Pumps inventions 07/08

20080181785 - Pump controller system and method: A method and apparatus for a pump control system. One or more embodiments of the invention include a pump controller that can perform a self-calibrating procedure, can provide precise motor speed control, can provide a limp mode before shutting down the motor when system parameters are exceeded and/or fault conditions... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080181786 - Pump and pump control circuit apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for a pump and a pump control system. The apparatus includes pistons integrally formed in a diaphragm and coupled to the diaphragm by convolutes. The convolutes have a bottom surface angled with respect to a top surface of the pistons. The apparatus also includes an outlet... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080181787 - Pump controller system and method: A method and apparatus for a pump control system. One or more embodiments of the invention include a pump controller that can perform a self-calibrating procedure, can provide precise motor speed control, can provide a limp mode before shutting down the motor when system parameters are exceeded and/or fault conditions... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080181789 - Pump controller system and method: A method and apparatus for a pump control system. One or more embodiments of the invention include a pump controller that can perform a self-calibrating procedure, can provide precise motor speed control, can provide a limp mode before shutting down the motor when system parameters are exceeded and/or fault conditions... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080181788 - Pump and pump control circuit apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for a pump and a pump control system. The apparatus includes pistons integrally formed in a diaphragm and coupled to the diaphragm by convolutes. The convolutes have a bottom surface angled with respect to a top surface of the pistons. The apparatus also includes an outlet... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080181791 - Electric compressor: An electric compressor (10) is equipped with a motor chamber (27) provided in a suction pressure region. The motor chamber (27) is adjacent to an inverter accommodation chamber (101) with a first housing (24) therebetween, and a cooling hole (130) extending from the motor chamber (27) toward the inverter accommodation... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080181790 - Pump and pump control circuit apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for a pump and a pump control system. The apparatus includes pistons integrally formed in a diaphragm and coupled to the diaphragm by convolutes. The convolutes have a bottom surface angled with respect to a top surface of the pistons. The apparatus also includes an outlet... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080181792 - Floating pump: A floating pump is provided that has a power system, a pumping system, a filtering system, a floatation system and a support structure. The power system has a power source and a drive shaft. The pumping system has a pumping conduit and a drive member. The filtering system is in... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080181793 - Electric feedback/yoke angle sensor for position feedback: A variable displacement pump including a first sensor configured to measure a position of the variable displacement pump. The first sensor may be a rotary angle sensor that is mounted to the yoke shaft of the variable displacement pump. A controller is configured to receive position data from the first... Agent: Deere & Company

20080181794 - Mobile pneumatic compressor: A mobile pneumatic compressor includes an electric motor and a compressor mounted within a compressor housing. A battery mounted to the compressor powers the motor. A frame may surround the compressor housing, and a carrier, including storage compartments, may be mounted to the frame. The frame may comprise a sealed... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080181795 - Multiple configuration air mattress pump system: A multiple configuration air mattress pump system is disclosed. The pump system includes a number of standard components with a few inexpensive varied components to allow for easy and less expensive use of the pump with mattresses having varying numbers of inflatable zones.... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20080181796 - Pump: Pump, for example for pumping lubricating oil in an internal combustion engine, more particularly a multi-stroke vane cell pump, with a rotor and vanes which can slide at least radially in rotor slots and have vane heads that slide along a stroke contour, the stroke contour having a radial outlet... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080181797 - Hydraulic submersible pump with electric motor drive: A hydraulic submersible pump with electric motor drive including a master cylinder and at least one slave cylinder in axial alignment with the master cylinder, each having a piston. Each slave piston is connected by a rigid linkage to the master piston, such that movement of the master piston results... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080181798 - Fluid pump drive: An apparatus and method for powering a fluid pump used in connection with drilling operations. The apparatus has an electric motor with a rotor that connects directly to the drive means of the fluid pump in a direct drive configuration.... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20080181799 - Extendable pipe unit for frame floor pump: A frame floor pump includes a cylinder having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, an extendable pump unit having an outer pipe with a first end installed to a side of the second end of the cylinder and a second end, an inner hose... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080181800 - Positive displacement pump for transporting a fluid with automatic adaptation to the compressibility of the fluid: A positive displacement pump (1) for transporting a fluid with automatic adaptation to the compressibility of that fluid has a pumping chamber (15) with a variable volume (V) which is on the one hand delimited by a rigid chamber cover plate (10) and on the other hand by an elastic... Agent: James B. Conte Welsh & Katz, Ltd.

20080175717 - System and method of operation of multiple screw compressors with continuously variable speed to provide noise cancellation: A system for cancelling or attenuating noise in at least two positive displacement compressors proximately located from each other for use with a heating or cooling system. A lead compressor and a lag compressor have a controllable rotational speed and phase of operation. A controller selectably controls the rotational speed... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20080175718 - Compressor control device and method for controlling a compressor: A compressor control device includes a driving circuit, for controllably supplying a coil of an electric motor of a compressor. A temperature sensor is thermally coupled to the driving circuit and provides a temperature sensing signal correlated to a temperature in the driving circuit. A control stage, coupled to the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080175719 - Fluid pumping systems, devices and methods: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to certain types of reciprocating positive-displacement pumps (which may be referred to hereinafter as “pods,” “pump pods,” or “pod pumps”) used to pump fluids, such as a biological fluid (e.g., blood or peritoneal fluid), a therapeutic fluid (e.g., a medication solution), or a... Agent: Michelle Saquet Temple

20080175720 - Contoured electrodes for an electrostatic gas pump: The present invention achieves high gas flow rates through an electrostatic pump having sharp and blunt electrodes with a corona discharge taking place in the gas gap in between the electrodes. According to certain aspects, the invention comprises a specially shaped blunt electrode that is contoured to maintain a constant... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080175721 - Magnetic displacement pump and compressor: A device for pumping and compressing fluids, particularly in micro-liter quantities. First and second polarized cylindrical magnets are mounted in a cylinder with an inlet and an outlet port. The first magnet is adapted to rotate on the axis of the cylinder and has a fixed longitudinal position on that... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick , Esq. Patent Services

20080175722 - Vacuum pump with wear adjustment: A vacuum pump having components that are subject to wear may be adjusted to compensate for the wear. In some instances, a vacuum pump may include a housing and an impeller disposed at least partially within the housing. A gap between the housing and the impeller may be adjustable to... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080175723 - Vacuum pump with wear adjustment: A vacuum pump having components that are subject to wear may be adjusted to compensate for the wear. In some instances, a vacuum pump may include a housing and an impeller disposed at least partially within the housing. A gap between the housing and the impeller may be adjustable to... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, Llc

20080175724 - Vane pump with substantially constant regulated output: A variable displacement vane pump is provided which is able to achieve a substantially constant output pressure in its regulated operation region. The longitudinal axis of the control spring of the pump is inclined, with respect to a plane through the rotational axis of the pivot and the contact point... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080175725 - Rotary piston pump: The invention relates to a rotary piston pump for semi-solid products, in particular for a mincemeat mainly for producing sausages, comprising a stator, a barrel (5) provided with an array of bores (51) in which pistons (93, 94) are arranged, a lid (6), a feeding orifice (63) communicating with at... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080175726 - Surge anticipator safety check unit for a liquid system: A surge anticipator safety check unit for use in a liquid system for preventing damage to a pump and associated components of the system in the event of a loss in pumping pressure is provided. The unit includes a surge anticipator portion having a surge anticipator valve assembly, a hydraulic... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080175727 - Electromagnetic displacement control valve in clutchless type variable displacement compressor: An electromagnetic displacement control valve in a clutchless type variable displacement compressor is disclosed. The control valve includes a valve body, an electromagnetic driving device, a buffer spring, and an urging spring. The electromagnetic driving device drives the valve body toward a position for closing the valve hole. The buffer... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080175728 - Oceanic layers modification methods, apparatus, systems and applications: A method and apparatus for reducing the surface temperature of a large body of water by pumping deeper cooler water to an area near the surface. The deeper cooler water can be pumped using a self-deploying pump which is powered by waves which travel across the surface of the large... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.c.

20080175729 - Axial flow fan: An axial flow fan includes a housing, a plurality of rotor vanes that rotate inside the housing, and a plurality of sheet-like stationary vanes that are disposed below the rotor vanes and fixed to the housing. The axial flow fan includes a motor that is connected to the rotor vanes... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080175730 - Cooling apparatus for an electronic device to be cooled: a drive motor for the impeller. The heatsink takes the form of a stationary hub having a base for introducing heat from the electronic component that is to be cooled, the hub widening towards the base. Cooling fins are thermally coupled to the hub, the cooling fins being given a... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080175731 - Transfer pump for injection of fuel at high pressure: A transfer pump for the injection of fuel under high pressure of the type comprising a piston (10) providing the hydraulic liquid to a deformable bellows (14), the deformations of said bellows (14) in a cylindrical chamber (20) filled with fuel giving rise to a high pressure pumping effect of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080175732 - Busbar structure, method of producing the busbar structure, and electric motor having the busbar structure: A method of producing a busbar structure includes a busbar arranging step for arranging a plurality of the busbars at predetermined positions in a cavity which is formed between a fixed mold and a movable mold which can be clamped and opened with respect to the fixed mold, and clamping... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080175733 - Embedded fluid mixing device using a homopolar motor: A fluid displacement device (100) having a homopolar motor (110). The homopolar motor includes a rotatable disk (115) with at least one fluid displacement structure (120) disposed thereon. The fluid displacement structure can be a blade. The rotatable disk can be disposed within a cavity (145) defined in a substrate... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby Pc

20080175734 - Tube retainer system: A retaining assembly comprising a base and a retainer comprising a wall and a notch in the wall. The notch in the wall has an arcuate first portion and an arcuate second portion that converge at a juncture. The first and second arcuate portions of the notch are oriented toward... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080175735 - Inlet pressure attenuator for single plunger fuel pump: An attenuator diaphragm assembly for a fuel injection pump, comprising a diaphragm formed of two half-shells, having mated flat rims that are welded together along their peripheral edges and a compression joint formed at inward, unwelded portions of the rims, and a carrier that captures the joined and welded rims.... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080170947 - Temperature sensing system: A temperature sensing system includes N temperature sensing circuits, each including a diode, that are connected in series, wherein N is an integer greater than one. A control module includes a first terminal that communicates with one of the N temperature sensing circuits, that receives a combined voltage of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080170948 - Multi-stage compressor/driver system and method of operation: An improved system and methodology for starting up a gas-turbine driven multi-stage compressor. The improvement involves isolating individual compression stages and creating positive pressure in each stage prior to initiating rotation of the compressor/driver system. The isolation of individual compression stages allows the turbine to reach normal operating speeds with... Agent: Conocophilips Company - I.p. Legal

20080170949 - Manually operated vacuum pump and refill device: A manually operated vacuum pump and refill device includes a body on top with a vacuum pump attached, and a lower portion of the body is arranged with an elastic adapter. The adapter has a central channel in communication with the body. The body includes an inlet in which a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080170950 - Rotary pump: A rotary pump for producing a pressure medium flow for a consumer, includes a pump housing in which a curved ring is inserted. A rotor is rotatably borne on a drive shaft in the curved ring. The rotor carries displacement elements at a tangential distance to one another which form... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080170951 - Piezoelectric pump: A piezoelectric pump includes a piezoelectric vibrator whose periphery is fluid-tightly sealed, and a pump chamber and an air chamber that are formed on front and rear sides of the piezoelectric vibrator. The piezoelectric pump vibrates the piezoelectric vibrator to perform a pumping operation. The piezoelectric vibrator includes: a shim... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080170952 - Hermetic compressor: A hermetic compressor includes a compressing device and a drive motor connected to the compressing device. The drive motor has a stator with a stator coil made of aluminum wire and an insulating layer disposed on an outer surface of the aluminum wire. The aluminum wire has a diameter between... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080170953 - Combination compressor and vacuum pump apparatus and method of use: A combination compressor and vacuum pump apparatus comprising a common drive mechanism, a compressor piston-cylinder unit mechanically coupled to the drive mechanism, the compressor piston-cylinder unit comprising a hollow first piston rod connected to the drive mechanism at a first free end substantially opposite a first piston operable within a... Agent: Jeromye V. Sartain Mind Law Firm

20080170954 - Cylinder assembly for providing uniform flow output: An assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention for providing a substantially uniform output flow from at least one piston of a pump powered by a prime mover includes at least a first power piston disposed in a cylinder and reciprocatingly movable within the cylinder between an... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20080166243 - Liquid for compressing a gaseous medium and use of the same: The invention relates to a liquid for compressing a gaseous medium which transfers the force required for compression directly to the gas. The liquid has a vapour pressure of less than 10−3 mbar.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080166244 - Device for evacuating liquids: A portable device for evacuating liquids from areas where pooling occurs, or for places where pooled spilled liquids require removal, which can be mounted to a vehicle, and is operable by a single person, and which is characterized by a novel pump housing and novel straining means. An example for... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw

20080166245 - Variable displacement compressor: A variable displacement compressor is disclosed that draws refrigerant from a suction pressure zone and discharges the refrigerant to a discharge pressure zone, and controls displacement according to a pressure in a control pressure chamber. The compressor has a cam body, pistons, a supply passage, a release passage, and an... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080166246 - System for protecting bearings and seals of a refrigerant compressor: To protect the bearings, lubricant and seals of a refrigerant compressor, the compressor includes one or more inductors for mitigating a high frequency common mode current that produces a high frequency shaft voltage. Each inductor is a ring of magnetic material encircling three insulated cables that convey three-phase power from... Agent: William O'driscoll - 12-1 Trane

20080166247 - Single-shaft vacuum positive displacement pump: A single-shaft vacuum positive displacement pump (10) comprises two pump stages (12,14) each provided with a pump rotor (13,15) and a drive motor (16). The drive motor (16) is axially arranged between the two pump stages (12,14), wherein the shaft (22) supports the pump rotors (13,15) and the motor rotor... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080166248 - Coupling system for use with fluid displacement apparatus: A magnetic coupling system may be used in a fluid displacement apparatus to magnetically couple a drive shaft to a piston. The magnetic coupling system may include first and second magnetic couplers at the ends of the drive shaft and piston, respectively. The second magnetic coupler is configured to magnetically... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080166249 - Rotary compressor and air conditioner having the same: A rotary compressor is provided, including: a rotation shaft; a driving motor which is coupled to a first side of the rotation shaft to supply a rotation force; a rotation cam which is eccentrically provided to a second side of the rotation shaft and supports a rolling piston rotating inside... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080166250 - Piston compressor, particularly a hermetic refrigerant compressor: The invention concerns a piston compressor, particularly a hermetic refrigerant compressor, with a compression chamber, which is limited by a valve plate arrangement having a valve plate with a suction gas opening and a pressure gas opening, a suction valve plate with a suction valve element, and a pressure valve... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080159875 - Method for controlling ground meat flow rates: A method for continuously controlling the flow rate of a meat input stream for making a meat product is disclosed. A flow rate algorithm is provided that depends upon pump speed (RPM) for control of the flow rate. A correction factor provides further control of the system and is dependant... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080159876 - Protective device for a controlling system of a sewage pump: A protective device for a controlling system of a sewage pump has a protective circuit to protect a start capacitor and to avoid the start capacitor from burnout when an overload is occurred by actuating power source (ON status) or when a transient voltage is occurred by malfunction of a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080159877 - Pump apparatus and pump unit thereof: A pump apparatus comprises a low-temperature flat plate group (a low-temperature portion) C having flat plates 5 as a plurality of low-temperature bodies arranged parallel with each other with intervals in a direction crossing a passage 4 of gas, a high-temperature flat plate group (a high-temperature portion) H having flat... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080159878 - Compressor: This compressor includes housing members that form a body; a drive shaft linked to a drive power source via an electromagnetic clutch; movable members moving in cooperation with the drive shaft and carrying out the compression of a fluid; a detected body moving in cooperation with the drive shaft; a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080159879 - Axial piston machine: An axial piston machine includes two cylinder drums which are guided in a housing, can be respectively rotated about a drum axis, and are respectively supported on an inclined surface arranged in the direction of a shaft rotational axis. The inclined surfaces are located in the region between the two... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080159880 - Method for matching the actual characteristic curve of a hydrodynamic component to a predefined set characteristics curve during the final test of the hydrodynamic component: A method for matching an actual characteristic curve or diagram that characterizes the operating mode of a hydrodynamic component to a set characteristic curve or diagram is provided. The method includes a set characteristic curve or diagram of the hydrodynamic component is stored in a writable/readable memory storage unit, a... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080159881 - Suction system for a refrigeration compressor: A suction system for a refrigeration compressor of the type which comprises a valve plate which is provided with at least one suction orifice, selectively closed by a suction valve, and which closes a cylinder end; a cylinder head mounted against a face of the valve plate opposite to that... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080159882 - Motor-fan unit with thermal device: A motor-fan unit includes a thermal device serving to monitor the operating temperature of the motor-fan unit. The thermal device is secured to the motor-fan unit through a frictional fit between the thermal device and a cavity provided in an end plate assembly and the field laminations of the motor-fan... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080159883 - Fan-motor assembly: A fan assembly includes a base which couples to a motor assembly. A shroud couples to the base and encloses a fan therebetween. An airflow conduit is formed between the base and the shroud and is positioned circumferentially around the fan. The airflow conduit terminates at a horn and includes... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080159884 - Motor-mounted internal gear pump and electronic equipment: A motor-mounted internal gear pump 80 includes: a pump part 81 which sucks and discharges hydraulic fluid; and a motor part 82 which drives the pump 81. The pump part 81 includes: an inner rotor 1 with teeth on its outer surface; an outer rotor 2 with teeth on its... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080159885 - Motor-mounted internal gear pump and manufacturing method thereof and electronic equipment: A motor-integrated internal gear pump that is inexpensive and highly reliable while maintaining characteristics of small size and inexpensive functions. The motor-integrated internal gear pump (80) has a pump section (81) with an inner rotor (1), an outer rotor (2), a pump casing, and an inner shaft (5). The pump... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080159886 - Compressor and air conditioner having the same: A scroll compressor uses fatty-acid ester oil for lubrication when a hydro-fluorocarbon (HFC) based-refrigerant is used, and uses fatty-acid mineral oil when a hydro-chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-based refrigerant is used. The driving motor is a synchronous reluctance motor with a rotor comprised of a plurality of flat plates. Each plate has a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080159887 - Housing of a refrigerant compressor: A housing, preferably a hermetically sealing housing (1), a small-type refrigerating machine for receiving an electromotor and a piston-cylinder unit driven by the same for compressing a refrigerant guided via feed lines and discharge lines into the housing (1) and into the piston of the piston-cylinder unit, with the housing... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080159888 - fluid machine connected to a drive source via a magnetic coupling: The present invention aims to propose a fluid machine in which a magnetic coupling includes an outer rotor 32 to the cylinder-bottom part of which a drive shaft of the drive component is connected, outer rotor side magnets 33 placed on an inner periphery of the outer rotor, an inner... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080159889 - Flood water removal system: Flood water removal systems including a motor, a vacuum generating device, a discharge pump, and a vacuum tank can be efficiently arranged to be transversely mounted to a vehicle. Certain flood water removal systems can include a supercharger driven by the engine to generate vacuum. The systems can include a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080159890 - Fluid transporting device, and fluid transporter: A fluid transporting device is of a writhing type for transporting a fluid continuously. The fluid transporting device comprises a plurality of push pins arranged along a tube and radially on a concentric arc for squeezing a portion of the tube through which the fluid is fed and having elasticity... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080159891 - Pumping device for nuclear facility: A pump unit for a nuclear installation, for example a pressurized water reactor, contains a vertical shaft, which is guided through at least one journal bearing. The journal bearing or bearings is or are configured as a spiral groove bearing or bearings, to prevent shaft vibration caused by the bearings... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP