公开(公告)号：US10662961B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US15801397

申请日：2017-11-02

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Levi A. Campbell ,  Francis R. Krug, Jr. ,  Milnes David ,  Dustin Demetriou ,  Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. ,  Brian Werneke

IPC: F04D29/042 ,  F04D29/42 ,  F04D27/00 ,  F04D15/00 ,  F04D29/20

Abstract: A pump is provided which includes a rotating element, and a volute housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. In operational state, the rotating element rotates, drawing fluid through the fluid inlet of the volute housing and expelling the fluid at a higher pressure through the fluid outlet. Further, the pump includes a bypass mechanism integrated, at least in part, within the volute housing and exposing in nonoperational state of the pump, a bypass path through, at least in part, the volute housing that allows the fluid to pass from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet of the pump.

公开(公告)号：US10571342B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US16107286

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： Milnes David ,  William J. Green ,  Joseph Prisco ,  Robert T. Sanders ,  Sharon T. Spaulding ,  Hemphill M. Timothy

IPC: G08B17/00 ,  G01K3/04 ,  G06K19/07 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: An advisory element of an acclimation system for an item being shipped from a source to a destination is provided with the item being disposable in a polybag. The advisory element is attachable to or is disposable remotely from the polybag. The advisory element is configured to receive shipment information input at the source, to sense environmental conditions to which the item and the polybag are exposed during shipment and at the destination and to calculate an acclimation time for the item based on the shipment information and the sensed environmental conditions. The advisory element is further configured to provide operational guidance to a user in accordance with the acclimation time at the destination.