Fluid Pump Or Compressor Making Patents (Class 29/888.02)
  • Publication number: 20140369865
    Abstract: A method can include providing a turbocharger housing that includes a bore; providing a spacer; providing a shaft and wheel assembly with a first rolling element bearing assembly seated on a first portion of a shaft of the shaft and wheel assembly; providing a second rolling element bearing assembly; interference-fitting the spacer into the bore; inserting a free end of the shaft into the bore and through the spacer; and inserting the second rolling element bearing assembly into the bore and seating the second rolling element bearing assembly on a second portion of the shaft such that the spacer is disposed intermediate the first portion of the shaft and the second portion of the shaft. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Damien Marsal, Raphaël Hettinger, Raphaël Boileau, Frederic Hehn
  • Publication number: 20140369819
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an anti-rotation ring of a scroll type compressor, wherein the anti-rotation ring is provided in an anti-rotation mechanism for preventing a movable scroll from rotation on its own axis and made of a metal, the steps of the method include drawing a steel plate into a first intermediate body having a bottomed cylindrical shape, punching the bottom of the first intermediate body thereby to make a second intermediate body and ring forming the second intermediate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Takuro YAMASHITA, Ken SUITOU, Hiroyuki GENNAMI
  • Publication number: 20140369820
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) comprising a compressor (2); a turbine (3); and a bearing housing (4), in which there is arranged a bearing cartridge (5), secured against axial displacement and twisting; and a single fixing element (6) securing the bearing cartridge (5) both against axial displacement and also twisting in the bearing housing (4). Also a method for assembling a bearing cartridge (5) in a bearing housing (4) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Silvio Koch
  • Publication number: 20140369879
    Abstract: Provided is a hollow rotor and method for making a hollow rotor for a gerotor system, the gerotor system including inner and outer rotors having interengaging lobed profiles. At least one of the inner or outer rotors comprises the hollow rotor, the hollow rotor including radially inner and outer walls radially spaced-apart in relation to a rotational axis of the rotor and walls extending between the radially inner and outer walls for closing axial ends of the hollow rotor. The radially inner and outer walls define therebetween a cavity, thus providing for a hollow or empty interior of the hollow rotor. At least one of the radially inner or outer walls forms a plurality of lobes circumferentially spaced-apart around the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Richard T. Friedman
  • Publication number: 20140360155
    Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent thus provide a microchannel system for cooling a hot gas path surface of a turbine. The microchannel system may include a turbine component having an outer surface extending along a hot gas path of the turbine, a microchannel defined within the turbine component and extending about the outer surface, and a number of pockets defined within the turbine component and positioned along the microchannel. The present application and the resultant patent further provide a method of forming a microchannel system for cooling a hot gas path surface of a turbine. The method may include the steps of forming a turbine component having an outer surface extending along a hot gas path of the turbine, defining a microchannel within the turbine component and extending about the outer surface, and defining a number of pockets within the turbine component and positioned along the microchannel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Publication number: 20140345270
    Abstract: A brake booster device for a braking system of a vehicle includes: a booster body to which a brake-boosting force is exertable by an actuator device; a first piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a first contact with the booster body, the first piston rod component contacting the booster body at a first contact surface such that the first piston rod component is at least partially adjustable; and a second piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a second contact with the booster body, the second piston rod component contacting the booster body at a second contact surface such that the second piston rod component is adjustable together with the first piston rod component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Reinhard Weiberle, Karl-Heinz Willmann, Andreas Birkheim, Matthias Kistner
  • Publication number: 20140345451
    Abstract: A method and a device for fixing and synchronising rotary pistons in a rotary piston pump are disclosed. The rotary pistons are introduced into the pump space of the rotary piston pump. A shaft stub of each rotary piston is then pushed through a pump rear wall onto a driveshaft provided for the respective rotary piston. The rotary pistons are aligned and synchronised in the pump space by means of a template, the template being fixed detachably to a pump housing. The shaft stubs of the respective rotary piston are connected, after the synchronisation, in each case by means of a clamping device in a friction-locked manner to the respective driveshaft, outside the pump space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stefan Weigl, Reinhard Denk, Hisham Kamal, Josef Strassl, Robert Kurz, Bernhard Murrenhoff, Thomas Boehme, Gunther Herr, Franz Kneidl, Mikael Tekneyan, Matthias Gradl, Erwin Weber, Roger Willis, Stefan Kern, Johann Kreidl, Marcel Verhoeven
  • Publication number: 20140341759
    Abstract: A motorized blower assembly (1) is provided for use in respiratory therapy applications. The active motor sub-assemblies (6, 7, 9) are encapsulated within an over-molded thermoplastic material (5) with selected vibration-dissipative and thermally-conductive properties. The resulting blower assembly operates at reduced sound levels of 1.0-3.0 dB, and with an increased efficiency of 3-9% over currently-marketed blowers of similar size and air flow capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: MOOG Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Calico, Jeffrey S. Bevan, Dennis R. McCoy
  • Patent number: 8887620
    Abstract: An air-driven dual diaphragm pump comprises a pump body with a first air passage leading to a first air cavity with a first diaphragm, a second air passage leading to a second air cavity with a second diaphragm, and a reciprocating shaft which connects the first and second diaphragms. A diaphragm installation tool for the dual diaphragm pump comprises a plate which fits atop the pump body. A groove in a surface of the plate opposite from and nonadjacent to the pump body extends from the location of the first air passage to the location of the second air passage. A hole located within the groove at the location of either the first air passage or the second air passage extends through the plate. Pressurized air entering the pump body is redirected by the groove and the hole to always enter the first air passage, rather than the second, thereby slowly filling the first air cavity and positioning the second diaphragm for installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. MacDonald, Adam K. Collins
  • Publication number: 20140334957
    Abstract: A pneumatic reciprocating fluid pump for pumping a fluid at least one check valve assembly that includes a check valve body insert, a ball within the valve body insert, and an annular sealing ring member disposed within a seat ring receptacle. The sealing ring member has dimensions smaller than corresponding dimensions of the seat ring receptacle, such that the sealing ring member is capable of moving within the seat ring receptacle. The ball is configured to slide back and forth between a first position and a second position within the check valve body insert responsive to forward and reverse flow of fluid therethrough. In one position, the ball is seated against the sealing ring member and prevents reverse flow of the fluid through the check valve assembly, and forward flow of the fluid through the check valve assembly is enabled when the ball is in another position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: John M. Simmons, Tom M. Simmons, David M. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20140331663
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for an implement coupler assembly of a machine includes a coupler cylinder, a control valve connecting the coupler cylinder to a pressurized fluid source and a low pressure reservoir, and a sequence valve and a check valve connected in parallel between the coupler cylinder and the control valve. An implement cylinder provides a pilot pressure for the sequence valve. The coupler cylinder extends to a locked position when the control valve provides pressurized fluid through the check valve to a head end of the coupler cylinder. The coupler cylinder retracts to an unlocked position when the control valve provides pressurized fluid to a rod end of the coupler cylinder if the implement cylinder provides pilot pressure sufficient to open the sequence valve and connect the head end of the coupler cylinder to the low pressure reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Robl, Trent Randall Stefek, Rudy Van Mills
  • Publication number: 20140325978
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake apparatus, a movable barrier apparatus, a hydraulic brake kit, a method of stopping movement of a movable barrier, and a method installing a hydraulic brake assembly are described herein. A selectively operable piston mechanism converts rotation of a drive shaft of a movable barrier into hydraulic pressure used to operate a brake configured to stop movement of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Roger William Lhotak, Brian Roy Skotty
  • Publication number: 20140328706
    Abstract: The mainline electric oil pump assembly relates to the field of assemblies for pumping oil in main oil pipelines. The aim of the present invention is to create a mainline electric oil pump assembly with improved technical and economic characteristics, reduced noise and vibrations, and increased reliability, service life and performance. The main distinguishing features of the proposed assembly which contribute to the achievement of the aforementioned aim are: the non-splined, zero-backlash seating of the impeller on a smooth shaft, the use of roller bearings seated in a non-splined, zero-backlash fashion on the smooth shaft, the use of mechanical seals seated in a non-splined, zero-backlash fashion on the smooth shaft, the use of self-correcting adjustable spherical supports under the supporting feet of the pump, and the boring of the seating surfaces of the pump housing for the rotor in a single set-up operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Vladimir Ivanovich Kushnarev, Yury Sergeevich Oboznyi, Oleg Anatolievich Ryakhovsky, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Guskov, Aleksei Igorevich Petrov
  • Publication number: 20140318147
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a fan and a turbine having a fan drive turbine rotor. The fan drive turbine rotor drives a compressor rotor. A gear reduction effects a reduction in the speed of the fan relative to an input speed from the fan drive turbine rotor that drives the compressor rotor. The compressor rotor has a number of compressor blades in at least one of a plurality of rows of the compressor rotor. The blades operate at least some of the time at a rotational speed. The number of compressor blades in at least one row and the rotational speed are such that the following formula holds true for at least one row of the compressor rotor turbine: (number of blades×rotational speed)/60 s?5500 Hz, and the rotational speed is in revolutions per minute. A method of designing a gas turbine engine and a compressor module are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Topol, Bruce L. Morin
  • Patent number: 8869396
    Abstract: A method of aligning the rotors of a Roots-type blower includes the steps of immobilizing an idler gear with reference to a housing of a Roots-type blower. A drive rotor is fixedly disposed on a drive shaft inside the housing with an idler rotor engaged with the drive rotor and fixedly disposed on an idler shaft. A drive gear is rotatably disposed on the drive shaft and the idler gear is engaged with the drive gear and fixedly disposed on the idler shaft. The drive shaft is rotated in opposite directions to first and second extents of travel. Each extent of travel is defined by contact of the drive rotor against the idler rotor. The drive shaft is positioned at a determined rotational angle between the first and second extents of travel and the drive gear is then fixed to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: CareFusion 203, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd W. Allum, Edgardo F. Marcelo, Stephen C. Hanson
  • Patent number: 8869395
    Abstract: A static seal structure for a pump housing includes a support structure, a first sealing element, and a second sealing element. The support structure circumscribes a pump chamber and includes a first sealing surface, an opposing second sealing surface, and a fluid transfer end interposed between the sealing surfaces. The support structure provides a fluid flow path running through the fluid transfer end and into the pump chamber via an inlet bore and from the pump chamber back through the fluid transfer end via an outlet bore. The first sealing element is disposed on the first sealing surface, and the second sealing element is disposed on the second sealing surface. The sealing elements are configured for forming sealing interfaces in the pump housing, establishing a static seal that isolates the pump chamber from an environment external to the fluid pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Vitalmex Internacional S.A. de C.V.
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Tovar Lopez
  • Publication number: 20140294626
    Abstract: In a pump, at least one of leg portions of a pilot hole component are extended by a specified distance compared to the other leg portions toward a side opposite to a surface where pilot holes are exposed, and the pilot holes formed in the some leg portions extend through the some leg portions between end planes of the some leg portions and are exposed in the other end plane of the molded stator, the other end plane located at the other end in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Aso, Kazunori Sakanobe, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya
  • Publication number: 20140271241
    Abstract: A human-powered positive-displacement single dual-action cylinder treadle pump for use in pumping and distributing water from wells and other water sources, as well as methods of manufacturing and operating such a pump. The pump offers rural farmers a portable device for pumping water for use in irrigating fields and crops that is powerful, low-cost, modular and portable. The modularity of the pump allows for easy access to any of the components of the pump should they require maintenance, repair or replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Charles Edwin Berg, Anthony Robert Cerqua, Bryce Austell, Kenneth Long, Joseph Colmone
  • Publication number: 20140271271
    Abstract: A replaceable motor module for a groundwater sampling device including an inner housing defined by a cylindrical shape and having a first alignment pin. A DC-operated electric motor is positionable within the inner housing, and includes a first set of electrical input terminals, an output shaft capable of downwardly extending through a sealed hole in the inner housing, and a first alignment groove for mating with the first alignment pin of the inner housing. An inner housing cap includes a second set of electrical input terminals and electrical output terminals, and is pressingly engageable with the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Summit Holding Company, LLC
    Inventor: Craig Intelisano
  • Publication number: 20140271174
    Abstract: A turbine assembly mounted to a pump rotor via mounting bolts. The turbine includes fins extending therefrom for pumping gasses and suspended particles from a semiconductor processing chamber. The tops of the bolts are recessed from the top surface of the turbine in a bolt cavity having an open end. A cap member is mounted over and seals the open end of the bolt cavity via a center bolt. The cap member has a shaped upper surface (conical, parabolic, squared, rounded) for deflecting particles away from the center of the turbine and toward the turbine's fins. The cap member's upper surface can include particle deflecting features such as fins, channels or asymmetric shapes to enhance particle deflection as the cap member rotates. The cap member can include a compressible o-ring for a friction fit mounting to the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Roger L. BOTTOMFIELD
  • Publication number: 20140271265
    Abstract: A precision pump system having a motor driver for accurately and repeatedly delivering process fluid, (e.g., photo chemicals) using a pumping fluid with minimal process fluid loss to a fabrication process and whereby the motor driver can be easily and quickly replaced without interrupting the fluid flow path. This is accomplished with the use of a process fluid reservoir and a pumping fluid reservoir that are associated with the pump, either integrated with the pump or closely adjacent. In addition, this precision pump system can be remotely monitored, viewed and controlled over the Internet. In addition, trapped process fluid within a downstream filtering block can be recirculated to the process fluid reservoir when trapped gas in the filter is removed. Furthermore, a nitrogen gas source is connected to the process fluid reservoir via a valve in case a need to insert a gas is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Integrated Designs, L.P.
    Inventors: John C. Vines, John Laessle
  • Publication number: 20140271246
    Abstract: A pumping mechanism includes a housing containing the pumping mechanism, the housing defining a seat configured to receive a pump cassette having a fluid lumen that can be acted upon by the pumping mechanism so as to pump fluid through the fluid lumen of the pump cassette. A platen pad is movably attached to the housing mechanism, wherein the platen pad can movably adjust in position relative to the pump cassette as the pump cassette is secured in the seat of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Zollinger, Daniel Abal
  • Publication number: 20140271260
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for pumping fluids with a winched rod pumping apparatus for imparting reciprocating substantially vertical motion to a rod of a sucker-rod pump. A winched rod pumping apparatus, includes a motor driven winch drum and cable mechanical actuator arrangement. The winch drum and cable mechanical actuator arrangement includes a substantially vertically moveable member attached to the rod of the sucker-rod pump. The vertical moveable member is coupled to one end of the cable and the other end of the cable is coupled to the winch drum. The winch drum is configured to rotate in one direction to index the rod in a vertical up direction and to index the rod in a vertical down direction, with the winch drum completing at least one full rotation and the rod completing one cycle. The rod cycle is in relation to a pumping cycle for the down hole pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Unico, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Gregory, Thomas L. Beck, Ronald G. Peterson, Michael A. MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20140271146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for joining adjacent sections of a compressor diaphragm. A splitline jumper is positioned within a recessed portion of a seal ring segment of the adjacent compressor diaphragms. The splitline jumper is sized and oriented so as to prevent axial movement of the compressor diaphragms relative to each other and also to prevent rotational movement of the seal ring relative to the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: DOUGLAS JAMES DIETRICH, KEVIN DAMIAN CARPENTER
  • Publication number: 20140271281
    Abstract: A fluid pump kit is provided. The kit includes a magnetic driven member for coupling with and rotating a propeller, and a magnetic driver for magnetically coupling to and driving the magnetic driven member by a magnetic attraction force establishable between the magnetic driver and the magnetic driven member. A motor of the kit operates the magnetic driver. First and second casings are provided for housing the magnetic driver and the magnetic driven member, respectively. The first and second casings with housed magnetic driver and magnetic driven member, respectively, are detachably securable to opposite sides of a non-magnetic spacer solely by the magnetic attraction force establishable between the magnetic driver and the magnetic driven member sufficient to support the second casing and the housed magnetic driven member in a particular position without the use of mechanical aids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ECOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Justin LAWYER, Patrick CLASEN, Timothy MARKS
  • Publication number: 20140271123
    Abstract: A multi-pump apparatus includes a first component in a fluid heat transfer system, such as a heat exchanger, the first component including a body portion forming a first interface surface. A pumping component includes a second interface surface. The first and second interface surfaces are planar and combine to define two pump cavities and a planar interface groove supporting a seal ring that extends around the two pump cavities to prevent leakage of fluid from the pump cavities. The pumping component includes a pump impeller in each of the pump cavities and independently-controlled separate motors driving the two pump impellers using an on-board circuit board. One of the first and second components also defines a fluid inlet to and a fluid outlet from each of the pump cavities. Related methods are also defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GHSP, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Rosinski
  • Patent number: 8834028
    Abstract: A rotating assembly adapted for use in turbines and pumps is provided. The rotating assembly includes a shroud that rotates around a central axis and a disk seated in a recess in the shroud so that the disk rotates with the shroud, the disk being oriented perpendicular to the central axis. The rotating assembly also includes a stationary element in which at least one surface of the disk contacts a fluid so that when the fluid flows under pressure, the surface of the disk resists the generation of drag between the surface and the stationary element of the rotating assembly. A shroud is provided that includes a circular recess with a cavity on an outer perimeter extending away from the fixed assembly. A method of manufacturing a rotating assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Winkler, Jeffrey Michael Calkins
  • Publication number: 20140257213
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for managing liquid flow associated with a tissue site that involves using reduced pressure to control fluid flow. In one instance, an apparatus includes a first valve and a second valve in fluid communication with a reduced-pressure source. The valves are movable between an open position and a closed position and are operable to change flow status (open to closed or vice versa) based on a presence of reduced pressure. At least one of the first valve or the second valve is in the closed position to obstruct a flow of a liquid while the other is in the open position. The apparatus also includes a reservoir fluidly coupled to the first valve and the second valve. Other systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Aidan Marcus Tout, Christopher Brian LOCKE
  • Publication number: 20140255164
    Abstract: A pump fitting has an inlet adaptor (10) for connection to an outlet (39) of a container (38) of fluid and including an inlet passage (10), an outlet passage (11) for fluid and a pump housing (12) between the inlet passage (10) and the outlet passage (11). The pump housing (12) contains a rotor (17) rotatably received in an interior surface of the housing (12). The rotor (17) includes a housing-engaging surface (23, 24) co-operating with the interior surface of the housing (12) to form a seal therebetween and also including at least one shaped surface (21, 22) radially inwardly of the housing-engaging surface and forming with the interior surface of the housing a chamber (25, 26) for conveying fluid from the inlet passage (10) to the outlet passage (11) on rotation of the rotor (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst, Jonathan Edward Ford
  • Publication number: 20140238763
    Abstract: A snowmobile has a snowmobile body and an arm assembly pivotally coupled to the snowmobile body. The arm assembly is configured to pivot on an axis through the snowmobile body. A first hydraulic actuator has a first end coupled to the snowmobile body and a second end coupled to the arm assembly. A hydraulic system is coupled to the first hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the first hydraulic actuator. A hydraulic valve is coupled between the hydraulic pump and first hydraulic actuator. An axle is disposed through the first end of the first hydraulic actuator. The axle includes a hydraulic pathway through the axle coupled between the hydraulic system and first hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic system is configured to operate the first hydraulic actuator. A second hydraulic actuator is coupled to the first hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas W. Melcher
  • Publication number: 20140241866
    Abstract: A turbocharger turbine wheel includes a hub and a plurality of blades. Both the center of mass of the hub and the center of mass of the plurality of blades are on an axis of rotation. The blades are circumferentially spaced such that they are rotationally asymmetric. Each consecutive pair of blades is characterized by a spacing angle. A line that intersects with and is normal to the axis of rotation defines a plane of symmetry, and the spacing angles are symmetric across the plane of symmetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: William Joseph Smith, Ashraf Mohamed, Wagner Magalhaes
  • Publication number: 20140241907
    Abstract: The invention provides a high pressure water injection pump system, comprising at least two water injection pump units connected in series, each pump unit comprising a motor in a motor compartment operatively connected to drive a pump in a pump compartment, distinctive in that at least the pump units following the first pump comprises a choke compartment arranged between the pump and motor compartments, a leakage seal arranged between the pump and choke compartment, the choke compartment having an outlet; and the motor compartment of at least the pump units following the first pump unit is dimensioned according to a lower pressure class than the operatively connected pump compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Audun Grynning, Tom Erik Dahl
  • Publication number: 20140241858
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a seal ring mounting method for a turbocharger and a turbocharger with the seal ring, whereby the seal ring is less likely to be affected by other parts. An annular protrusion (12j) for restricting a position of a seal ring (16) in the radial direction is provided at a tip portion (12h) of an inner peripheral wall (12b) of a turbine housing (12), and the seal ring (16) is mounted between a side surface (36c) of a nozzle plate (36) and a first step portion (12k) of the tip portion (12h) of the inner peripheral wall (12b) so that the outer periphery of the seal ring (16) is restrained by the annular projection (12j).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Tashiro, Yasuaki Jinnai, Hiroyuki Arimizu
  • Publication number: 20140227114
    Abstract: The compressor comprises a crankcase with at least one discharge muffling chamber having a bottom end wall provided with a threaded blind axial hole, a surrounding lateral wall, and an open end which defines an annular seat extending throughout the whole radial width of the surrounding lateral wall. A sealing gasket comprises a peripheral annular portion to be seated on the annular seat, and a median hole. A cover is seated on the sealing gasket and a fixation bolt has a head seated on the cover, a rod disposed through a median hole of the cover and trespassing the median hole of the sealing gasket, and a threaded end affixed in the blind axial hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Marcos Giovani Dropa De Bortoli, Guilherme Muhlmann, Fabiano Domingos Silva
  • Publication number: 20140227079
    Abstract: A compression system may include a compressor having first and second sides separated by a division wall, first and second shafts, and first and second radial bearings. The first and second shafts may be axially connected to each other at respective first ends via a rotor portion of an intermediate radial bearing. The rotor portion may include a plurality of laminations stacked between first and second plates fastened to each other. The first radial bearing may be disposed on a first side of the intermediate radial bearing and may be proximate a second end of the first shaft. The first radial bearing may be configured to support the first shaft. The second radial bearing may be disposed on a second side of the intermediate radial bearing and may be proximate a second end of the second shaft. The second radial bearing may be configured to support the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jose L. Gilarranz, Timothy R. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20140219842
    Abstract: A high pressure bellows assembly is disclosed herein. The high pressure bellows assembly includes a first bellows being reversibly expandable. The high pressure bellows assembly also includes a second bellows being reversibly expandable. The high pressure bellows assembly also includes a chamber including a first portion encircling the first bellows, a second portion including an interior of the second bellows, and a third portion placing the first and second portion in fluid communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Alloy Bellows and Precision Welding, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Casella
  • Publication number: 20140215821
    Abstract: A swash plate fulfils the basic properties required for a swash plate, which are stable boundary lubricating state by lubricating oil, without forming a metal spray coating layer comprising a copper type or aluminum type material on the surface of a substrate 3a forming the swash plate 3 of the swash plate type compressor as an intermediate layer. The substrate 3a of the swash plate 3 comprises a disk-shaped steel sheet formed by pressing a rolled steel sheet into a disk shape, and both surfaces of the disk-shaped steel sheet are ground. Thus, resin coating layers 10 containing fluororesin, which has superior seizure resistance, can be strongly fixed to the substrate without the need to form a metal spray coating layer on the surface of the substrate. This improves the durability of the swash plate type compressor using carbon dioxide gas as a refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naonari TANIGAWA, Yoshio OKI
  • Patent number: 8793870
    Abstract: A method includes forming a sheet of material having first, second, third, and fourth ends. The third and fourth ends extend longitudinally between the first and second ends. First and second protrusions are formed at the first end. The first and second protrusions extend longitudinally outwardly from an edge of the first end. The third and fourth ends are coupled to one another to create a longitudinally extending compressor shell having a stepped region at the edge of the first end where the third and fourth ends meet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaogeng Su
  • Publication number: 20140199167
    Abstract: A compressor housing for an air cycle machine is provided. The compressor housing includes a body having a compressor volute configured to provide centrifugal compression in the air cycle machine. A mating surface is integrally formed with the body. The mating surface includes a plurality of substantially equally angularly spaced bosses. The bosses include a first boss type at a first radial distance and configured to receive a threaded fastener coupled to a turbine nozzle of the air cycle machine. The bosses also include a second boss type at a second radial distance configured to secure a seal plate of the air cycle machine. The second radial distance is less than the first radial distance. A ratio of a number of the bosses of the first boss type to the second boss type is 17 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Beers, Brent J. Merritt, Christopher McAuliffe
  • Publication number: 20140186162
    Abstract: In a gas exhaust pump, there is provided a rotation mechanism that can ensure safe rotation and can greatly reduce the usage of a seal gas. A rotation mechanism of the present invention is formed of a rotating shaft and a seal housing. Between the rotating shaft and the seal housing, there is provided a predetermined gap. On at least one of an outer surface of the rotating shaft and an inner surface of the seal housing, there is provided a PFA film. As to a PFA film on a surface of at least one of the rotating shaft and the seal housing, after coating with PFA the wall surface of the rotation mechanism member defining at least the gap, followed by melting and remelting processes, the PFA film is formed to have a high smoothness on its free surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masamichi Iwaki, Tadahiro Ohmi, Kenji Ohyama, Isao Akutsu, Hajime Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20140186161
    Abstract: A seal plate for an air cycle machine includes a substantially disk-shaped body having a first side configured to be coupled to a compressor housing of the air cycle machine and a second side configured to be coupled to a turbine housing of the air cycle machine. The seal plate also includes a timing pin slot configured to align the first side of the seal plate with the compressor housing. The seal plate further includes a plurality of fastener holes distributed radially in an asymmetric pattern. The plurality of fastener holes includes an alignment fastener hole configured to align the second side of the seal plate with the turbine housing. An angular offset between the alignment fastener hole and the timing pin slot is about 38.45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl A. Colson, Clarence J. Wytas
  • Publication number: 20140182308
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section, a compressor section, a bleed air collector box, and a v-band clamp. The compressor section is positioned upstream of the turbine section and includes a compressor case circumferentially surrounding the compressor section. The v-band clamp attaches the bleed air collector box to the compressor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert B. Richardson, Randall J. Hershberger
  • Patent number: 8764708
    Abstract: Embodiments of an implantable device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient include a reservoir configured to contain a liquid comprising the therapeutic agent, and a cannula in fluid communication with the reservoir. The cannula is shaped to facilitate insertion thereof into a patient's eyeball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Southern California
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Mark Humayun, Jason Shih
  • Patent number: 8764386
    Abstract: A submersible pump, and method of making the submersible pump, is disclosed. The pump comprises a housing, a plurality of impeller stages serially disposed in the housing from a bottom impeller stage to a top impeller stage, an impeller stage bypass hole extending through one of the diffusers and a housing bypass hole extending through the housing radially outwardly from one of the impeller stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventor: James J. Volk
  • Publication number: 20140178214
    Abstract: A hydropneumatic device having pressure a working part with a working piston guided in the working part and an intensifier part with an intensifier piston guided in the intensifier part. A connecting section for a hydraulic connection of the working part and of the intensifier part provides a connecting line for passage of hydraulic fluid between the working part and the intensifier part. The connecting section includes an adapter component which can be mounted on the working part and the intensifier part, and in the interior of which the connecting line is formed. In the mounted state of the adapter component, an opening, which is provided at the side on the working part, of a hydraulic chamber of the working part is connected, via the connecting line, to an opening, which is provided at the side on the intensifier part, of a hydraulic chamber of the intensifier part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Eberhard DIETZEL, Eugen RAPP
  • Publication number: 20140165397
    Abstract: Various embodiments include an apparatus for installing or removing a transition piece (TP) in a gas turbine. The apparatus can include: a control arm assembly sized to rest within an opening in the gas turbine; a guide system coupled to the control arm assembly, the guide system for transporting the TP within the opening in the gas turbine; and a counter balance coupled to the guide system, the counter balance for countering weight of the TP during the installing or the removing of the TP in the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Bradford Holmes, James Robert Hollis, Wayne David Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20140161655
    Abstract: A pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Edward L. SIMONDS
  • Publication number: 20140161600
    Abstract: There is provided a stator that can ensure safe rotation even if a width of a gap between a screw rotor and a stator is particularly smaller than that of a conventional one and can greatly increase a pumping performance of a pump. A stator of the present invention is formed of a metal and a PFA film is provided on an inner wall surface of a top end surface of a screw rotor. After coating the inner wall surface with PFA, followed by melting and remelting processes, the PFA film is formed to have a high smoothness. The stator is placed with a gap between the inner wall surface and the top end surface. If the PFA film of the present invention is provided in a predetermined manner, the width of the gap can be made significantly smaller than that of a conventional one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masamichi Iwaki, Tadahiro Ohmi, Kenji Ohyama, Isao Akutsu
  • Publication number: 20140161595
    Abstract: It is provided with: a variable nozzle mechanism for regulating a flow of exhaust gas to a turbine rotor; a link mechanism for converting reciprocal displacement from an actuator that operates a variable nozzle mechanism into rotational displacement and transmitting the rotational displacement to an inner section of a bearing housing; and an engaging part for engaging an output section of the link mechanism and an input section of the variable nozzle mechanism, and the engaging part is constituted by a pin and a pin insertion slot where the pin is inserted, and a smooth surface is formed around an insertion position of the pin so as to guide a tip of the pin to the insertion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Tashiro, Yasuaki Jinnai, Hiroyuki Arimizu
  • Publication number: 20140154114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a switched reluctance motor assembly and a method of assembling the same. The switched reluctance motor assembly includes: a shaft forming the center of rotation of a motor; a rotor part rotatably coupled on the shaft; a balancing part installed on upper and lower surfaces of the rotor part; and an impeller part installed on the balancing part, wherein the balancing part and the impeller part are formed integrally with or directly coupled to each other to prevent generation of unbalance at the time of attaching the impeller part, thereby making it possible to promote stable rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin Su Seok, Jin Wook Baek, Hyun Taek Ahn, Young Bok Yoon