Plasencia
David B. Plasencia, Novi, MI US
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20080271966 | Using inferred torque converter impeller speed to control an impeller clutch - A method for controlling an impeller clutch of a torque converter includes determining a function relating a K-factor of the torque, determining a current engine torque, determining a desired impeller clutch slip, using the function determine the actual impeller speed and thus actual clutch slip, and adjusting the operating state of the impeller clutch to produce the desired impeller clutch slip. | 11-06-2008 |
Juan Manual Plasencia, Charlotte, NC US
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20090308463 | BOTTLE TRAP WITH INTEGRAL GAS SEAL - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to bottle traps and provide a bottle trap with an integral gas seal. In an embodiment of the invention, a bottle trap can include a body with both an inlet at a top portion of the body adapted to receive a tailpiece from a sink, and an outlet at a side portion of the body adapted to receive a horizontal drain pipe. The bottle trap further can include an integral metallic gas seal disposed within the body and defining two chambers of the body. The integral metallic gas seal can include a metallic wall being rigidly and non-removably coupled to an interior portion of the body at one end of the metallic wall and having an unattached distal end opposite to the top portion of the interior wall so as to permit passage of fluid from one of the chambers to another of the chambers. Optionally, the unattached distal end of the metallic wall can include a rounded tip. | 12-17-2009 |
Luis Plasencia, Monroe, NC US
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20110079052 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE WITH BEARING-STABILIZED CYLINDER - A retrofit to circular knitting machines that stabilizes the cylinder to reduce or eliminate wobbling or other undesired motion so that the machine can operate at a significantly higher speed. The cylinder is stabilized by a bearing system added to the knitting head of the machine. The bearing system includes a pair of bearings, one of the bearings being disposed above the other one. An inner race of each bearing is affixed to the cylinder and an outer race of each bearing is affixed to a bearing housing that is secured to the stationary base plate of the knitting head. The bearings help stabilize the cylinder so that its rotation axis remains essentially immovable and vertically oriented. | 04-07-2011 |