Patents Examined by Thomas Fink
  • Patent number: 11976650
    Abstract: A compressor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The compressor includes a piston having formed therein a suction space, in which refrigerant gas is sucked; and a cylinder in which a piston is accommodated, the cylinder defining a compression space that is configured, based on the piston reciprocating in an axial direction, to compress the refrigerant gas therein. A plurality of grooves having a partial spherical shape and having a diameter of 10 micrometers is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the piston or an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wooju Jeon, Youngpil Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Sangik Son
  • Patent number: 11973380
    Abstract: An aspect of an electric pump of the present invention is an electric pump attached to a predetermined object. The electric pump includes a motor having a rotor rotatable about a center axis extending in an axial direction, a pump mechanism coupled to the rotor, a circuit board located radially outside the motor and having a plate face directed in a radial direction, an electrolytic capacitor attached to the plate face of the circuit board, and a housing that houses the motor, the pump mechanism, the circuit board, and the electrolytic capacitor therein. The housing has a mounting face attached to a predetermined object. The mounting face is a face directed radially outward. The plate face of the circuit board is disposed along a direction intersecting the mounting face. The electrolytic capacitor is disposed at a position closer to the mounting face than the center axis in the direction orthogonal to the mounting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Tomohiro Sakata, Yuzo Nagai, Hideo Nagai
  • Patent number: 11962221
    Abstract: A cleaner according to the present disclosure comprises: a body; a suction head connected to one side of the body so as to suction foreign matter from a surface to be cleaned; and a motor assembly received in a motor case formed inside the body, so as to generate suction force, wherein: the motor assembly comprises a motor, an impeller disposed on one side of the motor and connected to the motor so as to introduce air, and a vibration isolator coupled to the other side of the motor and having a plurality of support protrusions protruding from the outer circumferential surface thereof; and the coupling between the plurality of support protrusions and the motor case causes the motor assembly to be spaced apart from the motor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seehyun Kim, Hwagyu Song, Sungcheol Lee, Ingyu Choi, Dokyung Lee, Yunsoo Jang, Seungryong Cha, Junggyun Han
  • Patent number: 11959474
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an axial piston pump (1, 1?, 1?,1??) for the pumping of a liquid comprising: a head (20) in which there is at least partially made a plurality of cylinders (25) in a number greater than three, with central axes parallel between them, a plurality of pistons (75) each of which slide in a respective cylinder (25) of the plurality of cylinders (25) for the pumping of the liquid, and a suction channel of the liquid to pump, which is equipped with a primary duct (140) and a plurality of branch ducts (145, 145?,145?), each of said branch ducts (145, 145?,145?) being adapted to place the primary duct (140) in fluid communication with a respective cylinder (25) of the plurality of cylinders (25), in which the primary duct (140) is positioned between the central axes of the cylinders (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MIXTRON S.R.L.
    Inventors: Stefano Brevini, Renato Brevini
  • Patent number: 11953008
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner and a compressor. The compressor includes: a first cylinder assembly, including a first cylinder body and a first sliding vane, a volume control assembly, including a pressure regulator; wherein the pressure regulator is provided with a storage cavity, and the storage cavity is communicated with the variable volume control cavity; wherein the first sliding vane is configured to slide in a reciprocating manner between the first compression cavity and the variable volume control cavity along the first sliding vane groove, to change the volume of the variable volume control cavity; and the refrigerant introduced into the variable volume control cavity flows between the variable volume control cavity and the storage cavity along with a change of the volume of the variable volume control cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GREE GREEN REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Yanjun Hu, Peizhen Que, Liu Xiang, Yuanbin Zhai, Wang Miao
  • Patent number: 11952989
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston disposed in the cylinder and reciprocating along an axis of the cylinder, a stator core disposed outside the cylinder, a coil winding body that is disposed in the stator core and includes first to fourth coils that are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction, a mover connected to the piston and reciprocating along the axis by an electromagnetic interaction with the coil winding body, and a switch unit configured to connect the first and second coils and the third and fourth coils in series or in parallel depending on a magnitude of a load. The first and second coils are connected in series, and the third and fourth coils are connected in series. The first to fourth coils each have the same inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangsub Jeong, Jaebeum Kim, Sanga Park
  • Patent number: 11946471
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a pump includes a housing having one or more fluid inlets and one or more fluid outlets. The housing is configured to act as a pump housing for passing a fluid from the one or more fluid inlets to the one or more fluid outlets and configured to act as a stator for a motor. The pump also includes a cylinder encased within the housing and mounted on a shaft for rotation within the housing. The cylinder is configured to act as an impeller to drive fluid from the one or more fluid inlets through the housing to the one or more fluid outlets and configured to act as a rotor for the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Naison E. Mastrocola, Adrian L. Stoicescu
  • Patent number: 11946463
    Abstract: A wave driven variable leverage pump for water desalination is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a variable leverage pump comprises a platform and a paddle comprising at least one lever arm extending therefrom. The at least one lever arm is pivotally coupled with the platform. The pump further comprises a pump having a first end pivotally coupled with the platform, and a second end pivotally coupled with the paddle. A pivot point of the at least one lever arm is located above a pivot point of the pump relative to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BlueDesal Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph B. Tate
  • Patent number: 11933290
    Abstract: An axial piston pump controller for an axial piston pump having a fixed valve plate and a variable displacement is provided. The axial piston pump controller is configured to determine a displacement of the axial piston pump, and to calculate a pump displacement control current to be supplied to the axial piston pump to control the displacement of the axial piston pump. Calculating the pump displacement control current comprises calculating a nominal value for the pump displacement control current based on a rotational speed of the axial piston pump, calculating a pump stiffness adjustment factor based on a pump stiffness control map having as inputs: an output pressure of the axial piston pump; and the estimated pump displacement, and calculating the pump displacement control current to be supplied to the axial piston pump based on the nominal value and the pump stiffness adjustment factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Arick Bakken, Paul John Cairns, William Christopher Swick
  • Patent number: 11920588
    Abstract: A compressor assembly for further pressurizing pressurized fluid using motion of waves, the pressurized fluid being pressurized by a previous compressor assembly, is provided. The compressor assembly includes: a compression piston having a first side and a second side; a first rod portion coupled to a buoyant member coupled to the first side of the compression piston, wherein movement of the buoyant member is transferred, via the first rod portion, into movement of the compression piston between a top and bottom end of a compression chamber; and a second rod portion coupled to the second side of the compression piston and including a terminal surface, wherein the second portion is sized such that the terminal surface is located within an equalizer assembly during an entire range of motion of the compression piston. A diameter of the second portion is equal to or greater than a diameter of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph David Sieber
  • Patent number: 11909259
    Abstract: A stator includes a first core that includes a first tooth extending in a first radial direction and a first core back extending in a circumferential direction and a second core that includes a second tooth extending in a second radial direction and a second core back extending in the circumferential direction. The first core back includes a depression formed with at least a first face and a second face in an outer peripheral surface of the first core back and a connection part facing the second core back. The stator satisfies ?1<?2, where ?1 represents an angle between the first face and the first radial direction and ?2 represents an angle between the second face and the first radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Shimokawa, Hiroki Aso, Ryogo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11885342
    Abstract: There is described controllers, methods, and non-transitory computer readable medium for adaptive speed control of a fan array of an air handling unit. A fan speed command for the fan array is identified. The fan speed command is scaled based on a floating maximum fan speed. A fan error of at least one fan of the fan array is detected. The floating maximum fan speed is adjusted in response to detecting the fan error. The fan speed command is rescaled based on the adjusted floating maximum fan speed. The fan speed command is provided to each fan of the fan array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Jibo Liu
  • Patent number: 11885423
    Abstract: An air inflation device includes an inflation unit having an air outlet channel extending along a first axis, and an insertion channel extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis and partially communicating with the air outlet channel. A pressure gauge unit is rotatably mounted on the inflation unit and includes a pressure gauge, and a shaft extending outwardly from the pressure gauge and inserted into the air outlet channel. The shaft has an annular groove formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof and corresponding to and communicating with the insertion channel. An air guide unit includes a manifold inserted into the insertion channel and engaging the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BETO ENGINEERING AND MARKETING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lopin Wang
  • Patent number: 11873824
    Abstract: A blower, comprising: a blower body, having accommodated therein a fan and a drive unit, a rotation shaft of the fan defining a longitudinal axis, and the blower body defining an air inlet; a blow pipe, attached to the blower body and extending along the longitudinal axis, the blow pipe defining an air outlet; and a control unit, for controlling operation of the drive unit. The blower defines an airflow path extending from the air inlet to the air outlet, the control unit being at least partially located in the airflow path, such that when the blower is operating, at least a portion of an airflow entering the air inlet cools the control unit and is then discharged through the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventor: Hei Man Lee
  • Patent number: 11867197
    Abstract: A fan motor includes: a motor including a stator and a rotor, a motor housing accommodating the motor, a bearing case disposed at a lower portion of the motor housing, an impeller coupled to a rotary shaft of the motor, a vane structure disposed at a lower side of the impeller and configured to guide air, and a lead cable connector provided in the bearing case. The stator of the motor includes a core and a coil that is wound on the core, and the lead cable connector is connected to a lead cable of the coil of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Hong, Kwangyong Jang, Yongdae Kim, Sunggi Kim
  • Patent number: 11859475
    Abstract: An electric submersible pump includes a pump and an electric motor coupled to the pump. An electric submersible pump also includes a seal that is positioned between the pump and the electric motor. The seal has an outer housing and a seal bag internal to the outer housing. The seal bag has an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer is made from a first material to maintain the structure of the seal bag in a swellable state within the wellbore environment. The inner layer is made from a second material that can swell in response to contact with a polar substance and seal a tear in the outer layer of the seal bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Christopher Beck, Walter Dinkins
  • Patent number: 11852127
    Abstract: A retainer assembly and plug for a fluid end of a pump system includes a retainer body. A plurality of tongues are movably arranged about the retainer body. The tongues are moveable between a pre-installed configuration and an installed configuration depending on the position of the retainer body relative to the tongues. In the installed configuration engaging flanges of the tongues are positioned in a retaining channel formed in a bore of the fluid end and retain the retainer assembly to the fluid end. A plug is configured to sealingly fit to the bore of the fluid end inboard of the retainer assembly and a locking mechanism is configured to secure the retainer assembly to the plug, and when so secured, the position of the retainer body is maintained relative to the plurality of tongues and the retainer assembly is maintained in the installed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Barnhouse, Jr., Daryl J. Belshan, Jacob Brown, Henry Do
  • Patent number: 11846292
    Abstract: A method for determining the operating point of an electric motor-driven fan in a system that includes determining the operating point of a fan when a clear correlation between the speed, the performance, and the volumetric flow rate of the fan is not possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marvin Götzinger, Erik Reichert, Marco Weckert, Ralph Wystup
  • Patent number: 11835056
    Abstract: A multi-fan system and a driving method for the multi-fan system are provided. The multi-fan system includes a control source circuit and multiple electronic devices. The control source circuit includes a driving signal output terminal. The control source circuit outputs a device driving signal string through the driving signal output terminal. The device driving signal string includes multiple device driving signals with different identification codes. Each of the electronic devices includes a driving signal input terminal, a fan, a light emitting element group, and a controller. The controller receives a corresponding device driving signal in the device driving signal string through the driving signal input terminal. The corresponding device driving signal has a corresponding identification code corresponding to a corresponding electronic device. The controller controls an operation of at least one of the fan and the light emitting element group based on the corresponding device driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Midastek Microelectronics Inc.
    Inventor: Chung-Ping Tan
  • Patent number: 11821412
    Abstract: This invention concerns a contractile device. The device includes a body, which has a wall including a tessellation of elements. The body is deformable through pressurisation of fluid within the body between a first, extended state and a second, contracted state in which the axial length of the body is reduced and the internal volume increased compared to the first, normal state. The tessellation of elements includes a series of protruding and intruding formations which are arranged such that the body remains substantially cylindrical through its deformation between its normal and deformed states. The protruding and intruding formations of the tessellation of elements may be in the form of protruding and intruding pyramids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ACTUATION LAB LTD
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Maher Dicker