Including Electric Power Generating Or Storage Means Patents (Class 417/411)
  • Publication number: 20080267796
    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery device includes a pump motor that is driven by electrical energy from a storage capacitor. At the end of each pump delivery cycle, electrical energy stored in the pump motor is recovered and returned to the storage capacitor, so that it can be used in subsequent delivery cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Sarkinen, James M. Haase, Ronald L. Mezera, Christian Peclat
  • Publication number: 20080226476
    Abstract: A portable air pump has a fan, a main body with a cavity, an air inlet and outlet, a motor connected to the fan, a removable rechargeable battery pack, and a plurality of individual dry cell batteries. The cavity has an opening for alternately receiving one of the battery pack and the plurality of individual dry cell batteries. A door has a closed position, which closes the opening of the cavity, and has an open position for permitting the alternate installation and removal of the battery pack and plurality of dry cell batteries. A first electric circuit is formed when the battery pack is inserted into the cavity and the door is in the closed position, and a second electric electrical circuit is formed when the plurality of individual dry cells are inserted into the cavity and the door is in the closed position permitting the air pump to be powered by the battery pack, or, during removal and recharging of the battery pack, by the dry cell batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Vincent W.S. Lau
  • Publication number: 20080152513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit arrangement having a first pump which is driven by an electric motor and is assigned to a lifting cylinder, wherein, in order to recover energy, the electric motor can be operated as a generator and the first pump can be operated as a hydraulic motor in order to recover potential energy of the lifting cylinder, and having a second pump for supplying at least one further load. The electric motor, the first pump and the second pump are embodied as a motor/double pump assembly, wherein in the lowering mode of the lifting cylinder the first pump acts as a hydraulic motor with reversal of the rotational direction while the second pump always operates as a pump with a constant delivery direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Hans Esders
  • Patent number: 7372221
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the armature stroke in a reversible linear drive unit comprising an excitation coil and an armature displaceable in the magnetic field of the excitation coil according to a linear oscillating motion at a predefined armature stroke. The device comprising systems for detecting the current armature position, systems for measuring the actual excitation coil current and systems for adjusting the excitation coil current in such a way that the armature is exactly supplied with electric energy for obtaining the aptitude of oscillations of the armature stroke during each half-wave of the armature motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgaraete GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Reinschke
  • Publication number: 20080095646
    Abstract: The electrically driven compressor integrally formed with an inverter device contains compression mechanism section (28); motor (31) as a power source of the compression mechanism section; metal housing (32) for accommodating the compression mechanism section and the motor; inverter device (20), which is disposed outside the metal housing, for supplying electricity to the motor; and electric connection terminal (8) for electrically connecting between an inside and an outside of the metal housing. The electric connection terminal has pin terminal (10) formed of a metal with low thermal conductivity and a metal with high thermal conductivity plated on the metal with low thermal conductivity. The pin terminal is electrically connected to the inverter device by solder (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nishii, Naomi Goto
  • Publication number: 20080031751
    Abstract: A sump pump control system for monitoring and driving AC pumps that are supplied by directly either by AC utility power, or converted DC battery power. AC power is continuously monitored and the control automatically switches to DC battery supply in the case of power failure. DC battery power is converted to AC power. The control is equipped with unique pump switching circuitry allowing the pumps to be configured in parallel or staggered positions. Both pumps automatically alternate to prevent damage to pumps from humidity and corrosion that can result from remaining idle. Each pump has its own float switch to control operation. A third float switch controls both pumps in case of failure of either pump or float switch. Multiple visual and audio signals are included, displaying present power and pump conditions as well as alerting to any pump malfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Littwin, Daniel P. Bacchiere, Elvir Kahrimanovic
  • Publication number: 20080031752
    Abstract: A sump pump control system for monitoring and driving AC pumps that are supplied by directly either by AC utility power, or converted DC battery power. AC power is continuously monitored and the control automatically switches to DC battery supply in the case of power failure. DC battery power is converted to AC power. The control is equipped with unique pump switching circuitry allowing the pumps to be configured in parallel or staggered positions. Both pumps automatically alternate to prevent damage to pumps from humidity and corrosion that can result from remaining idle. Each pump has its own float switch to control operation. A third float switch controls both pumps in case of failure of either pump or float switch. Multiple visual and audio signals are included, displaying present power and pump conditions as well as alerting to any pump malfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Littwin, Daniel P. Bacchiere, Elvir Kahrimanovic
  • Patent number: 7314350
    Abstract: A fan controller for controlling the rotation of a rotor (with a fan blade) has a current limiting element to control current flow to a capacitive storage apparatus. More specifically, the fan controller has an input for receiving an input voltage, the noted capacitive storage in electrical communication with both rotor circuitry (that controls rotor rotation) and the input, and the noted current limiting element coupled between the input and the capacitive storage. The rotor circuitry is energizable by the input voltage, while, in a similar manner, the capacitive storage is capable of charging by receiving current from the input. The current limiting element at least in part controls current flow from the input to the capacitive storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Comair Rotron, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred A. Brown
  • Patent number: 7284361
    Abstract: A vacuum machine for a zipper a bag comprising a casing, a motor, vanes, a suction mouth, a suction opening, a vent, a power supply, a switch and so on, wherein the suction opening is disposed corresponding to the vanes; the suction mouth is of tubular shape and is exposed out of the casing, and the rear end of which connects to the suction opening, wherein it also comprises a clamping member that connects with the casing and surrounds a section of the suction mouth; a clamping gap is formed between the clamping member and the suction mouth; the clamping member comprises an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member which are disposed substantially parallel to each other, thereby forming a clamping gap opening, the width of which is between 2 mm and 5 mm. The vacuum machine is simple in structure, small in size, convenient for use, highly flexible and suitable for zipper bags of different sizes and types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Design Manufacture Limited
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Patent number: 7255294
    Abstract: A three part housing for a battery powered spray head includes a left half shell, a right half shell and a hinged top. The batteries are located in the upper portion of the housing below the hinged top (battery cover). The inner front of the top is provided with a downward depending latch member and a spring biased latch member is provided inside the housing. The spring biased latch member is actuated by inserting a pin (or stylus) through a hole in one of the half shells. This prevents accidental opening of the battery cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Steve L. Sweeton, Linn D. Wanbaugh, David DeJong
  • Patent number: 7121433
    Abstract: A lightweight portable battery powered pump for moving fluids from a reservoir to a variety of end applications is disclosed. A simple and easy to manufacture centrifugal pump impeller and housing are shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Inventors: John E. Nelson, Hugh J. Reddington
  • Patent number: 7121808
    Abstract: An improved air pulse generator produces high frequency chest wall oscillations (HFCWO) and includes means for internal heat dissipation. Internal heat generated by an internal diaphragm motor is dissipated by having a portion of the air chamber associated with the diaphragm motor being comprised of metal, by shaping a support associated with the diaphragm motor to allow increased air circulation around the diaphragm motor and positioning a vent in the housing of the air pulse generator that maximizes the release of heat from the diaphragm motor. Internal heat generated by internal electronic circuitry on a control board is dissipated by a heatsink attached to the control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Van Brunt, Mark A. Weber
  • Patent number: 7112036
    Abstract: A rotor and bearing system for a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a drive shaft, an impeller positioned on the drive shaft, and a turbine positioned on the drive shaft proximate to the impeller. The bearing system comprises one gas journal bearing supporting the drive shaft between the impeller and the turbine. The area between the impeller and the turbine is an area of increased heat along the drive shaft in comparison to other locations along the drive shaft. The section of the drive shaft positioned between impeller and the turbine is also a section of the drive shaft that experiences increased stressed and load in the turbomachine. The inventive bearing machine system positions only one radial bearing in this area of increased stress and load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Capstone Turbine Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Lubell, Dennis Weissert
  • Patent number: 7021910
    Abstract: A solar energy operated air pump includes a rectangular box having a lower lid connected to the bottom, an upper lid openably covering the top thereof and a solar cell inlaid into the upper lid protected by a layer of transparent painting. Inside the box there are a battery chamber containing spare batteries, a motor having an axis connected to an eccentric cam which respectively pivoted to a pair of push rods. The push rods each has a push plate on free end respectively engaged with a pair of air extractors each of which has an air vessel symmetrically connected to the opposing side walls of the box and each of the air vessels has an air inlet and an air outlet, a three steps switch respectively connected to the motor, the solar cell and the battery chamber. When the motor is operated either by the solar cell or by the batteries, the air extractors pressed by the push plate begins to supply fresh air into the water in a pair through a pair of hoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventors: Jen-Yao Huang, Se-Chiang Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6993795
    Abstract: A battery operated self-contained submersible liquid dispenser for dispensing discrete quantities of a liquid from a remote liquid reservoir is provided. The dispenser comprises a hermetically sealed walled housing containing a peristaltic pump driven either directly or via a speed reduction gear train by an electric motor in response to motor activation signals received from an electric control circuit within the housing. The pump includes a flexible liquid dispensing tube connected to respective liquid inlet and liquid outlet ports extending through the wall of the housing, a pump actuator for forcing liquid received via the liquid inlet port through the tube to the outlet port, and a sensor on or in the wall of the housing connected to the circuit. The sensor is adapted to sense a changed condition from a required parameter external to the housing, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Inventor: Frank Joseph Prineppi
  • Patent number: 6955527
    Abstract: A two-way mounting mode air pump is constructed to include a housing affixed to an inflatable object, a battery case mounted in the housing, the battery case having a female coupling device and power output contacts in the female coupling device, and a motor pump selectively mounted in the housing in either of two directions to selectively pump air into or out of the inflatable object, the motor pump having a male coupling device for coupling to the female coupling device and power input contacts in the male coupling device for contacting the power output contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Inventor: Stanley Yen
  • Patent number: 6953329
    Abstract: A hurricane and power outage fan that includes a battery powered fan that is operable for a period of time on the power stored in a number of batteries provided with the fan. The battery-powered fan includes an AC to DC converter that supplies power to a trickle charge circuit for keeping the batters fully charged as long as the AC plug is plugged into a power outlet. When the power goes out, the fan runs on the batteries for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Inventor: Gerald L. Rardin
  • Patent number: 6942468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable hydraulic pump unit (1) comprising a housing (2), a pump (5), a drive motor (6) for the pump (5), in particular in the form of an electric drive motor, in addition to a reservoir (13) for hydraulic fluid. According to the invention, the housing (2) is tubular and (when viewed in cross-section) point symmetrical, e.g. cylindrical, square, triangular or polygonal. The advantage of the hydraulic pump unit is that is can be positioned and transported in the receptacles of conventional portable tank carriers, in particular for the tanks of protective breathing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Lukas Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Sauerbier, Uwe Kirchner, Heinz Heller
  • Publication number: 20040265148
    Abstract: A materials handling device includes a chassis, handle shaft pivotally mounted to the chassis for maneuvering the device, two rollers rotationally mounted to the chassis, battery pack supported on the handle shaft, electric motor and gearbox fitted in one roller in-line with a rotational axis thereof, and a controller supported on the chassis and having capacitors charged by the battery pack so as to have available when needed a store of electrical power. The controller is electrically connected between the battery pack and electric motor such that the store of electrical power can be supplied to the electric motor which, via the gearbox, can transmit a high torque driving output, when needed and instantaneously, to the one roller to thereby enable the device to move across a surface and to manipulate and move a heavy load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Gregory James Newell
  • Publication number: 20040241014
    Abstract: A two-way mounting mode air pump is constructed to include a housing affixed to an inflatable object, a battery case mounted in the housing, the battery case having a female coupling device and power output contacts in the female coupling device, and a motor pump selectively mounted in the housing in either of two directions to selectively pump air into or out of the inflatable object, the motor pump having a male coupling device for coupling to the female coupling device and power input contacts in the male coupling device for contacting the power output contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Stanley Yen
  • Publication number: 20040219039
    Abstract: A solar-powered pumping device comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen Bruce Watt
  • Publication number: 20040197199
    Abstract: A balancer device, which is adapted for incorporating with a hanging article having two sidewalls, a front side, and an opposed rear side facing towards a supporting surface, includes two balancing wings each having an inner end, and two connecting units provided at the inner ends of the balancing wings for connecting the two balancing wings on the hanging article, wherein the balancing wings are adapted to be folded at an unfolded position that the two balancing wings are arranged for outwardly extending from the two sidewalls of the hanging article in such a manner that the two balancing wings are capable of blocking a spinning movement of the hanging article with respect to the supporting surface so as to retain the front side of the hanging article in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Ying Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 6799506
    Abstract: Vacuum producing appliance and associated food and beverage holding vessels, the vacuum producing appliance with a hollow housing, the housing enclosing a vacuum pump, a pressure switch, a vacuum holding tank, a solenoid valve, a power switch, and associated tubing to attach the components to each other. A conical shaped concavity built into the bottom of the housing capable of drawing air from a vessel and passing it through the vacuum. A plurality of vessel sealing lids interact with the vacuum producing appliance, the lids having a convex conical shape at their top surface that can interface in an air tight way with a mating concave conical shape located in the main housing the lids having a check valve that allows air to leave the lid but not reenter it. The lids are capable of interfacing in an air tight way with the mouth of a jar, bottle, can or the like so that a vacuum can be drawn in the jar, bottle or can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Sylmark Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Tarlow
  • Publication number: 20040184935
    Abstract: An electric fan includes a base, a drive unit, a fan blade, and a direct current power source. The drive unit is mounted on the base, and includes a direct current fan motor and an electrical socket connected to the fan motor. The fan blade is coupled to and is driven rotatably by the fan motor. The direct current power source is coupled electrically to the fan motor, and includes a storage battery and an electrical plug connected to the storage battery. When the electrical socket and the electrical plug are interconnected, the storage battery provides power to the fan motor for operation of the electric fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Kuo Wang
  • Patent number: 6793469
    Abstract: An inflatable product includes an inflatable body, a socket, an electric pump, at least one battery and a connector. The socket is built in the inflatable body. The electric pump is connected to the socket to pump the inflatable body. The battery is disposed in the electric pump. The connector is provided on the electric pump for connecting an external power. The electric pump is supplied with power by the battery or the external power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Team Worldwide Corporation
    Inventor: Wang Cheng Chung
  • Publication number: 20040146408
    Abstract: A portable, low cost air supply device for accumulating and dispensing compressed air converted from photovoltaic energy. The device includes one or more photovoltaic cells, a capacitor, an electronic trigger device, a solenoid, a valve manifold, a reservoir, and a device for dispensing accumulated air. The photovoltaic cell(s) charge the small, low cost capacitor. When saturated, the capacitor is triggered by a solid-state device to discharge the electrical charge to a solenoid. The energized solenoid then extends its plunger into a hole in the valve manifold, compressing air into the manifold. The compressed air moves past a check valve, and into a storage reservoir. The solenoid rapidly de-energizes, the plunger retracts, and the solenoid is now ready for another compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Robert W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20040115073
    Abstract: An electric pumping device includes motor powered by batteries and a eccentric crank is driven by the motor so as to operate a piston assembly. The piston assembly generates pressurized air into the object such as a tire via an outlet. A pressure gauge assembly is connected to a side of the body of the pumping device and includes a gauge member having marks which can be seen via a window so that the user can control precisely the pressure that the pumping device generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Yi-Hsien Lin
  • Publication number: 20040105758
    Abstract: A system for detecting a collection of liquid, notifying a person or thing that liquid has been detected and pumping the liquid. The system includes a control unit, at least one sensor and relay and a pump. Preferably, the system includes a first sensor that senses a collection of liquid which activates a relay which completes an electrical circuit to activate a notification means, such as a siren, light, telephone dialer or other notification device. Preferably, the system also includes a second sensor that senses an additional collection of liquid and thereby activates a second relay which completes an electrical circuit and delivers DC power to the pump which pumps the additional collection of liquid to its desired location. The control unit includes a transformer, relays and plugs to connect to an AC or DC power supply, typically a standard 110 volt AC, 15 amp power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Carl M. Ross
  • Publication number: 20040062661
    Abstract: An ambient air device configured to be worn about the wrist or to be affixed to a wristwatch. Embodiments enable an individual to conveniently activate the wrist ambient air device in order to limit the incursion of smoke or other offensive gaseous pollutants and contaminants into the individual's environing airspace. Embodiments of this device use a portable fan assembly to enrich an individual's ambient environment without causing a substantial disturbance to the airspace of adjacent or neighboring individuals. A plurality of lightweight, rigid or flexible fan blades may be actuated by a switch or the like which, in turn, activates a battery-operated motor for driving the plurality of fan blades that comprise the device. Other embodiments contemplate a plurality of lightweight, flexible fan blades affixed to a wristband or other external clothing accessory, suitably positioned to assure that an individual's airspace is healthy and clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Gary Hajdasz
  • Patent number: 6712586
    Abstract: The invention provides a gas suction pump device equipped with a casing having a substantially rectangular frame-like sectional shape and formed slenderly in a gas flowing direction and into a size holdable by grasping with a hand, a control circuit board provided in the casing so as to extend in a longitudinal direction along the upper wall of the casing, a pump unit arranged in a region on the side of one side wall on the lower side of the control circuit board in a state that one end and the other end of a gas flow path defined by the pump unit have been connected to a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port, respectively, and a battery fitting chamber provided in a region on the side of the other side wall. The invention also provides a gas alarm unit constructed by connecting the above pump device to a portable gas alarm device provided with a specific gas feed adapter through a connecting tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Riken Keiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Koyano, Shuji Tajima, Yasunori Takei, Takuo Aida
  • Patent number: 6705360
    Abstract: An air compressor for use with direct source current sources such as the typical cigarette lighter found in most motor vehicles. The device is made up of an electrically powered air compressor which is controllable by a removable programmable controller. This removable programmable controller is configured to be removable from the compressor to measure an amount of air pressure within an item, and to be programmed and placed upon the compressor to activate the compressor to deliver a desired amount of air to the item being inflated, and to deactivate the compressor when a desired amount of air pressure has been reached within the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Bon-Aire Industries
    Inventor: Robert L. Bonzer
  • Publication number: 20040037709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable hydraulic pump unit (1) comprising a housing (2), a pump (5), a drive motor (6) for the pump (5), in particular in the form of an electric drive motor, in addition to a reservoir (13) for hydraulic fluid. According to the invention, the housing (2) is tubular and (when viewed in cross-section) point symmetrical, e.g. cylindrical, square, triangular or polygonal. The advantage of the hydraulic pump unit is that is can be positioned and transported in the receptacles of conventional portable tank carriers, in particular for the tanks of protective breathing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Carsten Sauerbier, Uwe Kirchner, Heinz Heller
  • Publication number: 20040037717
    Abstract: An inflatable product includes an inflatable body, a socket, an electric pump, at least one battery and a connector. The socket is built in the inflatable body. The electric pump is connected to the socket to pump the inflatable body. The battery is disposed in the electric pump. The connector is provided on the electric pump for connecting an external power. The electric pump is supplied with power by the battery or the external power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Team Worldwide Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng Chung Wang
  • Patent number: 6666647
    Abstract: Provided is a neck fan for personal cooling which can be supported by a lanyard around a wearer's neck so that a cooling breeze may be directed to cool the wearer's face and neck area while the wearer's hands are free to be engaged in ordinary activities of work, leisure, play, —, —, etcetera. The geometry of the construction of the fan device is such that it lay close to the body of the wearer so as to minimize the fan device from coming into undesirable contact with other items in the wearer's environment. The lanyard which supports the fan device about the wearer's neck may be provisioned with an optional break-away safety link so that should the fan device become accidentally entangled with the environment, the breakaway safety link will permit the lanyard to separate before the wearer will be seriously injured. The lanyard system also provided length and angle adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: Russell B. Trask
  • Patent number: 6662580
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, including a refrigerant circuit and an engine, has a battery, a compressor, an electric motor and a load torque control mechanism. The battery supplies electric power. The compressor is operative to compress refrigerant gas for the air-conditioning system. The electric motor is electrically connected to the battery. The motor is driven due to the electric power, and is operatively coupled to drive the compressor when the motor is energized. The load torque control mechanism responsive to the operating condition of the engine to control the load torque of the compressor below a predetermined value during times when the motor is driving the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Ken Suitou, Kazuya Kimura, Ryo Matsubara, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Yasuharu Odachi, Taku Adaniya, Shoichi Ieoka, Shigeo Fukushima, Akinobu Kanai
  • Patent number: 6652251
    Abstract: An electric pump includes a cylinder, a pumping element, a cap and a spring. The cylinder defines a space and at least one aperture in communication with the space and includes a first end defining an aperture and a second end defining an opening. The pumping element is received in the cylinder for pumping air through the aperture defined in the first end of the cylinder, the space and the at least one aperture. The battery includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and is received in the cylinder so that the first electrode is in electric connection with the pumping element. The cap is engaged with the second end of the cylinder. The spring is attached to the cap. The spring is in electric connection with the pumping element. The cap includes an OFF position where the spring is off the second electrode and an ON position where the spring is in connection with the second electrode. A tubular joint is secured to the first end of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Jen-Fu Chen
  • Publication number: 20030215340
    Abstract: An inflatable product includes an inflatable body, a socket, an electric pump, at least one battery and a connector. The socket is built in the inflatable body. The electric pump is connected to the socket to pump the inflatable body. The battery is disposed in the electric pump. The connector is provided on the electric pump for connecting an external power. The electric pump is supplied with power by the battery or the external power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: Team Worldwide Corporation
    Inventor: Wang Cheng Chung
  • Publication number: 20030210993
    Abstract: An electrical power supply for powering electrical pump instrumentation and process control equipment associated with a pump having a rotating member. The power supply includes an electrical current generator driven by the rotating member of the pump, and a voltage regulator for regulating the output of the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Eugene P. Sabini, Jerome A. Lorenc, Oakley Henyan, Kenneth L. Hauenstein
  • Patent number: 6638028
    Abstract: A blower apparatus for preventing pots being used to heat liquid from boiling over. The blower apparatus includes a blower housing having an outlet nozzle; a blower assembly positioned in the blower housing for pushing a stream of air out of the housing through the outlet nozzle, the outlet nozzle is positioned at a top of the housing thus the outlet nozzle is designed for directing the stream of air over an adjacently positioned piece of cookware in which a liquid is being heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Richard A. Poulin, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030199855
    Abstract: A medical device known as an implantable therapeutic substance delivery device is configured for implanting in humans to deliver a therapeutic substance such as pharmaceutical compositions, genetic materials, and biologics to treat a variety of medical conditions such as pain, spasticity, cancer, and many other conditions. The infusion device incorporates a stepper motor that controls the infusion flow rate during the service life of the device. The stepper motor is controlled by continuously varying electrical pulse parameters based on the continuously decreasing power source voltage during the service life of the substance delivery device. In particular the stepper motor electrical pulse parameters, especially duty cycle, are selected to efficiently compensate for decreasing battery voltage thereby optimizing the motor performance while maximizing the power source service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Charles R. Rogers, George P. Seifert
  • Patent number: 6623255
    Abstract: A fluid transfer apparatus utilizes a linear motor including a movable element in which magnetic poles are provided at a predetermined pitch along a moving direction, magnetic pole teeth provided in upper and lower portions of the movable element at a predetermined pitch along a moving direction of the movable element and so as to oppose to each other via the movable element, and a coil, wherein adjacent magnetic pole teeth and opposing magnetic pole teeth among the magnetic pole teeth form different poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kim Houng Joong, Kohji Maki, Taizou Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu, Ryouichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: 6616424
    Abstract: A drive system for a compressor that delivers compressed air to a fuel cell system in a motor vehicle. The drive system includes an electric motor that drives the compressor. During normal operation of the fuel cell system, the motor is fed with electrical energy from the fuel cell system. During start-up of the fuel cell system, the electric motor receives electrical energy from a low voltage battery, where the electric motor can be operated at a voltage that is significantly higher than the output voltage of the low voltage battery. An expander can be connected to the compressor to drive the compressor with energy from cathode exhaust gases. Further, hydrogen recirculation can also be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Raiser
  • Patent number: 6601738
    Abstract: A lubricant dispenser comprising a housing, a lubricant supply container, a plunger, a telescopic hollow spindle, and an electromechanical servo-drive for changing the length of the telescopic hollow spindle. One end of the telescopic hollow spindle is fixed on the housing. With its other end, the telescopic hollow spindle cooperates with a plunger containing a passage opening for lubricant. The telescopic hollow spindle has a lubricant passage channel in which at least one check valve is arranged on the inlet side. The telescopic hollow spindle alternately carries out setting strokes of different lengths that increase or reduce the length of the spindle. The setting strokes are coordinated with each other so that with a setting stroke of the telescopic hollow spindle increasing the length of the spindle, a preset amount of lubricant displaced by the movement of the plunger enters the lubricant passage channel through the opening check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: perma-tec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Weigand, Armin Brand, Bernd Scheit, Thomas Hildenbrand
  • Publication number: 20030138329
    Abstract: The invention provides a gas suction pump device equipped with a casing having a substantially rectangular frame-like sectional shape and formed slenderly in a gas flowing direction and into a size holdable by grasping with a hand, a control circuit board provided in the casing so as to extend in a longitudinal direction along the upper wall of the casing, a pump unit arranged in a region on the side of one side wall on the lower side of the control circuit board in a state that one end and the other end of a gas flow path defined by the pump unit have been connected to a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port, respectively, and a battery fitting chamber provided in a region on the side of the other side wall. The invention also provides a gas alarm unit constructed by connecting the above pump device to a portable gas alarm device provided with a specific gas feed adapter through a connecting tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Riken Keiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Koyano, Shuji Tajima, Yasunori Takei, Takuo Aida
  • Publication number: 20030059320
    Abstract: A fluid transfer apparatus utilizes a linear motor including a movable element in which magnetic poles are provided at a predetermined pitch along a moving direction, magnetic pole teeth provided in upper and lower portions of the movable element at a predetermined pitch along a moving direction of the movable element and so as to oppose to each other via the movable element, and a coil, wherein adjacent magnetic pole teeth and opposing magnetic pole teeth among the magnetic pole teeth form different poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Houng Joong Kim, Kohji Maki, Taizou Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Hanyu, Ryouichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: 6503063
    Abstract: A portable air moving apparatus for providing personal air cooling includes a container with open top and supported by plural wheels attached thereto. The container encloses electrical components including a battery, a radial flow air moving device, and a switch. These components are interconnected by electrical conductors such that the switch can make and break a circuit for driving the air moving device with the battery. A removable container lid provides an aperture for receiving an air exhaust from the air moving device which is then directed toward an individual to provide cooling. The container lid is adapted for being set to allow air flow into the container so as to feed the air moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Willis Brunsell
  • Publication number: 20030002999
    Abstract: A compressor with a built-in electric motor has a compression mechanism and the built-in electric motor which are housed in a container. A suction port, a discharge port, inner and outer electric connection parts, and-mounting legs of the container are provided on the same side of a body of the container. A bearing part for supporting an end of a driving shaft for driving the compression mechanism is formed on an end wall integral to -the body of the container, where the end of the driving shaft to be supported by the bearing part is located in the direction opposite to the compression mechanism and the driving shaft is connected to the built-in electric motor. In addition, a pumping mechanism is provided in a pumping chamber opened to an external surface of the end wall and is connected to the end of the driving shaft in the direction opposite to the compression mechanism. The opening of the pumping chamber is closed by a closing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Sakurabayashi, Masahiko Makino, Yoshifumi Abe
  • Publication number: 20030002998
    Abstract: In a compressor, an inverter control device that performs an inverter control on an electric motor is integrally provided on a body portion of a container which houses a compression mechanism and the electric motor which are axially arranged in a line. The inverter control device is connected to the electric motor to shorten the distance of wiring from the inverter device to the motor to allow the reduction in weight, the reduction in a space to be required for the installation, and the reduction in the amount of noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Makino, Yoshifumi Abe, Tsutomu Sakurabayashi
  • Patent number: 6481983
    Abstract: A handless or footless operation of an electrical automatic water flow control apparatus for turning water on and off without touching the faucet lever of a faucet. The electrical water flow control apparatus is installed in line between the water shutoff valves from the wall and the water supply lines that descend from a faucet. The flow control apparatus includes a housing which houses a pair of solenoid operated valves. Each solenoid operated valve has an inlet port and an outlet port, where the ports are protruding through a wall of the housing. The inlet ports are connected to the hot and cold water shutoff valves by flexible hoses. The outlet ports are connected to the water supply lines from the faucet by flexible hoses. The electrical flow control apparatus further comprises an elongated bar switch actuator and a transformer which supplies power to the solenoid operated valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventor: Gerald W. Miller
  • Patent number: 6468057
    Abstract: A free piston pump has a pump housing defining a chamber, and a free piston located within the chamber. The free piston defines one (or more) pumping chamber(s). Each pumping chamber receives fluid from one (or more) inlet port(s) and delivers fluid to one (or more) outlet port(s). The pump has an electromagnetic drive system for moving the free piston within the chamber. Check valves or porting can be used to admit fluid into the pumping chamber(s) and release fluid from the pumping chamber(s). The pump can use three types of bearings and two types of seals. The pump has small heat leakage to the fluid being pumped. The pump is insensitive to cavitation, and has the potential for long-life. The pump has low leakage to the ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventor: Douglas S. Beck