Combined Patents (Class 417/313)
  • Patent number: 12150272
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a box, a flow dispersion layer, a heat exchange layer, a fan and a pump, wherein the box includes a liquid storage part, a liquid-air mixing part, a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, an air inlet and an air outlet, the flow dispersion layer is disposed in liquid-air mixing part and has a plurality of through holes, the heat exchange layer is disposed in liquid-air mixing part and has a continuous phase framework and pores, the fan is connected to the air inlet, and the pump is connected to the liquid outlet. The heat dissipating device forcibly disperses high temperature liquid, and prolongs falling time of the high temperature liquid, to allow low temperature air directly exchange heat with the high temperature liquid, so that the heat dissipation efficiency thereof is greatly enhanced to meet the demands of electronics, air conditioning and other industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Kuan Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 12137676
    Abstract: An exemplary water circulation pump pre-filter unit (PFU) comprises a backwash pipe in fluid communication with an outer nozzle outside a screen cage and an inner nozzle within the screen cage. The PFU may simultaneously spray inside and outside the screen cage using an inner nozzle and an outer nozzle configured with an axial jet perpendicular to a plurality of radial jets. The inner nozzle may have a restriction chamber with diameter decreasing in flow direction to a full cone nozzle outlet, concentrating dual streams from a plurality of inlets swirled through a plurality of helical channels. Pairs of inner nozzles may be angled to each other, increasing the inner surface area cleaned. Exemplary implementations may simultaneously clean the screen cage bottom and top using the outer nozzle and inner nozzles in backwash mode and in a separate pre-filter mode ingest water through multiple filter pipe inlet apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen D. Roche
  • Patent number: 12115472
    Abstract: A filter assembly that includes a main body having a bore therein forming an inner surface, the inner surface configured with a receptacle. There is a filter medium disposed at least partially in the receptacle, the filter medium having a plurality of winding. An at least one of the plurality of windings separated by a clearance to an adjacent winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Larry G. Keast
  • Patent number: 12092192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an eccentricity prevention device for a pumping device, which reduces an eccentric movement of an internal component due to an external force while reducing a free movement of a pumping lever, the eccentricity prevention device including a lever bracket coupled to the pumping lever, a housing having a clutch device provided therein and coupled to a position facing the lever bracket by the clutch device, and an elastic member elastically supported on the lever bracket while providing an elastic restoring force in a direction in which an eccentric movement of the clutch device being bent with respect to a rotation axis is canceled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventor: Won Kim
  • Patent number: 12071946
    Abstract: A reciprocating fluid pump includes a pump body, a subject fluid chamber, a first plunger located within the subject fluid chamber of the pump body and having a first head portion and a first bellows, the first plunger configured to expand and compress in a reciprocating action to pump the subject fluid through the subject fluid chamber within the pump body, wherein the first head portion and the first bellows have a first cross-sectional dimension, and a second plunger located within the subject fluid chamber of the pump body and having a second head portion and a second bellows, the second plunger configured to expand and compress in a reciprocating action to pump the subject fluid through the subject fluid chamber within the pump body, wherein the second head portion and the second bellows have a second cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than the first cross-sectional dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: White Knight Fluid Handling Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Simmons, Courtney Parsons
  • Patent number: 12066029
    Abstract: A vacuum pump that allows for timely inspection and replacement of a temperature adjustment means, prevents unexpected stopping, and limits the maintenance cost, and a controller that controls the vacuum pump are proposed. The present disclosure relates to a vacuum pump for exhausting gas from an apparatus, such as manufacturing equipment, subjected to exhaustion. The vacuum pump includes: a temperature adjustment means for causing a predetermined area of the vacuum pump to have a predetermined temperature; an output control means configured to operate the temperature adjustment means; and an information output means configured to output information regarding ON/OFF of the temperature adjustment means obtained from the output control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventor: Hideo Fukami
  • Patent number: 11995925
    Abstract: A vehicle has a prime mover to propel the vehicle, and a fluid circuit that defines a fluid passage and contains a coolant. The fluid circuit in thermal communication with the prime mover. A camera is positioned to image coolant within the fluid passage. A controller is configured to receive image data from the camera, process the image data to determine a state of the coolant in the fluid circuit, and output an indication to a user regarding the state of the coolant. A method of monitoring a fluid circuit in a vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thanh Hoang
  • Patent number: 11971025
    Abstract: A compressor includes: a plurality of terminals; a terminal cover protecting the plurality of terminals; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a shell; and a cover having a flat portion disposed around the plurality of terminals, and a sensor protection portion covering the temperature sensor, the sensor protection portion being integrally formed with the flat portion to extend from the flat portion. The terminal cover is attached to cover the flat portion of the cover in a state in which the temperature sensor disposed on the shell is covered by the sensor protection portion of the cover. Thus, it is possible to prevent a lead wire of the temperature sensor from being accidentally cut when the terminal cover is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Sakata, Shigeru Hata
  • Patent number: 11971287
    Abstract: A liquid detector comprising a housing having a plurality of side walls and a bottom surface; a sensor mounted within a cavity of the housing and having a sensing surface configured to detect a liquid on an outer surface of a first of the plurality of side walls, and securing means to secure the housing relative to a surface of an external reservoir, wherein the plurality of side walls extends from a top end to a lower end, wherein the bottom surface has a profile comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and second portion are lower than the plurality of side walls, and wherein at least a lower-most point of the second portion is lower than at least one point of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ASPEN PUMPS LIMITED
    Inventor: Claire Saich
  • Patent number: 11959473
    Abstract: A reciprocating piston air compressor includes a programmable logic controller, a tank, a motor, a pump, a variable speed drive, a head unloader and a cooling system. The programmable logic controller and/or variable speed drive are utilized to monitor the operating state of the air compressor and to control various operational variables, such as motor and pump speed. The air compressor can utilize the variable speed drive to operate a three phase motor on single-phase power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton-Max, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Scott Cain
  • Patent number: 11939939
    Abstract: An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump housing may include an integral vapor trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Jonathan T. Bykowski
  • Patent number: 11930618
    Abstract: A liquid cooling head includes a bottom plate, a heat dissipation plate, a partition plate and an upper cover plate. The bottom plate includes an opening, and the heat dissipation plate, the partition plate and the upper cover plate are fixed to the bottom plate. The partition plate divides the opening into a plurality of cooling chambers, and each cooling chamber is equipped with a cooling liquid inlet, a cooling liquid outlet, a pump and an electric control device. The cooling liquid inlet and the cooling liquid outlet are formed in the upper cover plate, the pump is fluid-connected to the cooling liquid outlet, and the electric control device drives the pump to rotate, so that the cooling liquid flows through the cooling chamber to cool one heat source below the heat dissipation plate. In addition, a liquid cooling device with the liquid cooling head is also disclosed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Tian-Li Ye, Jen-Hao Lin, Chien-An Chen
  • Patent number: 11913450
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a discharge guide disposed in a high-pressure part to guide refrigerant discharged from a compression part to a refrigerant discharge pipe, and the discharge guide may extend by a preset height from an inner circumferential surface of a casing constituting the high-pressure part toward one side surface of a high and low pressure separation plate. This can guide discharge refrigerant discharged to the high-pressure part to quickly flow to the refrigerant discharge pipe before being spread in an entire space of the high-pressure part, thereby preventing the high and low pressure separation plate from being overheated by discharge refrigerant of high temperature. This can result in preventing suction refrigerant of a low-pressure part from being heated by heat of discharge refrigerant transferred through the high and low pressure separation plate, thereby reducing a specific volume of the suction refrigerant and improving compressor efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinyong Jang, Sanghun Seong, Honghee Park, Byeonghun Yu
  • Patent number: 11872938
    Abstract: A mirror assembly is described having an integrated fan, which is adapted to be used in an automobile. In some uses, the mirror assembly may be used to watch infants and toddlers and keep them cool with flowing air as needed. In other uses, the mirror assembly may be used to cool off a driver or passenger of a vehicle who has connected the mirror assembly to a visor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventor: Quinn Michael Biesinger
  • Patent number: 11867299
    Abstract: A flow path switching valve is used in an engine water cooling system mounted on a mounting surface of an engine, and switches a flow path of a cooling water in the engine water cooling system. The engine water cooling system has a block jacket formed on a cylinder block and a head jacket formed on a cylinder head, connected to each other via a communication passage. The cooling water flowing in from an inlet of the block jacket flows into an inlet port of the flow path switching valve from an outlet of the head jacket via the communication passage. An inflow barrier plate is provided, which closes a part of a leak path side of the inlet port to suppress an inflow of the cooling water from the block jacket via a leak path made in the cylinder block and the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Kanki
  • Patent number: 11844708
    Abstract: Described here are prosthetic systems, devices, and methods of use therefor. Generally, a prosthesis may be configured to set a resistance to rotation of a prosthetic joint based on a phase of gait. The prosthesis may include a first cylinder, a first piston slidable within the first cylinder, a fluid sump, and a fluid circuit. The fluid circuit may include a plurality of interconnected fluid channels having a unidirectional variable-resistance valve and a set of check valves that are configured to provide unidirectional flow through the valve during piston compression and extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Proteor USA, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. Prince, Jonathan M. Byars, Robert M. Glidden, IV, Hugo A. Quintero, Michael L. Palmer
  • Patent number: 11845175
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the invention a quick draining pool tool is provided. A base tube has a distal end opposite a proximal end and is operable to receive and secure a tool. A drain is defined by the base tube. A first stage tube has a distal end opposite a proximal end and is connected to the base tube. One or more secondary stage tubes are operable to be disposed within the first stage tube. The one or more said secondary stage tubes are operable to telescopically extend from the distal end of the first stage tube. A grip is disposed at the distal end of the secondary stage tubes and defines a vent operable to enable rapid draining of the pool tool. An interior flow path is defined by the base tube, the first stage tube, and the one or more secondary stage tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Howard
  • Patent number: 11839854
    Abstract: An energy recovery system for use in a reverse osmosis system is provided. The energy recovery system has a pair of double headed pistons that reciprocate to pressurize unfiltered water into a reverse osmosis filtration unit. High pressure wastewater from the reverse osmosis filtration unit is used in conjunction with a pump to pressurize the unfiltered water that is pumped to the reverse osmosis filtration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Kamel, Kelly Sullivan, Steven T. Yoshimura, Bruce Worsley, Salvador Lopez
  • Patent number: 11795972
    Abstract: A vacuum pump capable of removing side reaction products without overhaul is provided. The vacuum pump includes A motor for rotating a rotor, a heater capable of raising a temperature, a base spacer for holding the heater, a controller capable of controlling the heater by switching an operation mode between a normal operation mode and a cleaning operation mode, and a storage portion storing information on a set temperature relating to the heater, the storage portion stores at least first temperature information for the normal operation mode, or more specifically, set temperature information capable of using the pump without nonconformity, second temperature information for the cleaning operation mode, or more specifically, set temperature information capable of re-gasifying side reaction products generated during the normal operation mode, and the temperature represented by the second temperature information is higher than the temperature represented by the first temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Koichi Ichihara, Takashi Kabasawa
  • Patent number: 11800678
    Abstract: A cold plate is provided and includes a casing, a guiding baffle, a base, a first inlet passage, an outlet passage and a pump. The guiding baffle is disposed in the casing and defines a fluid storage chamber together with the casing. The fluid storage chamber is filled with a working medium. The guiding baffle includes a communication opening. The base, the casing and guiding baffle together define a working space. The working medium flows into the working space through the communication opening, and the base is used for absorbing thermal energy and transfers the thermal energy to the working medium. The first inlet passage communicates with the fluid storage chamber and allows the cooled working medium to flow into the fluid storage chamber. The outlet passage communicates with the working space to allow the heated working medium to be discharged from the working space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-An Chen, Chien-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11793929
    Abstract: A micropump according to the invention uses axially oriented pistons to define a pump volume. Translating the pistons axially with respect to each other within a pump housing draws a metered amount of fluid into the pump volume from a reservoir port for delivery to a cannula port when the space is collapsed. Radially situated seals on the pistons cooperate with the axial movement to close off and open the cannula port and the reservoir port respectively at different positions of the piston stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Focht, Joseph Gordon, Matthew J. Perry, Justin Fisk
  • Patent number: 11788529
    Abstract: An example assembly comprises: a main housing; an electric motor disposed in the main housing and comprising a stator fixedly positioned in the main housing, and a rotor positioned within the stator; a hydraulic pump positioned in the main housing and at least partially within the rotor, wherein the hydraulic pump is configured to receive fluid from an inlet port and provide fluid flow to an outlet port, wherein the hydraulic pump comprises a pump shaft rotatably coupled to the rotor of the electric motor; a controller housing coupled to the main housing; and a motor controller comprising one or more circuit boards disposed within the controller housing and configured to generate electric current to drive the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Satish Kumar Raju Kalidindi, Steven Huard, Yu-Sen Chu, Suresh Natarajan, Brian Burgess, Frank Iannizzaro, Patrick Toops, Robb Fisher
  • Patent number: 11773853
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-stage screw compressor with which an intermediate shaft section of a rotor can be made shorter. A two-stage screw compressor includes a front-stage compressing mechanism 1 which has a front-stage male rotor 11A and a front-stage female rotor 11B, and which compresses air, and a rear-stage compressing mechanism 2 which has a rear-stage male rotor 12A and a rear-stage female rotor 12B, and which further compresses the air compressed by the front-stage compressing mechanism 1. The front-stage male rotor 11A and the rear-stage male rotor 12A are configured to be coaxial, and the front-stage female rotor 11B and the rear-stage female rotor 12B are configured to be coaxial. An axial delivery pocket 34 of the front-stage compressing mechanism 1 and an axial intake pocket 39 of the rear-stage compressing mechanism 2 are arranged in a positional relation of partly overlapping with each other in the axial direction of the rotor, and are separated from each other by a separating wall 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kasahara, Sho Nikaido, Yuki Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 11761676
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a terminal unit that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of a compressor, and electrically connects components provided in the compressor and outside the compressor; a side soundproof cover that covers the outer peripheral surface of the compressor except for the terminal unit; and a terminal cover that covers the terminal unit exposed from the side soundproof cover to the outside of the side soundproof cover, and soundproofs the terminal unit. The terminal cover is attached to the side soundproof cover such that the state of the terminal cover can be changed between a state in which the terminal cover covers the terminal unit and a state in which the terminal cover does not cover the terminal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Otsuka, Noka Sakabe, Mizuo Sakai, Tetsuya Yamashita, Masafumi Tomita
  • Patent number: 11738440
    Abstract: A portable, battery-powered hydraulic unit for hydraulic rescue tools, in particular for spreading or cutting tools, as well as a rescue tool equipped therewith, are disclosed. The hydraulic unit includes at least one hydraulic pump, a hydraulic tank, a compensation device for hydraulic fluid, a manually operated hydraulic control valve, an electromechanical interface for on-demand coupling and decoupling of at least one battery pack, a mechanical-hydraulic interface for connecting a hydraulic tool, and an electric motor operable by the electrical energy of the battery pack for driving the hydraulic pump. The electric motor is formed by a disc-shaped motor whose axial length extending in parallel to the longitudinal axis of its output shaft is shorter than its outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Weber-Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Schmollngruber, Dominik Steinparzer
  • Patent number: 11719260
    Abstract: A top side-less pump system for managing multiphase fluid includes a pump subsystem having a suction and a discharge. A first gas liquid extraction unit has a multiphase fluid inlet and a liquid outlet. The liquid outlet is coupled to the suction for providing a liquid rich fluid to the bearing lubrications. An ejector is coupled to a gas outlet of the main gas liquid extraction unit to receive a gas rich fluid. A second gas liquid extraction unit is coupled to an outlet of the ejector. A water based lubrication liquid unit is coupled to the inlets of the pump and, after being energized at higher pressure, injected into the bearings through built in lubrication and cooling passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Costin Ifrim
  • Patent number: 11718206
    Abstract: A drive bush configured to circumferentially rotate and drive a pair of wedge members in an eccentric space includes a cylindrical portion rotatably supported inside a boss portion of an internal tooth constituting member, a flange portion integrally formed at a first end portion in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion so as to face one side surface side of the wedge members, and a pushing portion integrally provided on the outer peripheral side of the flange portion, and configured to release a wedge effect by circumferentially pushing the wedge members. The inner surface of the cylindrical portion is integrally formed with a wall portion, and the wall portion is formed with, in the middle thereof, a female spline teeth meshing with the output shaft of a motor. The cylindrical portion, the wall portion including the female spline teeth and the flange portion have substantially the same thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TF-METAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihisa Oishi
  • Patent number: 11697399
    Abstract: A washer fluid pump includes: a housing in which a motor and an impeller rotated by the motor are housed; a washer fluid introduction pipe which extends vertically from the housing; a plotter which is movable along the washer fluid introduction pipe; a moving body which is connected to the plotter and contains a magnetic material; and a reed switch which is switched on/off by a movement of the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Gyu Park, Sang Hyun Jung
  • Patent number: 11679744
    Abstract: An inflator includes an inflator housing, a pressure sensor operable to generate a pressure signal related to an outlet pressure of the inflator, a motor within the inflator housing, a battery pack removably coupleable to the inflator housing, and a controller electrically coupled to the motor and the battery pack. The controller is configured to receive the pressure signal from the pressure sensor, determine a rate of pressurization change based on the pressure signal, determine a static pressure value based on the rate of pressurization change, and determine a motor time delay based on a target pressure value, the static pressure value, and the rate of pressurization change. The controller is also configured to generate a control signal when the motor time delay substantially equals zero. The control signal is operable to cause power to the motor to be turned off to stop a pressurization condition of the inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. McIntyre, Huang Yan Jian, Xu Wen Chao, Dan Jun Guo, Jonathan M. Mantes
  • Patent number: 11619233
    Abstract: An enclosure system may be formed of a lightweight panel with a thin non-porous membrane that enables the extraction and leak detection of hazardous gases from housing equipment such as vacuum pumps, valves, abatement equipment and the like. Additionally, the enclosure system includes a one or multiple layers of wire mesh which prevent projectiles with a high kinetic energy from escaping from the housing equipment thereby minimising the risk of an explosion causing parts or panels to be ejected from the enclosure system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Malcolm William Gray
  • Patent number: 11592352
    Abstract: A leak detection system includes a testing interface, which includes a rotation holder configured to retain and rotate a package. The testing interface includes a plunger apparatus configured to actuate a plunger to apply a pressure to the package before and/or during the package being inspected using a high voltage leak detection (HVLD) apparatus. The testing interface also includes a controller configured to operate and coordinate the operation of the testing interface with operation of the HVLD apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Packaging Technologies and Inspection, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Treloar, Andrew O'Sullivan, Heinz Wolf
  • Patent number: 11585566
    Abstract: A condensate trap for providing improved gas seal to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) system. The trap can include an interior reservoir containing a volume of fluid to create a gas seal between an inlet pathway and an output. The interior reservoir can be accessed through an access port, by removing a removable cover, for maintenance and inspection. The trap can include vents or vent precursors for aiding in drainage of excess fluid, as well as early detection of problem conditions. The trap can be made from modified parts put together in a specific manner, or through purpose-built parts. The trap can include liquid level sensors and inspection windows to aid in early detection of problem conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Kenneth Eugene Conley
  • Patent number: 11549443
    Abstract: An apparatus of an aircraft engine having lubricated moving components is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing having a lubricant cavity for receiving lubricant and a service port cavity, the housing defining a selectively openable service port for accessing the service port cavity. A shaft is mounted for rotation about a rotational axis to the housing. A seal is mounted about the shaft forming a partition between the lubricant cavity and the service port cavity. A vent channel extends between the lubricant cavity and the service port cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Simon Baker-Ostiguy, Pierre Gauvin, Herve Turcotte
  • Patent number: 11542950
    Abstract: A vacuum pump capable of suppressing the solidification of gas in a normal operation of a pump is provided. Provided is a vacuum pump including a casing that has an inlet port for sucking gas from outside and an outlet port for exhausting the gas to the outside; a turbo-molecular-pump mechanism that is disposed in the casing and includes rotor blades and stator blades alternately arranged in multiple stages in an axial direction; a thread-groove-pump mechanism that is disposed in the casing and is connectedly disposed on an exhaust side of the turbo-molecular-pump mechanism; first temperature regulating means that is configured to regulate cooling of the turbo-molecular-pump mechanism; and second temperature regulating means that is configured to regulate heating of the thread-groove-pump mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Tooru Miwata, Yoshiyuki Takai, Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11542959
    Abstract: A motor vehicle pump arrangement includes a pumping unit and a mounting arrangement. The pumping unit has a substantially cylindrical pumping unit housing and at least one support protrusion which radially protrudes from the pumping unit housing. The mounting arrangement mounts the pumping unit to a motor vehicle mounting structure corresponding thereto. The mounting arrangement has a ring-shaped pump support body. The pump support body radially surrounds and supports the pumping unit and is attachable to the motor vehicle mounting structure. An axial side of the pump support body includes a castellated structure having axially extending merlons and protrusion receptacles. One protrusion receptacle is arranged between two adjacent merlons. The support protrusion engages with at least one of the protrusion receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Findeisen, Rene Patzner, Wolfgang Zacher
  • Patent number: 11534587
    Abstract: A blood glucose monitoring and controlling system includes a detecting device and a liquid supplying device. The detecting device includes a first microneedle patch, a liquid pumping actuator, a sensor and a monitoring and controlling chip. The liquid supplying device includes a second microneedle patch, a liquid supplying actuator, a liquid supplying chamber and a liquid supplying and controlling chip. The detecting device is used to measure the blood glucose level of the user, and the liquid supplying device is used to supply insulin liquid. While the detecting device measures that the blood glucose level of the user is abnormal, the liquid supplying device is actuated to inject the insulin liquid into the user's body, thereby stabilizing the user's blood glucose level constantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Wei-Ming Lee, Hsuan-Kai Chen, Chang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 11506170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a generator device using potential energy, relating to the field of new technologies. The generator device using potential energy includes a ball buoy and connecting rods, the ball buoy includes a casing, flywheels, a transmission gear and generators, the flywheel, the transmission gear and the generators are located inside the casing. A generator gear is provided on a rotary shaft of each of the generators, the transmission gear is provided with external teeth and internal teeth, and the generator gear is engaged with the internal teeth, and the flywheels are engaged with the external teeth. The connecting rods are each connected with one of the flywheels inside the casing through a rotating shaft arranged on the casing, and the flywheels are driven to rotate in one direction by the connecting rods through the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yibo Science and Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Shujiang Song, Yi Song
  • Patent number: 11480170
    Abstract: A gearbox is coupled to a power end housing of a reciprocating pump, where the gearbox includes at least one support member having a first end securely affixed to the gearbox, and the at least one support member having a second end securely affixed to an immobile part of the reciprocating pump for supporting the gearbox and resisting movement of the gearbox relative to the reciprocating pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph H. Byrne, Edward C. Kotapish, Jacob A. Bayyouk, Lawrence Waweru
  • Patent number: 11480184
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor includes a compressor shell, a terminal provided on the compressor shell, a terminal guard erected on the compressor shell and surrounding the terminal, and a terminal cover mounted to the terminal guard and covering the terminal. A terminal chamber is defined by the compressor shell, the terminal guard, and the terminal cover. Except for at least a body of the terminal, metal portions facing the terminal chamber are generally covered with an insulator such that the metal portions are not exposed to the terminal chamber. The insulator includes an insulating portion that covers an inner surface of the terminal guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Sugiyama, Tomoko Mizuguchi, Souichi Nakamura, Eitarou Nakatani
  • Patent number: 11460375
    Abstract: A specific sound having a higher frequency than an operation sound of an engine is generated in synchronization with timing of a top dead center of a specific cylinder of the engine. Thus, timing of a noise of the engine is estimated by using, for example, a deviation in time between timing of generation of a specific sound and timing at which a noise occurs in the engine, based on a sound collected from around the engine without directly using a signal of a crank angle of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshiya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11428091
    Abstract: A gas separator can include an intake section. Splines extend radially from an inner manifold of the intake section and engage an interior surface of an outer housing, thereby isolating openings formed in the splines from longitudinal channels extending through the outer housing. Another gas separator can include an intake section, a discharge section and multiple intermediate sections connected between the intake and discharge sections. A gas separation system can include a completion string including a packer, a downhole pump and a gas separator connected between the packer and the pump. An annulus is formed between the gas separator and a wellbore, an intake section of the gas separator receives formation fluids from below the packer, a discharge section of the gas separator discharges gas and liquids into the annulus, the intake section receives the liquids from the annulus, and the pump receives the liquids from the discharge section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Odessa Separator, Inc.
    Inventors: Cavin B. Frost, Daniel L. Culbertson, DaƱelle N. Campbell, Lowell C. Kirkland, Gustavo A. Gonzalez-Cabrera
  • Patent number: 11408409
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automobile inflatable pump comprising: a driving assembly; a rocker arm, a rear end of which is mounted on a power output end of the drive assembly; a cylinder block connected to the drive assembly and defining a piston cavity inside; a piston provided on a front end of the rocker arm, the piston being movably received in the piston cavity to divide the piston cavity into a front cavity having an inflation inlet and a rear cavity communicating with the external environment, the drive assembly driving the rocker arm to rotate, thus the piston moves back and forth in a straight line; and a sealing ring provided in the first annular groove, a front end of the sealing ring protruding at least in part beyond the outer peripheral wall of the piston. The invention has beneficial effects of simplified structure, improved production efficiency, and reduced costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU ANTU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinhua Kuang
  • Patent number: 11363739
    Abstract: A liquid cooling head device includes a base, a cover covering the base, an inlet portion disposed on the base, an outlet portion formed on the cover, and a fluid pump having a housing and a fan blade. The base includes a diversion channel, an opening and a first chamber connected to the diversion channel and the opening. A second chamber is formed between the cover and the base, and connected to the first chamber through the opening. The inlet portion is connected to the first chamber through the diversion channel. The housing covers one surface of the cover, so that a third chamber is collectively defined by the housing and the cover, and connected with the second chamber and the outlet portion. The fan blade is located in the third chamber, and the diversion channel is located between the fan blade and the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Tian-Li Ye, Jen-Hao Lin, Chien-An Chen
  • Patent number: 11352930
    Abstract: A combined heating and power system is configured to generate energy as well capture a large percentage of energy that would otherwise be lost using components, including heat transfer components, embedded within a vessel to transfer energy in the form of heat to liquid within the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: James Warren, Gregory Powell, William V Meyers, Jr., Richard Steven Niswander, Mark Helmut Dorner, Noah Alexander Hopson, Jack Lawrence Jerovsek
  • Patent number: 11333150
    Abstract: A compressor may include a casing having a refrigerant inlet space therein that communicates with a suction pipe through which a refrigerant is suctioned into the casing; a high/low pressure separation plate that crosses an upper portion of a compression unit to partition the refrigerant inlet space positioned at a lower portion of the high/low pressure separation plate and a refrigerant discharge space positioned at an upper portion thereof; and a discharge guide. The discharge guide may be provided in the refrigerant discharge space and may be coupled with an upper surface of the high/low pressure separation plate to cover a communication hole of the high/low pressure separation plate that provides communication between the refrigerant inlet space and the refrigerant discharge space and at least a portion thereof may extend to a discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gyeongjoong Ryu, Joo Youngse, Dong Gyu Hong
  • Patent number: 11286184
    Abstract: A generator (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) is used for producing a treated oxygen containing gas for treating a body of matter (11). The generator (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) extends along a generator axis and has an axially extending hollow sleeve (12) defining an internal space (14). At least one lid (16) is located at one of the axial ends of the sleeve (12) and a UV light source (18) and at least one magnet (20) are located along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: POOL PURITY LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan Jacob Heller, Tomer Jay Levy
  • Patent number: 11289978
    Abstract: A power apparatus for integrated cooling includes a housing, a driving section disposed in the housing, a generator disposed in front or in rear of the driving section in the housing to generate electricity by receiving power from the driving section, and a cooling section disposed in front of the generator in the housing to inhale a fluid by receiving the power from the driving section and cool the generator and the driving section, wherein the cooling section is configured to divide the inhaled fluid toward the driving section and the generator to cool the driving section and the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Keun Bae Kim, Bo Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11273547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable, battery-powered hydraulic unit for hydraulic rescue tools, in particular for spreading or cutting tools, as well as a rescue tool equipped therewith. The hydraulic unit comprises at least one hydraulic pump, a hydraulic tank, a compensation device for hydraulic fluid, a manually operated hydraulic control valve, an electromechanical interface for on-demand coupling and decoupling of at least one battery pack, a mechanical-hydraulic interface for connecting a hydraulic tool, and an electric motor operable by the electrical energy of the battery pack for driving the hydraulic pump. The electric motor is formed by a disc motor whose axial length extending in parallel to the longitudinal axis of its output shaft is shorter than its outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Weber-Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Schmollngruber, Dominik Steinparzer
  • Patent number: 11098707
    Abstract: An electrochemically actuated pump and an electrochemical actuator for use with a pump. The pump includes one of various stroke volume multiplier configuration with the pressure of a pumping fluid assisting actuation of a driving fluid bellows. The electrochemical actuator has at least one electrode fluidically coupled to the driving fluid chamber of the first pump housing and at least one electrode fluidically coupled to the driving fluid chamber of the second pump housing. Accordingly, the electrochemical actuator selectively pressurized hydrogen gas within a driving fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Lynntech, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger W. van Boeyen, Jonathan A. Reeh, Mehmet Kesmez, Eric A. Heselmeyer, Jeffrey S. Parkey
  • Patent number: 11073152
    Abstract: Disclosed herein may be a compressor. The compressor may include: a casing; a compression unit configured to suck refrigerant from a suction space of the casing, compress the sucked refrigerant, and discharge the compressed refrigerant to a discharge space of the casing; an oil recovery passage configured to recover oil separated from refrigerant in the discharge space to the suction space; and a reducer inserted into the oil recovery passage to reduce a pressure of oil passing through the oil recovery passage. The reducer may include a deformation preventing unit configured to prevent the reducer from being damaged when the reducer is inserted into the oil recovery passage. Therefore, the reducer may be prevented from being damaged when the reducer is inserted into the oil recovery passage. The costs required to prevent the reducer from being damaged, check the conditions of the reducer, and repair reducer may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Hong Min Kim, Kweon Soo Lim, Soo Cheol Jeong, Hun Teck Jo