Patents Issued in February 20, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200056690
    Abstract: A torque converter (10) translates torque between an internal combustion engine and an automatic transmission. The torque converter (10) includes a rotatable torque input member (20) adapted to be operatively coupled to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, and an impeller assembly (12) operatively coupled to rotate with the torque input member (20). The torque converter (10) further includes a turbine assembly (14) and a one-way clutch assembly (62). The turbine assembly (14) is fluidly connected in driven relationship with the impeller assembly (12) and adapted to be coupled to a rotatable transmission input shaft (56). The one-way clutch assembly (62) is disposed radially between the turbine assembly (14) and the transmission input shaft (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: James R. PAPANIA, Chris BLAIR, Brett M. PEGLOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20200056691
    Abstract: A sprocket is provided for arrangement on a drive shaft, the sprocket having a gear rim which has an externally toothed gear ring and a ring carrier, and a sleeve body, wherein the ring carrier has a recess for receiving the sleeve body and the sleeve body has a recess for receiving the drive shaft so that the gear rim can be arranged on the drive shaft with the sleeve body interposed there between, wherein the sleeve body is provided with a thread on its outer lateral surface and wherein the recess of the ring carrier provided for receiving the sleeve body has on the inner side thereof facing the sleeve body a thread corresponding to the thread of the sleeve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz BOSMANN, Jacob Willem MEIJER
  • Publication number: 20200056692
    Abstract: An arrangement including a bushing having a bushing hub, a bushing flange, a housing containing a uni-directional bearing, an axle extending outward from the uni-directional bearing, and a stationary torque arm attached to the axle of the bushing. The bushing hub is inserted into a recessed hub section of a sprocket, and securely connected to the sprocket. The arrangement may also include a driven device attached to the bushing hub, and an endless drive belt and motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: ContiTech USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Feuerborn, Mike Janne
  • Publication number: 20200056693
    Abstract: A rack bar includes a shaft member having a toothed section. The toothed section has a plurality of rack teeth, and extends over a portion of an entire length of the shaft member along a longitudinal direction of the shaft member. The shaft member has a grinding-finished outer peripheral surface extending over the entire length of the shaft member including the toothed section. A method for manufacturing the rack bar includes forming the toothed section by plastic working and grinding the outer peripheral surface to improve shape accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi YAMAWAKI, Norimasa SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20200056694
    Abstract: A hydraulically actuated transmission includes a reducing valve provided at a lubricant oil supplying circuit and configured to reduce a pressure of a lubricant oil having a predetermined pressure and output the lubricant oil with a reduced pressure; and a switching device (switching valve) configured to selectively switch between a first path and a second path as the path for supplying the lubricant oil from the reducing valve to a to-be-lubricated portion. The reducing valve is configured such that an output pressure of the lubricant oil from the reducing valve is higher when the second path is selected by the switching device, than when the first path is selected by the switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Ishiyama, Fumitoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Okayama, Masuhiro Kawakami, Tomokazu Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200056695
    Abstract: A hydraulically actuated transmission includes a selecting switching valve configured to selectively switch between a first switching valve and a second switching valve as a valve to be connected with an outlet port of a solenoid valve. The selecting switching valve is configured to operate in response to a hydraulic pressure applied to a specific frictional coupling element (second brake) in accordance with coupling and releasing of the specific frictional coupling element, and is configured to connect the outlet port with the first switching valve while the hydraulically actuated transmission is in high gear which is higher than or equal to a predetermined gear, and connect the outlet port with the second switching valve while the hydraulically actuated transmission is in the low gear which is lower than the predetermined gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Ishiyama, Fumitoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Okayama, Masuhiro Kawakami, Tomokazu Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200056696
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a variable-speed gearbox. The variable-speed gearbox includes a low-speed gear train and a high-speed gear train, each gear train of which is configured to selectively provide torque from an engine of the aircraft to a proprotor. The variable-speed gearbox also includes a hydraulic system configured to provide torque to the proprotor. The hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump driven by the engine of the tiltrotor aircraft and a variable-displacement motor driven by a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Alexander Fenny, Frank Stamps
  • Publication number: 20200056697
    Abstract: A hydraulic system is described, in particular for a motor vehicle transmission, with an actuator, a valve, a pressure supply line and a tank line. The actuator may have a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, which can have pressure applied for actuation of the actuator, wherein the pressure chambers, the pressure supply line and the tank line are each connected to a port (A, B, P, T) of the valve. The valve may have several different switching positions, in which the pressure chambers with the pressure supply line or the tank line are selectively connected to each other or shut off from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Dominik Guldenschuh
  • Publication number: 20200056698
    Abstract: A method for operating a multi-clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, having at least the following steps: a) closing a first clutch of the multi-clutch transmission, in order to transfer an input torque (M_k1) between a drive machine of the motor vehicle and at least one first sub-transmission of the multi-clutch transmission; b) applying a drag torque (M_k2) to a second sub-transmission of the multi-clutch transmission, which is coupled to the first sub-transmission, via a second clutch of the multi-clutch transmission; c) detecting a clutch slip of the second clutch, which is dependent on the drag torque (M_k2); and d) determining a current gear selection of the multi-clutch transmission by evaluating the clutch slip. The disclosure further relates to a multi-clutch transmission and to a motor vehicle having a multi-clutch transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Lutz GUNDLACH
  • Publication number: 20200056699
    Abstract: An actuator arrangement for a motor vehicle transmission includes a pump device, a shifting interface, and a switching logic device. The pump device has a pump for fluidic actuation of a clutch, and an electric motor for driving the pump. The shifting interface is connected to the pump device for actuating the motor vehicle transmission. The shifting interface has at least one of a shift lever, a shifting pawl mechanism, or a shifting shaft. The switching logic device is arranged between the shifting interface and the pump device. The pump device is arranged to actuate the shifting interface sequentially with respect to the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Yunfan WEI, Marco Grethel
  • Publication number: 20200056700
    Abstract: Provided is a sliding member having a hard carbon coating that makes high wear resistance compatible with a low coefficient of friction and that has excellent peeling resistance. A sliding member (100) includes a base member (10) and a hard carbon coating (12) formed on the base member (10). The indentation hardness of the hard carbon coating (12) decreases gradually from the base member side to the surface side. The hard carbon coating (12) has an indentation hardness distribution at 0?T/Ttotal?0.6 approximated by a first line and an indentation hardness distribution at 0.9?T/Ttotal?1 approximated by a second line, and the intersection between the first line and the second line (T2/Ttotal, H2) satisfies Expression (1), (H3?H1)×T2/Ttotal+H1<H2?0.9×H1, and Expression (2), 0.6?T2/Ttotal?0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA RIKEN
    Inventors: Kazuya KAMEDA, Hiroshi MARUYAMA, Yuuichi ISHIDA, Takuma SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20200056701
    Abstract: A seal member has a seal surface exhibiting excellent sealing properties and is any one seal member selected from a gasket, a mechanical seal, a segment seal, a brush seal, a squeeze packing, a lip packing, and a seal ring, in which the seal member has a seal surface on which a polymer brush layer is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Norimasa HOSONUMA, Nozomu SUZUKI, Takeshi HOSOE, Keita SAKAKIBARA, Yoshinobu TSUJII
  • Publication number: 20200056702
    Abstract: A shockwave-inducing mechanical rotating shaft seal includes a seal face gap having at least one section of converging and then diverging gap width that supersonically accelerates compressible fluid escaping through the seal gap, thereby causing a shockwave that reduces the fluid pressure and provides a high pressure fluid seal with significantly reduced viscous heating and gap width. A plurality of the converging-diverging sections can be provided, having a combined width between 0.004 and 0.008 inches. The converging-diverging sections can be configured to accelerate the fluid to a Mach number less than 4. The gap can further include a section of flat, parallel seal faces that induce viscous stresses in the fluid, thereby further reducing the fluid pressure. The seal can be configured with axially directed seal faces or radially directed seal faces, and/or used as a pre-conditioner in combination with a conventional downstream mechanical fluid seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Cheng-Kang Guan, Daniel A. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20200056703
    Abstract: A sealing system for a gas turbine engine includes a first surface and a second surface spaced a dimension away from the first surface defining a gap through which a fluid can flow. At least one recess is formed in one of the first surface and the second surface and is oriented such that the fluid flow through the gap crosses the at least one recess. The recess is configured to restrict the fluid flow through the gap in comparison to if the at least one recess were not present, all other things being equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Philip Robert Rioux
  • Publication number: 20200056704
    Abstract: A three-way valve of a piston valve seal structure includes a valve box, a valve stem, and a valve body. The valve stem is a metallic rod-shaped member that reciprocates up and down in a piston structure. In the valve body, an upper guide washer is provided on the valve stem adjacent to an upper disc ring. An outer diameter of a portion of the upper guide washer is slightly smaller than an inner diameter of a flat portion of a first valve seat. A lower guide washer is provided on the valve stem adjacent to a lower disc ring. An outer diameter of a portion of the lower guide washer is slightly smaller than an inner diameter of a flat portion of the second valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: ROCKEY-ICHIMARU Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hironobu ICHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20200056705
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a body, a fitting, and a stopper assembly. The body has a first end and a second end. The body includes a connector portion positioned at the first end, a nozzle portion positioned at the second end, and an intermediate portion connecting the connector portion to the nozzle portion. The connector portion includes a peripheral wall having a crimped end that defines a fluid inlet. The nozzle portion defines a fluid outlet. The connector portion, the intermediate portion, and the nozzle portion cooperatively define a fluid flow path extending from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The fitting is disposed within the peripheral wall. The fitting is held within the peripheral wall by the crimped end. The stopper assembly is coupled to the body along the intermediate portion. The stopper assembly is configured to facilitate selectively restricting a flow along the fluid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Reliance Worldwide Corporation
    Inventor: William J. Burns
  • Publication number: 20200056706
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a valve having a ball surface having a convex spherical shape, and a first opening opened in the ball surface to allow fluid to pass through; and a seat having an annular shape and opposing the ball surface to be in sliding contact, the seat being pressed against the ball surface, the seat having a second opening to communicate with the first opening. The seat has a sealing surface in a sliding contact with the ball surface at a valve closed time when the ball surface and the second opening overlap with each other, and a seat contact surface in a sliding contact with an opening inner wall surface or an opening end surface of the first opening at a valve opened time when the first opening and the second opening overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: KENTARO YUTANI, Takumi Kataoka, Naohito Seko
  • Publication number: 20200056707
    Abstract: A control module for a pinch valve can include a housing, a controller, a display, one or more indicators and one or more sensors, such as flow sensors, proximity sensors or tube sensors. A control module can support monitoring or operation of one or more pinch valves within a fluid control system. A pinch valve can include one or more control modules and a pinch valve system can include a plurality of pinch valves and a plurality of control modules. A method of controlling a pinch valve can include controlling fluid flow operations based on input from one or more sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Rachakonda Naga Srikanth, Jeffrey Loprete, Christopher Ganci
  • Publication number: 20200056708
    Abstract: A valve assembly is provided, the valve assembly comprising a body that defines a fluid flow path between an inlet and an outlet with a frangible member between the inlet and the outlet across the fluid flow path so as to block fluid flow The valve assembly also includes means for rupturing the frangible member, means for biasing the rupturing means into contact with the frangible member and means for retaining the rupturing means away from the frangible member. A magnet is spaced apart from the retaining means a non-magnetic sleeve is disposed between the magnet and the retaining means. The non-magnetic sleeve block a magnetic field provided by the magnet. Also included are means for removing the non-magnetic sleeve, wherein, when the non-magnetic sleeve is removed, in use, the magnetic field attracts the retaining means to release the rupturing means to cause rupture of the frangible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Lukasz WIKTORKO, Pawel CZARNECKI
  • Publication number: 20200056709
    Abstract: A pinch valve can include a finger guard or tubing retainer for blocking at least a portion of a tube slot. A headpiece for a pinch valve can include a tube slot for receiving tubing and can be adapted to couple with a guard. A guard can include a base and an extension and can be removably coupled to a headpiece. The extension can be adapted to block at least a portion of a tube slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Loprete, Christopher Ganci
  • Publication number: 20200056710
    Abstract: A diverter valve for a sanitary fitting having a diverter valve housing, a valve body for the targeted supply of a fluid to at least two diverter valve outlets, and a spindle for actuating the valve body. The spindle is biased, so that after cutting the spindle to length, the spindle is displaced from the diverter valve housing by a defined travel. Also a concealed installation body with a corresponding diverter valve as well as a method for mounting a corresponding concealed installation body are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Harry HOPFAUF, Heiko LANGER, Frank-Thomas LUIG
  • Publication number: 20200056711
    Abstract: An air valve assembly for use with inflatable articles is provided. The air valve assembly includes a valve base (10), a valve body (20), an inflation adapter (30), a plug (40) and a fixing ring (50). The air valve assembly provides for inflation of the inflatable article through two different sized air passages, allowing inflation by multiple sizes of air inflation hoses or nozzles. The air valve assembly also provides for quick deflation of the inflatable article through a third and larger sized air passage. The configuration of the air valve assembly may be easily changed by hand without the need for tools, allowing for easy and efficient inflation or deflation of the inflatable article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Wanbin Qiu, Qiao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200056712
    Abstract: Valve discs for use with fluid valves are disclosed herein. An example valve disc for a fluid valve includes a base portion having a first side to engage a seat of the fluid valve and a second side opposite the first side, the second side being generally planar and having a centrally located recess to receive a valve stem. The valve disc further includes a circumferential wall extending away from a peripheral edge of the second side, an inner surface of the wall and the second side defining a cylindrical cavity, wherein a height of the circumferential wall is at least twice a thickness of the circumferential wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Douglas Forbes, Curtis Lamar Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20200056713
    Abstract: An end fitting for use in connecting a gas source in fluid communication to an appliance, includes a nut mounted by a fusible and meltable heat activatable material on a socket having a chamber for receiving a plug. The plug connects to the gas source and the socket connects to the appliance. An O-ring of meltable heat activatable material separates the plug and socket. The socket includes a spring that biases a valve member against the plug and between closed and open conditions, respectively, to block or permit fluid flow from a source and through the chamber. In case of excess heat buildup in the socket body, the heat activatable materials melt but unless the gas source is turned off always allow a predetermined amount of gas to flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Schaefer Screw Products Company
    Inventor: Michael Szalay
  • Publication number: 20200056714
    Abstract: A production tubing pressure insensitive wireline retrievable safety valve includes an upper and a lower packing to create a hydraulic seal in an annulus surrounding a portion of the wireline retrievable safety valve and a hydraulic fluid intake port to receive hydraulic fluid in the annulus surrounding the wireline retrievable safety valve within the hydraulic seal from a surface. The hydraulic fluid is communicated to a piston shoulder chamber disposed below the hydraulic seal to move a power piston under actuation pressure and compress a power spring disposed within a gas chamber. A ball valve connected to the power piston moves a ball off seat when the power piston is forced down allowing fluid communication through a plurality of flow ports into a central lumen of the wireline retrievable safety valve exposed when the ball is off seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jason C. Mailand, Case Nienhuis, Thomas G. Hill, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200056715
    Abstract: A fluid distributor valve (1) for repartitioning an inlet fluid stream (Z) into two outlet fluid streams (X, Y), comprising an inlet port (10), two outlet ports (11, 12), a first and a second valve mechanism (13, 14), one arranged upstream each outlet port (11, 12), wherein each valve mechanism (13, 14) comprises a valve body (15, 16) slidable in a cylindrical valve bore (17) in reciprocating strokes through a valve shaft (18), wherein the valve body (15, 16) includes a first portion (15a, 16a) that is formed with a progressively changing diameter so as to reduce a valve gap between the valve bore inner peripheral wall and the valve body outer peripheral wall at a plane (A, B) perpendicular to the stroke direction, in a regular operating range of the valve mechanism (13, 14), from a maximum valve gap to a minimum valve gap, to reduce or increase the flow rate through the gap towards the associated outlet port (11, 12) upon the relative movement, and wherein at least one of the valve bodies (15, 16) of the val
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Laurent Moreau
  • Publication number: 20200056716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ball valve (1) for a pipe system for conveying liquid or gaseous media, comprising a housing (3), which has a ball plug (4) and seat rings (5, 6). A hydraulic system (7), which is independent of the pressure of the liquid or gaseous medium flowing through the pipe system, is provided for changing the contact pressure of at least one of the seat rings (5, 6) against the ball plug (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Elmar Mentzel
  • Publication number: 20200056717
    Abstract: Various devices and techniques related to valve actuation conversion kits are generally described. In various examples, conversion kits may include a bonnet component. In some examples, the conversion kits may include at least one attachment component effective to couple the bonnet component to a body or bonnet of a legacy valve. Coupling the bonnet component to the body or bonnet of the valve may form a cavity enclosed by the bonnet component and the body or bonnet of the valve. A portion of a stem of the valve may be disposed within the cavity when the bonnet component is coupled to the body or bonnet of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Edward P. Davis
  • Publication number: 20200056718
    Abstract: A method for actuating a solenoid valve, which is loaded with a pneumatic pressure medium, in order to reduce a pressure (psys) which is applied to the solenoid valve, where the solenoid valve assumes a closed switching position in the deenergized state and assumes a completely open switching position when it is energized with a switching current intensity (Is(p)) which is dependent on the applied pressure (psys), where a first rise current final value (I1) is predetermined, which first rise current final value is smaller than the switching current intensity (Is(p)), where the solenoid valve is energized with an actuating current which follows an actuating current profile (SV1, SV2), and where the actuating current profile (SV1, SV2) comprises a first rise phase (TA1), in which the actuating current is increased to the predetermined first rise current final value (I1), and, following said first rise phase, a first holding phase (TH1) in which the actuating current is held constant at the first rise current fi
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dierk Hein, Patrick Wassermann
  • Publication number: 20200056719
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve comprises a valve body having a dividing wall which separates a first chamber and a second chamber and a through-hole formed in the dividing wall and in which a valving element is inserted, a guide member having a main body portion disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the valving element and an inner peripheral surface of the valving element and forming a gap with the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole, an insertion hole through which the valving element is inserted and which slides against the outer peripheral surface of the valving element, a flange portion provided on an one-end side of the main body portion and being in contact with the dividing wall and a tapered portion provided in the one-end side and disposed inside the first chamber. The flange portion is pushed toward the dividing wall by a pushing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori HAYAKAWA, Kazuyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200056720
    Abstract: A manually actuated valve assembly includes a valve body defining a flow passage, a valve member assembled with the valve body, an actuator housing assembled with the valve body, an actuator stem having an upper stem portion coupled with a lower stem portion by a coupling, a rotatable actuator drive member coupled to said upper stem portion, and a biasing spring disposed in the actuator housing. The actuator drive member is rotatable between a first stop position corresponding to a fully open valve position, and a second stop position corresponding to a fully closed valve position. The coupling between the upper stem portion and the lower stem portion is configured to provide an over-travel condition between the actuator drive member and said actuator stem configured to provide a closed valve condition at a predetermined rotational position of the actuator drive member that is offset from the second stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: William H. Glime, III, Branden W. Keeper
  • Publication number: 20200056721
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a body, a nozzle on an end of the body, a liquid container coupled to the body, and a piston configured to move in the body so as to control an ejection of liquid from the nozzle. The piston and the nozzle are configured to be detached from the body as an assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Chin Hung LAM
  • Publication number: 20200056722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum valve comprising a sensor assembly with at least one force sensor which has a deformation-sensitive element. The sensor assembly is designed such that a measurement signal relating to a compression of the seal (TO) which lies between a first and a second seal surface, said compression being produced by the first and the second seal surface, is detected by means of the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Adrian ESCHENMOSER, Andreas HOFER
  • Publication number: 20200056723
    Abstract: A valve cartridge for a sanitary fitting having a cartridge housing, a valve stem which is rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the cartridge housing, a handle for rotating the valve stem, a passage disk with a first passage and a second passage, a control disk rotatable with the valve stem for controlling a liquid flow through the first passage or the second passage of the passage disk, a handle adapter which can be connected to the valve stem for setting a first rotational orientation of the valve stem to the handle in a first position and can be connected to the valve stem for setting a second rotational orientation of the valve stem to the handle in a second position, so that the control of the flow of liquid through the first passage or the second passage can be changed by the control disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Janik BUCHMUELLER, Turgut KINIKARSLAN, Frank-Thomas LUIG
  • Publication number: 20200056724
    Abstract: A valve device includes: valves configured to control a flow of processing gases supplied to a process vessel; a housing in which first flow paths through which the processing gases flow are formed; a heat diffuser configured to cover the housing and diffuse heat of the housing; a heating part configured to cover the housing covered with the heat diffuser and heat the housing via the heat diffuser; a supply configured to supply a coolant to a second flow path formed between the housing and the heat diffuser; and a controller configure to control the heating part to heat the housing to a first temperature when a predetermined process is performed on a target substrate, and before a start of a cleaning process of the process vessel, control the heating part to stop heating of the housing and control the supply to supply the coolant to the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohisa KIMOTO, Yuichi FURUYA, Takashi KAKEGAWA, Eiichi KOMORI, Hideaki FUJITA, Hiroyuki MORI
  • Publication number: 20200056725
    Abstract: A method for breaking the friction between a buried pipe section and its surrounding soil. A linear actuator or a pneumatic impact mole pushes on one end of the pipe section while a pipe extractor pulls on the opposing end of the pipe section. In an alternative embodiment, a device is used to excite the pipe section's natural vibrational frequency while a pipe extractor pulls on one end of the pipe section. After the friction between the pipe section and its surrounding soil is broken, the pipe extractor may remove the pipe section from its borehole. In another embodiment, the pipe section may be cut into smaller sections and each section may be individually removed from the ground using a pipe extractor. Alternatively, the smaller pipe sections may be individually loosened from the surrounding soil and then rejoined before being removed from the ground by a pipe extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Steven W. Wentworth, Robert F. Crane, Mark D. Randa, Kelvin C. Aus
  • Publication number: 20200056726
    Abstract: A multi-function support assembly supports, grounds, and shields numerous different types of aircraft systems and simultaneously stabilizes aircraft structures to which the support assembly is mounted. The support assembly includes a support tray and a number of support brackets attached to and spaced along the length of the support tray. The support tray attaches to aircraft floor beams or other aircraft structures to stabilize the structures while providing a mounting location for the support brackets. The support tray also provides electromagnetic and structural shielding for aircraft systems and a ground path for electrical and electronic components in the aircraft. The support brackets are formed of electrically insulative materials and attach to the support tray to support various aircraft systems below the support tray and to electrically isolate the support tray from the aircraft structures and the aircraft systems from the support tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Leroy Loss, Allen Douglas Gerdes, John Matthew Brannon
  • Publication number: 20200056727
    Abstract: A duct includes a foam-filled honeycomb core structure having a tubular shape. The duct further includes an air-impermeable duct wall coupled to an exterior surface of the foam-filled honeycomb core structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Douglas D. Maben, Bryce A. Vandyke, Mark M. Gmerek, David R. C. Cannal
  • Publication number: 20200056728
    Abstract: A rotary union includes a housing forming a bore and a piston bore having an open end and disposed at a radially offset distance with respect to the bore. The piston bore is fluidly isolated from the bore. A seal carrier is slidably disposed within the bore, and includes an actuation arm extending radially outwardly relative to the bore such that it overlaps the piston bore. A piston slidably disposed in the piston bore is extendible to releasably abut the actuation arm and urge the seal carrier to displace relative to the bore when the piston displaces relative to the piston bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Anton A. Petrou
  • Publication number: 20200056729
    Abstract: A crank connection structure includes a crank and a connection pipe. The crank and the connection pipe are connected in a plug-in manner and are rotatable relative to each other. A sealing ring is provided between the crank and the connection pipe. A faucet includes a body and the crank connection structure. The connection pipe is connected to the body. For the crank connection structure and the faucet using the structure, during the installation, only the angle relationship between the crank and the connection pipe needs to be adjusted, and the sealing ring is used for sealing the crank and the connection pipe without requiring raw material belt. The angles between the faucet body and the two cranks can be simultaneously adjusted to be at same level by rotating the faucet body, which abandons the traditional way of separately adjusting the cranks for leveling, achieving faster installation and adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: JIANGMEN SURRAIN SHOWER CO.LTD.
    Inventor: Jingwen TAN
  • Publication number: 20200056730
    Abstract: A quick connector includes a tubular socket, a wire retainer attached to an outer circumferential surface of the socket, and a guide member provided inside of the socket. The wire retainer has a lock portion which engages with a flange of a first tubular body when the guide member is at a second position. An outer circumferential surface of the guide member is formed with a holding recess in which the lock portion is fitted when the guide member is at a first position, and a wall of a pair of walls forming the holding recess is formed with a tapered guide surface that extends radially outward. The tapered guide surface guides the wire retainer so that the wire retainer goes over the flange when the first tubular body is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Takashi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200056731
    Abstract: A pipe joint for joining pipe sections via a receiving recess at one end of the first pipe section, comprising a first groove formed in an internal wall of the receiving recess and accessible via a transverse insertion passage, a plurality of axially spaced-apart second grooves formed in an external wall of a connection end of the second pipe section, and an elongate flexible anchoring strip comprising a plurality of axially spaced-apart anchoring portions placeable in respective ones of the second grooves, wherein, once the first and plurality of second grooves have been brought into alignment upon insertion of the connection end of the second pipe section into the receiving recess, the anchoring strip is inserted from outside the first pipe section into the first groove and plurality of second grooves so as to be seated therein, thereby uniting and axially locking together the first and second pipe sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: John Patrick Manning, Henry Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20200056732
    Abstract: A quick release connector includes a connector body provided with a through hole and a plurality of receiving holes connected to the through hole, a plurality of positioning balls movably mounted in the receiving holes and partially extending into the through hole, a movable ring mounted on the connector body, an elastic member biased between the connector body and the movable ring, and an outer sleeve movably mounted on the connector body and provided with a plurality of receiving recesses. When the outer sleeve pushes the movable ring, the receiving recesses of the outer sleeve align with the receiving holes of the connector body, and the positioning balls are detached from the through hole of the connector body and are moved into the receiving recesses of the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Kuei-Sen Pai
  • Publication number: 20200056733
    Abstract: A gasket for use with a connector assembly apt to allow the sealed passage of a fluid through a wall (P) and suitable for installation realized from just one side of the wall, which gasket has a deformable region is provided. The gasket is configured to assume an installation configuration, in which the gasket can be introduced into a connector seat (D) formed in the wall (P), crossing it from side to side, and a sealing configuration, wherein the gasket is installed in the wall (P) and deformed, at the deformable region, to abut on an inside mouthpiece of the connector seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Giuseppe TROMBATORE, Giovanni TROMBATORE
  • Publication number: 20200056734
    Abstract: A no-crimp valve assembly employs a fitting which has an enlarged outer portion and a coaxial inner portion of reduced diameter. An axial groove is formed between the outer portion and the inner portion for receiving the end of a polymer pipe. A nut retainably receives a split ferrule. The split ferrule has a serrated inner surface. The nut is threaded to the outer threaded surface of the outer portion and the ferrule is compressed against the outer surface adjacent the end of the pipe to form a fluid tight connection and the inner surface of the pipe engages the reduced surface of the inner portion. In some embodiments, the inner portion carries one or more sealing rings or has a serrated or stepped inner surface which engages the inside surface of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: James H. Holden
  • Publication number: 20200056735
    Abstract: A conduit locking device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall disposed between the first end and the second end. The conduit locking device may further include a slide engaged with the sidewall of the housing, the slide including an extension arm and an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit. The slide may be extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the sidewall of the housing to a second position disposed away from the sidewall of the housing, where, when in the second position, the slide is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Barry M. Scott
  • Publication number: 20200056736
    Abstract: A fireproof cladding material for covering or coating a plastic pipeline, includes a cross-sectional structure formed by needle punch or thermal bond to form a two-layer or three-layer laminated structure with an integrated structure. The laminated structure of the cross-sectional structure is composed of a fireproof fiber woven blanket having a thickness of 0.2-250 mm, and an upper side or a lower side of the fireproof fiber woven blanket, or both sides of the upper side and the lower side thereof, is composed of a fireproof reinforcement layer with a thickness of 0.015-0.5 mm. The fireproof cladding material has the characteristics of softness, bendability, light weight and high strength, and is suitable for covering or coating plastic pipelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: TE-CHAO LIAO, CHUN-CHE TSAO, SHIH-HSUN YEN
  • Publication number: 20200056737
    Abstract: A portable video display system includes a base container and a display monitor mounted to a display support structure. The display support structure is hingedly coupled to the base container and can be moved between; (i) a closed position wherein at least a portion of the display support structure is stored within the case interior space; and (ii) an open position wherein at least a portion of the display support structure is in a deployed position outside of the case interior space. In the open position, the base container acts as a stand and supports the display support structure in the deployed position. The display support structure is configured to protect a display monitor when the display support structure is in the open position and includes a translucent shield that is positioned over the display monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: David Wojciechowski
  • Publication number: 20200056738
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate the use of collaborative robots to tend metal fabrication equipment are provided. In one embodiment, a universal mount is provided that can be installed on a pedestal to secure a collaborative robot in a designated location. In various embodiments, the universal mount may provide the ability to move the pedestal that holds the collaborative robot away from a machine access door for redeployment or to allow machine maintenance or part inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Gary Kuzmin, David Perkowski, Uriel Rodriguez, Michael Mandry, Cristian Almendariz
  • Publication number: 20200056739
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a package delivery platform. The package delivery platform may be configured to receive a package from a drone. The package may include a magnetic material. The package delivery platform may include a platform body, a plurality of magnets disposed about the platform body, and a controller configured to control the plurality of magnets in order to secure the package to the platform body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Karl Strahlendorf, Sravani Yajamanam Kidambi