Patents Issued in July 2, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200208733
    Abstract: A lubrication system for an in-wheel motor powertrain is proposed. The system includes a housing having a motor and supporting a wheel, and having a space therein; an input gear and an output gear provided in the housing; two intermediate gears each provided with a first gear meshed with the input gear, and a second gear meshed with the output gear and having a pitch circle diameter different from that of the first gear, the first and second gears being integrally and concentrically coupled together; a pump gear meshed with the input gear; a bearing plate rotatably supporting the input gear, the output gear, and the intermediate gears; a cover plate configured to provide a part of a lubrication pump driven by the pump gear; and a first oil supply part provided by the cover plate and a mid-plate to lubricate the output gear and the intermediate gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jung Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20200208734
    Abstract: A power transmission device configured to transmit a power inputted thereto from a motor to a wheel is disclosed. The power transmission device includes a first support member, a first gear, a second support member attached to the first support member, a second gear, and an adjustment mechanism. The first gear is supported by the first support member, and configured to rotate about a first axis. The second gear is supported by the second support member, meshed with the first gear, and configured to rotate about a second axis. The second axis is approachable to and separable from the first axis. The adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a distance between the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hitoshi KATSURA, Taichi KITAMURA, Chika BABA
  • Publication number: 20200208735
    Abstract: A plug for closing an opening of a casing, the plug including a solid hub, with central axis, as well as a retaining member which ensures the axial attachment of the plug in the opening, the plug including a play-compensating carriage, which is distinct from the hub and which is movably mounted on a guiding support borne by the hub, the guiding support being arranged in such a way as to axially retain the carriage and to guide the relative movement of the carriage with respect to the hub in a direction termed the “play-compensating direction” transverse to the central axis, a spring-type resilient member, arranged between the guiding support and the carriage, and an orientating member arranged so as to orientate the plug, and consequently the play-compensating direction defined by the guiding support, in azimuth around the central axis, according to a predetermined orientation with respect to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT EUROPE
    Inventor: Mickael GUERIN
  • Publication number: 20200208736
    Abstract: While automatic driving control is being performed, traveling in a driving state of a vehicle corresponding to an unconverged region (including an unperformed region and a performed region) is preferentially selected between the traveling in the driving state of the vehicle corresponding to the unconverged region, and traveling in the driving state of the vehicle corresponding to a converged region. As such, learning control that corrects an amount of operation associated with control of the vehicle is performed more easily throughout the entire learning regions regardless of a usage state of the vehicle by a driver. Therefore, it is possible to achieve an appropriate traveling state at an early stage by the learning control that corrects the amount of operation associated with control of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kota Fujii, Atsushi Tabata, Tetsuya Kono, Koichi Okuda
  • Publication number: 20200208737
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle is provided including a power source, such as an engine or an electric motor, and a transmission having a variable gear ratio. A sub-transmission coupled to an output of the transmission includes a plurality of selectable gear configurations including park gear and at least one of a forward gear, a neutral gear and a reverse gear. An electronic controller is operative to electronically control the gear configuration of the sub-transmission in response to a set of conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew P. McGuire, Cole A. Sytsma, Brian D. Krosschell
  • Publication number: 20200208738
    Abstract: Provided is an automotive transmission control apparatus. The automotive transmission control apparatus includes: a housing; a main shaft provided in the housing; a driving unit coupled to the main shaft and configured to be driven based on a signal for controlling a gear position of a transmission; a reduction unit housed within the driving unit; and an output unit to receive a rotational force of the reduction unit and output the rotational force with a reduced rotational speed. The reduction unit includes: an inner gear member coupled to the main shaft and including a first gear portion and a second gear portion; and an outer gear member fixed to the housing and including a first receiving gear portion engaged with the first gear portion. Further, the output unit includes a second receiving gear portion engaged with the second gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Minsoo KIM, Sungjin KIM, Mirae DO, Chun Nyung HEO
  • Publication number: 20200208739
    Abstract: A current control device brings, after a target current has been changed to an upper side, a solenoid into a full-on state at a first timing that arrives in a predetermined control transition cycle shorter than an on-off cycle, determines whether an excitation current has become equal to or larger than a full-on threshold larger than the target current, brings the solenoid into a full-off state at a first timing that arrives in a predetermined energization switching cycle shorter than the on-off cycle after the excitation current has become equal to or larger than the full-on threshold, determines whether the excitation current has become equal to or smaller than a full-off threshold smaller than the target current, and causes a transition to a steady control at a first timing that arrives in the control transition cycle after the excitation current has become equal to or smaller than the full-off threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masashi NAKAGAWA, Fuminori SUZUKI, Kengo TAKEI
  • Publication number: 20200208740
    Abstract: A vehicle lock-up clutch control method is performed in which an output of an engine is transmitted to an automatic transmission via a torque converter having a lock-up clutch. The method includes controlling a transmission torque capacity of the lock-up clutch such that a slip rotation speed of the lock-up clutch becomes zero after the lockup clutch is brought into a non-engaged state immediately after starting an accelerator operation, and when the accelerator operation is carried out during a fuel cut of the engine or in a state in which a road load and a driving force of the vehicle are balanced, and after completion of a downshift when the automatic transmission is downshifted while executing a slip control of the lock-up clutch from the non-engaged state to an engaged state during the accelerator operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Yuzuru TOHTA
  • Publication number: 20200208741
    Abstract: An angle calculation unit calculates a motor angle based on a motor rotation angle signal acquired from a motor rotation angle sensor that detects a rotational position of a motor. An acceleration variation calculation unit calculates an acceleration variation parameter related to an amount of variation in motor acceleration, based on the motor angle. An idle running determination unit determines the end of an idle running state in which the motor is rotating within the range of play, based on the acceleration variation parameter. A target setting unit sets a target motor angle by adopting an angle correction value that is a value corresponding to the motor angle at the end of the idle running state. A drive control unit controls the drive of the motor such that the motor angle becomes the target motor angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Shigeru KAMIO
  • Publication number: 20200208742
    Abstract: A segment seal is configured to seal an annular clearance between a housing and a rotary shaft in a state in which a pair of seal rings are attached in an unrotatable state between one end portion of the housing and a support member attached to the housing so as to be opposite to the one end portion in an axial direction. The segment seal includes an anti-rotation member placed not to rotate relative to the housing or the support member, provided with a pair of raised portions fitted to the pair of seal rings to prevent rotation of the pair of seal rings, and configured such that at least one of the raised portions has a shape fittable only to either one of the seal rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KUROKI, Toru KONO, Akira URABE
  • Publication number: 20200208743
    Abstract: A seal comprising: an annular body defining an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall extending from a base; and a plurality of energizing elements disposed within a recess between the inner and outer sidewalls, wherein at least two adjacent energizing elements of the plurality of energizing elements have different unit loads as compared to one another, and wherein the at least two adjacent energizing elements contact the inner sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Van DUONG, Bedros J. TASLAKIAN
  • Publication number: 20200208744
    Abstract: A seal can include a seal body and a coating disposed on a surface of the seal body. The seal body can include a high-performance thermoplastic material. The coating can include a fluoropolymer. In an embodiment, the seal can have a wear rate of at most 3.7×10?6 mm3/(N·m). A method of forming a seal can include forming a seal body and disposing a coating over a surface of the seal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Zong ZONG, Jiezhu Jin, Nafih Mekhilef
  • Publication number: 20200208745
    Abstract: A spool valve includes: a cylindrical tubular sleeve that extends in an axial direction and comprises a first port and a second port separated from each other in the axial direction, and a cylindrical columnar spool that extends in the axial direction and comprises a diameter reduced portion. The cylindrical columnar spool moves in the axial direction through the sleeve and opens and closes the first port to cause the first port to or not to communicate with the second port, and the first port has a first through hole having a first width in a circumferential direction of the sleeve, and a second through hole having a second width different from the first width in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: CKD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Hirose, Takahiro Minatani, Keiichi Nishikawa, Yoshinori Tanaka, Naofumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200208746
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve includes: two spools arranged in a valve main body individually movable in an axial direction and in parallel with each other, end parts thereof being housed in a common pressure chamber, and having respective guide shaft parts on the end parts thereof; a return spring provided between each of the spools and the valve main body, so that a flow of oil is controlled by a movement of the two spools with respect to the valve main body against a spring force of each of the return springs in a case where a pilot pressure is supplied to the pressure chamber; and a coupling member that is arranged in bridged between the guide shaft parts of the two spools and that is pressed in a direction of becoming closer to the spools by the return springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yuusuke Miyamoto, Yuichi Hishinuma, Shunsuke Tamura
  • Publication number: 20200208747
    Abstract: A fluid transfer system includes a valve tree, the valve tree having a master valve having a flow axis and a header. The fluid transfer system further includes a coupler disposed between, connected to, and in fluid communication with, the valve tree and the header. The coupler has a fixed length and includes a coupler multi-path flow connector in fluid communication with the valve tree. The coupler also includes a flow control valve having a flow axis, the flow control valve directly coupled to the coupler multi-path flow connector and in fluid communication with the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chad BABINEAUX, Scott BENDER, Steven BENDER, Jerod BUSHMAN, Jason CADE, Brenton J. GRESKA, Glenn C. PARKS, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200208748
    Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly includes a case and a partition structure. The case has a chamber. The partition structure includes a partition wall vertically disposed in the chamber to separate a first flow path and a second flow path in the chamber, and the partition wall has a breach and a valve structure disposed at the breach, wherein the valve structure covers the breach when the valve structure is not pushed open. When a fluid pressure existed in a section of one of the first flow path and the second flow path which is adjacent to the valve structure is greater than a fluid pressure existed in a section of the other one of the first flow path and the second flow path which is adjacent to the valve structure, the valve structure is pushed away to expose at least a part of the breach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shun-Chih Huang, Tai-Chuan Mao, Yi-Jhen Lin
  • Publication number: 20200208749
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve assembly comprising a valve housing within which is provided a primary pressure relief valve having a valve ball and a valve spring, the valve spring biasing the valve ball in a first direction into a valve seat to prevent the passage of fluid from a fluid line through the valve, and wherein the spring force is selected such that a fluid force above a predetermined set point acting against the ball in a second direction opposite the first direction causes the ball to move out of the valve seat against the spring force to allow fluid to flow from the fluid line through the valve seat and through the valve, and wherein a secondary valve is positioned relative to the primary valve to retain fluid around the valve spring of the primary valve at a fluid force below the predetermined set point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jeremy KRACKE
  • Publication number: 20200208750
    Abstract: A self-sealing safety valve (10) for a container of pressurised fluid (12) comprises a substantially solid body (14) and attachment means (24) for connecting to a dispensing valve. The self-sealing safety valve includes a substantially central bore (16) extending through both the attachment means and the solid body, and the bore connects an inlet (20) to an outlet (18). The bore comprises at least three parts each of a different diameter: a first part (16a) immediately adjacent the outlet has a first diameter; a second part (16b) located immediately adjacent the first part has a second diameter that is wider diameter than the first diameter; and a third (16c) part located immediately adjacent the second part has a third diameter that is wider than the second diameter. The second part of the bore houses a first biasing means (30). The third part of the bore houses a sealing ball (28) and a second biasing means (38), and the sealing ball is located between the first and second biasing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Quinn, Mark Quinn
  • Publication number: 20200208751
    Abstract: A gas shut-off valve assembly designed to automatically close gas flow in a gas conduit in response to a seismic vibration comprises a door which may be parallel to a port in the conduit and a weight above the door. In some embodiments, the door may be mostly out of the conduit passageway and out of the gas flow allowing for improved gas flow efficiency in the normally open state. Upon sensing a seismic vibration, the weight falls from a platform onto the door causing the door to move into the conduit passageway sealing the passageway. In some embodiments, a port in the passageway is perpendicular to the door's default position in the open state. When the door closes the passageway, the door rotates ninety degrees about an axis into the second closed position to become parallel with the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tod Minato, Ezra Kent, Rafael Quintana
  • Publication number: 20200208752
    Abstract: A faucet assembly including a spout arm supported by a spout hub and configured to rotate about a vertical axis. In an illustrative embodiment, the faucet assembly is formed through additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Scot Rosko, Thad J. Eads
  • Publication number: 20200208753
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, an armature for a solenoid valve includes a tubular main body and a head. The main body has an axis, a first end and a second end spaced axially from the first end. An outer surface of the main body is spaced radially from the axis and extends between the first end and the second end, and an inner surface is spaced radially inwardly from the outer surface and defines a cavity within the main body. The head is formed from a different material than the main body and carried by the main body, the head enclosing at least part of the cavity in the main body. The armature may be used in a solenoid valve and may be driven by an electromagnetic field generated by a coil of the solenoid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Hoppe
  • Publication number: 20200208754
    Abstract: A flush valve has a valve body, a relief assembly, and a solenoid valve assembly. The valve body has a flushing tube. The solenoid valve assembly has a seal, an assembling mount, a solenoid valve, and a power supply. The seal is disposed between a diaphragm of the relief assembly and an intake end of the flushing tube. The assembling mount has a disk. A first reserving space is formed between the disk and the relief assembly. The solenoid valve is assembled to the assembling mount. A second reserving space is formed between the solenoid valve and the assembling mount and communicates with the first reserving space. The solenoid valve has a blocking unit to prevent the first reserving space and the second reserving space from communicating with each other. The power supply is electrically connected to the solenoid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Sheng-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20200208755
    Abstract: A pair of air cylinders that cause a valve plate to perform an opening/closing operation each include a head-side air cushion mechanism and a rod-side air cushion mechanism. Each head-side air cushion mechanism includes a head-side communication path and a head-side restricting flow path that connect a head-side pressure chamber and a head-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the head-side communication path when a piston approaches a retreat stroke end, and each rod-side air cushion mechanism includes a rod-side communication path and a rod-side restricting flow path that connect a rod-side pressure chamber and a rod-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the rod-side communication path when the piston approaches an advance stroke end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMODA, Hiroshi OGAWA, Hiroshi UDAGAWA, Takashi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20200208756
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and assemblies for holding cables. A device adapted for holding one or more discrete cables may include a flexible main body formed of a polymeric material having a length, a width, a thickness, and a longitudinal axis, the main body including a wrapping portion and a mounting portion, wherein the wrapping portion is configured to be wrapped such that the main body circumscribes the one or more discrete cables; a securing feature attached to or integral with the mounting portion of the main body and configured to be secured to a mounting structure; and a plurality of apertures along the longitudinal axis of the wrapping portion of the main body, wherein the securing feature is configured to be received through one of the plurality of apertures when the main body is wrapped around the one or more discrete cables. Methods of holding cables are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Christopher Stockman
  • Publication number: 20200208757
    Abstract: An adapter for a cable hanger includes: a housing having a floor, a vertical wall extending generally perpendicularly from the floor, and side walls extending generally perpendicularly from the floor and vertical wall, each of the side walls including a finger extending generally parallel to the floor, the fingers including first engagement features, the vertical wall including a mounting hole; and a plunger having a main panel and second engagement features on opposite sides of the main panel, the second engagement features configured to engage the first engagement features to restrict relative movement of the plunger relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Aviral Joshi, Ronald A. Vaccaro, Christopher Stockman
  • Publication number: 20200208758
    Abstract: A collapsible conduit includes an elongated sheet configured as a coil, the coil having a longitudinal axis, the elongated sheet having a first edge that includes a first hem and a second edge opposite the first edge and that includes a second hem, each hem including an overlapping portion that overlaps with the overlapping portion of the other hem, the first hem interlocked with the second hem to form an interlocking arrangement between the first and second edges, wherein the conduit is collapsible along the longitudinal axis between fully extended and collapsed positions, and wherein the overlapping portion of the each hem has an arcuate cross-section shape when the conduit is in both the fully extended and collapsed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: John L. Andersen, Aaron Matthew Lowe
  • Publication number: 20200208759
    Abstract: A sleeve for the construction of a hose pipe extends about a longitudinal axis. The sleeve has greater elongation capacities in one direction than in the other with respect to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: EXEL INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Nick IACIOFANO, David LORD
  • Publication number: 20200208760
    Abstract: A connection includes a first tubular member and a second tubular member. The first tubular member has a pin end with threading and a pin face at an outermost end of the pin end of the first tubular member and the second tubular member has a box end with threading and a box face at an outermost end of the box end of the second tubular member. The first tubular member and the second tubular member are configured to connect when the threading of the pin end engages with the threading of the box end. The thickness of the pin face is substantially identical to the thickness of the box face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ultra Premium Services, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Nishikant V Raje
  • Publication number: 20200208761
    Abstract: A connection includes a first expandable tubular member having a first screw threadform defined by a first plurality of crests, roots, and flanks, where each flank separates each crest from each root. The connection also includes a second expandable tubular member having a second screw threadform defined by a second plurality of crests, roots, and flanks, where each flank separates each crest from each root. The crests and roots are substantially axial to the tubular members and the flanks are substantially radial to the tubular members. The first expandable tubular member and the second expandable tubular member are configured to connect when the first threadform engages with the second threadform. Clearances are formed between the first plurality of flanks and the second plurality of flanks when the first and second expandable tubular members connect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ultra Premium Services, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alejandro Juarez, Nishikant V. Raje
  • Publication number: 20200208762
    Abstract: A coupling has first and second segments attached to one another end to end surrounding a central space for receiving pipe elements. A spring assembly attaches the segments to one another at a first end and an adjustable attachment assembly attaches the segments to one another at a second end opposite to the first end. The spring assembly cooperates with the attachment assembly to bias the second ends of the segments away from one another sufficient to permit insertion of the pipe elements into the central space while the segments are attached to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew A. Bowman, Philip Wayne Bancroft, Scott D. Madara, Kathryn E. Yovanovich, Thomas C. Savage
  • Publication number: 20200208763
    Abstract: A screw element for connecting pipes, preferably automotive pipes, wherein the thread is provided with a first coating in at least one area, and wherein at least one thread-free contact surface is provided with a second coating in at least one area, characterized in that the first coating comprises at least 40 wt %, preferably at least 50 wt % and especially at least 60 wt % of at least one epoxy compound, in particular at least one phenol-based epoxy compound and at least one lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas STAHN, Julian HOFFMANN-LEUSCHEL
  • Publication number: 20200208764
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a novel clamping assembly. More specifically, present embodiments relate to a clamping assembly for blind flange installation which provides an air tight seal for piping applications including, but not limited to, low pressure high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Lee David Tharp, Donald Allen McGriff, Andrew Arod Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20200208765
    Abstract: A pipe-joining centering device aligns, with an axial center of one pipe, an axial center of another pipe when a spigot of the other pipe is to be inserted into a socket of the one pipe. The pipe-joining centering device includes a support member configured to support an end part of the spigot. The support member is tiltable in a pipe radial direction between an inner peripheral surface of the socket and an outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The pipe-joining centering device also includes a position adjustment member configured to tilt the support member in the pipe radial direction. The support member and the position adjustment member are supported on the inner peripheral surface of the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo KISHI, Keita ODA, Ryunosuke TANAKA, Hideki NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20200208766
    Abstract: An adapter for connecting components in a fluid system has an adapter body defining a cylindrical space and lock buttons which are biased into a locked position to secure the adapter to another component. The adapter body has a circular collar defining an inlet into the cylindrical space, a channel defining an outlet out of the cylindrical space, a support wall and a support flange defining one or more cutouts in an outer cylindrical side wall of the adapter body, and a slot defined between the collar and the support wall connecting the one or more cutouts to the cylindrical space. The lock buttons have a contact element positioned in one of the cutouts and an arm projecting positioned in the slot. The arms are partially in the cylindrical space in the locked position and are movable into an unlocked position when the contact elements are moved toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher E. Greco, Matthew J. Del Duke
  • Publication number: 20200208767
    Abstract: Coupling element (1) with tolerance compensation for flexibly connecting two elements for guiding media, having two components (2, 3), which can be connected captively to each other in a fluid-guiding manner, wherein a translational, rotational or cardanically tilting movement of the first component (2) against the second component (3) is possible. The invention therefore addressed the problem of improving a tolerance-compensating coupling element (1) of the kind described at the outset in such a way that materials with high strength but low elasticity demands can be used. This problem is solved by the fact that the captive connection (7, 8) has a slotted snap ring (8) that engages through an opening (6) of the first component (2) and behind a bead (7) of the second component (3), thereby preventing the two components (2, 3) from being completely pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: ContiTech MGW GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Flach, Harald Kreidner
  • Publication number: 20200208768
    Abstract: A liner tube is provided for repairing either a single pipe line or a main pipe line having a lateral pipe line connected thereto. The liner tube assembly includes a liner tube impregnated with a liquid material capable of curing and hardening. The liner tube includes a gasket or band of hydrophilic paste positioned about the juncture of the pipe lines. The gasket or bands form a tight seal between the liner tube and the pipe line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: LMK Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Larry W. Kiest, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200208769
    Abstract: An inline inspection vehicle includes an auto-adjustable, self-adaptive structure. The inline inspection vehicle includes a plurality of self-adjustable carrier racks carrying inspection device carts with positioning rollers, and self-adaptive driving turbine wheels at a front part and a back end for auto-adjustable driving speeds. The inline inspection vehicle also includes intelligent self-control mechanisms implemented using self-adaptive schema and algorithms for a finite set of control states to integrate the adaptive controller and actuators. Furthermore, it may conduct virtual pressure tests by carrying intelligent inline data acquisition devices to converge the Pipeline Integrity Management with SCADA monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Shuyong Paul Du
  • Publication number: 20200208770
    Abstract: A pipeline pig launching device has a tubular body that accommodates a set of pipeline pigs arranged in series, such that respective chambers art defined within the body in which to apply launch pressure behind each pig. The body has an open end through which pigs of the set may be launched in succession and a closed end opposed to the open end. A fluid inlet communicates with one of the chambers defined between the closed end and a pig nearest to that closed end. A passageway communicates with another fluid inlet that passageway extending through at least one pig to one or more other chambers defined between successive pigs of the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Rasmus Haneferd
  • Publication number: 20200208771
    Abstract: A system for circulating air through double pipes for supplying gas, includes double pipes connected to a gas handling device and supplied with gas; a gas supply unit for supplying gas to the gas handling device through an inner pipe of the double pipes; an air supply unit for supplying air through an outer pipe of the double pipes; and an air suctioning means for suctioning and circulating the air, which is supplied to the outer pipe by the air supply unit, by the introduction of a high pressure fluid. Rather than circulating air through the outer pipe of the double pipes by a fan, air can be circulated through the double pipes for gas supply by a simpler structure and more effective configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jong Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20200208772
    Abstract: A display includes a display, a stand, and a connecting member arranged between the display and the stand. The connecting member guides the display to transition between a first position in which the display is in a first orientation, a second position in which the display moves in a vertical direction relative to the stand, and a third position in which the display is rotated to a second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byungmin WOO, Chulyong CHO, Soonsuk SEO, Taehun KIM, Jaeneung LEE
  • Publication number: 20200208773
    Abstract: A mobile device and computer device stand used for a mobile device/computer device includes a second platy body, a first platy body, and a support piece. One end of the first platy body is connected to one end of the second platy body. The middle portion of the first platy body is formed with a hole. A support portion is disposed on the first platy body. The support portion is located at one end of the first platy body opposite to the end connected to the second platy body. The support piece is disposed in the hole. The support piece has a fold line. The support piece is divided into a first portion and a second portion by the fold line. The second portion is connected to the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: BEN-TIEN LIN
  • Publication number: 20200208774
    Abstract: A display mounting device is provided. The display mounting device includes a mounting structure, a pantographic mechanism, and a display fixing structure. The mounting structure is configured to fix to a load-bearing structure of a wall, a cylinder, or a cabinet. The pantographic mechanism includes at least one first linkage assembly configured to be deployable and retractable and at least one second linkage assembly configured to be deployable and retractable in synchronization with the at least one first linkage assembly. Each of the at least one first linkage assembly has two ends respectively rotatably connected with the mounting structure and the display fixing structure, each of the at least one second linkage assembly has two ends respectively rotatably connected with the mounting structure and the display fixing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Xubo PEI
  • Publication number: 20200208775
    Abstract: A lubrication device, a lubrication system and a method are for applying a lubricant from a lubricating-fluid reservoir to an internal threaded portion of a pipe body. The lubrication device includes: a rotary device having: first and second coupling parts, and fluid passage for carrying the lubricant from the first coupling part to the second coupling part. The first and the second coupling parts are arranged to rotate relative to each other around an axis that coincides in the main with the longitudinal axis of the pipe body. An applicator body is connected to the second coupling part to allow rotation around the rotational axis of the rotary device. The applicator body has a fluid passage with an outlet for carrying the fluid to the applicator surface as the fluid passage in the applicator body is in fluid communication with a corresponding fluid passage in the rotary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Farsund drilling solution AS
    Inventors: Erik Eitland, Arne Marthinsen
  • Publication number: 20200208776
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a frac pump includes a lubrication system housing, a lubricant tank held by the lubrication system housing, a heating device held by the lubrication system housing, a cooling device held by the lubrication system housing, and a filtration device held by the lubrication system housing. The lubrication system housing is configured to be at least one of mounted to a frac pump housing of the frac pump or held within the frac pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: S.P.M. Flow Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob Bayyouk
  • Publication number: 20200208777
    Abstract: The invention discloses a liquid oxygen storage tank, which includes an outer tank body, a buffer cavity is provided in the outer tank body, and an insulation tank with an upper end extending outside the buffer cavity is provided in the buffer cavity, and the buffer chamber is provided in the buffer tank. There is a buffer mechanism for reducing the impact force of the tank body. The thermal insulation tank is internally provided with an internal tank body, the internal tank body is provided with a storage cavity, and the upper end of the thermal insulation tank is provided with a control cavity. A driving block is arranged in the cavity. The invention adopts a high-vacuum multi-layer thermal insulation technology to prolong the number of days for holding liquid oxygen, and a heat preservation mechanism makes the storage time of liquid oxygen longer, and it is safer and more convenient to operate. If it is too high, it will start automatically and discharge excess gas to enhance the safety of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Gongping He
  • Publication number: 20200208778
    Abstract: Gas pressure actuated fill termination valves for cryogenic liquid storage tanks and storage tanks containing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Patelczyk, Ian Neeser, Paul Drube
  • Publication number: 20200208779
    Abstract: Gas pressure actuated fill termination valves for cryogenic liquid storage tanks and storage tanks containing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Patelczyk, Ian Neeser, Paul Drube
  • Publication number: 20200208780
    Abstract: Disclosed is a BOG reliquefaction system. The BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor compressing BOG; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor as a refrigerant; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a second oil filter disposed downstream of the pressure reducer, wherein the compressor includes at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and the second oil filter is a cryogenic oil filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Hyeoung JANG, Sung Kak LYU, Jin Yeol YU, Won Jae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200208781
    Abstract: An amount Y of liquid hydrogen that has passed through a first valve and has been volatilized during a predetermined time after first and second valves are opened is calculated by using a pressure P0 in an internal space of a liquid hydrogen tank measured before the two valves are opened, a pressure P1 in the internal space measured after the lapse of the predetermined time since the two valves are opened, and an amount X of the gaseous hydrogen that has passed through the second valve during the predetermined time. A fluid level H of the liquid hydrogen in the liquid hydrogen tank after the lapse of the predetermined time since the two valves are opened is calculated by using a expression showing a relationship between the H and an amount Y1 of the liquid hydrogen that passes through the first valve and drops therefrom, and the Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki TAKAHASHI, Osamu YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200208782
    Abstract: A check valve assembly includes a valve, cam and arm with float rotatably connected to the valve for insertion into a fluid storage container for filling of the container without overfilling. The valve includes a channel of narrowing diameter and restricting member movably retained within the channel. One end of the restricting member rides along the cam profile as the arm rotates the cam with the changing fluid levels. When the fluid reaches maximum fill level, the restricting member contacting the cam drops into the cam valley, driving the restricting member head into engagement with the channel neck walls and automatically sealing off the valve. First and second biasing members are disposed in the channel, preferably around the stem, and collectively provide counter force sufficient to overcome the frictional forces of the seal to open valve and move the restricting member upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Chester Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Mia Daniels, Kevin Kolonsky