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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056329 | Tractor trailer power system The present invention relates to a tractor trailer power system for powering a hydraulic liftgate and other components in the trailer so the tractor engine does not have to run to maintain the battery charge of the trailer batteries. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7779627 | Variable-displacement piston-cylinder device A variable-displacement piston-cylinder device may be adapted for providing work output, and/or for pumping or compressing fluids. The piston-cylinder device defines two or more coaxial cylindrical expansion chambers between a piston having two or more coaxial and c... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7354511 | Hydraulic unit for industrial trucks A hydraulic unit for industrial trucks, comprising a motor pump unit which is directly attached to a tank, a reflux filter which has an elongate filter casing for a filtering element adapted to be introduced into the tank through an opening, a hose coupling, and an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355298 | Syphon wave generator Disclosed is a syphon wave generator for generating electric power from a wave-driven water body in a fast, easy, inexpensive and efficient manner such that the unit has few moving part, is very inexpensive to build and maintain and can withstand storms. The syphon ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352073 | Ocean wave energy converter having an improved generator and ballast control The ocean wave energy converter uniquely includes a generator with a rotating inner rotor surrounded by a counter-rotating outer rotor for generating electricity. A reciprocating drive rod drives the inner rotor on the downstroke of the drive rod and the outer rotor... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347135 | Water pressure driven generator A fluid pressure driven generator which includes a generator housing and a rotor positioned within the generator housing. A power shaft is positioned in the rotor with a moment arm connected between the power shaft and rotor. A high fluid pressure inlet will be form... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348685 | Method and apparatus for supplying fresh water and generating electricity by collected rainwater A method and apparatus includes supplying fresh water and generating electricity from collected rainwater. The method includes providing hollow buoyant members under the reservoir as support. The method also includes providing steel ropes, driving piles into the gro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337869 | Hydraulic hybrid vehicle with integrated hydraulic drive module and four-wheel-drive, and method of operation thereof A vehicle includes an integrated drive module coupled to an axle thereof. The module includes a hydraulic motor configured to provide motive power at an output shaft, and a differential for distributing the motive power to right and left portions of the axle. The hy... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7305914 | Hydraulic actuator control valve An actuator includes a piston within a cylinder, the cylinder having a first fluid port in communication with an open side of the piston, and a second fluid port in communication with a shaft side of the piston. The piston travels in a first direction, toward the sh... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7239031 | Apparatus for generating power from passing vehicular traffic An apparatus for generating power from over the road vehicular traffic and moving trains are disclosed. The apparatus include on or more hydraulic actuators, each of which has a piston at least partially slidably mounted in a fluid cavity contained therein. When a p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7159525 | Hydraulic steering arrangement The invention concerns a hydraulic steering arrangement with a steering motor, a supply path between a pressure source and the steering motor, in which supply path a throttling device and a measuring motor are located, a return path between the steering motor and a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148581 | Rail based electric power generation system An electrical power generation system comprises a variable capacitor and a power source. The electrical power generation system is configured to generate electric power via movements of the rail. The power source is used in the form of a generator to prime the varia... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132759 | Hydrocratic generator A mixing apparatus for mixing relatively low salinity fluid with relatively high salinity fluid comprises a housing having an upper end and a lower end, a fluid inlet at or near the lower end, and a fluid outlet at or near the upper end, wherein the relatively high ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122147 | Emergency cutting torch system An emergency cutting torch system adapted to be stored within a compartment of a rescue vehicle. The emergency cutting torch system may comprise a wheeled cart adapted to maintain a first gas storage tank and a second gas storage tank to the wheeled cart in all orie... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105942 | Plant, generator and propeller element for generating energy from watercurrents A plant, generator and rotating member for the production of power from currents in a body of water, comprising a fixedly mounted of floating structure, and a plurality of replaceable generator units (750) supported by the structure and which are driven by th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105939 | Electrical generator having an oscillator containing a freely moving internal element to improve generator effectiveness An apparatus and method for providing electrical energy to an electrical device by deriving the electrical energy from motion of the device. In one embodiment, the inventive apparatus includes a novel kinetic electrical power generator (KEPG) consisting of an invent... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081688 | Energy recovery apparatus and method of operating energy recovering apparatus A system is provided to recover unutilized energy as electric power in hydraulic turbine power generation. The system includes a heat storage tank, a pump for pumping water from the heat storage tank and to air conditioning loads, a first water feed pipe connected b... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076952 | Supercharged internal combustion engine A supercharged internal combustion engine system wherein the supercharger assembly includes an ejector pump driven by high-pressure air for pumping intake air into engine combustion chamber. Included are means for sensing engine power demand and controlling the supe... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067932 | System for generating electricity by using gravitational mass and/or momentum of moving vehicle A mechano-electrical energy generation system generates electrical energy from the passage of a vehicle over an inclined ramp assembly. This assembly includes an incline ramp that is rotatable about an axis proximate a vehicle roadway surface, and a safety decline r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047733 | Compact electro-hydraulic generator to motorize cupola The present invention divulges a particularly compact electro-hydraulic generating set and its application in combination with a compact actuator to pilot the traverse movement of a close cupola head assembly or of one or several offset cupola head assemblies. | 05/23/2006 |
| 7019411 | Energy recovery apparatus and method of operating energy recovering apparatus A system is provided to recover unutilized energy as electric power in hydraulic turbine power generation. The system includes a heat storage tank, a pump for pumping water from the heat storage tank and to air conditioning loads, a first water feed pipe connected b... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003955 | Enhanced pumped storage power system An enhanced pumped storage power system. More particularly, the invention is a regenerative power system that utilizes the gravitational forces of downward movement of large quantities of water to convert same to electrical energy. In the preferred mode of implement... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005757 | Pneumatic human power conversion system based on children's play When large numbers of children play in a playground, part of the power of their play could be usefully harnessed resulting in large energy storage. This stored energy can then be converted for basic, low-power, applications in the school such as lighting, communicat... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969213 | Roadway for decelerating and/or accelerating a vehicle including an aircraft A roadway upon which a vehicle travels is provided in which the vehicle is decelerated. The roadway includes: a movable surface extending in a direction of the vehicle's travel; and a potential energy storage mechanism operatively connected to the movable surface fo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963802 | Method of coordinating and stabilizing the delivery of wind generated energy The invention relates to a method of coordinating and stabilizing the delivery of wind generated power, such as to a power grid, so as to avoid sudden surges and spikes, despite wind speed fluctuations and oscillations. The method preferably uses a plurality of wind... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6868925 | Engine with integral actuator An engine with an integral actuator for a vehicle having an implement needing control. The engine includes a crank shaft, and a pump in a housing and an actuator that extends from the housing. The pump is operably connected to the crank shaft to produce a flow of fl... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6858952 | Power conversion system A power conversion system converts the horizontal momentum and downward forces of wheeled vehicles into a circular motion capable of driving a shaft, which can be used for generating electricity. The power conversion system includes a torque limiting device that min... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6813885 | Electrohydraulic setting device An actuating device (1) for carrying out mechanical work by means of a slave piston rod (5) in a hydraulically-operated slave cylinder (2), where the actuating device (1) is made up of a hydraulic pump (3) integrated with a slave c... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6761026 | Water pressure driven generator A fluid pressure driven generator which includes a generator housing and a rotor positioned within the generator housing. The rotor will have an internal offset gear which is engaged by a spur gear on a power shaft. A high fluid pressure inlet will be formed in the ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6666024 | Method and apparatus for generating energy using pressure from a large mass A fluid, for example, air, is subjected to a high pressure while in a high pressure inducing vessel (101). The high pressure is due to a large mass, such as the ocean. The fluid is then cooled and directed into a depressurized vessel (107), such as a pres... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6601470 | Cam mechanism A cam mechanism through which torque applied to an input shaft is converted into the bi-directional rotation and reciprocating axial movement of an output shaft. Two cam elements are utilized, one consisting of a roller gear cam attached to the input shaf... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6474061 | Water pressure driven generator A fluid pressure driven generator which includes a generator housing and a rotor positioned within the generator housing. The rotor will have an internal offset gear which is engaged by a spur gear on a power shaft. A high fluid pressure inlet will be for... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6336322 | Method of controlling a pump turbine An object of the present invention is to provide a pump turbine capable of improving the stability of the governor by fully lessening the influences by the S-characteristics even when the running point of the pump turbine is in the S-characteristics regio... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6264571 | Dynamically balanced modular putter with a sliding hosel The present invention teaches a dynamically balanced putter with a sliding hosel to ensure that the center of mass of the putter lies on the axis defined by the putter shaft. The putter head includes a longitudinal slot which mates with an elongated "dove... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5958338 | Mounting apparatus for blood handling systems A blood handling system has a first blood handling apparatus mounted on a second blood handling apparatus with a mounting apparatus. The mounting apparatus has two primary components: a retention sleeve attached to a stem that protrudes from the lower por... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953913 | System for an electro-hydraulic pressure supply for a power-assist device in a motor vehicle A system for an electro-hydraulic pressure supply for a power-assist device in a motor vehicle in which, by a pump which is arranged in an oil-filled container and driven by an electric motor, the oil is conducted through an outlet opening to the power-as... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5943860 | Pressure loss compensation device of a fluid pressure circuit and cam arrangement incorporating the same A pressure loss compensation device for a fluid pressure circuit automatically compensates a pressure loss of a working fluid pressure as required or regularly, in the fluid pressure circuit. A cylinder device forming the pressure loss compensation device... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5924283 | Energy management and supply system and method An energy management and supply system that uses compressed air to generate electricity. The energy system comprises one or more air compressors connected to a transmission pipeline. The transmission pipeline is adapted to store and transmit the compresse... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5921082 | Magnetically powered hydro-buoyant electric power generating plant A hydro-buoyant electrical power generating plant is provided which generates electricity from a source of hydraulic pressure. The energy that pressurizes the hydraulic fluid is derived from movements of a crane-like class II lever that has its fulcrum fi... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5865086 | Thermo-hydro-dynamic system Description of a system of a thermodynamic steam pump for water propulsion, its heating, disinfection and sterilization, or propulsion of other liquids, characterized by use of water steam pressure as the propelling media of a liquid mass directly, withou... | 02/02/1999 |
