Pumps inventions 12/08

20080317603 - Locking ring in a pump of a beverage system: A beverage system includes a pump that draws a set amount of a flavored concentrate into a mixing chamber for mixing with water to form a beverage. A locking ring attaches an adapter plate to a pump head. When the locking ring is in a locked position, a magnet of... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080317604 - Pump loss-of prime automatic shut off valve: Positive pressure existing in the fluid pressure chamber exerts an axial thrust on the spool. Adjacent to the air chambers and opposite the position of the fluid pressure chamber is a coil compression spring. The spool and the spring are shaped so as the spring is compressed it exerts an... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura, Esq. General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20080317605 - Progressive cavity propagation pump: A pump is provided that includes a body made at least partially of an elastomeric material and an inlet port and an outlet port, with each port being coupled to the body. The pump further includes a flow passage formed in the body and extending between the inlet port and... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080317606 - Tile flood pump: A tile flood pump for attachment to a tile or drain pipe and pumping water from a field through the tile or drain pipe to a drainage ditch or canal. The tile flood pump is characterized by a pump housing fitted with a flange for removably bolting to the existing... Agent: John M. Harrison

20080317607 - Smart blow-down system for variable frequency drive compressor units: A method and apparatus for blowing down a compressed air system when temperature is at or below a predefined temperature threshold is provided. Temperature sensors in the compressed air system monitor temperature and a control processor determines when the temperature is at or below the predefined temperature threshold. When it... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080317608 - Pump control system: A pumping system in which a pump (5) is controlled by a programmed controller (22) in response to input signals from an inlet pressure transducer (3) and an outlet pressure transducer (15) and in certain circumstances inputs from various flow sensors (4,19). The controller (22) can be programmed to allow... Agent: Handley Law Firm, PLLC Roger N. Chauza, PC

20080317609 - Controllable coolant pump: The invention relates to a controllable coolant pump for internal combustion engines which is driven by torque transmission elements. It is an object of the invention to develop a driven, controllable coolant pump of this type for internal combustion engines, which ensures further functioning of the coolant pump (failsafe) if... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080317610 - Capacity variable type rotary compressor and driving method thereof: Disclosed is a capacity variable type rotary compressor and a driving method thereof. In the compressor, a first discharge port (11) is formed at a cylinder (10), a second discharge port (23) connected to the first discharge port (14) for discharging compressed gas into a casing (1) is formed at... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080317611 - Adapter plate in a pump of a beverage system: A beverage system includes a pump that draws a set amount of a flavored concentrate into a mixing chamber for mixing with water to form a beverage. A pump head includes a piston opening that receives a piston and a water port that defines a water flow path. The pump... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080317612 - Auxiliary engine driven device and methods for use thereof: Auxiliary engine driven devices and methods for using the same are provided. The auxiliary engine driven devices includes an engine having a first end and a second end and an auxiliary device. The engine is drivingly connected to the auxiliary device on the first end of the engine to provide... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080317613 - Compressor: A compressor includes a hermetic container having resonant frequency F, a compression element operable to compress refrigerant, an electric element including a shaft rotating as to drive the compression element at a predetermined operation frequency, and a rolling bearing accommodated in the hermetic container. The rolling bearing supports the shaft... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080317614 - Electric compressor: An electric compressor is disclosed in which gas in a motor housing of a rotating electric machine is drawn into a compression chamber and then discharged by the rotating electric machine. The rotating electric machine includes a stator, teeth, coils of different phases, and phase-to-phase insulation sheets provided between coils... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080317615 - Actuator pump system: An actuator housing unit for a system of layered surfaces, comprising an activated primary surface having a physical shape capable of change when activated by an electrical, chemical, or light stimulus, to expand and exert force or pressure or contract and remove force or pressure, upon activation or deactivation, to... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20080317616 - Positioning device for a detecting device of a motor of a ceiling fan: The invention relates to a positioning device of a detecting device of a motor of a ceiling fan. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a detecting device and a circuit board. The rotor is pivotally installed around a motor shaft provided in the stator. The positioning device includes a... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080317617 - Fluid pump: A pump for fluid, comprising a pump body defining a bore, a pumping plunger having an end region which is slidably received within the bore, a spill port defined by the pump body in a wall of the bore which port is coverable by the end region of the pumping... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080317618 - Pulsation pressure decreased type pump for vehicle slip control system: The present invention provides a pulsation pressure decreased type pump. When an oil pump that is driven by a motor during the operation of an electronically controlled brake system discharges a working fluid, the working fluid passes through an annular orifice provided at a position where the working fluid is... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080310966 - Scroll type booster: An electromagnetic valve at an intake side is provided between an intake port of a compressor body and a pneumatic line at an intermediate position of an intake pipe. The electromagnetic valve is opened/closed by the control unit. When the valve is opened, a communication of the intake port of... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080310967 - Intelligent air moving apparatus: An intelligent air moving apparatus for cooling an electronics enclosure includes a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed and a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor. The microcontroller includes a speed sensor for sensing the rotational speed such that when the sensed rotational... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080310968 - Waste water lifting system: A waste water lifting system with a collecting tank (2) for liquids, in particular waste water, fecal matter, or the like, and with a device for emptying the tank, in particular a pump (3) which is connected to a motor and is arranged as a motor and pump unit in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080310969 - Dual chamber mixing pump: A dual chamber mixing pump design is disclosed which allows two different sources of fluid to be combined into one mixed product fluid. The pump is divided into two chambers, the proximal chamber and the distal chamber. The chambers are defined in part by a piston having proximal and distal... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20080310970 - Jet pump: A fluid mover (1) includes a hollow body (2) provided with a straight-through passage (3) of substantially constant cross section with an inlet end (4) an outlet end (5) for the entry and discharge respectively of a working fluid. A nozzle (16) substantially circumscribes and opens into the passage (3)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080310971 - Piston pump: A piston pump includes a first piston pump including a first piston and a first pump chamber, a second piston pump including a second piston and a second pump chamber, the second piston operating to follow the first piston, a pressure release passage formed in communication with the second pump... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080310972 - Integrated hydrostatic transmission assembly: A hydrostatic transmission mountable to a vehicle frame as a unit. The hydrostatic transmission has a nose cup to which a motor module is mounted. Passageways in an end block connect the pump element and motor module in a closed loop. The end block also has passageways for connecting a... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080310973 - Water pumping device by using pressure differential: A water pumping device includes a water storage tank, a water tower, a pressure differential pump, and two pumping pipes. The pressure differential pump includes two opposite cylinders, two pistons, a connecting rod, two equivalent-diameter retractable air pipes, and two air control valves. Thus, the air pipes are expanded by... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080310974 - Hermetic compressor with a heat dissipation system: A hermetic compressor with a heat dissipating system, comprising: a casing within which is defined an oil sump; a cylinder block mounted inside the casing and defining a cylinder, for compression of a refrigerant fluid, having an end closed by a cylinder head in which is defined a discharge chamber,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080310975 - Methods and apparatus for a cogeneration abatement system for electronic device manufacturing: The present invention provides systems, methods, and apparatus for abating effluent from an electronic device manufacturing system using cogeneration. The invention includes a pump adapted to couple to a processing chamber and adapted to draw effluent from the processing chamber; a reaction chamber coupled to the pump and adapted to... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080310976 - Brushless motor fuel pump: The invention relates to a fuel conveying device for conveying fuel towards an internal combustion engine. The fuel conveying device comprises a housing and a head connected to the housing. Further, a fuel pump is provided, having an electronically commutated brushless motor. The control electronics for the electronically commutated brushless... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080310977 - Compact compressor: A compact compressor comprising a first tubular housing portion; a second tubular housing portion having a first end region open to the first tubular housing portion and a second end region defining a compression chamber and housing a piston; an electric motor carried by the first tubular housing portion; a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080310978 - Modular cpap compressor: A modular compressor assembly comprises a common motor assembly, an impeller, a blower housing and an engagement mechanism. The common motor assembly includes a stator housing containing a stator assembly and having a rotor magnet rotatably disposed therewithin. The impeller is mounted to and rotatable with the rotor magnet. The... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080310979 - Piston pump with improved efficiency: The present invention relates to a piston pump for delivering hydraulic fluid, including a reciprocating piston for building up pressure in a pressure chamber; a sealing element is situated on the piston; during a compression phase, this sealing element produces a seal between the pressure chamber and a low-pressure region... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080310980 - Valve mounting arrangement for a refrigeration compressor: A valve mounting arrangement for a refrigeration compressor which presents a compression chamber closed by a valve plate having a suction orifice closed by a valve element having a mounting end portion. The mounting arrangement comprises: a first retaining means to retain the mounting end portion of the valve element... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080304976 - Temperature management for electric motor driven pump: A hydraulic pump system is provided that includes a pump driven by an electric motor. The electric motor includes windings that receive power from a power source. In one example, a temperature sensor is arranged in proximity to hydraulic fluid associated with the pump, such as at an input of... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080304977 - Use of fluidic pumps: The invention provides a method for the transportation of at least one material in a molten state from a first location to a second location, the method comprising the use of transfer means comprising a fluidic pump to effect the transportation of said at least one material. The preferred type... Agent: Ward And Smith, P.A.

20080304978 - Vacuum release mechanism: A piston pump in which the piston carries a valve and a control mechanism to change a characteristic of the valve, preferably, its tendency to open. The valve may preferably comprise a disc which extends radially outwardly from the piston to resiliently engage the wall of piston chamber. The control... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20080304979 - Reaction drive energy transfer device: A fluid energy transfer device, including a chamber for receiving a fluid, at least a portion of the chamber comprising a movable portion relative to another portion of the chamber, the movable portion being adapted to change the volume of the chamber from a first volume to a second volume... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080304980 - Compressor vibration isolation mount and method of use: A compressor vibration isolation mount for isolating the vibrations of a compressor from the rest of a structure includes at least one frame; and at least one gimbal coupling the compressor to the at least one frame for partial rotation about at least one primary axis of rotation.... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080304981 - Motor direct drive air pump and related applications thereof: A motor direct drive air pump comprises a housing, a first shaft, and a second shaft. The housing is formed with a left space and a right space; one of the spaces is a compression chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet; the other space has a transmission... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080304982 - Micropump, pump module, and drive module: A micropump of peristaltic drive system of pressing a tube having elasticity to transport a fluid is disclosed. The micropump includes: a pump module including the tube, a cam that presses the tube, and a cam shaft on which the cam is pivotally mounted; a drive module including a drive... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080304983 - Diaphragm air pump: A diaphragm air pump includes a diaphragm; and upper and lower housings that interpose the diaphragm such that a variable volume chamber is formed over and under the diaphragm. The diaphragm air pump vibrates the diaphragm to obtain a pump operation, a circular concave portion into which the diaphragm that... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080304984 - Therapeutic device: A handheld device includes a casing having a cylinder presenting an opening for placement upon a user's skin. A motor is housed within the casing. A piston driven by the motor oscillates within the cylinder toward and away from the skin of a user to cause a pressure fluctuation thereagainst.... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080304986 - Blower with bearing tube: A blower includes a stationary portion including an inlet and an outlet, a rotating portion provided to the stationary portion, and a motor adapted to drive the rotating portion. The inlet and outlet are co-axially aligned. The stationary portion includes a housing, a stator component provided to the housing, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080304985 - Turbo-molecular pump: Disclosed is a turbo-molecular pump, which comprises: a blade pumping section having a plurality of rotor blades and a plurality of stator blades which are alternately arranged in plural stages along an axial direction of the pump; and a thread groove pumping section having a cylindrical-shaped screw stator, and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080304987 - Bladder-inflating structure: A bladder-inflating structure including a resilient air chamber having a receiving space which can be reciprocally compressed and released. After released, the resilient air chamber itself can resiliently restore to its original state. An inflatable bladder is connected to one side of the resilient air chamber. An intake valve is... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080304988 - Pump apparatus, assembling method of the same and washer system for vehicle: In a pump apparatus of a washer system, a closure member closes an opening of a motor housing and an opening of a circuit box. The closure member includes a plurality of terminal receiving holes. Each corresponding terminal is inserted through a corresponding one of the terminal receiving holes. One... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080304989 - Compression device for gaseous media: The invention concerns a device for compressing gaseous media comprising at least one compression chamber (10) into which the gaseous medium can enter and from which the gaseous medium can exit, and comprising a first valve device (13, 7) having at least one first opening (13) and at least one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080298977 - Machine retarder: A system is provided for controllably absorbing energy associated with a machine. The system may include a power source configured to provide power to a hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic pump is configured to provide a flow of fluid to a hydraulic dissipation circuit and to one or more implement... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080298978 - Control and alarm system for sump pump: A control system for a sump pump driven by an AC motor includes an AC power line having an input adapted for connection to an AC power source and an output adapted for connection to the AC drive motor. A controller is connected to a controllable switch in the AC... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080298979 - Engine: An engine having at least one displacer cylinder in which a liquid, in particular an ionic liquid, is arranged and which can be connected to a feed passage and a discharge passage for a medium, is disclosed. The liquid is operatively connected to a displacer device. The displacer cylinder is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080298980 - Compressor: Disclosed is a compressor in which, in correspondence to a point in time that the piston is reached to a bottom dead center to start compression of the refrigerant, the outlet of the main refrigerant suction channel is closed by an inner wall of the cylinder block so that the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080298981 - Variable capacity swash plate type compressor: Provided is a variable capacity swash plate type compressor. The variable capacity swash plate type compressor includes: a cylinder block; a front housing; a rear housing; a valve; a driving shaft; a rotor; a swash; an elastic; and a plurality of pistons, wherein at least one step portion perforating the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080298982 - Multi-piston pump: The present invention relates to a multi-piston pump comprising a housing, a first pump unit having a plurality of piston pumps for the pressure supply of a first pressure circuit, a second pump unit having a plurality of piston pumps for the pressure supply of a second pressure circuit, a... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080298983 - Fan, motor and bearing structure thereof: A fan includes an impeller and a motor. The motor includes a rotor structure and a bearing structure. The motor is used to drive the impeller and the rotor structure has a shaft. The shaft is connected to the impeller. The bearing structure includes an oil-retaining bearing, a base and... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080298984 - Unit for generating and treating compressed aeriform fluids, with an improved cooling system: The unit comprises at least one tapping duct (41; 41a, 41b) extending between the heat-exchanger unit (3) and that region of the at least one cylinder (7-10) which is disposed between the associated piston and the shaft (5), the duct being suitable for supplying a flow of compressed fluid to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080298986 - Electric compressor having magnets disposed in magnet slots of rotor core: In a method for assembling an electric compressor which contains a rotor having built-in magnets, magnets in a pre-magnetization state are inserted into a plurality of slots of a magnetizing jib made with a nonmagnetic material. After magnetizing the magnets, the magnetizing jib is fitted to the rotor to have... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080298985 - Fuel pump assembly for a fuel pump module: A fuel pump assembly includes a fuel pump, and an electric motor for rotatably driving the fuel pump and including a motor armature and a commutator positioned between the motor armature and the fuel pump.... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080298987 - Diaphragm pump: A diaphragm pump and a method for aligning thereof, the pump including an electric motor, a motor shaft, driven by the electric motor for rotation about an electric motor shaft axis, an eccentric drive, driven by the electric motor, via the motor shaft, to provide reciprocal driving along a pump... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20080298988 - Air pump having an adjustable interval between an electromagnetic device and an air chamber: An air pump having an adjustable interval between an electromagnetic device and an air chamber includes at least a upper cap, a base, an electromagnetic device, an air chamber and a regulator. The regulator has a rotary knob to drive a bolt and move a coupling member up and down.... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080298989 - Rotary and translating displacement device: A rotating-to-translating conversion device having a piston member oscillating within a casing where a rotating shaft is positioned through the piston. The interaction between a groove member between the piston and the shaft is such that an engagement member positioned within the groove will provide an oscillating motion of the... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080298990 - Oil pressure braking pump with different braking stages: An oil pressure braking pump, comprises a supporting frame having a receiving space; a piston and an adjusting unit being received in the receiving space; a handle being installed to the supporting frame; the handle serving to actuate a piston within the supporting frame; the piston being driven by the... Agent: Chester Wen

20080298991 - System and method for preloading a high stress area of a component: The exposure of components to high-pressure fluids can result in the application of high tensile stresses to those components, which may lead to reduced life. The preload system described herein helps to reduce the magnitude of those tensile stresses by providing a body and a plug. The body includes a... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.