Patents Issued in May 14, 2024
  • Patent number: 11982247
    Abstract: A large current flowing when energization by normal load drive control is performed at the time of a load short-circuit is prevented. A load drive device 100 includes drive switches 61 and 62 that turn on or off the current supplied from a power source to a load 70, a switch drive circuit 20 that transmits a drive signal to the drive switches 61 and 62 based on a control command from an arithmetic device 10, and a constant current source 40 that supplies the current to the load 70 without passing through the drive switches 61 and 62. Then, the switch drive circuit 20 performs control so as not to turn on either the drive switches 61 or 62 when the voltage between both ends of the load 70 becomes equal to or less than the determination value in a state where the drive switches 61 and 62 are turned off and in a state where the current is supplied from the constant current source 40 to the load 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukio
  • Patent number: 11982248
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing cylinders in an engine. In one example, the method may include while receiving first feedback from a vibration sensor coupled to a first cylinder of the engine, perturbing the first cylinder during engine operation. Responsive to the first feedback indicating a first vibration level difference greater than or equal to a first threshold difference, a first indication of a first degradation condition of the first cylinder may be set, and thereafter the engine may be operated based on whether or not the first indication was set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Kumar, David Schroeck
  • Patent number: 11982249
    Abstract: A system and methods are disclosed for an upper stage space launch vehicle that uses gases from the propellant tanks to power an internal combustion engine that produces mechanical power for driving other components including a generator for generation of electrical current for operating compressors and fluid pumps and for charging batteries. These components and others comprise a thermodynamic system from which system enthalpy may be leveraged by extracting and moving heat to increase the efficient use of propellant and the longevity and performance of the launch vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: United Launch Alliance, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Frank Charles Zegler
  • Patent number: 11982250
    Abstract: A rocket engine comprising a rotating detonation rocket engine and three propellants. The propellants comprise of at least one of an oxidizer and at least one fuel. A third propellant, a fuel, oxidizer or inert fluid, may be injected to control the detonation characteristics. The rocket engine may further include wan additional rocket engine wherein a pump provides pressure for multiple engines. The rocket engine may further include multiple turbopump shafts for independent control of the propellants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Venus Aerospace Corp.
    Inventor: Andrew Thomas Duggleby
  • Patent number: 11982251
    Abstract: An air supply device for an internal combustion engine may include at least one air chamber and at least two intake pipes, which are connected to the at least one air chamber. The intake pipes may each be designed to supply air to respective cylinders of the internal combustion engine, and they each may have intake pipe end portion assigned to a corresponding inlet opening. Via the inlet openings, air can move from an air chamber interior of the at least one air chamber into respective intake pipe interiors of the at least two intake pipes and also via the intake pipe interiors to the cylinders. The intake pipe end portions may end in the air chamber interior and overlap in at least one direction, which is oriented perpendicularly to at least one center axis of at least one of the intake pipe end portions at a common overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Gatzka, Johannes Hoehl, Josef Miritsch
  • Patent number: 11982252
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly comprises a plunger arranged to reciprocate within a plunger bore via a drive shaft, to perform a pumping cycle comprising a pumping stroke and a return stroke, the pumping stroke comprising movement of the plunger from a bottom dead centre (BDC) position to a top dead centre (TDC) position, and the return stroke comprising movement of the plunger from the TDC position to the BDC position. The fuel pump assembly comprises a spring assembly including a return spring that is cooperable, at a first end, with a first member coupled to the plunger and movable at a first speed dependent on the speed of rotation of the drive shaft and, at a second end, with a second member which is movable at a damped speed relative to the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PHINIA Delphi Luxembourg SARL
    Inventor: David Jones
  • Patent number: 11982253
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes a housing extending along an injector axis. A pintle has an axially extending pintle shaft and a radially projecting annular collar with a collar surface, the pintle being axially moveable between an open position and a closed position. An armature is axially guided in the housing between a proximal position and a distal position, the armature having an axial through-hole in which the pintle shaft is guided and an armature surface which engages the collar surface, thereby moving the pintle into the open position when the armature moves to the proximal position. A first resilient member biases the pintle in the distal direction and a second resilient member biases the armature in the distal direction. The armature surface and the collar surface are slanted with respect to the injector axis and one of the armature surface and the collar surface is convex curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PHINIA Delphi Luxembourg SARL
    Inventors: Guy Hoffmann, Cas Breedijk
  • Patent number: 11982255
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic electrification system that generates electricity from water moving from a high side to a low side and around a structure that divides the low side from the high side generally includes a water transport system that directs the water from the high side presenting a hydraulic head, over the structure, and to the low side. The system includes a power extraction system having a wheel that receives the water from said water transport system and a mounting system having a high side anchor that connects near an intake to the water transport system at the high side and having a low side anchor that connects to the power extraction system at the low side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: INGLASS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Robert Freda, Bradford G. Knight
  • Patent number: 11982256
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a segmented wind turbine rotor blade, which is formed by at least two rotor blade segments, wherein at a division area of the wind turbine rotor blade the segments are firmly connected together at respective connection ends via a plurality of connecting elements, wherein a gap is formed between the connection ends, and a fairing is attached to the segments at the division area, the fairing covering the gap and the connecting elements; wherein the fairing is divided into at least two separate fairing sections, the fairing sections are coupled together at coupling regions at the pressure side and/or at the suction side of the rotor blade, and the coupling regions are spaced apart from the trailing edge or leading edge. The disclosure also concerns a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Lipka, Gerald Festner, Adam Raczynski
  • Patent number: 11982257
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine with a plurality of vertical blades, which are each fastened to a respective vertical blade axis, such that they are pivotable around a respective blade rotation axis (C7) independently of one another, and are supported rotatable on a common circular path (K) around a vertical rotor rotation axis (C2), and a method for operating the vertical wind turbine, wherein pitch angles (?) of vertical blades of the vertical wind turbine, which are driven around a respective vertical blade axis, are predetermined. The pitch angle (?), at least in a partial load mode of the vertical wind turbine (1), is controlled such that the blades (7) rotate with an essentially constant tip speed ratio (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGILE WIND POWER AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hans Hug, Christian Oram
  • Patent number: 11982258
    Abstract: A generator is horizontally arranged in each plane central portion of horizontal frame bodies of a support frame body which is framed with the upper and lower horizontal frame bodies and a plurality of support poles, and a vertical main shaft of a vertical shaft rotor is integrally connected and supported between rotation shafts vertically facing each other of the upper and lower generators without using bearings to cooperatively move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11982259
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine blade being a shell body made of a composite material and having a root end and a tip end, an outer surface, a pressure side and a suction side, a trailing edge and a leading edge, and additionally a lightning protection system. The lightning protection system comprising at least one lightning receptor provided with an outer surface arranged freely accessible in, on or at the outer surface of the blade at the tip end of the blade and a lightning conductor made of electrically conductive material extending within the shell body along substantially the entire longitudinal direction of the blade. The lightning receptor and the lightning conductor are electrically connected by means of a connection area. At least a part of the outer surface, optionally the whole of the outer surface of the receptor being freely accessible is formed of carbon such as graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
    Inventor: Lars Bo Hansen
  • Patent number: 11982260
    Abstract: A generator, a heat exchange device for a shaft system thereof, and a wind turbine are provided. The heat exchange device includes a flexible cavity for allowing a cooling medium to input. The flexible cavity is located on an inner wall of the generator rotation shaft, and is cooled by a generator bearing in the generator shaft system. After the cooling medium is injected into the flexible cavity, the cooling environment can be created at the inner wall position of the generator rotation shaft so as to provide a heat-dissipation channel for the generator bearing enclosed between the generator rotation shaft and a generator fixed shaft, thereby achieving good cooling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shengjun Ma
  • Patent number: 11982261
    Abstract: An energy storage and delivery system includes one or more cableways and a cage that travels along each of the one or more cableways. The cage is coupled (e.g., fixedly coupled) to one or more cables that extend between a lower elevation and a higher elevation, the cables or steel ribbons being translated along the associated cableway by a traction motor wheel to translate the cage along the associated cableway. The system is operable to pick-up, transport and deliver with the cage a plurality of blocks from the lower elevation to the higher elevation to store energy (e.g., via the potential energy of the block). The system is also operable to pick-up, transport and deliver with the cage a plurality of blocks from the higher elevation to the lower elevation at least partially under force of gravity to generate electricity via an electric generator coupled to the traction motor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Energy Vault, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Pedretti, William Tod Gross
  • Patent number: 11982262
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for energy storage are provided. A system for energy storage includes a thermomechanical-electrical conversion subsystem for converting energy formats and a mechanical and thermal storage unit for storing energy formats. The thermomechanical-electrical conversion subsystem includes a storage subsystem including a compressor and a first thermal energy exchanger and a generation subsystem including a power generator and a second thermal energy exchanger. The storage subsystem compresses a fluid to generate compressed fluid and thermal energy. The generation subsystem generates power from the compressed fluid and the thermal energy. The mechanical and thermal storage unit includes a pressure vessel for storing the compressed fluid and a thermal energy storage for storing the thermal energy generated by the fluid compression and for providing the thermal energy to the generation subsystem for generating power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Kamyar Rouindej
  • Patent number: 11982263
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator with a joint between an SMA wire the SMA actuator being disposed at a bottom surface of the SMA actuator. The SMA actuator can include at least one fixed end configured to be fixed to a carriage, at least one free end, at least one beam connecting the fixed end and the free end, and at least one SMA wire. The at least one SMA wire can be electrically connected to the at least one fixed end and the at least one free end via electrical contact portions. The position of the at least one SMA wire being affixed to the bottom surface can allow for reduced stress and a wire exit angle at the weld joint between each SMA wire and the actuator, improving resiliency of the SMA actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventor: Ryan N. Ruzicka
  • Patent number: 11982264
    Abstract: A pump system for a motor vehicle having a first pump and a second pump which can be driven by an electric motor and/or an internal combustion engine, wherein the first pump and the second pump can be coupled by a clutch. A method of operating a pump system in a motor vehicle includes driving a first pump and a second pump by an electric motor and/or an internal combustion engine by coupling the first pump and a second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS EFP DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Koch, Mohamed Lamzoughi, Björn Ritter
  • Patent number: 11982265
    Abstract: A piston is described for the compression of a pneumatic fluid in a compression chamber of a cylinder comprising: a cylindrically shaped piston body, adapted to be arranged slidably within said cylinder, and having a side wall and a top wall; along a circumferential perimeter of said side wall of the piston body a seat being defined; and a sealing assembly accommodated in said seat, and adapted to ensure the fluid-tightness along said circumferential perimeter; the sealing assembly comprising a plurality of sealing elements, having shapes complementary to one another, and configured so that the wear of a sealing element along said circumferential perimeter corresponds to a sliding in the radially outer direction of the adjacent sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Corrado Rossino
  • Patent number: 11982266
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a case, a compression unit that is provided inside the case and that includes a cylinder and a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder to compress refrigerant, a driving unit that includes a stator disposed inside the case and a plurality of permanent magnets configured to reciprocate with respect to the stator and that is configured to provide a driving force to the compression unit, and a resonator that is configured to reduce noises generated while the compression unit is operated, that is disposed between the compression unit and an inner surface of the case facing the compression unit in an axial direction, and that is spaced apart from the compression unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongchan Lee, Sunghyun Ki, Hyeongjun Lim
  • Patent number: 11982267
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a compressor assembly with a motor and a pump driven by the motor, a battery receptacle, and a battery pack electrically connected to the motor via the battery receptacle for providing electrical power to the motor. The battery receptacle and the battery pack are positioned adjacent the compressor assembly. The compressor also includes a storage tank that receives compressed air from the pump, a case enshrouding the compressor assembly, an outlet port in fluid communication with the storage tank, and an adjustable pressure regulator at least partially positioned within the case. The outlet port configured to discharge compressed air from the storage tank at a regulated pressure determined by the pressure regulator. The compressor further includes an adjustment knob to adjust the regulated pressure of compressed air provided by the outlet port. The case attenuates noise emitted by the compressor assembly to less than 68 decibels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Wackwitz, Troy C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 11982268
    Abstract: An autoclaving microplate washing system for cells and non-adhering three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures is provided. The autoclaving microplate washing system may include a dispensing pump; an aspirating peristaltic pump; and a processor configured to execute a cleaning control program, which when executed causes the autoclaving microplate washing system to independently control: the dispensing pump to control a first flow rate of a solution from a fluid reservoir through a plurality of dispense lines for output via the dispense pipes in microplate wells corresponding to positions of the dispense pipes; and the aspirating peristaltic pump to control a second flow rate of a waste solution through a plurality of aspiration lines for aspiration via aspiration pipes in microplate wells corresponding to positions of the aspiration pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Many, Brad Larson, Byron Smith, Brian Struhammer
  • Patent number: 11982269
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to adaptively control a hydraulic fluid supply to supply a driving fluid for applying a driving force on a piston in a gas compressor, the driving force being cyclically reversed between a first direction and a second direction to cause the piston to reciprocate in strokes. During a first stroke of the piston, a speed of the piston, a temperature of the driving fluid, and a load pressure applied to the piston is monitored. Reversal of the driving force after the first stroke is controlled based on the speed, load pressure, and temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: I-JACK TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Dan McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11982270
    Abstract: The pump device includes a housing defining insertion holes for a rotation shaft, inlets and outlets, and an internal passage; a first pump element; and a second pump element. The internal passage includes first suction passages communicating from the inlet to a first suction port facing the first end surface of the first pump element directed to one end side; first discharge passages communicating from a first discharge port facing the first end surface to the outlet; second suction passages passing around the first pump element to communicate from the inlet to a second suction port facing the second end surface of the second pump element; and second discharge passages passing around the first pump element to communicate from a second discharge port facing the second end surface to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ino
  • Patent number: 11982271
    Abstract: Scroll compressor, a vehicle air conditioner and a vehicle are disclosed. The scroll compressor includes a first end cover, a casing and a crankshaft. The casing is provided with a supporting portion having a first bearing mounting portion; the first end cover is provided with a second bearing mounting portion; a first end of the crankshaft is arranged in the first bearing mounting portion through a first bearing; a second end of the crankshaft is arranged in the second bearing mounting portion through a second bearing; and the first bearing mounting portion and the second bearing mounting portion cooperate with each other to form an axial limitation on the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GREE GREEN REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Yusheng Hu, Huijun Wei, Yun Liu, Xiaoli Kang, Caixia Shan, Shuanglai Liu, Xiaoshan Chen, Xuefeng Li
  • Patent number: 11982272
    Abstract: A variable displacement lubricant pump for providing a pressurized lubricant for a motor vehicle. The pump includes a pump rotor which rotates about a rotor axis and a control ring which is shiftable. The pump rotor includes a pump rotor shaft, a rotor body having vane slits, and pump vanes which are arranged in and which axially slide in the vane slits. The control ring can be actuated to set an eccentricity of the control ring to define a volumetric pump performance. The control ring defines a pump chamber which is separated by the pump vanes into pumping compartments. The control ring includes a control ring main body, bushing rings which are arranged separately at a radial inside of the control ring main body, and a radial inlet opening and/or a radial outlet opening. The radial inlet opening and/or the radial outlet opening is/are arranged axially between the bushing rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Massimiliano Lazzerini, Carmine Cuneo, Alessandro Malvasi
  • Patent number: 11982273
    Abstract: A vane pump includes: a suction port configured to guide working oil to a pump chambers; a discharge port configured to guide the working oil discharged from the pump chambers; and a notch formed from an opening edge portion of the suction port towards a reversing direction of a rotation direction of a rotor, wherein the pump chambers each communicates with the suction port through the notch during a course of the transition from the state, in which the pump chamber is in communication with the discharge port, to the state, in which the communication with the discharge port is shut off, as the rotor is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Suzuki, Shinji Yakabe, Yusuke Kurita, Shota Shindou
  • Patent number: 11982274
    Abstract: An electrical coolant drive including a motor housing, which accommodates an electric motor and has a fluid-tight housing intermediate wall forming an electronics housing accommodating a motor electronics system, at least one through-opening is introduced into the housing intermediate wall, via which a phase connection of a stator winding of the electric motor is guided into the electronics housing in a fluid-tight and pressure-tight manner to contact the motor electronics, and a step surrounding the through-opening is introduced into the housing intermediate wall, and a first sealing ring sits in the through-opening, directly in contact with the phase connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventor: Christopher Liepold
  • Patent number: 11982275
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided, in which a fastening member fixing portion of a valve fastening member fixes the valve fastening member to a non-orbiting scroll, a valve fixing portion of the valve fastening member fixes a bypass valve to the non-orbiting scroll, and the fastening member fixing portion is located axially farther away from a compression chamber than the valve fixing portion is. This may secure a fastening thickness by which the valve fastening member that fixes the bypass valve is fastened to the non-orbiting scroll and reduce a plate thickness at a portion where bypass holes and/or a discharge port are formed, thereby decreasing dead volumes in the bypass holes and/or the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suchul Kim, Sanghyeon Ji
  • Patent number: 11982276
    Abstract: A scroll compressor for refrigerant-oil mixtures with oil return, including a housing element and a fixed scroll, wherein the housing element is connected to the fixed scroll by means of a seal in such a way that an outlet chamber is formed between the housing element and the fixed scroll, wherein, for oil separation and oil return purposes, an oil separation chamber, which has a high-pressure refrigerant outlet and an oil collection area, and an oil return channel towards a suction pressure chamber are arranged downstream of the outlet chamber, the scroll compressor being characterized in that an outlet chamber drain for draining oil into the oil return channel of the oil separation chamber is formed in the geodetic lower region of the outlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Philipp Rosenbach, Michael Friedl, Dirk Gutberlet, Kadir Dursun
  • Patent number: 11982277
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a housing, a motor provided in the housing, a rotary shaft rotated by the motor, an orbiting scroll configured to orbit in conjunction with the rotary shaft, and a fixed scroll configured to define compression chambers together with the orbiting scroll, in which the housing includes a center housing penetrated by the rotary shaft, a front housing configured to define, together with the center housing, a motor accommodation space that accommodates the motor, and a rear housing configured to define a discharge chamber that accommodates a refrigerant discharged from the compression chamber, and an injection valve assembly provided between the fixed scroll and the rear housing, and the injection valve assembly includes an anti-leakage means and an injection valve configured to open or close an injection flow path that guides the refrigerant, which is introduced from outside of the housing, to the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Kyung Jae Lee, Jeong Ki Seo
  • Patent number: 11982278
    Abstract: A pump device includes a motor and an impeller which is disposed in a pump chamber provided on one side in a rotation center axial line with respect to the motor and is connected with a rotor of the motor. The rotor is made of resin and includes a seat part which supports an end part on one side of a drive magnet and a cylindrical tube part which is extended from the seat part along the rotation center axial line and is fitted to an inner side of the drive magnet. An outer peripheral face of the cylindrical tube part is provided with a rib extended along the rotation center axial line at a plurality of positions in a circumferential direction, and the drive magnet is press-fitted to the cylindrical tube part so as to contact with the rib from an outer side in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Takehiko Yazawa
  • Patent number: 11982279
    Abstract: A pump assembly is disclosed comprising, a pump including a pump housing having a fluid inlet. At least one fluid outlet extends from the pump housing. An impeller driven by a motor is mounted in the pump housing arranged to move a fluid from the fluid inlet to the at least one fluid outlet. A valve rotatably mounted between the impeller and the at least one fluid outlet selectively controls the flow of fluid through the at least one fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Malone
  • Patent number: 11982280
    Abstract: The invention, comprises a pumping apparatus, system and method for increasing the flow of the in a first direction to boost liquid flow and in a reverse second direction to remove blockages and/or self-clearing, with operation having an rotor/impeller that can use a shredder and/or shearing action utilizing blades for processing to pass solids, debris and other things to prevent clogging and/or self-cleaning of the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL FLOW SOLUTIONS OPERATING, INC.
    Inventor: Stephane Dumonceaux
  • Patent number: 11982281
    Abstract: This multi-stage turbomachine comprises: a central part (2) having at least two bearings (6) from which part there extends at least on one side a shaft (4) guided by said bearings (6) and on which shaft there are mounted, in cantilever fashion, two radial wheels (22, 34), the two radial wheels (22, 34) are separated from one another by a leak-tight partition (32), and each of the two radial wheels (22, 34) is mounted in its casing (24, 32, 40), each casing having a dedicated fluid inlet (24a, 42) and a dedicated fluid outlet (24b, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Cryostar SAS
    Inventor: Jacques Boigey
  • Patent number: 11982282
    Abstract: An energy-saving device for rapidly and infinitely compressing air includes housing, rotating shaft, spiral fan blade, power unit, transmission gear set, and fixing bracket, it is characterized in that the housing is connected with the fixing bracket, the rotating shaft with the spiral fan blade has upper and lower transmission gear sets, the power unit provided on the fixing bracket rotates the rotating shaft through the transmission gear set, so that a tornado-like airflow is generated in the space between the housing and rotating shaft, the devices can be stacked infinitely, so that the airflow is continuously accelerated to produce a powerful air thrust. The present invention can be widely used in aircraft and other vehicles, weapons, and protection and other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Zhenkun Wang
  • Patent number: 11982283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor and, more specifically, to an air compressor for a vehicle, which can support a rotor disk and form a cooling flow channel by a first cover and a second cover, and thus can improve cooling efficiency while increasing manufacturability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Chi Yong Park, Hyun Chil Kim, Gunwoong Park, Min Gyu Park, Yeol Woo Sung, Hyun Sup Yang, Jong Sung Lee, Kyu Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11982284
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an electrical submersible pump (ESP) of a well, including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include obtaining a well model corresponding to the well, obtaining a target well rate for the well, then receiving, from one or more data sources associated with one or more components of the well, operational data associated with the ESP operating at the target well rate within the well, determining a target efficiency of the ESP at the target well rate based on the well model, and then modifying, based on the operational data and the target efficiency an operating characteristic of the ESP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Said S. Malki, Muhammad Daanyal, Obiomalotaoso L. Isichei, Hassan A. Hussain, Razan M. Alzamanan
  • Patent number: 11982285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor (20) for generating a compressed air flow for a fuel cell (10), having a compressor element (21), in particular a compressor wheel, wherein the compressor element (21) is coupled in a to a drive shaft (23) for co-rotation, the drive shaft (23) being driven by a motor (22), in particular an electric motor, wherein at least one hydrodynamic or hydrostatic bearing (24, 25) is used to mount the shaft (23) in a rotatable manner, wherein the plain bearing (24, 25) is connected to a lubricant supply means (30), which is used to supply a lubricant for hydrodynamic or hydrostatic pressure generation to the plain bearing (24, 25), wherein the lubricant is water or a fluid mixture, predominantly comprising water, wherein the plain bearing (24, 25) has a lubricant inlet and a lubricant outlet, wherein the lubricant can be routed to the plain bearing (24, 25) via the lubricant inlet and the lubricant can be discharged from the plain bearing (24, 25) via the lubricant outlet, and where
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BMTS Technology GmbH &Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Schmitt, Frieder Stetter, Oliver Kuhne, Rüdiger Kleinschmidt, Gunter Winkler
  • Patent number: 11982286
    Abstract: A well pumping apparatus including a discharge head (110), a drive string rod (130) in fluid communication with an inner cavity (142) of a production tubing (140), a pre-lubrication port (160) at the discharge head, and lubrication cups (134) installed along the drive string rod adjacent to sets of bearings (150) distributed along the drive string rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ormat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Eilan, Boris Polyak, Nadav Darf, Alex Katz, Oren Ram
  • Patent number: 11982287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fan shroud provided in a cooling module, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fan shroud having a peripheral part configured to surround an outer periphery of a fan, and a planar part coupled to face a heat exchanger, in which a noise-reducing hole is formed at an appropriate position and defined by connecting a first hole, which extends in a circumferential direction of the peripheral part, and a second hole, which extends toward the planar part and is formed through the planar part, thereby effectively reducing BPF noise while minimizing deterioration in rigidity and durability of the fan shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Cheolun Park, Jun Ho Kim, Ok Ryul Min, Sang Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11982288
    Abstract: An air flow controller for an air cleaner and an air cleaner are provided. The air flow controller may include a fan, and a housing, the fan being provided in the housing and the housing being movable from an initial horizontal position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a vertical direction to an inclined position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a diagonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaekyun Park, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11982289
    Abstract: A blower may include a base, a case provided above the base and having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan provided inside the case, a rotating plate connected to the case and provided to be rotatable above the base, a motor to rotate the rotating plate, and a bearing provided between the rotating plate and the base, fixed to the rotating plate, and supported movably on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyeon Kim, Haein Jung, Kibbum Park, Yongmin Kim, Seungho Baek, Kidong Kim, Seokho Choi, Hyungho Park, Hoojin Kim, Siyoung Oh, Hosik Jang, Chiyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 11982290
    Abstract: A blower of an HVAC system includes an air inlet, an air outlet, a blower wheel with blades, a motor operable to cause the blower wheel to rotate, and a blower housing within which the blower wheel is positioned. The blower housing includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a connecting panel. The top panel and the bottom panel are connected to the connecting panel. The top panel includes a curved edge extending from a bottom edge of the connecting panel to a top edge of the connecting panel. An expansion angle of the curved edge of the top panel changes as a function of position along the curved edge of the top panel. The bottom panel may have a shape corresponding to a mirror image to that of the top panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Ananda Balan Thobias, Vinoth Kumar Settu, Prabhu Prakasam, Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam
  • Patent number: 11982291
    Abstract: A blower unit for a vehicle and an air conditioning device including the same, the blower unit including: a scroll casing having an inlet port; a fan rotatably disposed in the scroll casing; a motor having a shaft coupled to the fan; and a bell mouth disposed in the inlet port, in which an inner end of the scroll casing, which defines the inlet port, is disposed to be spaced apart from the fan in a radial direction to define a separation space, and the bell mouth prevents air, which flows by a rotation of the fan, from flowing reversely through the separation space. The blower unit and the air conditioning device including the same prevent air from flowing reversely to the outside of the scroll casing by means of the arrangement of the bell mouth and the scroll casing and the structural shape of the bell mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Dae Keun Park, Dong Gyun Kim, Si Hyung Kim, Eun Suk Bae, Jun Ho Seo, Nam Jun Lee, Ho Lee, Seung Woo Jo
  • Patent number: 11982292
    Abstract: A scroll casing for a centrifugal compressor satisfies a relationship of Tb/Ta?1.0 in a range of an angular position around a scroll center of the scroll passage from 180 degrees to 360 degrees, where Ta is a passage width of the diffuser passage along an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor, Tb is a shortest distance from a start position which is a connection position with a hub-side passage surface of the diffuser passage on an inner peripheral surface of a scroll portion forming the scroll passage to a virtual arc that touches an end position which is a position opposite to the start position on the inner peripheral surface, and the angular position is defined so that the angle gradually increases from a merging position between a scroll start and a scroll end of the scroll passage of 60 degrees to the downstream side of the scroll passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Iwakiri
  • Patent number: 11982293
    Abstract: A blower is disclosed. The blower of the present disclosure comprises: a fan for producing air flow; a lower body providing an inner space in which the fan is installed, and having an intake hole through which air passes; an upper body placed on the lower body to form a flow passage which communicates with the inner space of the lower body, and having a space which is formed to pass through the upper body in the forward and backward direction, wherein the upper body includes a slit which is formed through the upper body and through which air flowing through the flow passage of the upper body is discharged to the space, and the slit comprises: a rear slit adjacent to the rear end of the upper body; and a front slit adjacent to the front end of the upper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jung, Seungho Baek, Kidong Kim, Seokho Choi, Hoojin Kim, Haein Jung, Changhoon Lee, Hosik Jang, Kibbum Park, Yongmin Kim, Jaehyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11982294
    Abstract: A fan housing mounting assembly includes an engagement mechanism configured to support a fan module and a housing configured to support the engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism is pivotally connected to the housing. The assembly further includes a mesh plate including at least one connector coupled to the engagement mechanism. The mesh plate is configured to move with respect to the housing between a first position in which the mesh plate is spaced from the housing and a second position in which the mesh plate is adjacent to the housing. The assembly further includes a spring configured to engage the engagement mechanism. The spring is configured to bias the engagement mechanism to pivot with respect to the housing to present the fan module for removal. When the engagement mechanism is pivoted with respect to the housing, the mesh plate is maintained in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claus Aabjerg Andersen, Jean-Paul Gonnet
  • Patent number: 11982295
    Abstract: A pumping device for pumping liquids includes a centrifugal pump with a radially pumping pump wheel having a hollow center, and is configured to remove accumulations of gas from the interior of the pump. The pumping device includes a detecting device for detecting a first operating parameter, a sensor for measuring a second operating parameter, and a control unit for controlling the pump. The control unit is configured to control the operation of the pump so as to remove accumulations of gas from the hollow center of the pump during liquid pumping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Heide
  • Patent number: 11982296
    Abstract: A hydraulic system, in particular a hydraulic transmission controller, includes a first pump, which provides a large volumetric flow for a cooling and/or lubricating device at an outlet, and a second pump, which provides a high pressure for at least one hydraulic load at an outlet. The hydraulic system also includes an additional active valve, which is connected upstream of the cooling and/or lubricating device, is connected to a system pressure valve and to at least one hydraulic load to be boosted in such a manner that in a boost state, the outlets of the two pumps are connected to the hydraulic load to be boosted via a boost line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carsten Mayer, Yunfan Wei
  • Patent number: 11982297
    Abstract: A tester that can be quickly and easily connected and/or disconnected to a device is described. The tester can check for leaks in the device. The tester can provide a conduit for fluid to flow to the device and a flow meter reading can demonstrate that the device has leakage or no leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Curran, Mikael Mead, Raymond Kerby