Patents by Inventor Rick Hayashi

Rick Hayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20170298920
    Abstract: A modular pump features a gas-control-and-drive-unit (GCDU), a cartridge-style-pumping-module (CSPU) and a retainer clip (RC). The GCDU includes a GCDU-housing to receive/provide gas to a gas-passageway causing a GCDU-force in one direction; an actuator-rod-and-slide-valve-arrangement (AR/SVA) to respond to a CSPM-force and exhaust the gas from the GCDU-housing causing a GCDU-exhaustion-force in an opposite direction; and a GCDU-coupling-member. The CSPM includes a CSPM-housing to receive a fluid to be pumped, and a piston-and-dual-diaphragm-arrangement (PDDA) to respond to the GCDU-force, provide the CSPM-force and pump the fluid from the CSPM, and to respond to the GCDU-exhaustion-force and pump the fluid from the CSPM. The CSPM-housing includes a CSPM coupling member to detachably couple to the GCDU-coupling-member. The RC detachably couples a piston of the PDDA and an actuator rod of the AR/SVA, so the CSPM attaches/detaches from the GCDU using a three-step process for field replacement using the RC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher H. VERDUGO, Humberto V. MEZA, David ALLEN, Rick HAYASHI
  • Patent number: D669501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Flow Control LLC
    Inventors: Humberto V. Meza, Nancy I. Chacon Terrazas, Derrick T. Tran, Rick Hayashi