Patents Issued in February 29, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240068474
    Abstract: A pair of intermeshing gears for multi-shaft vacuum pumps, comprising a first running gear and a second running gear is provided, wherein at least the first running gear comprises a first and a second gearwheel, respectively. The first and the second gearwheel are axially arranged in direct contact, wherein the first gearwheel comprises a predetermined number of first cogs of same dimension and the second gearwheel comprises a predetermined number of second cogs, wherein the predetermined number of second cogs is at least one. All of the predetermined number of first cogs have a dimension larger than the dimension of the predetermined number of second cogs to a predetermined amount. The first gearwheel is made of a material with a first elastic modulus. The second gearwheel is made of a material with a second elastic modulus, wherein the first and the second elastic modulus are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk Schiller, Freddy Schoenwald
  • Publication number: 20240068475
    Abstract: A screw compressor for compressing a working medium sucked through a suction opening and discharging the compressed working medium through a delivery opening, wherein the screw compressor includes: a male rotor and a female rotor that rotate while meshing with each other; a casing that houses the male rotor and the female rotor and is provided with a bore which forms a working chamber designed, together with the male rotor and the female rotor, to compress the working medium; a drive unit that rotationally drives at least one of the male rotor and the female rotor; a working chamber closing unit that forms a suction port for sucking the working medium into the working chamber and closes the working chamber when the working chamber reaches a specified capacity; and a suction space that connects the suction opening and the suction port to allow communication therebetween, wherein an open space that connects the suction opening and the suction port to allow communication therebetween is provided between a shaft
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kotaro CHIBA, Shuhei NAGATA, Shigeyuki YORIKANE, Kenji MORITA, Yuta KAJIE
  • Publication number: 20240068476
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-priming fluid transfer system having an integral siphon line that draws trapped air bubbles out of a main fluid chamber over time and fluid cycles. The self-priming fluid transfer system may include a body structure and a siphon line. The body structure may include a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet. The main fluid chamber may receive and output fluid from the chamber inlet and the chamber outlet, respectively. The siphon line may be positioned at the periphery of the main fluid chamber and may include a priming inlet and a siphon outlet. The priming inlet may be positioned at or near a top wall of the body structure and may receive air bubbles from the main fluid chamber. The siphon outlet may be positioned at the chamber outlet and may output the air bubbles at the chamber outlet. Other examples may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Alex Nguyen, Gordon Abas Goodarzi
  • Publication number: 20240068477
    Abstract: A magnetic drive sealless pump may comprise a pump casing, assembly bearing housing, and a frame having a first open end coupled to the pump casing and a second open end coupled to the bearing housing. The frame is provide over an outer magnetic ring and a containment shell, and the frame comprises a steam inlet and a steam outlet. The steam inlet is positioned proximate to the containment shell and the outer magnetic ring to permit introduction of steam to an exterior of the containment shell and the outer magnetic ring. The bearing housing my comprise a second steam outlet arranged between a dry gas seal and a bearing isolator for draining water accumulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Luai Ahmad Alfayez, Amer Azzam Dhafiri, Yasser Mohammed Alshahrani
  • Publication number: 20240068478
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system, includes a fuel line defining a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet, configured to provide fuel from a fuel tank to an engine. A boost pump, including a boost impeller, is disposed in the fuel line configured to drive fuel from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet and operatively connected to the boost pump via a drive shaft. The system includes a fluid line defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, configured to provide fluid from a fluid source to a fluid destination. A fluid turbine is disposed in the fluid line configured to alter a pressure of the fuel line between the fuel inlet and the fuel outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Edward W. Goy
  • Publication number: 20240068479
    Abstract: A pump includes an upper casing, a lower casing, a can, an impeller, and a motor. The upper casing includes a suction port through which a fluid is suctioned and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged. The lower casing is located below the upper casing. The can is accommodated in the lower casing. The impeller is accommodated in the upper casing. The motor includes a rotor and a stator connected to the impeller. The rotor is accommodated in the can. The stator is located between an inner peripheral surface of the lower casing and an outer peripheral surface of the can. The can includes a protruding portion protruding in a radial direction from the outer peripheral surface. A lower end of the protruding portion and an upper end of the stator come into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kosei OZAKI, Takaaki BANDO
  • Publication number: 20240068480
    Abstract: A method for producing a submersible motor pump for pumping waste water and/or sewage includes a cylindrical pot-shaped housing forming an inner space between an open base surface and a cover surface axially opposite the base surface, including a connector opening provided in the pot-shaped housing, a motor provided in the inner space and comprising a cylinder-like stator comprising a plurality of windings and a first connector connected to ends of the windings, in particular oriented towards the cover surface and provided with at least one radially resilient latching tab, including the steps of gripping the first connector from outside the pot-shaped housing through the connector opening, inserting the first connector from the inner space into the connector opening, and latching the at least one latching tab to the pot-shaped housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Wegner, Bernd Huster
  • Publication number: 20240068481
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for distributing coolant fluid through first and second coolant loops comprising a pump having a first outlet port connected to the first coolant loop and a second outlet port connected to the second coolant loop and valve located in the pump housing switchable to direct coolant fluid to either the first or the second outlet port individually or to the first and second outlet ports concurrently. Coolant fluid is pumped by the pump at an unrestricted rate of flow is circulated through the first coolant loop at a rate of flow less than the unrestricted rate of flow when the valve connects the first outlet port to the first coolant loop and circulated through the second coolant loop at a rate of flow less than the unrestricted rate of flow when the valve connects the second outlet port to the second coolant loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC
    Inventor: David S. Malone
  • Publication number: 20240068482
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving real-time sensor data from a plurality of pump sensors, wherein each pump sensor of the plurality of pump sensors is configured to generate sensor data associated with at least one characteristic of the pump's operation, comparing the real-time sensor data to at least one threshold value, determining fault information in response to determining the real-time sensor data is outside of one or more of the at least one threshold value, determining a real-time operating point of the pump on a pump performance curve associated with the pump based on the real-time sensor data, displaying, on a graphical user interface of an administrative device, the real-time operating point of the pump on the pump performance curve, and displaying, on the graphical user interface of the administrative device, the fault information in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Gary Davidson, Sam Hodel, Peter Haines
  • Publication number: 20240068483
    Abstract: A multi-stage compressor where the refrigerant is transferred from stage to stage internally. The compressor uses a first stage impeller mounted on a first end of motor shaft and a second stage impeller mounted on a second end of the same motor shaft. The motor shaft and both impellers rotate in unison. Refrigerant discharged from the first stage impeller is transferred to the intake of the second state impeller through passages within the compressor itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald David Conry
  • Publication number: 20240068484
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can include a fan that effectively manages heat while also mitigating the intrusion of particles and other debris. Fans can include a protrusion that creates a tortuous pathway to direct incoming particles away from sensitive regions. Fans can include openings to allow particles to exit the fan enclosure and avoid interaction with the impeller. Fans can include a variable spacing between the impeller and the base plate to avoid collection of particles. Fans can include an adhesive pad that collects and retains particles at a location that does not interfere with rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jesse T. DYBENKO, Arash NAGHIB LAHOUTI, Jason C. SAUERS, Jeffrey R. KAPPER, Sivesh SELVAKUMAR, David J. DUNSMOOR
  • Publication number: 20240068485
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a hub and a plurality of blades having an inner end secured to the hub wherein the blade include a hollow body having an internal elongated rib, a curved edge on a first side, a sharp edge on a second side, a curved top surface, and a plurality of transverse grooves on the curved top surface; and an outer end member secured to the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ching Chan
  • Publication number: 20240068486
    Abstract: A scroll casing accommodates a cross-flow fan, thereby forming an airflow passage, and includes a scroll section having, as an upstream end, an approach point at which the scroll section most closely approaches the fan. A region between the upstream end of the scroll section and a downstream end is divided into three regions in the flow direction of airflow. In the three regions, the distance between the center of rotation of the fan and the scroll section increases at different change rates from the upstream end to the downstream end as the scroll section is viewed at a section perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the fan. Where the three regions are a first region, a second region, and a third region in this order from an upstream side in the flow direction of the airflow, the change rate of the second region is the smallest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Naho ADACHI, Takuya TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240068487
    Abstract: A vane arrangement for a compressor is disclosed. The vane arrangement comprises a generally annular vane deck and at least one vane. The generally annular vane deck extends at least partway around a longitudinal axis, defining a deck thickness b in the axial direction. The at least one vane projects from a first surface of the vane deck. The at least one vane comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, and first and second pressure surfaces. The leading edge is proximate the longitudinal axis. The trailing edge is distal the longitudinal axis. The first and second pressure surfaces extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The at least one vane defines a neck thickness t, proximate the leading edge, in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis, wherein t/b?about 0.21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tejas Garge, Rohan Kulkami, Vidyesh Bobade, Siddharth Sane, Vivek Mehta
  • Publication number: 20240068488
    Abstract: A mounting plate includes a body configured to be coupled to an engine in a plurality of positions each of the plurality of positions being achieved via a rotational translation of the body, and a fan shaft mounting hole formed in the body. A first location of the fan shaft mounting hole in at least one of the plurality of positions of the body is changed relative to a second location of the fan shaft mounting hole in at least one of the plurality of positions of the body. The mounting plate further including a plurality of body mounting holes extending through the body and configured to receive a fastener for coupling the body to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Vincenzo Perrone, Massimiliano Bonanni, Stefano Manelli, Nitin Ashokrao Wadikar, Pritam Ramchandra Kudawe, Ashvin Babulal Patil
  • Publication number: 20240068489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum ejector pump including a plurality of nozzles, which are assembled, and activated by compressed air passing through the nozzles at a high speed to generate a negative pressure in an outer surrounding space. The pump of the present invention includes an intermediate nozzle, a first nozzle on which a front-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of one end of the intermediate nozzle is formed, and a second nozzle on which a rear-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of the other end of the intermediate nozzle is formed. Here, the intermediate nozzle is disposed between the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and the intermediate nozzle, the first nozzle and the second nozzle constitute an ejector main body. The surrounding space communicates with each of the nozzles through a through-hole defined in a sidewall of the ejector main body and a slot defined between the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20240068490
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing liquids from the surface of a non-porous material are provided. In one system, a dual-chambered siphon device includes a first lower chamber having at least one inlet that allows liquid from a surface of a pool cover to enter the first lower chamber, a float positioned within the first lower chamber that is configured to change a position within the first lower chamber based on a level of liquid within the first lower chamber, a second upper chamber that is in fluid communication with the first lower chamber, and a flap valve that is actuated by the float. The flap valve may be configured to seal an outlet in the second upper chamber when the flap valve is in a closed position and unseal the outlet in the second upper chamber when the flap valve is in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: John MANNINEN
  • Publication number: 20240068491
    Abstract: An automatic oil return structure has a main body assembly mounted between an oil storage bag and a piston, and having a pressure regulating blocking unit, a pressure regulating elastic unit, an engaging unit, and an engaging elastic unit. The pressure regulating elastic unit pushes the pressure regulating blocking unit to block a first pressure regulating channel. An engaging groove is formed radially inward on the pressure regulating blocking unit. The engaging elastic unit pushes the engaging unit toward the pressure regulating blocking unit. When a pressure in the first pressure regulating channel is higher than a set value and the pressure regulating blocking unit is pushed away to a set distance, the engaging unit is pushed to engage with the engaging groove of the pressure regulating blocking unit such that the pressure regulating blocking unit is unmovable to avoid blocking the first pressure regulating channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: JAMES CHUAN
  • Publication number: 20240068492
    Abstract: Problem: Calibrating a correspondence relationship between a pump control current value and a pump flow rate of the hydraulic pump in a hydraulic system including a variable capacity hydraulic pump whose capacity is variably controlled according to the pump control current value, a flow rate control valve whose opening area is variably controlled according to a valve control current value, and a pressure compensation valve that maintains differential pressure before and after the flow control valve to be constant is made in a precise and simple manner. Solution: The spool valve has a configuration in which the pump control current value is sweepingly increased and the peak of a change of pump pressure during the sweeping increase is calibrated as the pump control current value of the pump flow rate of the target flow rate, with the spool valve held in the aperture area corresponding to the spool valve output flow rate of the arbitrary target flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Hideki NAKAJIMA, Koichi KIYASU
  • Publication number: 20240068493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressing cylinder for a material conveying device, in particular for a roller feed, comprising: a piston rod which is configured to engage with a movable component of the material conveying device; a cylinder space which is configured to at least partially guide the piston rod; a piston which is arranged in the cylinder space and which is connected to the piston rod; and a motor; wherein the piston rod comprises a first piston rod element and a second piston rod element which are configured such that a rotational movement of the first piston rod element causes a translational movement of the second piston rod element relative to the piston; wherein the motor is configured to cause the rotational movement of the first piston rod element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Erich LOHNER, Urs FANKHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20240068494
    Abstract: The present invention provides a controller for hydraulic apparatus (100). The controller is configured to determine (310) that an energy return criteria has been met by movement of a first movement component of a first hydraulic actuator. In response thereto, the controller is further configured to select (320) at least one among a plurality of energy control strategies based on at least one operational characteristic of the hydraulic apparatus, and to control (330) the hydraulic apparatus to implement the energy control strategy during movement of the first movable component in such a way as to meet the energy return criteria. The plurality of energy control strategies comprises a first energy control strategy and a second energy control strategy. The at least one operational characteristic of the hydraulic apparatus comprises an indication of an expected energy recovery of one or more of the energy control strategies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Alexis DOLE, Matthew GREEN, John HUTCHESON, Daniel ABRAHAMS, Niall CALDWELL
  • Publication number: 20240068495
    Abstract: An adjustable flow control system includes a fluid source, a mass-flux device and a controller. The fluid source is configured to generate a fluid flow. The mass-flux device has an inlet to receive the fluid flow. The fluid flow is transferred from the inlet to an outlet that has an exit area with a variable geometry. The controller is configured to calculate a particular exit area of the mass-flux device to achieve a flow performance metric, calculate a fluid property of the fluid flow to produce the flow performance metric based on the particular exit area, determine if the fluid source could generate the fluid flow to match the fluid property, and control the variable geometry of the exit area to establish the particular exit area in response to the fluid source being able to generate the fluid flow to match the fluid property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Bradley Jerome Rafferty, Rene Woszidlo
  • Publication number: 20240068496
    Abstract: A clamp device includes a clamp housing, a band member, a plurality of first mating features defined at the band member, a screw member, a plurality of second mating features defined at the screw member, the plurality of second mating features being complementary to the plurality of first mating features such that the plurality of second mating features are configured to engage with the plurality of first mating features, a screw plate movably coupled to the clamp housing, the screw member coupled to the screw plate such that the screw member is movable with the screw plate relative to the band member, and at least one screw stability mechanism at the clamp device and configured to reduce at least one degree of freedom of movement of the screw member relative to the band member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Todd Ellinger
  • Publication number: 20240068497
    Abstract: An edge system for joining a first decorative body with a second decorative body includes an inner support body having a first support flange positionable adjacent the first decorative body and a second support flange positionable adjacent the second decorative body. An attachment truss extends between the first and second support flanges. The edge system additionally includes an outer body having an internal channel formed therein, with the outer body being configured to be placeable between the first decorative body and the second decorative body. The edge system further comprises a fastener having a head portion and a shaft portion, with the head portion being translatably receivable within the internal channel of the outer body. The shaft portion is sized to extend from the head portion to the inner support body to facilitate connection between the outer body and the inner support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph De Lorenzo
  • Publication number: 20240068498
    Abstract: A fastener includes a bolt including a head and a threaded shank including a bare section proximate the head, an end section having a wider end and having a plurality of alternate grooves and ridges, an intermediate section proximate the end section and having a spiral trough, and a threaded section between the intermediate section and the bare section; and a hollow member including a head member and a malleable shank having a plurality of holes. The end section is tapered toward the intermediate section at an angle of 3-degree to 8-degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Yu-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20240068499
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is disclosed. The semiconductor package comprises: a metal shim, a package substrate attached onto a front side of the metal shim, wherein the package substrate comprises an opening that passes therethough; one or more electronic components mounted on the package substrate; an encapsulant layer partially formed on the package substrate to expose a region of the package substrate and the opening of the package substrate, wherein the encapsulant layer encapsulates the one or more electronic components on the package substrate; a first connector mounted in the exposed region of the package substrate; a second connector mounted in the encapsulant layer and on the package substrate; and a magnet mounted in the opening of the package substrate and extending from the metal shim through the package substrate and the encapsulant layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kun QIN, Hongbing WANG, Yongde LIN, Senyue DUAN
  • Publication number: 20240068500
    Abstract: A self-clinching fastener for attachment to a plastically deformable metal substrate includes a body portion with a central axis, the body portion has an annular-shaped surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the central axis The annular-shaped surface includes a first annular face, a second annular face, and a third annular face. The third annular face lies on an imaginary horizontal plane. A punch portion extends from the body portion. A plurality of spaced apart lugs encircle the punch portion. The first annular face extends from an outer peripheral surface of the punch portion in a radially outwards direction, and the second annular face is radially disposed between the first annular face and the third annular face. One of the lugs declines to the second annular face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: MARC ANDREW O'DONNELL, MICHAEL DACOSTA
  • Publication number: 20240068501
    Abstract: Disclosed is a push-in fastener assembly for attaching a first component having a first opening relative to a second component having a second opening. The push-in fastener assembly includes a fastener and a push-in retainer. The fastener has a head and a threaded shank. The push-in retainer has a cross member having a female fastener portion configured to engage the threaded shank. A pair of retaining legs are resiliently connected to the cross member. The pair of retaining legs includes a first retaining leg and a second retaining leg. One or more downturn flanges coupled to the cross member and extending downwardly from cross member to engage a portion of the first retaining leg or the second retaining leg. Each of the first retaining leg and the second retaining leg includes a shelf that biases a respective one of the first retaining leg and the second retaining leg outwardly once the threaded shank passes through the female fastener portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Mark A. Beyer
  • Publication number: 20240068502
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a basement housing comprising a capacitor receiver. A capacitor is disposed within the capacitor receiver to define a secured position. The capacitor receiver includes at least one retaining flange that is coupled to the basement housing via a living hinge. At least one retaining flange is outwardly biased away from a body of the capacitor when the capacitor is placed in an inserted position. At least one retaining flange includes a thread-engaging surface that operates to the secured position upon rotation of the capacitor in the inserted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel A. Schurr
  • Publication number: 20240068503
    Abstract: A clamp device for clamping a boom hinge rail 12 of gantry crane in-situ comprises a cap portion 14 slidably mounted on a base portion 13 and secured together by a Locking bolt 15, the cap portion 14 comprising a body 18 and a nose 19 which extends laterally outwardly from the body 18 along a nose axis. The clamp portion 13 and the body 18 of the cap portion 14 comprise complementary opposed arcuate mating surfaces 21, 22 which permit rotational movement to the cap portion 14 relative to the base portion 13 about an axis P which extends perpendicular to the 10 nose axis. The base and cap portions 13, 14 of the clamp always engage each other regardless of the position of the nose of the clamp, so that forces applied to the nose 19 of the clamp 10 by the rail 12 are directly applied to the base portion 13 of the clamp 10, thereby providing a clamp which is less prone to failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: GANTRY RAILING LTD.
    Inventors: Reece George HALLING, Alexander Daniel Barrons NELSON, Peter Nathan BYGRAVE
  • Publication number: 20240068504
    Abstract: A locking device includes a locking mechanism and a joint mechanism movably combined thereto. The joint mechanism includes a positioning sleeve, a joint sleeve and a joint spring. The positioning sleeve has a first stop convex part and a second stop convex part. A part of the joint sleeve is sleeved in the positioning sleeve, and respectively extends a fastening part and a third stop convex part. The joint spring butts between the first stop convex part and the third stop convex part, so that the third stop convex part is attached to the second stop convex part. The joint sleeve is configured to be rotated so that the third stop convex part is out of the state of being stopped by the second stop convex part to draw the fastening part closer to the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: YU-LANG WU
  • Publication number: 20240068505
    Abstract: A connecting device for connecting two mechanical parts includes a rod having a section between a stop and a threaded portion. The rod is inserted into the parts, and a nut is screwed onto the threaded portion in order to hold the parts between the stop and the nut. An anti-rotation system blocks rotation of the nut and includes a washer interacting with the rod to be constrained to rotate with it. The washer has two protuberances, each engaged in a notch of shape complementary to the rod. The anti-rotation system has a ring with an inner periphery of with a shape complementary to that of an outer periphery of the nut in order to be secured to the nut. The ring is secured to the washer by a screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Dominique CHAUVET, Luis FERREIRA DA SILVA, Philippe MOSNIER, Christophe RIOUX
  • Publication number: 20240068506
    Abstract: A devices for coupling or mounting machine elements with a minimized coefficient of friction, as well as methods of minimizing the coefficient of friction in said devices are described herein. The device includes reciprocal inclined surfaces with a liner for minimizing friction therebetween. The liner, or liners, include an anti-friction fabric for reducing friction between the inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bradley William Tucker, Eric S. Mosser
  • Publication number: 20240068507
    Abstract: A shaft assembly includes a composite tube and an impact shield. The composite tube has a longitudinal centerline axis and the impact shield may be disposed around the composite tube and may extend along a length of the composite tube. A gap may be defined between the composite tube and the impact shield. Generally, shaft assembly is configured to inhibit impact damage to the composite tube and/or facilitate visual detection of damage from impacts. The shaft assembly may further include a shock absorbing sleeve disposed in the gap between the composite tube and the impact shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley William Baird, James William Bernard
  • Publication number: 20240068508
    Abstract: A pressure cup for a socket joint and a socket joint having the pressure cup. The pressure cup includes a cup end wall and a side wall extending from the cup end wall to a cup lip edge. The side wall has an outer surface configured to contact an inner bore of a housing and an inner surface configured to at least partially house a stud and a bearing. The inner surface of the side wall includes a curved bearing surface that is configured to contact a spherical bearing by including a curvature that is oriented substantially axially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Roger G. SELLERS, Dustin Schrieber
  • Publication number: 20240068509
    Abstract: To achieve reduction in cost and improvement in productivity, to provide a covered roller at which the covering is adequately secured, and to provide a lifespan detection means therefor, a rotating body covered with a covering has a region at which an insertion member is inserted inside the rotating body such that the covering intervenes therebetween, a length of the covering is made to be greater than a width in a width (axial) direction of the rotating body that is covered with the covering, the covering being made to protrude beyond the rotating body, heat-shrinking in the radial direction of the covering due to application of heat, or contraction of the covering where the rotating body is covered with a covering that has stretchability in at least the radial direction and that has been made to be longer than the width of the rotating body that is covered with the covering so as to protrude beyond the rotating body, causing an inside circumferential length of an end portion of the covering in the region wh
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SANWA TECHNO CO., LTD., RISETEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Shoji, Kazuro Fukui
  • Publication number: 20240068510
    Abstract: A tilt pad journal bearing for supporting a rotating shaft includes an annular support ring and a plurality of arcuate pads tiltably mounted in the annular support ring and circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The tilt pad journal bearing further has a lubrication arrangement disposed between each pair of the plurality of arcuate pads. The lubrication arrangement includes a lubrication manifold connected to the annular support ring and recessed relative to a shaft support surface of adjacent arcuate pads to define an oil mixing cavity, and a plurality of lubrication nozzles protruding from the lubrication manifold into the oil mixing cavity. A cross-sectional flow area of at least one of the plurality of lubrication nozzles positioned toward a center of the lubrication manifold is larger than a cross-sectional flow area of a remainder of the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Li, Manish Rambhau Thorat, Brian Christopher Pettinato, Christopher Joseph Braman
  • Publication number: 20240068511
    Abstract: An insulated bearing device is provided which includes a housing, an outer ring and rolling elements, and in which an insulating film for providing electrical insulation between the housing and the outer ring is disposed on the surface of the outer ring. The insulating film includes a straight portion extending along the outer periphery of the outer ring and having a constant outer diameter in the axial direction. The housing has, on the inner periphery of its housing hole, an inner peripheral cylindrical surface formed at a position intersecting with the axial centerlines of the rolling elements, and the straight portion is fitted to, and in contact with, the inner peripheral cylindrical surface. The contact range between the inner peripheral cylindrical surface and the straight portion has an axial length shorter than the entire axial length of the straight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato KAWAGUCHI, Toshiki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20240068512
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes an inner ring with an inner raceway and disposable about a first member and an outer ring with an outer raceway disposed about the inner ring. A middle ring is disposed between the inner and outer rings and has an inner intermediate raceway and an outer intermediate raceway and is configured to connect with a second member so as to be rotatable about a central axis through the first member. A first set of rolling elements is disposed between the inner ring and the middle ring and a second set of rolling elements is disposed between the outer ring and the middle ring. The outer ring is sized such that a ratio of the outside diameter to the axial width is greater than eight to one (8:1) and the middle ring is formed of a material different than the inner and outer rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Clyde ROOS, William D. SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240068513
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes an inner ring and an outer ring arranged coaxially with the inner ring. A first axial washer and a second axial washer are axially spaced from each other. A central ring is disposed radially between the inner ring and the outer ring and axially between the first axial washer and the second axial washer. Four rows of rolling bodies are provided. The rolling bodies in each row are engaged with the central ring. Each of the inner ring, the outer ring, the first axial washer, and the second axial washer are engaged with the rolling bodies of one respective row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dennis Roffe, Michael Heaton
  • Publication number: 20240068514
    Abstract: A unitary yoke-shaft and an axle assembly having a unitary yoke-shaft. The unitary yoke-shaft includes a shaft and a yoke. The shaft extends along an axis. The yoke extends from the shaft. The yoke is integrally formed with the shaft such that the yoke and the shaft are a unitary one-piece component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Mahesh I. Naik, Ramesh Ranjan
  • Publication number: 20240068515
    Abstract: A bearing assembly, in particular for a converter, including a rolling bearing having an outer ring which is arranged in an inner housing, the inner housing being movable with respect to an outer housing in the axial direction of the rolling bearing by means of a two-row linear rolling bearing structure, and the rotational axes of all the rolling elements in each row of the linear rolling bearing structure lying in a common plane, and the two planes being at an oblique angle to one another. At least one anti-rotation element which engages in a mating contour in the outer housing is connected to the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Roth, Philipp Weippert
  • Publication number: 20240068516
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a slide assisting device, an elastic member and a working member. The second rail and the first rail are movable relative to each other. The elastic member is arranged on the second rail. During a process of the second rail being moved relative to the first rail along an opening direction, the working member is configured to contact the elastic member in an initial state in order to drive the slide assisting device to move along the opening direction to a predetermined position. When the slide assisting device is located at the predetermined position, the elastic member releases an elastic force through a predetermined space of the first rail, such that the elastic member is no longer in the initial state with the working member no longer contacting the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20240068517
    Abstract: A miniature linear guideway includes a rail, a slider, two circulation fittings and a retainer. The slider and the circulation fitting are set on the rail, so that a circulation channel is formed between the rail and the slider for the balls to run. The circulation fitting has several turning convex portions. The retainer has a plate portion and two retaining portions. The two ends of each retaining portion are connected to the plate portion by a positioning portion, and the plate portion is adjacent to the slider. The positioning portions of the retainer abut the turning convex portions. The width of the plate portion of the retainer is smaller than the distance between the turning convex portions of the circulation fitting. Thereby, the miniature linear guideway of the present invention can optimize the assembly efficiency, thereby realizing the purpose of automatic assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jian-Ting LIN, Yung-Chin CHU
  • Publication number: 20240068518
    Abstract: A position sensor includes a plurality of E-shaped ferromagnetic cores arranged to define a circular opening therethrough to receive a shaft. Each E-shaped ferromagnetic core has a plurality of teeth, wherein adjacent E-shaped ferromagnetic cores of the arranged plurality of E-shaped ferromagnetic cores have an overlapping tooth. The position sensor further includes a frame surrounding the arranged plurality of E-shaped ferromagnetic cores, with the E-shaped ferromagnetic cores coupled to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Lauri Juhani Salmia, Petri J. Mäki-Ontto, Esa H.M. Vikman
  • Publication number: 20240068519
    Abstract: A hub seal seals a gap between an outer race member and an inner race member of a hub bearing. The hub seal includes: an annular base; and a seal member attached to the base and including an annular elastic material. The seal member includes a side lip extending toward an outer side and an intermediate lip extending toward the outer side on an inner periphery side relative to the side lip. A sliding surface of the side lip that comes into contact to seal the gap between the outer race member and the inner race member is rougher than a sliding surface of the intermediate lip that comes into contact to seal the gap between the outer race member and the inner race member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi TAMURA, Kazuki HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20240068520
    Abstract: A support assembly for a moveable, rotating, or sliding shaft includes a casing and a cover. The casing includes a front edge defining an opening and a radially external lateral surface having an annular seat. The annular seat includes an annular groove axially spaced from the front edge and connected to a number of axial grooves that interrupt at least part of the front edge. The cover includes an annular coupling portion extending toward the radially external lateral surface of the casing. The annular coupling includes at least one pair of teeth formed on a radially inside surface of the annular coupling portion and projecting radially inward, each pair of teeth spaced circumferentially from each other, and a plurality of radially internal projections. A bottom wall of the annular groove includes a plurality of depressions alternating with a plurality of projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Pasquale Frezza, Fabio Falaschi, Andrea A. Bertolini, Fabio Cavacece
  • Publication number: 20240068521
    Abstract: An adjusting ring for a moving walkway or an escalator can include a hollow cylindrical annular body and at least one adjusting screw. An outside diameter of the annular body is greater than an inner outside ring diameter of an outer ring of a roller bearing arranged adjacently in the assembled state. Furthermore, the adjusting ring can include at least one annular groove arranged concentrically to the inside diameter in a lateral ring face of the annular body which is directed against the roller bearing in the assembled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Michael BERGER
  • Publication number: 20240068522
    Abstract: A shaft-grounding bearing protection device and a motor are provided. The shaft-grounding bearing protection device includes a device body of a ring shape, a side wall of the device body is provided with at least one mounting hole, the mounting hole is a first direction directing toward the center of the device body and radially penetrating through the device body; and a conductive fiber passing through the mounting hole provided on the device body, an extension direction of the conductive fiber is toward the center of the device body. When the conductive fiber passes through the mounting hole, a clamping force in a second direction of the mounting hole is adjusted to realize the crimping of the conductive fiber and the device body, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Huanfeng LIU, Zheshi LIU
  • Publication number: 20240068523
    Abstract: A shaft-hub connection includes a shaft and a hub which engage with one another for conjoint rotation about an axis of rotation via a first toothing and a second toothing. The first toothing has a first toothing region and a second toothing region, wherein the first toothing region and the second toothing region are, as viewed in the circumferential direction (u), arranged offset by a dimension (d) in such a way that the first toothing region engages with the second toothing via front tooth flanks as viewed in the circumferential direction (u), and the second toothing region engages with the second toothing via rear tooth flanks as viewed in the circumferential direction (u).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: AUDI AG, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Michael FRISCH, Johannes ALBL, Wolfgang HEISE