Patents by Inventor Kay Lap Gilbert Chan

Kay Lap Gilbert Chan 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).

  • Patent number: 8876490
    Abstract: A hydro-pneumatic system has an air powered motor driving a hydraulic pump with a pressure limiting valve that turns off air flow to the air motor when a hydraulic pressure output by the pump at a sense port of the valve reaches a certain limit. A valve element of the valve has spring, hydraulic and pneumatic sections, with an unbalanced area of the hydraulic section in a sealed pressure chamber of a cartridge that is part of the valve housing. The pneumatic section extends out one end of the cartridge to fill a bore between the air inlet and outlet ports when the pneumatic section is extended, and allow air to pass when it is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Frantz D. Stanford, Bruce E. Knuth, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan
  • Publication number: 20140161636
    Abstract: A hydro-pneumatic system has an air powered motor driving a hydraulic pump with a pressure limiting valve that turns off air flow to the air motor when a hydraulic pressure output by the pump at a sense port of the valve reaches a certain limit. A valve element of the valve has spring, hydraulic and pneumatic sections, with an unbalanced area of the hydraulic section in a sealed pressure chamber of a cartridge that is part of the valve housing. The pneumatic section extends out one end of the cartridge to fill a bore between the air inlet and outlet ports when the pneumatic section is extended, and allow air to pass when it is retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Frantz D. Stanford, Bruce E. Knuth, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan
  • Patent number: 8689823
    Abstract: A hydro-pneumatic system has an air powered motor driving a hydraulic pump with a pressure limiting valve that turns off air flow to the air motor when a hydraulic pressure output by the pump at a sense port of the valve reaches a certain limit. A valve element of the valve has spring, hydraulic and pneumatic sections, with an unbalanced area of the hydraulic section in a sealed pressure chamber of a cartridge that is part of the valve housing. The pneumatic section extends out one end of the cartridge to fill a bore between the air inlet and outlet ports when the pneumatic section is extended, and allow air to pass when it is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Frantz D. Stanford, Bruce E. Knuth, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan
  • Patent number: 8496449
    Abstract: A rotary air motor driven hydraulic pump has separate pressure and return actuators and first and second stage eccentric driven pistons 180 degrees out of phase and driven by the motor through a gear reduction unit. The pressure and return actuators are on/off/proportional valves and the pump has two pressure relief valves with one adjustable from outside of the pump for a user to set a pressure limit of the pump. Above a certain output pressure limit, a bypass valve shunts flow in excess of that needed to precharge the second stage compression chamber from the first stage piston to an elastic reservoir from which the hydraulic fluid pumped by the pump is drawn. To make the pump stall at a certain output pressure, a pressure limiting valve can be used that cuts off the air supply to the pump at the desired output pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce E. Knuth, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan, Theo H. H. Den Ridder, Frantz D. Stanford, Roger R. Pili
  • Publication number: 20100215521
    Abstract: A rotary air motor driven hydraulic pump has separate pressure and return actuators and first and second stage eccentric driven pistons 180 degrees out of phase and driven by the motor through a gear reduction unit. The pressure and return actuators are on/off/proportional valves and the pump has two pressure relief valves with one adjustable from outside of the pump for a user to set a pressure limit of the pump. Above a certain output pressure limit, a bypass valve shunts flow in excess of that needed to precharge the second stage compression chamber from the first stage piston to an elastic reservoir from which the hydraulic fluid pumped by the pump is drawn. To make the pump stall at a certain output pressure, a pressure limiting valve can be used that cuts off the air supply to the pump at the desired output pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Bruce E. Knuth, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan, Theo H. H. Den Ridder, Frantz D. Stanford, Roger R. Pili
  • Patent number: D573608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Kay Lap Gilbert Chan, Theo H. H. den Ridder, Bruce E. Knuth, Daniel R. Nett, Douglas S. Rodenkirch, William C. Lindeman
  • Patent number: D658743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Jason W. Anderson, Nils G. Johannessen, Carl A. Foege, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan
  • Patent number: D662570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Jason W. Anderson, Nils G. Johannessen, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan
  • Patent number: D663802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Jason W. Anderson, Nils G. Johannessen, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan
  • Patent number: D665051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Jason W. Anderson, Nils G. Johannessen, Kay Lap Gilbert Chan