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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7785085 | Piston pump A piston pump includes a pump housing having a suction port, a discharge port, and an internal cavity; a first cylinder member having a cylinder bore; a piston built into the cylinder bore of the first cylinder member to thereby form a pump chamber and adapted to ch... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7377757 | Fluid pump with enhanced seal The invention concerns a fluid pump with a cylinder, piston and check valve for compressing the fluid having a high-pressure seal for precluding leakage of pressurized fluid. Any leakage from the high-pressure seal feeds back into an inlet area of the pump and recyc... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363981 | Seal stack for sliding sleeve A method and apparatus for sealing a tool for use in a wellbore is provided. The seal is configured to be disposed in a tool comprising a ported sliding sleeve and a ported housing. The tool may be actuable between a closed and an open position. The seal is configur... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7296981 | Pump having independently releasable ends In certain embodiments, a pump includes a first end section having a fluid inlet and a fluid intake valve, a second end section having a fluid outlet, and a midsection disposed between the first and second end sections, wherein the midsection includes a piston coupl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7204565 | Electrohydraulic assembly for an electronically controlled brake system The invention relates to an electrohydraulic assembly for an electronically controlled brake system with an accommodating member which includes accommodating bores for electrohydraulic valves, accommodating bores for hydraulic supply devices and an accommodating bor... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7172028 | Reciprocating slickline pump A reciprocating hydraulic slickline pump for use in a wellbore. The pump comprises a pump member. The pump member is reciprocated axially by slickline in order to form an upstroke and downstroke. The pump is configured such that it pressurizes fluid within a workstr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7137792 | Piston pump for high viscous materials In a piston pump (1) having a differential piston (12) positioned in a cylindrical housing (11) and translationally drivable, a first pressure chamber (13) of the differential piston (12) is connectable to a second pressure chamber... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121552 | Piston ring A piston ring includes a lateral surface which covers a circumferential surface of a piston and support segments with retaining surfaces which engage with the top and bottom of the piston. A piston ring joint allows the piston ring to be elastically deformed in the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059410 | Method and system for reducing longitudinal fluid flow around a permeable well A method for reducing longitudinal flow of fluids through an annular space surrounding a permeable well tubular, such as a slotted liner or a sandscreen, in an inflow region of an oil and/or gas production well having: arranging a series of collapsed resilient seali... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044340 | Apparatus and method for optimally mixing and applying a two part epoxy An apparatus and method for mixing and injecting or applying a viscous material which is especially useful for mixing and applying a two part epoxy. The apparatus in its preferred form utilizes two uniformly heated holding tanks with auger feeds which each feed two ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025134 | Surface pulse system for injection wells The present invention relates to petroleum recovery operations, and more particularly, to the use of pulse technology to enhance the effectiveness of waterflooding operations. The systems of the present invention generally comprise an injection means for continually... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004248 | High expansion non-elastomeric straddle tool The present invention involves a pack-off system for use in packing off an area of interest within a wellbore. The pack-off system comprises at least two packing elements disposed on a tubular body. The packing elements of the present invention comprise overlapping ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945762 | Mechanically actuated gas separator for downhole pump A reciprocating downhole pump has a gas separator located at its bottom end. The separator forms a chamber that is expanded and contracted when the pump is reciprocated. Expansion and contraction of the chamber occurs by either the plunger reciprocating in the chamb... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941652 | Methods of fabricating a thin-wall expandable well screen assembly An expandable well screen has a desirable thin-wall construction together with a simplified fabrication method. In fabricating the screen, a flexible sheet of metal mesh filter media is diffusion bonded to an inner side of a perforated metal sheet which is then defo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6905114 | Shock absorbing and shock force generating apparatus with shear pin for an oil pump and method therefor A shock absorbing apparatus and method includes a shaft travelling north and south within a tube. The tube is positioned south of a sucker rod. The shaft has a piston head coupled at a south end thereof, which piston head is received in an area of reduced diameter w... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6843645 | Cooling system for a magnetic pump A magnet pump includes a synthetic resin casing, divided into a front casing and a rear casing and configured to internally form an impeller housing chamber and a magnet can housing chamber contiguous thereto, having an inlet and an outlet for a target fluid to be t... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6837694 | Hydraulic pump unit with orifice plate for vehicle brake control system A hydraulic pump unit for vehicle brake control system comprising a pump housing, a cylinder received in a receiving hole formed in the pump housing. The cylinder has a bottom portion and is provided at the bottom portion with an outlet valve. A plunger is slidingly... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830441 | Valve for downhole pump A downhole pump having a barrel with a reciprocating plunger therein has at least one valve. The valve has a cage, a seat and a ball. The cage has a passageway extending between two ends, with the passage including a ball chamber. The ball chamber is between a perfo... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6746222 | Bottom discharge valve A bottom discharge valve is located on the bottom of the pump barrel just above the standing valve. The externally threaded pin end of the standing valve threads into the lower internally threaded portion of the bottom discharge valve. The externally threaded or pin... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736618 | Pump for easy attachment to bicycle A pump includes a cylinder, a tube, a hollow piston, a nozzle, a hollow handle and an elastic element. The tube is partially and movably inserted in the cylinder. The hollow piston is in fluid communication with the tube and movably received in the cylinder for pump... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6652245 | Piston pump for hydraulic vehicle brake system The invention relates to a piston pump for a hydraulic, slip-controlled vehicle brake system. The piston pump has a piston, which is inserted with a part of its length into a sleeve. A tubular filter that encompasses the piston is attached to the sleeve a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6648614 | Piston pump The present invention relates to a piston pump, which is in particular appropriate for the pressure fluid delivery in electronically controlled brake systems, including a housing, a suction valve, a pressure valve, and a pump piston that is designed as a ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6641375 | Pneumatically operated oil pump A pneumatically operated oil pump comprises an outer tube for extending into an oil tank and a sucking tube moveably arranged within the outer tube. The sucking tube includes one-way valve establishing an airtight arrangement with respect to an inner wall... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6558141 | Packing assembly and reciprocating plunger pump incorporating same A packing assembly for sealing a space between a pump plunger and a pump body of a reciprocating plunger pump with a plunger having a pumping end with an outer perimeter. At least one seal is disposed around the pumping end of the plunger and a securing m... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6537042 | Positive-displacement pump A positive-displacement pump (lifting pump) comprises a pump housing with a pump chamber having an inlet and an outlet passage controlled by an outlet check valve; a displacement member which delimits the pump chamber in one direction of movement of the d... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6514056 | Piston pump A piston pump for a slip-controlled, hydraulic brake system of a vehicle. A hollow piston is provided with an inner piston seal that has a sealing lip. During an upward reciprocating motion of the piston, fluid can flow past the sealing lip in a direction... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6497561 | Downstroke sucker rod pump and method of use A fluid pumping apparatus for pumping fluids from a well, through a production string comprising: a tubular pump plunger concentrically disposed in a sliding and sealing fit with a tubular pump barrel. A cylindrical polished rod, the lower end of which is... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6481987 | Travelling valve for a pumping apparatus An improved travelling valve has a ball which is positioned on a seal stem, so that the ball is reliably centered when seated on the valve seat, reducing damage to the ball and seat from improper seating and providing increased efficiency for deviated or ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474963 | Piston pump having a hollow piston The invention relates to a piston pump (10) for a hydraulic slip-controlled vehicle brake system. In order to reduce a structural length of the piston pump (10), the invention proposes embodying the piston (16) of the piston pump (10) as a hollow piston w... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471496 | Piston pump for a vehicle brake system To enable economical production of a piston for a piston pump, the piston is made from a tubular deformed part and a closure plug, which is press-fitted with a protrusion into the deformed part. The piston has the advantage that the piston can be made wit... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6394770 | Piston pump The invention relates to a piston pump for a vehicle brake system, in particular an electrohydraulic vehicle brake system. To improve the aspiration performance of the piston pump when the brake fluid is viscous at low the invention proposes a valve openi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6368084 | Downstroke sucker rod well pump Fluid pumping apparatus for pumping fluids from a well comprising a downhole pump disposed near the lower end of a production string and including a tubular pump barrel and a tubular pump plunger concentrically disposed in the pump barrel in a sliding and... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6361295 | Means for connecting a closure part to a bush of a piston pump for a brake system A piston pump for a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle with slip control. The piston pump has a piston which is received in a bush that is inserted into a cylinder bore of a pump housing that is closed in pressure-tight fashion by a closure part. For sim... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6341950 | Piston pump The invention relates to a piston pump, which is intended for use as a return pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. To simplify the manufacture of a piston of the piston pump, the piston includes a thin sleeve.... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6340295 | Piston pump for a vehicle brake system having radial play between a closure element and a bush A piston pump intended especially for use in a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. The piston pump is inserted into a cylinder bore, the piston pump has a piston, a bush, and a closure element that tightly closes the cylinder bore. The closure... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6334760 | Pump and filter assembly for low viscosity fluids A hand operated pump and filter assembly for transferring low viscosity fluids, such as hydraulic oil, from a supply container to a machine requiring the fluid, and for filtering the fluid. The pump is a combination vacuum and displacement pump. The pump ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6302663 | Piston pump The invention relates to a piston pump for a slip-controlled, hydraulic vehicle brake system. In order to be able to simply and inexpensively produce the piston pump as a stepped piston pump, the invention embodies a piston as a tubular deep drawn part ma... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6283148 | Standing valve with a curved fin A valve for use in a sucker rod actuated fluid pump including a traveling valve assembly and a standing valve assembly within which a vortex is believed to be created to draft the ball check valve from its seat during the stroke of the sucker rod and ther... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6273690 | Downhole pump with bypass around plunger The downhole pump has a barrel with a reciprocating plunger therein. The barrel has a first one-way valve, while the plunger has a second one-way valve. A barrel chamber is formed between the two one-way valves. The barrel chamber expands when the recipro... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6224352 | Piston pump in a brake system of a vehicle A piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic brake system for a vehicle. A tubular filter is mounted on a bush of the piston pump; the filter has a filter ring that forms a guide ring and is spaced apart from the bush and axially guides the piston by a p... | 05/01/2001 |
