Patents Issued in March 21, 2017
  • Patent number: 9599103
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle heater dosing pump for conveying fuel having a piston which can be moved back and forth between a start position and an end position, and a drive unit which can be electrically excited by applying a voltage, having the following procedure: controlling and/or regulating the voltage for generating an effective voltage to transfer the piston from the start position to the end position, wherein the effective voltage reaches a first maximum (U1) in a start phase (t0-t1), and is lower than the first maximum in a subsequent intermediate phase (t1-t2). The effective voltage reaches a second maximum (U3) in an end phase (t2-t3) following the intermediate phase. A device is also provided having a dosing pump and a control/regulation unit. The control/regulation unit is suitable for controlling voltage applied to a drive unit of the dosing pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Gunter Galtz
  • Patent number: 9599104
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating negative pressure in an installation for filling containers with liquid bulk product includes a vacuum device, and a control-and-regulating unit. The vacuum device has a controllable suction power, and has a plural electrically-powered vacuum pumps. These are configured to operate in parallel. The control-and-regulating unit is configured to control the number of vacuum pumps that are active, thereby controlling the suction power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Haas, Gregor Schafer, Olaf Muszinski
  • Patent number: 9599105
    Abstract: An oil supply system may include a first hydraulic pump pumping oil to a low pressure portion through a first main line, a second hydraulic pump pumping oil to a high pressure portion through a second main line, first and second check valves that are respectively disposed at one side of the first and second main lines, a first convert valve supply the oil flowing the second main line to the low pressure portion depending on the pressure of oil that is transferred from a front side of the first check valve of the first main line, and a second convert valve supplying oil flowing the first main line to the high pressure portion depending on the pressure of oil that is transferred from a front side of the second check valve of the second main line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Copmany
    Inventors: Youngchul Kim, Jong Hyun Kim, Taeho Kim, Seungjae Kang
  • Patent number: 9599106
    Abstract: An apparatus employing pressure transients for transporting fluids from one reservoir to another, includes an at least partly enclosed space, and a body herein, where the body is movable relatively to the interior of the space. The apparatus further includes an opening in the enclosed space to allow a fluid to flow alternately in the direction into and out, and conduits in fluid communication with the opening and connected to the reservoirs. Further, an object is arranged to collide with the body so as to generate pressure transients in the partly enclosed space in order to produce a flow of fluid in the direction from the partly enclosed space towards the second reservoir, and to produce a flow of fluid in the direction from the first reservoir towards the partly enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: IMPACT TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AS
    Inventor: Jim-Viktor Paulsen
  • Patent number: 9599107
    Abstract: A method for controlling a hydrostatic drive unit of a work vehicle may generally include determining a reference swashplate position of a hydraulic pump of the hydrostatic drive unit, wherein the reference swashplate position is associated with an uncompensated current command, and determining an actual swashplate position of the hydraulic pump, wherein the actual swashplate position differs from the reference swashplate position due to a loading condition of the work vehicle. The method may also include determining a closed-loop current command based a on the actual and reference swashplate positions and generating a modified current command based on the uncompensated current command and/or the closed-loop current command. The modified current command may differ from the closed-loop current command when an operator input is within a predetermined control input range and may be equal to the closed-Loop current command when the operator input is outside the predetermined control input range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Duqiang Wu, Navneet Gulati
  • Patent number: 9599108
    Abstract: A vane pump includes a first cam ring and a second cam ring, a first rotor positioned in the first cam ring and a second rotor positioned in the second cam ring, and a shaft. The first rotor is engaged with the shaft so that the first rotor rotates relative to the first cam ring about an axis extending through the shaft, and the second rotor selectively engages with the shaft so that the second rotor selectively rotates relative to the second cam ring about the axis. A piston positioned in the shaft translates within the shaft between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the shaft engages with the second rotor so that the second rotor rotates relative to the second cam ring about the axis, and when in the second position, the shaft disengages with the second rotor so that the second rotor does not rotate relative to the second cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Tushar P. Khanzode, Richard F. Olenzek, Terrence D. Hogan
  • Patent number: 9599109
    Abstract: An IGBT serving as a heat-generating electrical component mounted on the lower surface of a lower board serving as a control circuit board of an inverter is disposed in abutment with a heat-dissipating flat section provided on an inner wall of an inverter box provided on the outer periphery of a housing so that the heat of the IGBT is dissipated toward the housing. Moreover, a spacer member is interposed between the lower board and the IGBT so as to fill a space between the lower board and the IGBT, and the spacer member is rigid enough that the lower board and the IGBT are prevented from being displaced toward and away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Yakushiji
  • Patent number: 9599110
    Abstract: A device for pumping and treating gases is disclosed. The device features a stator having a plurality of pumping stages connected in series one after another between a suction side and a delivery side by the inter-stage ducts. The device also includes an inner tube and a blind outer tube, the tubes inserted one inside the other and made of ceramic material, the inner tube connected to the delivery side of the rotor housing of a pumping stage and the outer tube connected to the stator and communicating with at least one inter-stage duct formed in the stator, the tubes defining a path for the pumped gases. The device also includes a plasma source located outside the stator to generate a plasma in the path of the pumped gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ADIXEN Vacuum Products
    Inventors: Julien Palisson, Arnaud Favre
  • Patent number: 9599111
    Abstract: A pump for processing molten metal having an enlarged tubular body which houses a centrifugal lifting pump at its bottom end. The bottom end has a curved shape that aids in the formation and sustainability of: a) a forced vortex; b) a highly forced vortex; and c) a super forced vortex, depending on the application when it which receives the ejected molten metal from the lifting pump's impeller. The lifting pump is controlled to cause the vortex to climb up the inner wall of the body up to and out of an outlet formed in the upper end of the body. A recirculation centrifugal pump is mounted coaxially to and rotates with the lifting impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Jorge A. Morando
  • Patent number: 9599112
    Abstract: A automotive coolant pump includes a pulley wheel fixedly supported by a rotatable rotor shaft. A shaft sealing separates a dry pump section from a wet pump section. A pump wheel is supported in the wet pump section by the rotor shaft and is axially slidable between a pumping and a non-pumping position. An actuator is arranged in the dry pump section. A linear actuator rod is arranged in parallel to and eccentrically with respect to the rotor shaft. The linear actuator rod comprises a dry and a wet section. A rod sealing is actuated by the actuator and separates the dry from the wet of the linear actuator rod. A shift ring is arranged so as to be axially shiftable and rotatably fixed at the rotor shaft in the wet pump section. The shift ring is moved axially by the actuator rod and axially moves the pump wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Durand
  • Patent number: 9599113
    Abstract: A structural improvement of the canned pump is to improve the stiffness of a stationary shaft and, according to requirement, to dispose a monitor device. The method for improving the stiffness of the stationary shaft includes axially inserting a shaft metal rear support of the metal structural of a motor rear casing of a canned motor into the inner side of a rotor yoke of an inner rotor of the canned motor, tightly attaching the shaft metal rear support to a rear shaft seat for improving the stiffness of the stationary shaft by longer hold length, and for shortening an arm length of the composite force. The monitor device, used for detecting the wear of a bearing for enhancing the reliability and satisfying the driving requirement, is installed in the ring slot to be protected by the rear shaft seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ASSOMA INC.
    Inventors: Huan-Jan Chien, Chin-Cheng Wang, Chih-Hsien Shih
  • Patent number: 9599114
    Abstract: A modular cross flow fan comprises a housing, a cross flow fan and a motor. The housing has an upper wall, a lower wall and two side boards. The housing is formed with an accommodating space, an inflow opening and an outflow opening. The direction of inflow and the direction of outflow lie in a line. The cross flow fan is disposed in the accommodating space. The motor is disposed at the housing and connected to the cross flow fan. Furthermore, an air conditioning device is provided, comprising modular cross flow fan, a flow channel and a heat exchanger. The flow channel is joined to the inflow opening. The heat exchanger is disposed in the flow channel proximal to the inflow opening. Ambient air can flow horizontally through the flow channel, the inflow opening, and into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: JIN YIH SHYANG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9599115
    Abstract: A series fan includes a first fan and a second fan. The first fan has a first frame, a second frame and a first flow passage. The second fan has a third frame, a fourth frame and a second flow passage. A first static blade is disposed at the first frame, while a second static blade is disposed at the fourth frame. A first dynamic blade assembly is disposed in the first flow passage, while a second dynamic blade assembly is disposed in the second flow passage. The second frame is assembled with the third frame. The first and second static blades serve to enhance the support strength and protection effect for the series fan. In addition, the first and second dynamic blade assemblies can be designed with an increased aerodynamic volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chu-Hsien Chou, Shih-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 9599116
    Abstract: A ceiling fan has a plurality of blades with upper and lower surfaces. Each blade has side edges and arcuate convex interior and exterior edges forming a blade periphery. A plurality of similarly configured pads have upper and lower surfaces. Each pad has side and interior and exterior edges forming a pad periphery. The pads are fabricated of a synthetic microfiber material. Each peel strip of a plurality of peel strips has a size and shape of an associated pad. An adhesive is in contact with the lower surface of each pad removably coupling the lower surface of each pad to a peel strip. The peel strips are adapted to be removed from the pads and the pads removably coupled to the upper surfaces of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Alexander Winger
  • Patent number: 9599117
    Abstract: A high volume low pressure (HVLP) turbine assembly includes a housing having a turbine which includes a turbine fan rotatable within a turbine casing. A microcontroller is disposed within the housing, where the microcontroller controls a speed of an electric motor powering the turbine fan. A pressure sensor and an airflow sensing means is in airflow communication with a turbine air outlet. The HVLP turbine assembly does not have a bleeder port in airflow communication with the turbine air outlet. Rather, the microcontroller is configured to reduce the speed of the electric motor to an idle speed after a predetermined time has elapsed, wherein the predetermined time is started when the airflow sensing means indicates a period of inactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: John A. Darroch
  • Patent number: 9599118
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a system that includes fixed speed and variable speed compressors are described. The method generally allows the system, for example, a heating, ventilating, and air condition (HVAC) system that includes fixed speed and variable speed compressors, to maximize unit modulating capability. The method allows the use of a variable speed compressor that is relatively smaller, which can lead to cost savings, easier installation, manufacturing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: John Qianghua Zhou, Roger Joseph Voorhis, Caleb Ryan Joiner, Benjamin Hayes, James Philip Crolius, William Hansen
  • Patent number: 9599119
    Abstract: A bearing for a turbocharger includes a bearing housing having a bearing portion of the turbocharger, a rotor shaft penetrating the interior of the bearing housing, a floating bush interposed between the bearing portion and the rotor shaft and configured to supply lubricating oil to an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface via an oil supply hole interconnecting the outer and inner peripheral surfaces, and a pressure receiving part for generating pressure by catching the flow of the lubricating oil, which is provided at a position on the inner peripheral surface of the floating bush not communicating with the oil supply hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Keitaro Kamata
  • Patent number: 9599120
    Abstract: An impeller for a centrifugal pump comprising a boss supported by a rotation shaft of a motor so as to be rotatable as a unit with the rotation shaft; and a plurality of blades that extend from the boss towards a radial direction outside of the boss, and that discharge liquid towards a leading end side thereof by rotating; wherein each blade comprises one side face that is a face on a first side in a rotation direction of the impeller and includes a projecting face that projects from a base end portion at a boss side of the one side face towards the first side in the rotation direction with respect to a line that connects the base end portion and a center of rotation of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuusuke Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9599121
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device (1) for controlling the pitch of the blades of a fan (4) rotor (3), comprising a radial shaft (6) linked to the blade, a connection rod (8) of which the axial movement controls the rotation of the radial shaft (6), characterized in that it comprises:—a first part (10) that is mobile in rotation with the rotor (3) about the axis (11) of the fan (4), and on which one end of each connection rod (8) is secured,—a second part (12) linked to the first part (10), and—at least three cylinders (14) capable of moving said second part (12) in axial translation, and of varying the tilt of said second part, the translation and tilt of the second part (12) driving a corresponding translation and tilt of the first part (10), such that, when the first part (10) rotates, each connection rod (8) is subject to axial displacement of which the amplitude is variable and is a function of the tilt of the first part (10), making it possible to vary the pitch of the blade during the rotation of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Adrien Fabre, Norbert Lartigue
  • Patent number: 9599122
    Abstract: In a blower fan according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a side wall portion includes a tongue portion arranged to project between an air outlet and an impeller. A side surface of the tongue portion includes a tongue portion tip arranged to touch a first imaginary plane including a central axis; a first tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip along an outer envelope of the impeller; and a second tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip toward a side edge, the side edge being a line of intersection of the air outlet and the side wall portion. The second tongue portion side surface is arranged to cross a second imaginary plane including the central axis and touching the side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kyoko Horise, Shinya Ishigami, Takahiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 9599123
    Abstract: In a blower fan according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a side wall portion includes a tongue portion arranged to project between an air outlet and an impeller. A side surface of the tongue portion includes a tongue portion tip arranged to touch a first imaginary plane including a central axis; a first tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip along an outer envelope of the impeller; and a second tongue portion side surface arranged to extend from the tongue portion tip toward a side edge, the side edge being a line of intersection of the air outlet and the side wall portion. The second tongue portion side surface is arranged to cross a second imaginary plane including the central axis and touching the side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kyoko Horise, Shinya Ishigami, Takahiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 9599124
    Abstract: A diffuser for the vacuum fan used with agricultural equipment. The diffuser has a rectangular outlet fixed to the outlet of the fan and a diverging rectangular cross-section outlet for increasing the cross-sectional flow area. A primary flow path between the inlet and the outlet is no less in area than the inlet to the diffuser and a series of rectangular side chambers with perforated walls covered by sound deadening material have predetermined dimensions to decrease the outlet air velocity attenuate selected noise frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Roberge, Michael Boyko, Brian J. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9599125
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for attaching a fan to a wall at various locations using an adjustable mounting plate and support for an adjustable mounting plate. The method disclosed herein allows a user to affix a fan to the adjustable mounting plate on a wall at a multitude of different heights desired by the user and to further re-affix to a new desired height both quickly and easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Arthur Kinzli
  • Patent number: 9599126
    Abstract: A noise abating impeller having a disc-shaped central hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from the central hub. The blades are symmetrically arranged in quadrants around the central hub and within two alternating quadrants, each blade is spaced an increasing distance apart from a prior adjacent blade and within the other two alternating quadrants, each blade is spaced a decreasing distance apart from a prior adjacent blade. The impeller also has a dividing rib located along the entire outer peripheral edge of the central hub and located along the center of the blades dividing each blade into a first blade half and a second blade half. The first blade half is offset from the second blade half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: AIRTECH VACUUM INC.
    Inventors: Raphael Sagher, Thomas Stergioulas
  • Patent number: 9599127
    Abstract: The invention relates to an system for supplying a hydraulic circuit with hydraulic fluid. The system includes a working reservoir and an auxiliary reservoir connected to the working reservoir by a hydraulic line. An air pump has an inlet connected to a suction line that opens into a liquid-free portion of the auxiliary reservoir so that a negative pressure can be built up in the auxiliary reservoir relative to the atmospheric ambient pressure. The air pump inlet is also connected to a control line, which comprises a control opening which is covered by the hydraulic fluid in the working reservoir, at least before the air pump is started up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott R. Wiens, Marcus Bitter, Christian Brueser, Harm-Hendrik Lange, Helmut Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9599128
    Abstract: A plunger pump or plunger motor includes a block accommodating a first cylindrical chamber and a plunger movable in this chamber and a drive shaft connected to this plunger, as well as a second cylindrical chamber and a control valve movable in this second cylindrical chamber. Holes O3 and O4 can alternately be brought into communication with the connection for the delivery pipe by the plunger and with a connecting hole for a pressure line. The control valve can establish a communication between the hole O2 and the connecting hole. The drive shaft is connected to a further plunger which is movable in a third cylindrical chamber in which there is a suction hole or delivery hole. The control valve can alternately establish a communication between the suction hole or delivery hole with a connecting hole for a suction pipe and the connecting hole for the pressure line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TherMass Innovations B.V.
    Inventor: Titus Bartholomeus
  • Patent number: 9599129
    Abstract: A vehicle automatic transmission of a multistage type includes multiple engagement elements having an engagement state switched by an oil pressure to selectively establish a plurality of shift stages based on a combination of engagement and release of the multiple engagement elements according to an oil pressure supplied from a hydraulic circuit, each of the shift stages being established by engagement of two or more engagement elements of the multiple engagement elements, at least one of the multiple engagement elements being a normally closed engagement element engaged when no oil pressure is supplied from the hydraulic circuit, and the normally closed engagement element being a meshing engagement element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Oita, Masaru Morise
  • Patent number: 9599130
    Abstract: A flow restrictor (1) for application in bearing formation between a piston (2) and a cylinder (3) of a gas compressor (4). The gas compressor (4) includes a pad (5) externally surrounding the cylinder (3) and an inner cavity (6), arranged between the pad (5) and the cylinder (3), fluidly fed by a discharge flow arising from a compression movement exerted by the piston (2) within the cylinder (3). The gas compressor (4) includes a bearing formation gap (7) separating a piston outer wall (2) and an inner cylinder wall (3), and a flow restrictor (1) is provided with a housing (12) fluidly associating the inner cavity (6) to the bearing formation gap (7). The flow restrictor (1) includes a porous element (8), associated to the housing (12), provided with at least a restrictor part provided with a porosity sized to limit the gas flow flowing from the inner cavity (6) to the bearing formation gap (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Henrique Bruggmann Muhle, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie
  • Patent number: 9599131
    Abstract: A vibration damping system by means of a hydraulic actuation system, in particular for rolling mills, comprising at least one hydraulic actuator (1) having a movable part (11) and a corresponding hydraulic feeding circuit (2), and hydraulic damping means (3) for a vibrating force acting on the movable part (11) of the hydraulic actuator (1); the damping means (3) being connected to the hydraulic circuit (2) to actuate a damping of the vibrating force, wherein that the damping means (3) comprise a double chamber cylinder (31) having a first chamber (34) hydraulically connected to the hydraulic circuit (2), and a movable part (35) connected to an electric damping part (32), with the first chamber (34) hydraulically connected to and communicating with the second chamber (33) of the double chamber cylinder (31) by means of a calibrated pipe (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea De Luca, Carlo Vergano, Stefano Del Tedesco, Andrea Tonoli, Carmine Pristera', Nicola Amati
  • Patent number: 9599132
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. The assembly includes an anti-rotation lug, a first mount, a second mount and a fastener. The anti-rotation lug includes a first curb and a second curb. The first mount is abutted against the first curb. The second mount is abutted against the second curb. The fastener connects the first and the second mounts to the anti-rotation lug, which lug is disposed between the first and the second mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventor: Lance Wyndon
  • Patent number: 9599133
    Abstract: A jewelry clasp comprises a male member having prong. A distal groove of the prong is configured to glide into a bore slot of a female member. A barrier wall within the bore slot is configured to stop the prong. One or more safety pegs are configured to retract a spring held in place by a housing beam peg and support beam peg as the prong glides into the bore slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mediclasp, LLC
    Inventors: Cheryl Yvonne Gordon, Edgar Jamkochian
  • Patent number: 9599134
    Abstract: A profile clamp is disclosed having an annular clamping band that comprises two circumferential ends having respectively one tensioning head (6) and, at its axial ends, flanks sloped radially inwards, wherein the tensioning heads (6) are connected to one another by a tensioning device and at least one tensioning head (6) comprises a head contact tab (10). The object is to reduce the requirements for precision during installation. For this purpose, it is provided that the head contact tab (10) projects past the tensioning head (6) on at least one side in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Manuel Baudoin, Linda Breideband, Gerrit von Breitenbach, Helmut Geppert, Thomas Legel
  • Patent number: 9599135
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus includes a first part comprising a plurality of first projections and a plurality of first holes. A washer part comprises a plurality of second holes corresponding to the plurality of first projections and a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of first holes. The washer part and the first part are positioned on a first side of a first material of a product. A second part having a plurality of second projections is positioned on a second side of the first material. Each of the plurality of second projections penetrates a respective opening of the washer part, wherein penetration by each second projection of the corresponding opening causes a deformation of a portion of a second material of the washer part proximate to the corresponding opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Hong Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9599136
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system (10) for fastening two first and second profile bars (16, 18) which have a first and second groove (12, 14) respectively, comprising a fastening body (20) that has feather-key-like first and second projections (30, 32) which extend into first and second groove openings (34, 36) in the assembled state, the projections (30, 32) being provided with first and second screw bores respectively which extend into one of the respective groove openings (34, 36) in jaw-like manner, the respective first and second hammer heads each being freeform heads which impart a twist, the first and second shafts being located partially within the groove openings (34, 36) in the assembled state and first and second noses being arranged approximately diagonally to each other at each hammer head screw (22, 24) at the transition between hammer head and shaft, which noses lie against the jaw-like screw bores (38, 40) in the assembled state so as to inhibit rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rixen, Gerrit Pies
  • Patent number: 9599137
    Abstract: A hold open rod may include: an inner member; an outer member configured to have the inner member slide in and out of the outer member; a locking mechanism including a portion attached to the outer member and a portion attached to the inner member; a locking plug configured to move axially along an axis of the inner, outer members; a locking dog configured to move radially between a locking position and an unlocking position and a release cable operatively connected to the locking plug and configured to move the locking plug to the unlocking position. A method of actuating a lock mechanism on a hold open rod may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MarathonNoroco Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan A. Wheeler, Julio Palma
  • Patent number: 9599138
    Abstract: An attachment device for an aircraft monument is disclosed having a pair of spaced apart parallel plates having vertical sides and a rounded upper surface defining an arch. A panel attaches the spaced apart parallel plates along an inner radius, and a pair of lugs including a vertical channel is disposed below the plates for receiving fasteners to connect the attachment device to a rail or planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Patent number: 9599139
    Abstract: A method of assembling first and second furniture elements, the first furniture element including a groove defined between first and second opposed side surfaces, the second furniture element including a tongue defining first and second opposed tongue surfaces, wherein the method includes (a) inserting the tongue into the groove so as to establish contact between the second tongue surface and the second side surface, the first side surface and the first tongue surface thereby defining an elongated compartment; (b) providing a furniture locking element having (i) an elastic base portion having first and second side walls forming a trough; and (ii) a stiff insertion portion configured for insertion into the trough; (c) inserting the base portion into the elongated compartment, forcing the second tongue surface toward the second side surface; and (d) inserting the insertion portion into the trough, forcing the first and second side walls away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Steen Sauer
  • Patent number: 9599140
    Abstract: A retaining wing can be hingedly coupled to an outer surface of each of two legs along a hinge line. The retaining wing can include a leading edge facing toward, and a trailing edge facing away from, the distal end of the legs, and together with the hinge line can define a substantially triangular shape. When a screw is not present in the screw passage, engagement of the trailing edge against one of the automobile components can operate to direct a servicing removal force applied through the base inwardly on the wings causing the wings to flex inwardly and permit removal of the screw grommet from the aperture without damaging any of the components or requiring a separate inwardly directed force to be directly applied to the wings. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Tien The Diep, Oday Amer Jamil
  • Patent number: 9599141
    Abstract: A cap for forming a sealed cavity around one end of a fastener, the cap having a two-piece construction comprising an outer cap member and an inner cap member. A quantity of sealant is provided between the inner and outer cap members which, upon installation of the cap, is urged to flow between the inner and outer cap members and collect at the base of the outer cap member, to form a bead of sealant around the circumference of the cap, sufficient to adhere the cap to the structure when the sealant cures. A plurality of channels are provided between the inner and outer cap members to facilitate the flow of sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Richard Dobbin
  • Patent number: 9599142
    Abstract: A lock washer for releasably locking a fastener to an object is provided. The washer includes a body defining a bore configured for alignment with a bore disposed in the object. The bores are configured to receive a shank of the fastener and are disposed about a center axis along which the fastener extends. The washer further includes one or more fingers each having a first end coupled to the body and a second end configured to selectively engage a flat on either a head of the fastener or a nut. The finger is movable between a disengaged position wherein the second end of the finger is configured for disengagement from the flat and an engaged position wherein the second end of the finger is configured for engagement with the flat. The finger is biased towards the engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC
    Inventor: Daniel E. Banks
  • Patent number: 9599143
    Abstract: A lock nut includes a lock tab washer for fixing thereof. One or more tab plates are provided for fixing to a flank face of the nut. The tab plates have a radially inner tab to prevent relative rotation thereof, and provide a secondary locking function. Bolts attach the tab plates, and have individual lock washers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Andrija Ekmed{hacek over (z)}ić
  • Patent number: 9599144
    Abstract: A link such as a karabiner has a body portion and a gate portion which is mounted to the body portion about a pivot. The gate defines a free end which is arranged to inter-engage with a nose of the body portion to define a closed ring for receiving a rope passing therethrough and including a first sleeve which, when the ring is closed, is moveable between a first position where the gate is free to rotate about the pivot in at least one direction, and a second position where the sleeve at least partly encloses the free end of the gate and the nose and substantially prevents rotation of the gate about the pivot. The link further includes a second sleeve which is internally threaded and which is mounted on an externally threaded portion of the gate for movement towards and away from the free end of the gate and which may be rotated towards the first sleeve when the first sleeve is in the second position, to prevent movement of the sleeve into first position in which the gate is free to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Rogelja
  • Patent number: 9599145
    Abstract: A magnetic clasp animal leash assembly for connecting to an animal collar having at least one metallic leash attachment ring defining an aperture. The assembly having a first member and a second member moveable with respect to one another between a closed position and an open position. The two members have an internal surface creating an aperture in a closed state. Outer ends of the two members are spaced from one another creating a clear passage with respect to the internal surface defining the aperture in an opened state. A magnet is located opposite from the clear passage proximate to the internal surface of the aperture. An actuator assembly is engageable with the two members to drive the two members toward the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Jason Durfee
  • Patent number: 9599146
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including a vehicle body. The vehicle includes an operating member to be pressed so that the operating member performs an operation, and a wire having a first end and a second end. The first end is closer than the second end to the operating member. The vehicle includes a wire cover slidably covering the wire and slidable relative to the wire. The vehicle includes an actuating section that supports a first portion of the wire cover and that moves the wire cover in a direction away from the first end of the wire in accordance with the operation. The vehicle includes a non-actuating section supporting the first end so that an operation amount of the first end with respect to the vehicle body is smaller than an operation amount of the actuating section with respect to the vehicle body when the operating member performs the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Nagaoka, Yasushi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9599147
    Abstract: A drive shaft damper may be inserted into a hollow automotive drive shaft. The damper includes both foam and a non-foamed retaining member positioned on its outer surface. The foam, which extends above the damper's outer surface, typically possesses a maximum operating temperature of 175° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIAL AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Gary A. Conger, Peter T. Tkacik, Martin H. Stark, David A. Galonska, Josh Wolfenbarger
  • Patent number: 9599148
    Abstract: A connecting rod having a small end and a large end, the small end including a pin bore defined by a pin bore surface. A thermal spray coating applied to at least a portion of the pin bore surface and a method of applying the thermal spray coating to the pin bore surface using a thermal spray technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: David Domanchuk, Michael T. Lapp, Wolfgang Rein, Christopher Hall, Thomas Stong
  • Patent number: 9599149
    Abstract: A turbocharger 51 is provided with an improved bearing 52, which may be formed as a semi-floating as a semi-floating ring journal bearing which has hydrodynamic tilting pads 53 on the inner diameter thereof and compliant structural dampers 54 on the outer diameter thereof. The compliant structural dampers 54 are installed between an outer bearing surface and an inner surface of a bearing chamber 56. These compliant structural dampers 54 can be formed as metal mesh dampers 71 or bump foil dampers 72 which are effective to dissipate mechanical energy from structural damping and dry-friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Keun Ryu
  • Patent number: 9599150
    Abstract: A bearing pad, including a pad body (11) and a tilting element (12), for a support body (2) of a bearing arrangement (3) for taking up an axial thrust, characterized in that the tilting element (12) is provided in an elongated recess (111) of the pad body (11) extending in a radial direction such that a contact body (121) of the tilting element (12) extending in the direction of the recess (111) projecting beyond a surface of the pad body (11) and the pad body (11) has a higher deformability than the tilting element (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sulzer Management AG
    Inventors: Simon Gassmann, Paul Meuter, Thomas Felix
  • Patent number: 9599151
    Abstract: A ball bearing includes an outer ring having at two outer raceways and an inner ring having two inner raceways. A plurality of balls is disposed in each of the two inner and outer raceways. The plurality of balls include load bearing balls and spacer balls. The spacer balls are disposed between the load bearing balls. Each of the load bearing balls has a single point of contact with each of the two inner and outer raceways. The load bearing balls are preloaded between the outer ring and the inner ring at predetermined force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Habibvand, Deepak Singhal
  • Patent number: 9599152
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a rotary machine is disclosed herein. The bearing assembly includes a bearing housing, a squeeze film cylinder, a damper spring, and a journal bearing. The squeeze film cylinder is located within the bearing housing. The damper spring includes a first portion, a second portion, and a spring portion. The first portion is located proximal the first end. The second portion is located proximal the second end. The spring portion extends axially between the first portion and the second portion and is located within the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jess Lee Freeman, David Howard Moulton, William Courtney Krehbiel