Patents Examined by Stephen Mick
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Patent number: 11015588Abstract: A cylinder coupling structure of a compact air compressor includes a block provided with a suction valve and a discharge valve to be integrally formed with a suction muffler and a discharge muffler to block a front end of the cylinder, a tubular-shaped cylinder coupled to the block, a valve cover covering the valve assembly, at least one pressurized bolt coupling the valve cover and the block, a piston reciprocating inside the cylinder, a stator coupled to the block, a rotator located to rotate relatively with respect to the stator, a crank axis coupled to the rotator to rotate integrally with the rotator to be rotatable coaxially with the block, and a connecting rod, each of both ends thereof being connected to the crank axis and the piston, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: NEW MOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Jong Hyuk Kim, Jin Sun Park
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Patent number: 10823223Abstract: A vacuum cup assembly has a vacuum device with a vacuum passageway and a venturi. A vacuum cup is configured to engage an object. The venturi generates an at least partial vacuum at the vacuum cup when the vacuum cup is engaged with an object. The vacuum cup seals against the object when the venturi device generates the at least partial vacuum. A noise reducing device is at a discharge of the venturi. The noise reducing device has a housing defining a chamber, a plurality of spaced exit openings and a movable cap. Air discharged at the venturi is diverted in the chamber and flows out through the exit openings. The movable cap covers the exit opening to override the vacuum to enable the vacuum cup to be positioned or repositioned on the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.Inventors: Maurice Perlman, Kenneth Paul Dellach, Benjamin Jennings
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Patent number: 10808576Abstract: Methods of replacing flex seals in exhaust frames of turbine systems are disclosed. The method may include removing a section of an outer casing of an exhaust frame to form an opening within the outer casing. The section may be formed within a flow path of the exhaust frame. The method may also include removing the flex seal from the exhaust frame via the opening formed within the outer casing, inserting a distinct flex seal within the exhaust frame via the opening formed within the outer casing, and covering the opening formed within the outer casing of the exhaust frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert Edward Huth, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
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Patent number: 10767651Abstract: In the two-cylinder hermetic compressor, a first compression mechanism unit includes a first cylinder and a first piston, and a second compression mechanism unit includes a second cylinder and a second piston. A main bearing is disposed on one surface of the first cylinder, and an intermediate plate is disposed on another surface of the first cylinder. The intermediate plate is disposed on one surface of the second cylinder, and an auxiliary bearing is disposed on another surface of the second cylinder. A shaft is constituted by a main shaft portion which has a rotor attached thereto and is supported by the main bearing, a first eccentric portion having a first piston attached thereto, a second eccentric portion having a second piston attached thereto, and an auxiliary shaft portion supported by the auxiliary bearing. The diameter of the auxiliary shaft portion is set larger than the diameter of the main shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shiho Furuya, Hideyuki Horihata, Hiraku Shiizaki
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Patent number: 10767650Abstract: A drive device of a compressor, including an inverter circuit formed of a plurality of switching elements, a drive unit that switches the switching elements, a determination unit that, when the compression mechanism restarts, determines whether a pressure difference of the compression mechanism is equal to or above a predetermined value, a restart unit that sets a number of times that the switching elements are switched per unit time during an initial predetermined period when the compression mechanism begins to restart and controls the drive unit, where the restart unit sets the number of times that the switching elements are switched per unit time to be lower when the determination unit determines that the pressure difference is equal to or above the threshold as compared to when the determination unit determines that the pressure difference is less than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Sakai
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Patent number: 10760558Abstract: A multistage compressor is disclosed that may include a wobbling member operationally coupled with an external power source. The external power source may drive a nutating motion of the wobbling member. The multistage compressor may further include a plurality of flexible chambers connected to the wobbling member, each flexible chamber including a respective intake passage and a respective discharge passage. The wobbling member may sequentially press down and pull up the plurality of flexible chambers. The multistage compressor may further include a one-way valve in each respective intake passage and gas may be drawn into each flexible chamber through the respective one-way valve of each flexible chamber as the wobbling member pulls up each flexible chamber. The gas may then be compressed to a higher pressure as the wobbling member presses down each flexible chamber and compressed gas may be discharged through the respective discharge passage of each flexible chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Inventors: Abdolreza Fallah, Shapour Faridi
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Patent number: 10746198Abstract: A jet pump, a jet pump data tool system, and method of use thereof. The jet pump includes a body having an intake, a first aperture, and a second aperture between the first aperture and the intake. A carrier is seated in the body and receivable in the first aperture. The carrier includes a venturi for drawing wellbore fluid from the intake into the venturi. A housing for a data tool extends from the carrier. The housing is in fluid communication with the intake for allowing wellbore fluid to be exposed to the data tool. The carrier is seatable in the body by flowing power fluid and the carrier into the first aperture. The carrier is retrievable from the body by flowing power fluid into the second aperture.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventors: Kelvin Falk, Clint Mason
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Patent number: 10677058Abstract: The invention provides a fluid working machine comprising: a crankshaft (2) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3); adjacent first and second groups (5, 6, 8, 10) of valve cylinder devices (13) spaced from each other about the axis of rotation (3), one or each of the first and second groups (5, 6, 8, 10) of valve cylinder devices having first, second and third valve cylinder devices (13) arranged about and extending outwards with respect to the crankshaft (2), the first and third valve cylinder devices being axially offset from each other, the second valve cylinder device being axially offset from the first and third valve cylinder devices and the second valve cylinder device being offset from the first and third valve cylinder devices about the axis of rotation, wherein the second valve cylinder device has an axial extent which overlaps with the axial extent of one, or the axial extents of both, of the first and third valve cylinder devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: Danfoss Power Solutions GMBH & Co. OHG, Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd.Inventors: Alexis Dole, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Stephen Michael Laird
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Patent number: 10677235Abstract: This compression device is provided with a reciprocating compressor which compresses a gas, and a heat exchanger which cools gas compressed by the compressor. The heat exchanger is provided with a cooling unit for cooling the gas and with a connection unit which abuts against the outside surface of the compressor and has a gas inlet passage to allow gas discharged from the compression chamber of the compressor to flow into the cooling unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Nagura, Hitoshi Takagi, Takuro Uba, Toshio Hirai
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Patent number: 10641268Abstract: An oil balancing system for a multiple compressor system is provided. The oil balancing system includes an oil equalization line disposed between a first compressor and a second compressor. A first solenoid valve is provided in the oil equalization line. A first signal corresponds to a first oil level in the first compressor. A second signal corresponds to a second oil level in the second compressor. An oil balancing module uses the first signal and the second signal to diagnose an oil imbalance between the first compressor and the second compressor, and applies corrective action, whereby the corrective action includes sending control signals to operate at least one of the first compressor, the second compressor, or the first solenoid valve in a way that eliminates the oil imbalance.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Troy Richard Brostrom, Adam J. D'Amico, Jacob A. Groshek, Reema Kamat, Douglas P. Pelsor
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Patent number: 10612535Abstract: A hand pump includes a receptacle extended upwardly from a base, a piston slidably engaged in the receptacle for generating a pressurized air, a check valve engaged between the receptacle and a tubular member for limiting the flow of the pressurized air, a control valve device includes a barrel connected to the tubular member and connected to a pressure gauge which displays a pressure in the barrel, the barrel includes an outlet port coupled to a hose, an air storage tank includes a mouth connected to the barrel for allowing the pressurized air to flow between the barrel and the air storage tank, and a valve member is engaged in the barrel and includes a pathway for either aligning with or offsetting from the outlet port of the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Lo Pin Wang
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Patent number: 10605242Abstract: A device for the supply of lubricant with a lubricant pump (101), which has a driveshaft (103), and a motor (107). The motor (107) is designed to drive the driveshaft (103). At least one clutch (109, 111, 113) serves to establish and/or interrupt a force flow between a shaft in the force flow of a transmission and the driveshaft (103).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Krapf, Ulrich Bohner
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Patent number: 10605079Abstract: The invention provides a fluid working machine comprising: a crankshaft (2) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3); adjacent first and second groups (5, 6, 8, 10) of valve cylinder devices (13) spaced from each other about the axis of rotation (3), one or each of the first and second groups (5, 6, 8, 10) of valve cylinder devices having first, second and third valve cylinder devices (13) arranged about and extending outwards with respect to the crankshaft (2), the first and third valve cylinder devices being axially offset from each other, the second valve cylinder device being axially offset from the first and third valve cylinder devices and the second valve cylinder device being offset from the first and third valve cylinder devices about the axis of rotation, wherein the second valve cylinder device has an axial extent which overlaps with the axial extent of one, or the axial extents of both, of the first and third valve cylinder devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: Danfoss Power Solutions GMBH & Co. OHG, Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd.Inventors: Alexis Dole, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Stephen Michael Laird
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Patent number: 10570769Abstract: A machine having a shaft with a stage having a first shaft section having a first diameter, a second shaft section having a second diameter that is shorter than the first, forming a radially extending rotatable shaft end surface; a housing; and a bearing supporting the shaft on the housing by its second shaft section, and lubricated by a lubrication fluid. A sealing chamber has a sealing fluid that prevents the lubrication from leaving the bearing, and is axially limited by the shaft end surface and bearing end side, and radially inwardly limited by the second shaft section released from the bearing. A radially extending and stationary separator plate is in the sealing chamber to achieve an aerodynamic shielding of the bearing end side from the shaft end surface. When the shaft is rotating, the region between the separator plate and the bearing end side is substantially non-rotational.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Krützfeldt, Oliver Schneider
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Patent number: 10563643Abstract: A hand pump includes a receptacle extended upwardly from a base, a piston slidably engaged in the receptacle for generating a pressurized air, a check valve engaged between the receptacle and a tubular member for limiting the flow of the pressurized air, a cover attached to the receptacle and having an arm, a manifold having an inlet port connected to the tubular member for receiving the pressurized air from the tubular member, the manifold includes a stud engaged through the hole of the arm, a pressure gauge is connected to the manifold for displaying a pressure in the manifold, and a hose is coupled to the stud of the manifold for receiving the pressurized air from the manifold, and a nozzle is attached to the hose.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Lo Pin Wang
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Patent number: 10550676Abstract: Systems and methods for determining proper phase rotation in a linear motor where the phase rotations associated with power and return strokes are initially unknown. Power having an initial phase rotation is provided to a linear motor until the motor's mover reaches the end of the stroke, and then power to the motor is discontinued. While power is discontinued, the mover is monitored to detect its movement. if the mover moves without power, the mover was at the top of the stroke, so the initial phase rotation is associated with an upward stroke of the mover, and a second phase rotation which is opposite the initial phase rotation is associated with a downward stroke of the mover. Otherwise, the initial phase rotation is associated with the downward stroke of the mover and the second, opposite phase rotation is associated with the upward stroke of the mover.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventor: Renato L. Pichilingue
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Patent number: 10539123Abstract: In situations where a vacuum system is suddenly overloaded, there is a risk of mechanical damage being sustained, for example, bearing damage, gear slippage or rotor and/or stator collisions. Sudden overloads can also lead to electrical damage, for example, over-currents or power surges. Therefore a pressure regulating apparatus is provided for use in a vacuum pumping system having an inlet, an outlet and a conduit interposed between, and in fluid communication with, the inlet and the outlet, wherein the cross-sectional area of the conduit is greater than that required to meet the conductance requirements of the inlet and the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Edwards LimitedInventors: Neil Turner, Jack Raymond Tattersall, Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook, Matthew Richard Wickes
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Patent number: 10487829Abstract: An on-vehicle electric compressor for a vehicle includes a compression mechanism compressing a refrigerant, an electric motor driving the compression mechanism and a housing accommodating therein the compression mechanism and the electric motor. The on-vehicle electric compressor further includes a cover fixed to the housing, a motor driving circuit disposed between the housing and the cover and driving the electric motor, and a protecting member protecting the cover against an external force caused when the vehicle has a collision. The protecting member has a contact portion that is contactable with a receiving portion when the external force is applied to the protecting member, the receiving portion having a greater rigidity than the cover to receive the external force through the contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yusuke Kinoshita, Ken Suitou, Tatsuya Koide, Junya Yano
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Patent number: 10479514Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbine machine including a receiver for a pair of open rotor contra-rotating propellers, the assembly including a duct, ancillaries routed inside the duct, an attachment case, attachment device of the duct on an annular installation portion of the case. The attachment device in an assembled configuration include a split ring fitted with internal projections housed inside orifices in the duct; a radial loading surface of the ring made on the portion the surface being tapered and narrowing along a first axial direction, and being in contact with a peripheral surface of the complementary shaped tapered split ring; device of axially loading the ring along the first direction, the device being blocked in the axial direction on the portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Clementine Charlotte Marie Mouton, Olivier Belmonte, Jeremy Phorla Lao, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
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Patent number: 10428827Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal fan that can be easily positioned when it is installed in a device or apparatus, which can further improve positioning accuracy, and which can decrease noise, even if it is made thin. In the centrifugal fan in which an impeller is received inside a casing and air drawn in from a suction port formed on the casing by rotating the impeller is discharged from the casing to the outside of a blowing port, a circular protruded portion is formed on a peripheral edge of the suction port, and protrudes upwardly in a shaft direction from an upper surface of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Takuji Yamada, Masaaki Matsubara, Seiya Fujimoto, Kiyohisa Nara