asymmetrical structure with respect to a long or minor axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungho Lee, Sangbaek Park, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11542946
    Abstract: A twin-shaft pump comprising: a pumping chamber; two rotatable shafts each mounted on bearings is disclosed. Each of the two rotatable shafts comprises at least one rotor element, the rotor elements being within the pumping chamber and the two rotatable shafts extending beyond the pumping chamber to a support member. The support member comprises mounting means for mounting the bearings at a predetermined distance from each other, the predetermined distance defining a distance between the two shafts. A thermal break between the pumping chamber and the support member is provided for impeding thermal conductivity between the pumping chamber and the support member, such that the pumping chamber and support member can be maintained at different temperatures. The support member and the rotor elements are formed of different materials, a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material forming the support member being higher than a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material forming the rotor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Neil Turner, Phillip North, Michael Henry North, Malcolm William Gray, David Alan Turrell
  • Patent number: 11542942
    Abstract: In some examples, a scroll compressor may include an orbiting scroll and a fixed scroll having spiral involutes intermeshed together. A slider block may be disposed on the eccentric portion of a main shaft and the slider block may be attached to a compliant counterweight. The counterweight may be supported by a counterweight guide plate that is supported by the main shaft. The counterweight guide plate may also have an arm securing a top portion of the counterweight thereby securing the slider block. In some implementations, a spring assembly may be provided between an outer edge of the counterweight and the counterweight guide plate. These components may, in part, allow for a constant involute contact between the fixed scroll and orbiting scroll involutes at high speeds thereby achieving high compression efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Hahn, Joe Hill, Jianhui Peng, Gene Fields
  • Patent number: 11536139
    Abstract: A rotary piston and cylinder device (1) comprising a rotor (2), a stator (4) and a rotatable shutter (3), the rotor comprising a piston (5) which extends from the rotor into a working chamber, the rotor and the stator together defining a working chamber, the shutter arranged to extend through the working chamber and forming a partition therein, and the shutter comprising a slot which allows passage of the piston therethrough, a bearing (20) which mounts the rotor relative to the stator, the rotor comprising a formation (12; 30) which extends substantially axially away from the chamber, and the formation being radially outward of the bearing and extending around the axis of rotation, and the formation comprising a surface which at least in part defines a space between the rotor and the stator, and at least part of that space and/or the formation overlaps in an axial direction with the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lontra Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Francis Lindsey
  • Patent number: 11519270
    Abstract: A pump body assembly and a compressor with the pump body assembly. The pump body assembly includes: an oil supply passage for circulating oil; and two back pressure members, at least one of the two back pressure members being provided with a back pressure groove, the back pressure groove including a first groove section and a second groove section, the first groove section and the second groove section are disposed at intervals, the first groove section communicating with the oil supply passage, the second groove section communicating with the oil supply passage, wherein the communication area of the first groove section and the oil supply passage is a, the communication area of the second groove section and the oil supply passage is b, and a<b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Jia Xu, Fayou Luo, Pengkai Wan, Fei Wu, Ning Ding, Shuang Guo
  • Patent number: 11519381
    Abstract: A progressing cavity device operates as a motor to impart torque to a bit. A stator of the device defines an internal profile having uphole stages with a first dimension being less than a second dimension of downhole stage. A rotor has an external profile with a constant outer dimension along its length. Disposed in the stator, the rotor defines cavities with the stator and is rotatable with pumped fluid progressing in the cavities from the uphole to downhole to transfer torque to the drive toward the downhole end. Although the rotor is subjected at the downhole end to a reactive torque from the bit, the interference fit of the rotor's constant dimension with the stator's downhole stages is less than with the uphole stages, which can mitigate issues with heat buildup in the downhole stages. The device can also operates as a progressing cavity pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Harjinder Singh Parhar, Travis Lee Chometsky, Michael W. Kuhlman, Wayne Robert Pilgrim
  • Patent number: 11506199
    Abstract: A pump assembly comprising a casing having a first pump chamber defining a first flow path and a second pump chamber or more defining a second flow path. A first pump stage includes a first shaft mounted to the casing for rotation about a rotation axis, a first pair of intermeshing gears disposed in the first flow path of the first pump chamber, the first pair of intermeshing gears interfacing each other in operative engagement, one intermeshing gear of the first pump stage mounted on the first shaft. A second pump stage includes a second shaft mounted to the casing for rotation about a rotation axis different than the rotation axis of the first shaft, a second pair of intermeshing gears disposed in the second flow path of the at least second pump chamber, the second pair of intermeshing gears interfacing each other in operative engagement, one intermeshing gear of the second pump stage mounted on the second shaft. A transmission drivingly engages the first shaft to the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Claude Laperriere, Stephane Prunera-Usach
  • Patent number: 11506200
    Abstract: An example crescent seal assembly comprises: an outer crescent of a gear pump; an inner crescent of the gear pump mating with the outer crescent such that an exterior peripheral surface of the inner crescent interfaces with an interior peripheral surface of the outer crescent, forming: (i) a spring cavity, (ii) a first check valve cavity, and (iii) a second check valve cavity therebetween; a spring disposed in the at least one spring cavity; a first check pin disposed in the first check valve cavity; and a second check pin disposed in the second check valve cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Satish Kumar Raju Kalidindi, Yu-Sen Chu
  • Patent number: 11505327
    Abstract: A gas delivery augmenter may include a pump mechanism for facilitating inflation of an inflatable. The pump mechanism is generally configured to be driven/powered by pressure-volume energy from a primary gas received by the gas delivery augmenter, and the pump mechanism of the gas delivery augmenter is configured to entrain a secondary gas deliver the entrained secondary gas (and any remaining primary gas) to the inflatable. The pump mechanism, as described in greater detail below, enables secondary gas to be pumped/delivered to the inflatable even as the inflatable backpressure increases, thus providing improved inflation over conventional aspirators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Eric McFarland
  • Patent number: 11499556
    Abstract: A dry vacuum pump includes: at least one oil sump; at least one pumping stage; two rotary shafts respectively supporting at least one rotor extending into the at least one pumping stage, the rotors being configured to rotate in a synchronized manner in the reverse direction in order to convey a gas to be pumped between an intake and an outlet of the vacuum pump, the shafts being supported by bearings lubricated by a lubricant contained in the at least one oil sump; at least one lubricant sealing device interposed between the at least one oil sump and a pumping stage at the shaft passage; and at least one expansion device configured to reduce the pressure variations between a pumping side volume and the at least one oil sump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventors: Laurent Saxod, Patrick Pilotti
  • Patent number: 11493044
    Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a cylinder having a vane slot and a compression chamber, a shaft having an eccentric portion and configured to perpendicularly pass through a center of the compression chamber, a roller having a coupling groove and configured to orbit in the compression chamber by rotation of the shaft, and a vane having a vane hinge coupled to the coupling groove and a vane body being inserted into the vane slot and configured to divide the compression chamber into a discharge space and a suction space. A shape of the discharge-sided groove close to the discharge space and a shape of the suction-sided groove close to the suction space are asymmetrically formed between the vane hinge and the vane body with respect to the a central axis of the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Sun Kim, Sangha Lee, Jaeyeol Lee
  • Patent number: 11493045
    Abstract: A dry vacuum pump is provided, including an oil sump; a pumping stage; two rotating shafts respectively holding a rotor extending in the pumping stage, the rotor being configured to rotate in a synchronised manner in opposite directions in order to carry a gas to be pumped between an intake and a discharge of the pump, the two rotating shafts being supported by bearings lubricated by a lubricant contained in the oil sump; and a lubricant sealing device inserted between the oil sump and a pumping stage at each shaft passage, the sealing device including a disc-shaped deflector mounted on a shaft of the two rotating shafts for rotation therewith, and a disc of the deflector has an annular end on a periphery thereof, extending towards the pumping stage, forming a retaining recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PFEIFFER VACUUM
    Inventor: Stephane Crochet
  • Patent number: 11493018
    Abstract: An example hydraulic motor comprises: a stator comprising (i) a stator body having plurality of roller pockets, wherein the stator body comprises a plurality of grooves that are longitudinally-extending, and (ii) a plurality of rollers disposed respectively in the plurality of roller pockets; a rotor having a plurality of external teeth configured to engage with the plurality of rollers of the stator, such that the plurality of rollers and the plurality of external teeth define fluid chambers therebetween configured to expand and contract as the rotor rotates within the stator; and an anti-cogging passage configured to provide pressurized fluid from at least one of the fluid chambers to at least one groove of the plurality of grooves of the stator body, such that pressurized fluid provided to the at least one groove applies a radially-inward force on a respective roller toward the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle J. Merrill, Andrea Vacca, Venkata Harish Babu Manne, Matteo Pellegri
  • Patent number: 11486398
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is disclosed. The rotary compressor includes a sidewall path formed in an inner wall of a cylinder facing a vane slot and configured to form a space facing a side surface of a vane, and the vane is provided with a communication part configured to selectively communicate between the outside of the vane slot and the sidewall path according to a position of the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungwon Jung, Ji Hoon Kim, Heehyun Park, Yoonjae Lim
  • Patent number: 11459890
    Abstract: A rotary engine rotor (10) comprising three rotor flanks (12) arranged in a generally equilateral triangle shape, each rotor flank (12) having a leading edge (16) and a trailing edge (17), an elongate lip (21) being provided on the leading edge (16) of at least one of the rotor flanks (12), the elongate lip (21) extending the full axial length of the rotor flank (12). In another aspect, at least one rotor flank (12) comprises a cavity having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and at least a portion of the base of the cavity proximal to a trailing edge thereof is curved outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Roy Richmond, Christopher John Biddulph, Jonathan Mark Bagnell
  • Patent number: 11454116
    Abstract: A housing of a scroll type expansion machine includes: a suction port formed at a position on the opposite side to a drive shaft with a fixed scroll interposed therebetween; a discharge port formed on the side of a drive-side bearing closer to the tip end of the drive shaft; a low pressure chamber formed on the outer side of an orbiting-side scroll portion when viewed from the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a tip end-side low-pressure space being a space in which a sealing member is disposed, and has: a partition wall partitioning the tip end-side low-pressure space and the low-pressure chamber from each other; and a communication space communicating the tip end-side low-pressure space with the low-pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11448219
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a pump body and a compressor with the pump body. The pump body includes: a flange structure; a bearing, the bearing being provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring being rotatably disposed on the flange structure, and an end face of the inner ring being abutted against a contact face of the flange structure; and an oil guide channel provided inside a side wall of the inner ring, or inside the flange structure, or the side wall of the inner ring and inside the flange structure, an outlet of the oil guide channel being positioned between the end face of the inner ring and the contact face of the flange structure, so as to introduce lubricating oil between the end face of the inner ring and the contact face of the flange structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Jia Xu, Pengkai Wan, Fayou Luo, Fei Wu, Wenjiao Sun, Jinfei Shi, Guomang Yang