Patents Issued in June 27, 2017
  • Patent number: 9689486
    Abstract: In an aspect, a decoupler includes a hub, a pulley, a torsion spring having a plurality of coils including first and second end coils, a first spring driver fixed to the pulley, and having a first spring driver surface and a first end coil support surface; a second spring driver not fixed to the pulley, and having a second spring driver surface and a second end coil support surface, a driving clutch member mounted connected to the second spring driver, a driven clutch member mounted concentrically with the driving clutch member and drivingly connected to the hub, a one-way wrap spring clutch mounted about the hub and disposed to interconnect the driving and driven clutchmembers, and configured to transfer torque in a first direction between the driving and driven clutchmembers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Warren J. Williams
  • Patent number: 9689487
    Abstract: A roll mount using a magnetorheological fluid may include a bracket which has a mounting portion having a pipe shape, an insulator made of an elastic material and fitted into the mounting portion, the insulator having therein two liquid chambers that are in communication with each other through flow paths and having a core coupled to a center thereof, and a coil which is wound around an outside of the insulator, in which a magnetorheological fluid is encapsulated in the liquid chambers, the magnetorheological fluid flows while the insulator is elastically deformed by a load applied to the core, and a flow rate of the magnetorheological fluid is adjusted depending on an amount of electric current applied to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hyoung-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 9689488
    Abstract: An integrated apparatus for detecting a gear shifting is provide that has a switch and a gear shifting detection controller for detecting a sports mode of a vehicle that are integrally implemented. The apparatus is configured to detect whether the mode is converted in to the sports mode based on a non-contact recognition manner. Therefore, production and assembly processes are simplified for providing the gear shifting detection controller and the switch to a gear shifting detection configuration, thereby reducing production costs, minimizing noise generated when a general gear shifting mode is converted into the sports mode, or the sports mode is converted into the general gear shifting mode. In addition, a lifespan of the switch configured to detect whether the mode is converted into the sports mode is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Sug Jun Youn, Kin Yeong Ko
  • Patent number: 9689489
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving a shift lever includes an actuator to move the shift lever to a predetermined shift stage by applying a pressure to one side of the shift lever through a pressing member, a position detection unit to detect a position of the pressing member, and a control unit to drive a driving unit, which provides, if a stoppage of the pressing member is detected based on the detection result of the position detection unit, a driving force to the pressing member so as to eliminate the stoppage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Nam Sik Baek, Deuk Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 9689490
    Abstract: Methods for machine velocity change gear selection and shift execution are disclosed. A current velocity and a maximum velocity change for a work machine from the current velocity may be determined. The maximum velocity change may be based on a maximum amount of energy expended to change the velocity of the work machine without exceeding an operational limit of a work machine component. A selected machine velocity change target gear may be a highest one of the available gears that will not cause a difference between the current velocity and an end of shift velocity of the work machine that is greater than the maximum velocity change so that the maximum amount of energy will not be exceeded. Factors affecting the maximum velocity change may include the grade, the mass of the work machine, and a transmission oil temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jaspen Tanner Patenaude, Matthew Donald Meads, Kranthi Kumar Kothamachu, John Bernard Hessling, III
  • Patent number: 9689491
    Abstract: When there is a failure in a speed ratio control linear solenoid valve, or the like, a controller for a vehicle power transmission system establishes a state where torque is transmitted via a gear mechanism, and, in this state, determines whether the speed ratio control linear solenoid valve, or the like, has returned to a normal state by comparing a target speed ratio and actual speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission with each other. It is determined whether the speed ratio control linear solenoid valve, or the like, has returned to the normal state by changing the target speed ratio of the belt-type continuously variable transmission and then comparing the target speed ratio with the actual speed ratio. Thus, when the speed ratio control linear solenoid valve, or the like, has returned from a fail-safe state to the normal state, a feeling of strangeness of a driver is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihide Ito, Daisuke Inoue, Mitsuhiro Fukao, Kenji Matsuo, Hiroki Kondo, Motonori Kimura, Kazuya Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9689492
    Abstract: A transmission includes a torque converter stator with controllable blade angle. The blade angle is adjusted by adjusting the rotational position of a control ring with respect to a stator hub. The stator blades are supported by the stator hob, a locking ring, and an outer ring. The stator blades have teeth that mesh with teeth on the control ring to determine blade angle. A controller adjust the blades by commanding fluid pressures in hydraulic circuits routed to the stator hub. Various circumstances in which the controller would adjust the blade angle are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Patrick LaVoie, Norman Jerry Bird
  • Patent number: 9689493
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a transmission is provided. The hydraulic control system provides a latching system to retain CVT clutch pressure and/or pulley pressure for one or more CVT torque transmitting mechanisms and/or CVT pulleys in a CVT transmission. Components of the hydraulic control system of the present disclosure may include blow off valves, such as ball check-valves, on the exhaust of the pulley control valves and the exhaust of the CVT clutch control valve(s), and a one-way valve, such as a supply ball check-valve, disposed adjacent to each of the fluid supply inlets of the pulley control valves and the fluid supply inlet of the CVT clutch control valve(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technoloogy Operations LLC
    Inventor: Philip C. Lundberg
  • Patent number: 9689494
    Abstract: A hydraulic control unit configured to improve energy efficiency is provided. The hydraulic control unit is comprised of: a feeding passage that delivers fluid from at least any of an oil pump and an accumulator storing hydraulic pressure to an actuator; a draining passage that discharge the fluid from the actuator to a drain spot; and a discharging means that is configured to selectively discharge the fluid from the actuator to the accumulator through the feeding passage, if the fluid has to be discharged from the actuator and a pressure of the accumulator is lower than that of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomokazu Inagawa, Kenta Kimura, Takafumi Inagaki, Yuji Hattori, Yu Nagasato
  • Patent number: 9689495
    Abstract: A powertrain system including an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled to a variator of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is described. A method for controlling the CVT includes determining a first speed ratio change rate based upon a desired speed ratio and a commanded speed ratio, and determining a commanded speed ratio trajectory based upon the first speed ratio change rate, an actual speed ratio and a commanded speed ratio. A ratio change coefficient and a force ratio factor are determined based upon the commanded speed ratio trajectory. A shift force is determined based upon the ratio change coefficient and a total speed ratio change rate. A primary pulley pressure and a secondary pulley pressure for the CVT are controlled based upon the shift force and the force ratio factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Zhen J. Zhang, Paul G. Otanez, Shushan Bai
  • Patent number: 9689496
    Abstract: An axle seal used to prevent lubricant from leaking between a rotating shaft and a shaft bore. The seal includes: a peripheral connection section reliably connected to an inner edge of the shaft bore; an extensible and retractable adjustment section connected to the peripheral connection section, allowing the seal to make extension and retraction adjustment in a radial direction; and a sealed contact section connected to the inner edge of the extensible and retractable adjustment section and potentially in sealed contact with the surface of the rotating shaft. The seal contains an alignment follower that can synchronously transfer a radial movement of the rotating shaft to the inner edge of the extensible and retractable adjustment section. One application would be an oil seal between a front cover and crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: John Arthur Wilkins, Austin Yu
  • Patent number: 9689497
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a brush seal device capable of following displacement in a radial direction of a rotational shaft appropriately. The brush seal device prevents leakage of process fluid, wear of a brush seal etc., and leakage of process fluid from an outer circumferential side. The brush seal device 100 of the present invention integrally includes an inner circumferential brush seal 120 and an outer circumferential brush seal 140. The inner circumferential brush seal 120 has a brush portion 123 and an inner-circumferential-side free end portion 125 at the inner circumferential side. The outer circumferential brush seal 140 has a brush portion 143 and an outer-circumferential-side free end portion 145 at the outer circumferential side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 9689498
    Abstract: A Flush Valve is provided that comprises a plug valve located between a first cleanout and a second cleanout. The plug valve further comprises a plug assembly inserted in a pipe fitting. The Flush Valve may be placed in a drain line of a HVAC system resulting in a first section line and a second section line. A force is applied to a knob of the plug valve closing the plug valve, and a cleanout cap removed from each of the first cleanout and the second cleanout, and suction or a pressure applied to dislodge any debris in the first section line connected to the first cleanout and the second section line connected to the second cleanout. The cleanout caps may then be replaced and the force removed decompressing a spring in the plug valve and opening the plug valve allowing the HVAC system to drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Bobby Wayne Farris
  • Patent number: 9689499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control valve (10) for controlling a fluid flow, comprising a valve housing (22) and a positioning element (12) which can be translationally moved and which includes a shut-off portion (14, 70) and a throttle portion (16), with a valve seat being furthermore provided which includes a sealing portion (18, 44) and a throttle opening portion (28, 46), with the shut-off portion (14, 70) of said positioning element (12) being adapted to cooperate with the sealing portion (18, 44) of the valve seat (20, 40) so as to enable shut-off of the fluid flow, and with the throttle portion (16) of the positioning element (12, 54) being adapted to cooperate with the throttle opening portion (28, 46) of the valve seat (20, 40, 60) so as to enable the setting of a defined fluid flow, with at least the surfaces of the throttle opening (28) and the sealing portion (18, 44) being furthermore made of the same hard material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSON AG
    Inventor: Holger Eckholz
  • Patent number: 9689500
    Abstract: A valve includes a pressure limiting flow spool disposed in a valve body. The spool is movable in a first direction from a first position to a second position and in the first direction from the second position to the third position. The valve includes an inlet and a first outlet. The first position is a closed position preventing flow from the inlet to the first outlet, the second position is a maximum flow position having a maximum flow capacity from the inlet to the first outlet, and the third position is a pilot flow position having a reduced flow capacity from the inlet to the first outlet smaller than the maximum flow capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory T. Coolidge
  • Patent number: 9689501
    Abstract: A slide valve having a valve slide which can be acted on by an actuator in a first direction, and by an impingement device in a second direction which is opposite the first direction, and which may hydraulically connect a first working connection to an inlet connection or to an outlet connection, and a second working connection to the inlet connection or to the outlet connection, with the aid of control sections. A control section associated with the first working connection has a diameter stage and/or an axially extending groove and/or an axially extending flattened portion, so that when the actuator does not act on the valve slide, the first working connection is hydraulically connected to the outlet connection with the aid of the diameter stage and/or the groove and/or the flattened portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Andrzej Pilawski
  • Patent number: 9689502
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a rotary exhaust valve system includes an arcuate ring having a first plurality of apertures and a rotary valve ring disposed in an overlapping relation with the arcuate ring. The rotary valve ring has a second plurality of apertures forming therein corresponding to at least some of the first plurality of apertures. A first crank is disposed in a first side of the rotary exhaust valve system, and a second crank is disposed in a second side of the rotary exhaust valve system. The second crank is connected to the first crank and the rotary valve ring, and the first crank actuates the second crank and moves the rotary valve ring such that openings of the first plurality of apertures are closed and opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan W. Ottow, Nathan J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 9689503
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve assembly workability of a manifold solenoid valve. A manifold solenoid valve is assembled by connecting each valve base 12 to an adjacent valve base with a connecting attachment 13, each valve base 12 is provided with: an air supply hole 32 communicating with an air supply port of a corresponding solenoid valve; an exhaust hole 33 communicating with an exhaust port of the corresponding solenoid valve; and an output hole 31 communicating with an output port of the corresponding solenoid valve, each side part of one end part of each valve base 12 is provided with a first protruding part 41, and each side part of the other end part of each valve base 12 is provided with a second protruding part 42, and the connecting attachment 13 has: a first clamp piece 53 provided with a claw part 53 engaging with the first protruding part 41; and a second clamp piece 52 provided with a claw part 54 engaging with the second protruding part 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Koganei Corporation
    Inventor: Joji Inaba
  • Patent number: 9689504
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve and a connector assembly thereof are provided. The connector assembly includes a connector seat hermetically connected to a housing of the electronic expansion valve, and contact pins configured to connect an external control component. The housing has a valve cavity in which an electrical motor is arranged, the connector seat has a sealing cavity in communication with the valve cavity, an insulation sleeve is provided inside the sealing cavity and provided with mounting positions corresponding to terminals of the electrical motor, and the mounting positions are electrically insulated from each other and spaced from each other, the insulation sleeve is further provided with connecting holes, and each contact pin has one end passing through the respective connecting hole to be connected to the respective terminal, and another end extending out of the sealing cavity to form a connecting end to connect the external control component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Climate and Appliance Controls Group Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ming Lv, Xianrang Wei
  • Patent number: 9689505
    Abstract: It is to realize a valve remote control apparatus capable of driving and controlling, with wireless signals, an air motor configuring an automatic switch to be attached to a manual valve. A valve remote control apparatus is configured to mechanically connect, to a manual operating portion 11 of an existing manual valve 10, an output shaft 21a of an air motor 21 using an air pressure as a drive source, and to remotely control the manual value 10. The valve remote control apparatus includes a solenoid valve (operating valve 53) operated by an operation signal transmitted and received wirelessly between a contact information terminal portion 51 and a contact information operating portion 52. The air pressure for driving and rotating the air motor 21 is supplied via the solenoid valve (operating valve 53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Inagaki, Hitoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 9689506
    Abstract: A hollow poppet valve (10) is provided with an additional flange shape cavity (S1a), in addition to an ordinary valve head cavity (S1) formed in the valve head (14) of the valve (10) in communication with a valve stem cavity (S2) formed in a valve stem (12). A coolant (19) is loaded in the cavities to facilitate dissipation of heat out of the valve. This flange shape cavity (S1a) extends radially outwardly round a bottom portion of the valve head cavity (S1), extending close to a valve seat, thereby significantly facilitating heat transfer between the coolant (19) and the valve seat of the valve, yet, since the flange shape cavity (S1a) does not influences the thickness of other regions of the valve, it does not degrade durability of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NITTAN VALVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Homma, Hiroki Onuma, Jin Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9689507
    Abstract: A vacuum valve includes a valve opening and a valve plate that opens and closes the valve opening. A part of an edge of the valve opening is a wedge edge portion having a wedge shape projected outward. The wedge edge portion is provided in a region where the valve plate starts to open the valve opening when the valve plate is moved to open the valve opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro Taguchi
  • Patent number: 9689508
    Abstract: A microvalve device and fluid flow control method, the microvalve device comprising: a microvalve body, the microvalve body being composed of multiple layers and comprising a first layer (1) and a second layer (2) bonded with the first layer (1), the second layer (2) having a plurality of fluid ports (7, 8, 9); a cavity (6) disposed between the first layer and the second layer; a plurality of actuators (3, 4, 5) respectively disposed corresponding to each fluid port, the plurality of actuators (3, 4, 5) controlling the opening and closing of the plurality of fluid ports (7, 8, 9). The fluid flow control method comprising: respectively employing a plurality of actuators to independently control the opening and closing of a plurality of fluid ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ning Deng, Zheyao Wang, Peiyi Chen, Shengchang Zhang, Tinghou Jiang
  • Patent number: 9689509
    Abstract: A device is described that can be employed to clamp a hose to the interior surface of a vessel intended to receive the liquid discharged from the hose. A one-piece device includes a central region incorporating end pieces that include circular slots that accept a range of hose/tubing sizes and clamp the hose/tubing to the central region. The central region also incorporates a number of clip-type devices at its edges that serve to securely attach the central region to the interior surface of the mouth of a receiving vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Aliberti
  • Patent number: 9689510
    Abstract: A cable organizer includes a sliding rail assembly including a first sliding rail unit, a second sliding rail unit and a connection member with two opposite ends thereof respectively pivotally connected to the first sliding rail unit and the second sliding rail unit, and a cable-organizing rack including a first holder block and a second holder block respectively affixed to the first sliding rail unit and a first cable supporting frame and a second cable supporting frame respectively pivotally connected to the first holder block and the second holder block so that the first cable supporting frame and the second cable supporting frame can protrude out of the sliding rail assembly, facilitating maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Tien Chang
  • Patent number: 9689511
    Abstract: A tie wrap anchor assembly and methods of assembly include a body member having an internal passageway and an outwardly extending structure. A fastener element includes a first threaded end portion, a second end portion and a flange member between the first and second end portions. A cylindrical member is configured to extend within the internal passageway and receive at one end the fastener element for positioning the body member between the flange member on the fastener element and a laterally extending element on the cylindrical member. In one configuration, the body member is freely pivotable relative to the cylindrical member, and in one configuration the cylindrical member has a head with a plurality of surfaces that can be used to turn the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: The Monadnock Company
    Inventor: Klint Thornton
  • Patent number: 9689512
    Abstract: An air hose delivery assembly includes an external conduit. The air hose delivery assembly also includes a continuous inner liner disposed within the external conduit. The continuous inner liner is secured to the external conduit only at the ends of the continuous inner liner to form a tubular structure that is configured to be collapsed to a flat structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark David Resendes
  • Patent number: 9689513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tubular article (10), such as may be used as an oil and gas pipeline, having a longitudinal axis X comprising inner and outer separate strips (12, 14) of spirally wound overlapping material each having a longitudinal axis L and first and second edges (16, 18, 16?, 18?), in which each strip (12, 14) comprises two or more longitudinally extending ridges (20, 22, 20?, 22?), each of which extends along said longitudinally extending axis L in parallel to each other and in which said ridges (20, 22, 20?, 22?) each comprise asymmetric ridges having a leading edge (24, 24?) forming a contact portion (28, 28?) and wherein said leading edges (24, 24?) are each in contact with each other and further comprising a non-contact trailing edge portion (26, 26?) which are spaced from each other by an amount G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ITI SCOTLAND LIMITED
    Inventor: Andrew Stevenson
  • Patent number: 9689514
    Abstract: A method for making a metal to composite tube joint including selecting an elongated interior fitting constructed with an exterior barrel, reduced in exterior diameter to form a distally facing annular shoulder and then projecting still further distally to form an interior sleeve having a radially outwardly facing bonding surface. Selecting an elongated metal outer sleeve formed proximally with a collar constructed for receipt over the barrel and increased in interior diameter and projecting distally to form an exterior sleeve having a radially inwardly facing bonding surface cooperating with the first bonding surface to form an annulus receiving an extremity of a composite tube and a bond bonding the extremity of the tube to the bonding surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Composite Products & Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Leslie, James C. Leslie, II, James Heard, Liem V. Truong, Marvin Josephson
  • Patent number: 9689515
    Abstract: A quick connector device includes: a connector body that has two fluid hose connectors located at two ends and an injector port connector located at a middle bottom section thereof; a locking member that is inserted into and rotatably connected to the injector port connector of the connector body and detachably coupled to the injector port; and an o-ring that is coupled to the injector port connector of the connector body and provides a sealing to the injector port. The connector body includes a support rib and a receiving space that securely maintain the locked state and allow the technician to easily assemble/disassemble the device. The quick connector device allows the technician to determine whether the device is in the locked or unlocked state based on the angular position of the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Gi Jin Seong, Hyeong Ju Park
  • Patent number: 9689516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quick connect coupling with a retention feature that resists inadvertent disconnection of the coupling in a pressurized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy A. Frick, W. Randall Tucker
  • Patent number: 9689517
    Abstract: A threadless connector includes a connector body having a central bore therethrough and a retainer ring disposed in an end of the connector body, the retainer ring comprising a plurality of teeth segments, wherein the plurality of teeth segments are configured to be inwardly angled to contact an end of a conduit inserted into the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: REPUBLIC CONDUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Sheridon Petersen, Barry Peters, Bruce Thompson
  • Patent number: 9689518
    Abstract: A split retaining ring for a connection assembly adapted for connecting an instrument or other device to a vessel, such as a pressure vessel. The connection assembly includes a base, an instrument or device, and a split retaining ring wherein the split retaining ring includes overlapping end portions. The split retaining ring also includes an annular rib adapted for engaging a ferrule of the instrument or device in order to substantially sealing engage the instrument or device to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Jason Gayer
  • Patent number: 9689519
    Abstract: A trampoline support structure includes a manifold, a first annular tube, a mesh encircled tube, a second annular tube and a support tube. The manifold includes a longitudinal installation portion, a transverse installation portion and an installation hole located on the transverse installation portion. The first annular tube includes a first assembly section inserted into the transverse installation portion and an anchor hole located on the first assembly section. The mesh encircled tube includes an anchor section inserted into the installation hole, the anchor hole and the longitudinal installation portion. The second annular tube includes a second assembly section inserted into the first assembly section. The anchor section, the longitudinal installation portion and the support tube form a multi-layer structure, thus can solve the problem of inadequate structural strength occurred to the conventional techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: CROWNTEC (JIANG XI) SPORTS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hua-Lu Hsiang
  • Patent number: 9689520
    Abstract: A pipe joint has a tube for fluid detachably fitted thereto, and is connected to a hydraulic device such as a cylinder. The pipe joint is provided with a resin body into which the tube for fluid is inserted, and a metal body which can rotate relative to the resin body. The resin body comprises orifices which each have a different opening diameter, and, as a result of the rotation of the resin body relative to the metal body, the orifices can be disposed in a connection part providing a connection path between the tube for fluid and the hydraulic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SMC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimoto Taneya, Taku Tomita, Shuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 9689521
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening an elastic hang-on part for hanging at least a part of an exhaust system on a motor vehicle is provided. The fastening device includes a flange part having a first holding pin, and a mounting part having a second holding pin, wherein the first holding pin and the second holding pin are adapted to, together, hold the elastic hang-on part, wherein the flange part includes a first side portion and a flange plate, wherein the first holding pin extends substantially perpendicular away from the first side portion and the flange plate extends substantially perpendicular in the same direction as the first holding pin away from the first side portion, and wherein the mounting part includes a second side portion and a mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Anvis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Noll, Volker Kalkhof
  • Patent number: 9689522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lining element for repairing a connection area between a main pipe and a branch pipe, the lining element including a layer of resin-absorbing material, wherein at least six flexible, expandable lining parts are connected to each other by at least six connections to form the lining element. To manufacture such a lining element the at least six flexible, expandable lining parts are provided and connected to each other by at least six connections to form the lining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TRELLEBORG PIPE SEALS DUISBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Bichler
  • Patent number: 9689523
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device stand has at least two interconnected elements, each element being elongated in form along a longitudinal axis. The interconnection includes at least a pair of adjacent interfacing end surfaces connected so as to be rotatable about an axis between the end surfaces from an iconic elongated configuration of the stand to a folded configuration of the stand. In the folded configuration of the stand, the elements are fixable in a setting position to resist rotation with respect to a support surface when the stand is functionally attached to a mobile electronic device and disposed in a manner to support the mobile electronic device in a selected orientation with respect to the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Chardon, Remy Zimmermann, Yao Lu, Liang Tang
  • Patent number: 9689524
    Abstract: A panel support (24, 424, 824) comprises an arm (26, 826) having a first portion coupled to a panel (22, 422, 822) and a second portion movable to an extended panel supporting position. A pliable member (28, 828) extends from the panel (22, 422, 822) and is coupled to the arm (26, 826). The pliable member (28, 828) is maintained in tension despite movement of the arm (26, 826).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Randall W. Martin, Matthew Leck, Stephen de Saulles
  • Patent number: 9689525
    Abstract: Installation of a removable tripod foot is facilitated by a cross-axis aperture in the foot and loosening of the threaded connection of the foot and the tripod's leg is resisted by a resilient element engaging interfacing surfaces of the foot and the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Really Right Stuff, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Sr., Matthew L. Burk
  • Patent number: 9689526
    Abstract: A housing includes a housing body, and at least two support assemblies mounted on a side of the housing body and spaced from each other. Each support assembly includes a first rotating member rotatably mounted on the same side of the housing body, and a second rotating member rotatably mounted on the first rotating member. A rotating shaft of the second rotating member is not parallel to the rotating shaft of the first rotating member. An angle between the housing body and the second rotating member can be changed via rotating the second rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guo-Liang Yeh
  • Patent number: 9689527
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus and system and method for making the same are provided. The mounting apparatus allows an object to be mounted to a mounting surface via magnetic attractions between different planes of engagement. Through the movement of planes of magnets, an object that is brought in proximity to the mounting apparatus may engage one of the magnetic planes and then be moved further to engage the other magnetic plane, with the combined magnetic force being configured to support the particular object for which the mounting apparatus is designed. The engagement and/or disengagement of the object from the mounting apparatus can thus occur in stages, by degrees, and/or in a tiered manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Lee Christopher Franklin
  • Patent number: 9689528
    Abstract: A multiuse bracket and support device for securing supports to a structure includes a band, which is flexible, that has a first end, a second end, opposing side edges, a front and a back. Each of a plurality of first couplers is coupled to the band. A first fastener is coupled to the back proximate to the first end, and a second fastener is coupled to the front proximate to the second end. The second fastener is complimentary to the first fastener. Each of a plurality of brackets comprises a second coupler coupled to a support. The second coupler is complimentary to the first coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Philip Green
  • Patent number: 9689529
    Abstract: An oil injection unit to provide motor oil to the motor of an electric submersible pump. The oil injection unit includes an injection module containing an amount of motor oil to be injected into the motor, a sensor to detect a predetermined condition that indicates the need to inject motor oil into the motor, and an injection valve that can be selectively opened to inject motor oil to the motor upon detection by the sensor of the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Aron Meyer, David Tanner, Ryan Semple, Dario Fernando Lana
  • Patent number: 9689530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of dosing lubricating grease with a lubricant dispenser (1), comprising a lubricant cartridge (3) filled with lubricating grease (2) and holding a plunger (4) for expelling the lubricating grease (2), a spindle (6) driven by a direct-current drive motor (5) for moving the plunger (4), a power supply (7), a controller (8) for operating the motor (5) with a microcontroller (9), and a device (10) for interrupting the motor current flowing through the motor (5). The motor (5) is started up by the controller (8) in adjustable time intervals and a dose of dispensed agent is expressed from the cartridge (3) through a plunger motion with a predetermined plunger stroke. The motor current and the motor voltage are measured during motor operation, and the motor runtime, and the plunger stroke is calculated with the current and voltage measured values and at least one motor characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: perma-tec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Lehnert, Manfred Grom, Thomas Haupt, Egon Eisenbacher
  • Patent number: 9689531
    Abstract: A composite pressure container for fluids includes a pressure container, a boss (1), and a coupling or valve member (5) fitted in an opening in the boss. The pressure container includes an inner fluid-tight liner layer (4) and a pressure supporting layer (3) formed by winding fiber-reinforcement onto the liner layer. The boss is positioned in a central opening of the pressure container. The structure of the boss comprises a depressurization passage for preventing build-up of internal pressure inside the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: HEXAGON RAGASCO AS
    Inventors: Rune Ulekleiv, Per Vidar Hamnvik
  • Patent number: 9689532
    Abstract: A reconfigurable and scalable fluid distribution system including a compression unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The compression unit, storage unit and the control unit are in fluid, electronic and electrical communication with one another and are coupled together in a stacked relationship, each in abutting relation to the next. Additional compression, storage and/or control units may be coupled in abutting relationship to an existing stack of coupled units. A method of assembling a reconfigurable and scalable fluid distribution system. A method of dispensing fluid via a reconfigurable and scalable fluid distribution system. A control unit for use in a reconfigurable and scalable fluid distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Vincenzo Barbato, Billy J. Jackson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9689533
    Abstract: A gas delivery system for a plasma process system such as a plasma etching system wherein inner surfaces of gas passages are coated with a corrosion-resistant material coating formed by curing a layer of fluidic precursor deposited on the inner surfaces. The coating can be formed by (a) flowing a fluidic precursor of a corrosion-resistant material through the gas passages and depositing a layer of the fluidic precursor to completely coat the inner surfaces of the gas passages; (b) removing excess fluidic precursor from the inner surfaces; (c) curing the deposited layer of the fluidic precursor to form a corrosion-resistant material coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Kenworthy, Duane Outka, Fangli Hao, Leonard Sharpless, Yijun Du
  • Patent number: 9689534
    Abstract: A pipeline-waste-gas reduction method to reduce the amount of gas wasted by existing high-pressure pipelines having existing pipeline controllers and existing actuator-based control valves, by reducing the pressure of gas sent to existing pipeline controllers by a determined factor, consequently reducing the amount of gas wasted by the controllers, and then increasing control pressure returned by the controllers by the same factor, ensuring that the proper control pressure is sent to the existing actuator-based control valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventors: Chad Deville, Wayne Deville
  • Patent number: 9689535
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a base, a heat sink, a plurality of thermal elements, and a plurality of LED elements. The base may be configured to attach to a screw in light socket. The heat sink may be connected to the base. The plurality of thermal mounts may project from the heat sink. The thermal mounts may be electrically connected to the base and thermally connected to the heat sink. The plurality of LED elements may be connected to the thermal mounts. The LED elements may form a pattern about a central axis to project light evenly from the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Robert M. Pinato