Patents Examined by Philip E Stimpert
  • Patent number: 11635093
    Abstract: A compressor device includes a housing with a cavity. The compressor device includes a rotating group supported for rotation within the housing. The rotating group includes a shaft that supports a compressor wheel proximate a first end of the shaft. A second end of the shaft extends away from the compressor wheel through the cavity of the housing. The compressor device further includes a moisture evacuation system configured to remove airborne moisture from the compressor device. The moisture evacuation system includes a shaft passage extending through the second end of the shaft and a housing passage extending through an outer wall of the housing. The shaft passage is fluidly connected to the cavity. The housing passage is fluidly connected to the shaft passage. The moisture evacuation system is configured to direct the airborne moisture from the cavity, through the shaft passage, and out of the housing via the housing passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC.
    Inventors: Milan Nejedly, Pavel Krejci, Daniel Turecek, Vit Houst
  • Patent number: 11634854
    Abstract: A water transmission device and a washing machine including the same. The washing machine includes a water transmission device configured to discharge water in a washing tub, wherein the water transmission device includes a filter case which is disposed under the washing tub and accommodates a filter, and into which the water in the washing tub is introduced, a pump case connected to the filter case and accommodating an impeller configured to suction the water in the filter case and discharge, a motor configured to rotate the impeller, a suction hole through which a side portion of the pump case facing a center of the impeller and a side portion of the filter case, and an outlet which is open downward from a lowest end inside the pump case and communicates with a water discharge pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakashima, Kazushi Mori, Yoshiyuki Nishioka, Yuichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11635074
    Abstract: Embodiments of a high-pressure, high power, reciprocating positive displacement fluid pumping system and methods are included. The system may include a high-pressure, high power, reciprocating positive displacement pump including a pump plunger, a fluid end block assembly, and a fluid cover. The fluid end block assembly may include a fluid end block body, a suction port, a discharge port, a pump bore positioned in and extending through the fluid end block body, and a fluid chamber positioned in the fluid end block body and in fluid communication with each of the suction port, the discharge port, and the pump bore. The fluid chamber has an open end portion, and the pump plunger may be positioned to move in the pump bore to pressurize one or more fluids in the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Guillermo Rodriguez, Heber Martinez, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Tony Yeung
  • Patent number: 11635071
    Abstract: A pumping system for fracking fluid is designed to provide nearly constant flow rate. The pumping system includes a set of linear actuator pumping units, each driven by at least one electric motor. Each pumping unit includes a hollow threaded shaft driven by the linear actuator, two hollow cylinders fixed to an interior of the hollow shaft, and hollow pistons in each of the hollow cylinders. The hollow cylinders and hollow pistons form two pumping chambers. A first pumping chamber expels fluid when the linear actuator is moving in a first direction and a second pumping chamber that expels fluid when the linear actuator is moving in an opposite direction. The speeds of the actuators are coordinated such that a total flow rate of the pumping system is substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andre Vazquez, Craig Hooker, Michael Conlin
  • Patent number: 11614085
    Abstract: A pumping system includes a universal adapter having a back end for attachment to a motor, a forward opening receiving area, an outer magnet assembly rotatable around the receiving area by a motor, and a forward mounting plate surrounding the forward opening receiving area and having mounting features adapted for attachment to the back cover of each of a variety of pump assemblies. The back cover includes mounting features for alignment with the mounting features of the forward mounting plate of the universal adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rotary Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Brown, Scott Alan McAloon, Seth Thomas
  • Patent number: 11608821
    Abstract: A ball non-return valve that can be integrated with a diaphragm pump or the like, does not transmit strain generated by stress during valve assembly to a ball seal portion, and can stably maintain sealing performance, and a diaphragm pump are disclosed. The non-return valve includes a valve seat having a through-hole, and a ball that opens and closes a flow of a fluid through the through-hole. The valve seat made of a corrosion resistant material is composed of a first valve seat that can support the ball and seal the through-hole, and a second valve seat that has a substantially cylindrical shape surrounding the first valve seat and in which the space between a valve case and the second valve seat is sealed by an O-ring. Clearances d3 and d4 are formed between the first valve seat and the second valve seat, and a horizontal surface of a notched portion of the second valve seat is mounted on an upper surface of a flange portion of the first valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Yamada, Satoru Suwabe
  • Patent number: 11585336
    Abstract: A diaphragm for a pump has a one-piece elastomeric body centered on an axis and formed with an annular outer clamping edge, an annular flexible web extending radially inward from the outer edge, and a core joined by the web to the outer edge and formed in turn by an upper wall and a lower wall axially spaced therefrom. This lower wall is formed on the axis with a throughgoing hole. An insert between the walls extends through the hole, and interengaging formations on the insert and on the lower wall radially couple the insert to the lower wall at an inner edge of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ULMAN DICHTUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Oehrle, Leon Radom
  • Patent number: 11578722
    Abstract: An inter-stage coupling for a multi-stage vacuum booster pump may include a first coupling face configured to be received by a first adjacent stage of the multi-stage vacuum pump; a second coupling face configured to be received by a second adjacent stage of the multi-stage vacuum pump; and a recirculator comprising a recirculation inlet aperture formed in the first coupling face, a recirculation outlet aperture formed in the first coupling face, and a recirculation conduit having a recirculation valve configured to selectively fluidly couple the recirculation inlet aperture with the recirculation outlet aperture. In this way, the pressure in a stage can be relieved by fluidly coupling the outlet aperture with the inlet aperture in order to recirculate built-up gas from one part of the first stage pump to another part of the first stage pump in order to reduce the strain on the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Neil Turner, David Alan Turrell
  • Patent number: 11572872
    Abstract: A pump includes a vibrating plate, a flow path forming member, a pump chamber, and a film valve. The vibrating plate is provided with a piezoelectric element, vibrates due to distortion of the piezoelectric element, and has a gap on an outer periphery. The flow path forming member is disposed so as to face the vibrating plate, and has a hole in a portion facing the vibrating plate. The pump chamber is surrounded by the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member, and has a central space communicating with the hole and an outer edge space communicating with the gap. The film valve is disposed in the pump chamber. The film valve is in contact with the vibrating plate and the flow path forming member when a pressure in the central space is lower than a pressure in the outer edge space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Fujisaki, Nobuhira Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11572182
    Abstract: An electric machine (101) for use in an aircraft is shown. The electric machine comprises a casing (104) containing electromechanical components, a shaft (106) which extends outside of the casing, a seal (107) to seal the casing around the shaft, and a depressurisation system (102) configured to depressurise the casing below an external pressure to prevent electrical breakdown within gas in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Ahmed My Razak
  • Patent number: 11549503
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid isolating pump. The fluid isolating pump includes a rotating cage, one or more roller assemblies mounted on the rotating cage, a cam plate, and a non-rotating central shaft. The cage includes a front plate and a back plate connected by multiple connecting rods. Each roller assembly is rotatably attached to a corresponding connecting rod of the cage. Each roller assembly includes one or more arms rotatably attached to the connecting rod, a connecting bar coupled to the one or more arms, one or more levers rotatably attached to the connecting rod, one or more suspensions, and a roller. Each suspension is coupled to at least one arm and to at least one lever. The roller is coupled to the one or more levers. The cam plate includes multiple openings having a first end and a second end. The connecting rod of each roller assembly is configured to slide from the first end of the opening to the second end of a corresponding opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ReelReactor, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Sean Gordon
  • Patent number: 11525440
    Abstract: A pump cartridge for mounting on a drive rotor includes a roller assembly having first and second hubs maintained in a spaced apart relationship and defining an axis, and a plurality of planetary rollers arranged in a circumferentially spaced orientation about the axis, the rollers mounted to the hubs displacement radially outward. One or more compressible tubing lines are interposed between the rollers and an interior wall of the pump cartridge housing. The housing and the first and second hubs collectively define a passageway through which a spreader on the drive rotor extends and may be rotated relative to the roller assembly to displace the rollers radially outward to thereby compress the tubing lines against the interior wall. A coupling feature on the first hub engages a roller driving feature of the rotor, so that rotation of the rotor causes rotation of the roller assembly about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hologic, MA
    Inventors: Danny Macari, Mathew John Whitney
  • Patent number: 11518530
    Abstract: A propulsor (101) for an aircraft is shown. The propulsor comprises a propulsive fan (106), and an electric machine (108) configured to drive the propulsive fan. The electric machine has a casing containing electrical and electromechanical components, a shaft which extends outside of the casing and which is connected to the propulsive fan, and a seal to seal the casing around the shaft. A depressurisation system depressurises the casing below an external pressure to prevent electrical breakdown within gas in the casing of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Ahmed M Y Razak
  • Patent number: 11506192
    Abstract: A pulsatile fluid pump apparatus includes an integral pump assembly employing a flexible diaphragm in a diaphragm assembly; a pulsatile fluid pump system including a control housing, for removably receiving the integral pump assembly, the control housing and the integral pump assembly being configured for operation, in a first mode, so that the pulsatile fluid pump system reciprocally actuates the diaphragm assembly to cause pumping automatically; and a manual driver assembly, wherein the integral pump assembly is configured, in a second mode, in the absence of actuation of the diaphragm assembly by the pulsatile fluid pump system, to removably receive the manual driver assembly to support manual actuation and operation of the diaphragm assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VentriFlo, Inc.
    Inventors: David Olney, Douglas E. Vincent, Laura S. Cleminson, Lawrence Kuba, Michael Cole, Roger Greeley
  • Patent number: 11506204
    Abstract: A gas pump including a delivery chamber with an inlet and an outlet for a gas. The delivery chamber is at least partially enclosed by a first housing part with a first sealing surface and a second housing part with a second sealing surface. A delivery device is moveable within the delivery chamber for delivering the gas. A pressing device presses one of the housing parts against the other with a pressing force such that the sealing surfaces abut each other and together form a sealing join which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber in order to seal off the delivery chamber. The second housing part can be moved relative to the first housing part, against the pressing force, in order to be able to widen the sealing join to form a relieving gap through which liquid situated in the delivery chamber can escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 11499543
    Abstract: A surge suppressor includes a boost mechanism configured to balance pressures between a working fluid and a process fluid. The boost mechanism includes a boost member that is acted on by a charge pressure of the working fluid. A shaft extends from the boost member to a pressure control member bounding the process fluid and acting on the process fluid. The boost member can have a larger effective area than the pressure control member to provide a pressure multiplication between the charge pressure and the process fluid pressure. In addition, pressure control valves are mounted to an air housing and actuated open by the boost mechanism. Actuating one of the pressure control valves open increases the charge pressure. Actuating the other pressure control valve open decreases the charge pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy S. Roman
  • Patent number: 11493037
    Abstract: One embodiment of a modular pump includes a cover and a housing that may be engaged with one another during operation. A gearset may be positioned within an internal portion of the housing. If the modular pump is configured as a rotary pump, the gear set may be comprised of an inner gear positioned within a portion of a ring gear. The modular pump may include a spacer positioned between the cover and the housing to allow the modular pump to be configured with gear sets of varying axial dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Laverne Schumann
  • Patent number: 11480180
    Abstract: A self-priming starting device for a centrifugal pump is mounted on a water inlet pipe of the centrifugal pump and includes an outer housing, an inner housing, a primary spacer, a secondary spacer, an opening and closing disc and a tertiary spacer which are sequentially provided in the outer housing from top to bottom, and an elastic steel plate provided in the water inlet pipe. A drum is provided in the inner housing, and air inlet pipes and air discharging pipes are provided on the inner housing. The drum is provided with drum chambers and a three-blade support is provided in the drum. The opening and closing disc is provided with a vertical rod. A gas-liquid cutter is provided between the primary spacer and the secondary spacer. The primary spacer, the secondary spacer, the opening and closing disc and the tertiary spacer are provided with through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Li, Hao Chang, Weidong Shi, Ling Zhou, Weidong Cao, Yong Zhu, Tao Lang, Yangyang Wei
  • Patent number: 11466699
    Abstract: A fan cowl (1) for receiving at least one fan (2) which is spaced apart relative to a cooler (4), having a fan frame (6) which can be attached to the cooler (4) with at least one cutout (8) for feeding air to an impeller (10) of the fan (2), the cutout (8) having a centered motor receptacle (12) for receiving a fan motor (14) which can be driven electrically, and the cutout (8) being surrounded on the circumferential side by a fan shroud (16). It is proposed that the fan shroud (16) has at least one opening (20) for setting an air pressure distribution which can be generated by way of the fan. A fan arrangement (22), having a fan cowl (1) of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joonhyoung Kim, Sangyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11466692
    Abstract: Provided are a vacuum pump and an adapter used in the vacuum pump that are capable of responding to various changes in specifications at low cost. A turbo-molecular pump includes a base, a stator blade that is provided above the base in an axial direction of a rotor, a rotor blade that is integrally attached to the rotor, a housing that is formed in a cylindrical shape, and accommodates the stator blade and is integrally attached to the base, and an adapter that is replaceable depending on a type of the stator blade, the rotor blade, or the housing, and that is detachably mounted on the base and is configured to support the stator blade in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ohtachi, Yasushi Maejima, Tsutomu Takaada