Patents Issued in July 17, 2018
  • Patent number: 10024318
    Abstract: A fuel pump includes rotors that rotate, a pump housing that defines a rotor housing chamber that rotatably houses the rotors, and an outer circumferential side housing that includes a cylindrical portion formed in a cylindrical shape that surrounds the pump housing from an outer circumferential side and a narrowing potion having that narrows down with respect to the cylindrical portion. The fuel pump sucks fuel into the rotor housing chamber and then discharges the fuel due to the rotor rotating. A pump cover of the pump housing includes an inlet port that sucks fuel into the rotor housing chamber, and a sliding surface portion on which the rotors slide. An outer circumferential portion of the pump cover includes a joining portion joined to the narrowing portion, and a recessed portion that is recessed adjacent to the joining portion, the recessed portion allowing the outer circumferential portion to elastically deform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Sakai, Daiji Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 10024319
    Abstract: A method of lubricating a coupling shaft of a gear pump includes communicating lubricant from a first gear stage along a first splined end section of the coupling shaft and through a first slot in a first radial shoulder of the coupling shaft, and also communicating lubricant from a second gear stage along a second splined end section of the coupling shaft and through a second slot in a second radial shoulder of the coupling shaft. The first radial shoulder is axially spaced from the second radial shoulder by an axial distance SA along an axis of rotation of the coupling shaft. The first and second slots each define a lowermost radial dimension SR from the axis of rotation, with a ratio SR/SA of 0.25-0.77.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satish Shantilal Shah, Timothy P. Walgren
  • Patent number: 10024320
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon production rotary pump having a stator and a rotor drive to rotate therein by a submersible pump driver is supported so as to be suspended from a wellhead by a support member including production tubing and at least one control line alongside the production tubing. The control line(s) has greater tensile strength in the longitudinal direction of the well casing than the production tubing such that the control line(s) provides greater support to the rotary pump and the submersible pump driver than the production tubing. A unitary casing in the form of a seamless material may fully surround the production tubing and the control line(s) along the full length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CJS Production Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Collin Rickey Morris
  • Patent number: 10024321
    Abstract: A compressor is provided and may include a shell, a compression mechanism, a motor, and a diagnostic system that determines a system condition. The diagnostic system may include a processor and a memory and may predict a severity level of the system condition based on at least one of a sequence of historical-fault events and a combination of the types of the historical-fault events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung M. Pham, Nagaraj Jayanth
  • Patent number: 10024322
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes an input shaft, a pumping unit comprising a pump rotor, and a clutch arranged between the input shaft and the pump rotor. The clutch comprises at least two input clutch disks, at least two output clutch disks, a permanent magnet element, and an actuator. The at least two input clutch disks and the at least two output clutch discs together define at least two clutch liquid gaps which are filled with a magneto-rheological clutch liquid. The permanent magnet element shifts between an engaged position wherein a magnetic field of the permanent magnet element penetrates the at least two clutch liquid gaps with a high magnetic flux, and a disengaged position wherein the magnetic field of the permanent magnet element is less than in the engaged position. The actuator moves the permanent magnet element between the engaged position and the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Raffaele Squarcini, Elisa Bartalesi, Giacomo Armenio, Francesco Bucchi, Rocco Rizzo, Antonio Musolino, Paola Forte, Francesco Frendo, Alessandro Franceschini
  • Patent number: 10024323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alternative methods of joining a solid part (1) and a polymer (2). The methods comprise attaching a primer layer (4) with a predetermined surface chemistry, density and thickness covalently to at least a part of a surface (3) of the solid part (1). Some embodiments of the invention further comprise polymerizing second molecules onto the primer layer (4) so that the surface (3) is at least partly covered with surface immobilized polymer brushes (8). The surface (3) of the solid part (1) is brought into contact with the polymer (2) and a predetermined temperature profile is applied resulting in covalent bonds (6) being established between the polymer (2) and the primer (4), and/or polymer brushes (8) melting or softening and entangling with melted or softened polymer (2) so that the solid part (1) and the polymer (2) remain joined after cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: Aarhus Universitet, Grundfos Holding A/S, SP Group A/S
    Inventors: Mogens Hinge, Kim Daasbjerg, Steen Uttrup Pedersen, Joseph Iruthayaraj, Kristoffer Malmos, Allan Hjarbæk Holm, Jens Hinke, Susie-Ann Spiegelhauer
  • Patent number: 10024324
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes an electric drive motor having a stator and a permanent magnet rotor, at least one impeller connected to the rotor via a rotor shaft, a thrust bearing accommodating axial forces acting on the impeller and rotor shaft in operation, and at least one radial bearing arranged on the rotor shaft. The rotor and stator are designed such that a magnetic axial force, acting in the direction of the rotation axis of the rotor and acting on the rotor in the direction of the inflow direction into the impeller, is produced between the rotor and the stator. The rotor shaft and rotor are mounted displaceably in the axial direction relative to the stator, and with an axial displacement of the rotor shaft in the inflow direction into the impeller, the bearing surfaces of the radial bearing lying opposite one another at least partly disengage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Grundfos Holding a/s
    Inventor: Thomas Blad
  • Patent number: 10024325
    Abstract: A pump has a signal processor, including one forming part of a printed circuit board assembly, that receives signaling containing information about a voltage supplied to a motor to run a particular pump model, and also containing information about whether a current draw of the pump is lower than a predetermined low current level or is higher than a predetermined high current level; and determines whether to shut off the pump after a predetermined time, based on the signaling received. The signal processor provides control signalling to shut off the pump after the predetermined time if the current draw of the pump is lower than the predetermined low current level or is higher than the predetermined high current level, where the predetermined low current level and the predetermined high current level depend on the voltage being supplied to the motor to run the particular pump model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Flow Control LLC.
    Inventors: David L. Phillips, Humberto V. Meza, Derrick T. Tran
  • Patent number: 10024326
    Abstract: A series fan with support frame includes a first fan, a second fan and a hollow support frame. The support frame has a first receiving space, a second receiving space, an inlet, an outlet and an inclined passage in communication between the first and second receiving spaces. The first and second receiving spaces are respectively positioned in the support frame in adjacency to the inlet and the outlet. The first and second fans are respectively correspondingly received in the first and second receiving to spaces. A first virtual central line of the first fan and a second virtual central line of the second fan intersect each other in the inclined passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bor-Haw Chang, Yu-Tzu Chen, Chung-Shu Wang
  • Patent number: 10024327
    Abstract: A turbomolecular pump includes: a rotor (4) on which rotary vanes (19) in multiple stages are formed; fixed vanes (21) in multiple stages; and a pump casing (7) in which a pump inlet opening (7a) is defined, and that houses the rotor (4) and the fixed vanes (21) in multiple stages; wherein: a surface of the rotor (4) facing the inlet opening has a first emissivity; a surface of one vane stage that is visible from the inlet opening, among a plurality of vane stages including the rotary vanes (19) and the fixed vanes (21), has the first emissivity; and a surface of one vane stage, among the plurality of vane stages, that is not visible from the inlet opening has a second emissivity that is greater than the first emissivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 10024328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a turbo molecular pumping mechanism wherein an operative characteristic of the turbomolecular pumping mechanism is dependent on the orientation of the vacuum pump and the pump comprises an orientation sensor for sensing the orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Alexander James Patey, Emiliano Lucchetta, Ian Keech, Mohammad Eghtesadi Bahrami, Richard Glyn Horler
  • Patent number: 10024329
    Abstract: A fan assembly in which all of the major structural components of the assembly are mechanically fastened together by non-welding means, such as mechanical fasteners, is disclosed. The disclosure also relates to a fan assembly in which the major structural components have planar segments separated by bend lines that approximate a curved shape, and that can be formed, for example, by a press brake machine. Such a construction can eliminate the necessity for rolling, welding, and painting of the structural components of the fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Greenheck Fan Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan D. Fetting, Scott S. Kurszewski, Joe A. Knoedler, Todd J. Burns
  • Patent number: 10024330
    Abstract: A bladeless cooling light includes an airflow assembly, a light assembly, and a housing. The airflow assembly includes an air circulation assembly positioned within the housing and an air passage structure connected to the housing, wherein the air circulation assembly draws air through the housing into the air passage structure. The air passage structure has a separation wall that delineates the air passage structure into an inflow air channel and an outflow air channel to improve the airflow through the air passage structure. A cone-tip hole grid and a wired heater within the air passage structure further improve airflow characteristics; the cone-tip hole grid constricts the flow, while the wired heater increases internal pressure by heating the air. The lighting assembly is mounted to the housing with the air passage structure being positioned around the lighting assembly, such that the light and expelled airflow are projected in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jianhui Xie, Yifan Wu, Robert Eric Schell
  • Patent number: 10024331
    Abstract: A blower and an air conditioner that can generate airflow simulating that in the natural world are provided. The blower and the air conditioner each include: a fan configured to generate blowing air; a pair of vertical airflow direction vanes separated from each other as a left side and a right side on a front side of the fan, the pair of vertical airflow direction vanes causing the blowing air generated by the fan to be let out upward or downward; and a control section configured to drive the pair of vertical airflow direction vanes separately while varying a rotation frequency of the fan. Such configuration of the blower and the air conditioner enables generation of airflow simulating that in the natural world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Furuhashi, Takashi Matsumoto, Yuki Ugajin, Miho Ishikawa, Mitsuhiro Shirota
  • Patent number: 10024332
    Abstract: In a centrifugal fan, when an angle defined by a tangential line to a camber line at an intersection point between the camber line and an arc around a rotation axis, and a tangential line to the arc at the intersection point on a blade cross section passing a front edge and a rear edge of a blade is a blade angle, the blade has at least one of a decreasing shape and a fixed shape. The decreasing shape is such that the blade angle decreases as the intersection point is shifted toward the rear edge on the camber line on a front edge side portion of a shroud side blade cross section. The fixed shape is such that the blade angle is fixed, even if the intersection point is shifted toward the rear edge on the camber line on the front edge side portion of the shroud-side blade cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuusuke Ohtaguro
  • Patent number: 10024333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to composite airfoils bonded to a metallic root. A composite body (510) may be formed with a metallic co-molded detail (520). The co-molded detail (520) may be transient liquid phase (TLP) bonded to an attachment feature (530). The attachment feature (530) may allow the composite body (510) to be attached to a rotor (200). The airfoil (500) may also have a metallic edge (550) which is TLP bonded to the composite body (510) via a co-molded edge (540).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James T. Roach, Grant O. Cook, III
  • Patent number: 10024334
    Abstract: A fan frame of a centrifugal fan comprises a housing and an inlet structure. The housing includes an opening. The inlet structure is disposed at the opening and includes a top portion and an edge portion. The top portion is disposed around the opening and includes a plurality of first chamfering angles, at least one of the chamfering angles is different from the others. The edge portion extends from the top portion to the inside of the housing through the opening and includes a plurality of second chamfering angles. A centrifugal fan including the fan frame is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu Lei, Ching-Hua Wu
  • Patent number: 10024335
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a plenum of an apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and a fluid may include a through hole disposed through the plenum; a plurality of inlet guide vanes disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the through hole, the plurality of inlet guide vanes comprising a first group of inlet guide vanes having a symmetrical profile, a second group of inlet guide vanes, and a third group of inlet guide vanes, wherein each inlet guide vane of the second group and third group have a cambered profile, and wherein each inlet guide vane of the third group has a different cambered profile from each other inlet guide vane of the third group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ismail Hakki Sezal, Christian Aalburg, Rajesh Kumar Venkata Gadamsetty, Matthias Carl Lang, Venkata Rama Krishna Chaitanya Ongole, Alberto Scotti del Greco
  • Patent number: 10024336
    Abstract: A compressor for a turbine engine, including: a casing, at least one compressor stage including an impeller having stationary blades and an impeller having moving blades positioned downstream of the stationary blade impeller, and cavities in a thickness of the casing that are disposed along a circumference of the casing opposite the moving blades. The cavities, which are elongate and extend along a main direction of orientation, are closed upstream and downstream by upstream and downstream faces respectively, and an upstream border and a downstream border are formed at the intersections between same and the casing. The cavities are offset in relation to the moving blades to overlap the moving blade impeller in the upstream portion, thereby covering the upstream end thereof. The downstream border of the cavities is oriented parallel to the chord at the head of the moving blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Jean-Jacques Obrecht, Celine Ghilardi, Vincent Perrot
  • Patent number: 10024337
    Abstract: One describes a rotor (1) for an exhaust-fan assembly (4) of an 5 agricultural machine, the rotor (1) comprising a central shaft (7), a first portion (31) provided with an inlet deflector (15) having a substantially elliptical profile, defining a tapered inlet end (26). The rotor, which is also provided with a set of blades (13), further comprises a second portion (29) provided with an outlet deflector (22) having a substantially elliptical profile, so that the 10 first and the second portions (31, 29) are associated to the central shaft (7). According to the invention, one provides a rotor that promotes efficient cleaning of harvested cane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Marchesan Implementos e Máquinas Agrícolas Tatu S.A.
    Inventors: Dacio Helene Junior, Valter Palmute
  • Patent number: 10024338
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a boiling water reactor (BWR) jet pump inlet mixer compliant stop. The inlet mixer compliant stop may be installed in a pocket area between a riser pipe and an inlet mixer of a BWR jet pump assembly. The inlet mixer compliant stop includes a main body and a foot that are separated via the tightening of one or more jacking bolts used to connect the main body and the foot. A cold spring attached to the main body provides a lateral force that is imparted on the inlet mixer, to force the inlet mixer away from a centerline of the riser pipe. A precise lateral force may be imparted on the inlet mixer by gauging a width of a gap between opposing bosses on a front face of the main body and a distal end of the cold spring. The inlet mixer compliant stop imparts a greater lateral force on the inlet mixer as the jacking bolts are tightened, further separating the main body from the foot, as the gap between the opposing bosses is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Robin D. Sprague, Bruce J. Lentner, Emanuel Klein, David B. Drendel, Bret E. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10024339
    Abstract: Ejector assemblies and engine systems have a pressure regulator in fluid communication with an ejector. The pressure regulator receives boost pressure and selectively allows the boost pressure to pass through a valve opening therein under selected engine conditions and into the ejector as regulated boost pressure. Both the pressure regulator and the ejector each have a conduit defining a passageway that includes a Venturi gap separating the passageway into a converging section and a first diverging section that both narrow toward the Venturi gap. The pressure regulator has a piston operatively connected to a valve mechanism positioned for movement therewith to control the passage of the boost pressure through the valve opening, and the valve mechanism defines a passage therethrough that includes a gradually narrowing portion that is narrower than the valve opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Dayco IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Fletcher, Brian M. Graichen, James H. Miller, Rex Bravo, Matthew C. Gilmer, Keith Hampton, Andrew D. Niedert
  • Patent number: 10024340
    Abstract: A first piston (4) which is coupled to an output rod (2) and which is inserted in a housing (3) is driven upward by a pressurized fluid. A second piston (6) which is arranged above the first piston (4) is driven downward. This causes a wedge-type force multiplier (M), arranged above the first piston (4), to carry out force multiplication driving with respect to the output rod (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KOSMEK LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yokota, Keitaro Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10024341
    Abstract: A hybrid swing drive system (1) of a hydraulic construction machine includes a variable displacement hydraulic swing pump (3) operable by a prime mover (2); a hydraulic swing motor (16) for performing a swing function of the machine; an accumulator (10); a controller (244); a swing control valve assembly (15) disposed in a first hydraulic path extending from the swing pump to the swing motor, the swing control valve assembly having a first position fluidly connecting the swing pump to a first side of the swing motor and a second position fluidly connecting the swing pump to a second side of the swing motor; and an accumulator control valve (12) having an open position fluidly connecting the accumulator to the first hydraulic path at an accumulator control valve connection point and a closed position fluidly isolating the accumulator from the first hydraulic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Jeff Cullman, Raymond Collett, James Howland, Nick White, Patrick Stegemann
  • Patent number: 10024342
    Abstract: A pump discharge amount is divided in accordance with switch amounts of respective switch valves by leading load pressures of actuators to which compensator valves are connected to respective first pressure chambers of the compensator valves, leading a maximum load pressure selected by a selection unit to respective second pressure chambers of the compensator valves, and controlling respective openings of the compensator valves in accordance with respective pressure actions between the respective pressure chambers. A drain passage is provided to connect the first pressure chamber of the compensator valve to a tank, and a flow dividing ratio modification valve is provided to control a pressure in the first pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Terao, Masayuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10024343
    Abstract: A connecting apparatus connects to a main component (10) having a plurality of mutually adjacent fluid passage points (P?1, P?2, P?3, P?n . . . P?x). The connecting apparatus has a main body (12) controlling a fluid flow by a valve. A plurality of further fluid passage points (P1, P2, P3, Pn . . . Px) can be connected to each other in a fluid-conducting manner via the functional component (14) with assignable fluid passage points in the main component (10). One shut-off part, which shuts off the respective fluid passage point (P?2, P?3, P?n . . . P?x?1) in the main component (10) and/or in the fluid passage point remains unaffected by the functional component (14). In each case a fluid-conducting connection line (30, 32) is inside the main body (12) between the further fluid passage points (P1, P2, P3, Pn . . . Px) and the functional component (14) and can be shut off by a separate shut-off part, as long as the associated connection to the functional component (14) remains unused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Alexander Biwersi, Marcus Hettiger, Christoph Stoenner
  • Patent number: 10024344
    Abstract: A hydraulic piston-cylinder group includes a cylinder containing a piston which defines internally of the cylinder at least a first and a second chamber, respectively communicating with a first and a second inlet/outlet hole of a pressurized fluid for actuating the piston between a first and a second position. The piston has a gully defined by a bottom wall, a first lateral wall that is proximal to the first free end, and a second lateral wall distal relative to the first free end, the first and second lateral walls serving as first and second abutments for the piston ring, the gully communicating through at least a passage with the first chamber. A depression is provided on the contact surface between the second lateral wall of the gully and the piston ring, the depression enables a controlled bleeding of the pressurized fluid between the piston ring and the second lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OGNIBENE POWER S.P.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Ognibene
  • Patent number: 10024345
    Abstract: A mounting device for fastening a printed circuit board onto a carrier is disclosed. The mounting device comprises at least one bolt that can be screwed onto the printed circuit board, having at least one fastening wing, wherein the fastening wing has at least one interlocking component. Furthermore, the mounting device comprises at least one bolt receiver that is or can be integrated in the carrier. The bolt is or can be disposed in the bolt receiver such that it can be displaced in the direction of a displacement axis that is oriented substantially perpendicular to a main extension plane of the printed circuit board. The bolt receiver comprises at least one groove for receiving at least one subsection of the fastening wing having the interlocking component. The interlocking component is designed to interlock in the groove when the bolt disposed in the bolt receiver is subjected to a predetermined torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Müller
  • Patent number: 10024346
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to structurally replace a cracked weld in a nuclear plant may include: a first body portion that includes a first gripping portion; a second body portion that includes a second gripping portion; a wedge portion between the first and second body portions; and/or an adjustment portion. The first body portion may be configured to slidably engage the second body portion. The wedge portion may be configured to exert force on the slidably engaged first and second body portions. The adjustment portion may be configured to increase or decrease the force exerted by the wedge portion on the slidably engaged first and second body portions. When the adjustment portion increases the force exerted by the wedge portion on the slidably engaged first and second body portions, a distance between the first and second gripping portions may decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Welsh, Nicholas Kandabarow, Barry H. Koepke
  • Patent number: 10024347
    Abstract: A telescoping rod is adjustable to a range of household environments and includes a first tubular member defining a primary axis. A cam body is secured to an end of the first tubular member, and the cam body defines ramped outer surfaces that vary in distance from the primary axis as a function of angular position about the axis. A second tubular member is sized to slide over the first tubular member and the cam body. The rod also includes a first cam sleeve and a second cam sleeve disposed about the ramped outer surfaces of the cam body. Rotation of the second tubular member about the primary axis relative to the cam body causes the first and the second cam sleeves to exert outward forces against an inner surface of the second tubular member that are applied at substantially different angles relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Stephen Bertrand, James Leroy Daniels
  • Patent number: 10024348
    Abstract: A corner connector for connecting at least two frame profiles of a frame rack arranged perpendicular to each other, which frame rack consists of a plurality of pieces, at least one of which is designed to bear against one or more of the frame profiles, characterized in that the piece which is designed to bear against one or more of the frame profiles is a first molded sheet metal part with a receiving opening in which or on which a threaded sleeve is situated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Timo Schindler
  • Patent number: 10024349
    Abstract: An anchor device including an expansion section expandable when an expansion screw is screwed into the anchor device, and a tubular shank into which the expansion screw can be screwed. The anchor device has a joining device with an elongated offset element as well as a joining element. The first end of the offset element is connected to the tubular shank in such a way that the offset element extends essentially perpendicular to the tubular shank and to the expansion section. The second end of the offset element is connected to the first end of the joining element in such a way that the joining element extends essentially perpendicular to the offset element and essentially parallel to the tubular shank and to the expansion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Lars Melzer
  • Patent number: 10024350
    Abstract: A pin connection for a machine is provided that comprises a structural member that defines a pin receiving bore, a bearing housing that defines a bearing receiving bore, a self-lubricating bearing that defines a pin receiving bore, and a pin that is disposed in the bores of the bearing and the structural member. The pin connection may further comprise a seal assembly that is disposed in the bearing receiving bore of the bearing housing, the seal assembly comprising a micro-cellular closed cell foam member and a first rigid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Yanska, Aaron Kenneth Amstutz, Sunil I Mathew, Darren B. Antoine
  • Patent number: 10024351
    Abstract: A fastener clip assembly including a cap configured to be secured to a chassis through a chassis slot and a pin configured to be secured to a body panel. The pin is configured to be secured to the cap. The clip also includes a removable seal configured to be attached between the pin and the cap. The removable seal is configured to form a seal against the chassis based at least upon the pin being secured to the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TERMAX LLC
    Inventors: Daniel James Dickinson, Michael Tirrell, John Clasen
  • Patent number: 10024352
    Abstract: A fastener is disclosed. The fastener can be used to couple together two or more parts in an electronic device. The fastener may include a head coupled with a platform having a shaft extending from the platform. The head is coupled with the platform in a manner that allows the head to decouple from the platform. For example, the head is secured with the platform by an adhesive that provides an adhesive bonding force. In this regard, a rotational force applied to the head that is greater than the adhesive bonding force causes the head to decouple from the platform. The shaft may include several blades and several protrusions. The blades may be used to engage one of the parts. The protrusions may also engage the same part as the blades, and interlock with the part to provide a retaining force that prevents the fastener from decoupling from the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward S. Huo, Martin J. Auclair, Scott A. Myers, Michael B. Wittenberg, Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Tyler B. Cater
  • Patent number: 10024353
    Abstract: A fastening assembly includes a body and a retaining device. The retaining device is secured to the body for placement along a surface. The body is configured to flex between a relaxed state and a compressed state. The body is compressed between two external surfaces in a compressed state to maintain the alignment and position of the retaining device without the fastener. The flexure of the body causes the body to exert an outward spring force against the external surfaces sufficient to maintain the location of the retaining devices before insertion of a fastener. The fastening assembly includes the fastener for insertion into the retaining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Dumas, Jarel Clairoux, Robert Boutin
  • Patent number: 10024354
    Abstract: A protection cap assembly for fastener assembly for protecting bolts in various places. The protection cap assembly includes: (i) a clipping ring, (ii) a gripping shaft, and (iii) a cap. The clipping ring is made from plastic. The gripping shaft holds the clipping ring. The gripping shaft includes (i) a pair of set screws (ii) a first channel, (iii) a second channel, (iv) a first set of one or more fins, and (v) a second set of one or more fins. The pair of set screws engages with the nut. The first channel holds the clipping ring. The first set of one or more fins and the second set of one or more fins are arranged inside the gripping shaft. The gripping shaft further includes a big inlet to accommodate a big sized bolt and a small inlet to accommodate a small sized bolt. The cap is adapted to telescope on the gripping shaft. The gripping shaft is made from plastic. The cap encloses the gripping shaft. The cap includes a hole that encloses the gripping shaft. The cap is made from a plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventors: David Szymczak, Brian Mula
  • Patent number: 10024355
    Abstract: An interlocking interface retains a screw head in a socket to prevent migration of the screw head out of the socket, or to lock the screw head in the socket. The interlocking interface may retain or lock the screw at various polyaxial angles with respect to the socket. The screw head includes external corrugations. The socket includes an internal corrugated structure which interlocks with the external corrugations of the screw head when the screw is at various polyaxial angles with respect to the socket. A counterbore may be adjacent either or both ends of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: IMDS LLC
    Inventor: Jeffery D. Arnett
  • Patent number: 10024356
    Abstract: A Transmission Gear Shift (TGS) cable socket including a rubber damper to couple a TGS lever and an outer cable to each other so a manipulation force of the TGS lever is transmitted to a transmission through an inner cable disposed in the outer cable, may include the rubber damper to damp vibration transmitted from the outer cable, a steel cup disposed coaxially with the rubber damper, the steel cup having a first end disposed in the rubber damper, and a second end protruding from the rubber damper and coupled to the outer cable, and a guide pipe disposed coaxially with the rubber damper, the guide pipe including a first end disposed in the rubber damper at a position spaced apart from the steel cup, and a second end protruding from the rubber damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Keun Kwon, Myung-Lyul Na, Yong-Hee Kim, Ean-Soo Cho, Kyu-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 10024357
    Abstract: A cable decoupling mechanism is provided for a bicycle having an unfolded state and a folded state. The cable decoupling mechanism includes a housing; a shifter pulley arranged at least partially within the housing and configured to receive a shifter cable coupled to a shifter of the bicycle; and a gear pulley arranged at least partially within the housing and configured to receive a gear cable coupled to a gear mechanism of the bicycle. The shifter pulley and the gear pulley are mechanically engaged together in the unfolded state such that the shifter cable is mechanically coupled with the gear cable for mutual actuation, and the shifter pulley and the gear pulley are mechanically disengaged from one another in the folded state such that the shifter cable and the gear cable are mechanically decoupled for independent movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Martin Juhas
  • Patent number: 10024358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crank-drive with a crank-shaft, at least one connecting rod and at least one piston, in particular a crank-drive of an internal combustion engine, whereas the crank-shaft features at least one radial bearing (13) for supporting the crank-shaft in a crank-housing, at least one radial bearing for connecting the connecting rod to the crank-shaft, and the connection of the connecting rod to the piston features at least one radial bearing and whereas the bearings feature a bearing inner surface and/or a bearing outer surface. According to the invention in at least one of the bearing surfaces are arranged micro-ramp structures with an asymmetric form having a first concave section between the bearing surface and a bottom point of the micro-ramp structure and a second concave section between the bottom point and the bearing surface, whereas between the micro-ramp structures are arranged sections of the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP METALURGICA CAMPO LIMPO LTDA.
    Inventors: Bruno Barbosa de Oliveira Ferreira Salles, Ricardo Santoro Cardoso, Durval Duarte
  • Patent number: 10024359
    Abstract: A bushing assembly pivotally connects the beams of an auxiliary lift axle/suspension system to a hanger and to an axle seat. The bushing assembly includes a pair of bushings, a metal sleeve, a pin with a threaded end, a pair of washers, and a threaded nut. The pair of bushings are disposed into an opening formed near an end of the beam. Each one of the pair of bushings includes a cylindrical wall comprising an inner end, an outer end, a central opening extending from the inner end to the outer end, an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a flange. The interior surface of the bushings includes at least one groove formed therein for preventing lubricant from escaping the bushing assembly during operation of the lift axle/suspension system while a sealing feature prevents contaminants from migrating into the bushing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Westnedge, James Anthony Krueger Guntermann
  • Patent number: 10024360
    Abstract: A thrust bearing configured to support axial loads that act on a rotating body includes a thrust shaft rotatably supportable in a bearing housing, a thrust collar, and a retainer connected to the thrust shaft and configured to support a plurality of thrust pieces. The thrust pieces each have a front sliding surface in sliding contact with the thrust collar, and the retainer includes a disk having a central opening and an outer circumference and a plurality of radial incisions extending radially inwardly from the outer circumference which incisions have inner ends radially spaced from the central opening. The radial incisions define circumferentially adjacent spring sections each of the which is individually axially flexible against and away from the bearing housing to open and close a spring gap between each of the spring sections and the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SKF MARINE GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Hammerschmidt, Mathias Rusch, Marko Wrage
  • Patent number: 10024361
    Abstract: A bearing structure includes: an outer circumferential groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical portion of a semi-floating metal bearing, and including two opposed surfaces opposed to each other in an axial direction of a shaft and a bottom surface connected to the two opposed surfaces; a radial hole penetrating a wall portion defining the bearing hole so as to communicate with the bearing hole, and facing the outer circumferential groove of the semi-floating metal bearing; a locking member having a body inserted into the radial hole from the outer side of the shaft, wherein at least part of the body is interposed between the two opposed surfaces and fixed to the outer circumferential groove; and an opposed portion provided in the housing, and opposed to the part of the body of the locking member when the locking member is fixed to the outer circumferential groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Uneura, Shinichi Kaneda, Hideyuki Kojima, Tomomi Sugiura, Yuichi Daito
  • Patent number: 10024362
    Abstract: In order to make a bearing, such as a roller bearing, insensitive to a lack of maintenance lubrication or irregular maintenance lubrication while at the same time retaining its mechanical performance, at least one bearing part of the bearing is provided at least partially with an oleophilic adhesion promoter layer. The adhesion promoter layer binds a lubricant layer of the bearing to the bearing part provided with the adhesion promoter layer. The adhesion promoter layer is bonded to an elemental-iron-free surface of a bearing part body. The removal of free iron from the bearing part body surface is carried out with nitric acid, chromate solution and/or citric acid. The treated bearing part has an oleophilic anti-corrosion adhesion promoter layer. The bearing may be used in pressure-operated devices, in particular in turbine handpieces used by dentists, because the loss of the lubricant layer during operation of the device was particularly high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GRW GEBR. REINFURT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christof Diener, Herbert Niedermeier
  • Patent number: 10024363
    Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly including a rolling bearing provided with a first race having a bore, two front edges and an outer cylindrical surface, and with a second race provided with a bore, two front edges and an outer cylindrical surface. The first and second races rotate relatively about a central axis. The assembly is intended to be mounted in a housing. The assembly provides at least one first annular flange that is secured to the first race and at least partially covers a front edge of the first race, and at least one second annular flange that is secured to the second race and at least partially covers a front edge of the second race. Free ends of the first and second annular flanges are in sliding contact. The difference in dimensions between the housing and the rolling bearing is compensated by the flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Frank Berens
  • Patent number: 10024364
    Abstract: An integrated plastic shield bearing assembly including a plastic shield for preventing contamination of running surfaces of a bearing assembly is disclosed. The integrated plastic shield bearing assembly includes an inner bearing ring defining an inner race, an outer bearing ring defining an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements supported between the inner race and the outer race. A first one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring includes a circumferential groove. The plastic shield includes a molding portion molded on to the circumferential groove of the first one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring, and a shield portion extending towards a second one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Shakeel Shaikh, Marc Vachon, Bogyu Kang
  • Patent number: 10024365
    Abstract: A bearing retaining assembly for a supercharger includes a first sleeve, a second sleeve and a biasing member. The bearing retaining assembly rotatably supports an input shaft that rotates about an input shaft axis. The first sleeve can have a counterbore that receives a bearing. The second sleeve can be fixed to a cover of the supercharger. The biasing member can be disposed between the first and second sleeves. The first sleeve can selectively translate along the input shaft axis relative to the second sleeve against the bias of the biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas Penn
  • Patent number: 10024366
    Abstract: An asymmetric bearing device automatically decreases, without the need for manual adjustment, an amount of friction exerted against rotation of a drum or other mechanism upon reversal of the direction of rotation of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.
    Inventors: James F. Kleyn, Eric M. Chapman, Mark S. Olsson, Michael E. Turgeon
  • Patent number: 10024367
    Abstract: A drive motor capable of being separated from a rotation member when the rotation member is restrained, the drive motor being configured to be coupled with the rotation member to transmit rotating force to the rotation member, and may include a power transmission control device provided on a junction between the drive motor and the rotation member and configured such that the rotating force can be transmitted from the drive motor to the rotation member, and such that when the rotation member is restrained and rotation thereof is not allowed, the power transmission control device is elastically deformed so that the coupling of the rotation member with the drive motor is released and only the drive motor is allowed to be rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Tae-Wan Kim