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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110239856 | Plunger Pump Lubrication System and Method A system and method for lubricating a packing gland of a positive displacement plunger pump. The system includes a pressure regulated lubricant discharge from the packing gland. The pressure regulated lubricant discharge maintains a positive pressure in the packing glan... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110232276 | STIRLING ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A Stirling engine includes a high-temperature side cylinder and an expansion piston that is subjected to gas lubrication, or more specifically static pressure gas lubrication, relative to the high-temperature side cylinder and has a layer on an outer peripheral surface ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110192277 | CAM MECHANISM AND LIQUID SENDING PUMP HAVING SAME A lubricant supply mechanism is provided to an upper portion of a cam. A fixing member of the lubricant supply mechanism includes a recovery blade as a lubricant recovery member having lower end portions in contact with side face peripheral edge portions of the cam. The... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110154982 | REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR WITH INTERNAL COOLING SYSTEM A refrigeration compressor includes an internal cooling system. The compressor includes a compressor shell (1), inside of which are disposed a compression cylinder (2, 3), a piston that performs an alternating movement inside the cylinder, an oil accumulat... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110146626 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP A high pressure fuel pump (20) that pressurizes and supplies a fuel by driving a cam (21) such that a plunger (23) reciprocates, the high pressure fuel pump (20) comprises a lifter guide (25) having a guide hole (25A), a lifter ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110005386 | LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR A LINEAR MOTION DEVICE A linear motion device includes a housing which extends in a longitudinal direction, and in which a rotor movable in the longitudinal direction is accommodated, the housing including a lubricant supply device, via which the rotor may be supplied with lubricant. The lubr... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100202901 | SELF LUBRICATING PUMP A self-lubricating water-cooled piston-style water pump has a unitary pump housing with a crankcase in direct water communication with the water pump inlet. A low pressure chamber is in direct water communication with the crankcase. A compression chamber is in direct pr... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100095837 | Abradable Dry Film Lubricant and the Method for Applying Same and Article Made Therefrom An article with an abradable dry powder coating thereon comprises an abradably coated article with a substrate surface and having at least one coating of a liquid primer on the substrate surface and then coating with at least one abradable dry powder coating on the surf... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20090272259 | MOTION TRANSLATION MECHANISM This disclosure concerns machines that convert rotating motion to reciprocation, and vice-versa, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to reciprocating piston machines. Some embodiments include a crankshaft defining a crankshaft-drive and at least one radially ext... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090031894 | Sliding Device A sliding device 1 includes a swash plate 3 rotated in association with a rotating shaft 2 and a plurality of semispherical shoes 4 sliding on the swash plate 3. The semispherical shoe 4 is formed ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080168898 | AIR COMPRESSOR An air compressor that employs splash lubrication to lubricate and cool a piston kit that includes a cylinder and a piston reciprocating in the cylinder. In one form, cooling channels can be coupled to or formed on the cylinder to direct the lubricant that is splashed o... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080105117 | Barrel-type internal combustion engine An engine, e.g., a cam drive, barrel-type internal combustion engine, that includes: a main drive shaft defining a longitudinal axis; a sinusoidal main drive cam rigidly attached to the main drive shaft; a plurality of cam members that are in contact with the sinusoidal... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080098883 | Reciprocating Pump A reciprocating pump (10) for pumping seawater or other fluid under high-pressure. The pump (10) has a pump body (11) defining an internal space (13) and an opening (18) onto the internal space. A plunger (25) extends through th... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080000348 | Linear Compressor A linear compressor comprising a cylinder, a hydraulically borne piston that can be longitudinally oscillated inside the cylinder, and a drive unit driving the movement of the piston. The compressor is characterized in that at least one of the lateral faces of the pisto... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070028763 | Hermetic compressor A hermetic compressor capable of appropriately injecting oil from an eccentric unit of a rotating shaft in accordance with amounts required by respective regions. The hermetic compressor comprises a compression chamber in which a refrigerant is compressed, a piston to c... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20050087068 | Lubricating structure for hydraulic driving apparatus Seal sections, which support first and second piston rods, are provided on inner circumferential surfaces of first and second cover members of a cylinder mechanism. A lubricant is supplied via supply passages and oil supply ports to first oil-retaining members, which ar... | 04/28/2005 |