Patents Examined by Timothy P. Solak
  • Patent number: 11971029
    Abstract: A system (100) for testing an agricultural implement includes a frame (106) configured to receive a device (104) to be tested. The frame carries a filter (108), a pump (112), a pressure relief valve (116) in fluid communication with the pump outlet, a frame output tube (122) to deliver the flow of fluid from the pump outlet to the device to be tested, a frame return tube (124) to receive the flow of fluid from the device to be tested, and a recycle flow outlet (128). A method of testing includes connecting a device to the frame output tube and the frame return tube, pumping a fluid from the frame output tube to the frame return tube through the device, and measuring a flow rate of the fluid through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
    Inventors: Ben L. Schlipf, Matthew Klopfenstein
  • Patent number: 11946466
    Abstract: A medical fluid delivery machine including: a medical fluid pump including a pneumatically actuated pump chamber and first and second pneumatically actuated medical fluid valve chambers located respectively upstream and downstream of the pneumatically actuated pump chamber; a compressor for creating positive pressure air; and an accumulator storing the positive pressure air for delivery to at least one of the pneumatically actuated pump chamber, the first pneumatically actuated medical fluid valve chamber, or the second pneumatically actuated medical fluid valve chamber, the accumulator holding an elastic bladder that inflates under positive pressure air from the compressor, creating additional positive pressure that increases the amount of positive pressure air that the accumulator can provide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventor: Charles Wayne Boylan
  • Patent number: 11946477
    Abstract: A fan includes an annular frame, a rail assembly, a driving member and blades. The blades are connected to the driving member. The driving member is electromagnetically movable along the maglev assembly that extends along an edge of the annular frame. The driving member does not contact the annular frame or the maglev assembly so that when the fan is used, the maglev assembly is energized to generate an electromagnetic force between the maglev assembly and the driving member to move the driving member along the edge of the annular frame to drive the blades to rotate. Therefore, the blades can be rotated without having to use any motor behind the annular frame, thereby reducing the volume of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Yung Shun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11946462
    Abstract: Hydraulic axial piston unit having a rotational group for driving or being driven by a driving shaft, and a tiltable displacement element for adjusting the displacement volume of the rotational group. The rotational group includes a rotatable cylinder block in which working pistons are mounted reciprocally moveable in cylinder bores for conveying hydraulic fluid from an inlet port to an outlet port on a valve segment. At least two control ports are located on the valve segment each between the inlet port and the outlet port. The control ports can be brought sequentially in fluid connection with the cylinder bores when the cylinder block is rotating. At least one hydraulic fluid injector is connected fluidly to one control port, for sequentially injecting pressurized hydraulic fluid via the control port into the passing cylinder bores. Via the other control port hydraulic fluid can be drained from passing cylinder bores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jaromir Tvaruzek, Samuel Hall, Phil Evans, Dennis Greene
  • Patent number: 11933309
    Abstract: A method for controlling a fan in a fan start-up stage including a first time period and a second time period comprises the following steps of: during the first time period, continuously providing a first driving signal to drive the fan; and during the second time period, continuously providing a second driving signal to drive the fan; wherein, the signal value of the first driving signal gradually decreases until being equal to the signal value of the second driving signal. Wherein the signal value of the first driving signal non-linearly decreases, the signal value of the second driving signal is an unchanged value. Wherein, the first time period and the second time period are adjusted for a different fan but the sum of the first time period and the second time period is always the same. A fan is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Fan Lin, Chung-Hung Tang, Cheng-Chieh Liu, Chun-Lung Chiu
  • Patent number: 11920610
    Abstract: An air pump assembly for an inflatable product may include a housing, a cover coupled to the housing, and a rotatable assembly supported by the housing. The rotatable assembly may include a pump housing having first and second air vents, an impeller positioned within the pump housing, a motor operatively coupled to the impeller, and a rotary disc positioned between the pump housing and a vent hole of the housing. The rotatable assembly may be rotatable to a first position wherein air flows from the first air vent of the pump housing to the second air vent of the pump housing and through the vent hole in the housing into an interior of the inflatable product and a second position wherein air flows from the interior of the inflatable product through the vent hole in the housing into the first air vent and then to the second air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Intex Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Xiong Huang, Ying Biao Zhang, Zheng Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 11905977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a jet pump unit (46) for controlling a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a nozzle (1) and a mixing tube unit (30), said mixing tube unit (30) having a longitudinal axis (48) and the nozzle (1) a longitudinal axis (18). The longitudinal axis (48) of the mixing tube unit (48) and the longitudinal axis (18) of the nozzle (1) include an angle (?) with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Richter, Hans-Christoph Magel
  • Patent number: 11898574
    Abstract: An electric pump for moving a liquid having an electric motor contained in a shell enclosed by a monolithically provided containment jacket. The pump includes a mechanical section having an assembly for moving liquid via impellers and diffusers, an electromechanical section, which includes an electric motor in a shell that includes a rotor and a stator and first and second covers at the ends of the containment jacket having an intake port and a delivery port which are fluidically connected to the mechanical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Pietro Cailotto, Michele Cappocchin, Mattia Casagrande, Luca Calore
  • Patent number: 11898566
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor equipped with multiple compression sections, the motor-driven compressor including, at least one housing, at least two drive shafts, the at least two drive shafts being rotatably supported in the housing by at least two bearings, a flexible coupling device connecting the drive shafts, an electric motor mounted on a first compression shaft of the at least two drive shafts, and at least two compression sections. A first compression section of the at least two compression sections is cantilevered at a free end of a first compression shaft of the at least two drive shafts, and a second compression section is mounted between two bearings on a second compression shaft of the at least two drive shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Technolgie SRL
    Inventors: Yoann Vidalenc, Benjamin Defoy, Thomas Alban
  • Patent number: 11885318
    Abstract: A two-dimensional motor combination piston pump by combining two independent two-dimensional piston pumps into one structure is provided. The combination piston pump includes a two-dimensional motor and a two-dimensional piston pump. The outer rotator serves as the piston and the flow distribution mechanism of the two-dimensional piston pump. While operating, outer rotator rotates and moves axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: HANGZHOU CITY UNIVERSITY, ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, WENZHOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Longlong Leng, Qiang Zuo, Qilin Jin, Yan Ren, Zhuhua Deng, Wei Shao, Quankun Li, Pengfei Wang, Zheng Wang, Liying Lou, Yanwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11879452
    Abstract: A pump displacement control device includes: a servo piston that changes a tilt angle; a flow rate control spool that is displaced corresponding to an input pressure; a power control spool that is displaced corresponding to a discharge pressure of the pump; a control pressure regulating spool that regulates a control pressure which controls the servo piston; and a feedback lever connected to the servo piston and the control pressure regulating spool. The feedback lever directly abut on either one of the flow rate control spool or the power control spool for regulating the control pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iwanaji, Hiroaki Kuboi, Rintaro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11867190
    Abstract: A vertical electric pump for moving a liquid, that includes a containment jacket a mechanical section, which includes an intake port and a delivery port, an assembly for the movement of the liquid which includes one or more impellers, spaced out by diffusers and keyed on a driving shaft, an electromechanical section, which includes an electric motor having a rotor and a stator that surrounds the rotor, the rotor being keyed on the driving shaft, and a set of instruments for the control and monitoring of its operation accessible from a single side of the electric pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DAB PUMPS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Sinico, Stefano Tazioli, Sara Lucia
  • Patent number: 11795968
    Abstract: A washer pump configured to suck liquid stored in a tank and configured to jet the liquid to a surface to be cleaned. The washer pump includes: a housing attached to the tank, an impeller rotatably provided in the housing, a motor rotating the impeller, a motor accommodating portion provided in the housing and accommodating the motor, a corner portion provided in the housing and disposed between the motor accommodating portion and the tank, and a respiratory hole provided between the motor accommodating portion and the corner portion. The respiratory hole communicating an inside of the motor accommodating portion with an outside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Otani, Satoshi Ishikura
  • Patent number: 11788538
    Abstract: A blower includes an air tube, an electric motor, a fan, a housing, and a circuit board. The air tube is provided with an air duct extending along a first straight line. The electric motor is arranged in the air duct. The fan is operative to be driven by the electric motor. The housing is provided with a handle configured to be held by a user and a joining portion configured for connecting to a power source. And the circuit board is electrically connected to the electric motor. The air tube is provided with an air inlet at one end of the air duct and an air outlet at another end of the air duct. The fan is arranged in the air duct, and when the fan rotates, a blowing airflow entering the air duct from the air inlet is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Jingwei Li, Fangjie Nie
  • Patent number: 11788534
    Abstract: An electrically and mechanically driven automotive accessory including a housing, an electric motor, a pulley, and a pulley assist mechanism. The electric motor comprises a stator assembly that is mounted to the housing and a rotating assembly that is mounted to a shaft. The electric motor creates a primary torque flow path that drives rotation of the rotating assembly relative to the stator assembly. The pulley is rotatable relative to the shaft and the rotating assembly. The pulley assist mechanism includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced teeth nested with a conductive body, a rotor body fixedly mounted to the shaft, and an electromagnet that is configured to induce a magnetic field between the circumferentially spaced teeth, the rotor body, and the pulley, which creates a secondary torque flow path between the pulley and the rotor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hanon Systems EFP Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyle McCarroll, Kyle D. Mills, Darrell F. Greene
  • Patent number: 11777347
    Abstract: An electric motor and a compressor having an electric motor. The electric motor may include a stator, and a rotor provided with a rotational shaft, a rotor core coupled to the rotational shaft, and permanent magnets coupled to the rotor core. The rotor core may include a first core to which the permanent magnets may be coupled, and a second core made of a magnetic material and coupled to an end of the first core in an axial direction. The second core may have outer surfaces disposed inside of extension lines extending in the axial direction from inner surfaces of the permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chisung Park, Sangjoon Eum, Gyujong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11754084
    Abstract: A motor drive control device has a control circuit that generates a drive control signal for controlling a rotational speed of a motor based on a speed command signal indicating a target rotational speed of the motor, and a motor driving unit that drives the motor based on the drive control signal. The control circuit performs speed feedback control for generating the drive control signal so that the rotational speed of the motor coincides with the target rotational speed when the target rotational speed is lower than a rotational speed threshold value, and generates the drive control signal based on a relationship between current flowing through the motor and a reference current value when the target rotational speed is higher than the rotational speed threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Aoki, Yuji Omura, Takahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11746793
    Abstract: A fan includes an annular frame, a rail assembly, a driving member and blades. The blades are connected to the driving member. The driving member is electromagnetically movable along the magnetic levitation assembly that extends along an edge of the annular frame. The driving member does not contact the annular frame or the magnetic levitation assembly so that when the fan is used, the magnetic levitation assembly is energized to generate an electromagnetic force between the magnetic levitation assembly and the driving member to move the driving member along the edge of the annular frame to drive the blades to rotate. Therefore, the blades can be rotated without having to use any motor behind the annular frame, thereby reducing the volume of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yung Shun Chiu
  • Patent number: 11739756
    Abstract: A multi-pump apparatus of a work vehicle may include a main housing, a motor shaft, a water pump, and a refrigerant pump. The main housing has a first housing portion and a second housing portion coupled to the first housing portion. The motor shaft is positioned through the first housing portion. The water pump is coupled to the first housing portion and is operable to pump coolant. The water pump is driven by the motor shaft. The refrigerant pump is coupled to the second housing portion and is operable to pump refrigerant. The refrigerant pump is also driven by the motor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Steven R. Whiteman
  • Patent number: 11732702
    Abstract: A compressor includes a low pressure stage having a low pressure cylinder, a high pressure stage having a high pressure cylinder, a low pressure piston guided in an axially movable manner in the low pressure cylinder, a high pressure piston guided in an axially movable manner in the high pressure cylinder, a piston rod rigidly connecting the low pressure piston and the high pressure piston, and a sliding block guide. The sliding block guide includes a recess arranged in the piston rod and further includes two substantially parallel sliding block tracks. One of the sliding block tracks has an arc-shaped indentation in a central portion. The sliding block tracks are constructed and such that a movement of the low pressure piston and of the high pressure piston follows a piston stroke curve that deviates from a regular sinusoidal stroke curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
    Inventors: Frank Meissner, Marco Seeger