Abstract: A method of operating a rotary engine including a rotor engaged to a shaft and rotationally received in a housing to define a plurality of working chambers of variable volume, including delivering a pilot quantity of fuel into a pilot cavity in successive communication with the working chambers, igniting the pilot quantity of fuel within the pilot cavity, and delivering a main quantity of fuel into the working chambers downstream of the successive communication of the pilot cavity with the working chambers, where at least one of the pilot quantity and the main quantity is varied between successive rotations of the shaft.

Abstract: A screw vacuum pump comprises a housing forming a pumping chamber, wherein the housing is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. Further provided are two screw rotors arranged in the pumping chamber, each screw rotor comprising at least one displacer element having a helical recess for forming a plurality of windings, wherein the at least one displacer element is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. Between the region in which prevail 5% to 30% of the outlet pressure and a pressure-side end of the rotor (pump outlet), at least six, particularly at least eight, and with particular preference at least ten windings are provided.

Abstract: A single-screw compressor includes a screw rotor with a helical groove, a cylindrical wall rotatably housing the screw rotor, a gap adjuster mechanism, and a gear-shaped gate rotor having a plurality of flat gates. The gate rotor is arranged outside the wall. Some of the gates enter a space inside the wall via an opening formed in the cylindrical wall and mesh with the screw rotor. A fluid is compressed in a compression chamber defined in the helical move by the screw rotor, the gates meshing with the screw rotor, and the wall. The gap adjuster mechanism avoids contact between a front surface of the gate rotor toward the compression chamber and a sealing surface of the wall facing the front surface, by displacing at least one of the gate rotor and the sealing surface of the wall in an axial direction of the gate rotor.

Abstract: A scroll compressor may include a first scroll and a second scroll orbiting relative to the first scroll to form compression chambers, a discharge port provided in the first scroll to discharge refrigerant compressed in the compression chamber, a discharge passage formed through the first discharged through the discharge to an upper side of the frame, and a discharge cover coupled to the first scroll and having a space to accommodate end portions of the discharge port and the discharge passage to guide the refrigerant discharged through the discharge port to the discharge passage. A volume of a discharge space defined in the space by the first scroll may be 4.5 or more, obtained by dividing a volume of the discharge space by a total volume of an initial compression chamber among the compression chambers.

Abstract: A blower may include a blower housing that may include a plurality of rotor chambers and a plurality of rotors. The plurality of rotors may be substantially identical and each may include a twist angle and a helix angle. The rotors and the blower housing may be configured to create internal fluid compression when the rotors are rotating at a first rotational speed and not to create internal fluid compression when the rotors are rotating at a second rotational speed. The rotors and the blower housing may be configured to create the internal fluid compression without backflow slots in the blower housing. The twist angle may include the angular displacement of lobes of the plurality of rotors between axial ends of the plurality of rotors. The helix angle may be a function of the twist angle and a pitch diameter of the plurality of rotors.

Abstract: A screw compressor for a utility vehicle includes at least one housing and at least one air-oil separator holder arranged at the housing. The air-oil separator holder is manufactured from a non-corrosive material. A relief valve is provided, which is arranged in the air-oil separator holder and by which the interior of the screw compressor can be relieved of pressure.

Abstract: A screw compressor includes two screw rotors and two control sliders that are arranged one behind the other in a slider channel. The control sliders have a combined position with mutually facing end surfaces sealing tightly with each other, and being movable together and have a separated position, with positionable spacing from one another, forming an intermediate space. In a transfer position between the combined and separated positions, the control sliders form an inflow chamber into which the medium to be compressed flows out of one of the compression chambers by passing between the mutually facing end surfaces of the control sliders. One of the control sliders is provided with at least one outflow outlet that is adjacent to the inflow chamber and through which the medium from the inflow chamber enters an outflow opening in the slider channel that overlaps with the outflow outlet in this transfer position.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a housing and a compression mechanism accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a first housing member having an annular partition wall and a second housing member. The partition wall includes a fastened portion that is thicker than other portions in a circumferential direction of the partition wall. The compression mechanism includes a fixed scroll member and an orbiting scroll member. The fixed scroll member includes a fixed spiral wall extending spirally and an outer circumferential wall that surrounds the fixed spiral wall. The outer circumferential wall includes a recess forming portion having a recess recessed inward in the radial direction. The recess is located at a part of the outer circumferential wall opposed to the fastened portion in the radial direction.

Abstract: A fluid delivery system having at least one fluid storage device and a pump with at least one fluid driver with a flow-through shaft that has a through-passage. The pump includes a casing, and at least one fluid driver having a prime mover and at least one fluid displacement member. A shaft of the prime mover and/or a shaft of the fluid displacement member and/or a common shaft of the prime mover/fluid displacement member (depending on the configuration of the pump) is a flow-through shaft with a through-passage configuration that allows fluid communication between at least one port of the pump and the at least one fluid storage device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a crank shaft, including a central rotation shaft, a first eccentric component, a second eccentric component, a disc partition plate and an annular partition plate, wherein the disc partition plate is disposed between the first eccentric component and the second eccentric component, and is integrally formed with the central rotation shaft, and the annular partition plate is sleeved outside the disc partition plate. The crank shaft can prevent the occurrence of leakage between the partition plate and a roller while increasing an eccentricity of the crank shaft and improving operating performances of a compressor. Further disclosed are a pump body assembly having the crank shaft and a compressor.

Abstract: A rotary pump, the rotational direction of which can preferably be switched, featuring: a housing including a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a fluid to be pumped and an outlet from a high-pressure region of the pump space for the fluid to be pumped; at least one rotor which forms delivery cells in the pump space; a bearing; and a sealing stay which axially faces the at least one rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the at least one rotor; and featuring at least one lubricant feed, in the sealing stay, which feeds a fluid, as a lubricant, from at least one of the delivery cells to the bearing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuously variable transmission and a transmission system comprising said continuously variable transmission, wherein the continuously variable transmission comprises a first gear pump and a second gear pump, wherein each gear pump comprises a first gear and a second gear meshing with the first gear over an overlap distance in an overlap direction parallel to the first gear axis, wherein each gear pump further comprises an adjustment member for adjusting the pump volume, wherein the adjustment member of the first gear pump and the adjustment member of the second gear pump are interconnected by a connecting member for adjusting the pump volume of the first gear pump and the pump volume of the second gear pump in an inverse correlation to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary sliding vane machine (1) for fluid processing, comprising a housing (2) with a cavity (4) with a rotor (9). Vanes (12) are arranged in outwardly directed slots (13) in the rotor (9), and relative sliding between the vanes and the rotor provides spaces with variable volumes in the rotational direction. Each vane is supported by a vane bearing apparatus (102) comprising a slide bearing body (105) with a slot (13) forming a slide bearing for the vane (12), and a cylindrical convex face (116) facing away from the slot (13), and, on each side of the slot (13), a pivot bearing pad (106) with a cylindrical concave face (117) facing the slide bearing convex face (116), forming a pivot bearing for the vane.

Abstract: A four-stroke rotary-piston engine has an outer disk, and inner disk, at least one cylinder, at least one piston, at least one piston rod, a fixed gear engaged with a planet gear and a rotary gate valve positioned at a head of the cylinder. The inner disk is rotatable with respect to the outer disk by a compression control device. The planet gear rotates a crank situated on a shaft thereof. The shaft passes upwardly through the inner disk. The crank reciprocates a lever via the piston rod. The lever has an end pivoted on the outer disk so as to push the piston into and out of the cylinder.

Abstract: A vane type gas pump for a compressible fluid. The vane-type gas pump includes a pump housing which forms a pump chamber in which a pump rotor with at least one slidable sliding element is rotatably mounted. At least one fluid inlet opening and at least one elongated fluid outlet opening are dedicated to the pump chamber. The at least one slidable sliding element has a tangential width. The at least one elongated fluid outlet opening has a tangential width. The tangential width of the at least one slidable sliding element at least corresponds to the tangential width of the at least one elongated fluid outlet opening so that the at least one slidable sliding element temporarily completely covers the at least one elongated fluid outlet opening.

Abstract: Scroll compressor includes a shaft rotatably supported to a casing; an eccentric bush having a recess part into which one end portion of the shaft is inserted, an eccentric part eccentric to the shaft, and a balance weight disposed at the opposite side of the eccentric part with respect to the recess part; an orbiting scroll for performing the orbiting motion in interlock with the eccentric part; and a fixed scroll for forming a compression chamber together with the orbiting scroll. The casing has an orbiting groove in which the eccentric bush performs the orbiting motion, a buffer member is interposed between the orbiting groove and the balance weight. Rotation clearance is formed between the recess part and the shaft. The buffer member is compressed between the balance weight and the orbiting groove before the recess part and the shaft contact each other by the rotation clearance.

Abstract: A fluid delivery device having a forepump and a main pump fluidically connected to the forepump, wherein the forepump can be driven via a forepump input shaft and the main pump can be driven via a main pump input shaft. According to the invention, the forepump has a forepump drive gear coupled to the forepump input shaft and a forepump delivery gear interacting with the forepump drive gear to deliver the fluid, wherein the forepump and the main pump are drivingly coupled to a common drive shaft, and wherein the forepump delivery gear and the main pump input shaft are connected to one another via a connecting shaft such that the forepump input shaft is coupled directly to the drive shaft and the main pump input shaft is coupled to the drive shaft via the connecting shaft.

Abstract: An automobile vehicle variable displacement pump includes a pump body having a pump shaft extending through the pump body. A rotor is connected to the pump shaft and co-rotates with the pump shaft. The rotor has multiple radially outwardly directed slots. A vane support ring supports multiple vanes, the vanes individually slidably received in one of the slots of the rotor. A slide is rotatably connected to the pump body having the rotor and the vane support ring positioned within an inner wall of the slide. A bow spring plate defining a biasing member directly contacts the slide to bias the slide to rotate about an arc of curvature.

Abstract: A pump as provided includes an inlet, an outlet, and a scroll pumping element. The scroll pumping element includes a fixed scroll component having one or more fixed scrolls and orbiting scroll component having one or more orbiting scrolls for fluid pumping. The fixed scroll component and the orbiting scroll component are arranged so as to be capable of providing pressurized fluid to a thrust bearing and prevent contact between the fixed scroll component and the orbiting scroll component.

Abstract: A vane cell pump comprises a contour ring having an inner peripheral face and a rotatable rotor which has a plurality of conveying elements displaceable radially relative to a rotation axis. The inner peripheral face includes a plurality of pump portions each constructed with an intake region and a pressure region which are passed through by the conveying elements during rotation of the rotor. A narrow location at which the conveying elements are displaced radially inward toward the rotation axis to a greatest extent, is located between a pressure region and a subsequent intake region. By applying a part-stroke, an auxiliary start contour which is arranged between the rotation axis and the inner peripheral face radially inside the conveying elements in the region of at least one pump portion displaces the conveying elements to the greatest extent radially inwardly.