Plural Compartments Formed By Baffles Patents (Class 137/574)
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Patent number: 12215995Abstract: Ingredient dispensers for use in dispensing a measured amount of dry and/or liquid ingredient for a user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a dry ingredient dispenser is provided and may include a receptacle configured to contain a select amount of dry ingredient and a cap comprising an actuating portion and a measuring chamber portion. In some embodiments, a liquid ingredient dispenser is provided and may include a receptacle configured to contain a select amount of liquid ingredient and a dispensing portion which may be rotatable to dispense a measured amount of liquid ingredient for the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2024Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Jened LLCInventors: Edward Ertel, Yen Wei Lee, Zachary Carlins, Brendan Crawford, James Shepard
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Patent number: 12183608Abstract: A substrate container with enhanced flow field therein includes a box, at least one offset inflation mechanism and at least one gas diffusion mechanism. The offset inflation mechanism is disposed outside internal receiving space of the box. The offset inflation mechanism has a gaseous chamber extending in the same direction as a bottom panel. The gas diffusion mechanism includes a base, a partition wall and at least one diffusion member. The base masks an outlet of the gaseous chamber to form an auxiliary gaseous chamber. The partition wall extends perpendicularly to the bottom panel to form a vertical first gas channel in communication with the auxiliary gaseous chamber. The diffusion member and the partition wall together define a second gas channel. The partition wall has at least one gap whereby the first gas channel and the second gas channel are in communication with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, En-Nien Shen, Yung-Chin Pan, Chih-Ming Lin, Wei-Chien Liu, Cheng-En Chung, Po-Ting Lee, Jyun-Yan Jiang
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Patent number: 12065270Abstract: A system for managing propellant and pressurant for in-space propulsion of a spacecraft is provided. The system includes a conformal fuel tank having an ullage operatively connected for pressurization and a propellant management device (PMD) to wick propellant to a liquid port of the conformal fuel tank. The system further includes a pneumatic circuit including a tank pressurant vent valve for adjustment of operating pressure prior to refueling operations; a vent to release excess pressurant; a pressurant metering vent valve to provide control and safety relief for the pressurant; a check valve to prevent backflow; a pressurant cat bed for decomposing propellant into pressurant; a repressurizing valve to release pressurant once cooled; a burst disk to provide overpressure safety relief; a series of propellant extraction valves to intake a predetermined quantity of propellant for decomposition; and a pressure regulator that delivers proper pressure to a series of thrusters.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Jonathan Allison
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Patent number: 12025084Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes an in-tank fuel pump configured to be disposed in a fuel tank to supply fuel from the fuel tank to a fuel line at a first pressure. A boost pump is configured to be disposed in the fuel line to receive fuel from the in-tank fuel pump and supply the fuel to one or more downstream components at a boost pressure. An augmentation pump system is configured to be disposed in the fuel line to receive fuel from the boost pump and to supply fuel at a second pressure to one of, at least one fuel consuming component downstream of the augmentation pump system, or an in-tank ejector pump, based on an operational state of the in-tank fuel pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan Prescott Susca, Ryan Shook
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Patent number: 11885464Abstract: A low profile flat bombe for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage and method for manufacturing the same, may include a flat bombe body including an upper plate having a plurality of first piercing holes and a pump installation hole formed therethrough, a lower plate having a plurality of second piercing holes formed therethrough at positions vertically coinciding with the plurality of first piercing holes, and side plates integrally connecting first and second side end portions of the upper and lower plates, end plates mounted at front and rear openings in the flat bombe body, and support pipes, wherein upper end portions of the support pipes are welded to internal circumferential portions of the plurality of first piercing holes and lower end portions thereof are welded to internal circumferential portions of the plurality of second piercing holes to maintain a vertical distance between the upper and lower plates.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DAE Hung Precision Ind'l Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Cheol Cho, Sung Won Lee, Ju Tae Song, Seung Hyun Yeo, Duk Hee Park
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Patent number: 11780324Abstract: A fuel tank for a vehicle includes a main tank comprising a first tank volume defined by an outside wall and an auxiliary tank extending from an aperture provided in the outside wall. The auxiliary tank is formed as a pocket-shaped continuation of the outside wall into the first tank volume bounded by the outside wall. The auxiliary tank forms a second tank volume which is separated from the first tank volume and opens into a filler neck which runs inside the first tank volume and emerges on the outside wall of the main tank.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventor: Ralf Ziegler
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Patent number: 11691502Abstract: Provided is a fuel tank having a built-in component placeable with high accuracy. The fuel tank has a built-in component, and the built-in component includes: a carrier as a rigid body having fittings; and pillars having fitted portions to be respectively fitted into the fittings of the carrier; wherein the fittings include at least one slidable fitting having one of the fitted portions of the pillars slidably fitted thereinto due to post-molding shrinkage of the fuel tank, and a fixed fitting having another one of the fitted portions of the pillars fitted thereinto so as not to be slidable, wherein a slidable direction of the at least one slidable fitting is directed toward the fixed fitting.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Nakaya, Masaki Aono
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Patent number: 11453146Abstract: A substantially continuous stream of aqueous fluid and a substantially continuous stream of gel having a first concentration are combined to form a substantially continuous stream of gel having a second concentration. The second concentration is substantially lower than the first concentration. The gel having the second concentration may thereafter be utilized in conjunction with a well fracturing operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Rajesh Luharuka, Hau Nguyen-Phuc Pham, Jonathan Wun Shiung Chong, Miguel Angel Lopez, Rod William Shampine, Gocha G. Chochua, Mark Maher Hakim Ayyad
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Patent number: 11427077Abstract: A support assembly type baffle is proposed. The baffle may include a baffle body provided in an inner space of a vehicle tank to reduce flow noise, and having a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other and a fastening portion formed on the inner circumferential surface of the through holes, and a support having a columnar shape, being fitted into the through holes to penetrate the through holes, and having an engagement portion coupled with the fastening portion, formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, so that the support is fastened to the baffle body in a state of penetrating the baffle body, each of both ends of the support being fixed to two opposite sides of the inner sides of the tank to maintain the shape of the inner space of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Dong Hee Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Hong KYE, Dong Kun Lee, Se Hun Ko, Min Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 11325465Abstract: A work vehicle including a tank (31,131) formed so as to extend from a rear part of a vehicle body toward a center, wherein the tank includes: a first storage tank (32) located on the rear side of the vehicle body, and stores stored fluid (9); a second storage tank (34) located on a side close to the center in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and stores the fluid; a partition part (36) that separates the first storage tank and the second storage tank; a discharge member (49) that has a discharge opening (49a) extending and opened inside the second storage tank, and discharges, from the second storage tank, the fluid stored in the second storage tank; and a hollow tube member (60) that has a first end communicated with the first storage tank through the partition part so as to enable the stored fluid to flow, and a second end having a hollow tube opening (62) extending and opened toward the center of the vehicle body inside the second storage tank, wherein the hollow tube opening of the hollow tubType: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Kirita, Masamichi Tanaka, Yuuto Abe
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Patent number: 11312568Abstract: A medially stabilized surge suppressor has longitudinal members joined together at opposite ends of the members and a medial disk supporting the members. The longitudinal members are fastened to the medial disks by tabs that pass through elongate slots located in the longitudinal members. The longitudinal members each include a number of flow orifices that enable fluid through the flow orifices as well as between the longitudinal members. The end portions of the longitudinal members are joined at each of first and second junctions by a pin and a washer forming a non-rotable connection between them.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Liquid Surge Control LLCInventors: Gary K. Maurer, Gerald Edward Russell
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Patent number: 10881987Abstract: A vortex reservoir for separation of an aerated portion of a hydraulic fluid includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber, in fluid communication with the upper chamber, having a lower chamber sidewall. The lower chamber includes a lower lower chamber and an upper lower chamber. The lower chamber includes a lower chamber partitioning plate. The lower chamber partitioning plate is located between the lower lower chamber and the upper lower chamber. The lower lower chamber is in fluid communication with the upper lower chamber via a gap between the lower chamber partitioning plate and the lower chamber sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Inventor: Eric Amato
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Patent number: 10639988Abstract: Various techniques are provided for an energy absorbing fluid bladder. In one example, the fluid bladder includes a bladder body and a perforated baffle structure. The perforated baffle structure can be disposed within the bladder body and configured to mitigate a pulse of fluid (e.g., fuel) moving within the bladder body before the pulse reaches the bladder body. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Michael Patrick Kozar, Mark S. Wilenski
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Patent number: 10589622Abstract: A fuel tank includes: a tank body including a bottom wall, a lateral wall and an upper wall, the tank body storing fuel in an interior surrounded by the bottom wall, the lateral wall and the upper wall; and a sub-tank storing a part of the fuel, the sub-tank including a wall portion, an opening portion and a post portion, the wall portion standing on the bottom wall and extending toward the upper wall. The opening portion is provided in the wall portion and is a portion in which the fuel flows. The post portion is provided integrally with the wall portion. The post portion is extended along a height direction of the wall portion from the bottom wall and is joined to the bottom wall and the upper wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinsuke Amano, Nobuhiro Funahashi
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Patent number: 10480779Abstract: A nuclear power plant with a steam dump device and condenser for the nuclear power plant.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbHInventors: André Seiller, Tan Thanh Vo
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Patent number: 10443128Abstract: A vessel for conveying a precursor-containing fluid stream from a precursor material contained within the vessel using a carrier gas. The vessel defines an interior volume segmented into an upper volume and a lower volume, the upper volume being in fluid communication with the lower volume, the lower volume containing substantially all of the precursor material and being separated from the upper volume by a separator. The vessel includes a diffuser tube that extends from an inlet port, through the separator and has a distal end having a plurality of openings formed therein and extends along the bottom interior wall of the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: Charles Michael Birtcher, Thomas Andrew Steidl, Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov
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Patent number: 9919595Abstract: A fuel tank for a motor vehicle, which can be designed as a blow-molded hollow plastics tank, into the interior of which a functional component support is inserted, to which are fastenable functional components, for example a fuel pump, a level indicator or valves, and which is supported on opposite inner sides of the fuel tank wall via at least two strut arrangements spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the support. The functional component support has at least one compensating portion which is positioned between the two strut arrangements and with which a length compensation between the functional component support and the fuel tank takes place in order to dissipate mechanical component stresses.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Axel Diestelhorst, Ralf Berlin, Markus Rowitz, Ingo Rohs
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Patent number: 9902260Abstract: A fuel tank structure is obtained that can prevent or suppress excessive stress concentrating at fixed portions of a separator and an inner wall of a fuel tank main body. A separator for reducing flow noise of fuel is disposed at an interior of a fuel tank that accommodates fuel. Projecting portions that serve as fixed portions that are fixed at two or more places to an inner wall of the fuel tank, are provided at the separator. Deformation portions that allow deformation of the separator are formed between the projecting portions at the separator.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Furusawa
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Patent number: 9517692Abstract: A liquid storage tank or a work vehicle requiring high ground clearance has an inverted sump within a tank volume defined between a tank floor and peripheral walls. In one configuration, the sump includes four sump walls of various configurations and extending at various heights within the tank volume. A flow passage is defined by the spacing between the various sump walls and a peripheral wall. The tank floor may have an inclined section, which in cooperation with the sump and a spanner wall, defines a supplemental inverted sump in communication with the flow passage. As a fuel tank, the sump is configured to store fuel within a sump volume sufficient to satisfy prescribed runtimes in various off-level conditions of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Matthew P. Tedman, Ashwani Verma
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Patent number: 9452577Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Publication number: 20150083251Abstract: A water dispenser includes a baffle which interferes with a downward flow of drinking water in a cold water tank which is fed from a raw water container through a raw water supply line, whereby cold water lower in temperature than drinking water above the baffle is generated below the baffle, and discharged. A recess is formed in the bottom surface of the baffle such that air trapped in the recess acts as a heat insulator between the baffle and the cold water. The baffle extends along the inner wall of the cold water tank with a gap defined therebetween, and includes a flange extending downwardly over the entire circumference thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Yoshinori Orita
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Patent number: 8960227Abstract: A tank for a hydraulic fluid has a housing with opposed end walls and side walls defining an interior chamber. A primary baffle is disposed inside the housing and divides the interior chamber into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, with a primary gap between the primary baffle and the housing fluidly communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. The primary baffle further defines a contact surface facing the inlet chamber and has first and second weirs which extend into the inlet chamber. A first fluid inlet fluidly communicates with the inlet chamber and is oriented along a first inlet axis that intersects the contact surface, while a fluid outlet communicates with the outlet chamber. The tank produces an interior flow that mixes and deaerates the fluid as it travels from the first fluid inlet to the fluid outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Caterpillar SARLInventors: Sage Frederick Smith, Brian Franklin Taggart, Xuekui Lan, Weixue Tian
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Patent number: 8919370Abstract: The invention relates to a tank for storing a liquid active ingredient for operating an aggregate of a motor vehicle, particularly a unit for post treatment of exhaust gases of the motor vehicle, comprising a container and at least one functional element (11, 18) extending into the container, wherein the functional element is provided with at least one agent (25, 26) for abrasion protection.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Krause, Rainer Haeberer
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Patent number: 8919376Abstract: A system and method to mitigate the effect of hydrodynamic ram. The system including a chamber adapted to receive fluid and a core disposed within the chamber. A plurality of columns extend through the core and a plurality of orifices extend through the thickness of the columns. The method includes channeling a portion of a vapor bubble to an ullage space disposed within the chamber with the plurality of columns and changing the fluid state of the vapor bubble with a plurality of orifices extending through the thickness of the plurality of columns.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventor: Chad Elliot Sparks
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Patent number: 8905070Abstract: A multivalve with a storage bag and a storage bag configured for temporarily accommodating a liquid gas fuel around a discharge for a liquid gas fuel store formed from a deformable memory material, wherein the storage bag has a temporary, size-reduced position, an outer diameter of the storage bag then being less than 48 mm, and a second, operative position, the storage bag having a sufficient volume. A multivalve with a storage bag includes a storage bag having a bottom with sides rising from the bottom, a one-way valve being placed in or close to the bottom and connected to an inlet in the storage bag, the one-way valve being welded to the plastic of the storage bag.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Vialle Alternative Fuel Systems B.V.Inventor: Bob Alexander Beem
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Patent number: 8899266Abstract: A transmission is provided including a sump at least partially defining a sump volume and operable to contain a fluid. The transmission further includes a hydraulic pump. An inlet tube is disposed at least partially within the fluid and is operable to communicate the fluid from the sump volume to the hydraulic pump. A fluid displacement reservoir defining a reservoir volume and disposed at least partially within the sump volume is also provided. The fluid displacement reservoir is operable to selectively displace or impede the movement of at least a portion of the fluid when the fluid within the transmission is subject to acceleration, such that the amount of the fluid required within the sump volume to maintain the inlet tube disposed within the fluid is reduced. The fluid displacement reservoir is also operable to selectively contain or receive at least a portion of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventor: David J. Varda
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Patent number: 8844565Abstract: An anti-vibration system for a fluid reservoir. The system includes a baffle disposed within the fluid reservoir. The baffle includes a mounting mechanism and one or more apertures. The mounting mechanism is adapted to mount the baffle within the reservoir. In addition, and a reservoir cover, enclosing the fluid reservoir, includes receiving fixtures to receive the mounting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Adam Wirth
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Patent number: 8845890Abstract: A self-bypassing filter system for a fluid reservoir. The system includes a filter disposed within the reservoir, positioned to intercept the fluid flow proceeding out of the reservoir. A bypass fluid flow path extending from upstream to downstream of the filter, without passing through the filter. In addition, the system includes a membrane, positioned to completely block the bypass fluid flow path upstream of the filter, the membrane being formed of a material dissolvable in the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Gerard Offerle, Ron Perri, Sterling Douglas Schmeltz
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Patent number: 8845889Abstract: An oil filter reservoir includes a reservoir housing having a filter, which divides the housing into an oil inlet chamber and an oil outlet chamber. A housing inlet and a housing outlet circulate oil in and out of the reservoir housing. The filter includes a permeable wall and a bypass valve, which releases the increased oil pressure and volume in the inlet chamber during cold temperature operation. A baffle in the outlet chamber is spaced apart from the bypass valve and permits limited oil flow through the baffle. The baffle separates the outlet chamber into a reserve chamber and a bypass chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Gerard Offerle, Todd Robert Miller, Mike Lazzarotti, Dahmane Alem, Adam Wirth
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Patent number: 8839963Abstract: A water purifying apparatus and system capable of sedimenting particulates in the fluid over time, and allowing for the quick flushing of sedimented particulates. Top and bottom baffles act as barriers for the sediments, with the bottom barriers having a removable barrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Inventor: Angel Torres-Collazo
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Patent number: 8821725Abstract: A slurry handling and disposal system is provided for waste slurry and particulates. The system includes a waste bin provided with support structures for retaining a flexible removable filter element with a filter element supported above a floor of the waste bin. The particulate matter component of a volume of the waste slurry and particulates deposited in the filter element is retained in said filter element while the liquid component of the waste slurry and particulates are collected in a base portion of the waste bin.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Inventor: Owen Charles Weston
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Patent number: 8752581Abstract: A hydraulic tank for an industrial truck having a tank lower part with a base and a side wall and produced in one piece, a tank cover which is connected to an upper edge of the side wall, is produced in one piece and defines at least one hydraulic medium receiving chamber together with the base and the side wall, at least one hydraulic medium intake pipe extending from a hydraulic medium suction connector of the tank cover, and at least one hydraulic medium return pipe extending from a hydraulic medium return connector of the tank cover, wherein the hydraulic medium intake pipe and the hydraulic medium return pipe, together with the tank cover, form a tank upper part which is assembled as a modular unit with the tank lower part to form the hydraulic tank.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Jungheinrich AktiengesellschaftInventor: Johannes Haslberger
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Patent number: 8739822Abstract: An oil tank has return oil from a hydraulic circuit diffused onto a surface of oil stored in a tank body, and thereby the return oil is prevented from going deep in the oil, so that a hydraulic pump is prevented from sucking oil containing air bubbles. The oil tank includes: an intake port provided in the vicinity of a bottom of the tank body and connected to the hydraulic pump of a hydraulic circuit; and an return oil inlet connected to a return pipe of the hydraulic circuit through which the return oil enters the tank body. In the tank body, a container adapted to hold the return oil is provided. The container is configured so that the return oil inlet opens in the vicinity of the bottom of the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: U-Tec Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yukio Uenishi
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Patent number: 8727173Abstract: A baffle system for guiding fuel stored within a fuel tank is disclosed. The baffle system may include first and second baffle walls. Each of the first and second baffle walls may be formed from inner, intermediate, and outer portions. Each inner portion may extend from the respective intermediate portion. Each outer portion may extend from the respective intermediate portion, with an angle at a junction of the outer and intermediate portions being between approximately 120 degrees and 150 degrees. The first and second baffles walls may form a partially-closed volume with the first and second inner and intermediate portions, where the partially-closed volume may be configured to retain fuel guided into the volume by the first and second outer portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Travis Edward Schwark, Robert Joseph Egging, James Lester Greene, Mario Roberto Giovannini
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Patent number: 8707991Abstract: A float device for use in drawing liquids such as fuel from a tank or other reservoir is disclosed. The device comprises a float arranged for rising and falling with the level of liquid in the tank and a liquid pick-up duct, which comprises a flexible tube having its free end coupled to the float. The float is arranged for vertical movement within a filter or other member, which encloses the float and the flexible tube. The filter or other member is elongate and tubular in construction and comprises an open lower end.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Fuel Active LimitedInventor: Michael John James
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Patent number: 8701705Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a transfer tube assembly mounted on a saddle type fuel tank. The assembly of the present invention includes: a main fuel pump allowing a fuel pump system to deliver fuel to the engine; a sender delivering residual fuel to the main fuel pump; a wire harness connecting the main module and the sender and configured to inform of a fuel amount in the sender; and a transfer tube for transferring the residual fuel in the sender to the main fuel pump. The wire harness and the transfer tube are integrally coupled and configured so that a function of the wire harness can be performed simultaneously with a function of the transfer tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventor: Seung-Ju Park
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Patent number: 8690000Abstract: A cryogenic tank for a space launcher, comprising a partition and delimiting top and bottom volumes communicating via at least one free central opening formed in the partition, so as, on the one hand, to allow for the flow of liquid by gravity from the top volume to the bottom volume via the central opening or openings and, on the other hand, to prevent the rising of the fluid from the bottom volume to the top volume via the central opening or openings under the action of acceleration forces, the tank also comprising at least one vent forming separate from the central opening or openings and providing fluid communication between the top and bottom volumes, the vent being configured to favor the migration of vapor from the bottom volume to the top volume and to prevent the rising of liquid from the bottom volume to the top volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Étude et l'Éxploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Jerome Lacapere, James Butterworth
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Patent number: 8615986Abstract: Process for transferring a liquid from a passive tank (1) for storing the liquid to an active tank (2) using a pump intended for pumping the liquid held in the passive tank (1) and transferring it to the active tank (2), according to which the pump is commanded so as to transfer liquid from the passive tank (1) to the active tank (2) when said active tank (2) has a liquid level below a set point level Lsp and when the passive tank (1) contains liquid at a temperature above the freezing point of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Gouriet, Jean-Claude Habumuremyi, Nicolas Duret
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Patent number: 8602165Abstract: An assembly for holding a fluid includes an auxiliary reservoir inside a main reservoir. The auxiliary reservoir includes an auxiliary reservoir shell with a fill passage at or near its bottom. The auxiliary reservoir shell also has a vent passage at or near its top. The fill passage and the vent passage fluidically connect the auxiliary reservoir to the main reservoir. A fluid inlet is located inside the main reservoir and outside of the auxiliary reservoir. A fluid outlet located inside the auxiliary reservoir between the fill passage and the vent passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert D. Szolomayer, David L. Motto
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Patent number: 8590564Abstract: Modular storage and controlled outflow systems for controlling a flow of water and methods of assembly of modular storage and controlled outflow systems having indirect flow of water through the system. Modular systems for controlling a flow of water having beams extending across the modules to direct the flow of water in an indirect manner or a serpentine or semi-serpentine manner. Modular storage and controlled outflow systems for treatment and filtration of water.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Retain-It, LLCInventors: Kurt A. Burkhart, Sr., Ronald E. Burkhart, Sr.
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Patent number: 8590565Abstract: An improved fuel tank is disclosed. In the fuel tank, a shock-absorbing member comprising a plurality of foam members is mounted to an in-tank functional component provided inside a resin fuel tank body. When the fuel inside the tank sloshes up and down, the fuel strikes the shock-absorbing member, causing the force of the waves to be dispersed, and reducing the fuel sloshing sound created by the sloshing of the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Shinya Murabayashi, Kiyofumi Shida
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Publication number: 20130240069Abstract: A tank for a hydraulic fluid has a housing with opposed end walls and side walls defining an interior chamber. A primary baffle is disposed inside the housing and divides the interior chamber into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, with a primary gap between the primary baffle and the housing fluidly communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. The primary baffle further defines a contact surface facing the inlet chamber and has first and second weirs which extend into the inlet chamber. A first fluid inlet fluidly communicates with the inlet chamber and is oriented along a first inlet axis that intersects the contact surface, while a fluid outlet communicates with the outlet chamber. The tank produces an interior flow that mixes and deaerates the fluid as it travels from the first fluid inlet to the fluid outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.Inventors: Sage Frederick Smith, Brian Franklin Taggart, Xuekui Lan, Weixue Tian
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Patent number: 8534489Abstract: A demisable fuel supply system for a satellite includes a pressurized aluminum alloy tank with an aluminum alloy propellant management device therein. The propellant management device (PMD) can have any capillary action surface tension fluid transport features known in the art. Selected inner surfaces of the tank and the PMD are covered with a plasma powder sprayed titanium based coating to guarantee propellant wettability and corrosion resistance of the fuel supply system.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.Inventors: Wayne H. Tuttle, David Adams, Marcial Alexander Anaya, Jeffry K. Pearson
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Patent number: 8534316Abstract: A reservoir structure of a fuel suction unit or pump module for a diesel vehicle is provided. The reservoir structure includes a reservoir 10 having a bottom surface 14. A primary opening 12 is provided in the bottom surface for permitting fuel to pass from a fuel tank of the vehicle into the reservoir. A secondary opening 16 is provided in the reservoir 10 that is elevated from the bottom surface 14. A valve member 18 is associated with the secondary opening 16. The valve member 18 is constructed and arranged to close the secondary opening under certain pressure conditions in the reservoir and, under pressure conditions in the reservoir different from the certain pressure conditions, to permit fuel to enter the reservoir through the secondary opening in the event the primary opening is substantially blocked.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Matthias Nederegger, Thomas Sippel, Sabine Reichelt
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Patent number: 8511504Abstract: A demisable fuel supply system for a satellite includes a pressurized aluminum alloy tank with an aluminum alloy propellant management device therein. The propellant management device (PMD) can have any capillary action surface tension fluid transport features known in the art. Selected inner surfaces of the tank and the PMD are covered with a titanium based coating to guarantee propellant wettability and corrosion resistance of the fuel supply system.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Wayne H. Tuttle
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Publication number: 20130192703Abstract: A venting system for a fuel tank may include a first vent valve having an inlet, an outlet through which fuel vapor may be vented from the fuel tank, and a valve. The first vent valve may be located within a first chamber of the fuel tank. A second vent valve may have an inlet, an outlet through which fuel vapor may be vented from the fuel tank, and a valve. The second vent valve may be located within a second chamber of the fuel tank that is separate from the first chamber during at least certain fuel levels within the fuel tank. The support may carry both the first and second vent valves within the fuel tank and be movably carried within the fuel tank to vary the height of the first and second valves within the fuel tank as the support moves relative to the fuel tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbHInventors: Andrej Hochstein, Bernd M. Nickel, Martin Stickel
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Patent number: 8491707Abstract: A fluid storage tank including an entrained air removal mechanism is provided. The entrained air removal mechanism assists in consolidating small air bubbles entrained within the fluid into larger bubbles such that the air bubbles have sufficient buoyancy to escape the fluid flow. The entrained air removal mechanism may be in the form of a plurality of saw toothed slots communicating different chambers within the fluid storage tank. The fluid storage tank can also be configured to direct fluid flow towards the sidewalls of the fluid storage tank as the fluid transitions from one chamber to another to promote heat transfer out of the fluid storage tank and to avoid the fluid within the tank acting as a thermal insulator.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Helgesen Design Services, LLCInventor: Bruce E. Knuth
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Patent number: 8464693Abstract: A fuel pump module including a reservoir and a sender gauge. The reservoir includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall. The sender gauge is supported and retained by one of the N sets of supports, wherein N is an integer greater than one.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CorporationInventors: Patrick Powell, Kishore Tammineedi
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Patent number: 8424566Abstract: A fluid transfer system includes a fluid supply source. The fluid supply source includes at least one wall extending from a floor. The fluid transfer system also includes at least one fluid transfer apparatus positioned within the fluid supply source. The fluid transfer system further includes a fluid control system. The fluid control system includes a plate coupled within the fluid supply source at least partially between the wall and the at least one fluid transfer apparatus. The fluid control system also includes at least one partition extending from the plate between the wall and the at least one fluid transfer apparatus. The at least one partition cooperates with the plate to at least partially direct fluid flow into the at least one fluid transfer apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Jitendra Harish Bijlani, Robert L. Baran, Venkateswara Rao Akana
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Patent number: 8424564Abstract: A distributor 6 includes a distributor body 40 and outlet pathways 42 each formed above the distributor body 40 and along a flow direction of a fluid in the distributor body 40. The distributor body 40 has a liquid pan 40a formed on the lower side, and an outlet 40b on the upper side, and the outlet 40b is internally divided to spaces by a partition plate 45, each of the spaces 45a being associated with the corresponding outlet pathway 42.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Kirin Beverage Company, LimitedInventor: Tatsuo Naganuma