Pump And Motor Interconnected By Endless Flexible Transmission Element Patents (Class 417/362)
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Publication number: 20100166574Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a cooling fan, an electric motor and a belt. The cooling fan includes a fan housing and an impeller. The impeller includes a hub, a plurality of fan blades and a shaft extending from the hub and having a distal end protruded out of the fan housing. A fan pulley is fixed to the distal end of the shaft. The electric motor includes a driving pulley. The belt has one end engaging with the driving pulley of the electric motor and an opposite end engaging with the fan pulley of the cooling fan. Rotation of the driving pulley of the electric motor is transferred to the fan pulley via the belt to cause the impeller to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: XIN-XIANG ZHA, YE-FEI YU, JUN DING, JER-HUAR KUO
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Publication number: 20100139298Abstract: Multiple compressors are connected to a common shaft of a drive motor. Provision may be made for selectively disengaging one or more of the compressors from its drive connection. The multiple compressors an preferably attached to opposite ends of a common motor shaft extending from both ends of the motor. Multiple compressors may be arranged to operate in parallel flow relationship or in series flow relationship in a single refrigerant circuit. The compressors may also be installed on separate refrigerant circuits. In a series flow relationship, a vapor or liquid injection function may be provided. Both compressors may be of an open-drive design, or one of the compressors nay share a common housing with the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2007Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Alexander Lifson, Micheal F. Taras
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Publication number: 20100111723Abstract: A water pump assembly for an internal combustion engine including a housing, as well as first and second rotatable shafts supported by the housing. First and second pulleys are fixed for rotation with the first and second shafts, respectively. A pumping member is fixed for rotation with the second shaft. A flexible member engages the first and second pulleys and is sized to slip relative to one of the first and second pulleys when in an unloaded state. A control mechanism selectively applies a load to the flexible member to cease the slipping and drivingly interconnect the first and second pulleys to rotate the pumping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Radisav JOCIC
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Publication number: 20100054959Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a pump driving unit for driving an above ground pump. The pump driving unit utilizes a single prime mover and a drive train for actuating multiple components required to drive the above ground pump. Some implementations of the pump driving unit include phase separation devices, filtering units, and cooling units that may also be actuated by the drive train of the unit. Some implementations of the pump driving unit further include an enclosure and a platform for containing the unit and simplifying on-site installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Tracy Rogers, Matt Montoya, Curtis Crosby
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Publication number: 20100054966Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a pump driving unit for driving a subterranean pump. The pump driving unit utilizes a single prime mover and a drive train for actuating multiple components required to drive the subterranean pump. Some implementations of the pump driving unit include phase separation devices, filtering units, and cooling units that may also be actuated by the drive train of the unit. Some implementations of the pump driving unit further include an enclosure and a platform for containing the unit and simplifying on-site installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Tracy Rogers, Matt Montoya, Curtis Crosby
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Patent number: 7618338Abstract: A composite automotive pulley wheel and pump comprises a pulley wheel (2) and a pump (22). The pump comprises an impeller (20) carried on a rotary shaft (6), an inlet region (24) and an outlet region (26). The pulley is mounted on the shaft (6) and comprises a radially outwardly extending support (4) connected to an annular axially extending flange (10, 12), the outer surface of which is adapted to be engaged by a pulley belt. The flange (4) defines a cooling fluid passage (14) within it which extends in the circumferential direction and communicates at two circumferentially spaced positions with an inlet passage (16) and an outlet passage (18), respectively. The inlet and outlet passages (16, 18) extend through the support (4) and the shaft (6) and communicate with the outlet region (26) and the inlet region (24), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Ricardo UK LimitedInventor: David Gareth Greenwood
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Publication number: 20090214357Abstract: A variable speed drive for RPM control of a revolvable device, preferably a progressing cavity pump, is proposed. It comprises parallel driving and driven shafts, coupled respectively to a first and second substantially identical cone-shaped rotors, situated in inverse positions to each other; an elastic belt, stretchably placed around the rotors, forming a left branch, a right branch, and curved sections frictionally coupled with the rotors; and a speed control means, capable to displace the left branch upward or alternatively to displace the right branch downward, causing corresponding displacements of the belt, changing the transmission ratio, thereby controlling the RPM of the rotatable device, in some embodiments—automatically. Known materials, parts, and inexpensive technologies can be utilized in the drive, and can be manufactured, e.g., by establishments in the oil equipment and machinery industry, and thus can be efficient, cheap, reliable, and convenient for producers and users.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventor: Serge V. Galley
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Publication number: 20090191069Abstract: An HVAC&R system including a blower system having a vertical motor adjustment is provided. The HVAC&R system includes a cooling unit, a heating unit, an air conditioning unit, and a blower unit. The blower unit includes a blower assembly having a fan unit within a fan unit support frame. A motor attached to a height adjustable motor base is attached to a top surface of the fan unit support frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Harold J. DUBENSKY, Wayne Joseph PIERJOK, Jyotindra S. SHAH, Martin Dale WEATHERD, Robert E. BENDER, Bryan BURNWORTH
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Publication number: 20090169400Abstract: An integrated fan and pump drive system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: CUMMINS, INC.Inventors: Bhavin Paarikh, Kristopher R. Bare
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Patent number: 7543454Abstract: According to one form of the invention, an auxiliary system is provided for supplying air conditioning to the cabin of a truck. The system includes an air conditioning compressor having a jackshaft mounted on a hub of the compressor. The system further includes an electric motor connected to the jackshaft by a belt for the motor, wherein the electric motor has a drive shaft and a pulley rigidly secured thereon, i.e., with no clutch and with no provision for slippage of the pulley relative to the drive shaft. The jackshaft has a pulley thereon for the electric motor drive. An end of the jackshaft that is not proximate to the compressor is rotatably held by a bearing and a bearing bracket in order to increase capability of the jackshaft to withstand side loading.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Zero Emission Systems, Inc.Inventor: Warner Olan Harris
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Patent number: 7540719Abstract: A power transmission for a compressor includes a driven member rotable by an engine. The power transmission includes a drive member rotable coaxially with the driven member to rotate a shaft of a compressor for regulating displacement of the compressor. The power transmission includes a link interconnecting the driven member and the drive member with each other in a crossing direction relative to the drive shaft. The link is disengageable from one member of the driven member and the drive member.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventor: Yukio Umemura
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Publication number: 20090136367Abstract: Provided is an air compressor that can keep good alignment between pulleys 2b and 3b respectively of a compressor body and an electric motor, and a drive belt 4 placed thereacross. Between a base 1 and the electric motor 3, an adjustment mechanism 5 is provided for adjusting the tension of the drive belt 4 by changing the relative position between the compressor body 2 and the electric motor 3. The adjustment mechanism 5 is provided with an electric-motor base 6 for supporting the electric motor, a support unit 7 that supports the electric-motor base 6 to allow a tilting axis thereof to be able to tilt at a position lower of an output shaft of the electric motor, and fixing unit 8 provided between an end of the electric-motor base 6 and the base 1 for fixing the electric-motor base 6 in a tilting state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomotake Sakaguchi, Yuji Kamiya, Keito Chiba, Tomoyuki Kado
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Publication number: 20090003986Abstract: Provided are a pumping device and a pumping system utilizing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventor: Kyungho Lee
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Publication number: 20080213419Abstract: A pump system comprising a delivery assembly configured to feed a solid material under operational power of a first drive motor, and a screw pump comprising a housing that at least partially defines a barrel of the screw pump, an extrusion tip secured to the housing at a first end of the barrel, a liquefier secured to the housing and intersecting with the barrel, and an impeller extending at least partially through the barrel. The liquefier is configured to receive the solid material fed from the delivery assembly, to at least partially melt the received solid material, and to direct the at least partially melted material to the barrel, and the impeller is configured to drive the at least partially melted material that is directed to the barrel toward the extrusion tip under operational power of a second drive motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Skubic, James W. Comb, Jerome K. Grudem, William J. Swanson, John Samuel Batchelder, Steven M. Brose
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Patent number: 7396215Abstract: A water pump comprises a pump body, a cylindrical supporting portion, a pulley, a shaft portion, an impeller, a seal member, a pulley cylinder portion, a wall portion, a through-hole formed, a cover covering the wall portion and the pulley cylinder portion of the pulley from one side of the pulley, and the cover formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom portion and including a reservoir for receiving fluid that has leaked through the seal member.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Ozawa, Yojiro Koga, Atsushi Chiba, Itsuro Hashiguchi
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Publication number: 20080152511Abstract: A power transmission device of a compressor includes a rotary shaft, a pulley, a hub, a power shutoff member, a spacer and a cylinder. The power shutoff member shuts off excessive torque transmission between the pulley and the rotary shaft of the compressor. The spacer is disposed on the rotary shaft. The cylinder is disposed between the power shutoff member and the rotary shaft. The cylinder has an external thread portion formed at the outer periphery thereof for engagement with an internal thread portion of the power shutoff member and an internal thread portion formed at the inner periphery thereof for engagement with an external thread portion of the rotary shaft. The cylinder has a contacting surface for contact with a seating surface of the spacer and a seating surface for contact with a contacting surface of the hub at the axial end portion of the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Fuminobu Enokijima, Naoya Yokomachi, Tetsuhiko Fukanuma
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Patent number: 7384247Abstract: A centrifugal blower is provided which incorporates a self-contained air cooling system. The blower includes a drive assembly connected to a drive motor and disposed within a housing having inlet and outlet apertures. A centrifugal compressor is connected to the drive assembly and disposed exteriorly to the housing adjacent to the outlet apertures. Rotation of a drive pulley, including a fan, by the drive motor causes air to enter the housing through the inlet apertures, flow over components of the drive assembly, and exit through the outlet apertures. A spindle assembly having a rigid bearing arrangement is also provided. One or more bearing elements are disposed at opposite ends of a spacer and between a shaft and housing of the spindle assembly. Such rigid pre-loaded bearing arrangement eliminates “unloading” concerns, and allows load sharing between bearing elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Vortech Engineering, LLCInventor: Robert B. Anderson
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Patent number: 7338400Abstract: A belt tensioning system for a motor and a belt-driven blower each secured inside an air handling unit. The blower rotatably carries a first shaft, a first sheave and a bladed arrangement being secured to the first shaft. A second sheave secured to a second shaft is rotatably carried by the motor. A belt engaging the periphery of the first sheave and the second sheave urges the first sheave to rotate about the first shaft in response to the motor urging the second sheave to rotate about the second shaft. An adjuster having adjustment means is secured to the structure. Actuating the adjustment means in a direction urges the motor either toward the adjuster or away from the adjuster to vary the distance between the first sheave and the second sheave to vary the tension in the belt.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Wayne Joseph Pierjok, Dennis Timothy Diamond, Robert H. Edgell, Jyotindra S. Shah, Anthony J. Reardon
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Publication number: 20080044298Abstract: The invention is a high pressure pump, frame and housing assembly including a high pressure pump, electric motor, belt drive, metal frame, plastic housing and noise absorbing sheets that combine to suppress vibration, attenuate noise and allow viewing of the motorized pump assembly. The motorized pump produces a flow rate of at least 4 gpm at a pressure of at least 2,000 psi, while the assembly keeps the noise level at or below about 77 decibels. Vibrations are suppressed by the frame and housing which are formed by irregularly shaped and sized frame members, segments and panels. The housing panels combine with the porous noise attenuating sheets to form dead zones for absorbing noise. The sheets and dead zones are compactly arranged inside the frame segments. Two transparent panels form dual opposed windows for lighting and viewing the active internal components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2006Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventor: Stephen J. Laski
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Patent number: 7278833Abstract: A hybrid compressor includes a first compression mechanism, which is driven by a first drive source, a second compression mechanism, which is driven by a second drive source, and a communication path communicating between a suction chamber of the first compression mechanism and a suction chamber of the second compression mechanism. The first compression mechanism may be adapted only to be driven by the first drive source and the second compression mechanism may be adapted only to be driven the second drive source. Therefore, the compression mechanisms are adapted to their respective drive sources.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Sanden CorporationInventors: Akiyoshi Higashiyama, Hideki Matsumura, Suguru Okazawa
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Patent number: 7275735Abstract: A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removal of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Brenneke, Larry Burdick, Hobart Cox, Mark Kauffmann, Robert Lewis, Jason Stratman, Eric Wiedemann
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Publication number: 20070212236Abstract: A portable air/gas compressor capable of manufacturing compressed or pressurized air/gas. In at least one embodiment, compressors capable of producing clean, dry, compressed air/gas (e.g., either in naturally occurring atmospheric nitrogen/oxygen ratios or as purified nitrogen or in alternative ratios therebetween) employing atmospheric air as a starting material. In at least one additional embodiment, compressors which are compact, lightweight, portable and/or mechanically non-complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventor: Robert Lew Turan
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Patent number: 7198473Abstract: An air compressor unit having an enclosure with a base. A motor is rigidly mounted to the base, and the motor drives both an airend and an impeller. The airend is pivotally mounted with respect to the base. The airend is directly connected to a horizontal separator tank, and the separator tank supports the airend. The airend and separator tank comprise a single integrated unit, and the separator tank is pivotally mounted to the base. The motor is a dual shafted motor having a drive side shaft and a non-drive shaft extending from opposite ends of the motor. A drive system is coupled to the drive side shaft and transfers power from the motor to the airend. The drive system is a belt and pulley system, and the airend is pivoted with respect to the motor to adjust belt tension. The impeller is coupled to the non-drive side shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: Mark Stickland, Jason Hunt, Stephen Sharp
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Patent number: 7131824Abstract: A portable air compressor (10) includes a motor (24) having an output shaft (76) and a compressor (18) having an input shaft (66). The compressor (18) further includes a lower mounting surface (64) and an upper cooling surface (60). The upper cooling surface (60) lies in a common plane with the output shaft (76) of the motor (24). A drive linkage (26) operably couples the output shaft (76) of the motor (24) for concurrent rotation with the input shaft (66) of the compressor (18). A fan (80) is coupled for rotation with the output shaft (76) of the motor (24) and directs air across the upper cooling surface (60).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Michael P Baron
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Patent number: 7114664Abstract: A texture sprayer is provided with a hopper feeding an air operated double diaphragm pump. The sprayer is provided with a removable power pack which includes a gas engine, an air pump, an air unloading regulator, an air cooler, an air QD and a mounting base with handles. The power pack may be removed from the sprayer cart and located outside so that the sprayer can be used quietly and safely indoors.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Gundersen, James C. Schroeder, David J. Thompson
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Patent number: 7107974Abstract: An apparatus and method for increasing the ratio of air to fuel of engine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing air to fuel injection mechanism by fan; adjusting the speed of fan by the voltage generated by the generator a car so that the corresponding air from the fan is based on the depression of the accelerator of the car; thereby the air to fuel ratio of engine is increased and the engine provides the best efficiency. The device is characterized in that the front side of the housing is a hollow storage cylinder and a passage is provided to the housing, and a fan is mounted at the passage, and the fan is controlled by a controller based on the speed of rotation of the engine and the storage cylinder is mounted with a filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Inventor: Chin-Yu Yang
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Patent number: 7070385Abstract: An efficient axial fan has a housing enclosure with a square inlet opening and a round outlet opening, a fan assembly with a drive motor and a propeller secured to a shaft and coupled thereto. The entrance of the fan housing is provided with a shutter assembly which is disposed horizontally or vertically across the square inlet opening and comprises a plurality of vanes including a central vane operated by a centrifugal shutter mechanism secured to one end of the propeller shaft, opposite to the propeller and adjacent to the central vane of the shutter assembly. The centrifugal shutter mechanism is normally provided with a hermetic housing comprising a pair of radial masses operatively connected via a pair of pivoting arms to an axial sliding reciprocating actuator which is disposed adjacent to the shutter central vane.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Inventor: Angelo Milana
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Patent number: 7029244Abstract: A centrifugal blower is provided which incorporates a self-contained air cooling system. The blower includes a drive assembly connected to a drive motor and disposed within a housing having inlet and outlet apertures. A centrifugal compressor is connected to the drive assembly and disposed exteriorly to the housing adjacent to the outlet apertures. Rotation of a drive pulley, including a fan, by the drive motor causes air to enter the housing through the inlet apertures, flow over components of the drive assembly, and exit through the outlet apertures. A spindle assembly having a rigid bearing arrangement is also provided. One or more bearing elements are disposed at opposite ends of a spacer and between a shaft and housing of the spindle assembly. Such rigid pre-loaded bearing arrangement eliminates “unloading” concerns, and allows load sharing between bearing elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Vortech Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Robert B. Anderson
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Patent number: 7004730Abstract: A shaft for use on in a mud pump having a shaft portion and a hub portion integrally formed with the shaft portion. The hub portion extends radially outwardly of the shaft portion. The shaft portion and the hub portion are machined from a single steel black. The hub portion has an end face with a plurality of bolt holes formed therein. The hub portion is attached to a sheave so as to receive the drive belt of a motor.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Rowan Electric, Inc.Inventor: Kevin R. Williams
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Patent number: 6964559Abstract: A vacuum pump (1) comprising a pump chamber casing (5) accommodating two co-operating rotors (2, 3) which are respectively arranged on a shaft (8, 9). A bearing/gear chamber (6) is disposed adjacent to the pump chamber casing (5) in which the rotor shafts (8, 9) are cantilevered and provided with a synchronisation gear (17). A drive motor (25) whose drive shaft (28) extending parallel to the rotor shafts (8, 9) and is provided with a drive gear (35). A gear stage (37) is disposed between the drive shaft (28) and one of the rotor shafts (8, 9). In order to provide a machine of this type which can be embodied in a compact form, the drive gear (35) of the drive shaft (28) engages directly with a driven gear (36) on one of the rotor shafts (8, 9), forming the gear stage (37).Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2001Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Leybold Vakuum GmbHInventors: Manfred Behling, Lothar Brenner, Thomas Dreifert, Hartmut Kriehn, Klaus Rofall
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Patent number: 6960066Abstract: A water pump includes a rotation member, a hollow shaft portion having an opening on one end and connected to the rotation member for unitary rotating with the rotation member, an impeller connected to the shaft portion for unitary rotating with the shaft portion, a body defining a fluid chamber in which the impeller is rotated, a bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft portion on the body, a sealing member provided between the shaft portion and the body for sealing the fluid chamber and a cover portion for substantively closing the opening of the shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yojiro Koga, Itsuro Hashiguchi, Masaki Chujo, Akihiro Katsumata, Takumi Hattori
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Patent number: 6945758Abstract: A tubeaxial fan (10) broadly including a cylinder (12), a propeller (14) rotatably supported in the cylinder (12), and a drive assembly (16) operable to rotate the propeller (14) is disclosed. The propeller (14) includes blades (28,30,32,34,36,38) each having an inventive blade design. The inventive blade design presents a chord length (C), a stagger angle (?e), and a camber height (?c) that vary along each of the blades as shown in TABLE 1. The inventive blade design presents an external surface of each of the blades having a shape defined by the relative positioning of a plurality of coordinates contained in at least nine cross-sections (e.g., the blade (28) includes cross-sections (44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58,60)). The cross-sections (44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58,60) of the illustrated blade (28) have the corresponding plurality of coordinates listed in TABLE 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Ronald J. Lievens, Tung Kim Nguyen, Wanlai Lin
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Patent number: 6916161Abstract: A system for shielding sparks generated by a compressor in a marine air conditioning system is disclosed. The components of the compressor clutch are modified and a cap encapsulates the components that can generate sparks. In particular, the outer edges of the hub and of the pulley are designed to closely receive the cap. The diameter of the hub is smaller than that of the pulley so that the cap rotates with the pulley without contacting the hub. The cap is joined to the pulley by interference fit and always rotates with the pulley. Any sparks generated by contact between the hub and the pulley are completely contained within the cap to prevent ignition of any gas fumes present in the vicinity of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Inventors: John R. Brunner, Douglas Warner Place
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Patent number: 6874996Abstract: The hybrid compressor apparatus is composed of a compressor in which fluid is compressed by varying a volumetric capacity of a compression space provided between a first compression member and a second compression member, which are movable independently of each other, according to rotation of the first compression member relative to the second compression member, a motor rotatable upon receipt of power of an external electric source, and a driven member rotatably driven by motive force transmitted from an external driving source. The first compression member is connected with the driven member and the second compressor is connected with the motor. If maximum discharge amount is required for the compressor, the motor is driven separately by a control device when the driven member drives the first compression member so that the second compression member is rotated in a direction opposite to that of the first compression member.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Shigeki Iwanami
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Publication number: 20040265142Abstract: A pump apparatus is provided which comprises a displacement pump and a ceramic valve construction formed of a ceramic rotor and a ceramic stator having flat surfaces which are positioned in sealing relationship. The displacement pump comprises a reciprocating piston within a housing having an interior wall spaced apart from the piston. The position of the piston and the position of the rotor are controlled to effect desired fluid flow through the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Keith Besse, Jon Bohlin, Steven Nurnberg, Paul Simonetti
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Publication number: 20040071567Abstract: An air compressor unit having an enclosure with a base. A motor is rigidly mounted to the base, and the motor drives both an airend and an impeller. The airend is pivotally mounted with respect to the base. The airend is directly connected to a horizontal separator tank, and the separator tank supports the airend. The airend and separator tank comprise a single integrated unit, and the separator tank is pivotally mounted to the base. The motor is a dual shafted motor having a drive side shaft and a non-drive shaft extending from opposite ends of the motor. A drive system is coupled to the drive side shaft and transfers power from the motor to the airend. The drive system is a belt and pulley system, and the airend is pivoted with respect to the motor to adjust belt tension. The impeller is coupled to the non-drive side shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: Mark Stickland, Jason Hunt, Stephen Sharp
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Patent number: 6719538Abstract: The present invention provides a rotating apparatus. The rotating apparatus includes a rotor and a motor generator. The rotor includes a belt holder on its outer circumferential surface. The belt holder transmits power between an engine and the rotor. The motor generator is accommodated in and operably connected to the rotor. The motor generator selectively functions as at least one of a motor and a generator. The motor generator is arranged inside the belt holder such that the motor generator is surrounded by the belt holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Masaki Ota, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Yasuharu Odachi, Masanori Sonobe, Taku Adaniya
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Patent number: 6707204Abstract: A mechanical rotational device includes a housing. An end portion of a rotary shaft protrudes from a front wall of the housing. An electric rotational device is coaxial with the rotary shaft and is coupled to the end portion of the rotary shaft. The electric rotational device functions as at least one of a motor and a generator. A rotational member is coupled to the rotary shaft and has a power transmitting mechanism for transmitting power between the rotational unit and an external device. A one-way clutch is located in the power transmitting path between the rotary shaft and rotational member. The one-way clutch is located inward of the rotational member. The electric rotational device is located on or forward of the housing. At least part of the electric rotational device is located outward of the power transmitting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Yasuharu Odachi, Taku Adaniya, Hirohito Hayashi, Masaki Ota, Takahiro Suzuki, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Akinobu Kanai, Takeshi Kawata, Masanori Sonobe
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Patent number: 6695591Abstract: A multi-stage compressor comprises a gas compressor, a centrifugal blower having an input connected with a gas source and an output connected with the gas compressor and providing a flow of compressed gas as a first stage of compression to the gas compressor, and a power source mechanically connected with and driving both the centrifugal blower and gas compressor to provide multi-stage compression of said gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Grimmer Industries, Inc.Inventors: John E. Grimmer, Edward T. Ketcham
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Patent number: 6638027Abstract: A hybrid compressor having a driveshaft driven by a plurality of drive sources for a vehicle air-conditioning system. More specifically, the drive sources are the vehicle engine coupled to the compressor via a belt driven clutch and an electric motor driving the compressor. A bearing clutch couples the electric motor to the driveshaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Mohrmann
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Publication number: 20030190242Abstract: A centrifugal blower is provided which incorporates a self-contained air cooling system. The blower includes a drive assembly connected to a drive motor and disposed within a housing having inlet and outlet apertures. A centrifugal compressor is connected to the drive assembly and disposed exteriorly to the housing adjacent to the outlet apertures. Rotation of a drive pulley, including a fan, by the drive motor causes air to enter the housing through the inlet apertures, flow over components of the drive assembly, and exit through the outlet apertures. A spindle assembly having a rigid bearing arrangement is also provided. One or more bearing elements are disposed at opposite ends of a spacer and between a shaft and housing of the spindle assembly. Such rigid pre-loaded bearing arrangement eliminates “unloading” concerns, and allows load sharing between bearing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventor: Robert B. Anderson
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Patent number: 6629825Abstract: An air compressor unit having an enclosure with a base. A motor is rigidly mounted to the base, and the motor drives both an airend and an impeller. The airend is pivotally mounted with respect to the base. The airend is directly connected to a horizontal separator tank, and the separator tank supports the airend. The airend and separator tank comprise a single integrated unit, and the separator tank is pivotally mounted to the base. The motor is a dual shafted motor having a drive side shaft and a non-drive shaft extending from opposite ends of the motor. A drive system is coupled to the drive side shaft and transfers power from the motor to the airend. The drive system is a belt and pulley system, and the airend is pivoted with respect to the motor to adjust belt tension. The impeller is coupled to the non-drive side shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: Mark Stickland, Jason Hunt, Stephen Sharp
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Publication number: 20030175134Abstract: In an automotive compressor, a pulley (6) is rotatably supported on a compressor housing (1) through a bearing (5) to have an axial gap (10) left between the compressor housing and the pulley. A waterproof cover (13) covers the axial gap and serves to suppress water from the outside from reaching the bearing. The waterproof cover is fixed to the compressor housing by a ring-shaped fastener (14). Instead of use of the waterproof cover, the axial gap may be controlled in size thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Tomohiko Matsubara, Atsushi Ozawa
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Publication number: 20030175133Abstract: A water pump includes a rotation member, a hollow shaft portion having an opening on one end and connected to the rotation member for unitary rotating with the rotation member, an impeller connected to the shaft portion for unitary rotating with the shaft portion, a body defining a fluid chamber in which the impeller is rotated, a bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft portion on the body, a sealing member provided between the shaft portion and the body for sealing the fluid chamber and a cover portion for substantively closing the opening of the shaft portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yojiro Koga, Itsuro Hashiguchi, Masaki Chujo, Akihiro Katsumata, Takumi Hattori
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Publication number: 20030123998Abstract: This invention provides the use of a pump to regulate torque in a planetary gear system. The pump is provided with a moveable piston as an end plate. An actuator, attached to the piston, controls the movement of the piston. In one position, the piston is in contact with the internal components of the pump. When the actuator moves the piston, the piston loses contact with the pump, thus allowing a free flow of fluid between the inlet and outlet of the pump. In this configuration, the pump is no longer able to generate the pressure that creates torque in the planetary gear system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Perry Edward Phelan, Joseph Palazzolo
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Patent number: 6561756Abstract: To provide a water pump capable of preventing coolant leaked from a shaft sealing member from invading a bearing by a simple construction, a water pump has an outer ring of a bearing attached to an inner peripheral face of a pulley, an inner ring of the bearing attached to an outer peripheral face of a cylindrical portion of a housing and a shaft sealing member attached to an inner peripheral face of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Ozawa, Atsushi Chiba, Masaki Chujo, Junya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6561770Abstract: A fluid coupling is provided between a pump shaft of a water pump and a water pump pulley and includes a liquid chamber formed inside housings and filled with a fluid, and a rotor fixed to the pump shaft and housed in the liquid chamber. When the housings connected to a crank pulley via an endless belt rotate, the rotor is dragged by the viscosity of the fluid and the pump shaft rotates. Since the fluid coupling has the property of decreasing the rate of increase in the output rotational speed of the fluid coupling as the input rotational speed increases, the required rotational speed of the water pump can be guaranteed when the rotational speed of the engine is low, and the water pump can be prevented from rotating excessively when the rotational speed of the engine is high.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuma Okuda
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Publication number: 20030086797Abstract: An air compressor unit having an enclosure with a base. A motor is rigidly mounted to the base, and the motor drives both an airend and an impeller. The airend is pivotally mounted with respect to the base. The airend is directly connected to a horizontal separator tank, and the separator tank supports the airend. The airend and separator tank comprise a single integrated unit, and the separator tank is pivotally mounted to the base. The motor is a dual shafted motor having a drive side shaft and a non-drive shaft extending from opposite ends of the motor. A drive system is coupled to the drive side shaft and transfers power from the motor to the airend. The drive system is a belt and pulley system, and the airend is pivoted with respect to the motor to adjust belt tension. The impeller is coupled to the non-drive side shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: Mark Stickland, Jason Hunt, Stephen Sharp
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Patent number: 6547527Abstract: A portable power unit having an internal combustion engine, a tank for holding a supply of pressurized fluid, an electrical generator powered by the internal combustion engine, and a pump selectively powered by the internal combustion engine. An electro-magnetic clutch is energized by a pressure switch on the tank when the pressure in the tank falls below a predetermined value, and a cooling fan for the pump may also be energized by the pressure switch together with the clutch. A non-slip positive drive belt couples power from the engine to the generator. The generator is overdriven at a shaft rotation speed above that of the engine's shaft, and the pump is underdriven at a shaft rotation speed below that of the engine's shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Fugitt Rubber & Supply Co., Ltd.Inventor: Harold E. Gaither
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Patent number: 6524081Abstract: A one-stage transmissible turbocharger includes a turbine wheel contained in a front current-guider and a rear current-guider, increasing air pressure to elevate horsepower and speeding up burning of gas coming out of a carburetor to save fuel consumption. The turbine wheel has a plurality of leaves respectively helically formed to have 32 angles to make a catch inlet section to elevate air volume to be caught in, and a final axial pressure section for producing centrifugal current so as to give the turbine wheel functions of both axial current and centrifugal current. In addition, the turbocharger has buffer springs for protecting a belt wheel and its bolts from damaged or broken.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Chiang Fu. Wu