Parker-hannifin Corporation

Parker-hannifan Plc

University of Cincinnati

Peter V Buca

Rex Jay Harvey

Adel B Mansour

Jay Lee

Michael A Benjamin

Xiangdong Zhu

Vesselin N Shanov

Mark J Schulz

Andrew M Odar

Isaac U Shilad

Christopher H Hunter

William E Sayavich

Surya Sundaramurthy

Kim L Aiken

James F Duncan

Isaac Shilad

An integrated asset integrity management system includes a plurality of asset information identifiers associated with a corresponding plurality of assets, a mobile communication device comprising a reading device for reading the identifiers, and a server in electronic communication with the mobile communication device. The server includes a database structure having a tracking system database that includes tracking system data corresponding to the asset information identifiers, and a performance database that includes data relating to performance of the assets. The mobile communication device transmits read asset information to the server. An electronic processor identifies assets corresponding to the read asset information identifiers and determines asset integrity issues for any of the assets. An output device outputs an indicator associated with the determined integrity issue. A framing algorithm uses a drill down technique for honing in on integrity issues at a location that may include a plurality of assets.

Integrated asset integrity management system

A sensor () for monitoring health of an associated article (A) (e.g., a fluid connector) including a sensing element () disposed along a length of an outer surface of the associated article, wherein the sensing element is configured to detect at least one physical property of the associated article and output an electrical signal in proportion to an amount of the physical property applied to the sensing element; and a mounting mechanism () configured to secure the force sensing element to at least a portion of the outer surface of associated article.

Embedded or clip-on device for health monitoring of an article

A sensor sleeve for use in detecting a failure in an article (e.g., a hydraulic hose), the sensor sleeve includes an insulator layer that separates two electrode layers. As such, the electrode layers deform to contact each other, which changes the impedance as measured across the electrode layers. The sensor sleeve is designed to change electrical impedance (resistance) due to fluid pressure initiating a hole through the sensor itself. The sensor sleeve will detect the fluid leak when the hole penetrates the sensor and brings the two elastic electrodes in contact with each other and/or the fluid, which when the fluid is conductive fluid, creates a signal path between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, which also changes the impedance as measured across the electrode layers.

Sensor sleeve for health monitoring of an article

An enclosure () comprising a wall structure () defining a container space () and electronic devices () contained within this space (). The wall structure () includes an entrance for providing an operative fluid (e.g., a heat-transfer fluid) into the container space () and an exit for draining the operative fluid therefrom. The wall structure () includes an inducement chamber that, when a motive fluid is introduced through an inlet (), produces a differential pressure that induces the operative fluid in the container space () to flow through the exit to an outlet (). The wall structure () can be at least partially constructed from a stack () of plates having openings and grooves forming the inlet, the outlet, the entrance, the exit, the fluid circuits, and the chambers.

Enclosure with fluid inducement chamber

A multi-function spray nozzle for engine applications useful as a cooling device to introduce a fluid into the fluid stream of the engine, and as a cleaning device to introduce a fluid to clean internal components of the engine. The nozzle includes a multi-layered arrangement of etched plates defining flow paths for the first and second fluids. Non-radial feed slots direct the first fluid into a cylindrical swirl chamber. The swirling fluid exits the swirl chamber through a spray orifice or a prefilmer, depending on whether the nozzle is configured as a simplex or prefilmer nozzle. Other non-radial feed slots direct the second fluid inward, downstream of the first fluid, to create a fine dispersion of droplets for fluid stream cooling purposes. During cleaning, only the first fluid is introduced through the nozzle, which results in a larger droplet size suitable for cleaning purposes of the internal components of the engine.

Multi-function simplex/prefilmer nozzle

An injector includes a plurality of flat, circular plates which provide fuel delivery and cooling of the injector. Fuel delivery passages in the plates have swirl chambers and spray orifices which are formed by chemical etching. A pair of fuel delivery plates define a fuel cavity therebetween, and include a plurality of radially-outwardly extending spokes, with the spokes from one fuel plate in adjacent, surface-to-surface relation with opposing spokes from the adjacent fuel plate. A fuel passage is defined between each of the opposing spokes, leading from the fuel cavity to a fuel outlet opening at the distal end of each spoke. A fuel tube delivers fuel to the fuel cavity between the plates, from where the fuel is then directed through the outlet openings. Downstream plates shape the fuel into appropriate sprays for ignition. An upstream cooling plate assembly directs air against the upstream fuel plate, and radially outwardly along the spokes of the upstream plate. The air is delivered through an air tube, concentric with the fuel delivery tube.

Injector with active cooling

A multi-flavor post-mix dispense head includes a nozzle having a plurality of concentrate inlet ports for directing concentrate(s) to a plurality of outlet ports; and a diluent inlet port for directing a diluent to an annular outlet port, surrounding the concentrate outlet ports. The annular diluent outlet port has a configuration which forms a cylindrical outlet flow of diluent surrounding a liquid stream of concentrate from any of the concentrate outlet ports. The cylindrical outlet flow of diluent combines under surface tension into a single stream to form a freely-supported cup downstream from the nozzle. The concentrates are respectively introduced through the concentrate outlet ports internally of the cup in a stream or spray to be mixed together with the diluent and then flow downstream together in a homogenous mixture.

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Parma Heights, OH, United States of America

Peter V Buca