Pump Or Pump Systems Mounting Means Patents (Class 184/6.28)
  • Patent number: 12044137
    Abstract: Lubrication module for at least one lubrication station of a turbomachine, the lubrication module comprising at least one positive displacement pump including a pump body delimiting a main chamber configured to be in fluid communication with a main lubrication circuit and an auxiliary chamber configured to be in fluid communication with an auxiliary lubrication circuit, and a piston movably mounted in the pump body between an inactive configuration and an active configuration, the piston being configured to perform, in the active configuration, a pumping movement between a top dead center and a bottom dead center by cooperation with a cam of a shaft of the turbomachine and, in the inactive configuration, not to cooperate with the cam of the shaft of the turbomachine, the positive displacement pump including a return element configured to return the piston to the active configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Abdallah Badidi
  • Patent number: 11906032
    Abstract: An oil module may include a conveying device for conveying oil along a flow path, a heat exchanger for temperature-controlling the oil, and a main body having a front side and a back side. The front side may include (i) an inlet opening and (ii) an outlet opening. The back side may include (i) at least one pump opening fluidically connected with the inlet opening, (ii) a first cooler opening fluidically connected with the at least one pump opening, and (iii) a second cooler opening fluidically connected with the outlet opening. The conveying device may be arranged on the back side and fluidically connected with the at least one pump opening. The heat exchanger may be arranged on the back side and fluidically connected with the first cooler opening and the second cooler opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Lika
  • Patent number: 11891998
    Abstract: A pump system for pressurizing a fluid within a closed loop thermal transport bus is disclosed herein. The example of the pump system disclosed herein includes an electric motor including a rotor shaft and a stator, wherein the rotor shaft is to generate a first torque; a pump including an impeller coupled to an impeller shaft, wherein the impeller is to increase a kinetic energy of the fluid; a driver wheel attached to the rotor shaft, wherein the driver wheel is radially connected to a follower wheel; and a co-axial magnetic coupling to connect at least one of the follower wheel to the impeller shaft or the driver wheel to the rotor shaft, wherein the co-axial magnetic coupling includes an outer hub, an inner hub, and a barrier can, the barrier can to hermetically seal a portion of the pump system from the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Raju Yamarthi, Mohan Kannaiah Raju, Adam Joseph Wangler, Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Santosh Kumar Pattnaik, Prachi Anand Tappu
  • Patent number: 11761350
    Abstract: A lubrication system for an aerial vehicle, the lubrication system including: a lubrication oil (LO) tank configured to operate at a first internal pressure; and an intake chamber (IC) configured to operate at a second internal pressure greater than the first internal pressure, the IC including an ingress port configured to receive LO from a sump of an equipment of the aerial vehicle; an overflow port in fluid communication with the LO tank; and a supply port in fluid communication with the sump and configured to supply LO to the sump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: General Electric Company, GE Aviation Czech s.r.o.
    Inventors: Gabriele Mariotti, Vladimir Soukup, Robert Burton Brown, Emil Paul, Jakub Biganovsky, Martin Borovicka
  • Patent number: 11525506
    Abstract: A transfer case pump includes an oil pump, a cover assembly, and a torque transfer mechanism. The oil pump has a pump shaft, and is configured to pressurize a lubricant in response to a rotation of the pump shaft. The pump shaft rotates around a pump axis. The pump axis is parallel to a rear axis of a rear shaft. The pump axis is offset from the rear axis. The cover assembly has a channel configured to transfer the lubricant from the oil pump to the rear shaft. The cover assembly extends around the rear shaft and around the pump shaft. The torque transfer mechanism is configured to transfer a torque from the rear shaft to the pump shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: James M. Hart, Daryl A. Wilton, Clinton E. Carey, Robert B. Parrish, William M. Modisett, Keith W. Noser, Mark D. Kieliszewski
  • Patent number: 11383854
    Abstract: An oil reservoir assembly includes a tank, a return passage, a pressurization valve, a first passage, and a vent valve. The tank includes a canister, a fill port, an first oil outlet, an second air outlet, and an inlet. The inlet is disposed in the canister and is connected to a restrictor. The return passage is connected to the inlet of the tank and to a scavenge pump. The pressurization valve is fluidly connected to the second air outlet of the tank. The first passage is connected to the pressurization valve and to an accessory gearbox of the engine. The vent valve is disposed in the return passage and includes a body, a channel extending through the body, an inlet orifice, and an outlet orifice. The inlet orifice is disposed in an end of the body. The outlet orifice is fluidly connected to the inlet orifice via the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Blewett, Matthew Allen Slayter
  • Patent number: 10837328
    Abstract: An engine is provided which includes an oil gallery, a base attaching seat in an engine frame wall, and a base for component mounting attached to the base attaching seat. An oil cooler and an oil filter are mounted on the base for component mounting, and the base attaching seat is provided with an oil inlet communicating with an upstream-side passage of the oil gallery, and an oil outlet communicating with a downstream-side passage of the oil gallery. Attaching the base for component mounting to the base attaching seat allows engine oil flowing into the oil inlet of the base attaching seat from the upstream-side passage of the oil gallery to pass the base for component mounting, the oil cooler, and the oil filter, and flow out of the oil outlet of the base attaching seat to the downstream-side passage of the oil gallery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tamon Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10364697
    Abstract: A variable geometry turbine turbocharger (1) includes a gear driven adjustment ring actuator mechanism (300) supported within a housing (16) via a resilient mount (70) disposed between the mechanism (300) and housing (16). The gear driven adjustment ring actuator mechanism (300) rotates an adjustment ring (350), which in turn adjusts the position of the vanes (30) of the variable geometry turbine (2). The resilient mount (70) accommodates the heat-related expansion and contraction of the gear driven adjustment ring actuator mechanism (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew King, Jason W. Chekansky, Frederick Huscher
  • Patent number: 10288163
    Abstract: A static lubricant supply system within a gearbox that delivers lubricant to rotating gears. The lubricant supply system includes a stationary sleeve assembly for delivering the lubricant to a rotating receiver member, shaft, or flange. The sleeve assembly includes bearings, seals, jets, and plenums. The jets are skewed to deliver lubricant in the tangential direction of rotational motion of the receiver member, shaft, or flange. In the radial gap transfer configuration, the sleeve assembly circumscribes the receiver member or shaft. A race in the receiver member or shaft receives the lubricant. Channels within the receiver member, shaft, and gears deliver lubricant to the gears. In the axial gap transfer configuration, the sleeve assembly transfers lubricant to a flange attached to a receiver member. The flange has a race that receives the lubricant from the jets. Channels within the flange, receiver member, and gears deliver lubricant to the gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Gert Johannes van der Merwe, Donald Albert Bradley, Michael Anthony Barnell, Christopher James Kroger
  • Patent number: 9829088
    Abstract: A triple circuit lubrication device for lubricating a mechanical system, the lubrication device being provided with two independent lubrication circuits, a tank common to both lubrication circuits and containing a lubrication liquid, and a tertiary circuit in which a tertiary liquid flows. Each lubrication circuit comprises pipes, and respective pressure sensors, pumps, heat exchangers, spray nozzles, and suction points for sucking up the lubrication liquid situated in the tank. The second suction point is situated below the high first suction point. The tertiary circuit comprises a third pump, a third pressure sensor, the second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger, thus serving to cool the lubrication liquid flowing through the second lubrication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Damien Goujet
  • Patent number: 9528509
    Abstract: Method and device for lubricating a connection. A housing is configured to house a crankshaft adapter that connects an oil pump to a compressor. The housing includes a shell forming a round cavity configured to receive the crankshaft adapter; an oil feed conduit configured to enter through the shell into the round cavity and to deliver oil; a first drain conduit, opposite to the oil feed conduit, and configured to enter through the shell into the round cavity; a plug provided in the first drain conduit; and a second drain conduit configured to enter through the shell into the round cavity. The second drain conduit is located between the oil feed conduit and the first drain conduit, substantially between 50 and 130 degrees relative to the first drain conduit on a periphery of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vinh Do, Jeffrey Raynal, Jason Andrew Helton, Carlos Trevino
  • Patent number: 9512752
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, the present invention provides a modular approach to a lubrication package. Certain components such as the filter and cooler are directly connected to a block that has connections to accept them and internal porting to establish the proper flow paths for circulation, cooling and filtration of the circulating lubricant. The block can accept one or more coolers and one or more filters. The isolation valving for redundant equipment can also be integrated into the block. Many connections that had been used in past designs for the piping network are integrated into the block. The block can also be close mounted to the reservoir while a submersible pump further saves space and piping connections. Indeed, having the ability to maintain mechanical equipment (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Edward S. Czechowski, Robert M. Kolodziej, Michael Nuchereno
  • Patent number: 9458967
    Abstract: A system including a lubrication system, including a block with a first cooler interface, a second cooler interface, and at least one lubrication passage extending through the block, wherein the at least one lubrication passage fluidly couples to the first cooler interface and to the second cooler interface, a first cooler including a first mating cooler interface coupled to the first cooler interface, and a second cooler including a mating second cooler interface coupled to the second cooler interface, and a first valve within the block, wherein the first valve is configured to control a flow of a lubricant through the at least one lubrication passage relative to the first cooler and/or the second cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Paul A. Leising, Thomas Gerber
  • Patent number: 9404488
    Abstract: A pressurized oil delivery system for a reciprocating air compressor includes an oil pump having an inlet port connected to an oil pickup tube and an outlet port connected to a filter inlet tube and a user interface panel mounted to a crankcase of the air compressor. The filter inlet tube may be connected to an oil filter assembly supported on an exterior face of the user interface panel. A pressure regulating valve may be provided in line in the filter inlet tube upstream of the oil filter assembly. An oil fill port may be located on the user interface panel. An oil level indicator may be connected to an oil level indicator tube passing through and supported by the user interface panel. An oil pressure measurement port may be provided on the user interface panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
    Inventors: Steven J Knox, II, Matthew D Mitsch
  • Patent number: 9239045
    Abstract: An oil pump assembly for use with an internal combustion engine having an engine block, a crankshaft that is rotatable with respect to the engine block on a crankshaft axis, and a sump that is connected to the engine block for receiving and storing oil therein. The oil pump assembly includes a housing and a drive assembly that is arranged on the housing. The drive assembly is connected to the crankshaft for rotation in unison therewith. An oil pump is connected to the housing for pumping oil between an inlet and an outlet of the oil pump in response to rotation of a drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected to the drive assembly for rotation in unison therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Melling do Brasil Componentes Automotivos Ltds.
    Inventors: Eduardo Gubbiotti Ribeiro, Ayres Pinto de Andrade Filho, Joao Luiz de Carvalho Meira
  • Patent number: 8844679
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. Embodiments include a pump with venting and non-venting piston return, a pump with stirrer and direct feed mechanism, a pump with CAN system and self-diagnostics, a pump with heated housing and reservoir and a pump with stepper motor and overdrive control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Paul G. Conley, Christopher D. Holland
  • Patent number: 8752674
    Abstract: System and method for axial support of a pump or compressor rotor shaft during start-up or shut-down of a vertical fluid displacement module for subsea operation including a motor and a pump or compressor. Lubrication fluid is momentarily supplied for hydrostatic operation of hydrodynamic thrust bearing(s) from a topside or land-based fluid supply via a flow control module arranged in conjunction with a subsea pressure control unit configured for controlling the supply and discharge of barrier and lubrication fluids to/from the fluid displacement module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventor: Ole Petter Tomter
  • Patent number: 8689941
    Abstract: A lubricating apparatus for lubricating a panel assembly prior to vehicle installation includes a lubricating jig assembly. The lubricating jig assembly includes a front guard wall and a rear guard wall connected to the front guard wall defining a panel receiving volume therebetween. At least one nozzle opening is located in the receiving volume. A pump is fluidly connected to the at least one nozzle opening for delivering a lubricant fluid thereto. A lubricant reservoir is in fluid communication with the receiving volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd N. Eggleston, David R. Morgan, Patrick D. Behrens
  • Publication number: 20140091023
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a transmission for a powered vehicle. The transmission includes a housing defining an interior of the transmission and a fluid supply portion disposed in the housing. The fluid supply portion is configured to supply fluid throughout the transmission. The transmission also includes a first fluid circuit disposed within the housing and defining a first fluid path in fluid communication with the fluid supply portion. A second fluid circuit fluidly defines a second fluid path in fluid communication with the fluid supply portion. The transmission further includes a coupling mechanism for fluidly coupling the first fluid circuit and second fluid circuit, wherein the second fluid circuit is disposed outside the housing of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Charles F. Long, Richard H. Price
  • Publication number: 20140034421
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, the present invention provides a modular approach to a lubrication package. Certain components such as the filter and cooler are directly connected to a block that has connections to accept them and internal porting to establish the proper flow paths for circulation, cooling and filtration of the circulating lubricant. The block can accept one or more coolers and one or more filters. The isolation valving for redundant equipment can also be integrated into the block. Many connections that had been used in past designs for the piping network are integrated into the block. The block can also be close mounted to the reservoir while a submersible pump further saves space and piping connections. Indeed, having the ability to maintain mechanical equipment (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Edward S. Czechowski, Robert M. Kolodziej, Michael Nuchereno
  • Patent number: 8540054
    Abstract: A system in some embodiments includes a machine block comprising features configured to support moving machine components within a lubricating fluid, wherein the machine block includes an integral valve block configured to route the lubricating fluid through a first filter without a second filter and configured to route the lubricating fluid through the second filter without the first filter. Further embodiments include a method that includes switching circulation of a lubricant between a first filter and a second filter in response to an angular position of a valve disposed in a valve block integral to a machine block having moving components lubricated by the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Cavarello, Edward S. Czechowski, Robert M. Kolodziej, Michael A. Nuchereno
  • Patent number: 8540055
    Abstract: An oil supplying apparatus for a vehicle, includes an engine driven mechanical oil pump, a hydraulic actuator operated by pressure of oil supplied from the engine driven mechanical oil pump to the hydraulic actuator, an engine lubrication device lubricating each member of the engine with the oil supplied from the engine driven mechanical oil pump, and a priority flow valve selectively establishing priority flow and secondary flow conditions when a low oil pressure is working on the hydraulic actuator and when a high oil pressure is working on the hydraulic actuator, respectively, the priority flow condition allowing an oil supply from the engine driven mechanical oil pump to the hydraulic actuator with priority over an oil supply from the engine driven mechanical oil pump to the engine lubrication device, the secondary flow condition allowing the oil supply from the engine driven mechanical oil pump to the engine lubrication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisashi Ono, Yuki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20130240299
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a work tool, such as a demolition hammer, on a machine, such as an excavator or a loader. The lubrication system is mounted on drive line fluid connectors of the machine, such as hydraulic or pneumatic hoses. The lubrication system is fully supported by the connectors only and does not require mounting to the machine itself. The lubrication system includes a movable spool powered by the drive fluid of the machine, the spool reciprocating within a sleeve to force lubricant through passages to the work tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Rakesh Jagdale, Lauritz Pillers
  • Patent number: 8522924
    Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus includes a case main body portion accommodating the speed change mechanism; supply oil passages that are formed in the case main body portion and supply pressure oil to the speed change mechanism; a connection case portion connecting the engine and the case main body portion; a mechanical oil pump positioned in a connection region between the case main body portion and the connection case portion and having an inlet oil passage and an outlet oil passage which are connected to the supply oil passage; an electric oil pump capable of supplying pressure oil to the supply oil passages in parallel with the mechanical oil pump; and connection oil passages that are provided in the connection case portion and allow an inlet oil passage and an outlet oil passage of the electric oil pump to communicate with the supply oil passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Komizo, Ko Tsunematsu, Kaoru Ono, Hirotoshi Okubo
  • Patent number: 8499892
    Abstract: A system in some embodiments includes a machine block comprising features configured to support moving machine components within a lubricating fluid, wherein the machine block includes an integral valve block configured to route the lubricating fluid through a first filter without a second filter and configured to route the lubricating fluid through the second filter without the first filter. Further embodiments include a method that includes switching circulation of a lubricant between a first filter and a second filter in response to an angular position of a valve disposed in a valve block integral to a machine block having moving components lubricated by the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Cavarello, Edward S. Czechowski, Robert M. Kolodziej, Michael A. Nuchereno
  • Patent number: 8490597
    Abstract: An engine lubrication and speed control method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an oil reservoir formed therein. A vertical or horizontal crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is connected to the crankshaft by a connecting rod. An oil pump is driven by the camshaft connected with a cam gear, which mates with a crank gear that is driven by the crankshaft, inhales the oil from the oil reservoir to splash lubricate into the cylinder bore and valve chamber. The engine is provided with a cylinder head assembly defining a compact combustion chamber having a pair of overhead intake and exhaust ports and cooperating intake and exhaust valves. A commonality of parts between the horizontal and the vertical engine is highly achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: ETG Limited
    Inventor: Katsumi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 8490596
    Abstract: An engine lubrication and speed control method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A vertical or horizontal crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is connected to the crankshaft by a connecting rod. A trochoid or screw oil pump is driven by the camshaft connected with a cam gear, which mates with a crank gear that is driven by the crankshaft, inhales the oil from the oil reservoir to splash lubricate into the cylinder bore and valve chamber. The engine is provided with a cylinder head assembly defining a compact combustion chamber having a pair of overhead intake and exhaust ports and cooperating intake and exhaust valves. A commonality of parts between the horizontal and the vertical engine is highly achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: ETG Limited
    Inventor: Katsumi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 8474417
    Abstract: An air-cooled general-purpose engine includes: a cooling fan fixed to one end portion, protruding outward from one end wall of an engine main body, of a crankshaft; and a shroud which is mounted to the engine main body, and which defines a cooling-air path between the shroud and the one end wall, the cooling-air path guiding a cooling air blown under pressure from the cooling fan. The air-cooled general-purpose engine includes: an oil pump which pumps up an oil from an oil reservoir; and an oil-supply path which is formed in the one end wall, facing the cooling-air path, of the engine main body, and configured to guide the oil discharged from the oil pump to a valve operating chamber in a head portion of the engine main body, and a jet for jetting the oil is provided in an opening of the oil-supply path, the opening being open to the valve operating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Ogawa, Hiroaki Hasebe
  • Patent number: 8408362
    Abstract: A method for applying a liquid composition to a rail surface is provided. This method involves supplying a liquid composition in one or more reservoirs on a rail car (revenue generating car), and applying the liquid composition from the one or more reservoirs to the rail surface. A liquid composition application system is also provided. The liquid composition application system includes a reservoir(s) for holding a liquid composition mounted on a rail car. A pipe is connected to the reservoir(s), and a pump, for moving the liquid composition from the reservoir(s) to a dispensing nozzle(s), is provided. A controller processes topological information, data from the liquid composition application system, or both. The application of the liquid composition may be monitored and controlled from a remote site separate from the rail car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: L. B. Foster Rail Technologies, Corp.
    Inventors: Don T Eadie, John Cotter, Dave Elvidge
  • Patent number: 8356696
    Abstract: A system and method for lubricating components where the lubricant is applied in mist form within a substantially enclosed cavity. The cavity contains a draining aperture which collects excess lubricant for subsequent re-use by the system. The cavity is defined by a spray head that includes a base having attached thereto a cover plate with an opening adapted to receive therethrough a component to be lubricated. The cavity and lubrication chamber prevents the escape of excess lubricant. The collection and reuse of excess lubricant provides a closed loop system that reduces lubricant waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Carroll, Michael Neu, Chris Petty, Dudley Headley, David McCoy, Stephen Smith
  • Patent number: 8348017
    Abstract: An assembly includes a reservoir for holding a fluid, and a scavenge passage connected to the reservoir at a reservoir inlet. The scavenge passage returns the fluid from a delivery location to the reservoir. A bleed passage is connected in fluid communication between the reservoir and the scavenge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Dickie, Larry W. Spires
  • Patent number: 8297407
    Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Hideo Kobayashi, Katuhiko Arisawa, Kenichi Yamada, Yoshio Yamashita, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8251851
    Abstract: An auxiliary oil pumping system for an automatic transmission includes an auxiliary oil pump, the auxiliary oil pump being separate from an internal oil pump of the transmission but connected to an oil circuit of the automatic transmission to circulate oil in the system. An oil pump motor is connected to the auxiliary oil pump and selectively connectable to a power source for driving the auxiliary oil pump when a vehicle engine is off and the internal oil pump is not operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: ATI Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Beattie, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120181114
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a lubricant distributor for distributing lubricant to several lubricating points, with a cavity, in which a piston is arranged in a sealed and movable fashion. Several lubricant outlets, which are sealed relative to the cavity by the piston, lead into the cavity. The distributor has a lubricant inlet, from which at least one inlet channel leads into the cavity. A drive unit is provided for moving the piston in the cavity in a defined fashion. At least one channel is formed in the piston and makes it possible to produce a fluidic connection between the at least one inlet channel and one of the lubricant outlets depending on the position of the piston within the cavity. The invention furthermore pertains to a lubricating system that includes such a lubricant distributor and a lubricant pump that is connected to the lubricant inlet via a line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: LINCOLN GMBH
    Inventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Andreas Schoenfeld, Tobias Müller
  • Publication number: 20120132483
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. Embodiments include a pump with venting and non-venting piston return, a pump with stirrer and direct feed mechanism, a pump with CAN system and self-diagnostics, a pump with heated housing and reservoir and a pump with stepper motor and overdrive control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul G. Conley, David C. Beck, Nathan D. Donovan
  • Publication number: 20120080272
    Abstract: An assembly includes a reservoir for holding a fluid, and a scavenge passage connected to the reservoir at a reservoir inlet. The scavenge passage returns the fluid from a delivery location to the reservoir. A bleed passage is connected in fluid communication between the reservoir and the scavenge passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul A. Dickie, Larry W. Spires
  • Publication number: 20120037456
    Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Hideo Kobayashi, Katuhiko Arisawa, Kenichi Yamada, Yoshio Yamashita, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8109364
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new and unique portable, self-contained, fluid system. The portable, self-contained, fluid changing system may be used as a fluid changing device for changing a fluid such as oil or another suitable fluid in a container of a boat, recreational vehicle (RV), automobile or other suitable military, agricultural or industrial device. Alternatively, portable, self-contained, fluid system may also be used for providing fluid such as water or other suitable fluid for cleaning or showering. Moreover, the portable, self-contained, fluid system may also have a reversible electric pump that may be adapted or switched for pumping in either direction once the pump is affixed on the reservoir so the system may be sold and marketed for use in a fluid changing type of device or in a water providing or cleaning type of device consistent with that described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Phillips, Ashfaq Mir, Derrick Thanh Tran
  • Publication number: 20120024631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit and a method for feeding oil to rolling bearings in a turbomachine, the circuit comprising an oil supply, an oil duct connecting the supply to lubrication enclosures, each containing at least one rolling bearing, an oil feed pump located between the supply and the lubrication enclosures, an oil recovery pump connected downstream from each lubrication enclosure, and a pressurizing valve placed in the duct between the oil feed pump and the lubrication enclosures, said pressurizing valve being adapted to open when the pressure at its inlet exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure; a branch connection duct connecting the inlet of the pressurization valve to one of the lubrication enclosures in order to feed it with oil; and means for feeding the lubrication enclosures at a small oil flow rate so long as the pressure at the inlet of the pressurization valve has not reached the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: François Delamour, Jean-Louis Muller, Nicolas Alain Bernard Potel
  • Patent number: 8069949
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, the present invention provides a modular approach to a lubrication package. Certain components such as the filter and cooler are directly connected to a block that has connections to accept them and internal porting to establish the proper flow paths for circulation, cooling and filtration of the circulating lubricant. The block can accept one or more coolers and one or more filters. The isolation valving for redundant equipment can also be integrated into the block. Many connections that had been used in past designs for the piping network are integrated into the block. The block can also be close mounted to the reservoir while a submersible pump further saves space and piping connections. Indeed, having the ability to maintain mechanical equipment (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Edward S. Czechowski, Robert M. Kolodziej, Michael Nuchereno
  • Patent number: 8066100
    Abstract: An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taiichi Mori, Hideo Kobayashi, Katuhiko Arisawa, Kenichi Yamada, Yoshio Yamashita, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8051953
    Abstract: A hydrogen cooled generator includes a lubricant drain system. The lubricant drain system includes a hydrogen detraining tank having a hollow interior portion. A sensor is operatively mounted in the hydrogen detraining tank. The sensor is configured and disposed to detect an interface zone between an amount of lubricant and an amount of hydrogen gas in the hollow interior portion. A drain line is fluidly coupled to the hydrogen detraining tank. The drain line includes a first end portion that is exposed in the hollow interior portion and a second end portion. A valve is mounted in the drain line. A controller is operatively connected to the sensor and the valve. The controller is configured to selectively open the valve allowing a portion of the amount of lubricant to flow from the hollow interior portion when the interface zone is above the first end portion of the drain line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Daniel Antalek, Jeffrey James Andritz, Anthony James George, Hans Knuijt, Abby Magro, Kevin Jon O'Dell, Fotios Raftelis, Steven Paul Scarlata
  • Patent number: 8037968
    Abstract: An automatic lubrication apparatus is designed and intended to be mounted on a hydraulic tool and can be driven by a hydraulic-pressure medium, in particular on a hydraulic hammer, and includes a lubricant pump (12) incorporating a pump element. The pump element of the lubricant pump is cyclically impacted by a cam, and the cam is operatively connected to a hydromotor from which torque is transferred so as to produce synchronous rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Baier & Koppel GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Jürgen Brendel
  • Patent number: 7959423
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a quick-rotatable component a bearing for supporting the quick-rotatable component and a lubricant pump for feeding lubricant to the bearing and having a rotor, with the bearing and the lubricant pump forming parts of a closed lubrication circuit having a hollow axle on which the rotor of the lubricant pump is rotatably supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Eilers, Michael Willig
  • Patent number: 7954599
    Abstract: A gear mechanism comprising at least two toothed parts accommodated in a casing, a storage tank that stores oil to be injected into each meshing zone of the at least two tooth parts, a first receptacle built into the casing for receiving oil, a second receptacle that communicates with the first receptacle into which the oil can flow from the first receptacle, the second receptacle in turn communicating with the storage tank. Oil is conveyed from the storage tank to each meshing zone at a pressure greater than the pressure prevailing in the casing, internal pressure in the casing is reduced, and oil is drained to the storage tank. The first and second receptacles have a substantially identical pressure, while the storage tank is generally maintained at atmospheric pressure. The gear mechanism operates at atmospheric pressure if the gear mechanism fails to reduce internal pressure in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Flender Graffenstaden
    Inventors: Alain Antonetti, Etienne Lauffenburger, Peter Leoni, Patrick Loos
  • Patent number: 7918315
    Abstract: A limited slip differential transmission of the closed type in which a pressurized lubricant is fed to the rotating gears and a series of limited slip clutch plates. The clutch plates are engaged by pressurized control fluid. A valve assembly having a spool valve is responsive to engagement pressure to permit discharge of a portion of pressurized fluid from the clutch plates to a sump chamber and the transmission to purge debris that may have accumulated in the clutch plates. The spool valve is arranged so that fluid is passed only during an intermediate movement of the valve to minimize any pressure loss from the lubricating fluid for the transmission and limited slip clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Thomas Hung Vu
  • Patent number: 7913817
    Abstract: An oil pump unit for an internal combustion engine can reduce the number of component parts to configure a simplified pump case, reducing the size and weight thereof. In an oil pump unit has a case cover put on the outside of a crankcase via a spacer and an oil tank chamber formed by the inside surface of the case cover and the spacer. The spacer is formed inside an outer circumferential wall thereof with a division wall which partitions the oil tank chamber from a crank chamber and with one pump case half-body portion forming a half-body of a pump case of an oil pump. Another pump case half-body is joined to the pump case half-body portion to form the pump case. The pump case half-body portion is formed in a lower portion thereof with an oil suction port communicating with a bottom portion of the oil tank chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujimoto, Kinya Mizuno, Hiromi Sumi
  • Publication number: 20110056769
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, the present invention provides a modular approach to a lubrication package. Certain components such as the filter and cooler are directly connected to a block that has connections to accept them and internal porting to establish the proper flow paths for circulation, cooling and filtration of the circulating lubricant. The block can accept one or more coolers and one or more filters. The isolation valving for redundant equipment can also be integrated into the block. Many connections that had been used in past designs for the piping network are integrated into the block. The block can also be close mounted to the reservoir while a submersible pump further saves space and piping connections. Indeed, having the ability to maintain mechanical equipment (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Edward S. Czechowski, Robert M. Kolodziej, Michael Nuchereno
  • Patent number: RE45853
    Abstract: An oil distribution and cooling system for diesel engines of the design represented by the 6.4L POWER STROKE® engine. The stock oil cooler and cover are removed and a manifold is positioned in place of the removed stock oil cooler and cover. The block has oil in, oil out, coolant in and coolant out ports which align with those on the engine. Coolant is directed to an adapter plate and a relocated oil cooler which may be the removed cooler or a replacement, preferably of the oil-to-air type. Oil to be filtered and cooled is directed through the manifold to a filter and then to the cooler. Cool, clean oil is returned to the manifold for distribution to various engine locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Neal Technologies IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Gene Neal, Kennieth Neal
  • Patent number: RE46568
    Abstract: A method of modifying the oil cooling system of a diesel engine an engine oil supply outlet located in a horizontal plan includes the steps of removing the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and installing a manifold having an oil outlet port directed to a remote oil cooler and a bypass water passage providing an un-branched flow of water, whereby the flow of oil is directed to a remote oil cooler and the entirety of the flow of water in the bypass water passage is discharged back to the water cooling system of the engine without passing through an oil cooling or water cooling heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Neal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Neal, Kennieth Neal