Patents by Inventor Daniel Brocker
Daniel Brocker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240068471Abstract: A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith
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Patent number: 11835043Abstract: A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC.Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith
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Publication number: 20230383738Abstract: A diaphragm structured for use in a diaphragm pump useful to pump a working fluid includes a first non-planar layer and a second non-planar layer. The second non-planar layer is independent from the first non-planar layer, but engaged to the first non-planar layer so that the first non-planar layer and the second non-planar layer form a closed space therebetween and travel together while flexing in an intake direction or a discharge direction within a pumping assembly of a diaphragm pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Mark Anthony Ezzo, James Gregory Simmons, Jeremy S. Ferden
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Patent number: 11767840Abstract: A diaphragm structured for use in a diaphragm pump useful to pump a working fluid includes a first non-planar layer and a second non-planar layer. The second non-planar layer is independent from the first non-planar layer, but engaged to the first non-planar layer so that the first non-planar layer and the second non-planar layer form a closed space therebetween and travel together while flexing in an intake direction or a discharge direction within a pumping assembly of a diaphragm pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S.Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Mark Anthony Ezzo, James Gregory Simmons, Jeremy S. Ferden
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Publication number: 20220333596Abstract: A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith
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Patent number: 11434902Abstract: A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC.Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith
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Publication number: 20220235757Abstract: A diaphragm structured for use in a diaphragm pump useful to pump a working fluid includes a first non-planar layer and a second non-planar layer. The second non-planar layer is independent from the first non-planar layer, but engaged to the first non-planar layer so that the first non-planar layer and the second non-planar layer form a closed space therebetween and travel together while flexing in an intake direction or a discharge direction within a pumping assembly of a diaphragm pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Mark Anthony Ezzo, James Gregory Simmons, Jeremy S. Ferden
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Publication number: 20200291936Abstract: A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith
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Patent number: D1016097Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC.Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith, Mark Curry, Mark Anthony Ezzo
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Patent number: D1016856Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC.Inventors: Daniel Brocker, Ziv Arzt, James Simmons, Spencer J. Lynn Zeedyk, Allen G. Braggs, Warren A. Seith, Mark Curry, Mark Anthony Ezzo