Rotary Motor And Rotary Nonexpansible Chamber Pump Patents (Class 417/423.1)
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Patent number: 7967575Abstract: An arrangement of a low air inlet and a circuit for driving a torque generator in an ultra-compact centrifugal fan is disclosed. In the ultra-compact centrifugal fan, a region occupied by the circuit is not completely arranged radially inside a cup-shaped portion to which an impeller is attached. At least a part of the low air inlet provided on a bottom of a housing of the centrifugal fan is arranged in a range of predetermined angle in an imaginary ring-shaped portion surrounding a base portion covered by the cup-shaped portion. A part of the circuit, that is not covered by the cup-shaped portion, is arranged upstream of the range of the predetermined angle in a flowing direction of airflow.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Hiroyoshi Teshima, Kazumi Takeshita, Hideki Nagamatsu, Hideaki Konishi, Tsukasa Takaoka, Kiyoto Ida
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Patent number: 7950907Abstract: A fluid fuel pump and its electrically driven brushless motor are located at opposite ends of a common housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Nagata, Shinji Sumiya
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Publication number: 20110116954Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body, a stator disposed in the body, a rotor in the stator, a pump cover having an inlet and an outlet, wherein a front surface of the body and the pump cover form a volute chamber, wherein a stator chamber is formed at an outer portion in the body in a radial direction and the stator is mounted in the stator chamber, and wherein a rotor chamber is formed at an inner portion in the body and the rotor is mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft rotatably coupled to the front surface and fixed into the rotor, and an impeller fixed to a front portion of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes a first shaft connecting the impeller and a front end portion of the rotor and a second shaft connected to a rear end portion of the rotor along the central axis of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., AMOTECH CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Soon Il HONG, Seung Yong Lee, Yong Sun Park, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20110110805Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air inlet, an air outlet, an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet, the air outlet comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the air outlet defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth, a control circuit for controlling the motor, a remote control for transmitting control signals to the control circuit, and at least one magnet for attaching the remote control to the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Peter David GAMMACK, James Dyson, Arran George Smith, Ian John Brough, Mon Shy Teyu, Noorhazelinda Mohd.Salleh
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Patent number: 7922466Abstract: The invention relates to a radial fan (1), preferably a high-speed radial fan, comprising a blower wheel (8), a housing (2) which receives a rotor (6) and a stator (5) of an electrical drive (4) of the blower wheel shaft (7), and a cooling system. The aim of the invention is to develop one such radial fan in terms of the cooling system required. To this end, paths (30, 37) for a first cooling medium (K1) and a second cooling medium (K2) are provided in the housing (2), the second cooling medium (K2) being cooled by the first cooling medium (K1) as provided for by the housing (2), and the paths (30, 37) are separated from each other by intact material walls (40) of the housing (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Gebr. Becker GmbHInventors: Bernhard Radermacher, Frank Diedrichsen, Achim Von Kathen
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Patent number: 7922465Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan housing (10) having a central tube (11) extending upwardly therefrom, a bearing (20) received in the central tube, a stator (40) mounted around the central tube, a rotor (30) having a shaft (37) extending into the bearing, and a magnetic ring (38) being fixedly mounted to the rotor to rotate with the rotor during operation of the cooling fan. The bearing is made of iron-copper alloy. The magnetic ring is made of hard magnetic material and exerts a magnetic attraction on the bearing, whereby the rotor is pulled downwardly by a magnetic attraction of the bearing on the magnetic ring to lessen the floating problem of the rotor during operation of the cooling fan.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong Sun, Bao-Hua Liang, Yong-Kang Zhang, Ying-Min Huang
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Patent number: 7905708Abstract: A fan comprises an impeller and a motor. The impeller has a hub, a plurality of blades and a plurality of reinforced elements. The blades are disposed around the hub. At least one reinforced element is disposed on the active surfaces of two adjacent blades. The blades and the reinforced elements are integrally formed as a single piece. The motor connects to the impeller for driving it to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Delta Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jui-Ting Fan, Cheng-Shu Yu, Peng-Chu Tao, Wen-Shi Huang
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Patent number: 7866958Abstract: A solar powered personal fan with a much broader spectrum of both portable and fixed operating applications whereas prior art is application specific. This device also provides a plurality of fixed and portable power supplies. A solar panel, rechargeable battery pack or home charger can all be used as a power supply to operate the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Inventor: Amish Patel
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Patent number: 7866967Abstract: A pump, in particular a vacuum pump for motor vehicles, wherein a rotor with at least one vane is mounted inside a pump housing, the rotor being rotatably driven by the combustion engine of the motor vehicle via a coupling device. An intermediate element is arranged between the rotor and the coupling device so as to captively retain the rotor and coupling device and protect them against wear.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Luk Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Christoph Heidemeyer
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Patent number: 7864525Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing and a centrifugal blower. The casing includes a bottom cover and a top cover. A sidewall extends from the bottom cover towards the top cover. The centrifugal blower is surrounded by the sidewall and includes a supporting member mounted to the bottom cover, and an impeller rotatablely supported by the supporting member. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from the hub. Outer portions of the blades extend beyond the supporting member along a radial direction of the hub. Inner portions of the blades have a height gradually increasing along an outward direction. The outer portions have a height equal to a maximum height of the inner portions. Bottom faces of the outer portions of the blades are located below a top surface of a base plate of the supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignees: Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co. Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jr-Shiun Chen, Ching-Bai Hwang, Zhi-Hui Zhao
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Publication number: 20100311318Abstract: A fan for use in agriculture which has a BLDC motor which allows for varying the speed of the fan to vary the airflow rate of the fan and vary the efficiency of the fan. A ventilation system for use in a livestock confinement building to maximize a rate of growth of the livestock. A process for maximizing the growth of livestock in a livestock confinement building by controlling the airflow in the livestock confinement building.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Munters CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Hause, Ross L. Demerly, Daniel G. Hansen, Christopher B. Witt, John Van Camp
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Publication number: 20100303651Abstract: Provided is a vacuum self priming pump. The pump includes an actuating member that is installed in an outlet by a hinge shaft to be capable of rotating and configured to be quickly opened by water pressure when water is discharged through the outlet, an arm that extends from the actuating member to an external side over the outlet, a clutch unit that is movably formed in a length direction of a rotational shaft of a motor to selectively transfer power to an eccentric wheel to free-rotate the eccentric wheel on the rotational shaft, and a transferring unit that is installed between the arm and the clutch unit to cut off the power from the clutch unit to the eccentric wheel when the arm moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventor: Hyokeun JI
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Publication number: 20100303652Abstract: A miniature heat-dissipating fan device is disclosed, which comprises: a frame; a shaft, pivotally connected to the frame; at least a planar coil, each being received in the frame and formed in a wave winding manner; at least a permanent magnet, each being connected to the shaft while being positioned about parallel to the at least one planar coil for enabling the generation of an alternating multipolar magnetic field; a plurality of blades, being disposed at positions corresponding to the at least one permanent magnet while centering around the axis of the shaft in a centrifugal manner; and at least a magnetically permeable back iron, disposed at a side of the at least one planar coil and being structured with a geometrical shape matching to the wave winding planar coil; wherein the plural blades are integrated with the at least one permanent magnet for enabling the same to rotate with the at least one permanent magnet synchronously.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wen-Yang Peng, Tung-Chuan Wu, Chan-Hsing Lo
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Patent number: 7843101Abstract: A rotary shaft 60 having an outside diameter larger than the bore diameter of a rotary shaft insert hole 59 of a rotor 50 is inserted into the rotary shaft insert hole 59. A magnet insert hole 51a1 is provided in a main magnetic pole [a] of the rotor 50. Permanent magnets 52a1 to 52a3 are inserted into the magnet insert hole 51a1 such that a gap is formed between the permanent magnets 52a1 to 52a3 and the magnet insert hole 51a1. A semi-tubular rivet insert hole 55a and interlocks 57a1, 57a2 elongated in the radial direction of the rotor are disposed radially outward of the magnet insert hole 51a in the rotor. A semi-tubular rivet 56a is inserted into the semi-tubular rivet insert hole 55a such that a gap is formed between the semi-tubular rivet 56a and the semi-tubular rivet insert hole 55a. Passage holes 58ab, 58da are provided in the auxiliary magnetic poles [ab], [da].Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Aichi Elec Co.Inventors: Isao Ito, Masashi Kuroko, Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Shoji Mano
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Publication number: 20100290923Abstract: A fan assembly includes a sensor, a display device, and a fan. The sensor is coupled to the fan, to sense a rotary speed of the fan in real time, and to output a speed signal. The display device is coupled to the sensor, and to calculate the rotary speed of the fan according to the speed signal, and convert the rotary speed to a digital signal to be shown.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: LEI LIU
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Publication number: 20100260630Abstract: A fan assembly that includes a fan having a fan hub and motor having a drive shaft and a drive member coupled to the drive shaft for rotation with the drive shaft. The fan hub includes an inner face and an outer face. The drive member contacts the inner face of the fan hub to define a plurality of discrete drive member contact zones between the drive member and the inner face of the fan hub. A clip engages the drive shaft and the outer face of the fan hub to couple the fan to the drive shaft. The clip contacts the outer face of the fan hub to define a plurality of discrete clip contact zones between the clip and the outer face of the fan hub. The plurality of drive member contact zones are generally aligned with the plurality of clip contact zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Mark L. Bilodeau, Frederick R. Cote, Alex Czulak
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Patent number: 7811069Abstract: An equipment fan has a housing (22) that externally defines an air passage opening (41) provided in the fan (20). The fan has a motor (21) for rotatably driving blades (40) about a rotation axis (23), as well as a carrier element (51), provided between the motor (21) and the housing (22), which extends transversely to the passage (41) and is configured as a trough (53) that serves to receive an electrical lead (52) and guides the lead along a predetermined path from the motor (21) to a location (64) on the housing (22). The fan also has a deflection device (50) which, by deflecting the lead (52) at a first deflection location (55) and at a second deflection location (84) and in at least two planes extending at a predetermined angle with respect to one another, effects strain relief for the lead (52) that proceeds to the motor (21).Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2006Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: EBM- Papst St. Georgen GmbH and Co. KGInventor: Armin Fleig
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Patent number: 7806669Abstract: A pump is disclosed which has a housing with a upper end and a lower end. A conduit is defined through the housing between the upper and the lower ends. The pump includes an impeller within the housing, an inlet from the conduit to the impeller and an outlet from the impeller. Portions of the impeller may be distributed around the conduit. The pump may also include a motor coupled to the impeller. Portions of motor may also be distributed around the conduit. The outlet from the impeller may be independent of the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Star Oil Tools Inc.Inventor: Marcel Obrejanu
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Publication number: 20100247337Abstract: An air pump for an air mattress has a housing, a first air vent and a second air vent respectively mounted on a top and a bottom of the housing, a chamber, a blower and an air direction switcher mounted in the chamber, an actuating mechanism, and an air valve. A slider in the air direction switcher is moved by operating the actuating mechanism being a solenoid valve or a knob gear and a follower. The air valve is propped up by a sloping partition of the slider to open the second air vent. Given the structure of the air pump, the first and second air vents are flexibly arranged and can be directly aligned with each other. Therefore, the air path is shortened to inflate and deflate more rapidly and more efficiently.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventor: Chun-Chung Tsai
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Patent number: 7795898Abstract: A fan having a function for detecting a fault such as a breakage or a loss of a rotating part of the fan as well as reduction in the rotational speed of the fan, the function being not affected by an operating condition of the fan. The fan includes a stationary part, a rotating part rotatably attached to the stationary part, a first electric circuit arranged on the rotating part, a second electric circuit arranged on the stationary part, the second electric circuit being electromagnetically connected to the first circuit, and a fault detecting circuit electrically connected to the second electric circuit, for detecting a fault of the rotating part.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: FANUC LtdInventors: Michi Masuya, Mitsuyuki Taniguchi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Shinichi Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20100226752Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air inlet, an air outlet, an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet. The air outlet includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow and a mouth for emitting the air flow. The air outlet defines an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth. The motor has a rotor which, in use, is capable of rotating at a speed of at least 5,000 rpm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
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Publication number: 20100226801Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a base having an air inlet and an air outlet, the base housing an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet. The fan assembly further includes a vertically oriented, elongate annular nozzle including an interior passage having an air inlet for receiving the air flow from the base and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the nozzle defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Peter David Gammack
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Publication number: 20100209270Abstract: An impeller comprises an impeller body, a plurality of stems, a blade mounting member, and a plurality of blades. The stems radially extend with one end of each stem fixed to a portion of a circumferential wall of the impeller body in the vicinity of a suction port, and are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the circumferential wall. The stems assist the impeller to suck air in an axial direction through a suction port during rotation of the impeller. The blade mounting member is disposed concentrically with the circumferential wall of the impeller body. The other end of each stem is fixed to the blade mounting member. The blades are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction and extend along an axial line toward a second wall portion, with one end of each blade fixed to the blade mounting member. A centrifugal fan thus configured is capable of reducing noise and power consumption without reducing static pressure with respect to airflow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kevin Yen, Hiromitsu Kuribayashi
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Patent number: 7778024Abstract: A board card having a control circuit includes a first substrate and an electrical fan. The first substrate has a heat source and the electrical fan is disposed on the first substrate. The electrical fan includes a revolving spindle, a plurality of blades and a LED module. The revolving spindle is disposed on the first substrate and rotates about an axis. The blades are joined with the revolving spindle. The LED module is electrically connected to the control circuit, wherein when the revolving spindle drives the blades rotate, the light-emitting direction of the LED module is along a radial direction of the revolving spindle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.Inventors: Fou-Ming Liou, Chih-Peng Wu
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Publication number: 20100193163Abstract: An integrated fan drive system for air-cooled heat exchangers. The integrated fan drive system has a high-torque, low speed permanent magnet motor having a rotatable shaft, a fan that is directly connected to the rotatable shaft, and a variable frequency drive device in electrical signal communication with the permanent magnet motor to control the rotational speed of the permanent magnet motor. The high-torque, permanent magnet motor comprises no more than two bearings in operative association with the shaft. The variable frequency drive device has a variable frequency controller that has an input for receiving AC power and an output for providing electrical signals that control the operational speed of high-torque, permanent magnet motor. The variable frequency drive device also includes a user interface in electronic data signal communication with the variable frequency controller to allow a user to input motor speed control data. Other embodiments of the invention are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Patrick Rollins, George Lucas
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Publication number: 20100183451Abstract: An automobile drive engine is described having an electric motor with two hydraulic pumps fixedly mounted on the center shaft of the motor. The smaller sized hydraulic pump is mounted on one side of the electric motor and the larger pump is mounted on the other side of the electric motor. The two hydraulic pumps are connected by hydraulic hoses which allow hydraulic fluid to circulate between the two pumps. As the electric motor begins to turn, it causes the impeller blades of the larger hydraulic pump to rotate forcing hydraulic fluid through the hose thereby building pressure on the impeller blades of the smaller hydraulic pump. The smaller hydraulic pump then begins to rotate. Because of the ratio of sizes, the smaller hydraulic pump begins to rotate much faster increasing the torque and/or speed produced by the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventor: John Kissane
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Publication number: 20100183459Abstract: The present invention discloses an adhesion rotary disc pump comprising a housing embedding therein at least one adhesion-propelling disc mounted on a rotatable shaft that is drivable by a drive, wherein fluids engaging with said at least one adhesion-propelling disc are transportable from at least one inlet to at least one outlet. In embodiments, the pump employs a scraping unit operative to scrape off fluid adherent on both sides of each of the at least one rotatable adhesion-propelling disc and that the scraped-off fluid is being channeled directly or indirectly to the at least one outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et DeveloppementInventor: Noa SCHMID
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Publication number: 20100183461Abstract: An improved booster for use in piped fluid systems includes a motor, a fan wheel and a hermetically sealed tank assembly. Fluids enter the tank assembly through an inlet and are compressed within the tank assembly by a rotating fan wheel, before leaving the tank assembly through an outlet, which may be aligned in a plurality of angular configurations. The motor is powered by a versatile electrical connection which enters the tank assembly through a connector that maintains the hermetically sealed condition in the tank assembly, and can accommodate power of any voltage or frequency. The incremental pressure gain provided by the booster may be controlled by modifying the speed of the rotating fan wheel, and a sled assembly provides structural support and positional alignment for portions of the tank assembly when the booster system is opened for access.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: ETTER Engineering Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas M. Etter, Jon G. Moore, Patrick M. Hale
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Patent number: 7753661Abstract: A vacuum pump evacuates gas from a chamber by coaction of a rotationally driven rotor and a stator. An electrical equipment section that rotates the rotor is housed within a stator column integral with the stator. A cooling water pipe is buried in a wall of the stator column near the electrical equipment section. One end of the cooling water pipe branches into a plurality of water inlet ports and the other end branches into a plurality of water outlet ports. One pair of water inlet and outlet ports opens to the outside of the vacuum pump at a side surface of the stator column and another pair of water inlet and outlet ports opens to the outside at the underside of the stator column.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Boc Edwards Japan LimitedInventors: Satoshi Okudera, Yasushi Maejima, Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20100168848Abstract: A pump (10) includes a housing, a stator (20) supported in the housing, and a rotor assembly (30). The rotor assembly (30) includes a rotor (32) supported in the housing for rotation relative to the stator (20) about an axis (12). The rotor assembly (30) also includes a first impeller (34) operatively coupled to a first axial end of the rotor (32) for rotation with the rotor about the axis (12). The rotor assembly further includes a second impeller (36) operatively coupled to a second axial end of the rotor (32), opposite the first axial end, for rotation with the rotor about the axis (12). The rotor assembly (30) is movable along the axis (12) relative to the housing to adjust hydraulic performance characteristics of the pump (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: David Horvath, Leonard A.R. Golding, Alex Massiello
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Publication number: 20100158722Abstract: In an air supplier particularly for air supply systems for fuel cells including a compressor having a housing with a radial diffuser and including a rotor operated, by an electric motor, a diverting channel is connected to the radial diffuser providing a communication path guiding the air via an axial annular passage to an inwardly extending coiled collecting chamber whose outer diameter is not substantially larger than the outer diameter of the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Manfred Stute, Paul Löffler
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Publication number: 20100158646Abstract: Method, apparatus and system for controllably conveying magnetic particles between closed chambers. Magnetic particles are magnetically attracted from a first solution-containing chamber into a motive cavity, such as may be formed in a rotor of a pump. The magnetic particle-containing motive cavity is then moved out of fluid communication with the first solution-filled chamber and moved into fluid communication with a second solution-filled chamber. Finally, the magnetic particles are magnetically releasing from the motive cavity into the second solution-containing chamber. The first and second chambers are preferably never in direct fluid communication. Because the rotor is sealed with the pump body and there is no direct fluid communication between the first and second chamber, contact between the first solution and the second solution is limited by the size of the motive cavity. Optionally, the particles are magnetically attracted by temporarily inserting a magnet into a rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: LYNNTECH, INC.Inventors: Surya Utama Shandy, Sze-Shun Season Wong
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Publication number: 20100140935Abstract: Reversible hydroelectric device that can be installed on an outside pipe, comprising a hydraulic power unit comprising a hydraulic machine comprising a centrifugal pump that can be reversed as a turbine and a hydraulic circuit having bypass branches and motorized valves allowing circulation of water in said hydraulic machine in one direction or the other irrespective of the direction of circulation of the water in said outside pipe; an electric machine coupled to said hydraulic machine and comprising an asynchronous motor that can be reversed as an asynchronous generator; and an electronic system comprising a programmable controller for adjusting and/or regulating said valves and an electronic variator for adjusting and/or regulating the rotation speed of said electric machine so that the pressure and/or flow rate downstream of the hydraulic machine depending on the direction of circulation is/are stabilized or adjusted to at least one set point value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventor: Joseph Paoli
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Publication number: 20100143170Abstract: A fan (20) has: a motor having a stator (40) and having a rotor (60) with at least one fan blade; at least one air inlet having an air entrance opening (102) for the inlet of air; at least one air outlet having an air exit opening (32) for the outlet of air; a circuit board (80) having at least one recess, which circuit board (80) is arranged in the region of the air inlet in such a way that air can enter the fan (20) through the recess, motor electronics (88) being arranged on the circuit board (80). In a preferred embodiment, a Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) resistor (84) is surface-mounted on a PC board portion (83) extending into the air passage, to thereby sense air temperature. This facilitates compact, automated construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventor: Rodica Peia
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Publication number: 20100135832Abstract: Various “contactless” bearing mechanisms including hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, and magnetic bearings are provided for a rotary pump as alternatives to mechanical contact bearings. These design features may be combined. In one embodiment, a pump housing has a spindle extending from a wall of the pump housing into a pumping chamber defined by the pump housing. The spindle has a stepped portion adjacent the wall. In one embodiment, the stepped portion is defined by a change in spindle diameter. The lack of mechanical contact bearings enables longer life pump operation and less damage to working fluids such as blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Richard K. Wampler, David M. Lancisi
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Patent number: 7729118Abstract: A liquid cooling device includes a casing having an outer wall, a bottom base attached to a bottom end of the outer wall and a top cover attached to a top end of the outer wall. The casing defines a receiving space therein for receiving an impeller therein. A sealed chamber is defined in the casing and isolated from the receiving space. A motor driving unit is received in the sealed chamber and magnetically interacts with the impeller to drive the impeller to rotate. The motor driving unit comprises a motor having a stator and a printed circuit board electrically connecting with the stator. The top cover covers the motor driving unit and thermally contacts with electronic components on the printed circuit board for dissipating heat generated by the electronic components when the motor driving unit is operated.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng-Tien Lai, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Qiao-Li Ding
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Patent number: 7726955Abstract: A pump system having a pump module (10) comprising a stator housing (28) with a chamber (30), a rotor (32) rotatably and axially slidably received in the chamber and comprising a first axial extension (46) with a liquid supply channel (50) and a second axial extension with a liquid supply channel (52), the first and second axial extensions having different diameters, and first and second sealing rings (54, 56), mounted around the first and second axial extensions.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sensile Pat AGInventors: Peter Ryser, Sigfrid Straessler, Josef Hilber
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Publication number: 20100104461Abstract: A fan system includes a motor, a rotatable hub, and a plurality of fan blades. Each of the fan blades includes a substantially rigid spine member, a resilient leading edge member, and a resilient trailing edge member. The leading edge member and trailing edge members are removably coupled with the spine member, such that different leading edge members and different trailing edge members may be chosen to customize the leading and trailing edges of the fan blades. Each fan blade may have more than one type of leading edge member or more than one type of trailing edge member. The leading edge member and trailing edge member may each be coupled with the spine member by urging the leading edge member and trailing edge member in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis defined by the spine member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: J. Carey Smith, Richard W. Fizer, Richard M. Aynsley, Richard A. Oleson
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Publication number: 20100104442Abstract: A ceiling fan (10) has an electric motor (13) which rotatably drives an annular array of blade irons (14) coupled to blades (15). Each blade has a fastener mounting hole (18) and an end notch (19). Each blade iron (14) has a blade mounting portion (23) with a blade fastener (24) configured to pass through the fastener mounting hole, and a releasable spring biased catch (27). The fastener has main post (30) and wing members or stops (25) configured and positioned so as to overlay the top surface of the blade once the blade is coupled to the blade iron. The catch has a generally vertical, moveable flat spring (28) straddled by two L-shaped guides (29) having an upright wall portion (31) and a horizontal flange or top portion (32). The horizontal top portion is spaced a select distance from the blade iron top surface (26) through the height of the vertical wall portion so as to catch the blade therebetween. The flat spring has a hand gripping portion (34) extending above the top surface of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: HUNTER FAN COMPANYInventor: Cecil Fred Haynes
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Patent number: 7699588Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal pump, especially for blood, comprising a pump rotor which is arranged in a rotational manner and without a bearing in a liquid-tight and gas-tight closed housing, except for at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening. The rotor is also the rotor of a drive motor. The rotor is symmetrical with respect to the centre plane thereof and comprises an upper and a lower covering. The rotor and/or the pump housing are formed in such a way that the axial distances between the upper and the lower coverings and the upper and lower housing walls are smaller in the radially inner region of the rotor than in the radially outer region.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Jostra AGInventor: Nikolaus Mendler
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Patent number: 7699587Abstract: A centrifugal blower comprising a cooling air path having an inlet communicating with a blower space and an outlet communicating with the inlet of the motor airflow path, the cooling air path having an upstream portion that extends axially in the direction from the opposite end of the motor toward the drive end of the motor, and the cooling air path having a downstream portion that extends axially in the direction from the drive end of the motor toward the opposite end of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Thomas Richard Chapman, Robert Hodgson White, Jr.
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Patent number: 7700207Abstract: Turbocompressors 1 comprise a turbine 10, a compressor 30, a rotatable shaft 20 connecting the turbine 10 and compressor 30 at opposite ends of the shaft 20, and an electric motor 50 coupled to the compressor 30. The turbine 10 comprises an inlet port 14 configured to receive an air feed, and a turbine wheel 12 connected to the shaft 20 and configured to rotate in response to a torque (?M) provided by the air feed. The rotation of the turbine wheel 12 is rotates the rotatable shaft 20 and a compressor wheel 32 of the compressor 30 connected thereto. The compressor 30 comprises an inlet port configured to receive and compress an air feed. The electric motor 50 may deliver a torque (?M) to the compressor wheel 32 in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of the rotatable shaft 20 in order to shut down the turbocompressor 1.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventor: Thomas Hild
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Publication number: 20100091931Abstract: A flywheel for a pump, and in particular a flywheel having a number of high density segments for use in a nuclear reactor coolant pump. The flywheel includes an inner member and an outer member. A number of high density segments are provided between the inner and outer members. The high density segments may be formed from a tungsten based alloy. A preselected gap is provided between each of the number of high density segments. The gap accommodates thermal expansion of each of the number of segments and resists the hoop stress effect/keystoning of the segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: John Raymond FINEGAN, Francis Joseph Kreke, John Joseph Casamassa
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Patent number: 7685914Abstract: A food slicer comprises a fan-cooled electrically powered motor driving a slicer blade. The motor is mounted within an enclosure which comprises at least one air intake port and at least one exhaust port on opposite sides of one nominally air-tight first partitioning wall within the enclosure to confine the flow of cooling air from the air intake port through the enclosure, then into intimate contact with the electrical windings and components within the frame of the motor. The motor frame is sealed into a closely conforming contacting aperture in the first partitioning wall. The fan is mounted immediately adjacent to a non-contacting aperture in a second partitioning wall within the enclosure juxtaposed the exhaust port.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Edgecraft CorporationInventor: Daniel D. Friel, Sr.
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Publication number: 20100074778Abstract: The present invention provides closed-circuit hydraulic propeller used for the generation of thrust, or lift, force from the torque provided by a prime mover, or a motor, with said thrust, or lift, force being utilized in propelling, or lifting, a movable vehicle. In a preferred embodiment the closed-circuit hydraulic propeller comprises an outer casing; two inner-members; an intermediate body; a drive shaft; a rotor assembly including at least one central disk and a plurality of circumferentially arranged thrust, or lift, generating, blades; and an incompressible fluid completely filling the space enclosed within the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventor: Essam Tawfik Marcus
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Publication number: 20100069847Abstract: An axial-flow blood pump for pumping blood includes a substantially cylindrical outer enclosure. A tubular housing concentric with and located within the outer enclosure has at one end an inlet and at an opposite end an outlet. A motor stator is concentric with and located between the outer enclosure and the tubular housing. An impeller is concentric with and located within the tubular housing. The impeller is suspended in operation by a combination of passive magnetic forces between magnets within the impeller or magnetized regions of the impeller and the motor stator and hydrodynamic thrust forces generated as blood flows between the tubular housing and a plurality of hydrodynamic thrust bearing surfaces located on the impeller. A volute may be in fluid-tight connection with the outlet of the tubular housing for receiving blood in the axial direction and directing blood in a direction normal to the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Jeffrey A. LaRose, Charles R. Shambaugh, JR., Richard A. Marquis, Daniel G. White, Kartikeyan Trichi, Palanivelu Thyagarajan
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Publication number: 20100068038Abstract: One embodiment of a fan assembly includes a housing having a base member and a lip member extending outwardly from the base member for defining an enclosure. The fan assembly may further include a toothed track assembly, a wheel assembly, a first motor, a second motor, and a fan member. The toothed track assembly includes a toothed track member disposed within the enclosure. The wheel assembly includes a pair of toothed wheels adapted to move on the toothed track member. The first motor is operatively coupled to the wheel assembly and is capable of rotating the pair of toothed wheels. The fan member is coupled to the wheel assembly, such that the fan member moves along the toothed track member when the first motor rotates the pair of toothed wheels on the toothed track member. The second motor is operatively coupled to the fan member for rotating the fan member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventor: Richard Stewart
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Publication number: 20100034673Abstract: A suction device for dental, medical and industrial purposes is described which includes a radial fan with a suction side and a delivery side. An air outlet of a centrifugal separator is connected to the suction side of the radial fan. At least one drive motor controlled by a control unit, and in the form of a rotating electric motor, drives the radial fan and the centrifugal separator. A fan drive motor and a separator drive motor are arranged, uncoupled in terms of rotation, one behind the other on a common shaft fixed to the housing. The respective stators are supported by the common shaft. The rotating parts of the radial fan are fixedly connected to the rotor of the fan drive motor, and the rotating parts of the centrifugal separator are fixedly connected to the rotor of the separator drive motor and are mounted so as to rotate coaxially with respect to the shaft fixed to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Duerr Dental AGInventors: Michael Thoms, Juergen Schnepf, Andreas Haegele
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Publication number: 20100034680Abstract: An electrically driven rotary piston machine which operates as a rotary piston pump or rotary piston compressor wherein the rotary piston machine has a basic housing, which holds an electrical coil and pump head, wherein the pump working space is preferably bounded by a trochoid toothing of the rotors. The pump head which can usually be manufactured relatively economically is embodied as a disposable part and therefore has a quick-action connection with the more complex basic housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventor: Felix Arnold
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Publication number: 20100034677Abstract: A dual-powered airflow generator comprising: a primary fan motor powered from a primary power source and an auxiliary fan motor powered from a secondary power source. In one embodiment, the primary fan motor has a first drive shaft wherein operation of the primary fan motor causes a desired airflow at a design power of the primary power source. In a preferred embodiment, the auxiliary fan motor is powered from a secondary power source and has a second drive shaft mechanically coupled to the primary fan motor, wherein the auxiliary fan motor is configured to assist the primary fan motor in causing the desired airflow while the primary fan motor operates from the primary power source at a reduced power. In a preferred embodiment, the auxiliary fan motor is powered by a solar power generating device or other alternative energy source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Lennox Manufacturing Inc.Inventor: Robert B. Uselton