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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147211 | Method and system for monitoring a reciprocating compressor valve A method for monitoring a condition of at least one valve positioned with respect to at least one of a first chamber and a second chamber of a reciprocating compressor is provided. The method includes establishing a compressor operation cycle including a valve openi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8021123 | Compressor unit with a damped pressure gauge A compressor unit is particularly suitable for compressing air in portable and/or transportable devices. The compressor unit includes a motor, a compressor, and a pressure gauge (manometer). The pressure gauge is connected to the compressor unit through a threaded c... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7832990 | Measurement device The invention provides a method for determining the angular position of a pump shaft relative to a pump body. The method comprises: providing the pump shaft with a first locating feature; providing the pump shaft with a second locating feature; providing a measureme... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7785078 | Method and system for monitoring a reciprocating compressor System for monitoring a reciprocating compressor, comprising a unit for measuring parameters relating to the operating state of the compressor, a processing unit for comparing the values of these measured parameters with critical values contained in a database assoc... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785079 | Compressor and method of using compressor A compressor of the present invention is provided with a plurality of housing members (a front housing, a cylinder block, and a rear housing) that forms a body, a fastener (a bolt member) for coupling the plurality of the housing members to one another, a drive shaf... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7568894 | Hermetic compressor A hermetic compressor includes a housing which accommodates a motor and a compressing mechanism, an oil surface sensor mounted to a side wall of the housing, and refrigerating machine oil. The oil surface sensor is integrally formed of a detector for detecting a pos... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7452190 | Method for discriminating between operating conditions in medical pump A method is disclosed for determining the operating condition of a medical pump based on data derived from a pressure sensor and a position sensor. The pressure sensor generates pressure data by sensing the force on the pumping element. The position sensor generates... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7431569 | Pump health monitoring A method of monitoring the health of a positive displacement hydraulic pump comprising the steps of: establishing a flow path having a known flow number between a high pressure outlet line of the pump (and a low pressure line of th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7369635 | Rapid discrimination preambles and methods for using the same A system, method and program are disclosed for achieving rapid bit synchronization in low power medical device systems. Messages are transmitted via telemetry between a medical device and a communication device. The synchronization scheme uses a portion of a unique ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367358 | Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367789 | Device for maintaining a static seal of a high pressure pump A pressure enclosure includes a first component having an opening, a second component coupled to the first component in a position over the opening, a third component positioned between the first and second components and covering the opening, and a load chamber def... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360999 | Means for using single force sensor to supply all necessary information for determination of status of medical pump A medical pump, for use with a cassette having a pumping chamber, includes a pumping element with a piston slider assembly which intermittently pressurizes the pumping chamber during a pumping cycle and has a piston head connected to a main body with a single pressu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354190 | Two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method A two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method produces a solution including a first substance and a second substance in a predetermined ratio by first mixing the first substance with a first liquid to produce a first solution and then mixing the first solution wi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351043 | Horizontal compressor end cap A substantially horizontal compressor including a housing having a main body portion with an open end. An end cap is secured to the main body portion with the end cap being provided with a plurality of apertures. The hermetic terminal body of the compressor is seala... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341435 | Fluid end A fluid end for a high-pressure pump including a unitary body with a plurality of horizontal passages each for receiving a reciprocating plunger at one of its ends and a pressure relief valve at the other of its ends. The body is provided with a corresponding number... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335002 | Fluid end A fluid end for a high-pressure pump including a unitary body with a plurality of horizontal passages each for receiving a reciprocating plunger at one of its ends and a pressure relief valve at the other of its ends. The body is provided with a corresponding number... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336191 | Gas-measuring system A gas-measuring system is provided that is suitable for both mobile and stationary use. A mobile measuring device (2) with sensors (4, 5, 6, 7) for detecting gas concentrations and a base station (3) are provided for this purpose. The mobile mea... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331766 | Compressor In a compressor for gaseous media, in particular, refrigerants, comprising a housing, a drive shaft mounted in the housing, at least one compressor unit arranged in the housing and driven by the drive shaft, and an oil lubricating device for supplying bearing areas ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331768 | Pump with gauge A pump includes a base, a pumping set, a first joint, a gauge set, a second joint and a nozzle. The base includes a socket. The gauge set includes a gauge, a housing for receiving the gauge and a tube extending from the housing. The pumping set includes a cylinder i... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328626 | Apparatus for generating and conducting a fluid flow, and method of monitoring said apparatus The apparatus comprises a displacement pump with at least one flow vessel, with a pump drive, and with a support means for holding the flow vessel. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a measuring arrangement responsive to the displacement motions performed by the f... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322806 | Scroll compressor with externally installed thermostat A thermostat for sensing an unduly high temperature in a sealed compressor, which is a scroll compressor in the disclosed embodiment, extends through the housing of the sealed compressor into the body of a non-orbiting scroll. Since the thermostat extends through th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320576 | Clutchless variable displacement refrigerant compressor with mechanism for reducing displacement work at increased driven speed during non-operation of refrigerating system including the compressor In a variable displacement swash plate type refrigerant compressor (10), a stopper (28) is provided for setting an initial angle of the inclination angle of a swash plate (23) when a drive shaft (19) is not driven. When the drive shaft ( | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320345 | Tire safety valve and inflation device An air inflation device is a pass-thru vehicle tire inflation device. It ensures exact air pressure without the use of an air gauge. It works by attaching to a tire valve, and then to an existing air supply, such as those found at gas stations, and utilizing an inte... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316501 | Apparatus and method for mixing dissimilar fluids An apparatus and method for fluid mixing comprising a housing having an internal chamber and a rotatable unit disposed in the chamber. Sufficient clearance is provided between the rotatable unit and the housing to create space for the mixing of the two or more dissi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313840 | Induction liquid pump and magnetic tank scrubber An induction liquid pump includes a power unit and a circulation unit that are oppositely mountable to a tank with a plurality of fixation units. The liquid pump power unit includes a power induction unit to produce a variable magnetic field. The submersible liquid ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314554 | Extracorporeal blood treatment machine The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit (3) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit (2) and with an outlet line (3b) from the filtration unit; a fluid circuit compris... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293954 | Centrifugal compressor for turbo chiller, turbo chiller, and control method therefor A turbo chiller that can accurately determine the existence of surging occurring in a centrifugal compressor is provided. In a centrifugal compressor of a turbo chiller, which includes an impeller for compressing refrigerant, a resistance temperature sensor for dete... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295131 | Diagnostic system for detecting rupture or thinning of diaphragms A diaphragm diagnostic system for use in an industrial field device has a diaphragm and a diagnostic feature. The diaphragm is configured to couple the field device to a process fluid and has a plurality of layers. A first layer of the plurality of layers is exposed... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291565 | Method and system for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid using fluorosilicic acid A method and system is described for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid, such as carbon dioxide in a supercritical state. A process chemistry is introduced to the high pressure fluid for treating the substrate surface. The process chemistry comprises fl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290989 | Compressor protection and diagnostic system A compressor assembly includes a shell, a compressor housed within the shell, and a motor drivingly connected to the compressor. In addition, a sensor assembly is provided for monitoring operating parameters of the compressor assembly. Processing circuitry, in commu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287290 | Mattress having an air pressure indicator A mattress including an air pressure indicator configured to indicate the pressure of the mattress. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284964 | Peristaltic injector pump leak monitor A pump leak monitor for use with a peristaltic pump comprises a pump housing and a pair of electrical contacts disposed along a bottom end of the pump housing. The electrical contacts are located such that the contacts are immersed in fluid when the pump is leaking.... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283153 | Home-based remote medical assistance A system for providing a patient with remote medical assistance at home a patient station (100) includes at least a remotely controllable patient video camera (101) and a patient computer (110) provided with means (111) for acquiring data... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281372 | Hydraulic controller and hydraulic drive unit provided with said hydraulic controller A hydraulic controller in which driving sound and the number of parts can be reduced, and a long service life can be realized, and a hydraulic drive unit provided with said hydraulic controller. The hydraulic controller for a hydraulic drive unit includes a housing ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275917 | Safety device for hydraulic pump A safety device (12) is disclosed for use in a hydraulic pump system (10). The device includes a generator (20) mounted between the power take off (14) and the hydraulic pump (24). Any time the hydraulic pump (24) is operate... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273053 | Monitoring and control for a laryngeal mask airway device A reversibly operable motor is mechanically connected to automatically position the piston of an air syringe that is pneumatically connected to the inflatable/deflatable seal ring or cuff of a laryngeal mask airway device (LMA) that is installed in a patient, who is... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265468 | Water repellent motor sleeve A high-speed universal motor running at over 10,000 or even over 20,000 rpm includes a non-rubbing water repellent sleeve that protects the bearings from moisture damage. Rather than having a sliding contact seal that can quickly wear out under such high speeds, the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261524 | Rotation support with improved thrust-bearing for rotors of pump electric motors A rotation support has improved thrust-bearing for rotors of electric motors of synchronous pumps. The rotation sup: a stator of the electric motor, in which a hollow body is housed for supporting and containing a permanent magnet rotor, an impeller being kinematica... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261088 | Internal combustion engine hydraulic fuel pump An internal combustion engine fuel pump having at least one cylinder, in which a variable-volume pump chamber is defined; a movable piston defining the bottom of the pump chamber; at least one intake valve communicating with the pump chamber; at least one delivery v... | 08/28/2007 |
