Patents Examined by Theresa Trieu
  • Patent number: 12252991
    Abstract: An engine housing includes a rotor housing body, a side housing body a side plate and a seal assembly. The rotor housing body extends about an axis to form a rotor cavity. The rotor housing body extends between and to a first axial end and a second axial end. The side housing body is disposed at the first axial end. The side plate includes an inner side, an outer side, and a perimeter edge extending from the inner side to the outer side. The seal assembly includes a support ring and a spacer. The support ring and the spacer extend about the axis. The support ring is mounted to the perimeter edge by a braze joint. The spacer extends between and to a first axial spacer end and a second axial spacer end. The first axial spacer end is disposed at the support ring and the outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Johnny Vinski, Michel Bousquet, Jean-Philippe Simoneau, David Gagnon-Martin, Vincent Savaria, Bruno Villeneuve, Stephane Berube, Frederic Roy, Sebastien Bolduc
  • Patent number: 12247489
    Abstract: A hydraulic device comprises a rotary toroidal piston chamber having a rectangular space with a bottom, two sidewalls, and an open top. Four stationary pistons and two retractable gates for each piston are within the toroidal chamber mounted on a chamber wheel fixed to an axle on which it rotates, wherein the pistons and the gates are evenly spaced around the toroidal chamber separating the chamber into four partitions. A piston support for each piston is configured to hold the piston stationary while the piston chamber rotates. A stationary cover encircles and seals the open top of the piston chamber wherein openings through the stationary cover allow each of the piston supports to pass through and be sealed. An input port opening and an output port opening are in the stationary cover for each partition. The piston chamber rotates by reacting directly to continuous hydraulic force on the stationary pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Herbert Dym
  • Patent number: 12234823
    Abstract: An internal gear pump includes: an internal gear rotatably fitted in a body; an external gear inscribed in and meshed with the internal gear; a filler piece that partitions a liquid feeding space formed between the internal gear and the external gear into a high pressure region and a low pressure region; and a sealing member that covers both end surfaces of both the gears in a rotation axis direction and seals the liquid feeding space, in which a communication groove for communicating an enclosed space surrounded by the filler piece and a tooth groove of at least one of the gears with the high pressure region is formed, and the communication groove is formed such that a cross-sectional area communicating with the enclosed space continuously increases and an increase rate thereof acceleratively increases as a rotation phase of both the gears advances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kokabu, Koichi Osamura
  • Patent number: 12234820
    Abstract: An electronic oil pump, comprising a first housing and a first rotor assembly, the first housing having at least part of a first cavity, and the first rotor assembly being located in the first cavity. The electronic oil pump comprises a pump cover, the pump cover being fixedly connected with the first housing, and the pump cover at least partially covering the first rotor assembly. The electronic oil pump is provided with an inflow channel, the inflow channel being in communication with the first cavity. The electronic oil pump further comprises a filtering member, the filtering member being located upstream of the inflow channel or the filtering member being located at the inflow channel, and the filtering member being fixedly connected with the pump cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Guo, Lili Liu, Wei Ye, Fangxu Qian
  • Patent number: 12221962
    Abstract: A scroll type positive displacement assembly includes a first scroll and a second scroll, where the second scroll is configured to orbit with respect to a center of the first scroll without rotating with respect to the first scroll. Together, the first scroll and the second scroll define a compression chamber between two seal points where the first scroll and the second scroll contact one another as the second scroll orbits with respect to the first scroll during a compression cycle, and the two seal points come together proximate to a discharge port between the first scroll and the second scroll such that there is at least substantially no dead space between the first scroll and the second scroll at an end of the compression cycle. For example, the two seal points remain in sealing contact during at least one hundred and eighty (180) degrees of the compression cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Mark W. Wood
  • Patent number: 12221959
    Abstract: Improved bushing assembly (10) for supporting the shafts of the intermeshed rotors of a positive displacement rotary pump avoiding jamming, said bushing assembly (10) comprising on a lateral surface (13) thereof at least one compensation tank (15; 16) facing a suction side of the pump and at least one bleed channel (14) which connects said compensation tank (15; 16) to the discharge side. [FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Settima Meccanica S.r.l.
    Inventors: Manuele Rossi, Nicola Picciotti, Andrea Ceruti
  • Patent number: 12221966
    Abstract: A drill-powered fluid transfer pump apparatus, kit and system. In accordance with certain embodiments, a pump housing is configured to be selectively mounted to a variety of surfaces and in a variety of orientations for ease and safety of operation. In certain embodiments, the pump housing comprises at least one elongated aperture configured to be selectively coupled to the upper rim of a 5-gallon bucket. The drill-powered fluid transfer pump kit and system may comprise one or more straps configured to interface with one or more portions of the pump housing to selectively secure the pump housing to the variety of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: JS2 Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Justin Spalding
  • Patent number: 12215685
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided that may include a first back pressure unit that allows a refrigerant to flow from a first compression chamber to a back pressure chamber while blocking a reverse flow of the refrigerant, and a second back pressure unit that allows the refrigerant to flow from the back pressure chamber to a second compression chamber while blocking a reverse flow of the refrigerant. The first back pressure unit and the second back pressure unit may be spaced apart from each other in a direction that the compression chambers are formed. This may reduce pressure pulsation in the back pressure chamber. Also, leakage between compression chambers may be suppressed and simultaneously friction loss may be reduced by appropriately adjusting the pressure in the back pressure chamber. This is especially advantageous for enhancing compression efficiency under low load operating conditions (or in a low pressure ratio operation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinyong Jang, Sanghun Seong, Seokhwan Moon, Sooho Jang
  • Patent number: 12209585
    Abstract: A submersible multi-stage labyrinth-screw pump, having a rotor shaft; an end seal for the rotor shaft; an axial unloading unit integrated into the end seal of the rotor shaft; a lower radial bearing; a longitudinal channel, which connects a high-pressure zone at an exit for the rotor and the chamber of the axial unloading unit of the shaft, the axial unloading unit comprising a thrust block with a wear-resistant insert, a thrust collar, mated with a segment of the end seal, the end seal housing, a spring, a thrust ring, and a seat sleeve of the end seal, wherein the end seal of the rotor shaft's axial unloading unit operates as follows, when high pressure appears in the chamber of the rotor shaft's axial unloading unit, the fluid is kept from unproductive flows by hermetic contact of the ground insert of a segment and a seat of the end seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Lex Submersible Pumps FZE, AI Shmookh Business Center
    Inventors: Anton Shakirov, Vitaly Koropetskiy, Iaroslav Alekseev, Vadim Batalov
  • Patent number: 12196205
    Abstract: A rotary compressor with a low-pressure chamber and an air conditioner are disclosed. The rotary compressor with a low-pressure chamber includes a housing, a motor assembly and a pump assembly. The housing is provided with a low-pressure air inlet component and a high-pressure air outlet component, a low-pressure chamber is arranged in the housing, the motor assembly is arranged in the low-pressure chamber. The motor assembly includes a stator and a rotor. The pump assembly includes a crankshaft, a crankshaft shell, a cylinder, a piston, a sliding vane and a bearing, the pump assembly is arranged in the low-pressure chamber. The piston, the sliding vane, the cylinder, the bearing and the crankshaft shell cooperatively form a compression chamber. A low-pressure refrigerant directly cools the rotor and the stator, and the low-pressure refrigerant is heated to vaporize, so as to increase a temperature of a gaseous refrigerant before compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU DESHAN CNC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingxue Luo
  • Patent number: 12180965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor wherein, when oil is supplied to a single module, the module can mechanically/structurally supply the oil to a plurality of regions in a selective manner according to the pressure of a refrigerant, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinho Kim, Kangwook Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12180961
    Abstract: An example gear pump includes a pump housing having a pump housing channel and an arcuate groove disposed in an interior surface of the pump housing; a pump ring gear disposed within the pump housing and rotatable relative to the pump housing; a pump pinion disposed within the pump ring gear, such that teeth of the pump pinion engage with internal teeth of the pump ring gear; and a pump port block having a first port and a second port, wherein as the pump pinion rotates within the pump ring gear, fluid is drawn through the first port and provided to the second port for discharge, wherein a portion of fluid being provided to the second port is provided to the pump housing channel, wherein fluid from the pump housing channel is provided to the arcuate groove to apply a radially-inward force on the pump ring gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Satish Kumar Raju Kalidindi, Hao Zhang, Yu-Sen Chu
  • Patent number: 12180884
    Abstract: A rotary engine rotor and a method for supplying rotary engine rotors are provided. The rotary engine rotor has a center axis, a rotor body, a plurality of peripheral surfaces, and a plurality of recess members. The rotor body has a central bore that extends along the center axis. The plurality of peripheral surfaces are disposed around an exterior perimeter of the rotor body. Each of the plurality of recess members are disposed in a respective one of the plurality of peripheral surfaces. Each recess member includes an interior cavity open to an exterior of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Etienne Plamondon, Michel Bousquet, Ninad Joshi, Vincent Savaria
  • Patent number: 12173707
    Abstract: The Invention provides a scroll pump comprising an orbiting scroll and a fixed scroll, wherein the orbital axis of the orbiting scroll is movable in a radial direction relative to the fixed scroll while the orbiting scroll is orbiting about its orbital axis, or wherein the fixed scroll is movable relative to the orbiting scroll in a radial direction while the orbiting scroll is orbiting about its orbital axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook, Nigel Paul Schofield, David Bedwell
  • Patent number: 12173709
    Abstract: According to a scroll compressor of the present invention, a vertical groove is formed in the journal such that the vertical groove has a predetermined length measured from an upper end of the journal, a first oil supply hole and a second oil supply hole which are in communication with the main shaft oil supply hole and which open from the vertical groove are formed, a first opening of the first oil supply hole is located on a side of a lower end of the vertical groove, and a second opening of the second oil supply hole is located on a side of an upper end of the vertical groove. According to this configuration, an amount of oil supplied to the bearing can be increased, damage of the bearing can be reduced, and cooling ability and COP can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Daisuke Ogi, Takuji Sasa
  • Patent number: 12168980
    Abstract: A hypotrochoid positive-displacement machine includes an inner rotor and an outer rotor with intermeshing projections. During rotation of the rotors, the inward-most tips of the outer rotor trace hypotrochoid paths relative to the inner rotor. A driven rotor, for example the inner rotor, drives a driven rotor, for example the outer rotor, by contact between driving surfaces and driven surfaces of the respective rotors. Improvements are provided, for example in relation to the contact between the rotors. In use of the device contact between the driving surfaces and driven surfaces may move radially outward from a point of initial contact. The driving or driven surfaces or both may be arranged to flex under contact between the rotors. The driving surfaces may be convex. The driven surfaces may be concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Genesis Advanced Technology Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Klassen, Javier Peter Fernandez-Han, Kellen Devries
  • Patent number: 12163518
    Abstract: A multistage compressor system with intercooler can include a sealed housing with first and second compressor stages, where the first compressor stage is for receiving refrigerant from outside of the sealed housing, and the second compressor stage is for receiving refrigerant from within the sealed housing. The compressor system can also include a crank for mechanically driving the first compressor stage and/or the second compressor stage, and a heat exchanger outside of the sealed housing for receiving refrigerant from the first compressor stage and exchanging heat with the refrigerant. The compressor system can further include an oil reservoir contained by the sealed housing, where the oil reservoir includes oil for lubricating the crank, receives the refrigerant from the heat exchanger, and exchanges heat with the refrigerant to cool the oil in the oil reservoir, and where the refrigerant can be supplied to the second compressor stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Mark W. Wood
  • Patent number: 12158146
    Abstract: A vacuum booster assembly includes, but is not limited to, a booster housing defining a booster chamber and including a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the first rotor including a first shaft and at least two lobes defining a first lobe profile; and a second rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the second rotor including a second shaft and at least two lobes defining a second lobe profile, wherein the first and second rotors are formed from a metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion from about 1 (10?6 in/in*K) to about 13 (10?6 in/in*K), and wherein at least one of the outer surface of the first rotor, the outer surface of the second rotor, or the booster chamber includes a coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technologies and Services, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Clive Palmer, Kyle Maples, Vladimir Muzichuk
  • Patent number: 12158148
    Abstract: A screw pump includes a pump housing in which a pump spindle is rotatably mounted with the involvement of a hydrostatic thrust bearing for absorbing the axial thrust which is produced at the spindle during operation, the hydrostatic thrust bearing being formed by a housing-fixed bearing surface, against which an end-face, spindle-fixed bearing surface of the pump spindle is indirectly supported, by virtue of the fact that the housing-fixed bearing surface and the spindle-fixed bearing surface form a bearing gap therebetween, which bearing gap is fed, in its central region, with a pressure fluid which flows out through the bearing gap in the radial direction, preferably into the intake region, and the hydrostatic pressure of which counteracts the axial thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NETZSCH Pumpen &Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Eduardo Nuss
  • Patent number: 12152587
    Abstract: A mud motor includes a rotor and a stator. Drilling fluid received by cavities of the mud motor drives the rotor to rotate within the stator. The rotor includes one or more rotor lobes extending helically and defining a rotor pitch. The stator includes two or more stator lobes extending helically and defining a stator pitch. The rotor and the stator together define a tapered profile of the mud motor that varies proceeding from a top end of the mud motor to a bottom end of the mud motor. At least one of the rotor pitch or the stator pitch vary as proceeding from the top end of the mud motor to the bottom end of the mud motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton Kolyshkin, Maxim Pushkarev, Samba Ba, Li Guo, Robert Little, Geoffrey Charles Downton