Patents Examined by Stephen M. Hepperle
  • Patent number: 8479766
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring different media into a rotatably mounted component of a machine, such as a rotary leadthrough, includes a connection for introducing the media to a stator and through a rotor into the rotatably mounted component. The invention can be used, for example, on a plate cylinder of a printing press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Karlheinz Hügel
  • Patent number: 8474481
    Abstract: A manual/automatic and cold/hot faucet with a ceramic valve includes a main body adopting a ceramic valve that is connected with an automatic water exit passage and a manual water exit passage. The ceramic valve has a fixing member and a sliding member, with the sliding member sliding against the fixing member to command water to flow into the automatic water exit passage or the manual water exit passage. So the faucet can give water automatically or manually. As the ceramic valve is excellently resistant to abrasion, the present faucet can thus be durable, not apt to get leaked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 8474792
    Abstract: In a valve device for selectively opening and closing a flow passage formed to open on a valve seat by a valve body through a resin-made seat, a hollow portion is formed on either one of the valve body and the valve seat and receives the resin-made seat therein, the resin-made seat has a thickness so that the resin-made seat partly protrudes from the hollow portion, and when the valve body is operated to close the flow passage, the resin-made seat is compressed to bring an end surface of the valve body into contact with the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Kubo, Toshihiko Shima, Takuya Suzuki, Munetoshi Kuroyanagi
  • Patent number: 8459288
    Abstract: A regulator for gas having a diaphragm rod held at the center of a diaphragm of which rim is sandwiched between a body and a cover via diaphragm retainers, and a valve element capable of seating itself at a valve seat fixedly placed in the body with a valve hole opening at the center provided in an intermediate portion of a valve shaft having its one end detachably coupled to the diaphragm rod and its other end slidably fitted in a guide opening provided on the body side, wherein the body (34) is equipped with a valve action unit (120) formed by assembling in advance a valve seat member (100) having a valve hole (111) and the valve seat (112) provided thereon, a guide member (106) having a guide opening (105) and pressed into the valve seat member (100), and a valve shaft (114) having a valve element (113) provided thereon in a state of having one end of the valve shaft (114) projected from the valve hole (111) and the other end of the valve shaft (114) slidably fitted into the guide opening (105) It is there
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8453669
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device includes a waterway assembly, a valve assembly, and a waterway adapter that fluidly couples the waterway assembly to the valve assembly. An illustrative waterway adapter may be constructed of a polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Michael J. Veros, Timothy J. Sailors, Alfred C. Nelson, Kurt J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8453671
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an internal pressure of a hermetically sealed chamber at a prescribed pressure level serves to relax pressure changes in the hermetically sealed chamber. The chamber is connected to an inlet passage for supplying air from an external environment through an aseptic filter, an outlet passage for discharging a gas through an aseptic filter, and an inlet valve and an outlet valve for selectively opening and closing the inlet passage and the outlet passage, respectively. The apparatus also includes a controller for controlling the inlet valve and the outlet valve to keep the internal pressure of the chamber at a prescribed positive pressure level. An elastic membrane of silicone rubber which is expanded or retracted depending on a change in the internal pressure of the chamber to relax the pressure change is connected to the outlet passage between the aseptic filter and the outlet valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kanjun Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8443826
    Abstract: A demand valve for gas mixing comprises two or more flow control valves that are connected to separate gas supplies. The demand valve includes a common actuation mechanism, such as a diaphragm arranged to displace levers, each of which, in turn, opens and closes proportionally in a substantially constant ratio a respective flow control valve. Inhalation flow drawn through an outlet causes displacement of the diaphragm and hence opening of the flow control valves. Gas from the separate supplies is therefore mixed in a main chamber to a substantially constant composition, regardless of the flow rate demanded, before being dispensed via the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Concept 2 Manufacture Design OCD Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew Tatarek
  • Patent number: 8443836
    Abstract: This invention discloses a ventilating apparatus which has a configuration extending along a first axis, a second axis and a third axis. The first axis, the second axis and the third axis are orthogonal to each other. The ventilating apparatus includes a main body, a tail pipe and an airtight sealing material. The main body made of porous ceramics having an outer surface. The main body has a head end and a tail end disposed along the second axis, a first aperture passing therethrough along the first axis near the head end of the main body, and a first air orifice extending along the second axis. The tail pipe has a second aperture which is connected to the first aperture of the main body. The airtight sealing material covering the outer surface of the main body with the first aperture exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Chipmos Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-I Liu
  • Patent number: 8443827
    Abstract: A controlling device for hydraulic consumers (10, 12) has one controlling valve (18) for controlling a supply pipeline (TReg) for the hydraulic consumer (10, 12) and a tank return pipeline (TRO). Because the control valve (18) is connected to an additional supply pipeline (TR) and constructed as a priority valve, the supply pipeline (TReg) receives priority preference of a fluid supply system over the priority of the tank return pipeline (TRO). A sensor circuit is realized which checks whether, in accordance with the load situation at the hydraulic consumer (10, 12), there is any need at all for a supply flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Winfried Rüb
  • Patent number: 8443825
    Abstract: A valve system enables use of a standard single line faucet with a water treatment system. The valve system may include a housing having ports for receiving untreated supply water, supplying water to a water treatment system, receiving treated water from the water treatment system and supplying treated water to a dispenser. The valve system includes an automatic shutoff device that prevents water from flowing into the water treatment system when the dispensing faucet is closed and allows water to flow into the water treatment system when the faucet is open. The valve system may include a pressure relief mechanism that removes pressure from the water treatment system when the faucet is closed and a check valve for maintaining a desired amount of pressure within the valve system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: Terry L. Lautzenheiser, David O. Godfrey, Michael E. Miles
  • Patent number: 8439070
    Abstract: A control valve includes particle and moisture accumulation inhibiting features. The control valve includes a piston that provides for pressure communication to a back cavity through a tortuous path that settles out particle matter carried within the airflow. Moreover, the piston includes drainage openings that direct moisture out of piston and away from the sealing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher McAuliffe, Donald E. Army, Jr., Jason Labrie, Kevin Arthur Roberg
  • Patent number: 8434507
    Abstract: A safety valve device has a safety valve body and is configured to open at a temperature of or over a preset reference temperature. The safety valve device also includes a gas flow path arranged to make a flow of hydrogen flowing out of a hydrogen tank via the safety valve body in a valve open position, and a discharge pipe configured to have a hydrogen discharge opening and arranged to discharge the hydrogen flowing through the gas flow path to the outside. The hydrogen discharge opening of the discharge pipe is formed to discharge the hydrogen in an oblique direction relative to a direction of an axial center of the gas flow path. The discharge pipe also has a groove formed to apply an input rotational force to the discharge pipe and thereby rotate the discharge pipe around the axial center of the gas flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Fujikin Incorporated
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Iida, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Yutaka Tano, Kunihiko Daido
  • Patent number: 8434519
    Abstract: Pressure regulator device comprising a body (1), a minimum of a pressure reducer and a damper mounted in control and damping cavities, respectively, in the body (1), and a control member (4) pivoting on an upper face (10) of the body (1). The device is noteworthy in that the control and damping cavities have open ends in a peripheral face (12) of the body (1) and the control member (4) has parts (47) that are opposite the peripheral face (12) in order to face the open ends of the respective control and damping cavities, from which control (21) and damping pushrods, respectively, project. The present invention has an application in the hydraulic remote controls of civil engineering machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth D.S.I.
    Inventors: Gérard Larzoe, Laurent Drutel
  • Patent number: 8430124
    Abstract: This invention discloses a ventilating apparatus which has a configuration extending along a first axis, a second axis and a third axis. The first axis, the second axis and the third axis are orthogonal to each other. The ventilating apparatus includes a main body and a tail pipe. The main body has a head end and a tail end disposed along the second axis, two sidewalls disposed along the third axis, and the first aperture along the first axis. The ventilating apparatus further includes a first air orifice which extends along the second axis and passes through from the tail end to the first aperture, and the bypassing air orifices which connect the first air orifice and the first aperture. The tail pipe has a second aperture which is connected to the first aperture of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Chipmos Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-I Liu
  • Patent number: 8430112
    Abstract: The invention can provide or facilitate systems and methods for feeding a slurry and, in particular, to systems and methods for treating wastewater streams with a slurry having periodic flushing of conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Frank Matheis, James Paul Harshman, Michael Sumner Murphy
  • Patent number: 8424567
    Abstract: A valve operable to control flow between two adjacent pipe sections and having a system for relieving pressure from an enclosed cavity within the valve. The valve includes a first pressure port, a second pressure port, and a seal. When the valve is closed, the first pressure port is in fluid communication with one pipe section and the second pressure port in fluid communication with the enclosed cavity. The seal isolates the second pressure port from the first pressure port when fluid pressure within the enclosed cavity is less than a pre-selected valve and is displaceable to enable fluid communication between the second pressure port and the first pressure port when fluid pressure in the enclosed cavity is equal to or greater than the pre-selected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Caprera
  • Patent number: 8424561
    Abstract: A pressure regulator is capable of automatically regulating the inlet water pressure to a compressed air foam system (CAFS), thereby allowing direct connection between a high-pressure water source, such as a hydrant, and the CAFS. The pressure regulator includes an inlet, a valve that regulates flow from the inlet, and an annular piston that circumscribes the inlet and which is linked to the valve. The relative area of the inlet and the piston determine the maximum pressure that may be attained at the CAFS water inlet, due to pressure on the piston forcing the valve closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventor: Carroll G. Rowe
  • Patent number: 8418716
    Abstract: A volume and pressure regulating device for an oxygen generating machine includes a body to combine a path assembly, a pressure valve assembly and a volume valve assembly within one body. The pressure valve assembly and the volume valve assembly are connected via the path assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Yu-Kang Huang
  • Patent number: 8413673
    Abstract: A flow actuated valve includes a valve body, a diverter member, an actuator member, and a check disk. The valve body defines a first upper aperture, a second upper aperture, and a lower aperture. A check disk member connects to the actuator member to control the flow of fluid depending upon the direction of the flow of the fluid through the valve. When the check disk member is closed, the diverter member engages the actuator member to allow a first fluid to flow through the first upper aperture or to allow a second fluid to flow through the second upper aperture. In operation, the fluid is selected by changing the directional flow of the fluid to close the check disk member which causes the actuator member to engage the diverter member to either allow the first fluid source or the second fluid source to flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Alcor Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Sacchetti
  • Patent number: 8413677
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve control system provides a method and apparatus for rapidly closing a relief valve in response to excess fluid pressure. The system uses a programmable controller to rapidly communicate pressure changes to a solenoid actuated valve and two control valves. The solenoid actuated valve has a dedicated accumulator and the two control valves have another dedicated accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Expro Americas, LLC
    Inventors: William Paul Coffman, Charles Leland Patrick