With Muffler Acting On Pump Fluid Patents (Class 417/312)
  • Patent number: 7938630
    Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a motor coupled to the compression mechanism via a driving shaft, and a casing to accommodate the compression mechanism and the motor. The motor includes a stator, and a rotor disposed inside the stator and coupled to the driving shaft. The stator is spot-joined to the casing via a plurality of stator spot-joined portions at different positions along a circumferential direction about the driving shaft. Preferably, the stator spot-joined portions are disposed at different axial positions. Also, the stator spot-joined portions are preferably disposed at different circumferential positions from positions of compression mechanism-side spot-joined portions. When an accumulator is connected to the casing via a connection pipe, a straight line between any two of the plurality of stator spot-joined portions preferably crosses a vibration direction of a natural vibration mode of the accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wakana Koike, Kouki Morimoto, Masanori Yanagisawa, Toshiaki Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20110103978
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a turbine for a fluid delivery system and more specifically, but not by limitation, to a portable air turbine for a fluid delivery system having improved sound reduction. In one exemplary embodiment, a portable turbine apparatus is provided and includes a motor and a turbine configured to be driven by the motor for providing pressurized air to an outlet. A first inlet airflow path delivers air to the motor. A first silencer component having sound absorptive material is positioned along the first inlet airflow path and includes at least one orifice formed therethrough for the first inlet airflow path, the at least one orifice having a cross-sectional area of at least 0.01 square inches. A second inlet airflow path delivers air to the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION
    Inventor: James J. Handzel
  • Patent number: 7922460
    Abstract: A refrigerating compressor includes a compressing element and a hermetic container accommodating the compressing element, which includes a compressing chamber where refrigerant gas is compressed, and a suction muffler (118) having a sound deadening space (119) and communicating with the compressing chamber. The suction muffler (118) includes a tail tube (121) having a first end open into the hermetic container and a second end open into the sound deadening space (119), and a resonating chamber (122) formed attached to the tail tube (121) and having a resonance frequency substantially agreeing with a specific resonance frequency of the hermetic container. This structure allows the resonating chamber (122) to deaden the noises coming from vibration sounds of a suction valve or ripple sounds of refrigerant gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takahide Nagao, Akihiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20110070105
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor, comprises: a hermetic shell (1); a cylinder block (2) defining, a shell portion (Ia) and a compression cylinder (3) having an end (3a) opened to the exterior of the hermetic shell (1) and closed by a valve plate (5); a head (6) affixed to the cylinder block (2), over the valve plate (5) so as to define, with the latter, at least one discharge chamber (10). The cylinder block (2) incorporates a tubular projection (20) surrounding the valve plate (5) and at least part of the head (6). An outer cover (30) is hermetically affixed to the tubular projection (20) for defining therewith a discharge plenum (31) in fluid communication with the discharge chamber (10), the tubular projection (20) or the outer cover (30) being provided with a refrigerant gas outlet (40) opened to the exterior of the hermetic shell (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Emerson Moreira, Fabian Fagotti, Gustavo Cardoso Weber, Milton Wetzel Pereira, Ricardo Alexandre Maciel
  • Publication number: 20110014065
    Abstract: Disclosed is a muffler for a compressor, which has a chamber between an inlet and an outlet and also appropriately designs a size of a communicating pipe for indirectly connecting the inlet to the outlet as well as a size of a noise space, whereby a suction loss of a refrigerant sucked into the muffler for the compressor can be reduced and also pressure pulsation can be reduced so as to enhance a cooling capability of the compressor and a noise reduction effect. Also, an assembling structure of the muffler can be simplified, resulting in reduction of fabricating cost and improvement of productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Dong-Woo Park, Min-Kyu Jung
  • Patent number: 7866955
    Abstract: A suction muffler for a small refrigeration system, the muffler including an enclosed equalizing chamber acting upon a tubular connector and a fluid communication between the equalizing chamber and an acoustic chamber. The assembly simultaneously minimizes the noises of gas pulses inside the suction muffler and the pressure differential between the inside and outside of the tubular connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Fabricio Caldeira Possamai
  • Publication number: 20100329899
    Abstract: A multi-chambered pulsation absorber for attachment over the valve cap opening of a compressor cylinder. Each chamber is in fluid communication with the valve cap opening (or cylinder internal gas passages) via an associated choke tube. Each pairing of a chamber with a choke tube is tuned, in the manner of a Helmholz resonator, to attenuate and nearly eliminate a different cylinder-related pulsation frequency, such as those resulting from internal cylinder pulsations or cylinder nozzle pulsations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Eugene L. Broerman, III, Danny M. Deffenbaugh, Robert J. McKee
  • Patent number: 7857602
    Abstract: A muffler installation structure for compressors includes an end plate member fitted to an opening end of a cylinder body, a cup-shaped muffler fitted to the end plate member, and a fixing member for fixing the muffler to the end plate member. At places near the fixing member, an inner peripheral surface of a peripheral wall of the muffler and an outer peripheral surface of a body portion of the end plate member are clearance-fitted to each other. At places distant from the fixing member, on the other hand, the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall of the muffler and the outer peripheral surface of the body portion of the end plate member are close-fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouki Morimoto, Hiroki Kamiishida
  • Patent number: 7850436
    Abstract: A structure and method for fixing an upper cup muffler to an upper bearing portion. The upper bearing portion includes a step portion having an upper, lower and side surfaces. A peripheral edge portion between the upper and side surfaces of the upper bearing portion is declined outwardly to have a slant surface. The upper cup muffler includes a bottom surface and a peripheral side surface lower portion that extends downwardly from the edge portion of the bottom surface. The peripheral side surface lower portion gets across the slant surface of the upper bearing portion and is brought into linear or planar contact with at least one of the outer side surface and the lower surface of the step portion when the bottom surface of the upper cup muffler and the upper surface of the upper bearing portion are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sawabe, Yoshiaki Hiruma, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100310389
    Abstract: The attenuation system is applied to a compressor which comprises: a cylinder (2) having an end closed by a valve plate (4) provided with a discharge orifice (4a) and defining, with the cylinder (2), a compression chamber (6), a cylinder cover (5) being seated against the valve plate (4) and defining a discharge chamber (7), which communicates with the exterior of the compressor through a discharge tube (8). The attenuation system comprises: at least one intermediary chamber (10) defined in the interior of the discharge chamber (7), in order to receive, from the discharge orifice (4a), the whole discharge flow coming from the compression chamber (6); and at least one 4a connecting tube (20) mounted in the interior 4b of the discharge chamber (7), having a first end (21) open to the interior of the intermediary chamber (10) and a second end (22) open to the interior of the discharge chamber (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Eduardo De Souza Alvarenga
  • Publication number: 20100310388
    Abstract: A sealing is arranged between a rear head having an ejection port configured and arranged to eject compressed refrigerant and a rear muffler disposed so that a muffler space is formed between the rear muffler and the rear head. The rear head includes a main body having a bearing hole, an annular boss portion protruding from the main body and circumscribing the bearing hole, and an annular side wall protruding from the main body and circumscribing the boss portion. The rear muffler has an opening and is fastened to the end surface of the side wall so that the peripheral portion of the opening contacts the end surface of the boss portion. Preferably, the end surface of the boss portion has a part entirely further from the main body than the end surface of the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Yuasa, Hiroki Kamiishida, Takehiro Kanayama
  • Publication number: 20100290928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a noise reducing device for a hermetic type compressor. The noise reducing device for a hermetic type compressor according to the present invention is configurated to have a plate film (123) in a connection member (120) connecting a suction pipe (9) and a suction muffler (100) to each other, the plate film (123) bent and opened when a refrigerant is sucked while being capable of preventing a back flow of noise. Accordingly, it is capable of facilitatingly sucking the refrigerant without interference and of preventing noise or pressure pulsation transferred in a direction of the suction pipe (9) in the suction muffler (100), thereby being remarkably reducing noise of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Jung, Jea-Young Choi
  • Publication number: 20100290936
    Abstract: A linear compressor (100) comprises: a stationary member including a cylinder (200) for providing a space for compressing a refrigerant; a movable member linearly reciprocating with respect to the stationary member, and including a piston (300) for compressing the refrigerant inside the cylinder (200) and a supporter piston (320) having a support portion extended in a radial direction of the piston (300); a plurality of front main springs (820) positioned so as to be symmetrical with the center of the piston (300) and the supporter piston (320), one ends of which being supported by the front surface of the support portion of the supporter piston (320) and the other ends of which being supported by the stationary member; one rear main spring (840), one end of which being supported by the back surface of the supporter piston (320); a suction muffler (700) providing a passage for introducing a refrigerant while reciprocating with the movable member, reducing noise, and including an extended part extended toward
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Yang-Jun Kang, Young-Hoan Jeon
  • Patent number: 7832993
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder crankcase, a mechanically driven compressor for compressing charge air, and a compressor mounting for the compressor. The compressor mounting is provided at the cylinder crankcase and a pressure damper is integrated into the compressor mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jakob Erfurt
  • Publication number: 20100269797
    Abstract: A supercharger has an inner wall defining an inner cavity for receiving lobed rotors for rotation therein, a low-pressure inlet and a high-pressure outlet. A sound attenuator is associated with the housing and located adjacent to the high-pressure outlet. The sound attenuator has a tuner chamber and circumferentially spaced tuner ports fluidly connecting the tuner chamber with the internal cavity of the housing to define a Helmholtz resonator. A land is defined between the circumferentially spaced tuner ports such that the high-pressure outlet and low-pressure inner chambers defined between the rotor lobes and the inner wall are fluidly connected when the rotor lobes are in alignment with the land to reduce the pressure differential between the high-pressure outlet and the low-pressure inner chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory P. Prior
  • Publication number: 20100260629
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear compressor including: a shell (110); a fixed member installed inside the shell (110), and including a cylinder (200) for providing a compression space of refrigerant introduced into the shell (110); a moving member including a piston (300) for compressing the refrigerant sucked into the compression space inside the cylinder (200), and being linearly reciprocated with respect to the fixed member; and a suction muffler (700) positioned on a suction passage of the refrigerant inside the shell (110), a suction volume with a larger sectional area in a central portion than in both ends being defined in the suction muffler (700).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Yang-Jun Kang, Young-Hoan Jeon
  • Publication number: 20100260621
    Abstract: A compression element is provided with a block, a piston, a valve plate arranged in an opening end of a compression chamber and forming a suction hole, a suction valve, a suction muffler forming a sound absorbing space and provided with a communication pipe, and a cylinder head, the communication pipe has a suction muffler outlet portion communicated with the suction hole, is arranged in such a manner as to extend in a vertical direction with respect to a center line passing through the suction hole, and is arranged in such a manner that a part of the suction muffler outlet portion covers a part of the suction hole in the suction muffler outlet portion positioned in a downstream side of refrigerant gas flowing through the communication pipe, in the case of projection the suction muffler outlet portion in a direction of a center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji KINJO, Ko INAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20100247339
    Abstract: A noise-attenuating device for an HVAC and refrigeration system is provided. The HVAC and refrigeration system includes a condenser and at least one fan system. The noise-attenuating device includes an inner shell with a first outer surface, a first inner surface and a layer of a noise-absorbent material enclosed between the first outer surface and the first inner surface. The noise-attenuating device also includes an outer shell with a second outer surface, a second inner surface, and a layer of the noise-absorbent material enclosed between the second outer surface and the second inner surface. The noise generated in the condenser is minimized by using the noise-attenuating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Carlos Henrique Lagemann
  • Publication number: 20100239438
    Abstract: A Inlet pipe (151) communicating the space inside the hermetic enclosure with sound absorbing space (147) of inlet muffler (145) is provided so as to be inclined downward from inlet-pipe inlet (155) toward inlet-pipe outlet (157). Outlet pipe (153) communicating sound absorbing space (147) with an inlet valve includes outlet-pipe inlet (161) and outlet-pipe outlet (163). Inlet-pipe inlet (155) and outlet-pipe inlet (161) are formed at substantially same height. Herewith, introducing a refrigerant gas to outlet-pipe inlet (161) making efficient use of potential energy of the refrigerant improves the compression efficiency and stabilizes the performance of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kinjo, Akira Nakano, Takahide Nagao
  • Patent number: 7794213
    Abstract: An exemplary noise damper for a compressor of a turbocharger includes a compressor housing comprising a cavity substantially adjacent a gas flow surface of a conduit to a compressed gas outlet of the compressor housing and an insert that spans the cavity and forms a wall of the cavity where the wall includes one or more openings to the cavity to thereby allow acoustic energy to be damped by the cavity. Various other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Gladys Gaude, Thierry Lefévre
  • Publication number: 20100226796
    Abstract: A stagnation space defined by barriers is provided in a first muffler chamber communicating with a first cylinder chamber. The stagnation space overlaps with a refrigerant-gas inlet side of the first cylinder chamber, the inlet side being bordered by a center plane as viewed in a direction of a center axis of the first cylinder chamber. In the first muffler chamber, the high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant gas is unlikely to enter into the stagnation space, so that heat is less absorbed to the inlet side of the first cylinder chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Kanayama, Kouki Morimoto, Masanori Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 7789202
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pressurized internal oil management system, comprising an oil dam, at least one oil separator, at least one oil collection manifold, at least one oil pump, and one or more paths for returning the separated oil; said system integrated within the casing of a fluid displacement device to supply adequate lubrication regardless of orientations under zero to full gravity, and methods and applications related thereto. Fluid displacement devices useful herein include oil lubricated rotary or reciprocating machinery, such as compressors, expanders, pumps and engines, in the casing of which exists one or more drive mechanisms that can be utilized to operate the oil management system, in most cases without even increasing the size of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Aspen Compressor, LLC.
    Inventors: Kang P. Lee, William Gronemeyer
  • Publication number: 20100215515
    Abstract: In a first aspect the invention relates to a pump unit comprising a discharge connection (3) and a pump, the pump comprising a pump housing (7), and a claw (6) connectable to the pump housing (7), the pump unit having at least two contact interfaces, a first contact interface between an outlet of the pump housing (7) and an inlet of the discharge connection (3) and a second contact interface between the claw (6) and the exterior of the discharge connection (3). Furthermore, the at least one energy absorbing element (8, 9) is disposed at, at least, one of the contact interfaces, and wherein the pump and the discharge connection. (3) at said at least one contact interface are spaced apart by means of said energy absorbing element (8, 9). The invention also relates to a pump and a discharge connection (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrik Andersson
  • Publication number: 20100215516
    Abstract: In compression systems having multiple sources of pulsation induced noise, provisions are made to reduce the noise by selectively varying the length of adjacent refrigerant lines leading to a common refrigerant manifold. Each of the refrigerant lines is associated with a particular noise source. The feature can be incorporated into compressors operating in parallel or in a single multi-rotor compressor having multiple suction or/and discharge ports. It is equally applicable to both discharge and suction ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lifson, Michael F. Taras
  • Patent number: 7780421
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor has a hermetically tight compressor housing inside of which a piston-cylinder unit operates. A suction muffler through which refrigerant flows to the intake valve of the piston-cylinder unit is provided on the cylinder head. The inlet of the suction muffler has a cross section via which refrigerant flows into the suction muffler. A compensating volume is provided inside of which refrigerant oscillates and which is connected to the suction muffler and the interior of the compressor housing. The cross section of the inlet also acts as the connecting port between the compensating volume and the filling volume. The compensating volume is formed by an outer tube directed into the compressor housing, which tightly surrounds the intake port of the inlet while surrounding the section of the refrigerant suction pipe that is connected to the evaporator of the compressor and extends into the interior of the compressor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: ACC Austria GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Freiberger
  • Publication number: 20100202904
    Abstract: A slide valve for use in a screw compressor comprises a main body portion configured for sliding in a pressure pocket of a screw compressor to regulate output of a working matter through screw rotors of the compressor. The main body of the slide valve includes a plurality of walls that define an enclosed interior cavity. The slide valve also includes a bore extending into a wall of the main body such that working matter discharged from the screw rotors has access to the enclosed interior cavity. The bore is sized to dampen pressure pulsations in the discharged working matter as the discharged working matter flows through the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Peter J. Pileski
  • Publication number: 20100202893
    Abstract: A motor/pump assembly for a motor vehicle brake system including a pump and a motor driving the pump, the pump having opposite working diaphragms which are, in each case, mounted between a pump casing and a cover and thereby delimit a space and which can be moved by a crank drive, the space being assigned, in each case, an inlet duct with an inlet valve and an outlet duct with an outlet valve. The outlet ducts are arranged in the covers and in the pump casing such that air displaced out of the spaces is conducted into an inner space surrounding the crank drive of the pump casing and that an air outlet unit be provided, which allows a low-noise blow-out of the air from the inner space as a result of the deflection of the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Tees AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Jens Bacher, Lazar Milisic, Wolfgang Ritter, Karlheinz Seitz, Manfred Rüffer, Jose Gonzalez, Thomas Stahl, Michael Jürging, Yuejun Qian
  • Patent number: 7770694
    Abstract: Resonator arrangement in an acoustic muffler for a refrigeration compressor having a shell (1), inside which is mounted an acoustic muffler comprising a hollow body (10) defining at least one dampening chamber (13), which carries a gas inlet duct (20) and a gas outlet duct (30), each presenting a respective length and having a respective wall thickness, at least one of the gas inlet and gas outlet ducts (20, 30) carrying, extending along at least part of its length, a respective plurality of tube type resonant ducts (40), each resonant duct (40) presenting a first end (41), open to the interior of the respective gas duct (20, 30) and a second end (42), opposed to and spaced from the first end (41), each said resonant duct (40) being dimensioned to present a determined length and a determined diameter, which are calculated to define a certain reactive impedance and a certain dissipative impedance for the acoustic muffler, in a determined frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Edmar Baars, Edson Correa Miguel
  • Patent number: 7758318
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor has a hermetic container, a suction pipe, a compressing mechanism and a suction muffler. The suction pipe includes a large diameter part opening to an inside of the hermetic container and a small diameter part connected to an external refrigerating system, and the suction pipe is fixed with the hermetic container. The compressing mechanism is accommodated inside the hermetic container. The suction muffler forms a muffling space communicated with the compressing mechanism. The suction muffler is provided with an inlet opening which communicates the muffling space with an inside space of the hermetic container and faces closely an opening of the large diameter part of the suction pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokota, Akihiko Kubota, Kazuhiko Ohno
  • Publication number: 20100170291
    Abstract: In a hermetic compressor, aggression to an organic material is low by using a refrigeration oil using, as a base oil, an alicyclic multivalent carboxylic acid ester compound and made of an alicyclic multivalent carboxylic acid ester compound having at least two ester groups, the at least two ester groups being bound to carbon atoms adjacent to each other on an alicyclic ring. The ratio of hydrocarbon radicals in which carbon number is 4 or less among hydrocarbon radicals bound to the at least two ester groups is 15% by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuki Yoshimi
  • Publication number: 20100158711
    Abstract: Oil sucked by an oil pump and supplied to an opening at an eccentric shaft flows on the top end face of the eccentric shaft to the outer periphery thereof, and splashes from an edge in substantially a radial direction onto the sliding portions of a cylinder and a piston. Thus, the oil can cool the cylinder and piston, form oil film on the sliding portions of the cylinder and piston, restrain metallic contact between the sliding portions, and prevent abrasion between the sliding portions and increasing input into the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio Yagi
  • Patent number: 7740456
    Abstract: A suction silencer in a compressor is disclosed, including a lower shell having an opened top, that draws refrigerant, and an upper shell fixed to the top of the lower shell to form an inside space that reduces noise of drawn refrigerant, and that discharges refrigerant in a direction different from a flow direction of the refrigerant introduced into the lower shell, thereby simplifying a structure to permit easy assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Min Kyu Jung, Dong Woo Park
  • Patent number: 7740460
    Abstract: A controlled-clearance sealing compressor device that provides precision rotor centering directly with respect to the stator housing, vane centering with respect to rotor (not the stator) and the dynamic balance design of the gliders required for practical single and dual vane devices. The devices uses roller bearings to control the radial position of the vane and control rods or pins are used to control axial positioning of the vane, its ‘centralization’ with respect to the rotor and the endplates. The positive displacement rotary vane compressors and vacuum pumps have friction reduction, efficiency enhancement and exceedingly long operating life as a result of the non-contact gas sealing of the process gas within the rotary vane compressors and vacuum pumps. In an embodiment the positive displacement compressing device is used in transportation vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20100129234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shock damper for outlet pipe of diaphragm pump comprising a shock damper pod including an intake jointer, an outtake jointer, a stroke cavity and a cap receptacle, a damping block, a damping elastomer and a damper cap. After screwing the intake jointer into the water outlet orifice of the pump upper hood with motor power on, pressurized water come from high-pressured chamber will flow into water intake channel of shock damper pod to impact damping block in periodically pulsatile manner; Meanwhile, resilient force of compressed spring will offset the periodic impact of pressurized water in counteracting damper manner so that pressurized water will become a steady flow without any pulsation. Accordingly, the shock damper not only can obviate the shock and vibration for the outlet pipe but also can reduce the shock and annoying noise in the pump upper hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Ying Lin Cai, Chao Fou Hsu
  • Patent number: 7722334
    Abstract: A compressor includes a suction unit for sucking fluid, a compression unit for compressing the fluid sucked through the suction unit, a discharge unit for discharging the fluid compressed in the compression unit, an electric mechanism unit connected to the compression unit and driving the compression unit, and an overload protecting apparatus installed at the discharge unit and stopping operation of the electric mechanism unit if a temperature of the fluid discharged through the discharge unit is higher than a pre-set temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sung-Choon Kim
  • Patent number: 7686594
    Abstract: The invention concerns a refrigerant compressor arrangement with a compressor having a suction inlet, a casing, in which the compressor is located, a suction socket, which is in communication with the casing, a suction opening in the casing, which is connected with the suction socket, and a telescopic pipe, which is located between the suction inlet and the suction opening in the casing. It is endeavored to manufacture a refrigerant compressor arrangement in a cost-effective manner. For this purpose, the suction opening is surrounded by a drawing through in the casing wall, whose inner wall forms a sliding surface for the telescopic pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Holm Iversen, Marten Nommensen, Heinz Otto Lassen, Christian Petersen
  • Patent number: 7686592
    Abstract: A suction muffler receives low-temperature refrigerant gas discharged into a hermetic container from a suction pipe by a gas catcher, and feeds the gas to a compressor. The lower end of an opening of the gas catcher is located at a position lower than the lower end of an orifice of the suction pipe so as to catch the refrigerant gas falling obliquely downward inside the hermetic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Seigo Yanase, Kiwamu Watanabe, Hidenori Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100054978
    Abstract: An injectable two-stage compression rotary compressor includes a compressor housing; a low-stage compressing section provided in the compressor house; a high-stage compressing section provided near the low-stage compressing section; a motor for driving the low-stage compressing section and the high-stage compressing section; an accumulator held at an outer side portion of the compressor housing; a low-pressure connecting pipe connecting the accumulator and the low-stage compressing section; an intermediate connecting pipe connecting the low-stage compressing section and the high-stage compressing section outside the compressor housing; and an intermediate suction pipe for introducing a medium pressure injection refrigerant into the intermediate connecting pipe. The intermediate suction pipe is connected to the intermediate connecting pipe so that an outlet of the intermediate suction pipe faces in a flowing direction of a medium pressure gas refrigerant in the intermediate connecting pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20100047087
    Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a rotation compression element, a discharge port and a muffler. The rotation compression element is configured to compress gas as a result of rotation of a crankshaft about a rotation axis. The discharge port is configured to discharge the gas compressed by the rotation compression element. The muffler is arranged to cover the discharge port and surround the crankshaft. The muffler has a muffler crankshaft hole through which the crankshaft passes, and a muffler discharge region configured to discharge the compressed gas discharged from the discharge port toward an outer surface of the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Taniwa, Hirohito Kaida
  • Publication number: 20100031696
    Abstract: A refrigerating compressor includes a hermetic container accommodating oil, a motor accommodated in the container, a compressor unit provided under the motor and driven by the motor, and a vibration-proof cover. The compressor unit has a crankshaft including a main shaft and an eccentric section, a cylinder block, a piston, a connecting rod and a feed oil pipe. The cylinder block has a bearing to support the main shaft rotatably and a cylinder. The piston reciprocates in the cylinder. The connecting rod connects the piston to the eccentric section. The feed oil-pipe is fixed to eccentric section and an end thereof is dipped in oil. The vibration-proof cover is fixed to the cylinder block and surrounds the feed oil pipe with a given distance in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Toshihiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20100008798
    Abstract: A system for dampening sound produced by an air blower such as that used to inflate an inflatable movie screen or other inflatable structures. The system can include an air blower and a muffler. The muffler is configured to reduce or dampen sound output from the air blower and includes one or more surfaces that enclose at least a portion of the blower. An opening may be formed in the muffler to facilitate air flow into the air blower. The blower can include a fan and the opening may allow air to pass through into a space in the interior of the muffler and to the fan, so that it can be output to the inflatable movie screen. The muffler may also include a second opening. The second opening can facilitate output of the air by the blower and to the inflatable movie screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Marcus J. Clawson, Stuart C. Farmer, Kriston E. Bishop
  • Publication number: 20090324430
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in compressor units, and in particular to a modular compressor unit which has separate sections for the compressor, the controls and the air intake. The modular compressor unit comprises three separate adjoining sections, being an intake section, a compression section and a control section. The intake section comprises air intake means which provide an inlet for ambient air to be compressed and for cooling the compressor motor and comprise filters to filter air entering the intake means, noise attenuation means provided in the air intake means, and means for directing air to components in the compression section. The compression section comprises a compressor, a motor arranged to drive all compressor and all components within the unit required to cool compressed air, the motor and to remove heat from the compression section. The control section houses all the control means for operating the compressor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Jacintha Louise Pyke, Anthony Edward Filler
  • Publication number: 20090304532
    Abstract: A multiple membrane pump for food liquids, comprising at least one duct for the compensated intake of the liquid, which is closed on itself in a loop and is provided with at least one intake port, at least one duct for the compensated delivery of the liquid, which is closed on itself in a loop and is provided with at least one delivery port, at least four branches, which provide a unidirectional connection between the intake duct and the delivery duct and are associated respectively with four liquid pumping membranes, a gearmotor assembly, which is associated with a crank system for actuating the membranes and is adapted to convert the rotary motion of an output shaft of the gearmotor assembly into a reciprocating motion, adjusted with an appropriate timing between two mutually opposite intake and delivery stroke limit positions, of each of the actuation axes of the membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Paolo Tabanelli, Andrea Tabanelli, Oliviero Tabanelli
  • Publication number: 20090266095
    Abstract: A refrigerated preservation unit, particularly for domestic use, includes an internal compartment provided with an access door and with a refrigeration means. The unit includes an atmosphere control device constituted by a nitrogen generator, a control PLC, an oxygen analyzer, an overpressure/negative pressure valve, and a flexible plenum chamber. These components are all installed in a lower region of the unit, in the compartment normally used to accommodate the compressor and the condenser in traditional domestic refrigerators. The present invention allows to considerably improve the preservation times of food products stored inside home refrigerators when they are preserved loose and/or when the packages that contain them are not hermetically closed. The present invention allows in some cases to even treble the preservation time of the preserved products with a minimal additional energy expenditure of the electrical appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Marco Pruneri
  • Publication number: 20090269219
    Abstract: A sound absorber for a flow of gas which is subjected to a noise, including a pipe section which is substantially straight along an axis, is bounded by two openings which are situated one behind the other with respect to the axis and which has a guide body which is fitted into the pipe section approximately on the axis and is held by at least one spoke. A projection of the guide body parallel to the axis on a surface which contains the openings covers this opening substantially completely, and gas can flow around the guide body and an inner surface which faces said guide body substantially without turbulence in the flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Langbein, Thomas Nawrot, Andreas Ziemann
  • Patent number: 7607900
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder block provided with a plurality of pistons each for performing a working fluid suction stroke and a working fluid compression/discharge stroke, and a cylinder head arranged adjacent to the cylinder block. The cylinder head defines therein a discharge chamber and an annular suction chamber surrounding the discharge chamber and has a plurality of cross walls arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction thereof. The cross walls reduce the cross-sectional flow area of the suction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ichikawa, Jeong-Il Park, Douglas E. Adams
  • Patent number: 7607905
    Abstract: A fluid compressing system includes: a rotary compressor including a housing defining an oil chamber and an oil-releasing port in fluid communication with the oil chamber; a discharging pipeline connected to the housing for passage of a high pressurized fluid therethrough; an oil-adjusting tank connected to the discharging pipeline and the oil-releasing port for receiving lubricant oil from the oil chamber so as to alleviate oil swirling in the oil chamber; an oil filter connected to the discharging pipeline for separating the lubricant oil from the high pressurized fluid; and a first capillary connected to the oil filter and the housing for recycling filtered lubricant oil from the oil filter into the oil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Inventor: Szu-Fu Shen
  • Patent number: 7607897
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder block having formed therein a plurality of cylinders, pistons that make reciprocal movement inside the cylinders, a first cylinder head fixed to one end of the cylinder block via a valve plate, a second cylinder head fixed to another end of the cylinder block via a valve plate, a first delivery chamber formed at the first cylinder head, into which a working fluid let out from a first compression space formed toward one end inside each of the cylinders is guided, a second delivery chamber formed at the second cylinder head, into which a working fluid let out from a second compression space formed toward another end inside each of the cylinders is guided, a plurality of delivery passages formed at the cylinder block and an outlet port located at the cylinder block or the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Minoru Kanaizuka, Yasunori Hujita, Ryosuke Izawa, Toshiaki Kuribara, Hironori Tomita, Hirofumi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090257892
    Abstract: The invention concerns a suction muffler (1) for a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor with a housing (2, 3) having, between an inlet (10) and an outlet (11), a first muffling chamber (8) in the flow direction and a second muffling chamber (9) in the flow direction, an insert (7) being arranged between the muffling chambers (8, 9), the insert (7) having a passage (18) that connects the muffling chambers (8, 9) to each other. It is endeavoured to obtain a certain degree of freedom when positioning the suction mufflers in the case of the compressor. For this purpose, the insert (7) has a tube (12) that is led through the second muffling chamber (9), one end of the tube (12) being led through the housing (2), the other end opening into the first muffling chamber (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Svendsen, Sven Eric Nielsen
  • Patent number: 7600985
    Abstract: A pump assembly comprising an apparatus for reducing process noise manifest in a piping system. The invention introduces a pump pulse to counteract a negative dip in pressure when the reciprocating pump is at the completion of each pump stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Joseph L. Meloche, Stephen D. Able, Jana Able, legal representative