Patents Issued in May 14, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200149496
    Abstract: A combustion system includes an annular tube disposed between an inner wall and an outer wall, the annular tube extending from an inlet end to an outlet end; at least one fluid inlet disposed in the annular tube proximate the inlet end, the fluid inlet providing a conduit through which fluid flows into the annular tube; at least one outlet disposed in the annular tube proximate the outlet end; and at least one inlet fluid plenum disposed upstream of the fluid inlet. The inlet fluid plenum includes at least one reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kapil Kumar Singh, Narendra Digamber Joshi
  • Publication number: 20200149497
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for implementing fluid injection through a cylinder valve seat. The engine system may include a cylinder valve with a valve head mating with a valve seat when the valve is closed. The valve seat includes an injection orifice blocked by the valve head when the cylinder valve is closed and unblocked when the cylinder valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph F. Basmaji, Mark Madin, William Charles Ruona, John Cornell
  • Publication number: 20200149498
    Abstract: A system and method for combustion in an engine includes a combustion chamber, a prechamber, and a fluid injector. The prechamber extends from a first end to a second is fluidly connected to the combustion chamber through at least one port positioned at the first end of the prechamber. The fluid injector is configured to introduce a fluid into the prechamber following combustion of an air-fuel mixture within the prechamber and positioned to introduce the fluid into the prechamber at the second end of the prechamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew J. Loetz
  • Publication number: 20200149499
    Abstract: A fuel additive system includes a fuel supply having an intake manifold, a fuel tank, a fuel supply line, and a fuel delivery system. A fuel additive supply is fluidly connected to the fuel supply for adding fuel additive to fuel from the fuel supply. The fuel additive supply includes a fuel additive tank and a fuel additive supply line connecting the fuel additive tank to the fuel supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Kevin Cummings
  • Publication number: 20200149500
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block including a cylinder, a cylinder head including an intake port, the intake port communicating with the cylinder, an intake manifold fixed to the cylinder head, the intake manifold being configured to supply intake air into the cylinder, and a dynamic vibration absorber configured to suppress vibration of the intake manifold. A direction that is orthogonal to both a central axis of the cylinder and a rotational axis of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is defined as a width direction. The dynamic vibration absorber is attached to the intake manifold on an opposite side of a center of gravity of the intake manifold from the cylinder head in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitomo MIZUTA, Masaya TAGAWA, Kenta TAKATANI, Keisuke HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200149501
    Abstract: An end cap for a fuel filter includes a metal body with a first surface opposite a second surface. A hole extends through the first surface and the second surface of the body. A metal spring is connected to the first surface of the metal body and extends at least partially over the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: William W. Butcka
  • Publication number: 20200149502
    Abstract: To obtain a gasoline direct injection rail in which a large load is unlikely to be concentrated on a boundary part between a rail body and an end cap, and damage to the boundary part can be prevented, even when high pressure is applied to the inside of the rail body. The gasoline direct injection rail comprises an end cap 4 composed of a top plate 5 and a circumferential wall 6, and a rail body 1 having an end part 2 in which the circumferential wall 6 of the end cap 4 is inserted and placed, wherein an inner circumference of the end part 2 of the rail body 1 has a depression 3, the circumferential wall 6 is placed in the depression 3, and there is no level difference at a boundary part 12 between an inner circumferential surface 11 of the circumferential wall 6 and an inner circumferential surface 10 of the rail body 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Koichi HAYASHI, Shuji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200149503
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle provided with an engine and an electric motor includes a vehicle state evaluator, an exit evaluator, a shutdown evaluator, and a request output unit. The vehicle state evaluator conducts a vehicle stop evaluation and a driving state evaluation on the engine. The vehicle state evaluator evaluates whether the vehicle is stopped in a ready-on state in the vehicle stop evaluation. The exit evaluator conducts an exit evaluation as to whether an exit of an occupant from the vehicle is detected. The shutdown evaluator conducts a shutdown evaluation as to whether a vehicle drive system is to be shut down based on the results of the vehicle stop evaluation, the driving state evaluation, and the exit evaluation. The request output unit outputs a request for shutting down the vehicle drive system based on the result of the shutdown evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Atsushi DOKI
  • Publication number: 20200149504
    Abstract: A protection circuit for protecting an energy storage device includes a first circuit region between a first terminal of the energy storage device and a first connector node, a second circuit region between a second terminal of the energy storage device and a second connector node, a latching circuit to electrically couple the first connector node to the first terminal of the energy storage device when the latching circuit is in a closed configuration, and a contactor circuit electrically coupled to an operational switch of the latching circuit, the contactor circuit comprising a capacitor to store charge and a microcontroller to monitor an electrical property of the energy storage device to determine if a short circuit occurs and, if a short circuit does occur, cause the capacitor to discharge to the operational switch of the latching circuit to cause the latching circuit to transition to the open configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: DAVID GEORGE VUTETAKIS
  • Publication number: 20200149505
    Abstract: A hydraulic turbine includes a rotor with a runner, which is concentrically surrounded by a stator, whereby the runner comprises a plurality of runner blades arranged and distributed in a ring around a rotor axis, and each runner blade extends between a runner crown and a runner band; whereby the stator comprises a plurality of guide vanes arranged and distributed in a ring around the rotor axis, and each guide vane extends between an upper stator ring and a lower stator ring; and whereby a predetermined clearance is provided at least between the runner band and the lower stator ring. A substantial reduction of pressure pulsations in the vane-less gap between said runner blades of said runner is achieved by substantially increasing said predetermined clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Lionel Martinez, Jean-Bernard Houdeline, Geoffrey Darona, Claude Beral
  • Publication number: 20200149506
    Abstract: A wave power generation device comprises a floating energy harvester (1), a plurality of energy conversion levers (2) and a plurality of energy transferring rods (3) suspended around the floating energy harvester (1); one end of the energy transferring rod (3) is connected to the floating energy harvester (1), and the other end is sleeved onto the lower end of the energy conversion lever (2); the energy transferring rod (3) transfers energy harvested from a horizontal movement of a wave by the floating energy harvester to the energy conversion lever (2), and follows the vertical motion of the energy conversion lever (2) as the surface of the sea rises and falls; an upper end of the energy conversion lever (2) is connected to a first working mechanism (102), and a lower end of the energy conversion lever (2) is submerged in seawater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: YI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200149507
    Abstract: This invention relates to a noise reducing device and a wind turbine blade comprises such a noise reducing device. The noise reducing device comprises noise reducing elements projecting from a base part towards a second end. Airflow modifying elements projects further from the base part towards a first end. The noise reducing elements and airflow modifying elements are arranged on opposite sides of the base part and preferably have different dimensions and/or shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Carlos ARCE, Peter BAEK, Bjarke VAN MALKENHORST
  • Publication number: 20200149508
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes which is secured to a vertical vane axis so as to be rotatable independently of one another about a respective vane rotational axis and which are rotatably mounted about a vertical rotor rotational axis on a common circular path. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine, in which method pitch angles of vertical wind turbine vanes driven about a respective vertical vane axis are specified. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner by control of the pitch angles, at least in a partial load mode of the vertical wind turbine, such that the vanes rotate with a substantially constant tip-speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM
  • Publication number: 20200149509
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air concentration tower for a vertical axis wind turbine. The air concentration tower has a polygonal outer perimeter, a pivot located at each vertex of the polygonal outer perimeter, and an inwardly-positioned rudder blade operatively connected at each pivot. Each inwardly-positioned rudder blade has a first wind-neutral position, and is pivotable through a plurality of angles that adjust based on an incoming wind direction, such that the incoming wind is channeled to the vertical axis wind turbine, which is located approximately at a center area of the polygonal outer perimeter. The air concentration tower is designed to provide higher wind speed to the vertical axis wind turbine than the surrounding ambient air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Dilson dos Santos Rodrigues, Donald Coy Beaman
  • Publication number: 20200149510
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes, each of which is secured to a respective vertical vane axis so as to be rotatable about a respective vane rotational axis independently of one another by a motor and which are mounted on a common circular path in a rotatable manner about a vertical rotor rotational axis. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine. Angular positions about a respective vertical vane axis are specified for driven vertical vanes of the vertical wind turbine. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner in that the angular positions of the vanes are permanently regulated by directly driving the vanes using a pitch motor arranged concentrically to the respective vane axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM
  • Publication number: 20200149511
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes which can be rotated independently of one another about a respective vane rotational axis by a motor and which are mounted on a common circular path in a rotatable manner about a vertical rotor rotational axis. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine. Angular positions are specified for vertical wind turbine vanes which are mounted in a rotatable manner about a respective vertical rotor rotational axis and which can be rotated about a respective vane rotational axis by a motor. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner in that the angular positions of the vanes are specified by at least one respective pitch motor which at least partly supports the respective vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM
  • Publication number: 20200149512
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of determining an induction factor of the wind for a wind turbine (1) equipped with a LiDAR sensor (2). For this method, wind speed measurements are performed in measurement planes (PM) by use of LiDAR sensor (2), then induction factors between measurement planes (PM) are determined by use of the measurements and of a linear Kalman filter, and the induction factor between a measurement plane (PM) and the rotor plane (PR) of wind turbine (1) is determined by a second linear Kalman filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hoai-Nam NGUYEN, Fabrice GUILLEMIN
  • Publication number: 20200149513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an Electro-Thermal Heating element for a wind turbine blade comprising an electrically conductive resistive material; two active busbars for supplying electrical power to the electrically conductive resistive material; and at least one dummy busbar at a predetermined spacing between the two active busbars on the electrically conductive resistive material. The present invention is also directed to a method of repair of the Electro-Thermal Heating Element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Luke SPANDLEY, Arran WOOD, Darren ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20200149514
    Abstract: A method for controlling a gearless wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine comprises a generator having a stator and a rotor and an air gap therebetween which has an air gap thickness, wherein the generator is designed as an internal rotor, with the stator as an outer part and the rotor as an inner part, or the generator is designed as an external rotor, with the rotor as an outer part and the stator as an inner part, said method comprising the following steps: detecting a temperature of the outer part as an outer part temperature, detecting a temperature of the inner part as an inner part temperature, calculating a temperature difference as the difference between the outer part temperature and the inner part temperature, and controlling the generator according to the temperature difference such that a reduction in the air gap thickness by thermal expansion of the generator is counteracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ulf SCHAPER, Kai ENSKONATUS, Wojciech GIENGIEL
  • Publication number: 20200149515
    Abstract: Provided is a pitch bearing arrangement of a wind turbine, including an outer bearing ring and an inner bearing ring arranged coaxially to each other and including a common symmetry axis, and at least one reinforcement plate arranged at the inner ring and at least one plate-like or beam-like stiffening means coupled to the outer ring axially adjacent to the at least one reinforcement plates and adapted to be coupled to a positioning means to be arranged at the other side of the at least one reinforcement plate used for pivoting the outer ring relative to the inner ring, with the at least one reinforcement plate including at least one hole through which the stiffening means is mechanically connectable or connected to the positioning means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Karsten Buch-Lorentsen, Klaus Hjorth Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200149516
    Abstract: A system for generating mechanical work from the expansion of water as it freezes includes an outer housing, an inner housing, and a chamber between the outer housing and the inner housing. Water may be supplied to the chamber and a coolant may be supplied around the outer housing and inside the inner housing. As the water freezes, its volumetric expansion may force a piston to move, generating useful mechanical work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Joshua N. Kramer
  • Publication number: 20200149517
    Abstract: A pump system/method configured to provide substantially constant flow of concrete, cement, or other material is disclosed. The system integrates a trapezoidal cutting ring and spectacle plate in conjunction with lofted transitional interfaces to the mechanical pump cylinder rams and output ejection port to ensure that pressurized discharge concrete material is not allowed to be relaxed nor backflow into the material sourcing hopper. The trapezoidal cutting ring is configured to completely seal off the trapezoidal spectacle ports as it smoothly transitions between the mechanical pump input ports during cycle changes thus generating a more uniform output flow of concrete while eliminating hopper backflow and hydraulic fluid shock. A control system is configured to coordinate operation of the hydraulic pump cylinder rams and cutting ring to ensure that output ejection port pressure and material flow is maintained at a relatively constant level throughout all portions of the pumping cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Francis Wayne Priddy
  • Publication number: 20200149518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. The linear compressor includes a piston, a cylinder, a frame, a first bearing gap formed between an inner circumferential surface of the frame and the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, a second bearing gap formed between an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and the outer circumferential surface of the piston, a bearing inflow passage and a bearing side passage formed in the cylinder such that fluid flows from the first bearing gap to the second bearing gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Wooju JEON, Donghan KIM, Youngpil KIM, Eonpyo HONG
  • Publication number: 20200149519
    Abstract: Provided are: a non-evaporable getter coated component and chamber including a non-evaporable getter material layer with a total storage capacity of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms of 20 mol % or less and/or a noble metal layer with a total storage capacity of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms of 20 mol % or less; a manufacturing method of a non-evaporable getter coated component and chamber, the method including a step of forming a non-evaporable getter material layer and/or a noble metal layer by coating a non-evaporable getter material and/or a noble metal by a vapor deposition method under low pressure; and a manufacturing apparatus of a NEG coated component and chamber including a NEG material filament and/or a noble metal filament and a current feedthrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Inter-University Research Institute Corporation High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
    Inventors: Kazuhiko MASE, Takashi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200149520
    Abstract: A sealed refrigerant compressor (100) includes: a compression element (107) accommodated in a sealed container (101) and configured to compress a refrigerant; and an electric element (106) configured to drive the compression element (107). Lubricating oil (103) is stored in the sealed container (101). A resin member is included as a member accommodated in the sealed container (101). The amount of oligomer contained in the resin member is 2.5 wt. % or less of an entire weight of the resin member. Kinetic viscosity of the lubricating oil 103 at 40° C. falls within a range of 0.1 to 5.1 mm2/s. A flash point of the lubricating oil 103 is 110° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Panasonic Appliances Refrigeration Devices Singapore
    Inventors: Shingo OYAGI, Hirotaka KAWABATA, Hiroto HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200149521
    Abstract: An eccentric sleeve for a crankshaft of a compressor, a crankshaft, a crankshaft assembly, and a compressor are provided. The crankshaft has a main shaft, a counterbalance and an eccentric shaft. The main shaft and the eccentric shaft are provided at two sides of the counterbalance and arranged eccentrically. The main shaft is internally provided with a main lubrication oil passage. An outer circumferential wall of the eccentric shaft is provided with an oil leakage hole in fluid communication with the main lubrication oil passage. The eccentric sleeve is fitted over the eccentric shaft. An outer circumferential wall of the eccentric sleeve is provided with a shaft flow hole extending through the outer circumferential wall in a thickness direction of the eccentric sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: ANHUI MEIZHI COMPRESSOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuebao SHEN, Gang HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200149522
    Abstract: Described is a method for manufacturing a diaphragm assembly through the use of injection molding. The method can avoid the use of PTFE as a chemically resistant coating. Further, the method can increase overall adherence of a polymer diaphragm to an insert through the use of an interference surface on at least the surface of a head of the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Robert E. Gledhill, III, John T. Nguyen, Steve L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20200149523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positive displacement pump (10) comprising a pump body (11, 101, 201) comprising an inlet end (16, 116, 216) and an outlet end (18, 118, 218), a pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) arranged between said inlet end (16, 116, 216) and said outlet end (18, 118, 218), at least one membrane (20, 120, 220) active in the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) and mobile between an expanded configuration in which the volume of the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) is maximum and a retracted configuration in which the volume of the pumping chamber (30, 130, 230) is minimum, a delivery valve (46, 146, 246) arranged close to the outlet end (18, 118, 218) of the pump body (11, 101, 201), an intake valve (26, 126, 226) comprising an intake mouth (27, 127, 227), an outlet mouth (28, 128, 228) and a valve wall (29, 129, 229) that joins the intake mouth (27, 127, 227) to the outlet mouth (28, 128, 228), the intake mouth (27, 127, 227) being coupled to the inlet end (16, 116, 216) of the pump body (11, 101, 201) and
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Vincenzo Di Leo
  • Publication number: 20200149524
    Abstract: A miniature piezoelectric pump module is provided and includes a piezoelectric pump, a microprocessor, a driving component and a feedback circuit. The piezoelectric pump includes two electrodes and a piezoelectric element and has the best efficiency while operating under an ideal operating voltage. The driving component is electrically connected to the microprocessor and the piezoelectric pump and includes a transform element and an inverting element. The transform element outputs an effective operating voltage to the piezoelectric pump. The inverting element controls the two electrodes to receive the effective operating voltage or to be grounded. The piezoelectric element is subjected to deformation for transporting fluid due to piezoelectric effect. The feedback circuit generates a feedback voltage according to the effective operating voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Shen-Wen Chen, Shih-Chang Chen, Chun-Hung Liao, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Chun-Yi Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200149525
    Abstract: A method for pumping a fluid includes providing a peristaltic pump including a contact wall, an opposing, movable compression element, and a flexible tube interposed between the contact wall and the compression element in a compressing region. The flexible tube has a tube lengthwise axis and a through passage. The flexible tube is displaceable relative to the compressing region between a first position and a second position different from the first position. The method includes: with the flexible tube in the first position, compressing the flexible tube between the compression element and the contact wall to thereby force the fluid through the through passage; thereafter displacing the flexible tube into the second position from the first position; and thereafter, with the flexible tube in the second position, compressing the flexible tube between the compression element and the contact wall to thereby force the fluid through the through passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Tak Shun Cheung, Chui Ha Cindy Wong, Andrew Icasiano
  • Publication number: 20200149526
    Abstract: The invention discloses a quick-exhaust diaphragm pump, belonging to the technical field of diaphragm pumps. The key points of the technical scheme of the quick-exhaust diaphragm pump comprises that a buffer seat is arranged at the lower end of the valve seat; a buffer slot is formed in the buffer seat; when the buffer seat is covered on the valve seat, a buffer space is formed by the lower surface of the valve seat and the buffer slot. The quick-exhaust diaphragm pump can prevent airflow in the pressure relief airbag from fluctuating and improves the stability of supply airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Sicheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20200149527
    Abstract: A compressor installation having a reduced load at start-up, including a gas compressor having an inlet and an outlet and a start-up valve connected to the outlet of the compressor. The start-up valve includes a valve body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve plunger connected to the inlet of the valve body, a spring connected to the valve body and the valve plunger, and a muffler. The start-up valve is configured to discharge the compressed gas through the muffler to atmosphere to reduce the load on the motor at start-up. After starting the compressor, the spring in the start-up valve is compressed after pressure is increased by the compressor and the discharge through the start-up valve to atmosphere is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: QUINCY COMPRESSOR LLC
    Inventor: Tingrong REN
  • Publication number: 20200149528
    Abstract: Insert elements that may be positioned within a high pressure plug valve. The elements have two or more recessed grooves formed around the fluid opening of the elements. The grooves are spaced from one another. A seal is placed in one and only one of the grooves. As wear occurs, the seal is relocated to one of the other grooves. Instead of a series of spaced grooves in a single insert element, a kit may be formed from two or more otherwise identical insert elements, each with a single recessed groove at a different position around the fluid opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Kelcy Jake Foster
  • Publication number: 20200149529
    Abstract: A hand-held inflation device comprising: a first housing (10) in which a motor (11) is mounted; a second housing (20) in which a compression means (21) for generating compressed air is mounted; the second housing (20) is rotatably mounted to the first housing (10) such that the second housing (20) is foldable relative to the first housing (10) between a folded position and an extended position; coupling means (22) for coupling the motor (11) to the compression means (21) in at least one position between the folded position and the extended position, such that the motor (10) is capable of driving the compression means (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Koon Fung Lam, Wai Kwong Ching, Liuxi Xing
  • Publication number: 20200149530
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a scroll type micro-compressor, and a method for machining a fixed scroll plate and an orbit scroll plate thereof. The scroll type micro-compressor comprises a fixed scroll plate and an orbit scroll plate each integrally made with a monocrystalline silicon substrate; the compressor device has an Oldham ring structure, and reduces a mass of the orbit scroll plate by optimizing a design of a substrate of the orbit scroll plate; a cross-sectional shape of a plurality of micropores provided on a lower surface of the fixed scroll plate is set as of a fan ring, in which an electrode material is accommodated to maintain an electric field uniformity and reduce an electric field loss; and hydrophilia of inner surfaces is changed to prevent a top leakage and facilitate capillary filling of a compression chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Duli YU, Xiaoxing XING, Chaomin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200149531
    Abstract: A vane rotary compressor has a cylinder. A main bearing and a sub bearing are coupled to the cylinder forming a compression space. The main and sub bearing each have a back pressure pocket on a surface facing the cylinder. The main bearing and the sub bearing radially support a rotation shaft. A roller coupled to the shaft is disposed within the compression space. The roller has circumferentially spaced vane slots, each vane slot extending from an open end on an outer circumferential surface of the roller to a back pressure chamber disposed within the roller at an opposite end of each vane slot. A plurality of vanes slide within the vane slots and divide the compression space into compression chambers. At least one of the back pressure chambers in the vane slots fluidly communicates with at least one of the back pressure pockets in the main and sub bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonhong PARK, Seoungmin KANG, Seheon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200149532
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner oil return control method, which includes the steps of: detecting that a power-on operation state of an outdoor unit at present meets a preset condition and a duration of the power-on operation state reaches a first preset duration, controlling the outdoor unit to perform an oil return operation, and setting the start-stop times as an initial value; after completing the oil return operation, detecting whether a start-stop operation occurs in the outdoor unit; updating the start-stop times when the start-stop operation occurs in the outdoor unit; and when updated start-stop times reach a preset number and the outdoor unit is in a starting operation state at present, controlling the outdoor unit to perform the oil return operation. Also disclosed are an air conditioner and a computer readable storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Benzhan SU, Yongfeng XU, Meibing XIONG, Xihua MA, Zekun LIANG, Linxing REN, Zengyi ZHAO, Mingkun FENG
  • Publication number: 20200149533
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a cutting assembly for a chopper pump. The cutting assembly includes a cutting insert having a cutting blade extending radially therefrom, and an impeller having a central hub, a plurality of vanes, and an insert surface. The insert surface defines an axial recess that is dimensioned to receive the cutting insert therein. The cutting assembly further includes a cutting plate having a plate hub with a cutting extension protruding radially inward therefrom. Rotation of the impeller rotates the cutting blade past the cutting extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Jack Bevington
  • Publication number: 20200149534
    Abstract: An electric drive unit (E) may include an electric motor (EM) and an electronic control unit (EE) for the open-loop control of the electric motor (EM). The electric motor (EM) has a stator unit (S) and a rotor (R). The electronic control unit (EE) is mounted on an electrically insulating carrier element (ET), where the carrier element (ET) is attached to the stator unit (S). Additionally, the stator unit (S) includes a stator core (SP), where the stator core (SP) is electrically conductively connected to a ground connection (EEG) of the electronic control unit (EE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Michel Wetterau
  • Publication number: 20200149535
    Abstract: An inline axial flow fan includes a first fan including a first impeller, a first motor portion, and a first case, and a second fan including a second impeller, a second motor portion, and a second case, the first fan and the second fan being positioned in sequence from one axial side to another axial side. The first case and the second case are accommodated in a housing, and only one of the first case and the second case includes multiple slits that connect the inside and the outside of the first case and the second case in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEMOTO, Kosuke MIZUIKE, Yoshitsugu SASAGURI
  • Fan
    Publication number: 20200149536
    Abstract: A housing (17) of a fan (1) has an inflow-side end surface (2), an outflow-side end surface (16), and a wall ring (15). The wall ring 15 extends in a direction of an axis (12) from one of the end surfaces (2) to the other (16) and adjoins a fan passage. A fan wheel (10) is arranged in the fan passage. A grid (3) is arranged on the inflow-side end surface (2). The grid has a hub (8) positioned centrally in the fan passage. Primary struts (4) extend in the radial direction between the hub (8) and the edge of the fan passage. Secondary struts (6) intersect the primary struts (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Wolfgang Laufer
  • Publication number: 20200149537
    Abstract: An inline axial flow fan includes a first fan including a first impeller, a first motor portion, and a first case, and a second fan including a second impeller, a second motor portion, and a second case, the first fan and the second fan being positioned in sequence from one axial side to another axial side. The first case includes multiple first slits, and the second case includes multiple second slits. The inline axial flow fan includes a flange extending radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the first case or the second case located between the first slit and the second slit in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Shinji TAKEMOTO, Kosuke MIZUIKE, Yoshitsugu SASAGURI
  • Publication number: 20200149538
    Abstract: A power supply system for vacuum pump comprising a power supply means to supply electrical energy to the vacuum pump for operation and energy storage means connected to the vacuum pump to store energy produced by the vacuum pump during ramp-down of the vacuum pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander James Patey, Nicolas Jonathan Grant
  • Publication number: 20200149539
    Abstract: Technologies are described for devices and methods for adjusting a position of impellers within a bowl assembly. The devices may comprise an adjuster at the second end of a spacer coupling. The adjuster may include an adjuster sleeve. The adjuster sleeve may be a cylindrical sleeve. The adjuster sleeve may be threaded on an internal side. The adjuster sleeve may be spaced from the driven hub so that the adjuster sleeve can rotate around a driven shaft. The adjuster sleeve may threadedly mate and engage with an externally threaded first end of the driven shaft when the adjuster sleeve is rotated. The rotation of the adjuster sleeve may adjust a position of the driven shaft with respect to the driven hub and may thereby adjust a position of an impeller attached to a second end of the driven shaft with respect to a stationary bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Stephen Miller, Paul Walter Behnke
  • Publication number: 20200149540
    Abstract: A magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor includes a magnetic bearing spindle having a thrust disk, front and rear axial bearings, an impeller and at least one labyrinth seal. The front and the rear axial bearings are disposed individually to opposing sides of the thrust disk. First and second clearances exist axially between the rear and front axial bearings, respectively, and the thrust disk. The impeller connects a front end of the magnetic bearing spindle. The labyrinth seal pairs the magnetic bearing spindle into an oblique arrangement with respect to the axial direction, and each the labyrinth seal is spaced from the magnetic bearing spindle or the impeller by a labyrinth-seal clearance. By controlling the thrust disk axially, a clearance ratio of the first clearance to the second clearance can be varied to adjust the labyrinth-seal clearance. In addition, a magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor controlling method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: JUN-JIE LIN, JENN-CHYI CHUNG, CHUNG-CHE LIU, KUO-SHU HUNG
  • Publication number: 20200149541
    Abstract: Systems and methods to clamp an impeller on a shaft in a centrifugal compressor. The embodiments as disclosed herein may include clamping individual impeller independently to the shaft, which may reduce the tolerance stack-up effect of a plurality of impellers. The impeller can be clamped to the shaft by positioning, for example, a relatively stiff support (e.g. a shaft locknut) on a front side of the impeller. The impeller can also be clamped to the shaft by a relatively flexible support to compensate for e.g. thermal expansion/contraction of the impeller. The embodiments as disclosed herein are particularly suitable for a multi-stage impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mark W. Harrison, Jon Christopher Johnson, Todd W. Smith
  • Publication number: 20200149542
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a fan shaft driven by a turbine shaft via a device for reducing a speed of rotation. The turbomachine includes an uncoupling device interposed between the reduction device and the turbine shaft. The uncoupling device is configured to uncouple the reduction device and the turbine shaft in response to the exceeding of a determined resistant torque exerted by the reduction device on the turbine shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Alexandre Tan-Kim, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet
  • Publication number: 20200149543
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a seal carrier and a seal press fit within an inner diameter of the seal carrier. The seal includes an outer ring supporting a radially moveable shoe supported by at least one beam. The outer ring includes an inner radial surface having at least one tab extending radially inward toward the shoe for aiding removal of the seal from the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua G. LaPera, Robert L. Hazzard
  • Publication number: 20200149544
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes at least a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor is arranged upstream of the combustor section. A fan section has an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades. The low pressure compressor is downstream from the fan section. An airfoil is arranged in the low pressure compressor and includes pressure and suction sides that extend in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a relationship between a camber angle and span position that defines a curve with a decreasing camber angle within the range of 80% span to 100% span. The camber angle is less than 20° within the entire range of 40% span to 100% span.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Lisa I. Brilliant, Joseph C. Straccia, Stanley J. Balamucki, Mark A. Stephens, Kate Hudon
  • Publication number: 20200149545
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes at least a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor is arranged upstream of the combustor section. A fan section has an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades. The low pressure compressor is downstream from the fan section. An airfoil is provided in the compressor section outside the high pressure compressor section and includes pressure and suction sides that extend in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a relationship between a stagger angle and span position that defines a curve with the stagger angle greater than 35° from 0% span to at least 50% span. The stagger angle has a positive slope from 20% span to 100% span.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Edward J. Gallagher, Lisa I. Brilliant, Joseph C. Straccia, Stanley J. Balamucki, Mark A. Stephens, Kate Hudon