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Thorpe, Timothy S.


Primary examiner statistics: 1460 patents; average approval time: 763 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 580 patents; average approval time: 647 days

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NumberTitleIssue Date
7090474Diaphragm pump with overfill limiter
A diaphragm pump which overcomes the problem of diaphragm failure due to overfill of the oil transfer chamber. An overfill preventive element in the form of a mechanical stop, a fully closed coil spring, or a valve system, or alternatives are provided. ...
08/15/2006
7083395Pump system for pumping liquefied gases
Under one aspect of the present invention, a liquefied gas pump assembly is coupleable to a source of liquefied gas. A cooling assembly is positioned generally adjacent to a pump module. The cooling assembly has a converging pump-head-receiving aperture, a fluid inl...
08/01/2006
7070399Variable displacement pump with a suction area groove for pushing out rotor vanes
A variable displacement pump has a cam ring, a rotor, a plurality of vanes, a pressure plate and a rear body. The cam ring is accommodated within a pump body. The rotor rotates within the cam ring. The plurality of vanes are inserted retractably into slits formed at...
07/04/2006
7066722Discharge valve for compressor
A compressor assembly including a compressor mechanism, a compression chamber and a discharge chamber. A discharge port provides fluid communication between the compression chamber and the discharge chamber. A valve seat circumscribes the discharge port. A discharge...
06/27/2006
7059839Horizontal compressor end cap with a terminal, a visually transparent member, and a heater well mounted on the end cap projection
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...
06/13/2006
7059840Energy-saving, anti-free flow portable pump for use with standard PVC IV tubing
An apparatus for pumping fluid through tubing comprising a stop platen is disclosed. The stop platen is operatively arranged to depress a wall of the tubing along a section of a longitudinal axis of the tubing. The stop platen is narrower than the tubing along a tra...
06/13/2006
7056104Compressor unit with an electrical circuit device connected to the main body and an electrical power connector
A compressor unit has a compressor main body, an electrical circuit device and a connector. The electrical circuit device is electrically connected to the compressor main body through a cable. The cable has a proximal end and a distal end. One of the compressor main...
06/06/2006
7052255Apparatus for changing capacity of scroll compressor with movable seal member
An apparatus for changing capacity of scroll compressor comprises: a seal member movably installed on one of facing surfaces of a fixed scroll so as to seal a compression space made by the fixed scroll and orbiting scroll; a back pressure passage formed to be commun...
05/30/2006
7052242Multi-fan assembly comprising a servomotor driven vertical oscillation means for each fan
A multi-fan assembly includes: a down rod assembly having a first end for fixing to a ceiling wall and having a second end provided with a canopy, a rotary assembly being fixed to a lower end of the down rod assembly and covered by the canopy. At both sides of the r...
05/30/2006
7048517Pump as a pressure source for supercritical fluid chromatography
The invention is a device and method in a high-pressure chromatography system, such as a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) system, that uses a pump as a pressure source for precision pumping of a compressible fluid. The preferred exemplary embodiment comprise...
05/23/2006
7037089Cooling fan having dual blade sets
A cooling fan with dual blade sets has an impeller formed by a rotatable hub, a stator assembly, and a shell. A plurality of mini blades and a plurality of guide blades are respectively formed on a bottom surface and an external surface of the rotatable hub. The imp...
05/02/2006
7037082Corbino disc electroosmotic flow pump
The present invention provides a pump for generating an Electroosmotic Flow (EOF) in a solution in a canal, guide, pipe or equivalent. Electroosmotic flow is generated by application of an electric field through a solution in a canal defined by insulating walls. The...
05/02/2006
7033149Medium pump adapted for ease of disassembly and assembly
A medium pump for a motor includes a pump case with a pump cylinder and a pump piston positioned displacaebly in the pump cylinder in the direction of a pump axle. The pump piston rotates about the pump axle by running off an oblique control surface and realizes axi...
04/25/2006
7029241Circumferential piston compressor/pump/engine (CPC/CPP/CPE); circumferential piston machines
A rotary piston machine includes a first spheroidal element including pistons and/or cylinders and a second spheroidal element including pistons and/or cylinders, wherein the first element can move relative to the second element. The machine can be used as part of a...
04/18/2006
7029245Blood pumping unit, with a coplanar disk inlet valve and an annular outlet valve
A unit for pumping fluid, particularly blood, is provided with an enclosure that has two half-shells and an elastic membrane fixed perimetrically to the enclosure in order to divide its space into two parts. One of the half-shells is provided with valves that are lo...
04/18/2006
7025574Process for assembly of an electric pump, and a vibration damper for such a pump
An electric fuel pump includes a pump proper (1) having a pump body (2) that includes an induction orifice (3), a delivery orifice (4), and electrical terminals (5,6). A cage (7) is arranged around said pump body. A filterin...
04/11/2006
7023167Control arrangement for an induction motor compressor having at least three windings, a torque-augmentation circuit a starting capacitor and a resistive element
Apparatus for driving a three-phase compressor assembly from a single-phase electrical power supply having first and second power lines, said three-phase compressor assembly comprising a compressor having a rotatable shaft, an electrical motor having a rotatable sha...
04/04/2006
7014432Fuel pumping unit, with a plurality of commutator brush assemblies with engaging members for restricting brush movement toward the pump motor section
A fuel pump includes a housing, a pump section, a motor section including a commutator, a cover disposed at one end of the housing, a pair of brushes disposed in a pair of brush holes formed in the cover to be in contact with the commutator; and a pair of brush spri...
03/21/2006
7003838Hydraulic pig advance system comprising a control volume chamber containing hydraulic fluid and a force transmitting member
This invention relates to a hydraulic pig advance system comprising a control volume chamber containing hydraulic fluid and a force transmitting member. The system further comprises two directional control valves which can be selectively repositioned to cause hydrau...
02/28/2006
7004732Fan shroud assembly
The fan shroud assembly includes: a rectangular-shaped plenum having a first plenum portion of a larger side and a second plenum portion of a smaller side, which are mounted eccentrically; a fan shroud formed on an air discharge side of the plenum and having a airfl...
02/28/2006
7001154Apparatus for controlling a linear compressor and preventing the collision of a piston with a valve in the compressor
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling a linear compressor. The linear compressor control apparatus has a collision detection unit, a control unit, and a compressor driving unit. The collision detection unit detects a collision of a piston with ...
02/21/2006
7001156Structure of an air inflation device
An improved structure of an air inflation device is disclosed. External air is drawn to the motor and cylinder to provide rapid cooling so that the efficiency of the motor is maintained. In the present invention, a plurality of air filters is used to filter air. The...
02/21/2006
6986649Micropump with integrated pressure sensor
An exemplary system and method for manufacturing micropump systems having integrated piezoresistive sensors is disclosed as including inter alia: a substrate, an inlet channel, an outlet channel, a pumping cavity, a first valve for permitting fluid flow from the inl...
01/17/2006
6981849Electro-osmotic pumps and micro-channels
The present disclosure relates generally to microelectronic technology, and more specifically, to an apparatus used for the cooling of active electronic devices utilizing electro-osmotic pumps and micro-channels. ...
01/03/2006
6981848Methanol injection system and method to prevent freezing of a natural gas pipeline
A system for injecting an injection fluid into a pipeline includes an injection pump, a timer for initiating sequencing of the pump, a control valve for controlling the flow of pressurized fluid to power the injection pump, a controller for controlling operation of ...
01/03/2006
6979181Method for controlling the motor of a pump involving the determination and synchronization of the point of maximum torque with a table of values used to efficiently drive the motor
A method for controlling a motor (11) driving a pump (10) using a microcomputer (14) includes repeatedly sampling a parameter representative of motor torque over one cycle of operation of the pump (10), determining at least one point of m...
12/27/2005
6971859Diaphragm unit
A diaphragm unit includes a diaphragm and a diaphragm case. The diaphragm has a center point and an outer peripheral portion. The diaphragm case includes a fixing surface and a regulating surface. The fixing surface supports the diaphragm at the outer peripheral por...
12/06/2005
6968688Two-cycle hot-gas engine
A two-cycle hot-gas engine comprising an expansion piston in a heatable cylinder member and a compression piston in a coolable cylinder member. The expansion piston and the compression piston are disposed along a common axis. ...
11/29/2005
6966760Reciprocating fluid pump employing reversing polarity motor
A reciprocating pump includes a drive section and a pump section. The drive section has a reciprocating coil assembly to which alternating polarity control signals are applied during operation. A permanent magnet structure of the drive section creates a magnetic flu...
11/22/2005
6960068Center valve sleeve retention system for an oscillating pump
A pump (10) includes an impeller (12) positioned in a housing (11). A valve assembly (13) is positioned within a valve sleeve (25) which is carried by the impeller (12). The impeller (12) is carried by an armature (
11/01/2005
6960066Water pump with a hollow shaft, seal, and drain opening therein
A water pump includes a rotation member, a hollow shaft portion having an opening on one end and connected to the rotation member for unitary rotating with the rotation member, an impeller connected to the shaft portion for unitary rotating with the shaft portion, a...
11/01/2005
6955527Two-way mounting air pump with an inflation mode and a deflation mode
A two-way mounting mode air pump is constructed to include a housing affixed to an inflatable object, a battery case mounted in the housing, the battery case having a female coupling device and power output contacts in the female coupling device, and a motor pump se...
10/18/2005
6955526Vacuum generator with flow switching means for varying suction capacity through a plurality of nozzles
The vacuum generator is capable of quickly and securely holding and releasing a work piece and capable of reducing amount of consuming compressed air. In the vacuum generator, a first nozzle and a second nozzle jet compressed air toward a diffuser nozzle. The second...
10/18/2005
6948914Metering pump with an electric motor
The metering pump comprises a synchronous motor which is stepped down via a mechanical gear and the rotation movement of the motor is converted into a stroke movement which drives the membrane pump. To the motor there is allocated an electronic control which may be ...
09/27/2005
6948916Piping layout for multiple compressor system
A multiple hermetic compressor assembly comprising a first compressor and an adjacent, second compressor interconnected by a hot gas pressure discharge manifold, a suction gas pressure equalization manifold, a suction manifold and an oil equalization manifold, the m...
09/27/2005
6948917Valving system for a downhole hydraulically actuated pump
An engine for actuating a hydraulic downhole pump having a piston vertically reciprocated in a cylinder includes a reversing valve carried with the power piston and serving, when in a first position, to direct fluid flow to force the piston upwardly and in a second ...
09/27/2005
6942471Electric fan with strain relief connection
A fan has a hub and a fan housing connected to the hub. The fan housing delimits an air passage of the fan outwardly. A fan wheel is connected to the hub and rotatably arranged in the air passage. A motor is arranged on the hub for driving the fan wheel. An electric...
09/13/2005
6939114Dynamotor driven compressor and method for controlling the same
A dynamotor capable of operating as either a motor or a generator is used with both the armature portion and the field portion thereof capable of being rotated. In the case where a pulley operatively interlocked with the output shaft of the prime mover is mounted on...
09/06/2005
6659727Control method for a dual mode compressor drive system
An improved control method for a dual mode compressor drive arrangement selectively operates an electric machine coupled to the compressor as a motor or a generator during operation of an engine coupled to the compressor for improved efficiency and perfor...
12/09/2003
6655922System and method for detecting and diagnosing pump cavitation
The present invention provides cavitation detection systems and methods employing a classifier for detecting, diagnosing and/or classifying cavitation in a pumping system. The classifier can be integral to tie cavitation detection system and/or operativel...
12/02/2003
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