Drip Pans Patents (Class 184/106)
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Patent number: 12152663Abstract: A sump arrangement for a transmission includes a first sump arranged for receiving a hydraulic fluid at a first location, a second sump arranged for receiving the hydraulic fluid at a second location, different than the first location, a transmission pump with an inlet, and a valve for selectively hydraulically connecting the inlet to the first sump or to the second sump. The transmission pump is arranged for pumping the hydraulic fluid through the transmission. In some example embodiments, the valve is a spool valve. In an example embodiment, the valve is an inertia valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Peter Rentfrow
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Patent number: 12060974Abstract: A lubricating oil system includes a reservoir configured to enclose a lubricant oil; a filter assembly that includes at least one filter and is positioned in the reservoir to separate the reservoir into a first oil tank and a second oil tank, where the first oil tank fluidly is coupled to the rotating machine through an oil return line; a system pump fluidly coupled to the reservoir and configured to circulate the lubricant oil from the second oil tank to the rotating machine through an oil supply line; and a circulating pump assembly. The circulating pump assembly includes a conduit that fluidly couples the first oil tank to the second oil tank external to the reservoir, a circulating pump coupled within the conduit and including a suction coupled to the first oil tank and a discharge coupled to the second oil tank, and a media filter coupled within the conduit and between the first oil tank and the second oil tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Hasanur Jamal Molla
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Patent number: 11975697Abstract: The present invention in its embodiment is a Modular Autonomous System for vehicle maintenance and repairs. The system is built around a base unit, with slots for individual modular service units. The system autonomously carries out tire changes, oil changes, cosmetic detailing, fluid replacements, tire balancing, tire rotations, mechanical parts replacement/removal, mechanical parts printing, paint applications, and vehicle diagnostics. The system is designed to operate in auto dealer service bays, tire shops, paint/cosmetic detailing shops, full service centers, home garages, and any location with access to electricity. A method of use is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Mallar A. Peters
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Patent number: 11841075Abstract: The oil storage structure includes an oil pan that closes a lower opening of the transmission case and forms an oil pool in a lower space inside the transmission case, and a strainer having a suction port for oil located in the oil pool. The suction port for the oil is provided so as to face a bottom wall portion of the oil pan with a gap in between, and the bottom wall portion of the oil pan is provided with a protruding portion protruding toward the suction port, with the protruding portion being formed in a direction across the suction port as viewed from the bottom wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: JATCO LTDInventors: Hyungho Oh, Yongwoo Jeon, Solae Gim, Taekjin Lee, Jaeyoung Kim, Jaemin Seo, Yonghun Yoon
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Patent number: 11820485Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that comprises an upper primary skin and an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises a firewall arrangement that defines a fire proof separation at least between at least one aircraft engine and an aircraft interior region, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall that is arranged between the at least one aircraft engine and the upper primary skin of the fuselage, wherein the at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall converges from an outer perimeter to at least one inner collecting point, and wherein the outer perimeter is spaced apart from the upper primary skin of the fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Axel Fink, Manuel Kempf
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Patent number: 11585432Abstract: An oil supply arrangement of a vehicle with an electric machine in a housing with at least one oil volume connected to an oil volume of a transmission housing of the vehicle for oil supply. The oil volume of the electric machine is divided into at least two oil supply spaces to compensate an oil level in the housing. A first oil supply space is arranged at a side of the housing facing the driving direction of the vehicle and a second oil supply space is arranged at a side of the housing opposite the driving direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Timo Wehlen, Ingrid Reh, Ulrich Kerr, Wolfgang Reiger, Stephan Scharr, Eckhardt Lübke, Marc Schieß, Florian Dichtl
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Patent number: 11549504Abstract: An automated fluid transfer system and method allows a person to pour fluid, such as used motor oil, into a collection pan which automatically pumps the fluid to a bulk storage tank, without secondary containment in the collection pan. The system utilizes an air powered pump, thereby eliminating the use of electricity which creates fire and explosion hazards. A float rises and falls in response to fluid in the pan, so as to automatically turn on and turn off the pump. An alternative manual mode is provided to allow fluid to be sucked by the pump from a container directly into the bulk storage tank, while bypassing the collection pan.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventors: Ruben James Stugart, Donnis Lynn Stugart
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Patent number: 11512616Abstract: The present disclosure describes an oil pan structure including a storing portion that stores oil for an internal combustion engine. The storing portion includes a shallow bottom portion, a deep bottom portion deeper than the shallow bottom portion, and a connection surface that connects the shallow bottom portion and the deep bottom portion between the shallow bottom portion and the deep bottom portion. A side wall is formed at a position facing the connection surface with the shallow bottom portion interposed between the side wall and the connection surface. A rib is formed on a back surface of the shallow bottom portion so as to extend from one side or another side of the side wall in a width direction of the shallow bottom portion toward an end portion of the connection surface on an opposite side in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Asami
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Patent number: 11339868Abstract: A vehicle driving apparatus is capable of reducing vehicle weight and manufacturing cost while improving performance of heat dissipation from a speed reduction mechanism. The vehicle driving apparatus includes a motor, which is incorporated in a vehicle, a speed reduction mechanism, which transmits driving force produced by the motor to a differential gear of the vehicle, and a housing structure, which accommodates the speed reduction mechanism and the differential gear. The housing structure includes a rear cover, adjacent to the speed reduction mechanism, and a rib structure, provided on the rear cover, and the rib structure is provided along the direction in which the vehicle travels and integrated with the rear cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Toshikazu Hosoh, Shogo Takeda
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Patent number: 11333051Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a bottomed box-shaped oil pan in which oil is stored. In addition, the internal combustion engine includes an oil pump configured to suck the oil in the oil pan and pressure-feed the oil to each part of the internal combustion engine. A suction pipe extends toward a bottom surface of the oil pan from the oil pump. A strainer is attached to a tip end of the suction pipe. A projection portion protrudes from a bottom surface which is one of inner wall surfaces defining an oil storing space inside the oil pan. The resonance frequency of the projection portion falls in the range of frequency of vibration that is generated at an engine rotational speed at which the internal combustion engine continues to operate independently.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki Owaki
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Patent number: 11274580Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a bottomed box-shaped oil pan in which oil is stored. In addition, the internal combustion engine includes an oil pump configured to suck the oil in the oil pan and pressure-feed the oil to each part of the internal combustion engine. A suction pipe extends toward a bottom surface of the oil pan from the oil pump. A strainer is attached to a tip end of the suction pipe. A projection portion protrudes from a bottom surface which is one of inner wall surfaces defining an oil storing space inside the oil pan. The resonance frequency of the projection portion falls in the range of frequency of vibration that is generated at an engine rotational speed at which the internal combustion engine continues to operate independently.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki Owaki
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Patent number: 11035256Abstract: This steam turbine system is provided with a first support rod (41) which is disposed in an outer casing (33) and extends in one direction. The first support rod (41) includes a first end (41A) which is connected to a surface, of an inner surface (45a) of an upper half of an end plate (45), on a first side in a lateral direction of an axial line of a rotor. The first support rod (41) includes a second end (41B) which is connected to an inner surface (48a) of a ceiling plate (48) which is disposed further on a second side in the lateral direction of the outer casing (33) than the first end (41A).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Onishi, Katsuhisa Hamada
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Patent number: 11022011Abstract: The invention relates to an oil sump (1) comprising a lower shell (2) intended for containing lubricating oil of an engine, in which a flow of oil, referred to as suction oil flow (I), is sucked up via a suction tube (44) to supply a lubricating circuit, and an oil flow, referred to as returning oil flow (II), falls into the oil sump (1). The oil sump (1) comprises an anti-emulsion plate (8) arranged located at the mouth of the suction tube (44) during a transitional period in which the temperature of the oil is lower than an optimal operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: NOVARES FRANCEInventors: Mickaël Lechartier, Jean-Claude Quevallier, Jérôme Demangeot
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Patent number: 10934904Abstract: A system for collecting lube oil in an internal combustion engine with a rotating crankshaft assembly reduces lube oil aeration. The system includes a primary separation chamber arranged above an oil sump; an air interchange zone arranged above the primary separation chamber; an entrance aperture fluidly coupling the air interchange zone to the primary separation chamber; an exit aperture laterally spaced from the entrance aperture and fluidly coupling the primary separation chamber to the air interchange zone and for guiding air arising from the motion of the rotating crankshaft assembly from the primary separation chamber to the air interchange zone; and a main oil accumulation plate extending from the entrance aperture to the exit aperture and separating the primary separation chamber and the air interchange zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventor: Gale C. Banks, III
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Patent number: 10794243Abstract: There is provided a lubrication structure of an internal combustion engine. A transmission chamber is arranged adjacently at the rear of a crank chamber. An oil chamber communicates with a bottom part of the transmission chamber. A feed pump supplies oil in the oil chamber to a lubrication target part. A scavenging pump sucks the oil in the crank chamber and discharges the oil to the transmission chamber. The feed pump and the scavenging pump are arranged coaxially in a width direction of the internal combustion engine. At least a part of the scavenging pump is arranged higher than a lower end of the crank chamber. A rear end of the scavenging pump is arranged at the same position as a rear end of the crank chamber or in front of the rear end of the crank chamber in a front and rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Tanaka, Kunio Arase
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Patent number: 10648553Abstract: A gear assembly is provided. The gear assembly includes a first gear that rotates about a first axis and includes a first gear face with a plurality of first gear teeth; a second gear that rotates about a second axis and includes a second gear face with a plurality of second gear teeth, where the first axis is not parallel with the second axis and the first and second teeth rotatably engage as the first gear rotates about the first axis and the second gear rotates about the second axis; a scraper that includes a distal interference surface in face-to-face proximity with at least one of the first plurality of teeth as the first gear rotates about the first axis, where the interference surface removes oil entrained adjacent to the plurality of first or second gear teeth as the first or second gears rotate.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Brian P. Cigal, Christopher T. Anglin
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Patent number: 10137946Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having an underside and a mesh underbody panel. The mesh underbody panel is attached to the underside of the vehicle body, thereby, shielding vehicle components from a ground surface. The vehicle is situated such that the mesh underbody panel and the ground surface define a pathway through which air flows while the vehicle is in motion. The mesh underbody panel includes apertures extending therethrough that allow airflow through the mesh underbody panel while the vehicle is stopped or traveling within a low-speed range and restrict airflow through the mesh underbody panel while the vehicle is traveling within a high-speed range.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: FCA US LLCInventor: Robert M Schoen
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Patent number: 10087795Abstract: A sealing-equipped oil pan includes a gasket and an oil pan having a bottom portion and a peripheral wall for storing oil, and a ring-shaped rim portion located at an end of the peripheral wall and provided with the gasket, and is fastened to a target device with the gasket interposed between the rim portion and the target device. The gasket has a projection projecting from a sealing surface configured to come into contact with the target device for sealing. The peripheral wall of the oil pan has a base portion projecting from the rim portion and supporting the projection of the gasket. The base portion supports the projection of the gasket to prevent the gasket from tilting with respect to the rim portion, thereby preventing protrusion of the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Mizoguchi, Toshiaki Saiki, Mikio Iwase
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Patent number: 10054228Abstract: A system for the contactless sealing of a rotatably mounted shaft with respect to a housing, and a gear unit, oil being provided in the interior of the housing, in particular, the rotating shaft protruding from the interior into the outer area; a centrifugal disk, joined in rotatably fixed manner to the shaft, having at least partially radially extending bores that connect oil from a centrifugal chamber to a collection chamber surrounding the centrifugal disk.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ingo Schütterle, Andreas Hess
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Patent number: 9879888Abstract: An auxiliary heat exchanger may reduce a temperature of a refrigerant allowed to pass through the auxiliary heat exchanger. The operation of the auxiliary heat exchanger may be controlled. In some implementations, the auxiliary heat exchangers may include fluid retention members, thermoelectric coolers, and/or other types of heat exchangers.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventor: Robert B. Uselton
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Patent number: 9856764Abstract: A crankcase assembly for an engine is provided. The crankcase assembly includes a crankcase comprising a crank sump, the crank sump including a primary sump volume and a secondary sump volume, one or more crankcase oil catchers, the crankcase oil catchers comprising one or more surfaces configured to catch dispersed oil in the crankcase and direct the oil along the surfaces of the crankcase oil catcher away from a crankcase casing wall and towards the crank sump, wherein the crankcase oil catchers are provided above a crankshaft and below an associated piston of the engine, and one or more guides configured to collect oil captured by the crankcase oil catchers and guide the oil to the primary sump volume.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Graham Pegg, Roland Paul Stark
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Patent number: 9840950Abstract: A double sump oil pan includes a separator made of plastic that partitions the interior of the oil pan into an inner sump and an outer sump, a plate, and an elastically deformable sealing member attached to the plate. The sealing member closely contacts the inner wall of the oil pan and seals the outer sump. The plate and the separator are fixed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.Inventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Naohiro Hayashi, Naohisa Miyashita, Daisuke Uotani, Hiroyuki Sato, Naoto Matsubara, Kenji Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9726045Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a turbine external compartment, a frame for a turbine external compartment, and a method of constructing a frame for a turbine external compartment that can improve a flow of steam inside of the compartment and can enhance the rigidity of the compartment using a simple structure. A turbine external compartment according to the present invention is placed in a frame having a steel-plate reinforced concrete structure obtained by filling a space between a plurality of steel plates with concrete. The turbine external compartment includes a lower half part having a side plate part or an end plate part made of the steel plates that constitute the frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Kondo, Tamiaki Nakazawa
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Patent number: 9719460Abstract: The present invention discloses an engine oil pan, which includes a cylinder block, wherein a plurality of arc-shaped grooves are disposed on the second end surface of the cylinder block along the axial direction of a crank shaft; the arc-shaped grooves form arc-shaped bulges in a sunk portion on the first end surface of the cylinder block; the arc-shaped bulges divide the sunk portion into first space and second space; a platform is disposed inside the sunk portion of the cylinder block; and the height of the platform is lower than the height of the arc-shaped bulges. The technical solution employed by the present invention enables lubricating oil in the engine oil pan to flow more effectively, and enables the lubricating oil in the oil pan to be utilized more effectively when the engine is used in any position.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SUZHOU CLEVA PRECISION MACHINERY & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhao Kong, Ning Guo, Gan Chen, Keya Feng
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Patent number: 9650989Abstract: An engine assembly is provided including a block defining a plurality of cylinders. A plurality of pistons are disposed in the plurality of cylinders and a crankshaft is drivingly attached to the plurality of pistons. A cover is mounted to an end of the block and supports a crankshaft seal around the crankshaft. The cover includes a dimpled pattern in a surface adjacent to the crankshaft seal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Eric D. Staley, Alan W. Hayman, Thomas A. Spix
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Patent number: 9581175Abstract: A pumping system frame assembly for use in supporting a horizontal pumping system on a platform includes a central body assembly, a motor plate connected to the central body assembly and a plurality of platform support assemblies connected to the central support member. The central body assembly includes a central support member that has an upper face and a pair of side rails connected to the upper face. In particularly preferred embodiments, each of the pair of side rails extends downward from the upper face at approximately a 45 degree angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Michael Nelson, Jonathan Edward Peterson
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Patent number: 9567880Abstract: An oil pan assembly and an engine assembly having a vortex generating unit configured to de-aerate entrained oil before reaching the intake pipe is provided. The oil pan assembly includes an inner plate mounted to the oil pan so as to be disposed between the oil pan and a bottom surface of the engine block. The vortex generating unit is disposed on the inner plate and generates a vortex which de-aerates entrained oil.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Tenghua Tom Shieh, Bogdan Radu Kucinschi, Dong-Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 9512915Abstract: An inclined surface inclined such that a portion thereof farther away from an oil injection port becomes lower is formed in an inner wall of an oil reservoir which faces a tip end of an oil injection gun to be inserted into the injection port, such that oil to be discharged by the injection gun is guided by the inclined surface toward a bottom portion of the reservoir. Accordingly, the oil to be discharged by the injection gun is prevented from splashing back from the inner wall of the reservoir, which faces the tip end of the injection gun, and blowing back out from the injection port in a simple structure, and smooth oil injection work is thereby enabled. Additionally, it is possible to prevent a situation where a worker erroneously recognizes that the injection work of the oil is completed, and an amount of the injected oil is insufficient.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yukari Ito
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Patent number: 9423073Abstract: A drain pan for catching lubricant as the lubricant is drained from the wheel hub of a vehicle. The drain pan comprises lug openings, which allow the drain pan to be removably secured to the lugs of vehicle wheels in a manner preventing the drain pan from being unintentionally moved during the draining process.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Inventor: Russ Darrel Andrews
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Patent number: 9415632Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a spindle; a wheel hub rotatable relative to the spindle; a seal mounted between the spindle and the wheel hub, the spindle, the wheel hub, and the seal defining a sealed cavity, the seal coupled to an inner end of the wheel hub and a mounting flange of the spindle; and a bearing mounted between the spindle and the wheel hub within the sealed cavity, the wheel hub configured to rotate on the bearing relative to the spindle.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Crown Parts and Machine Inc.Inventors: Lane R. Gobbs, Derek L. Hansen, Kenneth P. Pitman
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Patent number: 9375978Abstract: A hub unit of the present invention includes a cap that covers an opening of a pilot portion, and the cap includes a cap body formed in a disc shape, and a cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction from an outer periphery of the cap body. The cap is removably attached to the pilot portion by screwing an external thread portion formed on an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion of the cap, to an internal thread portion formed on an inner periphery of the pilot portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki Harada, Shuji Maeda
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Patent number: 9303816Abstract: The present application is directed to containers operationally configured to capture, contain or otherwise store or hold fluids and solids. A suitable container may be travelable and include a first member defining the outer surface and inner surface of the container and one or more second members housed within the first member for forming the perimeter of the container. The one or more second members are suitably operationally configured to allow the container to be folded.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Inventor: Michael D. Browning
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Patent number: 9259965Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a spindle; a wheel hub rotatable relative to the spindle; a seal mounted between the spindle and the wheel hub, the spindle, the wheel hub, and the seal defining a sealed cavity; and at least one bearing mounted between the spindle and the wheel hub within the sealed cavity, the at least one bearing facilitating rotation of the wheel hub relative to the spindle.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Crown Parts and Machine Inc.Inventors: Lane R. Gobbs, Derek L. Hansen, Kenneth P. Pitman
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Patent number: 9243415Abstract: A floor for a portable containment berm has an intermediate layer of flexible puncture-resistant material sandwiched between lower and upper sheets of flexible impervious material and at least one puncture-resistant and wear-resistant tread pad fixed to the top surface of the upper sheet of flexible impervious material. In one embodiment, the layer of puncture-resistant material and the sheets of impervious material are substantially coextensive and are welded in laminar relationship along their peripheries. In another embodiment, the intermediate layer of flexible puncture-resistant material includes at least two belts of flexible puncture-resistant material with the lower and upper sheets welded in laminar relationship along their peripheries and between each adjacent pair of belts. In either embodiment, the tread pads are welded to the top surface of the upper sheet of flexible impervious material in a configuration suitable to receive the wheels of a vehicle traversing the floor of the berm.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Inventor: Jay V. Claeys
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Publication number: 20150123392Abstract: An oil sump and an axle carrier of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having obliquely inclined flange faces for fastening to one another. The flange faces being obliquely inclined relative to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle or a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Sergiy FEDOTOV
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Patent number: 9016257Abstract: A combination usable together in an automotive vehicle includes an engine block, a cover, and a band clamp. The engine block includes an opening configured to provide access to an interior volume, a first flange having a periphery that surrounds the opening, and a first engagement surface disposed proximate the first flange. The cover includes a second flange disposed around a periphery of the cover, and a second engagement surface disposed proximate the second flange, the second engagement surface configured to mate with the first engagement surface, wherein when the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface are disposed in engagement with each other the first flange and the second flange in combination define an exterior surface having a first profile. The band clamp includes an interior surface with a second profile that is complementary with the first profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Leonard Barry Griffiths, David R. Staley
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Publication number: 20140345977Abstract: A fluid level detection device for a chamber containing a fluid includes a sensor configured to indicate one of at least two states; a first state when a present fluid level in the chamber is above a threshold level with respect to a chamber floor, and a second state when the present fluid level in the chamber is below the threshold level. A stabilizer is configured to at least partially surround the sensor. The stabilizer includes a base portion and a plurality of sidewalls defining a storage well configured to store a portion of the fluid around the sensor. The stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating the second state when a present fluid volume in the chamber is above a predetermined minimum amount. The stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating a false “low fluid” state during a non-stable event.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Sean M McGowan
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Publication number: 20140299414Abstract: A lubricant collecting assembly for a construction machine is disclosed herein. The lubricant collecting assembly includes a mount assembly and a tray assembly. The mount assembly includes a base portion. A first and second longitudinal walls extend from opposite sides of the base portion. The first longitudinal wall defines a mounting portion. A transverse wall extends from a first end portion of the base portion between the first and second longitudinal walls. The transverse wall defines a tab portion. A lip portion extends from a second end portion of the base portion and is of lesser height than the transverse wall. The tray assembly is removably positioned on the mount assembly and includes a first and second longitudinal side walls. The first and second longitudinal side walls define wing portions extended outwardly relative to the first and second longitudinal side walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Timothy Paul Walgren, Mark Anthony Italiano, FRANK TEGTMEIER, MATTHEW CARL BRUECK, LANE COLIN HOBENSHIELD, MICHAEL FREDERICK VOLLE
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Publication number: 20140263819Abstract: A drip pan apparatus for use in a helicopter includes a drip pan and a frame having a plurality of frame sides and a plurality of frame corners that define an inwardly-facing peripheral surface. A first frame angle is formed between a first inwardly-facing surface and a second inwardly-facing surface. The first frame angle is an acute angle. The drip pan has an outwardly-facing peripheral surface. The outwardly-facing peripheral surface defines a plurality of sides, including a first side and a second side, to cooperate with the inwardly-facing peripheral surface of the frame. A first angle is formed between the first side and the second side. The first angle is an acute angle. A method of installing a drip pan includes modifying at least a portion of a skirt on the helicopter and then securing the frame to one or both of the modified skirt and the helicopter structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: PHOENIX PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: PHOENIX PRODUCTS, INC.
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Publication number: 20140216852Abstract: An impact resistant article is disclosed. The impact resistant article includes a body, with the body including a side wall and a base wall extending from the side wall. The base wall includes an exterior surface. The impact resistant article also includes an energy absorbing member, and in certain embodiments, includes a plurality of energy absorbing members each extending along a respective central axis from the exterior surface of the base wall to a respective distal end. Each of the energy absorbing members define an elliptical cross-sectional configuration transverse to the central axis of respective energy absorbing members. In certain embodiments, the energy absorbing members are spaced from each other such that during an impact to one of the energy absorbing members, the impacted one of the energy absorbing members absorbs energy independently of the other energy absorbing members.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Leonard Barry Griffiths, David R. Staley
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Publication number: 20140174858Abstract: A combined sump structure in an engine, the combined sump structure comprises a sump area comprising one or more sumps, a single oil supply provided for all sumps, and a combined sump drain.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jonathan Remer, Jacob Seal, Krzysztof Chelstowski
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Patent number: 8757224Abstract: A container for fluid which includes: an inlet; and a catchment surface for draining the fluid from an exterior of the container into the container through the inlet when the container is in a prone condition, wherein the container is moveable from the prone condition to a carrying condition, and wherein the inlet is positioned so as to be elevated above a contained fluid when the container is in either the prone condition or the carrying condition. The container can include a collecting wall, wherein the collecting wall includes a flow obstacle for slowing a flow of the fluid on the exterior of the container. The flow obstacle can be provided by ribs on the catchment surface. The container can include an outlet adapted to substantially resist fluid flow when in the prone condition, and adapted to allow fluid flow when in a pouring condition for draining the fluid from the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Lynmarden Pty LtdInventors: Denis William Treacy, Lyndon Thomas Treacy
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Patent number: 8701621Abstract: There is provided a four-cycle engine which can appropriately circulate oil in an engine regardless of a tilted condition with a simple structure. A crankcase (4) of a four-cycle engine (1) has a crank room (41) which rotatably supports a crankshaft (10) and an oil room (42) which is provided adjacent to the exterior of the crank room (41). The crankcase (4) also has partition walls (43) and (44) which partition the interior of the crankcase (4) into the crank room (41) and the oil room (42), respectively, and a communication path (45) which communicates the crank room (41) with the oil room (42). The partition walls (43) and (44) each has a cross section formed in a substantially V shape, and the communication path (45) is formed at an apex between the partition walls (43) and (44).Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Takeda, Takamoto Horiuchi, Hiroshi Ohira, Takahiro Hirai, Katsumi Kurihara
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Patent number: 8656885Abstract: An engine for a vehicle can include an oil pan coupled to a lower portion of a crankcase, and a partition wall configured to partition a crank chamber in the crankcase and the oil pan. The partition wall can be disposed on the crankcase, and can include openings configured to return oil from a crank chamber side to an oil pan side. Bridges are configured to suppress back flow of the oil from the oil pan side to the crank chamber side. The bridges can be fixedly disposed below the openings so as to cover at least part of the openings from below.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Negoro, Tsuyoshi Arima, Takanori Osuka
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Publication number: 20140034422Abstract: The invention relates to a robot transmission (1) for a multi-axis robot, in particular for a painting robot or a hand-held robot of a painting system for painting motor vehicle body components. Said transmission comprises a transmission housing (6) which is filled, when in operation, at least partially with a lubricant according to an operationally-dependent lubricant pressure, in order to lubricate the robot transmission (1), and has a construction-defined maximum pressure for the lubrication pressure. The transmission housing (6) is not air-tight if the lubrication pressure in the transmission housing (6) exceeds the maximum pressure. According to the invention, the robot transmission also comprises a pressure compensation device (7) which compensates the pressure in the transmission housing (6) and thus prevents the lubrication pressure in the transmission housing (6) from exceeding the maximum pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: DURR SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Andreas Collmer, Thomas Hezel
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Patent number: 8627928Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid displacing transmission filler having a blow molded, foam filled body. The body or shell of the filler is blow molded in a mold which shapes it to conform to internal surfaces and other features, such as gears and shafts, of a transmission. Then, the blow molded filler body is filled with closed cell foam. The resulting transmission filler is lightweight, achieves a maximum volume for an available space within a transmission and is essentially impervious to failure and filling with fluid because the closed cell foam does not significantly absorb transmission fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Henryk Sowul, Xiaoqing Zeng
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Patent number: 8622176Abstract: A gearbox for use in an auxiliary power unit has a plurality of gears received within a housing. A lube pump is mounted within the housing, and delivers oil to the plurality of gears and bearings. The lube pump has an oil supply tube for supplying oil to the pump for delivery to the plurality of gears and bearings. An oil reservoir maintains a quantity of oil above a lowermost end of the inlet tube, and is shaped such that a cross-sectional area at a lower end of the inlet tube has a first cross-sectional area. Other cross-sectional areas spaced upwardly from the first cross-sectional area are greater. A ratio of the second cross-sectional area to the first cross-sectional area is less than 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Melissa A. Bell, Michael J. Rollins
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Patent number: 8579088Abstract: A drain plug for a carrier assembly is used to control fluid flow from a reservoir to a sump. The carrier assembly includes a carrier housing with an internal cavity that houses a gear assembly. The sump is located within the internal cavity to lubricate the gear assembly. The reservoir is separated from the sump by a channel. The drain plug is attached to the carrier housing, and extends into the channel, to provide a fluid flow restriction between the reservoir and the sump.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Arvinmeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Robert J. Martin, III, Brian David Hayes
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Patent number: 8567566Abstract: There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an oil pan structure attached to a lower portion of an engine for a vehicle. In one example, the oil pan structure comprises has an approximately rectangular bottom wall which accumulates oil continually, a long side wall, and a short side wall, the approximately rectangular bottom wall being surrounded by the long side wall and the short side wall. Further, the bottom wall has a deep bottom section provided approximately in a center of the bottom wall and in a portion where the oil is pumped up, a shallow bottom section which has a depth that is shallower than that of the deep bottom section, and a connecting wall section extending vertically and connecting the deep bottom section with the shallow bottom section, the shallow bottom section being provided on both sides of the deep bottom section.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Jun Nakashima, Kenya Ishii, Toshihiro Yamane
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Publication number: 20130281251Abstract: A power transmitting component includes a housing having an interior cavity with a sump, a lubricant disposed in the sump, and a component mounted in the housing assembly for rotation about a first axis. The component rotates through the lubricant in the sump to generate a stream of lubricant that is slung from the component as it rotates at a speed in excess of a predetermined speed. The housing includes a deflector that extends into the interior cavity and has a first face having an impingement portion and a first edge adjacent the impingement portion. The impingement portion extends into the stream and deflects a portion of the stream towards the first edge. The first edge disperses the portion of the stream toward selected areas in the interior cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Daniel G. Corless, Mark A. Harnden, Mark S. Waack