Patents Issued in September 11, 2018
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Patent number: 10072654Abstract: An electroproportional pressure control valve of cartridge-type construction is screwed into a housing bore of a hydrostatic pump. The cartridge includes an adjusting pressure port, a pump port, and a tank port. The adjusting pressure port is relieved to the tank port in a normal position of a spring-biased valve plunger of the pressure control valve. A connection from the pump port to the adjusting pressure port is opened counter to the force of the spring by increasing a current of an electromagnet and increasing the pump pressure at the pump port. The spring, the electromagnet, and the resultant force of the pump pressure act along a common axis of movement of the valve plunger. A first nozzle connects the adjusting pressure port to an adjusting pressure chamber. A second nozzle connects the adjusting pressure port to the tank port.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Johannes Offenburger, Carola Diebold, Friedemann Nordt
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Patent number: 10072655Abstract: A compressor system for an air conditioning service system includes a compressor having a compressor case and a compressor head, an inlet, an outlet, a low side passage fluidly connecting the inlet to the compressor head, and a high side passage fluidly connecting the outlet to the compressor head. A low side return passage fluidly connects the compressor case with the low side passage and a first valve is positioned at least partially in the low side return passage and configured to control flow in the low side return passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Dylan M. Lundberg, Mark W. McMasters
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Patent number: 10072656Abstract: In a rotor in rotor configuration, a pump has inward projections on an outer rotor and outward projections on an inner rotor. The outer rotor is driven and the projections mesh to create variable volume chambers. The outer rotor may be driven in both directions. In each direction, the driving part (first inward projection) of the outer rotor contacts a sealing surface on one side of an outward projection of the inner rotor, while a gap is left between a sealing surface of the other side of the outward projection and a second inward projection. The gap may have uniform width along its length in the radial direction, while in a direction parallel to the rotor axis it may be discontinuous or have variable size to create flow paths for gases.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Genesis Advanced Technology Inc.Inventor: James Klassen
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Patent number: 10072657Abstract: A screw compressor includes a casing, a drive shaft, a screw rotor, a gate rotor, a slide valve, and a slide valve driving mechanism having a hydropneumatic cylinder. The drive shaft has one end supported via a bearing on a bearing holder held by the casing. The other end is coupled to an electric motor. A compression chamber is defined by the gate rotor meshing with a helical move formed on the screw rotor. The hydropneumatic cylinder is located opposite to the screw rotor with respect to the bearing. The bearing holder has an outer peripheral surface configured as a guide surface guiding a sliding movement of the slide valve. The bearing holder has axial end portions. One of the axial end portions located opposite to the screw rotor constitutes a cylinder tube of the hydropneumatic cylinder to achieve integration of the bearing holder and the hydropneumatic cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeharu Shikano, Harunori Miyamura
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Patent number: 10072658Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suchul Kim, Honggyun Jin, Kiwon Park
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Patent number: 10072659Abstract: A pressure control valve (100, 200) comprises a valve seat (140, 160) in which is formed a valve hole (142, 162), a first valve sheet member (110, 210) which covers the valve hole and is provided with a fluid passage (118, 218) thereon, and a second valve sheet member (120, 220) which is provided between the valve seat and the first valve sheet member and covers the fluid passage. Wherein, given that the direction directed from the second valve sheet member to the first valve sheet member is a first direction, when the pressure difference across two sides of the first valve sheet member and the second valve sheet member is directed to the first direction and is greater than or equal to a first preset value, the first valve sheet member is opened; when the pressure difference is directed to a second direction opposite to the first direction and is greater than or equal to a second preset value, the second valve sheet member is opened. Also disclosed is a scroll compressor comprising the pressure control valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Qingfeng Sun
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Patent number: 10072660Abstract: A pumping device for pumping oil in a transmission system of a hybrid drive for a motor vehicle has an oil pump and a direct drive for driving the rotor and an electric drive for driving a rotor part that surrounds the rotor. A stationary housing surrounds the rotor part and has an inlet connection and an outlet connection of the oil pump. The oil pump allows a selective drive via the direct drive or the electric drive in a simple manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventor: Christian Böhm
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Patent number: 10072661Abstract: A rotatory compressor and a refrigerating cycle device are provided. The rotatory compressor includes a lubricating oil in an interior of a hermetically sealed housing, and an electric motor and a rotatory compressing mechanism disposed in the housing. An internal pressure of the housing is substantially equal to a suction pressure of the compressing mechanism. The compressing mechanism includes a first bearing and a second bearing at least one of which includes an exhaust muffler. A refrigerant of the exhaust muffler flows through the sliding vane chamber and is discharged from an exhaust pipe of the compressing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: GUANGDONG MEIZHI COMPRESSOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masao Ozu, Weimin Xiang, Jijiang Yu, Hong Guo, Jingtao Yang, Cheng Zhang, Bin Gao, Ling Wang
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Patent number: 10072662Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling the speed of a pump configured to move liquid through a pump system are described. The actual motor speed of the pump motor is controlled by adjusting a current applied to the motor based on the difference between the actual motor speed and the target motor speed according to a gain setting. A first gain value is applied as the gain setting when the difference between the actual motor speed and the target motor speed does not exceed a first threshold. However, a second, higher gain value is applied when the difference between the actual motor speed and the target motor speed exceeds the first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventor: Justin M. Magyar
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Patent number: 10072663Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a chiller having a refrigerant loop. A compressor is part of and in fluid communication with the refrigerant loop. The compressor has two stages, one with a variable geometry diffuser and one with a fixed geometry diffuser.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: DANFOSS A/SInventors: Lin Sun, Joost Brasz, Mogens Rasmussen
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Patent number: 10072664Abstract: A ram air fan has a fan impeller and a motor. The impeller and motor are mounted within a housing. An inlet header delivers air to an inlet for the fan. An air supply system delivers air from an internal cavity of the inlet header to the motor and air bearings. The air supply system includes a conduit extending through the housing. A connection from the conduit extends from a J-shaped tube mounted within the inlet header. The J-shaped tube extends to a remote end, with a perforated member positioned on the remote end.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Lucic Milan, Robert Telakowski, Craig M. Beers, John M. Beck, Darryl A. Colson
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Patent number: 10072665Abstract: An engine using centrifugal pumps to form a centrifugal multistage reverse compressor with flow alternating inward and outward in series. It is fed, at either the periphery or the center of one of the pumps, by either compressed then heated air or by products of combustion. This invention also includes a set of related inventions, comprising a group of flow guides to convert radial flow to axial flow and a group to convert axial flow to radial flow and the combination of those flow guides. The invention also includes a multistage centrifugal compressor using combinations of centrifugal pumps with alternating pumps having inward flow of gas traveling from the periphery to the vicinity of the axle and having outward flow of gas traveling from the vicinity of the axle to the periphery. The invention also includes the using the above in an external heat engine or heat pump.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: Ronald E. Graf
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Patent number: 10072666Abstract: A hermetic compressor driving device, which drives a hermetic compressor provided with an HPS (High Pressure Switch) therein, includes parameter detection units (a voltage detection unit, an overcurrent detection unit, and a position and open-phase detection unit) that detect an overcurrent, a bus voltage, and an open phase, which are generated during the opening operation of the HPS within the hermetic compressor; a temperature detection unit that detects the temperature of the hermetic compressor; and a control unit to which data acquired by the parameter detection units and the temperature detection unit is input. When detecting an abnormality on the basis of the data and upon determining the abnormality as a resumable abnormality, the control unit outputs a drive signal; and, upon determining the abnormality as being not a resumable abnormality, outputs an abnormality signal so as to stop the driving of the hermetic compressor.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takamasa Ohnishi
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Patent number: 10072667Abstract: The present invention provides a supercharger with an electric motor having improved cooling performance for bearings, in the case of employing a grease lubrication system as a lubrication system of the bearings. A supercharger with an electric motor includes: a rotary shaft; a compressor wheel; a compressor housing for housing the compressor wheel; an electric motor including a motor rotor and a motor stator, and giving rotation force to the rotary shaft; a motor housing, for housing the electric motor; a first grease-sealed bearing for rotatably supporting the rotary shaft; and a bearing housing for housing the first grease-sealed bearing, and disposed between the compressor housing and the motor housing. Inside the bearing housing, a cooling passage through which a cooling medium flows is provided in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential side of the first grease-sealed bearing.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Byeongil An, Hiroshi Suzuki, Noriyuki Hayashi, Naomichi Shibata
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Patent number: 10072668Abstract: Systems for pumping water are described. The system can include a covered pool containing a first volume of water, an oared water pump with a plurality of radial oars, an upper reservoir configured in fluid communication with the covered pool, a lower reservoir and a hydroelectric system. The oared pump can pump water from the covered pool into the upper reservoir. The upper reservoir can be configured to communicate water to the lower reservoir through the hydroelectric system with the lower reservoir configured in fluid communication with the covered pool.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventors: Zhora Hovsep Maloyan, Arman Zhora Maloyan
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Patent number: 10072669Abstract: A centrifugal impeller for a blower has a base plate, a cover plate, and a plurality of curved blades mounted between the base plate and the cover plate. The base plate and the cover plate have blade mounting portions including a plurality of mounting holes. Cover plate mounting portions and base plate mounting portions project from each blade and engage with the mounting holes of the cover plate and base plate, respectively. The mounting holes of the cover plate include first mounting holes arranged outwardly from a central region. The first mounting holes have a circular shape. The cover plate mounting portions of each blade include first mounting protrusions engaged with the first mounting holes.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Jun Feng Shen, Ching Hang Leung, Siu Chun Tam
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Patent number: 10072670Abstract: Provided is a fan shroud assembly and, more specifically, a fan shroud assembly including a swirling airflow-preventing saw-teeth which is arranged along a predetermined inner circumferential surface of a ventilating part while maintaining a predetermined gap from an end portion of a blade of a fan or an end portion of a fan band of the fan and are formed in a saw-toothed shape, in which both a first area in which the swirling airflow-preventing saw-teeth are formed and a second area from which the swirling airflow-preventing saw-teeth are removed are formed, thereby generating a swirling airflow of ventilated air due to a reduction in pressure fluctuation and thus effectively reducing noise.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Woo Youl Jung, Cha You Lim, Yong Sung Kwon, Kyung Seok Cho
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Patent number: 10072671Abstract: A diffuser (3) for a fan (2) of axial, radial or diagonal type of construction, has an inlet opening (10) and having an outlet opening (20) for a gaseous medium which flows through a diffuser interior (I), which is enclosed by an outer housing (30), in an axially oriented main flow direction (S) from the inlet opening (10) to the outlet opening (20). The cross section of the diffuser interior (I) increases from the cross section (11) of the inlet opening to the cross section (21) of the outlet opening (20), wherein the outer housing (30) forms an outer diffuser part (AD) which delimits the diffuser interior (I) to the outside. Along the main flow direction (S), the cross section of the outer diffuser part (AD) changes from a circular cross section (31) at the inlet opening (10) to a non-circular cross section (32) at the outlet opening (20).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Markus Engert, Erik Reichert, Oliver Haaf, Christian Pfaff, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Katrin Bohl, Sven Beck, Dieter Best, Tobias Ehmann, Alexander Frank, Erhard Gruber, Matthias Maschke, Thomas Sauer
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Patent number: 10072672Abstract: A blower fan includes a lower plate portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more, and a side wall portion made of a material having a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more. An upper plate portion arranged to cover an upper side of the impeller includes an air inlet. The upper plate portion, the side wall portion, and the lower plate portion are arranged to together define an air outlet on the lateral side of the impeller. The blower fan further includes a heat source contact portion with which a heat source is to be in contact, the heat source contact portion being arranged in a surface of the blower fan which faces away from the impeller. The heat source contact portion and the tongue portion are arranged to at least partially overlap with each other in the plan view.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito Tamaoka, Kazuhiko Fukushima
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Patent number: 10072673Abstract: A gas compressor system is disclosed. The gas compressor system includes a dryer assembly, a receiver tank, and at least one support level. The at least one support level has two slide channels supported by two beams. A platform is slidably attached to the slide channels. An isolator is disposed between each of the slide channels and the beams. A compressor is mounted to each platform.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Powerex-Iwata Air Technology, Inc.Inventor: Justinn B. Eddie
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Patent number: 10072674Abstract: A suction jet pump has a fuel line, a propulsion jet nozzle, an intake region, a mixing tube, and a diffuser. The propulsion jet nozzle and the mixing tube are oriented rectilinearly with respect to one another. As viewed in the direction of flow, the diffuser has a course which differs from the course of the mixing tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Marc Völker, Andreas Sausner
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Patent number: 10072675Abstract: A system includes a mud return system. The mud return system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to be installed in a body of water, to receive used drilling mud, to receive a second fluid, to utilize the second fluid to pressurize the drilling mud for transport, via a mud return line, from a first location at or near the sea floor to a second location at or near a surface of the body of water.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, LLCInventors: James Elliott McLean, Jr., Farshad Ghasripoor, David Deloyd Anderson, Jeremy Grant Martin
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Patent number: 10072676Abstract: A fluid system includes a variable-speed and/or a variable-torque pump to pump a fluid, at least one proportional control valve assembly, an actuator that is operated by the fluid to control a load, and a controller that establishes a speed and/or torque of the pump and a position of the at least one proportional control valve assembly. The pump includes at least one fluid driver that provides fluid to the actuator, which can be, e.g., a fluid-actuated cylinder, a fluid-driven motor or another type of fluid-driven actuator that controls a load. Each fluid driver includes a prime mover and a fluid displacement assembly. The fluid displacement assembly can be driven by the prime mover such that fluid is transferred from the inlet port to the outlet port of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Project Phoenix, LLCInventor: Thomas Afshari
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Patent number: 10072677Abstract: An actuator device for producing a linear movement, has a hydraulic actuator which includes a first piston element for actuating the actuator and a second piston element for producing the linear movement. The piston elements are assigned respective fluidically coupled working chambers, the volumes of which can be changed by movement of the respective piston element. A piezoelectric actuator is provided for exerting a force on the first piston element.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCAHFTInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Gerit Ebelsberger, Reinhard Freitag, Andreas Goedecke, Wolfgang Zoels
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Patent number: 10072678Abstract: Systems and methods use selective regeneration to aid in controllability and efficiency of a hydraulic circuit. A regeneration deactivation valve can react to a differential pressure when the function is in free air and at risk of cavitating or when then function is doing positive work and needs to be efficient. When the function is at risk of cavitating, the regeneration deactivation valve can react to the potential for cavitation and the regeneration deactivation valve closes so the function regenerates. The regeneration deactivation valve can also react when the function is not at a risk of cavitating and can open up allowing the function to move with more power and efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: HUSCO International, Inc.Inventors: Ben Holter, Chris Urban, Corey Quinnell
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Patent number: 10072679Abstract: A hydraulic system and method for using the same are provided. The hydraulic system includes a pump, a first actuator having a first head chamber and a first rod chamber, and a second actuator having a second head chamber and a second rod chamber. The hydraulic system further includes a first control valve and a second control valve. The second control valve to selectively provide regeneration fluid flow from the first rod chamber to the first head chamber in response to a first function command is less than a first function command limit, a second function command is greater than a second function command limit, and a second function load is greater than a second function load limit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: HUSCO International, Inc.Inventors: Eric P Hamkins, Jacob Ballweg, Joseph Pfaff, Mark Elton
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Patent number: 10072680Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the energy-optimized hydraulic control of at least one double-action working cylinder of a work machine comprising a hydraulic pressure transducer which is hydraulically connected to a first piston surface of the working cylinder, to a second piston surface of the working cylinder and to at least one pressure accumulator, wherein the pressure transducer is configured such that the hydraulic energy of a high-pressure volume flow conveyed by the first piston surface to the pressure transducer can be stored completely or at least partially by the at least one connected pressure accumulator and such that the cylinder chamber of the second piston surface of the working cylinder can be filled with a low-pressure volume flow by the pressure transducer.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SASInventors: Philipp Hahn, Volker Gliniorz, Guillaume Bonnetot
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Patent number: 10072681Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for controlling at least one fluid actuated device; e.g., an actuator such as a hydraulic cylinder. A method is provided, for example, involving an actuatable component and an actuation system, which includes an actuation system component and an actuator. During a mode of operation, the actuation system component is fluidly coupled with a first chamber and a second chamber of the actuator using the actuation system. The actuator is operable to move the actuatable component.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: VECNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Daniel Theobald
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Patent number: 10072682Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a valve includes a first actuator having a first actuator housing and second actuator with a second actuator housing. A first plate is positioned within the first actuator housing and a second plate is positioned within the second actuator housing. An intermediate stem extends from a first pressure chamber of the first actuator housing to the second plate. A pressure media path extends through the intermediate stem and a second seal nut that extends into the second plate, the pressure media path providing fluid communication between the first pressure chamber, and a second pressure chamber of the second actuator housing. An injection port is open into one of the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber. The first plate and the second plate are movable in response to pressure media injected into the injection port, for actuating the valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LPInventors: Travis Kyle McEvoy, Keith M. Adams, Lloyd Ray Cheatham, Arianne P. Loeber
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Patent number: 10072683Abstract: In an automotive automatic transmission, a force applying piston mounted on a servo pin is supported at both sides of the piston. A first end of the servo pin is conventionally supported in a servo pin bore. A second, extended end is supported in a specially configured support bore formed in the assembly cover. Excentric loading and excessive wear of the servo pin and servo pin bore, which can result in damage to the piston, is reduced or eliminated thereby.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Sonnax Transmission CompanyInventor: Gregg A. Nader
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Patent number: 10072684Abstract: A mechanical fitting for connecting structures may include a base structure and a plate member. The mechanical fitting may also include a support structure for supporting the plate member at a predetermined spacing from the base structure. The support structure may include a truss structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert Erik Grip, Michael Kirtland Hughes, Daniel Joseph Bazile
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Patent number: 10072685Abstract: A clip holding and release device to hold and secure parts for inspection by holding and releasing a clip feature on a component or assembly. The clip holding and release device may include jaws that have a jaw top portion that may be opened and closed by displacing locking block. A shaft may be displaced directly with a knob, or using a lever, or other method which displaces a locking block to move the jaws in an open and closed position. The jaw top portion may have different configurations depending on the shape or configuration of the part to be inspected. The jaws may also be closed from the front side by displacing the jaws toward each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: Scott Boerman
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Patent number: 10072686Abstract: The fastener is intended to be attached to a glazing element, which has a glass sheet and at least one frame part setting against the surface of the glass sheet. The fastener has a support part and a fastening element to be inserted into the gap between the glass sheet and frame. The fastening element comprises a locking element for locking to the surface of the frame part facing the glass sheet. The fastener installed in place remains in place in the gap between the frame part and glass sheet by means of the locking element without any other attachment elements. The locking element can be a locking projection turning to an angle from the plane of the fastening element, a flexible locking tongue turning to an angle from the plane of the fastening element or a rigid locking tip. The support part may comprise gripping means for attaching to the edge rail of the sunshade.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Suomen Visor OyInventors: Teuvo Haapalahti, Markku Lehtonen, Markku Pulkkinen, Chad Simonson
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Patent number: 10072687Abstract: A board interlocking structure is disclosed herein, comprising a first board, a second board, and a third board, wherein a coupling structure configured to connect to the other two boards is integrally formed on each of the first board, the second board, and the third board. The first board, the second board, and the third board are configured to interlock with one another via the coupling structure. The present disclosure is advantageous in the following aspects: it provides a coupling structure integrally formed on each board that is capable of connecting to the other two boards, allowing the three boards to be interlocked together. The board interlocking structure thus provides a simple, fast and robust interlock mechanism. Further, as no fasteners are required for connecting the boards, the board interlocking structure leads to easy assembly and disassembly of the three boards.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: YIXIANG BLOW MOLDING FURNITURE (NINGBO) CO., LTD.Inventor: Yixiang Jiang
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Patent number: 10072688Abstract: A clip connection includes a first component, a male fixing element protruding from the first component, the male fixing element having a first portion connected directly to the first component and a second spherical portion adjoining the first portion, and a clip element that is clipped onto the male fixing element. The clip element has a plurality of clamping jaws spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the clip element. The plurality of clamping jaws bear against the spherical portion from below beneath an equatorial plane of the second spherical portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Maik Hammer, Johann Van Niekerk
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Patent number: 10072689Abstract: A stanchion system, includes a stanchion post and an attachment system for attachment to a flange which includes a first edge and a second edge. The attachment system includes a crossbar including an extending section and an abutment member on a first end thereof to abut the first edge of the flange; a base including a passage through which the extending section of the crossbar is movable and a seating for the stanchion post; and a connector including a first section and a second section. The second section of the connector is attachable to the extending section of the crossbar at one of a plurality of incremental positions. The first section of the connector is movable relative to the second section to adjust the position of the first section relative to the abutment member of the crossbar.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.Inventors: Thomas W. Parker, David A. Winslow, Eric M. Manson
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Patent number: 10072690Abstract: A hybrid component is formed by a profiled component of a first material, which is materially bonded in certain sections to a component made of a second material, and is connected by a form-fit and/or force-fit connection outside the sections with a material bond. This creates sections that relieve the strains resulting from differing thermal expansion.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Simon Fleischheuer, Robin Ndagijimana, Harald Mund, Nils Frisse, Anup Saravade
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Patent number: 10072691Abstract: An attachment means for connecting thin-walled roof or facade panels to a substructure has a shaft on one end region with a point and on the other end region with a head. A number of longitudinal grooves are provided on the shaft which extend parallel or substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis X of the shaft. The head of the attachment means has a flat-head at a side of which facing the shaft a washer is formed, which radially protrudes outwards from the flat-head. A fine thread is formed on the shaft at least in some regions. Further the invention relates to a kit having such an attachment means and a sealing washer and a kit having such an attachment means and a sealing washer and a magazining-belt, respectively, and a method for connecting a thin-walled roof or facade panel to a substructure.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Raimund Beck Nageltechnik GmbHInventor: Stefan Schachner
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Patent number: 10072692Abstract: A fastening portion structure of a resin part including a tubular member integrally embedded therein by insert molding, and an insertion hole formed inside the tubular member, in which a screw member is inserted through the insertion hole, and the tubular member is compressed in an axial direction by the screw member, so that the resin part is fixed to a predetermined member. An inner peripheral surface of the tubular member is exposed in a region from one end to an intermediate position in the axial direction of the tubular member, but is covered by a resin in a region from the intermediate position to the other end, and the insertion hole is formed in a resin covering the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Tsuzuki, Tomonori Yanagiya
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Patent number: 10072693Abstract: A bolt which extends into the first casing part, into the hole in the barrel nut, and into the second casing part, wherein the bolt engages with the barrel nut so as to join the first casing part to the second casing part; wherein the barrel nut includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the barrel nut is structurally weaker than the second portion of the barrel nut such that, if a predetermined load between the first casing part and the second casing part is exceeded, the first portion of the barrel nut becomes crushed while the second portion of the barrel nut remains engaged with the bolt. The casing assembly may be included in a gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Stephen Jonathan Dimelow, Alison Jane McMillan
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Patent number: 10072694Abstract: A fastener insertion system, for use with an assembly stack-up, includes a fastener and an end effector. The end effector includes a drill bit for drilling a hole through the stack-up, a probe for determining a stack-up parameter, and a fastener feed head for installing the fastener into the hole and applying rotational torque to complete fastener installation. The fastener insertion system also includes a processing device and an angle sensor communicatively coupled to the processing device and to the end effector. The processing device is programmed to measure, with the rotation angle sensor, the angular displacement required to complete fastener installation and to transmit a signal representative of the measured angular displacement from the angle sensor to the processing device. The processing device is also programmed to compare the measurement of angular displacement required to complete fastener installation to a range of angular displacement indicative of correct fastener installation.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mark A. Woods, John A. Davies, Jr., Edward E. Feikert, John E. Inman, Elizabeth Denise Blahut, Jeffry G. Bickford
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Patent number: 10072695Abstract: A fixing element for components of an assembly, comprising a rod which is formed by a cylindrical shaft and an end, the rod being a metal component which is at least partially surface-treated by means of anode oxidation and coated over at least a portion of the cylindrical shaft with a lubricating coating. Such a fixing element enables the electrical continuity to be ensured with the components during mounting with moderate interference in the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)Inventors: Jean-Philippe Maurel, Frederic Labal, Jean-Luc Martres
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Patent number: 10072696Abstract: A detaching method of a filling member and the filling member to be used therein are provided, in which the filling member loaded in a space of a counterbore hole or a hole of a bolt head may be detached easily if required to remove a bolt, a prepared hole is made in the filling member by means of a drill, and female threads are formed in the filling member by a tapping process, and an extracting force is applied to the filling member by way of the female threads engaged with a rotating tap, so that the filling member can be pulled out of the space of the counterbore hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KINKIInventors: Naoya Wada, Akira Sugimoto, Kazufumi Sakata
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Patent number: 10072697Abstract: A dual-prevention lock device for locking a screw and a method for locking a screw. The dual-prevention lock device comprises: a lower lock body (6); an upper lock body (1) mounted on the lower lock body (6), a receiving space for receiving a screw (3) to be locked being formed between the upper lock body (1) and the lower lock body (6); and a lock core (11) mounted on the lower lock body (6). A lower clamping part extending into the receiving space is disposed on the lower lock body (6), and an upper clamping part extending into the receiving space is disposed on the upper lock body (1). Under the action of a key, the lower clamping part is pushed by the lock core (11), so that the screw (3) to be locked is locked in the receiving space by the lower clamping part and the upper clamping part. With the upper and lower clamping parts for locking the screw, the dual-prevention lock device has a reliable performance and a simple structural design.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: Chunping Guo
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Patent number: 10072698Abstract: The invention relates to a load-bearing component (1) for the fastening, lashing, and/or lifting technology, such as a shackle, a snap hook, a hook, or a ring link. The component (1) comprises a plastic-metal composite system (4) which forms at least one load-bearing section (2) and at least one connection section (3). The load-bearing section (2) serves to fasten and/or suspend a load, for example, by use of a fastening device. The component (1) can with the aid of the connection section (3) be attached to an object, for example, to a load or a further component (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KGInventors: Ingo Pautsch, Sebastian Spitzer, Felix Dehmel
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Patent number: 10072699Abstract: The bearing apparatus 1 includes a crankshaft having multiple journals, main bearings supporting the crankshaft, and a bearing housing. The plurality of journals include a first journal with a lubricating oil passage and a second journal without a lubricating oil passage. The first and second journals are supported by first and second main bearings, respectively. The bearing housing is constituted by an Al-alloy upper housing and an Fe-alloy lower housing. The depth of the oil groove of the upper half bearing of the second main bearing at least in a ±45° region is equal to or smaller than a half of the depth of the oil groove of the upper half bearing of the first main bearing in the ±45° region.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Uesu, Yasushi Saito
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Patent number: 10072700Abstract: A through-hole of a flat spring has a shape that defines an opening area larger than the cross-sectional area of an end segment of a shaft and is subject to contact with the rotating end segment. A through-hole of a plate has an opening area larger than the cross-sectional area of the end segment and smaller than the opening area of the through-hole. The end segment is inserted through the through-hole and the through-hole and is swaged to form a space between the through-hole and the end segment, and the space is filled with grease.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Tetsuro Nagami
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Patent number: 10072701Abstract: A driver roller (1, 18) having a rolling body (22) and at least one axle shaft journal (3, 5, 19, 32). The at least one axle shaft journal (3, 5, 19, 32) is fixed to the rolling body (22) indirectly via at least one support element (4, 6, 21, 25, 27, 29), which is fixed to the rolling body (22), by means of removable connecting means. The at least one axle shaft journal (3, 5, 32) is arranged such that the longitudinal axis of the journal is coaxial to the longitudinal axis of the rolling body (22), and the axle shaft journal is a separate component. The support element (4, 6, 21, 25, 27, 29) has the shape of a ring or a disk with a groove (30) in an end wall of the ring- or disk-shaped support element (4, 6, 21, 25, 27, 29). The support element (4, 6, 21, 25, 27, 29) has a flange (31) on which the axle shaft journal (3, 5, 19, 32) is flange-mounted. Such a driver roller can be easily assembled from modules, thereby simplifying maintenance and storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBHInventors: Klaus Frauenhuber, Friedrich Moser, Juergen Schiefer, Johann Stadlmair
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Patent number: 10072702Abstract: An air foil bearing for supporting a high speed rotating assembly such as in a turbocharger, a high speed centrifugal separator or the like. The foil bearing includes at least one bump foil and at least one top foil. The top foil leading edge is bent radially outwards forming a bevel or step. This feature serves as an air guide to prevent air of the preceding pad flowing into the gap between the pads, and then between the bump foil and the top foil, causing the top foil to bear against the rotor, causing severe wear.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventor: Frank Dahinten
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Patent number: 10072703Abstract: The invention relates to a corrosion protection device for a bearing arrangement used or usable in machine and/or plant parts and a method for using such (a) corrosion protection device(s), wherein the bearing arrangement consists of at least one metallic material, e.g. 25CrMo4, 42CrMo4, 43CrMo4, 34CrNiMo6, C45, C45N, X20Cr13, GG-20, GGG-40, GS15, St 37 or the like and is used for the mutual relative movement of at least two bearing rings, wherein the bearing arrangement comprises a plurality of rolling elements and a plurality of through-bores and/or a plurality of blind bores, as well as a first screw-mounting surface for affixing a first mating structure and a second screw-mounting surface for affixing an opposite mating structure, characterized in that the corrosion protection device is integrated into at least one of the through-bores and/or blind bores or is or can be introduced in or at such bores.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: IMO Holding GmbHInventor: Hubertus Frank