Patents Issued in June 14, 2022
  • Patent number: 11359618
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method of a fluid device. The control method includes the steps of (a) providing the fluid device, which includes a plurality of flow guiding units manufactured by a micro-electro-mechanical-system process; (b) dividing the flow guiding units into a plurality of groups, which are electrically connected to and controlled by a control module; and (c) generating a driving signal by the control module for a corresponding one of the groups, wherein the control module generates a high level signal to a specific one of the groups, so that the flow guiding units of the specific one of the groups are driven to transport fluid, and thereby controlling the fluid device to discharge a specific amount of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Rong-Ho Yu, Cheng-Ming Chang, Hsien-Chung Tai, Wen-Hsiung Liao, Chang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 11359619
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques such as roll to roll processing to produce inlet valves for controlling entry of fluid into a compartment of a device. The valve includes a body having a compartment and an inlet into the compartment, with the inlet being bifurcated by a pair of spaced wall portions of the body that form a confining region and which pair of spaced wall portions together with wall portions of the body provide a pair of spaced inlet portions into the compartment and a valve member having a first portion that is position-able within a portion of the compartment, an intermediate portion, and a second portion coupled to the first portion by the intermediate portion, with the second portion position-able within the confining region and with the second portion having an obstruction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Encite LLC
    Inventor: Stephen A. Marsh
  • Patent number: 11359620
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump has an arcuate raceway wife a partially concave inner surface extending through an arc of at least one hundred eighty degrees (180°). The are defines a midpoint, and a rotor faces the inner surface of the raceway and is both rotatable relative to the raceway and transitionally movable relative to the raceway between a pump position, wherein the rotor is spaced from the midpoint a first distance, and a tube load position, wherein the rotor is spaced from the midpoint a second distance greater than the first distance. A rotor motor is coupled to the rotor to rotate the rotor and rollers arranged on the rotor to contact tubing disposed between the rotor and the raceway when the rotor is in the pump position. A loading motor moves the rotor toward and away from the raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZOLL Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christo Petrov Pamichev, Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak
  • Patent number: 11359621
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a miniature optical PM sensor module. A miniature optical particulate matter sensor module may comprise a housing; a micro airflow generator positioned within the housing; an actuator positioned adjacent to the micro airflow generator and configured to drive the micro airflow generator; a miniature particulate matter sensor board assembly in fluid communication with the micro airflow generator; and a flex cable assembly configured to attach to at least one of the housing and the miniature particulate matter sensor board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Feng, Tao Chen, Jennifer Liu, Tong Shang
  • Patent number: 11359622
    Abstract: A system for generating variable frequency tube waves includes a high pressure multiplex pump having a number of plungers, with each plunger operatively coupled to a suction valve on a suction side and a discharge valve on a discharge side. The suction valve or the discharge valve of a first one of the plungers includes an opening, such that the modified plunger on a discharge stroke pushes fluid through the opening in the suction or discharge valve. The system includes a tubular fluidly coupling the high pressure multiplex pump to a wellbore, and a pressure sensor that receives tube waves generated by the high pressure multiplex pump and reflected from the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Rod Shampine, Rajesh Luharuka, Edward Leugemors, Laurent Coquilleau, John Daniels
  • Patent number: 11359623
    Abstract: A pump control method for controlling at least one booster pump (4). The method includes switching on the booster pump when a booster pump outlet pressure (24) drops to a lower limit value (26), and switching off the booster pump when the booster pump outlet pressure (24) reaches an upper limit value (28). The lower limit value (26) is reduced in a case, in which the maximal outlet pressure (24a) which can be reached on operation of the booster pump (4) lies below the lower limit value (26). A pressure-boosting device is also provided with which the pump control method can be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventor: Torben Thorsager Dissing
  • Patent number: 11359624
    Abstract: A capacity control valve for controlling a flow rate or pressure of a variable capacity compressor includes: a valve main body, a valve body arranged in the valve main body, a solenoid having a first plunger connected to the valve body, and a second plunger arranged between the solenoid and the valve body for regulating flow of the variable capacity compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Daichi Kurihara, Kohei Fukudome, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 11359625
    Abstract: A capacity control valve (1) for controlling a flow rate or pressure of a variable capacity compressor according to a valve opening degree of a valve section includes: a valve main body (10) having a first valve chamber (14), a second valve chamber (15) and an interior space (16); a valve body (21) having an intermediate communication passage (26) for allowing communication between the first valve chamber and the interior space, a first valve part (21c1) arranged in the first valve chamber, a second valve part (21b1) for opening and closing communication between the interior space and the second valve chamber, and a shaft part (21a) arranged in the interior space; a solenoid (30); a pressure-sensitive body (22) arranged in the interior space; and an auxiliary communication part (21f) which is arranged in the interior space and which allows communication between the interior space and the intermediate communication passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Daichi Kurihara, Kohei Fukudome, Keigo Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 11359626
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply mechanism including: a plurality of liquid supply sections each including a plurality of branch paths whose central axes intersect with each other, and a supply path having a side surface to which the plurality of branch paths of the plurality of liquid supply sections are directly connected, respectively, and supplying liquid, which is supplied from an upstream, to the branch paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Chiba, Masahiko Takano, Shigeyuki Yorikane, Kenji Morita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11359627
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a first bearing rotatably supporting a rotary shaft relative to a casing at one side of the rotary shaft with respect to a motor, a second bearing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft relative to the casing at the other side of the rotary shaft with respect to the motor, and a third bearing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft relative to an orbiting scroll at the opposite side of the first bearing with respect to the second bearing. The distance between a first bearing center and a third bearing center is a predetermined distance, the distance between a motor center and the third bearing center is longer than the distance between the motor center and the first bearing center, and the distance between a second bearing center and the motor center is longer than the distance between the second bearing center and the third bearing center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Hyun Seong Ahn, Chi Myeong Moon, Kweon Soo Lim, Jae Hoon Lim, Soo Cheol Jeong
  • Patent number: 11359628
    Abstract: A compressor comprises a housing including a first opening to form a receiving space and a retaining wall, wherein the receiving space is divided, by the retaining wall, a low-pressure chamber and a controller chamber. A compressing mechanism further comprises a fixed scroll plate including a low-pressure side of scroll wraps and a high-pressure side, opposite to the scroll wraps; an orbiting scroll plate, located in the receiving space, including a side, facing the scroll wraps of the fixed scroll plate, of scroll wraps and a compression chamber is formed by the scroll wraps of the fixed scroll plate and the scroll wraps of the orbiting scroll plate; an electrical machinery mechanism, located in the low-pressure chamber, including a rotor and a stator, wherein the electrical machinery mechanism drives the compressing mechanism to rotates to compress refrigerant in the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HIGHLY NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Song, Yuqiang Wang, Yingtao Mou
  • Patent number: 11359629
    Abstract: A motor operated compressor according to the present embodiment may include a main housing; an electric motor unit; a rotation shaft; a fixed scroll coupled to an inner space of the main housing; an orbiting scroll provided that performs an orbiting movement with respect to the fixed scroll; a rear housing provided on an opposite side to the fixed scroll with the orbiting scroll therebetween and coupled to the main housing, and disposed with a first space to communicate with a discharge side of the compression chamber; and a first sealing portion provided to surround the first space to form a second space on an outer edge of the first space, wherein the second space includes a first region and a second region in fluid communication with each other. Accordingly, a horizontal motor operated compressor in which a frame and a fixed scroll are integrated may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Honghee Park, Junghoon Park, Kyoungjun Park, Byeongchul Lee
  • Patent number: 11359630
    Abstract: A screw compressor for a utility vehicle includes at least one housing, at least one housing cover and at least one rotor housing. At least one seal is provided, wherein, when assembled, there is an oil sump in the housing, and the seal is arranged between the housing cover and the rotor housing and projects out of the oil sump with respect to the assembled state. The seal is formed as a sealing plate and has multiple passage openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Hebrard, Jean-Baptiste Marescot, Joerg Mellar, Thomas Weinhold
  • Patent number: 11359631
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell assembly, a compression mechanism, a driveshaft, a first bearing, a second bearing, a third bearing, and a surface supporting the third bearing. The compression mechanism may include first and second compression members. The driveshaft may be coupled to the first compression member to rotate the first compression member relative to the second compression member. The first bearing may support the driveshaft for rotation about a first axis. The second bearing may support the driveshaft for rotation about the first axis. The third bearing defines a second axis. The third bearing may support the second compression member for rotation relative to the first compression member. The surface may support the third bearing such that the third bearing is able to roll along the surface to move the second compression member and the second axis in a radial direction relative to the first compression member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirill M. Ignatiev, Mikhail A. Antimonov, Michael M. Perevozchikov
  • Patent number: 11359632
    Abstract: A gas compressor is disclosed that includes a first rotor having a first rotor body, the first rotor body including a plurality of helical lobes, an infernal volume within the first rotor body defined by a wall, and a turbine disposed within the internal volume, the turbine including a turbine body and a plurality of airfoils extending substantially radially from the turbine body to the wall, where the internal volume is structured to enable a cooling fluid to flow therethrough. The gas compressor further includes a second rotor body including a plurality of helical flutes, an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold, both disposed within the second rotor body, and a body channel within at least one flute extending from and in fluid communication with the inlet manifold to the outlet manifold, where the body channel is structured to enable a cooling fluid to flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC.
    Inventors: James Christopher Collins, Willie Dwayne Valentine
  • Patent number: 11359633
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller, a return channel including a return vane for guiding a main stream of a fluid to be compressed by the impeller from an outer side of a main shaft of the impeller in a radial direction toward an inner side, stages of compressor units connected to a downstream side of the return channel and including a first bent channel for changing the main stream to a direction along the main shaft, and an intermediate suction channel connected to the return channel in at least one of the compressor units to merge a suctioned fluid to the main stream. The intermediate suction channel includes a chamber having a scroll shape and passing the suctioned fluid therethrough, and an inlet guide vane for guiding the suctioned fluid. The inlet guide vane is integrated with the return vane in the connected return channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jo Masutani, Hirofumi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11359634
    Abstract: A vacuum pump and a temperature control device are capable of preventing, with a simple configuration, overheating and overcooling of a pump that are caused due to abnormality in a temperature sensor used to control a heater or a water-cooling solenoid valve that is provided to prevent the deposition of products. Problems such as overheating and overcooling of a heater can be avoided in a case where a temperature sensor system fails and consequently the measured temperature continues to be constant between the upper limit and the lower limit. TMS function controls the measured temperature of the temperature sensor to a target temperature. Thus, if an application such as a target to be heated or a heater capacity is identified, the same cycles of turning ON/OFF of the heater or the water-cooling solenoid valve are repeated, and the upper limit of the time in which the ON/OFF state is sustained continuously is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventor: Hideo Fukami
  • Patent number: 11359635
    Abstract: A power module includes a turbine arranged along a rotation axis, an interconnect shaft fixed in rotation relative to the turbine, and a compressor with a regenerative compressor wheel. The regenerative compressor wheel is fixed in rotation relative to the interconnect shaft supported for rotation with the turbine about the rotation axis. Generator arrangements, unmanned aerial vehicles, and methods of generating electrical power are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann
  • Patent number: 11359636
    Abstract: A vacuum pump comprises: a rotor; a stator; a rolling bearing configured to support a rotor shaft provided at the rotor; and a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration of the rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Hashimoto, Nobuhiko Moriyama
  • Patent number: 11359637
    Abstract: A valve flap device for opening and closing a bypass valve of a turbocharger is provided. The valve flap device includes a valve spindle, a flap support arranged on the valve spindle and having a through aperture, a cover disk in the form of a circular ring, and a valve flap arranged on a support lower side of the flap support on the support lower side. The valve flap includes a flap plate and a flap support pin arranged on the flap plate rear side and is passed through the through aperture of the flap support and is firmly connected to the cover disk. A spring element is installed in the spring gap under a preload. A centering device, provided on the support upper side, is arranged concentrically with the central axis of the through aperture and keeps the spring element in a centered position relative to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Römer, Christian Kirschner
  • Patent number: 11359638
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an alloy article that exhibits even better mechanical properties than conventional high entropy alloy articles without sacrificing high corrosion resistance thereof. An alloy article according to the invention comprises matrix phase crystal grains being equiaxed crystals with an average crystal grain size of 150 ?m or less, the alloy article having a metallic composition including: Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Ti, each within a range of 5 atomic % or more and 35 atomic % or less; Mo within a range of more than 0 atomic % and less than 8 atomic %; and a balance comprising inevitable impurities, wherein in the matrix phase crystal grains, ultrafine particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less and oxide particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less are dispersedly precipitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Meichuan Chen, Tadashi Fujieda, Kousuke Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11359639
    Abstract: A waste water pump includes an impeller (12) and a surrounding pump housing (4), wherein an impeller side chamber (20) is formed between the impeller (12) and the pump housing (4). The impeller side chamber (20) has a first seal (16) between the impeller (12) and the pump housing (4), towards the intake side (32) of the impeller (12), and a second seal (18) between the impeller (12) and the pump housing (4), towards the pressure side (14) of the impeller (12). The first seal (16) is provided with a conveying device (28, 30) configured to convey debris from the impeller side chamber (20) to the intake side (32) of the impeller (12). The second seal (18) is provided with conveying device (38, 40) configured to convey debris from the side chamber (20) to the pressure side (14) of the impeller (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventor: Poul Johannes Henning
  • Patent number: 11359640
    Abstract: A set of parts for a radial fan has a fan wheel (2), a main housing part (1), and a complementary housing part (3). They can be assembled to form a first housing that encloses the fan wheel (2). The housing has an inlet opening (27) and an outlet (23). At least one second complementary fan wheels (2?, 2?) (3?, 3?), the shape of which differs from the first fan wheel part (2), can be connected to the motor instead of the fan wheel (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Laufer, Peter Ragg, Arno Karwath, Francisco Rojo, Raul Rosas
  • Patent number: 11359641
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an air moving device with blade tip of variable curvature. The axial air moving device includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The blades are connected with the hub, and each blade is configured by stacking multiple wing sections continuously. Each blade includes a blade root and a blade tip. The span position of the blade at the blade root is defined as 0, and at the blade tip is defined as 1. The blade angle is defined by the nose-tail line of the wing section and the rotation direction of the axial air moving device. The blade angle of the wing section at the blade tip of the blade is at least 10 degrees less than the blade angle of the wing section at the span position of 0.8 of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11359642
    Abstract: This electric compressor includes a rotation shaft including a first end and a second end, a compressor impeller which is mounted on the first end of the rotation shaft and includes a back surface facing the second end, a motor disposed between the first end and the second end of the rotation shaft, a wall portion which separates an impeller space and a motor space from each other and includes a reference wall surface having a shape along the back surface of the compressor impeller, and a bypass hole which is formed in the wall portion to connect the impeller space to the motor space and includes a first opening which opens to the impeller space. In the wall portion, a recessed portion which is disposed around the first opening of the bypass hole and recessed from the reference wall surface is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kuniaki Iizuka, Yuji Sasaki, Tatsumi Inomata, Ryosuke Yumoto, Kai Iijima, Tatsuya Fukui, Hikaru Sugiura, Yoshihito Katsu, Takashi Yoshida, Takashi Mori
  • Patent number: 11359643
    Abstract: A fan having a housing including a front piece that is separable but connectable to a back piece is disclosed. The front piece has a first connecting edge and a downstream edge, and the back piece has a second connecting edge and an upstream edge. The second connecting edge is configured to be connected to the first connecting edge. The fan may include a handle, the handle having a first portion integral with the front piece and a second portion integral with the back piece, the first portion configured to be connected to the second portion. The fan may further include air guide ribs provided on an interior surface of the housing and/or a ramp that starts at a location downstream of the upstream edge of the housing and ends at the downstream edge of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SHOP VAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig A. Seasholtz, David Martinez, Scott G. Smith, Melvin E. Wolfe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11359644
    Abstract: A fan, such as an axial, radial, or diagonal fan, includes a fan impeller and an outlet guide device located in a housing/flow channel downstream of the fan impeller. The outlet guide device may include outlet guide blades that, when viewed in the spanwise direction or radial direction, extend over only a portion of the flow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZIEHL-ABEGG SE
    Inventors: Frieder Loercher, Lothar Ernemann
  • Patent number: 11359645
    Abstract: A compressor device includes a motor cooling system that provides a first flow of a first fluid through a housing for cooling a motor. The motor cooling system includes a first fluid flow section at a first axial position. The first fluid flow section extends in a downstream direction radially with respect to the axis of rotation. Also, the device includes a bearing cooling system that provides a second flow of a second fluid through the housing for cooling the bearing. The bearing cooling system includes a second flow section at a second axial position that is spaced apart axially from the first axial position. The second flow section extends in a downstream direction radially with respect to the axis of rotation. The first flow section and the second flow section are disposed in a heat exchanger arrangement configured to transfer heat between the second fluid and the first fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC
    Inventors: Carlos Chavez Castellanos, Adonis Spathias, Kristian Dullack, Manuel Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11359646
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of cooling a hot portion of a gas turbine engine, such as a multi-stage compressor of a gas turbine engine, by reducing an operating air temperature in a space between a seal and a blade post of adjacent stages by routing cooling air through an inlet in the vane, passing the routed cooling air through the vane, and emitting the routed cooling air into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sesha Subramanian, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Proctor, Mohamed Musthafa Thoppil, Venkateswararao Gurram, Josiah Warren Joiner, Wojciech Sak
  • Patent number: 11359647
    Abstract: A compression device includes a centrifugal compressor and a silencer. The centrifugal compressor includes a compressor assembly bolt fastening an inlet side of an inlet guide to a scroll casing. The silencer includes: a first side wall extending in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of an impeller; an annular second side wall provided between the first side wall and the centrifugal compressor and surrounding the rotational axis; at least one silencer element provided in an ambient-air introduction space formed between the first side wall and the second side wall for guiding an ambient air to the inlet guide; and a silencer assembly bolt extending from the first side wall to the scroll casing in a direction along the rotational axis of the impeller and fastening the first side wall, the second side wall, and the scroll casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 11359648
    Abstract: An accumulator includes a housing, a flexible bladder and a support. The housing includes a chamber having a defined volume and a passage extending through the housing. The flexible bladder is positioned within the chamber and contains a compressible gas. The bladder being operable in an expanded condition and a partially collapsed condition. The support is positioned in the chamber and engages the flexible bladder when the flexible bladder is in the expanded condition. Liquid is positioned in the chamber and in contact with the flexible bladder. A volume of the liquid within the chamber is at a minimum when the flexible bladder is in the expanded condition. The volume of liquid within the chamber increases as a pressure of the liquid increases to compress the gas and operate the flexible bladder in the partially collapsed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Stefan Deferme
  • Patent number: 11359649
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of a vehicle includes a first pump for supplying at least one first hydraulic circuit and at least one second pump for supplying at least one second hydraulic circuit with hydraulic medium. The second pump supplies the first hydraulic circuit with hydraulic medium in an emergency mode or when an output pressure of the first pump fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Meid, Christian Brueser
  • Patent number: 11359650
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing a valve arrangement for controlling pneumatic drives with protection against a sudden automatic change in the initial switching position without an input signal in the event of a fault in a resetting device of a pilot stage and, for this situation, effective fault identification by purely pneumatic means, said valve arrangement comprises a first and a second working connection (1; 2), which can be connected to a drive, and a first and a second electropneumatically pilot-controlled directional valve, in which valve arrangement one or both directional valves is or are arranged upstream of the working connections (1; 2) for the purpose of influencing and venting said working connections, wherein the pilot stages of both directional valves are of automatically resetting design and the second directional valve is designed for alternately assuming an inoperative position and a switching position and the pilot stage of the first directional valve has an external control connection (8; 8?
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Aventics GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Tadje
  • Patent number: 11359651
    Abstract: A flow modification device connectable to a generally cylindrical element adapted for immersion in a fluid medium is provided. The device comprises an elongate body having a length and a generally circular cross-section; a plurality of raised body portions disposed about and extending along the length of the elongate body, the raised body portions having a height between 2% and 10% of a diameter of the body; and an aperture extending through the length of the elongate body, the aperture being adapted to receive the generally cylindrical element such that the flow modification device is arranged about the cylindrical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AMOG Technologies Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Elmhirst Potts, Hayden Marcollo
  • Patent number: 11359652
    Abstract: Implementations of an orifice plate configured to regulate a fluid flow are provided. An example orifice plate is configured to be positioned in a conduit and comprises a plurality of holes that extend therethrough. The plurality of holes are arranged to form one or more spiral layouts configured to regulate a fluid flow passing therethrough. Each spiral layout is a logarithmic spiral. In some implementations, each spiral layout has a growth factor of substantially 1.618 for each quarter turn. In some implementations, each hole in an orifice plate has a contoured conical shape extending between an inlet and an outlet, the inlet is larger in diameter than the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Van Buskirk
  • Patent number: 11359653
    Abstract: A clamping device includes first and second clamping components and at least one elastic component. The first and second clamping components include first and second rear portions and first and second front portions pivoted to each other respectively. The first and second rear portions are pivoted to each other. The elastic component connects the first and second clamping components. The first and second clamping components rotate, with respect to each other, to a first state due to an elastic force of the elastic component so that the first and second front portions have a first distance. When the first and second clamping components are subject to a force, the first and second clamping components resist the elastic force of the elastic component and rotate, with respect to each other, to a second state so that the first and second front portions have a second distance greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsu-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Liang Yeh
  • Patent number: 11359654
    Abstract: A mechanical sliding connector that mates to an identical mechanical connector by a sliding action. The connector can be slid into another connector or another connecter can slide on to it, allowing the connectors to connect in either direction. The connector features a latching mechanism that engages with no interaction required by the operator other than sliding the connectors together. Unlatching the connectors can be accomplished by unlatching either of the connectors and sliding them apart. The connector latch resets automatically after it's disconnected enabling it to be ready for another connection without user action. This feature along with a latch locking feature provides for easy one hand operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Terrell Teague
  • Patent number: 11359655
    Abstract: A clip may include an attachment base, and an anchor including a pillar formed on the attachment base and a pair of engagement legs formed on the pillar. When the anchor is inserted into an attaching hole formed on an object member, the anchor is held in the attaching hole, so that the clip is attached to the panel. The clip further includes a rotation preventive mechanism that is configured to prevent the pillar from rotating relative to the attaching hole in a condition in which the anchor is held in the attaching hole. The rotation preventive mechanism includes a pair of projections formed on one end portion of the pillar, and at least one projection formed on another end portion of the pillar. The pair of projections formed on one end portion of the pillar respectively have through bores formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DAIWA KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugiyama, Katsuya Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11359656
    Abstract: A mounting pin assembly includes a first mounting component. The assembly also includes a second mounting component having a first leg located on a first side of the first mounting component and a second leg located on a second side of the first mounting component. The assembly further includes a mount pin extending through an aperture of the first leg, an aperture of the first mounting component, and an aperture of the second leg, the mount pin having a conical shoulder region in contact with a chamfer of the second leg. The assembly yet further includes a self-locking nut plate threaded to the mount pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph N. Cerino, Yong C. Luo, Juan Pablo Suarez
  • Patent number: 11359657
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fitting for attachment to a part. The fitting comprises a body and a nut assembly. The body comprises a nut portion. The nut portion comprises a nut receptacle having a converging portion and a central axis. The nut assembly comprises a seal and a nut. The seal is within the nut receptacle, non-translatably fixed relative to the nut receptacle, and spaced apart from the converging portion. The nut is within the nut receptacle, is translatable along the central axis of the nut receptacle, and comprises resilient fingers that are resiliently deformable away from the central axis. Translation of the nut along the central axis is constrained by the converging portion and the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Amit Bansal
  • Patent number: 11359658
    Abstract: A structured surface has at least two types of projections which differ from one another at least in terms of their vertical height. As a result, the adhesion of the structured surface can be switched between at least three different states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien gemeinnützige GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Kroner, Paula Yagüe Isla
  • Patent number: 11359659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a locking device, comprising an outer sleeve (1) and at least one locking unit (2) located in the outer sleeve (1), wherein the locking unit (2) is formed by connecting a plurality of pressing blocks (3), a gap (5) is provided between two adjacent ones of pressing blocks (3), a rod locking hole (6) is provided in the gap (5), and a set screw hole (7) is provided on the outer sleeve (1) at a position corresponding to the locking unit (2); and when a set screw is screwed into the set screw hole (7) to directly or indirectly press the locking unit (2), the locking unit (2) deforms and drives the pressing blocks (3) to tightly press rods (8, 9) mounted in the respective rod locking holes (6) at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING SURGERII TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Tianlai Dong, Zhengchen Dai, Jiangran Zhao, Zhixiong Yang, Bo Liang
  • Patent number: 11359660
    Abstract: A connection arrangement (4, 4?) of two components (1, 2) according to the invention has a curved surface portion having a contact point on at least one of these components. The curved surface portion can extend over the entire surface of a groove, for example. The other component has a taper. When assembling the two components before a force is applied, a line connection is created from the 2-contact point connection and when force is applied, the line connection changes through plastic deformation into a strip connection, on the basis of which the two components (1, 2) hold together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CERAMTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Mateusz Maria Juszczyk, Anne Gebert De Uhlenbrock
  • Patent number: 11359661
    Abstract: A screw, especially for wood, has a knurled region (10) with two sets (11A, 11B) of ribs (11) that are offset from each other by an azimuth angle. For example, the two sets of ribs extend towards each other from opposite ends (10A, 10B) of the knurled region (10) and are intertwined only in an overlap region (12) that is at the middle of the knurled region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Dissing A/S
    Inventor: Claus Hornstrup Dissing
  • Patent number: 11359662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positive locking fastener comprising: a screw (1), a threaded portion (11) of which has a blind hole (110) and a groove (111); a nut (2) having a tightening portion (21); a cap (3); and a pin (4). The cap (3) has an immobilizing portion (31) intended to engage with the tightening portion (21) and a locking portion (32) intended to cooperate with the blind hole (110) to prevent said cap from rotating relative to the screw (1). The locking portion (32) also comprises openings (322) suitable for allowing the pin (4) to be inserted into said openings and into the groove (111) in order to hold the screw (1) and the cap (3) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LISI AEROSPACE
    Inventor: Loïc Meiffre
  • Patent number: 11359663
    Abstract: A locking thumb nut includes a thumb nut base and a lock plate. The lock plate can be fastened to the thumb nut base with fasteners so that the lock plate can be removed from the thumb nut base and replaced with a new lock plate when the lock plate becomes worn. The thumb nut base is elongated to provide for ease of grip by the user's fingers to turn the nut and tighten it along a threaded shank of a screw. The lock plate engages the threads of the screw to prevent unintentional backing out of the thumb nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Ryan J. Mohr
  • Patent number: 11359664
    Abstract: A suction cup is provided, including: a cup body, including a sucking face, the cup body defining an axial direction perpendicular to the sucking face; a pump, connected to an end of the cup body opposite to the sucking face, the pump including a first passageway, a direction in which the first passageway extends and the axial direction forming an included angle therebetween; a movable handle, slidably disposed within the first passageway, including a piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LIH YANN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Lin Liao
  • Patent number: 11359665
    Abstract: In the present invention, a housing includes a first opening in a first edge region facing a pin of a ball stud, the ball stud protrudes from the first opening, a gap is provided between an inner wall of a cavity and an outer wall of a bearing shell, a lining is injected into the gap, and the housing further includes a second opening in a second edge region opposite from the first opening for injecting the lining through the cavity, and one or more structural elements for clamping the lining to the inner wall of the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kondoh, Ryoji Motomura, Frank Zill
  • Patent number: 11359666
    Abstract: A bearing system that accepts a journal of a roll includes a housing defining a cavity and having a forward wall that defines an opening into the cavity, the opening configured to accept the journal through the opening and into the cavity. A sleeve is positioned within the cavity of the housing, the sleeve configured to surround the end of the journal. A first seal is positioned within the cavity of the housing adjacent to the forward wall of the housing, the first seal having an engagement surface. A second seal is positioned within the cavity of the housing and operably connected to the sleeve, the second seal having an engagement surface in contact with the engagement surface of the first seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ATLAS MACHINE AND SUPPLY, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rydberg, Michael Almli
  • Patent number: 11359667
    Abstract: Provided are a bearing and a power generation system including the same. The bearing supporting a shaft system of a power generation system in a radial direction includes a pad disposed on an outer side of the shaft system with respect to the radial direction and including a cooling path through which oil flows. In the bearing and the power generation system including the same, the cooling flow path is formed through the pad so that the oil existing between the pad and the shaft system flows into the cooling flow path to cool the pad. Accordingly, the pad is continuously cooled during the operation of the power generation system, and the temperature of the pad is prevented from rising above the threshold value even if friction occurs between the shaft system and the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Yeong Chun Kim