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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167593 | System and method for pump with deformable bearing surface Systems and methods for pumping fluid comprising a pumping chamber, a pump inlet, a pump outlet, a valving mechanism, and a drive piston or pumping chamber wall including a deformable surface configured to provide elastohydrodynamic lubrication during operation.... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8052405 | High pressure pump having plunger A high pressure pump draws fluid from a fluid inlet into a compression chamber through an inlet chamber. The high pressure pump has a fluid chamber that communicates with the fluid inlet via the inlet chamber. The high pressure pump includes a plunger and a cylinder... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052404 | High pressure pump having plunger A high pressure pump draws fluid from a fluid inlet into a compression chamber through an inlet chamber. The high pressure pump has a fluid chamber that communicates with the fluid inlet via the inlet chamber. The high pressure pump includes a plunger and a cylinder... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7419367 | Magnetically actuated pump A pump for pumping one or more media comprises a housing (1) having an actuator chamber (2) and at least one pump chamber (4). The pump chamber (4) is provided with an inlet port and an outlet port. The pump chamber (4) is delimite... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7347673 | Fluid machine served as expansion device and compression device A fluid machine is served as an expansion device and a compression device. The fluid machine compresses gas in an operation chamber upon functioning as the compression device. The fluid machine expands the gas in the operation chamber upon functioning as the expansi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328688 | Fluid pumping apparatus, system, and method A fluid pumping apparatus, system, and method are disclosed in which an apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention comprises a housing, an inlet through which the fluid enters the housing, an outlet through which the fluid leaves the housing, a valve com... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325537 | Method, computer program, and control and/or regulating unit for operating an internal combustion engine A high-pressure fuel pump and methods for controlling this high-pressure fuel pump are described in which the pumping quantity regulation does not cause significant heating of the fuel to be pumped. The partial-load efficiency of the high-pressure fuel pump, trigger... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322801 | Compact linear air pump and valve package A compact air pump and valve package includes pump and valve assemblies integral with a pressure housing defining inlet ports and a plurality of fittings for connecting air lines to an interior of the pressure housing. The linear diaphragm pump assembly has a perman... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320456 | Valve device A valve element for opening and closing a flow path can be reliably set to an opening position and a closing position. The valve element for opening and closing a communication opening portion communicating with an inflow hole and an outflow hole is provided in a va... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7303378 | Apparatus for delivering fuel from a tank to an internal combustion engine The fuel supply apparatus according to the invention is improved in a simple manner in that it is provided with short fuel lines. According to the invention, the drive line of the suction jet pumps is connected to a pressure line downstream of the fuel supply pump a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290561 | Pulsation causing valve for a plural piston pump A valve for causing pulsatile flow in a multi-piston plunger pump includes a valve poppet, a valve seat, and a spring biasing the valve poppet against the valve seat; and a mechanism holding the valve poppet in an open position, thereby producing pulsatile flow from... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287967 | High-pressure pump having small initial axial force of a clamping bolt A high pressure pump for preventing distortion of a sealing surface or a cylinder form. The high pressure pump has an intermediate member including a cylinder body having a pressurizing chamber communicated with a cylinder accommodating a plunger. Fluid in the press... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278443 | Pulsation causing valve for a plural piston pump A valve for causing pulsatile flow in a multi-piston plunger pump includes a valve poppet, a valve seat, and a spring biasing the valve poppet against the valve seat; and a mechanism holding the valve poppet in an open position, thereby producing pulsatile flow from... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258533 | Method and apparatus for scavenging energy during pump operation A pump comprises a body for at least partially defining a pumping chamber (28); a pump member which undergoes displacement when acting upon a fluid in the pumping chamber; and a piezoelectric element which responds to the displacement of the pump member to ge... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241120 | Piston machine with ported piston head A piston machine includes a cylindrical wall (2) defining a swept volume (1) and having a plurality of gas inlet openings (5), and a piston (3) reciprocating in the swept volume (1), and the piston head (12) of which is form... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7217105 | Integrated pump and wash pump A pump apparatus is provided which comprises a first displacement pump and a ceramic valve construction formed of a ceramic rotor, a ceramic stator having flat surfaces which are positioned in sealing relationship and a second displacement pump having check valves. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198033 | Fuel supply system of internal combustion engine A high-pressure pump is formed with a secondary suction passage, which branches from a fuel suction passage and communicates with a pump chamber. Check valves for preventing a backflow of fuel are disposed respectively in the secondary suction passage and a discharg... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198034 | Method and system for the direct injection of fuel into an internal combustion engine A method and system for the direct injection of fuel into an internal combustion engine, according to which a high-pressure pump with a variable flow rate supplies the fuel to a common rail, which in turn supplies the fuel to a series of injectors; the flow rate of ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185635 | High-pressure accumulator for fuel injection systems with integrated pressure control valve A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines includes a high-pressure accumulator acted on with highly pressurized fuel by a high-pressure delivery unit and in turn supplies fuel to fuel injectors. The fuel injection system has a pressure control valve, w... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182067 | Storage-volume fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine The injection system (1) includes a pump (7) for supplying high-pressure fuel to a storage volume, defined for example by a common rail (6), for supplying a number of injectors (5). The pump (7) has at least one reciprocating pumpi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7121810 | High-pressure pump having small initial axial force of a clamping bolt A high pressure pump for preventing distortion of a sealing surface or a cylinder form. The high pressure pump has an intermediate member including a cylinder body having a pressurizing chamber communicated with a cylinder accommodating a plunger. Fluid in the press... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114928 | High-pressure fuel pump and assembly structure of high-pressure pump A high pressure pump for decreasing an initial axial force of a clamping bolt and preventing distortion of a sealing surface and a cylinder form. The high pressure pump has an intermediate member including a cylinder body. The cylinder body has a pressurizing chambe... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114929 | Reciprocating pump and check valve In a reciprocating pump, drive power of a drive-power supply member is transmitted to a diaphragm within a diaphragm drive chamber via operating fluid. An operating-fluid-flow regulation chamber for regulating the flow of operating fluid is located between the drive... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080975 | Integrated pump and ceramic valve A pump apparatus is provided which comprises a displacement pump and a ceramic valve construction formed of a ceramic rotor and a ceramic stator having flat surfaces which are positioned in sealing relationship. The displacement pump comprises a reciprocating piston... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7025044 | Pump assembly and method A pump assembly includes a high-pressure pump that flows pressurized working fluid in a fuel injection system of a diesel engine. The assembly includes a pilot-operated inlet throttle valve that receives a flow of low-pressure fluid from a feed pump and controls the... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007672 | Internal combustion engine starting system The invention relates to a starting system (1) for an internal combustion engine comprising pressurized fuel supply means (3), an accumulator means (2), which is supplied with pressurized fuel by said supply means, and at least one injection mea... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6942469 | Solenoid cassette pump with servo controlled volume detection Servo controlled solenoids provide actuation of a pump piston and valves, and electronic LC resonance measurements to determine liquid volume and gas bubble volume. Third order nonlinear servo control is split into nested control loops: a fast nonlinear first-order ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935364 | Magnetically-operated relief valves A valve comprising a housing having an inlet and spaced therefrom an outlet, a passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet, and a mechanism located in the passageway for controlling the flow of a fluid between the inlet and the outlet, the mechanism includ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921253 | Dual chamber micropump having checkvalves A micropump has two chambers separated by an actuator for causing fluid to flow in the chambers. Each chamber is equipped with a ball that acts as a valve for allowing flow in a desired direction. The balls are heavier than the fluid being pumped, and reside at an i... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6901912 | Variable delivery fuel supply device A variable delivery fuel supply device capable of obtaining a stable fuel supply without causing noises resulted from the operation of the electromagnetic valve or a defect of the strength of a supply passage for flowing fuel of low pressure, which comprises fuel in... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886720 | Metering device A metering device that includes a housing defining a cylindrical chamber containing a reciprocating shuttle. The two opposed end parts of the chamber are interconnected by fluid flow ducts to a cylindrical valve bore. Contained with the valve is a rotary valve rod d... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884041 | Electromagnetic valve-controlled fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, especially diesel engines A solenoid-valve-controlled fuel-injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular diesel engines, has a solenoid valve, whose valve needle separates a high-pressure region from a low-pressure region, i.e. connects the high-pressure region and low-pressu... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6869275 | Piezoelectrically driven fluids pump and piezoelectric fluid valve A piezoelectrically driven fluid pump includes a chamber having two opposite sidewalls formed by flexible membranes, and an inlet and an outlet each regulated by a valve. Separate piezo elements are fixed to each of the membranes, to flex the membranes and increase ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6843641 | Radial piston pump A radial piston pump for generating high fuel pressure in common rail fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines having a drive shaft which is rotatably supported in a pump housing and is embodied eccentrically, and having a plurality of pistons, in parti... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6790018 | Reciprocating compressor having an exhaust valve controlled by an electromagnet Disclosed is an exhaust valve capable of correctly opening/shutting an exhaust port of a cylinder based upon variation of the flux density of an electromagnet. The inventive exhaust valve may comprise a guide connected in parallel to an exhaust port of a cylinder, a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6729553 | Injecting a fluid at a variable injection pressure The invention relates to a device for injecting a fluid, which is at high pressure, through an injection nozzle and an externally actuated actuating device received with prestressing on a pump element. In the pump element, a control element triggerable by a magnetic... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6722862 | Metering pump with combined inlet/outlet valve element A metering device for a heating appliance has a pump arrangement for the delivery of liquid that is supplied via an inlet region to an outlet region and a valve arrangement by which the pump arrangement is connected with the inlet region to receive liquid or with th... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6682316 | Dispensing system for petrol-pumps, including a bypass and principle valve A dispensing system for petrol pumps, comprising a pump, a dispensing valve in a petrol pump nozzle and an electrically controllable solenoid valve (10), characterized in that the solenoid valve (10) includes a directly acting principal valve (18) and a b... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6676387 | Metering pump with a rotary valve responsive to electrical signals from the contact between a fluid responsive shuttle and dual probes A metering device contains a rotor which defines elongate chamber, there being a shuttle contained within the chamber movable between two terminal end positions. Frusto-conical surfaces defined on the rotor cooperate with annular members defining correspo... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6651630 | High pressure fuel pump In order to provide a method for high volume and high pressure operation of a variable delivery type single cylinder plunger pump, the displacement of the piezoelectric element 20 is magnified by a hydraulic displacement magnifying mechanism comprising a ... | 11/25/2003 |
