Specific Material Patents (Class 418/179)
  • Patent number: 11815102
    Abstract: A pump includes a pump housing including an inlet for the fluid on a low-pressure side, an outlet for the fluid on a high-pressure side, a circumferential wall facing faces axially away from the delivery chamber and on which the outlet emerges; a spring structure arranged on the outer end face of the end wall; a delivery member movable within the delivery chamber for delivering the fluid from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side; and a securing device for axial securing the pump housing. The securing device includes a female holding element having an axially extending cavity and a male holding element in a joining engagement, exposable to an axial tensile load, with the female holding element in the cavity. The spring structure and/or the end wall is/are held on the pump housing by one of the holding elements by the joining engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Claus Welte
  • Patent number: 11795761
    Abstract: A positive displacement motor (PDM) is provided comprising an outer housing, a thermoplastic stator and a rotor. The PDM may additionally include a mechanism that allows the stator to be removable from the PDM when the PDM is not in operation and resists rotational movement of the stator with reference to a longitudinal axis of the stator and axial movement of the stator along the longitudinal axis of the stator when the PDM is operating, and a rotor disposed within the stator and configured to rotate within the stator when a fluid flows through the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Carson Edward Riggins, Harley Jones, II, Earl Webb, Philippe Quero, Eric Bivens
  • Patent number: 11661938
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for pumps that deliver optimized torque characteristics and volumetric efficiency. A system includes a housing defining a surface and a rotor defining a face. A face clearance is defined between the face and the surface. The face clearance is variable in magnitude and determinative of target performance characteristics of the pump system. The housing is made of a material selected to have a thermal expansion characteristic and the rotor is made of a second material selected to have another thermal expansion characteristic. The thermal expansion characteristics deliver the target performance characteristics of the pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Robert Benson Parrish, Michael P Fannin, Avinash Singh, Ryan David Rosinski, Alan Clifford Taylor, Thomas John Fonville
  • Patent number: 11614158
    Abstract: A hydraulic gerotor pump for an automatic transmission may comprise a housing and a gear set rotatably disposed within the housing. The gear set may comprise an inner gear and an outer gear having radially opposed intermeshing teeth that together define a plurality of circumferentially disposed variable volume pumping chambers therebetween. The housing may be made of a first aluminum-based material, and the inner gear and the outer gear of the gear set may be made of a second aluminum-based material. The linear coefficient of thermal expansion of the first aluminum-based material may be substantially the same as that of the second aluminum-based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Robert Parrish, Wenying Yang, Zhe Li, Abir R. Das, Chad M. Huls, Anil K. Sachdev
  • Patent number: 11353027
    Abstract: A compressor includes a casing configured to accommodate refrigerant and oil, a discharger disposed at a side of the casing and configured to discharge the refrigerant, a driver including a stator and a rotor, a rotation shaft that is coupled to the rotor and that extends in a direction away from the discharger, a compressing assembly that is coupled to the rotation shaft, that is configured to be lubricated with the oil, and that is configured to compress the refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant in the direction away from the discharger, a muffler coupled to the compressing assembly and configured to guide the refrigerant to the discharger, and a bypassing portion disposed outside the casing and configured to transfer the refrigerant or the oil from the muffler to the discharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taekyoung Kim, Kangwook Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10724525
    Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism having a ring-shaped first cylinder, a first piston eccentrically rotatable in an interior of the first cylinder, a first cylinder head member disposed adjacent to one axial end of the first cylinder, a second cylinder head member disposed adjacent to an other axial end of the first cylinder, and a fastening bolt. The fastening bolt fastens the first cylinder head member, the first cylinder, and the second cylinder head member together. An end face of the first cylinder head member contacts the first cylinder, and the end face is provided with a protecting groove. The protecting groove is formed closer to a center of the first cylinder than the fastening bolt, and has a groove width smaller than a groove depth of the protecting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Inada, Kazuhiro Furusho, Eiji Kumakura
  • Patent number: 10227983
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing; a drive motor; a fixed scroll that forms a compression space by being coupled to the orbiting scroll; and a discharge cover provided at an inner space of the casing, the discharge cover having a space that communicates with the compression space and separated from the inner space of the casing, and having one or more discharge hole on a side surface thereof, the one or more discharge hole providing communication between an inside and an outside of the space. With such a configuration, vibration noise of the scroll compressor may be more reduced in comparison with a case in which an oil separator is provided outside of the casing. Further, as an area of the one or more discharge hole and a volume of the space are optimized, efficiency of the scroll compressor may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeha Lee, Junchul Oh, Seheon Choi, Byeongchul Lee
  • Patent number: 10215186
    Abstract: A temperature-compensating arrangement is provided for a fluid-moving or fluid-powered rotating machine. One or more rotatable inner components in a housing of the machine are supported and restrained by at least one radial load bearing and allowed to float axially as a result of differences in thermal expansion of one or more inner components and the housing. The housing and inner component(s) are made from materials having coefficients of expansion selected to minimize undesired clearance changes and undesired bearing loads that are caused by the differences in thermal expansion of the materials during temperature changes of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventor: Jerald G. Wagner
  • Patent number: 10174565
    Abstract: A driver (3) for the transfer of torque and rotation from a rotation chuck (5) to a drill steel (2), whereby the cross-section of the driver (3) is limited outwards by curves, in particular by arcs, united to form a closed FIG. 6 that can be approximately described as a polygon, and limited inwards by splines (4). The FIG. 6 comprises four sides (7) and four corners (8). The splines (4) comprise a number of spline teeth (10), the number of which is divisible by four.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Thomas Östling, Linda Göthlin
  • Publication number: 20150098853
    Abstract: A screw-type positive displacement machine includes a housing with a first rotor and a second rotor which are mounted to rotate in the housing and which are driven in directions which are the opposite of one another. The positive displacement machine has a first motor and a second motor arranged in a drive casing and connected to the housing in such a way that the first rotor is driven by the first motor and the second rotor is driven by the second motor. Typically, the first motor and/or the second motor is an asynchronous motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Didier Müller, Théodore Iltchev
  • Patent number: 8939742
    Abstract: A compressor, characterized in that a steel is used as the base material for the other sliding material vane 10 and nitrided, a CrN or DLC film is formed on the surface by PVD treatment, and a Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron is used for the other corresponding sliding material piston 9. It is possible in such a configuration to suppress the temperature rise by sliding friction of the sliding materials, such as the vane tip region 10a and the peripheral region of piston 9 that are vigorously slid, relax decomposition of the refrigerant, and suppress corrosion by hydrogen fluoride generated in reaction with water and oxygen, and thus to provide a compressor higher in reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Nakano, Noboru Iida, Tsuyoshi Karino
  • Patent number: 8899949
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes a compression unit having a roller and a vane for compressing refrigerant. The vane has a film having first to fourth layers on its metallic base member. The first layer is made of chromium. The second layer is made of chromium and tungsten-carbide. The third layer is made of metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide. The fourth layer is made of non-metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing carbon and hydrogen. In the second layer, chromium content-rate on a first-layer side is larger than on a third-layer side, and tungsten-carbide content-rate on the third-layer side is larger than on the first-layer side. In the third layer, content-rate of the at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide on a second-layer side is larger than on a fourth-layer side. The roller with which an end-edge of the vane slidably-contacts is made of flake graphite cast iron containing molybdenum, nickel and chromium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimasa Aoki, Koji Satodate, Kazu Takashima
  • Publication number: 20140322058
    Abstract: In order to prevent deterioration in performance of an oil-free screw compressor and scuffing caused by rust, surfaces of both male and female rotors are coated with heat-resistance coatings containing a solid lubricant. A coating contains Polyimide resin to which Molybdenum disulfide, as a solid lubricant, and Aluminium oxide and Titanium oxide, as additives, are added. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a coating that is higher in heat resistance and longer in lifetime than a conventional one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Yukiko IKEDA, Kazuaki SHIINOKI, Masakatsu OKAYA, Natsuki KAWABATA, Masahiro KAWAMURA, Iwao AOKI
  • Patent number: 8840385
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a motor, an inner gear rotor and an outer gear rotor. The inner gear rotor is driven for rotation about an axis by the motor and has a plurality of outwardly extending teeth. The outer gear rotor has a plurality of inwardly extending teeth that are engaged by the teeth of the inner gear rotor so that the outer gear rotor is driven for rotation about a second axis when the inner gear rotor rotates. At least one of the inner gear rotor and the outer gear rotor is formed from a plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: TI Group Automotive Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Wayne T. Lipinski, Joseph M. Ross
  • Publication number: 20140255238
    Abstract: A rotor of a vane pump and a method of manufacturing a rotor are provided. The rotor may be formed to include a plurality of radially formed slots and having a disk shape, and may include approximately 20% to 70% of pig iron, approximately 0.2% to 0.5% of copper (Cu), and approximately 0.1% to 0.4% of iron (Fe) by weight ratio, and scraps and steel wastes for the remainder, and may be formed of a nodular graphite cast iron including precipitated spheroidal graphite and having an austenite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Jaebong Park
  • Publication number: 20140255237
    Abstract: A vane pump is provided that may include a rotor having a plurality of slots formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof; a vane slidably inserted into each of the plurality of slots; and a cam ring configured to receive the rotor therein and having a inner circumferential surface in contact with an end portion of the vane. The rotor may be formed of nodular graphite cast iron, the vane may be formed of high speed tool steel, and the cam ring may be formed of alloy cast iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Jaebong PARK
  • Patent number: 8821138
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a gerotor apparatus includes an outer gerotor having an outer gerotor chamber, an inner gerotor, at least a portion of which is disposed within the outer gerotor chamber, and a synchronizing apparatus operable to control the rotation of the inner gerotor relative to the outer gerotor. The inner gerotor includes one or more entrance passages operable to communicate a lubricant into the outer gerotor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Mark T. Holtzapple, George A. Rabroker
  • Patent number: 8821139
    Abstract: A fluid device includes a displacement assembly and a balance plate assembly disposed adjacent to the displacement assembly. The displacement assembly includes a ring and a rotor disposed in a bore of the ring. The ring and rotor cooperatively define a plurality of volume chambers. The balance plate assembly includes a housing that defines a cavity. A balance plate is disposed in the cavity. The balance plate includes a first end surface and an oppositely disposed second end surface. The balance plate is adapted to move axially between a first position in which the second end surface of balance plate abuts a first end face of the ring to a second position in which the second surface of the balance plate is recessed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Aaron Michael Hicks
  • Patent number: 8801412
    Abstract: In order to prevent deterioration in performance of an oil-free screw compressor and scuffing caused by rust, surfaces of both male and female rotors are coated with heat-resistance coatings containing a solid lubricant. A coating contains Polyimide resin to which Molybdenum disulfide, as a solid lubricant, and Aluminum oxide and Titanium oxide, as additives, are added. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a coating that is higher in heat resistance and longer in lifetime than a conventional one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Kawamura Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiko Ikeda, Kazuaki Shiinoki, Masakatsu Okaya, Natsuki Kawabata, Masahiro Kawamura, Iwao Aoki
  • Patent number: 8794944
    Abstract: A screw spindle machine having a tubular casing (10) that is made of cast metal and is lined with a wear resistant layer (16), with the wear resistant layer (16) being encapsulated in a steel shell (20) that matches the outer peripheral shape of the layer (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Brinkmann Pumpen K.H. Brinkmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Wagner
  • Patent number: 8770955
    Abstract: A rotary pump having a variable delivery volume, including: a casing; a delivery chamber formed in the casing; at least one delivery rotor which is rotatable in the delivery chamber; an actuating member which is arranged facing a front face of the delivery rotor or surrounds the delivery rotor, and is moveable in the casing for adjusting the delivery volume; the actuating member chargeable with an actuating force which is dependent on a fluid requirement; a track which is formed in the casing and guides the actuating member on an actuating member sliding surface in a sliding contact; and a sliding material which forms at least one of the track and the actuating member sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Christof Lamparski
  • Patent number: 8764424
    Abstract: A screw pump (20) with field refurbishment provisions has screws (40), a base (26), and shafts (50) for the screws (40). The screws (40) have helical flights that intermesh during rotation, and extend between inner and outer ends (44 and 42). The shafts (50) extend between inner and outer ends (68 and 74), and are cantilevered from the base (26) from about the inner end (68) thereof. Each screw (40) is formed with a hollow core (80) for receiving its shaft (50) such that the screw (40) slips onto the respective shaft (50) therefor over the outer end (74) of its shaft (50). The screw pump further includes a keyless locking mechanism (56, 58, 96, or 98) intermediate each shaft (50) and screw (40), which is operative to rotationally lock the shaft (50) and screw (40) together without a key or keyway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Tuthill Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy M. Kirkland
  • Patent number: 8747086
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is constructed by combining a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll formed by erecting a scroll-shape wrap upright on a base plate meshing with each other. A scroll member constructing the stationary scroll or the orbiting scroll is constructed of an inner layer member 601 forming a core metal and an outer layer member 600 arranged so as to surround the inner layer member and forming an outer layer part, the inner layer member is constructed of a material with higher modulus of elasticity than that of the outer layer member, and separation prevention parts (uneven parts 603, depressions 604, or holes 605) preventing the inner layer member and the outer layer member from separating with each other due to difference in coefficient of thermal expansion thereof are arranged in the inner layer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Chikano, Kazuo Sakurai, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8690558
    Abstract: The compressor includes a first constituent element and a first slider. The first constituent element is capable of being laser welded. The first slider is composed of cast iron capable of being laser welded and having a carbon content of from 2.0 wt % or more to 2.7 wt % or less. This first slider is joined to the first constituent element by laser welding without using a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Takashi Hirouchi, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mikio Kajiwara, Satoshi Yamamoto, Mie Arai
  • Patent number: 8684711
    Abstract: A scroll component including a spiral scroll wrap, a baseplate having a first major surface coupled to the scroll wrap and a second opposing major surface comprising a protruding pilot extending a distance from the baseplate, and a hub fastened to the baseplate adjacent to the protruding pilot. A method of forming a scroll compressor element is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Stover, Gary J. Diller, Marc J. Scancarello, Jean-Luc M. Caillat
  • Patent number: 8678795
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing roller pockets in a stator of a gerotor device generally includes providing a stator having a cavity including a generally cylindrical section defining a central axis and a plurality of roller pockets angularly spaced around a periphery of the cylindrical section. Each roller pocket is configured to receive a respective roller, which acts as an internal tooth of the gerotor device. Each roller pocket defines a generally cylindrical roller pocket bearing surface. The method further includes grinding each roller pocket bearing surface of each roller pocket with a grinding wheel rotating about a rotational axis perpendicular to the central axis. A stator for a gerotor device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: White Drive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Hollis N. White, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8672656
    Abstract: A progressing cavity pump/motor (10) includes a stator housing (12), a polymeric layer (14), and a rotor (16). A plurality of axially extending grooves (24) are formed in the interior surface of the stator housing for receiving polymeric material therein. At least one seal gland (46) adjacent an end of the polymeric layer maintains sealing between the stator housing and the polymeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robbins & Myers Energy Systems L.P.
    Inventor: Michael J. Guidry, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8641393
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scroll members and a compensation member. The first scroll member may include a first end plate and a first spiral wrap extending therefrom. The second scroll member may include a second end plate and a second spiral wrap. The second end plate may be positioned proximate to a distal end of the first spiral wrap. The first end plate may be positioned proximate to a distal end of the second spiral wrap. The compensation member may engage the first scroll member and having a first reaction to a temperature change causing the first scroll member to maintain a sealed relationship between the first end plate and the distal end of the second spiral wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Luc M. Caillat
  • Patent number: 8636485
    Abstract: A method for use in producing a stator for a progressing cavity apparatus which includes the use of electroforming to produce the stator tube. A stator tube for a progressing cavity apparatus which is produced using electroforming and a stator for a progressing cavity apparatus which includes a stator tube produced using electroforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David Joe Steele
  • Patent number: 8628313
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine that is capable of preventing a power loss and enhancing the degree of hermeticity of compression chambers. A plurality of outer peripheral projections are formed on an outer peripheral surface of a wrap portion of each scroll. An outer peripheral coating layer is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a wrap portion of a fixed scroll, and an inner peripheral coating layer is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the wrap portion. Each of the coating layers comprises: contact portions that make contact with the mating wrap portion; and non-contact portions that do not make contact with the mating wrap portion. In this way, the degree of hermeticity of the compression chambers can be enhanced by the contact portions, and power loss can be prevented by the non-contact portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Taniguchi, Yoshiyuki Kanemoto
  • Patent number: 8613609
    Abstract: A pump gear is provided. The pump gear includes a first shaft portion having a first end and a second end with an integral gear portion formed therebetween. The first shaft portion is made from a first tool steel material. A second shaft portion having a third end brazed to the first end. The second shaft portion has at least one integral drive spline formed adjacent one end. The second shaft portion is made from a second tool material. The first tool steel material has a vanadium content by weight of greater than 9% and the second tool steel material has a vanadium content by weight of less than or equal to 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lyle Ward, Steven A. Heitz
  • Patent number: 8585385
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes a first layer (24) composed of a single layer of chromium, a second layer (25) composed of an alloy layer of chromium and tungsten carbide, a third layer (26) composed of an amorphous carbon layer containing at least one of tungsten and tungsten carbide, and a fourth layer (27) composed of an amorphous carbon layer containing carbon and hydrogen without metals, which are sequentially formed on a surface of a sliding member (13b) of a compression mechanism formed of tool steel. The second layer (25) is formed to have a chromium content higher on a side of the first layer (24) than a side of the third layer (26), and have a tungsten carbide content higher on the side of the third layer (26) than the side of the first layer (24). In addition, the third layer (26) is formed to have a tungsten content or a tungsten carbide content higher on a side of the second layer (25) than a side of the fourth layer (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Norihisa Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8579619
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal gear pump for a braking system, in the pump housing of which an inner toothed hollow wheel and a gearwheel engaging in the toothing of the hollow wheel are mounted to rotate about parallel axes. The toothing thereof defines a tapering roughly crescent-shaped pump chamber, in which a filling piece is arranged supported along the length thereof. The circumferential surfaces of the filling piece closely correspond to the head diameter of the inner toothing of the hollow wheel or the gearwheel toothing and contact in a sealing manner with several tooth crowns covered thereby. A radial supporting force acts over a longitudinal range of the filling piece for improved sealing of a circumferential surface of the filling piece against the tooth crowns supporting the circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Schepp, Norbert Alaze
  • Patent number: 8568117
    Abstract: Scrolls made from one or more near-net shaped powder metal processes either wholly or fabricated together from sections. Both “conventional” press and sinter methods and metal injection molding methods will be described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc J. Scancarello
  • Patent number: 8550797
    Abstract: A scroll compressor that includes: a housing, a drive unit configured to generate a rotating force; and a scroll compression unit having a fixed scroll having a spiral scroll wrap for compressing a suctioned fluid and fixed irrespective of a rotation of a drive shaft of the drive unit and a swivel scroll swiveled according to rotation of the drive shaft and having a spiral scroll wrap, comprises: a main frame disposed within the housing to support a rear surface of the swivel scroll and having a back pressure chamber in an interior thereof; a thrust plate disposed between the swivel scroll and the main frame; and a sealing member inserted between the swivel scroll and the main frame. The sealing member includes a first sealing member inserted between the swivel scroll and the thrust plate, and a second sealing member inserted between the thrust plate and the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Doowon Technical College, Doowon Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geon Ho Lee, In Hwe Koo
  • Patent number: 8485804
    Abstract: A single screw compressor structure includes a screw rotor and a casing, which houses the screw rotor. A tapered outer circumferential surface of the screw rotor has a plurality of helical grooves, with an outer diameter that increases from an inlet side toward a discharge side. The casing includes an outer tube member having a circular inner hole to form an interior, and an inner tube member is fixed to the interior of the outer tube member. The inner tube member has a tapered inner surface that opposes the tapered outer circumferential surface of the screw rotor. A single screw compressor further including a gate rotor is assembled by adjusting mesh between the screw rotor and the gate rotor, aligning the tapered outer and inner circumferential surfaces relative to one another, and integrally coupling the outer and inner tube members to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammod Anwar Hossain, Kaname Ohtsuka, Masanori Masuda
  • Patent number: 8465269
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a dry vacuum pump comprising at least one rotating shaft (11) mounted on at least one lubricated bearing (5) and at least one sealing device (9) for sealing off lubricating fluids capable of entering the shaft passage from said bearing (5), said sealing device (9) being installed between the lubricated bearing (5) and a dry pumping stage (7), characterized in that said sealing device (9) comprises a centrifuge element (17) designed to rotate in unison on said shaft (11) and comprising at least one through line (19) capable of separating the lubricating fluids from the fluid that may travel from said bearing (5) to the dry pumping stage (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Albert Cacard, Francois Houze
  • Patent number: 8435367
    Abstract: An insulated glass secondary edge sealing device that dispenses sealant to insulated glass units including at least two panes of glass separated by a spacer, including a fixed sealant dispensing head, a table that supports the insulated glass units, a fence, a depth sensor, a linear motion encoder, a metering device. The sealant dispensing head has a dispensing nozzle and a corner dam. The dispensing nozzle includes a floating insulated glass unit contact surface and the corner dam is shiftable between a retracted position and an extended position. A control unit receives signals from the depth sensor and the linear motion encoder and controls the metering device to dispense a measured flow of sealant based on the depth of the inset of the spacer and the movement of the insulated glass unit parallel to the fence and relative to the encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Erdman Automation Corporation
    Inventor: Morgan Donohue
  • Publication number: 20130089454
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (1) having at least two metallic components (2, 3) which are subject to sliding stress and each have a sliding surface and in operation slide against one another, wherein at least one of the components (2, 3) consists of a metallic sintered material having an iron-based matrix containing iron together with carbon and up to 10% by weight of at least one non-ferrous metal at least in the region of the sliding stress, where the carbon content is at least 1% by weight and not more than 10% by weight and at least part of the carbon is present in unbound particulate form in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: MIBA SINTER AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Gerold Stetina, Matthias Grafinger, Martin Reisner
  • Patent number: 8403656
    Abstract: A rotary displacement pump includes a stator (42) fixed in a housing (20), a rotor including a shaft portion (8), a radially protruding web (12), a scraper (110) having an engagement slot (112) engaging the protruding web (12). A guide (92) retains the scraper (110) in a circumferential direction and allows the scraper (110) to move reciprocatingly in a substantially axial direction. The stator (42) includes first and second members that abut each other in abutment areas having a circular arc configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Watson-Marlow GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Fromm
  • Patent number: 8366425
    Abstract: A compressor slider has a carbon content of 2.0 wt % to 2.7 wt %, a silicon content of 1.0 wt % to 3.0 wt %, a balance of iron that includes unavoidable impurities, graphite that is smaller than the flake graphite of flake graphite cast iron, and a hardness that is greater than HRB 90 but less than HRB 100 in at least a portion of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mie Arai, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Satoshi Yamamoto, Mikio Kajiwara, Takashi Hirouchi, Yasuhiro Murakami, Masanori Masuda, Kazuhiro Furusho
  • Patent number: 8348647
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor includes a fixed scroll having a suction opening, a movable scroll, a hermetically sealed container having an upper cap, and a suction pipe that penetrates through the upper cap and is engagedly fitted through an O ring in the suction opening of the fixed scroll at a lower portion thereof. The upper cap includes a pipe stand formed of iron at a suction-pipe penetrating portion thereof. The suction pipe comprises an iron lower suction member that is engagedly fitted in the suction opening of the fixed scroll and an O-ring groove in which the O ring is fitted, and a copper upper suction member that is joined to the lower suction member by brazing and engagedly fitted in the pipe stand. The upper suction member and the pipe stand are joined to each other by brazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Kiyokawa, Satoshi Iitsuka, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8308463
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a screw rotor including a resin rotor formed around a metallic shaft without generation of cracks. Spiral chamfers are formed on surfaces of metallic shafts around which resin rotors are formed. Preferably the surfaces of the shafts may be sandblasted, and after the surfaces of the shafts are preliminarily coated with resin and then the rotors may be molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yasuto Kataoka, Naoki Kikuchi, Junichiro Totsuka, Naoya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8246332
    Abstract: A rotor (1-3) molded of plastic material, intended for rotary installation in a cavity of a pump body and for reception of one or more vanes forming the pumping members, characterized in that at least a part of the surfaces thereof, intended to undergo sliding displacements against other pump members, is covered by at least one metallic foil (4) caused to adhere to the subjacent surface of plastic material. The metallic foil can consist of a steel sheet or an aluminum alloy sheet, intended for reducing the resistances to the sliding as well as for mechanically reinforcing the rotor. The metallic foil can be fastened to the plastic material body (1) of the rotor by a co-molding operation, or it can be mechanically fixed to the body (1) of the rotor molded of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: VHIT S.p.A.
    Inventors: Leonardo Cadeddu, Franco Fermini, Vittorio Polloni
  • Publication number: 20120189482
    Abstract: The compressor includes a first constituent element and a first slider. The first constituent element is capable of being laser welded. The first slider is composed of cast iron capable of being laser welded and having a carbon content of from 2.0 wt % or more to 2.7 wt % or less. This first slider is joined to the first constituent element by laser welding without using a filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko KISHIKAWA, Takashi HIROUCHI, Hiroyuki YAMAJI, Mikio KAJIWARA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Mie ARAI
  • Patent number: 8210827
    Abstract: A progressing cavity pump system including a feeder assembly including a hopper for receiving material to be pumped therein. The feeder assembly includes an auger housing receiving an auger therein. The auger housing has an underlying portion positioned generally below the hopper and having a radial opening open to the hopper, and an extension portion which is generally radially closed. The extension portion and the underlying portion are of a one-piece, seamless construction. The pump system further includes a progressing cavity pump including a rotor, a stator, an inlet and an outlet. The rotor is rotationally disposed inside the stator such that rotation of the rotor causes material in the pump to be pumped from the inlet toward the outlet, and the inlet is fluidly coupled to the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Moyno, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale H. Parrett, Adam C. Downey, Jeffrey Ellinger
  • Patent number: 8186982
    Abstract: A rotary pump having a variable delivery volume, comprising: a casing; a delivery chamber formed in the casing; at least one delivery rotor which is rotatable in the delivery chamber; an actuating member which is arranged facing a front face of the delivery rotor or surrounds the delivery rotor, and is moveable in the casing for adjusting the delivery volume; the actuating member chargeable with an actuating force which is dependent on a fluid requirement; a track which is formed in the casing and guides the actuating member on an actuating member sliding surface in a sliding contact; and a sliding material which forms at least one of the track and the actuating member sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christof Lamparski
  • Patent number: 8172561
    Abstract: A metal part in which a base material of silicon-aluminum alloy having 1 to 25% by mass of silicon as an anode is immersed in an electrolyte together with a cathode, and at least a portion of a surface of the base material is anodized and coated with an anodic oxide film. A current density provided to both the anode and the cathode is increased from an initial current density of 0 A/dm2 at a rate between 0.15 and 0.35 A/dm2 per minute, wherein once the current density reaches a prescribed current density of between 0.8 A/dm2 and 1.2 A/dm2, the current density provided to the anode and the cathode is maintained at the prescribed current density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Saito, Takumi Mio, Koji Nishi, Hajime Fukami, Atsushi Eto, Hiroyuki Yao
  • Patent number: 8167597
    Abstract: A bearing material composition that lines a support includes a combination of a thermoplastic conforming material and abrasive particles which provide a combined effect for remedying the effects due to edge loading that may be caused by misalignment between the bearing and a shaft to which a portion is rotatably mounted. The conforming material may be PTFE such that it does not have a memory and is subject to cold flow and creep. As a result, misalignment problems and edge loading are remedied by the combination of abrasive removal of metal material from the drive shaft at the location of edge loading and creep of the conforming material at the location of edge loading which may provide an overall greater bearing interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Bitzer Scroll Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Bush
  • Patent number: 8167596
    Abstract: The compressor includes a first constituent element and a first slider. The first constituent element is capable of being laser welded. The first slider is composed of cast iron capable of being laser welded and having a carbon content of from 2.0 wt % or more to 2.7 wt % or less. This first slider is joined to the first constituent element by laser welding without using a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Kishikawa, Takashi Hirouchi, Hiroyuki Yamaji, Mikio Kajiwara, Satoshi Yamamoto, Mie Arai