Automotive Patents (Class 137/351)
  • Patent number: 11959371
    Abstract: An electrically powered hydraulic fracturing system includes pumps for pressurizing fracturing fluid, piping for carrying fracturing fluid, and field connections in obliquely oriented segments of the piping. The connections are between lead lines that couple directly to the pumps and lines carrying fluid to and from the pump; and are assembled and disassembled in the field. Operations personnel can more easily manipulate connections that are obliquely oriented than those that are horizontal or vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: US Well Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jared Oehring, Robert Kurtz
  • Patent number: 11835180
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a computing device, electronic information about pressure. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, the pressure is at a particular threshold. The method further includes sending, by the computing device, a communication to close a particular valve and prevent gas flow from a first tank. The method further includes sending, by the computing device, another communication to open another valve and allow gas flow from a second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Marlin Gas Services, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lynn Baker, Paul Sydney Richards
  • Patent number: 11541335
    Abstract: A chemical liquid purification apparatus includes a tank body, a return tube, a liquid sending pump, a filtration device and a piping. The tank body has a liquid passage port and a circulation port communicated to a storage space inside the tank body. The return tube has one end connected to the circulation port and another end extending to the storage space. The liquid sending pump and the filtration device are located outside the tank body in between the liquid passage port and the circulation port. The piping is connecting the liquid sending pump and the filtration device to the liquid passage port and the circulation port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Taiwan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tanaka, Cheng-Chieh Fan, Shen-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 11365745
    Abstract: A grey water treatment system includes a first tank configured to receive grey water via a grey water supply conduit and that comprises an overflow, a second tank configured to store grey water, and at least one transfer conduit configured to at least transfer grey water between the first tank and the second tank. A control is configured to maintain a water level in said first tank sufficiently close to the overflow to allow floating contaminants to pass over the overflow. A method of treating grey water includes: receiving grey water in a first tank of a grey water treatment system; transferring grey water via at least one transfer conduit between the first tank and a second tank of said treatment system; and controlling a water level in said first tank sufficiently close to an overflow of said first tank to allow floating contaminants to pass over the overflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA, LLC.
    Inventor: Manfred Britsch
  • Patent number: 11203048
    Abstract: A system and method for removing vegetable gums from a vegetable oil tank for subsequent reuse is provided, as well as methods of using the same. The system and method of removing vegetable gums from a vegetable oil storage tank may provide the storage tank including the vegetable gums; provide a holding tank comprising a heating element; suck the vegetable gums up from the storage tank into a first conduit; transport the vegetable gums to the holding tank via the first conduit; and heat the vegetable gums in the holding tank, wherein the holding tank is configured to facilitate movement of the holding tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: Andrew Foley
  • Patent number: 11067425
    Abstract: A cap for a fluid sensor is provided. The cap comprises a cap input port including a first toolless connector configured to removably couple to a cable; and a cap output port including a second toolless connector configured to removably couple to a cable. The cap may further comprise an interface circuit including a circuit input port, a circuit output port, and a sensor port configured to couple to the fluid sensor. The first toolless connector may be configured to removably couple the circuit input port to a cable and the second toolless connector may be configured to removably couple the circuit output port to a cable. The circuit will automatically sequence the signals on the cable, so standard one-to-one wired cables can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Scully Signal Company
    Inventor: Charles F. Squires
  • Patent number: 10948117
    Abstract: A coupling system has two coupling halves, each having a main body and a closure device arranged therein. The coupling halves can be pressed onto one another in order to release the closure devices and establish a fluid connection. By virtue of the configuration of the seals and of the closure devices, only a coarse tolerance is required for placing the coupling halves on one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Sten Scheffer, Julian Weber, Uwe Gareis
  • Patent number: 10890294
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an end-to-end gaseous fuel transportation solution without using physical pipelines. A virtual pipeline system and methods thereof may involve transportation of gaseous fuels including compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), and/or adsorbed natural gas (ANG). An exemplary pipeline system may include a gas supply station, a mother station for treating gaseous fuels from the gas supply station, a mobile transport system for receiving and transporting the gaseous fuels, and user site for unloading the gaseous fuels from the mobile transport system. The unloaded gaseous fuels can be further used or distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NEARSHORE NATURAL GAS, LLC
    Inventors: Pedro T. Santos, Scott Rackey, Jeremy Pitts, Aaron Hilber, Kolar L. Seshasai, Pedro Vergel, Jimmy Romanos
  • Patent number: 10837583
    Abstract: A female coupling device includes: a main body, and a clip member coupled to the main body, the clip member having a plurality of arms extending perpendicularly therefrom, with the plurality of arms forming at least one pair of arms, with the pair of arms including a first distance therebetween and a second distance therebetween, with the first distance being sized to engage a clip groove of a mating male coupling device, and with the second distance being sized to disengage the mating male coupling device. In a locked position, the pair of arms is positioned so that the first distance is adjacent to the mating male coupling device. In an unlocked position, the pair of arms is positioned so that the second distance is adjacent to the mating male coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Colder Products Company
    Inventors: Robert Keith Johnson, Grant A. Wilhelm, Elizabeth J. Langer
  • Patent number: 10791759
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an atomizer includes an atomizing device and a liquid supply. The atomizing device includes an engaging part. The liquid supply includes a liquid chamber. The liquid supply includes a connecting end and a liquid outlet defined in the connecting end. The engaging part defines a liquid inlet through which tobacco liquid can flow into the atomizing device. The liquid supply further includes a sliding block slidable between a first position and a second position. When the sliding block is in the first position, the sliding block seals the liquid outlet; when the sliding block is in the second position, the liquid outlet is opened. The engaging part is capable of sliding along a predetermined track to form a snap-fit connection with the connecting end, and simultaneously driving the sliding block to move from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Yonglu Guo, Min Zheng
  • Patent number: 10780936
    Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle includes a drive unit used for driving a rear wheel of the straddle-type vehicle, wherein a discharge port that discharges oil in the drive unit is installed on a lower section of the drive unit, and a guide that guides oil to an outside in a vehicle width direction is installed in a vicinity of a lower section of the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10767661
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning containers using water within the container and a submersible pump exhibiting a nozzle. Air may be injected into the pumped water to increase its pressure as it exists the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Henry Polston
  • Patent number: 10618616
    Abstract: The present invention is a device and method of using the device for moving gases or liquids from one location to another. The device has at least one planar rigid blade; a crank for each planar rigid blade having two apertures the first able to receive a drive shaft and the second positioned a distance away from the first; a connecting rod for each crank affixed to the rigid blade on one end and to the second aperture of the crank; an encasement having at least one opening to receive the connecting rod; and a pivot bearing affixed within each opening through which a connecting rod passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Horrigan Corporation
    Inventor: David John Horrigan
  • Patent number: 10513959
    Abstract: A device for providing a liquid additive, including at least one metallic insert, which is coated, at least in sections, with a plastic coating made of polyethylene (PE). At least one plastic structure made of a high-density polyethylene (HD-PE) or polypropylene (PP) is sprayed onto the plastic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 10480675
    Abstract: A system for securing a valve actuator to body of a valve assembly includes an actuator housing having housing lugs protruding radially to define a plurality of housing slots therebetween. A bonnet has bonnet lugs protruding radially to define a plurality of bonnet slots therebetween. Each of the housing lugs are sized to pass axially through a respective one of the bonnet slots when the actuator housing is in a released position and, after passing through the bonnet slots, the actuator housing is rotatable to a locked position where at least a portion of one or more of the housing lugs is axially aligned with a portion of a respective bonnet lug to prevent axial movement of the actuator housing, the actuator housing rotating less than one full revolution between the released and locked positions. A securing mechanism prevents relative rotation between the actuator housing and the bonnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Travis Kyle McEvoy, Keith M. Adams, Lloyd R. Cheatham
  • Patent number: 10465135
    Abstract: A method for processing raw natural gas for storage and transport in a storage vessel at a storage pressure greater than the raw natural gas dense phase pressure, which includes the steps of receiving the raw natural gas in a flow path at an inlet pressure greater than the storage pressure; if necessary, dehydrating the raw natural gas; and continuously releasing the dehydrated raw natural gas from the flow path at a release pressure and a release temperature into a storage vessel until the pressure of the dehydrated raw natural gas in the storage vessel reaches the storage pressure, avoiding the solidification of any impurities in the raw natural gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Colin Nikiforuk
  • Patent number: 10429226
    Abstract: A cap for a fluid sensor is provided. The cap comprises a cap input port including a first toolless connector configured to removably couple to a cable; and a cap output port including a second toolless connector configured to removably couple to a cable. The cap may further comprise an interface circuit including a circuit input port, a circuit output port, and a sensor port configured to couple to the fluid sensor. The first toolless connector may be configured to removably couple the circuit input port to a cable and the second toolless connector may be configured to removably couple the circuit output port to a cable. The circuit will automatically sequence the signals on the cable, so standard one-to-one wired cables can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Scully Signal Company
    Inventor: Charles F. Squires
  • Patent number: 10401880
    Abstract: Embodiments include a modular fuel pump apparatus for an aircraft refueling chassis and related devices, systems and methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a pump module includes a hydraulic motor driven by a hydraulic pump connected to a chassis motor. A chassis engine is operated at a substantially constant RPM, which causes the hydraulic pump to output hydraulic fluid to the pump module at a substantially constant hydraulic pressure. The speed of the hydraulic motor can be varied by a proportional flow control valve disposed between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, thereby varying the speed of the fuel pump and the flow rate of the fuel. A controller is configured to operate the pressure control valve such that the flow of the fuel is maintained at a predetermined flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BETA FLUID SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Clifford Glenn Darrow, Jonathan Edmund DeLine
  • Patent number: 10172661
    Abstract: A manifold for loading plural cannulae with a substance is described. The manifold includes a housing with a plurality of channels that route the flow of the mixed substance from a single central channel to multiple sub-channels for the simultaneous filling of attached cannulae. Each sub-channel extends to a fitting to which a cannula may be attached. The fittings are rotatably mounted to the housing. A lock assembly holds the cannulae to the individual fittings are so that when a cannula is removed from a fitting, the fitting rotates so as to close the fluid path from the sub-channel. In order to attach a second cannula to the same fitting the lock system requires the fitting to be rotates into a position in which the fluid communications path from the associated sub-channel is reopened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel J. Harshman, David R. Boboltz, Ross D. Thelen
  • Patent number: 10059197
    Abstract: A valve device, a ventilation device having the valve device, and a motor vehicle tank device having the ventilation device. The connection between a valve inlet of the valve device and a tank outlet is to be opened and closed by the tank valve, and a connection between the inlet and the filler pipe outlet may be opened and closed by the filler pipe valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Marko Ecim, Eduard Eggenreich
  • Patent number: 10053182
    Abstract: Cup seals are fitted to a cylinder hole of a hydraulic pressure master cylinder. A plunger is movably inserted into the cylinder hole via the cup seals. A fluid chamber is formed on an outer circumferential side of the cylinder hole and between the cup seals so as to communicate with a fluid storage chamber through a fluid communication hole. The plunger is formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom and provided with a recess portion opening toward a bottom portion of the cylinder hole. A hydraulic pressure chamber is defined between the recess portion and the bottom portion. Plural communication ports are formed in a circumferential wall of the recess portion, to penetrate the circumferential wall. When the plunger is in an initial position and is in a non-operating state, the communication ports connect the hydraulic pressure chamber and the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9884552
    Abstract: A fluid system for a vehicle is provided. The fluid system is configured to couple to a chassis of the vehicle. A frame assembly of the fluid system is configured to couple with the chassis directly or with another component that is coupled, directly or indirectly, with the chassis. A cowling of the fluid system can enclose a fuel pressure vessel and an auxiliary fluid vessel. The auxiliary fluid vessel is configured to be placed in fluid communication with the component powered or operated by the fluid therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Agility Fuel Systems LLC
    Inventors: Todd F. Sloan, Chris Forsberg, Joseph Anthony Leduc, Tobiah R. Halter
  • Patent number: 9856661
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a truck-mounted concrete pump including a vehicle, a concrete distributor boom disposed on the vehicle and including multiple boom arms that can be stowed, in the form of an arm assembly, on a vehicle-mounted boom resting unit, and a boom hydraulic system configured to stow and unfold the arm assembly and including a hydraulic cylinder that moves the arm assembly against the boom resting unit in a stowing movement. To terminate the boom stowing movement, a protective circuit is coupled to the hydraulic cylinder. The protective circuit includes a switching unit actuable under the load of the arm assembly. The switching unit has a load receiving element arranged on the boom resting unit that is resiliently deformable when stowing the arm assembly, wherein the arm assembly is only supported on the boom resting unit by the load receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Westermann, Knut Kasten
  • Patent number: 9802808
    Abstract: Fluid storage and dispensing systems and processes involving various structures methods for fluid storage and dispensing, including, pre-connect verification couplings that are usefully employed with fluid storage and dispensing packages to ensure proper coupling and avoid fluid contamination issues, empty detect systems (e.g., monitoring pressure of dispensed liquid medium to detect pressure droop conditions) useable with fluid storage and dispensing packages incorporating liners that are pressure-compressed in the fluid dispensing operation, ergonomically enhanced structures for facilitating removal of a dispense connector from a capped vessel, cap integrity assurance systems for preventing misuse of vessel caps, and keycoding systems for ensuring coupling of proper dispense assemblies and vessels. Fluid storage and dispensing systems achieve zero or near-zero headspace character, and prevent or ameliorate solubilization effects in liquid dispensing from liners in overpack vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin T. O'Dougherty, Glenn M. Tom
  • Patent number: 9751749
    Abstract: A refueling system for supplying fuel to at least one piece of fracturing equipment. The refueling system can have a main fuel source and at least one pressurization unit. The pressurization unit can have an optional pump, a motor, a motor fuel source, a supply coupling device and a return coupling device. The refueling system can have sensors in the one or more supply fuel lines and in the one or more return fuel lines for receiving flow rate information and pressure information, wherein the flow rate information and pressure information are compared to preset limits and a message can be transmitted when the flow rate information and pressure information falls below or exceeds the preset limits to adjust rates of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Roy Malcolm Moffitt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9682608
    Abstract: An HVAC system includes a primary HVAC unit and a supplemental heat exchanger. The primary HVAC unit is disposed within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The supplemental heat exchanger is spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The supplemental heat exchanger is configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
  • Patent number: 9656699
    Abstract: A trailer having an aerodynamic skirt that includes a valve access panel is disclosed. The trailer includes a tank for transporting cargo and a valve at the base of the tank for accessing unloading the cargo from the trailer. The aerodynamic skirt extends along a first side of the trailer body that includes the valve and a valve access panel that is configured to cover the valve when closed and to allow access to the valve when open. The apparatus also includes a trailer brake interlock that is communicatively coupled to the valve access panel and a trailer brake to restrict motion of the trailer when the valve access panel is open and to permit motion of the trailer when the valve access panel is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL, CO.
    Inventor: Brian Polgrean
  • Patent number: 9598946
    Abstract: A method of gas production from a field containing natural gas processing particularly for transport of stranded gas to conserve resources and reduce emissions includes extracting gas a gas supply from a plurality of individual gas wells in the field and initially at the individual gas wells providing a recovery unit having a production capacity matching that of the well for carrying out liquid recovery from the gas supply and compression of the natural gas. When a production rate of the well declines to a low level, typically to about 20% of the original, the recovery unit is removed for redeployment either at a central plant or at other wells which are still at the high production and is substituted by a dehydration system and gas compressor arranged to fill portable pressure vessels typically on trucks for transporting the compressed natural gas to a main pipe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald Grant Shomody, Gary Hart Palmer
  • Patent number: 9579969
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis having an engine, a body assembly defining an internal volume and coupled to the chassis, a tailgate pivotally attached to the body assembly and movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively expose the internal volume of the body assembly, a CNG fuel system including a CNG fuel tank coupled to the tailgate and moveable therewith, the engine configured to be powered by the CNG fuel system, at least one of one a non-structural conduit, a non-structural raceway, and a non-structural channel configured to contain at least one of wiring and a hydraulic line, and an impact mitigation system coupled to the tailgate. The impact mitigation system provides a protected region within which the CNG fuel tank is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas D. Crist, Grant D. Wildgrube, Jarud H. Hoefker, Leslie H. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9541236
    Abstract: A multi-stage home refueling appliance and method supplying compressed natural gas from a utility natural gas supply. The multi-stage home refueling appliance includes a first compressing stage having a first stage inlet fluidly coupled to the supply of natural gas and a first stage outlet, a second compressing stage having a second stage inlet fluidly coupled to the first stage outlet and a second stage outlet and a vehicle refueling dispenser fluidly coupled to the second stage outlet and configured to be selectively fluidly coupled to a storage tank of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Kuehl, Nihat O. Cur
  • Patent number: 9532823
    Abstract: A system for loading plural cannulae with a substance that is to be injected into living tissue. This invention provides an efficient means of providing plural substance-filled cannulae for surgical procedures, such as vertebral augmentations. The system includes a mixing and delivery system, including a manifold. The manifold includes a housing with a plurality of channels that route the flow of the mixed substance from a single central channel to multiple sub-channels for the simultaneous filling of attached cannulae. The manifold also includes valves that regulate the flow of the substance out of the manifold. The open/closed states of these valves are inherently set as a function of the presence/absence of cannulae. A cartridge/plate releasably holds the multiple cannulae to the manifold. The release of the cartridge/plate results in the simultaneous release of the substance-filled cannulae from the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel J. Harshman, David R. Boboltz, Ross D. Thelen
  • Patent number: 9523308
    Abstract: An oil drain plug is disclosed for cooperating with a socket in an oil sump. The plug includes a main body, an eccentric pin protruding from the main body, and an enlarged tip on an end of the eccentric pin. The socket includes a cup-shaped cavity having a lateral wall open at one end, closed at the opposite end by a bottom wall and including an internal surface for mating with the main body of the plug. The bottom wall includes an external surface facing outside the cavity, a through hole such that the enlarged tip of the plug extends beyond the external surface, and a slot departing from the through hole towards a distal end along an arched path centered in the axis and having a smaller width than the through hole for preventing the enlarged tip of the plug from passing through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Giorgio Candela, Luca Agatau, Gaetano Esposito
  • Patent number: 9494946
    Abstract: The flow rate control device comprises a basal plate block wherein a single input port into which a fluid flows, a single output port from which the fluid flows out, two inflow channels whose proximal ends are connected to the input port and two outflow channels whose terminal ends are connected to the output port are formed, and two flow rate control units arranged on the basal plate block, and one of the flow rate control units is arranged between one of the inflow channels and one of the outflow channels, the other flow rate control unit is arranged between the other inflow channel and the other outflow channel, and each of the flow rate control units is configured to be capable of operating independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9487079
    Abstract: An air inlet arrangement is provided for a work vehicle that has an auxiliary bay external to the engine compartment. The auxiliary bay can have a bay cover in part forming a step panel for the operator. The auxiliary bay contains an air cleaner coupled to an air inlet via air ducting that extends through the engine compartment. In the case of work vehicles having an aftertreatment device within the engine compartment for example, the air duct extends through the engine compartment between a side wall of the engine cover and the engine and/or the aftertreatment device. The air duct can at least in part be formed as a unitary part of the engine cover with multiple tube segments of differing cross-sections. At least the segment passing between the engine cover and the aftertreatment device can be oblong with a major axis essentially parallel to the engine cover side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Christopher P. Kelley, William R. Farrar, Alan D. Stahl, Douglas A. Thomas
  • Patent number: 9453351
    Abstract: A boom construction for truck-mounted concrete pumps has at least a first boom arm and a second boom arm that are articulatedly jointed to each other and that are rotatable relatively to each other about an axis. A drive pivots the boom arms. A piston-cylinder arrangement and a gear transform piston reciprocating movement into rotary movement for boom arm pivoting, said arrangement having first and second pistons that form part of the gear and that interact with outer rings of the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Schwing GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Schabelreiter, Horst Jöbstl, Roland Steinbauer
  • Patent number: 9414579
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling and/or preventing infestation of a woody plant by one or more species of pests are provided. In one particular but non-limiting form, a composite member is positioned at a locus near a woody plant that is susceptible to damage by one or more wood-destroying pest species such as termites. The composite member includes a pesticide and a bait material palatable to the one or more wood-destroying pest species. In one aspect, the composite member includes an extruded mixture of the pesticide and bait material. Further embodiments, forms, features, and aspects shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Leng C Lee, Ricky Cahyanegara
  • Patent number: 9188092
    Abstract: A fuel transfer system for use with a motor vehicle of the type having a fuel tank and a fuel sending unit in the fuel tank for pumping fuel thorough a fuel line to the vehicles engine when the engine is idling where the fuel transfer system allows fuel in the fuel tank to also be delivered to an auxiliary fuel vessel such as another fuel tank, a fuel container, or an engine powered machine is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include features for draining the fuel transfer system when it is not in use for filling an auxiliary fuel vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: McAvey Ventures LLC
    Inventors: Michael McAvey, Christian McAvey, Matthew P. Meissner, Mark L. Foyil
  • Patent number: 9121434
    Abstract: A component assembly comprising a sheet metal part and a nut element attached thereto, the nut element being arranged in an opening of the sheet metal part and being adapted to receive a bolt element having a shaft part with a thread and a head part of larger radial dimensions is wherein the sheet metal part has at least one hole adjacent to the nut element which is not covered over by the nut element but can be covered over by the head part of the screwed-in bolt element. A component assembly of this kind is in particular suitable for an oil pan since the oil can flow through the holes. A method is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventor: Oliver Diehl
  • Patent number: 9016309
    Abstract: A protective cover 10 is mounted to the outer surface of a yoke 2 of a canister vent solenoid valve 1 installed near a rear wheel of a vehicle body. A guide groove engaged with fringes of a yoke mounting board 3 is provided in the inner walls of opposite side plates 10b of the cover 10. On the sides of the plates 10b opposite a top plate 10a are provided mounting sections 12 projecting in a direction parallel to the guide groove. At the tips of the sections 12, there are provided claw sections 12a locking edges on the rear of the yoke 2 when the cover 10 is mounted along the groove 11 from the front of the yoke 2. The top plate 10a of the cover 10 is provided with a connector hole 13 passing through a power source connector 5 of the valve 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Satoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150107693
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for supporting a fuel supply on a vehicle, which is specifically adapted for the operable support and positioning of an auxiliary fuel supply. The vehicle with which the mounting assembly is utilized may vary significantly, but is primarily structured for use on mine haul vehicles, bulldozers, and other heavy duty commercial vehicles, wherein the operation thereof is significantly benefited or enhanced through the provision of an auxiliary, or alternate fuel supply such as, but not limited to, liquid natural gas (LNG), selectively powering the engine of the vehicle as determined by an improved electronic control system. The mounting assembly comprises a containment structure in the form of at least one fuel tank and a housing is structured to enclose the fuel tank. A base supports the housing and provides a pivot point about which the housing may be disposed between a first and second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Jason E. Green
  • Publication number: 20150107692
    Abstract: A method produces a mast arm with a mast arm body and with at least one pipe holder for a concrete-distributing mast for use on stationary and mobile concrete pumps with a plurality of mast arms which are connected to one another so as to be pivotable on articulated joints about an axis of articulation and which hold a concrete-conveying line which has at least one rotary joint which has an axis of rotation aligned with an axis of articulation of an articulated joint. The at least one pipe holder here has a pipe support section which serves for receiving the concrete-conveying line at a holding point which has a location predetermined by the position of the axis of articulation. The mast arm body is premanufactured with a receiving intersection and the at least one pipe holder is premanufactured with a fastening section which has a connecting intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hasel, Eric Bass, Roman Riebenstahl, Jochen Ruppel, Karl Westermann
  • Publication number: 20150096622
    Abstract: The present invention provides several embodiments of an oil change apparatus that basically have a valve/fitting connected to the conventionally available oil sump, a drain bracket installed on a low portion of equipment or vehicle periphery, and a flow line that fluidly connects the valve/fitting and the drain bracket. The oil change apparatus enables vehicle users to quickly and easily drain oil at a safe and convenient location. The present invention also provides several reusable and disposable means to properly collect waste oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Lanh Ngoc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20150059870
    Abstract: A first pressure sensor capable of detecting pressure in a narrow pressure range with a high accuracy to detect internal pressure in the fuel tank is arranged in the fuel tank, and a second pressure sensor that is capable of detecting pressure in a wide pressure range with a low accuracy with respect to the first pressure sensor, and is capable of detecting internal pressure of the fuel tank, is arranged in vapor piping between the fuel tank and a tank blocking valve. When a filler lid switch is operated to release internal pressure of the fuel tank, the first pressure sensor detects internal pressure of the fuel tank so that an operation of the tank blocking valve is controlled on the basis of the detection result, and then a filler lid is opened when the internal pressure of the fuel tank becomes the atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Norifumi IWAYA, Atsushi WAKAMATSU, Takayuki SANO
  • Publication number: 20150056084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile concrete pump comprising a supporting structure (46) that is placed directly or indirectly by means of an assembly frame (22) on the running gear (12) of an HGV chassis (10), the supporting structure incorporating functional units that form a support device and a placing boom (36). The placing boom (36) is rotatably mounted on a boom pedestal (44). The boom pedestal (44) comprises a vessel (52) that is inserted in the supporting structure (46) and acts as a rotary bearing for the placing boom (36), while the support device has two support leg casings (54, 56) which are integrated into the supporting structure (46), cross over one another, have diagonal passages that are open at the front and have a telescopic support leg (40) in each support leg casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Fuegel
  • Patent number: 8950427
    Abstract: A water transport system comprising a first container, a second container, a mechanical connector fixing the first and second containers to each other and/or a towing vehicle, and a control device. The water transport system may be used in a method of water management for recreational vehicles (RV), trailers, or motor homes. The water transport system may be sized and configured to fit in a bed of the towing vehicle used for towing the RV, trailer, or motor home. The second container may be coupled to a macerator pump of the RV, trailer, or motor home to receive wastewater therefrom and the control device may be configured to automatically shut off the macerator pump when the second container is full.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Eugene F. Gallo, Amy-Noelle Gallo
  • Publication number: 20150034166
    Abstract: A waste evacuation system for a vehicle includes an enclosure defining a fixed aperture and a selectively openable and closable access panel. A hose having a first end and a second end extends through the fixed aperture. The first end of the hose may be connected to a waste water tank disposed on a vehicle. The second end of the hose is connected to a nozzle. The nozzle and the second end of the hose can be stored in the enclosure with the access panel in a closed position. With the access panel opened, the nozzle and the second end of the hose may be removed and the nozzle may be connected to a sewer inlet connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Douglas R. SWARTS
  • Publication number: 20150027712
    Abstract: Apparatus for pumping fluid into an underground well bore at a well site and being transportable between multiple well sites includes a chassis configured to be transportable between well sites, first and second fluid pumps disposed upon the chassis and configured to pump pressurized fluid into the well bore at the same time and an electric motor disposed upon the chassis and configured to concurrently drive both pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce A Vicknair, Blake Burnette
  • Patent number: 8925574
    Abstract: A vent system for an axle of a heavy-duty vehicle includes a check valve and an exhaust tube that is connected to the check valve. The check valve includes a first end that is mounted on the axle, a second end, and a body that is disposed between the first and second ends and is in selective fluid communication with the axle interior. The exhaust tube includes a first end that is mounted on the second end of the check valve, and a second end that is open to atmosphere and is in fluid communication with the check valve body. Using any one of a number of types of configurations for the valve body, the vent system selectively exhausts air from the axle interior to atmosphere to relieve buildups of pressure in the axle, while protecting the integrity of the check valve and preventing contaminants from entering the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Matt J. Wilson, Jay D. White, Jesse W. Cervantez, Stephen H. Burke
  • Patent number: 8899268
    Abstract: A discharge arm assembly for a truck or trailer-mounted pumping unit comprises a jumper line which is connected to the outlet of the pumping unit, a base unit which is connected to the outlet of the jumper line, and an articulated arm which is connected to the outlet of the base unit. The base unit includes a base conduit which is rigidly secured to the truck or trailer and a swivel arm which is rotatable about a generally vertical axis. The articulated arm comprises a first generally straight pipe which is connected to the swivel arm by a generally 90° elbow. A brace member comprises a first end which is connected to the swivel arm and a second end which is connected to the first pipe to thereby support the first pipe for movement in a generally horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Garner, Alan R. Killingsworth, David M. Oskins, Paul A. Crawford, Tep Ungchusri
  • Patent number: 8893744
    Abstract: A driveline component breather system that utilizes a first and a second valve assembly to control the intake and exhaustion of fluid within the driveline component to regulate internal pressures is provided. When the pressure within the driveline component increases the first valve closes or remains closed and the second valve opens and fluid is exhausted to the atmosphere. When the pressure within the driveline component decreases, the first valve opens and the second valve closes and fluid flows into the driveline component from an interior portion of an associated vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Joshua Sigmund