Carburetor, Burner, Or Compressor Intake Silencer Patents (Class 181/229)
  • Patent number: 11558978
    Abstract: A fan system is used for dissipating heat of an electronic device. The fan system includes a fan, a hollow structure, and a control circuit. Sound waves made by the fan are transmitted to an interior of the hollow structure when the fan is operating. The control circuit is connected to the hollow structure and is configured to control deformation/deformations of the hollow structure according to a state/states of the fan and/or the electronic device, which change a volume of the interior of the hollow structure for making a resonance frequency of the hollow structure being approximate to a rotation speed of the fan or being the same as the rotation speed of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Pang Wang, Chih-Chun Liu, Hung Jen Su, Wen-Chen Wu
  • Patent number: 11448172
    Abstract: A resonator includes: an inner pipe having first openings penetrated into an outer peripheral surface thereof from an inner peripheral surface thereof and second openings spaced apart from the first opening; a first cover adapted to allow a first resonant space to be formed between the outer peripheral surface of the inner pipe and the inner peripheral surface thereof, the first resonant space communicating with the internal space of the inner pipe through the first openings; and a second cover adapted to allow a second resonant space to be formed between the outer peripheral surface of the inner pipe and the inner peripheral surface thereof, the second resonant space communicating with the internal space of the inner pipe through the second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HS R & A Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Sung Lee, Guk Hyun Kim, Jae Hyeok Choi
  • Patent number: 11359647
    Abstract: A compression device includes a centrifugal compressor and a silencer. The centrifugal compressor includes a compressor assembly bolt fastening an inlet side of an inlet guide to a scroll casing. The silencer includes: a first side wall extending in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of an impeller; an annular second side wall provided between the first side wall and the centrifugal compressor and surrounding the rotational axis; at least one silencer element provided in an ambient-air introduction space formed between the first side wall and the second side wall for guiding an ambient air to the inlet guide; and a silencer assembly bolt extending from the first side wall to the scroll casing in a direction along the rotational axis of the impeller and fastening the first side wall, the second side wall, and the scroll casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MARINE MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Makino, Yukihiro Iwasa, Yasuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 11118544
    Abstract: A high-frequency resonator forming a flow passage for an air induction system, includes an outer shell having a cylindrical inner surface at a first radial distance from a centerline, and an inner shell positioned within the outer shell and forming a volume therebetween. The inner shell includes a first cylindrical outer surface positioned at a second radial distance from the centerline, the first cylindrical outer surface forming an inner surface of the volume and having a first plurality of resonator openings, and a cylindrical support structure having a second cylindrical outer surface positioned at a third radial distance from the axial centerline, and having hydrocarbon adsorber openings. The resonator includes a hydrocarbon adsorber positioned over the cylindrical support structure, such that an inner surface of the hydrocarbon adsorber is exposed to the flow passage through the hydrocarbon adsorber openings. The third radial distance is less than the first radial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Gilbert Poisson, Lorenzo Fontana
  • Patent number: 11035384
    Abstract: An air blower assembly has a main housing with an air inlet opening and an air inlet housing is disposed around the air inlet opening and connected to the main housing. The air inlet housing defines an air inlet channel leading into the air inlet opening in the main housing. An air outlet channel is connected to the main housing, the air outlet is fluidically connected to the air inlet channel. A fan is disposed in the main housing for driving airflow through the air inlet channel to the air outlet. A silencer covers the air inlet housing and redirects air into the air inlet channel. The silencer controls the direction of air flow into the air inflow channel and noises generated by the fan assembly and the air flow stream are absorbed by a noise cancelling material and walls of the silencer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Sonny's Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fazio, Anthony Analetto
  • Patent number: 10982664
    Abstract: A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Wood, Stephen J. Vos, Scott D. Craig, Gary D. White
  • Patent number: 10883455
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for an air cleaner to be mounted onto an air inlet of an internal combustion engine. The air cleaner comprises an air filter that includes a filter medium disposed between a curved base and a cover. The curved base provides an interface between the air filter and the air inlet, and comprises a shape that provides clearance between the curved base and an electric choke installed onto a carburetor comprising the air inlet. The cover secures the air filter and the curved base to the air inlet such that an airstream is drawn through the filter medium and is conducted into the air inlet. A raised portion of the cover is configured to cooperate with the curved base to ensure a desired volume of the airstream is available to the air inlet at substantially all engine speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall
  • Patent number: 10711777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technological field of compressors and components and/or devices for compressors. Problem to be solved: The current state of the art includes cooling system of dual evaporation and/or dual suction. On the solutions already existing, the selection of one among the two evaporation/suction lines is done by high complexity constructive mechanisms. Problem resolution: The invention in question aims to simplify the construction of a selection mean of one among two evaporation/suction lines. For so, is revealed a suction acoustic filter for reciprocating compressor which integrates an automatic valve coupled to the inlet way of the suction acoustic filter and a valve of a way is coupled to the inlet way of the suction acoustic filter, being said automatic valve and said valve of a way acting selectively reciprocating, where the valve opening of a way ends up opening the automatic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Embraco Industria De Compressores E Solucoes EM Refrigeracao LTDA
    Inventors: Paulo Rogerio Carrara Couto, Flavio Jorge Haddad Kalluf, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Evandro Luiz Lange Pereira
  • Patent number: 10655578
    Abstract: An intake duct structure (22) of an engine intake system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle includes a passage portion (28) internally defining an air passage having an air inlet (22A) located in an upstream end part of the passage portion and an air outlet (22B) located in a downstream end part of the passage portion, and extending above a structural member (40, 11B) of a vehicle body, and a resonator portion (29) depending from the downstream end part of the passage portion and internally defining a resonator chamber (35). The passage portion is provided with a bottom surface (28G) configured to rest on an upper surface of the structural member, and the resonator portion is provided with a vertical surface (29C) opposing a vertical surface of the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keisuke Itagaki
  • Patent number: 10612501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular resonator comprising: an outer pipe that constitutes the exterior thereof; an inner pipe, a part of which is inserted into the outer pipe, and which has a slit formed therein as an air movement passage; a movable pipe configured to be able to move inside a resonation chamber formed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe; and an elastic body having one side thereof coupled to the inner pipe and the other side thereof coupled to the movable pipe, thereby providing the movable pipe with an elastic force such that the movable pipe can move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL INC.
    Inventors: Jung Uk Lee, Kang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10571152
    Abstract: A reverse combustion type combustion apparatus (1) includes a combustion section (2) that combusts fuel in a downward direction, heat exchangers (4, 5) disposed under the combustion section (2), and an exhaust box (6) disposed under the heat exchangers (4, 5). The exhaust box (6) is a molded product made from a synthetic resin material; the exhaust box (6) includes an opening portion (30) for introduction of combustion exhaust gases generated by an upper portion, a fixing portion (33) for fixing the heat exchanger (5), and an inclined bottom portion (35) that collects condensed water generated by the heat exchanger (5); and, at the lower end portion of the exhaust box (6), at least three legs (40) are integrally formed and make the exhaust box (6) stand up by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironao Matsunaga, Eiji Kanki
  • Patent number: 10539126
    Abstract: Reduction of noise produced by hermetic compressors. The acoustic filter includes an inlet duct, an outlet duct and a main chamber. The inlet duct includes a refrigerant fluid inlet and a refrigerant fluid delivery end. The refrigerant fluid delivery end is opposite to the refrigerant fluid inlet and it is capable of guiding the refrigerant fluid to the main chamber. The outlet duct includes a refrigerant fluid outlet and a refrigerant fluid collection end. The refrigerant fluid collection end is opposite to the refrigerant fluid outlet for guiding the refrigerant fluid from the main chamber to the fluid outlet. The filter includes a resonator chamber arranged adjacent to the inlet duct and adjacent to the main chamber. The resonator chamber and the inlet duct are fluidically connected by a resonator tube and the resonator chamber is separated from the main chamber by a sealing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Embraco—Industria De Compressores E Solucoes EM Refrigeracao Ltda.
    Inventors: Ricardo Mikio Doi, Sergio Koerich Lohn
  • Patent number: 10530063
    Abstract: A method for upgrading a dual-band antenna assembly to a tri-band antenna assembly is provided. The dual-band antenna assembly includes a main reflector, and first and second antenna feeds arranged in a coaxial relationship and directed toward the main reflector. The first and second antenna feeds are for first and second frequency bands, respectively. The method includes positioning a third antenna feed through a medial opening in a center of the main reflector, with the third antenna feed directed towards the first and second antenna feeds. The third antenna feed is for a third frequency band. A subreflector is positioned between the main reflector and the first and second antenna feeds. The subreflector includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) material that is reflective for the third frequency band and transmissive for both the first and second frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SPEEDCAST INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Roy J. Paleta, Jr., Duncan McCoig, Mitchell L. Ahrendt, Griffin Keith Gothard, Robert Francis Meehan, Francisco Torres, Anthony James Vergamini, Colin Strachan, Andrew Lucas
  • Patent number: 10519984
    Abstract: Venturi devices for producing vacuum are disclosed that include a housing defining a motive port, a suction port, a discharge port, a first flow passage between the motive port and the discharge port, and a second flow passage into and through the suction port and into fluid communication with the first flow passage, a first check valve incorporated into the housing and positioned to control fluid flow through the suction port, and a sound attenuating wrap about the outer surface of the housing. The Venturi devices may also include a sound attenuating member disposed in the first flow passage downstream of the intersection of the second flow passage and the first flow passage, in the portion of the second flow passage leading into the suction port, in the first check valve, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Dayco IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Fletcher, James H. Miller, Rex Bravo, Andrew D. Niedert, Matthew C. Gilmer, Keith Hampton, Nicole Bruder
  • Patent number: 10514008
    Abstract: A vehicle resonator includes a mounting portion provided in an air cleaner housing of a vehicle, and a resonance container mounted on the mounting portion to be replaceable in a sliding manner and having a resonance space therein communicating with an intake passage inside the air cleaner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Wonseop Choi, Ju Ho Han, Sung Hyuk Yoon
  • Patent number: 10500532
    Abstract: An air cleaner includes a first housing, a second housing, and a filter element. The first housing has an opening. The second housing has an opening that is opposed to the opening of the first housing. The filter element is arranged between the opening of the first housing and the opening of the second housing. At least one of the first housing and the second housing includes a corner portion, a sound reducing member, and an air chamber. The corner portion is constituted by at least two mutually intersecting inner surfaces of the housing. The sound reducing member includes a sound absorbing portion made of an air permeable material. The sound reducing member bridges the at least two inner surfaces and covers the corner portion. The air chamber is defined between the sound reducing member and the corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inuzuka, Ryusuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 10458376
    Abstract: An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine includes a first housing having an inlet and an upper opening, a second housing having an outlet and a lower opening, a filter element arranged between the upper opening of the first housing and the lower opening of the second housing. The first housing includes a sound reducing wall portion. The sound reducing wall portion has a sound absorbing layer, which is made of nonwoven fabric, and an inner covering layer, which is fixed to the inner surface of the sound absorbing layer and made of a material having a lower air permeability than that of the sound absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kimura, Yoshinori Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 10344719
    Abstract: An intake system is for a marine drive. The intake system comprises a throttle device that receives intake air for combustion; an intake conduit that conveys the intake air to the throttle device, wherein the intake conduit has an upstream inlet end, a downstream outlet end, and a radially outer surface that extends from the upstream inlet end to the downstream outlet end; and an intake silencer coupled to the radially outer surface and configured to attenuate sound emanating from the intake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Wald, Matthew L. Mauk, Michael J. Biel
  • Patent number: 10267301
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor including a shell, a suction pipe, a driver located at the inner portion of the shell to generate a rotary force, a compressor located in the shell and a muffler assembly is provided. The compressor includes a connecting rod configured to convert the rotary force to a linear driving force, a piston connected to the connecting rod and a cylinder into which the piston is movably inserted is provided. The muffler assembly is configured to transfer a refrigerant suctioned through the suction pipe to the cylinder and includes a suction muffler having an inner portion and a suction hole through which a refrigerant is suctioned, an inner pipe installed at the inner portion of the suction muffler, the inner pipe having a bent portion, the inner pipe providing communication between the suction hole and the cylinder and a coupler disposed at the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dowan Kim, Sanghyun Lim, Inho Son
  • Patent number: 10180140
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for pulsation dampers for compressors include outer and inner chambers forming parallel flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Jan Hauser, Philipp Schulze-Beckinghausen, Sven Herlemann, Michael Beinert, Frank Banaszak, Daniel Kistner
  • Patent number: 10145375
    Abstract: Disclosed is a discharge muffler for a compressor constructed as an inner duct extending inside an outer duct, the inner duct being open at each end and the outer duct being open only at the muffler inlet. The inner duct has a plurality of holes communicating with the outer duct. At least two of the holes are at different distances from the muffler outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: J&E HALL LIMITED
    Inventor: Terence William Thomas Young
  • Patent number: 10100793
    Abstract: Intake sound reduction device for internal combustion engine includes an elastic member formed into substantially cylindrical shape and having an open base end, a top end sealed by an end surface wall and a bellows circumferential wall; a base plate retaining base end of elastic member; and a communication pipe whose one end is connected to base plate so that a volume chamber formed inside elastic member communicates with an intake passage of the engine. Intake sound reduction device has first resonance system formed by expansion and contraction in axial direction of elastic member and second resonance system formed by film-vibration of end surface wall. When either one of resonance frequencies of the first and second resonance systems is primary resonance frequency and the other is secondary resonance frequency, the primary resonance frequency is set to 30˜200 Hz and the secondary resonance frequency is set to 50˜300 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Ohta, Yuichi Kato
  • Patent number: 9957927
    Abstract: An air filter retention interface for use with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The interface is substantially secured in an opening of a wall and the interface attaches to an air filter at the front end of the interface and an air intake tube on the back end of the interface. The interface has a filter sleeve and a filter base. During operation of the engine the filter sleeve is disposed through the opening in the wall such that the wall is between beads disposed on the external surface of the filter sleeve and the filter base thereby substantially securing the interface in place and the front end of the filter base is attached to the filter and the back end of the filter base is attached to the air intake tube and air passes through the filter then through the filter base and filter sleeve and then into the air intake tube and toward the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Flow Engineering
    Inventors: Shahriar Nick Niakan, Saul Daniel Zambrano, Stuart T. Miyagishima
  • Patent number: 9890774
    Abstract: A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Wood, Stephen J. Vos, Scott D. Craig, Gary D. White
  • Patent number: 9874125
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for attenuating sound from an engine exhaust. The relative lengths of the expansion chambers and other components within the apparatus provide a quadruple tuning effect which attenuates sound over a wide frequency range. Attenuation at higher frequencies is also increased and extended by the use of acoustically lined internal baffle tubes inside the apparatus housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Miratech Group, LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Nelson, Adam Merillat, Casey Don Tevebaugh, Francis E. Reder
  • Patent number: 9777614
    Abstract: A disposing method for an inlet pipe in a muffler that includes an outer shell, an inlet pipe, and a separating plate, the disposing method comprising: a first step of inserting the inlet pipe into the outer shell from an opening at one end of the outer shell; a second step of disposing the inlet pipe by moving the inlet pipe within the outer shell in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of insertion of the inlet pipe; and a third step of disposing the separating plate by inserting the separating plate into the outer shell from the opening at the other end of the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Namikiri, Takamitsu Kaneko, Katsuhiko Kainuma, Masashi Sugiura, Noboru Shimizu, Masafumi Wada, Daisuke Izumikawa, Seigo Kawasue, Tetsufumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9714648
    Abstract: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a shell including a refrigerant inlet, a cylinder provided within the shell, a piston that reciprocates within the cylinder, and a suction muffler provided movable together with the piston. The suction muffler may include a muffler main body that defines a refrigerant passage, a main body insertion portion press-fitted into the muffler main body, and a piston insertion portion press-fitted into the muffler main body to extend into the piston. The piston insertion portion may correspond to the main body insertion portion in configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jookon Kim, Chulgi Roh, Sungtaek Woo, Sangsub Jeong, Kyoungseok Kang, Wonhyun Jung
  • Patent number: 9664155
    Abstract: An air induction system for attenuating sound produced by an engine, a housing defining a working chamber for attenuating sound produced by the engine. The air induction system further includes a tube having a first end extending into the working chamber and a second end to be in fluid communication with the engine. The air induction system further includes a first flange radially extending from the tube and disposed in the working chamber. The tube, the housing and the first flange cooperate to define a resonator operable to attenuate sound produced by the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Keat Boon Mah, Matthias Alex
  • Patent number: 9617958
    Abstract: Noise attenuation units are disclosed that are connectable in a system as part of a fluid flow path. Such units include a housing defining an internal cavity and having a first port and a second port each connectable to a fluid flow path and in fluid communication with one another through the internal cavity, and a noise attenuating member seated in the internal cavity of the housing within the flow of the fluid communication between the first port and the second port. The noise attenuating member enables the fluid communication between the first port and the second port to flow through the noise attenuating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DAYCO IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Hampton, David Fletcher, Brian M. Graichen, Rex Bravo
  • Patent number: 9605632
    Abstract: A resonator for attenuating sound waves produced by an engine includes a resonator housing and a neck. The neck includes an outer shell extending from the resonator housing providing fluid communication between the resonator housing and an air duct. The neck further includes a partition disposed in the outer shell. The partition cooperates with the outer shell to define a plurality of distinct air paths, each air path in fluid communication with a distinct resonance chamber of the plurality of resonance chambers. The resonator is operable to attenuate or change the characteristics of sound waves produced by the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventor: Joe Leffler
  • Patent number: 9587634
    Abstract: A muffler for a compressor and a compressor having the same are provided, in which a suction noise device and a discharge noise device may be integrally formed to reduce a number of components of a suction side muffler and a discharge side muffler so as to reduce leakage of refrigerant generated at an assembled portion of the muffler, and to reduce a length of a suction passage and a discharge passage. Such a division between the suction noise device and the discharge noise device may prevent discharged refrigerant from unintentionally heating suctioned refrigerant, which may reduce suction loss. The formation of the suction and discharge noise devices using a plastic material may reduce fabricating costs, and the structures of the suction and discharge side noise spaces may be simplified and noise removal effects may be improved, reducing an overall size of the muffler and improving noise effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jaeho Cho
  • Patent number: 9482439
    Abstract: An air handling device includes a fan that has a fan hub and a set of fan blades that extend from the fan hub. The set of fan blades defines a fan diameter and the fan hub defines a hub diameter. The fan has an inlet side for air intake and an outlet side for air discharge. An annular fan inlet passage is arranged at the inlet side of the fan, and an annular fan outlet passage arranged at the outlet side of the fan. The fan inlet passage and the fan outlet passage each define an outer diameter that is substantially equivalent to the fan diameter and an inner diameter that is substantially equivalent to the hub diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventor: Salman Akhtar
  • Patent number: 9476513
    Abstract: A fuel cell compound valve that opens and closes an inflow line and an exhaust line of a fuel cell stack for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle includes a support frame having a first bore to which the exhaust line is connected and a second bore to which the inflow line is connected. A first rotation valve is configured to receive a driving torque of a motor installed in the support frame, rotate, and open and close the first bore. A second rotation valve is connected to the first rotation valve and is configured to open and close the second bore. A first coupler protrusion protrudes from a first shaft in a longitudinal direction and has at least one first flat surface perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A second coupler protrusion protrudes from a second shaft in the longitudinal direction of the first shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeong Hee Park, Myung Ju Ju Jung, Chang Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 9470135
    Abstract: A system for removing heat from the engine compartment (9) of a heavy duty truck. A first ventilating system removes heat from the radiator. It is isolated from a second ventilating system that removes heat from the engine compartment. The first system takes heat from the radiator through a plenum by centrifugal squirrel cage blowers, and is directs it out to ambient by ductwork. The second system draws ambient air generally from back to front of the engine compartment, preferably by cowl induction, without the use of ram air from the vicinity of the radiator. The exits of the two systems are into a slip stream of the heavy duty truck, and the exit of the second ventilating system is into a slip stream of the first, to scavenge air out of the engine compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Enviro-Cool, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Sturmon, Edward M. Murray
  • Patent number: 9463405
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium with a first end and a second end in an axial direction of the filter medium. A first end disk is connected to the first end and has an outflow opening. A second end disk is connected to the second end and has an engaging section, wherein the engaging section engages a counter engaging section of a filter housing of the filter element such that the filter element is received, secured against rotation, in the filter housing. The second end disk is provided with an aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Bartel, Marcel Holzwarth, Matthias Weller
  • Patent number: 9303602
    Abstract: There is provided an intake apparatus of an engine for an outboard motor. An intake manifold, a throttle body and an intake silencer box are arranged at one side of an engine block configured such that an axial direction of a cylinder coincides with a front and rear direction of the outboard motor. The intake silencer box includes a main body part having a first air passage configured to guide air in the axial direction of the cylinder and coupled to the upstream end of the throttle body, and a cover part having a second air passage coupled to the first air passage and opened to an outside. An air filter element arranged orthogonal to an air flowing direction and interposed between the first air passage and the second air passage is fixed to a mating surface of the main body part and cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kinpara
  • Patent number: 9217400
    Abstract: An intake apparatus that mounts an air cleaner and an outdoor air duct inside an engine room and ensures space for maintenance that includes: a bottomed tubular case having an opened end and formed with an inflow port; a cover formed with an outflow port and configured to close the opened end of the case; an air cleaner disposed between the case and the cover and provided with a filter member dividing an interior of the air cleaner into a clean side positioned on the inflow port side and a dust side positioned on the outflow port side; and an outdoor air duct configured to introduce outdoor air into the air cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ROKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiko Koike, Takayuki Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9140222
    Abstract: The length of a connecting tube in an intake passage structure for a vehicle can be secured, and the number of components around the connecting tube can be reduced. Provided is an intake passage structure for a vehicle including a connecting tube and an engine, the connecting tube connecting an air cleaner box which purifies air and a throttle body and formed of two or more separate components, the engine being configured to be supplied with purified air. In the intake passage structure, a joint area at which the connecting tubes are connected in a predetermined positional relation is disposed inside the air cleaner box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shimomura, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Yasushi Omika
  • Patent number: 9097220
    Abstract: An acoustic attenuator 20 for an engine booster such as a turbocharger 10 for an engine 4 is disclosed in which the acoustic attenuator 20 includes an attenuator chamber 28 in which is located at least one absorption media 140. The acoustic attenuator 20 is located adjacent an inlet port of the turbocharger 10 so as to attenuate any acoustic pressure waves by dissipative reaction with the absorption media 140 before they have chance to reach other components of a low pressure supply system 50 for the engine 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Will Ostler, Robert Andrew Leeson
  • Patent number: 9080535
    Abstract: A reciprocating internal combustion engine includes a reciprocating piston in a cylinder bore of a cylinder housing forming an assembly together with a cylinder head. Two connecting rods are connected between the piston and first and second crankshafts. The two crankshafts are functionally connected to two synchronization gears of a spur gear box. The synchronization gears are connected to the crankshafts in a torque-proof manner such that the crankshafts rotate synchronously in opposite directions. The engine operates based on the diesel principle and with exhaust gas turbocharging, wherein the engine is an outboard engine for a watercraft. The exhaust gas turbocharger has an exhaust gas turbine and a compressor and/or a shaft which carries a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel which runs perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of the watercraft. The turbocharger is attached on an upper end-face wall of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Neander Motors AG
    Inventor: Ulrich Wittwer
  • Publication number: 20150090523
    Abstract: There is provided an intake apparatus of an engine for an outboard motor. An intake manifold, a throttle body and an intake silencer box are arranged at one side of an engine block configured such that an axial direction of a cylinder coincides with a front and rear direction of the outboard motor. The intake silencer box includes a main body part having a first air passage configured to guide air in the axial direction of the cylinder and coupled to the upstream end of the throttle body, and a cover part having a second air passage coupled to the first air passage and opened to an outside. An air filter element arranged orthogonal to an air flowing direction and interposed between the first air passage and the second air passage is fixed to a mating surface of the main body part and cover part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi KINPARA
  • Patent number: 8960366
    Abstract: A composite foam cushion for a sound control device. The cushion includes a core formed of a polymeric foam material and a polymeric coating overlying at least a portion of the core of polymeric foam material. The polymeric coating includes an outer coating layer and an inner polymeric coating layer bonded to the core of polymeric foam material. The inner coating layer may provide the cushion with strength, while providing a high degree of flexibility and suppleness to closely conform around contours and obstructions. The outer coating layer may provide the cushion with enhanced abrasion resistance and/or chemical resistance while having an aesthetically pleasing feel and appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hearing Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin C. Peskar, William L. Parish
  • Patent number: 8899378
    Abstract: A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Wood, Stephen J. Vos, Scott D. Craig, Gary D. White
  • Patent number: 8897888
    Abstract: An active implantable medical device (AIMD). The AIMD comprises: a knitted electrode assembly comprising: at least one biocompatible, electrically non-conductive filament arranged in substantially parallel rows each stitched to an adjacent row, and at least one biocompatible, electrically conductive filament having a first end intertwined with a first row of the at least one non-conductive filament, and a second end intertwined with a second row of the at least one non-conductive filament, wherein the first and second rows are spaced from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Saluda Medical Pty Limited
    Inventors: John L. Parker, David Robinson
  • Publication number: 20140251719
    Abstract: A sound attenuator on the intake side of a compressor of an exhaust-gas turbocharger includes a tubular sound attenuator housing, which encases a flow duct between a face-side inlet opening and a rear-side outlet opening. A holding plate is provided in the sound attenuator housing in the flow direction and is perforated in the flow direction. For example, the holding plate can have a multiplicity of holes extending in the flow direction. The sound attenuator on the intake side of the compressor of an exhaust-gas turbocharger has a compact, lightweight and inexpensive structural form. The intake air is subjected to low resistance as it flows through the attenuation elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Heinz-Jürgen FELD, Llija Mrvelj, Philipp Meyer
  • Patent number: 8813708
    Abstract: An air pillow system for an air intake tract includes a plurality of inwardly extending ribs arranged in a distally spaced arrangement and defining a plurality of peripherally closed air pillow pockets. Each pocket has an open end opening towards an airflow stream to be guided. Each rib is configured with an inwardly extending length selected to correlate with a boundary of a low-loss airflow glide path. The air pillows operate to guide the airflow stream along the low-loss airflow glide path with reduced airflow stream turbulence and airflow pressure loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Stuart Miller, Michael Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20140219781
    Abstract: An air inlet silencer for turbomachines is provided. In one embodiment, the air inlet silencer includes a body, and a plurality of concentric baffles coupled to and axially surrounding the body. In another embodiment, an air inlet system for a turbomachine includes the air inlet silencer, as discussed herein, positioned within a silencer housing. The air inlet system may also include a deflector positioned within the silencer housing adjacent the air inlet silencer. In a further embodiment, a turbomachine includes a turbine coupled to a compressor, and an air inlet system, as described herein, coupled to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Robert Allen Baten, Doyle Jackson Marrs
  • Publication number: 20140196978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a silencer (1) and a method for manufacturing a silencer (1), in particular a vehicle silencer, having an inner pipe section (2) and at least one resonator chamber (14, 15) embodied outside the pipe section (2), with the shell (3) of the pipe section (2) having at least one opening (7, 8) that connects the interior of the pipe section (2) with the resonator chamber (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Henn GmbH & Co KG.
    Inventor: Harald HARTMANN
  • Patent number: 8770341
    Abstract: A muffler for a feed air system of a compressor assembly. The muffler can be a product of a blow molding process and used in a method of sound control for a compressor assembly. A method of controlling sound in a compressor assembly can have the step of providing a feed air and the step of providing the muffler an outlet in communication with an inlet of a pump assembly which can compress the feed air fed through the muffler and into the pump assembly. Sound control for a compressor assembly is also accomplished by adapting a feed air system to have sound control of a feed air path by dampening the sound emitted from a pump system through the feed air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Wood, Stephen J. Vos, Scott D. Craig
  • Patent number: RE47930
    Abstract: A muffler for a compressor and a compressor having the same are provided, in which a suction noise device and a discharge noise device may be integrally formed to reduce a number of components of a suction side muffler and a discharge side muffler so as to reduce leakage of refrigerant generated at an assembled portion of the muffler, and to reduce a length of a suction passage and a discharge passage. Such a division between the suction noise device and the discharge noise device may prevent discharged refrigerant from unintentionally heating suctioned refrigerant, which may reduce suction loss. The formation of the suction and discharge noise devices using a plastic material may reduce fabricating costs, and the structures of the suction and discharge side noise spaces may be simplified and noise removal effects may be improved, reducing an overall size of the muffler and improving noise effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jaeho Cho