With Relatively Movable Partition Member Patents (Class 418/63)
  • Patent number: 11454240
    Abstract: A pump body assembly and a compressor are provided. The pump body includes: a spindle, wherein the spindle has a sliding vane chute, a back pressure oil cavity being at least a part of an oil passage is located at a tail end of the sliding vane chute, an oil outlet of the back pressure oil cavity is located at the top of the back pressure oil cavity, and a position of the oil inlet of the back pressure oil cavity is lower than that of an oil outlet of the back pressure oil cavity such that a lubrication medium enters the back pressure oil cavity through the oil inlet of the back pressure oil cavity and fills up the back pressure oil cavity and flows out from the top of the back pressure oil cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Yusheng Hu, Huijun Wei, Jia Xu, Fayou Luo, Pengkai Wan, Fei Wu, Rongting Zhang, Zhiming Wen
  • Patent number: 11333149
    Abstract: A recessed part is provided in a position, in which an upper vane and a lower vane slide, in an outer peripheral part of an intermediate partition plate in a rotary compressor. Double of eccentric amounts in an upper eccentric part and a lower eccentric part of a rotating shaft is 30% or more of entire lengths in a sliding direction of the upper vane and the lower vane respectively. A width W of the recessed part in a circumferential direction of the intermediate partition plate is larger than a thickness T of each of the upper vane and the lower vane. When a depth of the recessed part is D and an entire length of each of the upper vane and the lower vane is L, D?0.1×L . . . Expression 1 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Inoue, Junya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11300126
    Abstract: A compressor (100) and a vehicle are disclosed. The compressor (100) includes: a housing (1); a separating component (2) dividing an interior of the housing (1) into a low-pressure chamber (13) and a high-pressure chamber (14); a cylinder component (3); a crankshaft (4); a plurality of oil transmission grooves (5); and at least one oil transition groove (6). During the rotation of the crankshaft (4), each oil transition groove (6) is intermittently in communication with oil transmission grooves (5) adjacent thereto. The oil transition groove (6) is alternately in communication with two oil transmission grooves (5) located at two circumferential sides of the oil transition groove (6). An oil-way passage (31) of the cylinder component (3) is in communication with one of oil transmission grooves (5), and another one of oil transmission grooves (5) or the oil transition groove (6) is in communication with the low-pressure chamber (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG MEIZHI COMPRESSOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaicheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11172618
    Abstract: A baler is provided, including a baling chamber that includes a bale-forming channel including at least one adjustable friction control element; a plunger mounted within the channel; a rotary drive mechanism to drive reciprocating movement of the plunger; a control system to control operation of the baler and being configured to determine an actual maximum torque value (MTV) associated with the mechanism, to compare the actual MTV with a selected desired MTV, and to adjust the control element to regulate the actual MTV according to the selected desired MTV; a sensor that senses a force value; and a sensor that senses a cyclical position of a component of the mechanism, the control system being further configured to determine the actual MTV by measuring the force value, sensing the cyclical position of the component, and deriving the actual MTV from the measured force value and the sensed cyclical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KUHN-GELDROP BV
    Inventors: LeonardUs Hendricus Maria Van Amstel, Dionisius Cornelis Maria Akkermans
  • Patent number: 10816000
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided which is capable of supplying oil stored in an oil storage chamber upward through a rotary shaft to lubricate a bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Cheol Hwan Kim, Kangwook Lee, Byeongchul Lee, Yong Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 10156287
    Abstract: The invention is an apparatus to convert bidirectional rotary motion to unidirectional rotary motion having better mechanical advantage than a simple crank. It can make pedaling a bicycle easier or give an engine better mechanical advantage. It can also convert unidirectional rotary motion to bidirectional rotary motion, or continuous rotary motion to rotary motion with a momentary dwell. Each of these applications have input and output shafts on a common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventor: Donald Shaffer
  • Patent number: 9512842
    Abstract: A high pressure dome type rotary compressor including a casing and a compression mechanism disposed in the casing to compress gas in a cylinder chamber. The compression mechanism has a discharge port and a discharge valve. The discharge valve is opened in a discharge process and is closed during a period from when the discharge process is finished to when a next compression process is started. The compressor is arranged such that high pressure gas discharged from the discharge port in the discharge process is discharged outside the casing through space in the casing. An oil feed path is arranged to feed lubricant oil contained in a bottom of the casing to an inside of the discharge port in a period from a point in time in the discharge process to when the compression process is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Kazutaka Hori, Hirofumi Higashi
  • Patent number: 9071087
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive device (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) comprising an electric motor (20) with a stator (24) and a rotor (22) arranged to rotate a drive shaft (26), a housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) in which the electric motor (20) is housed, which housing has an essentially ring shaped cross section with an imaginary center axle (X), wherein the electric motor (20) is eccentrically arranged in the housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) in such a way that the rotational center of the drive shaft (26) of the electric motor (20) runs essentially parallel to and at a distance from the center axle of the housing (30; 130; 230; 330; 430) so as to form a desired space (36) between the electric motor and said housing. The invention also relates to motor vehicle with an electric drive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Pontus Karlsson, Oskar Prinsback
  • Publication number: 20150118091
    Abstract: A compressor may include a crankshaft, first and second cylinder housings, first and second rotors, a divider plate, and first and second valves. The crankshaft includes first and second eccentric portions. The cylinder housings define cylindrical recesses. The rotors are disposed within respective cylindrical recesses and engage respective eccentric portions of the crankshaft. The first rotor and the first cylindrical recess define a first compression chamber therebetween. The second rotor and the second cylindrical recess define a second compression chamber therebetween. The divider plate may be disposed between the cylinder housings and may include first and second fluid openings in communication with the first and second compression chambers. The valves may be moveable relative to the divider plate between a first position allowing fluid flow through the fluid openings and a second position restricting fluid flow through the fluid openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: KIRILL M. IGNATIEV, MICHAEL M. PEREVOZCHIKOV
  • Patent number: 9004888
    Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a compression unit that includes an annular cylinder including a cylinder inner wall, a suction port, and a vane groove, an end plate covering an end portion of the cylinder, an annular piston revolving in the cylinder to form an actuation chamber between the cylinder inner wall and the annular piston; and a vane protruding into the actuation chamber to divide the actuation chamber into a suction chamber and a compression chamber. A discharge port, which is provided in the end plate near the vane groove, communicates with the compression chamber, and a discharge groove, which is provided in the cylinder inner wall near the vane groove, communicates the compression chamber with the discharge port, and one side end portion of the discharge groove is located in an end portion of a wall portion of the vane groove on the compression chamber side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventor: Taku Morishita
  • Patent number: 8979517
    Abstract: A rotary compressor, used e.g. in an air conditioner, includes a compressing unit having an end plate that closes an end portion of an annular cylinder. The end plate includes a groove portion accommodating a discharge valve portion having a reed valve type discharge valve and a discharge-valve limiter. The discharge valve portion is attached to the groove portion with a rivet. The groove portion has a rivet-side enlarged diameter portion formed into a semicircular step shape, and a diameter of the rivet-side enlarged diameter portion other than a bottom side thereof is larger than a diameter of the bottom side. This prevents a punch P that swages the rivet from interfering with the groove portion when attaching the discharge valve portion to the groove portion with the rivet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Omura, Taku Morishita
  • Patent number: 8956128
    Abstract: A spherical expansion compressor adapted to variable working conditions with a spherical inner chamber, comprises a rolling rotor compressor used as first-stage compression, compression working chambers, expansion working chambers, a gas tank and a pressure control circuit. The pressure control circuit is between the gas tank and a pressure-controlled inlet valve of the rolling rotor compressor, and controls the inlet valve to open/close according to pressure in the gas tank and maintains constant pressure in the tank. A working medium after first-stage compression enters the gas tank, where the pressure control circuit regulates the gas tank pressure. The working medium enters second-stage compression, and expands in the expansion-stage, forming the spherical expansion compressor adapted to variable working conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Xi'An Zhengan Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Luyi Wang, Nan Xia
  • Publication number: 20150040608
    Abstract: A compressor and an air conditioner including the same having an improved structure capable of decreasing a discharge temperature of the compressor. The compressor which compresses and discharges refrigerant includes a casing defining an external appearance thereof, at least one cylinder including an inner space, a rolling piston which eccentrically turns in the inner space, a vane which radially abuts the rolling piston and divides the inner space into a suction chamber and a compression chamber, and a vane chamber recessed outward of the inner space such that the vane advances and retreats, a plurality of plates disposed above and below the at least one cylinder so as to define the inner space, an injection line provided in one of the at least one cylinder and the plural plates, and a check valve installed on the injection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hoon NAM, Soo Dol Park, Jeong Bae Lee
  • 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: 8936449
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor is provided. The hermetic compressor includes a cylindrical shell; a stator fixed to an inner surface of the shell; a rotor rotatably installed with respect to the stator; a compression device combined with the rotor to be rotated together with the rotor; a stationary shaft including an eccentric portion around which the compression device is supported to be stationary with respect to a longitudinal direction thereof; an accumulator fixed to an inside of the shell in such a manner so as to seal an upper end of the shell and fixedly support a first end of the stationary shaft above the stator; a lower frame fixed to the inside of the shell, that fixedly supports a second end of the stationary shaft; an upper cap to seal an upper end of the accumulator; and a lower cap to seal a lower end of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Bumdong Sa
  • Publication number: 20150010418
    Abstract: In many fields, such as manufacturing and mining, compressed air is used as a power source for industrial equipment, hand power tools, etc. Extensive compressed air systems are installed in these environments to supply compressed air where it is needed. In mining, extensive belts are frequently used to move mined material. Idler rollers are located intermittently along these belts. Embodiments of the present invention include compressors located within these idler rollers. As the belt moves and causes the roller to turn, a compressor within the roller generates compressed air. Because the belt moves nearly continuously, but the compressed air may not be consumed continuously, the air will be vented periodically. Embodiments of the present invention use these vents to clean the filters for the system. Also, some embodiments of the compressor may be produced using a laminated, or stacked, method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITH, Glenn Edward Farrow
  • Patent number: 8915725
    Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that forms an accumulating chamber in an internal space of a shell of the compressor, reducing a size and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. A center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration caused by the accumulator. An eccentric portion may be provided at the stationary shaft to secure a spacious compression space. Both ends of the stationary shaft may be supported by a frame to reduce vibration. A rotor and a cylinder may be coupled with a bearing to reduce cylinder deformation. An installation area of the compressor may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Bumdong Sa
  • Patent number: 8899947
    Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that forms an accumulating chamber in an internal space of a shell of the compressor, reducing a size of the compressor and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. Further, a center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration noise of the compressor caused by the accumulator. Furthermore, both ends of the stationary shaft may be supported by a frame to reduce compressor vibration without using a separate bearing. An installation area of the compressor including the accumulator may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components, thereby facilitating installation of the outdoor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Bumdong Sa
  • Publication number: 20140314606
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor configured to compress ethylene fluorohydrocarbon or a mixture containing the ethylene fluorohydrocarbon as a refrigerant, the refrigerant compressor including: a compression element configured to compress the refrigerant and including a sliding component that constitutes a sliding portion; and refrigerator oil configured to be supplied to the sliding component so as to lubricate the sliding portion, wherein a polymerization inhibitor configured to suppress polymerization of the refrigerant is contained in the refrigerator oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki MAEYAMA, Koichi SATO
  • Publication number: 20140314607
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor configured to compress ethylene fluorohydrocarbon or a mixture containing the ethylene fluorohydrocarbon as a refrigerant, the refrigerant compressor including: a compression element configured to compress the refrigerant and including a sliding component that constitutes a sliding portion; and refrigerator oil configured to be supplied to the sliding component so as to lubricate the sliding portion, wherein at least one of the sliding surfaces of the sliding component is formed by non-metal, and wherein a polymerization inhibitor configured to suppress polymerization of the refrigerant is contained in the refrigerator oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki MAEYAMA, Koichi SATO
  • Patent number: 8858205
    Abstract: A compressor is provided in which a rotary member suspended on a stationary member is rotated to compress a refrigerant. The rotary member is suspended on a first stationary member and rotatably supported on a second stationary member spaced apart from the first stationary member, which achieves the structural stability and allows the components to be easily centered and assembled. A refrigerant suction passage and a refrigerant discharge passage are such that the refrigerant may be sucked and discharged without a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Wook Lee, Bum-Dong Sa
  • Publication number: 20140301881
    Abstract: A rotary compressor (100) includes a closed casing (1), a cylinder (15), a piston (28), a lower bearing member (72), a vane (33), a suction port (20), a discharge port (41), and a partition member (64). The partition member (64) is attached to the lower bearing member (72) so as to form a space enclosed by the partition member (64) and the lower bearing member (72) at a position adjacent to the lower bearing member (72). A portion of an oil stored in the oil reservoir (22) flows into the enclosed space, and thereby an oil retaining portion (53) is formed. The oil retaining portion (53) is located on the same side as the suction port (20) with respect to a reference plane (H1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Yu Shiotani, Takumi Hikichi, Kentaro Shii, Tadayoshi Shoyama, Masanobu Wada, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hirofumi Yoshida, Hiroaki Nakai, Akira Hiwata, Daisuke Funakosi, Ryuichi Ohno, Tsuyoshi Karino
  • Patent number: 8814546
    Abstract: A compressor is provided in which a rotary member is suspended on a stationary member and rotates to compress a refrigerant. In the stationary member, top and bottom ends of a stationary shaft are fixed to improve structural stability and assembly properties. Bearing covers are provided on a contact portion of the stationary member and the rotary member, such that the rotary member may rotate when suspended on the stationary member, which stabilizes operation. In the rotary member, a vane is integrally formed with a roller and mounted on a vane mounting hole of a cylinder-type rotor. Although, the rotary member is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the stationary member, suction and discharge operations of the refrigerant are performed in an axial direction, which lowers product height. Oil stored in a hermetic container is supplied to a lubrication passage provided between the stationary member and the rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Wook Lee, Bum-Dong Sa, Se-Seok Seol, Seoung-Min Kang, Jin-Ung Shin
  • Patent number: 8794941
    Abstract: A positive displacement compressor designed for near isothermal compression. A rotor includes a curved sealing portion that coincides with a in an interior rotor casing wall. Liquid injectors provide cooling liquid. A gate moves within the compression chamber to either make contact with or be proximate to the rotor as it turns. Gate positioning systems position the gate in this manner, taking into account the shape of the rotor. Outlet valves allow for expulsion of liquids and compressed gas. The unique geometry and relationship between the parts provides for efficiencies and higher pressures not previously found in existing compressor designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Oscomp Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Santos, Jeremy Pitts, Andrew Nelson, Johannes Santen, John Walton, Mitchell Westwood, Harrison O'Hanley
  • Patent number: 8753098
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes: an electric motor including a stator and rotor inside a sealed vessel; a compressing mechanism driven by a crank shaft in the rotor; a lower portion oil pool storing in the sealed vessel lubricating oil that lubricates the compressing mechanism; an upper counterweight on an upper end of the rotor. Refrigerant gas compressed by the compressing mechanism is discharged inside the sealed vessel, passes through a gas channel formed on the electric motor, moves from a lower space to an upper space with respect to the electric motor, and is discharged outside the sealed vessel. An oil return flow channel is formed on the upper end of the rotor toward a lower end from a vicinity of a leading end portion of the upper counterweight in a direction of rotation, and oil expressed in a vicinity of the rotor is directed to the oil return flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhide Yokoyama, Toshihide Koda, Teruhiko Nishiki, Hideaki Maeyama, Taro Kato, Keisuke Shingu, Takuho Hirahara, Shin Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8721309
    Abstract: An airtight compressor includes a compression mechanism disposed inside an airtight container in a position below a gas retention space. An oil supply passage supplies oil from an oil reservoir both to the gas retention space (14) and to a sliding portion of the compression mechanism in a compression space. The oil supply passage communicates the gas retention space with a second space located on an opposite side of the piston from the intake chamber. A second channel is a channel that is different from the oil supply passage. The second channel enables a gas medium to flow from the gas retention space to the second space. Preferably, passage resistance when the gas medium flows through the second channel is less than when the gas medium flows through the oil supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20140093414
    Abstract: A rotary compressor, used e.g. in an air conditioner, includes a compressing unit having an end plate that closes an end portion of an annular cylinder. The end plate includes a groove portion accommodating a discharge valve portion having a reed valve type discharge valve and a discharge-valve limiter. The discharge valve portion is attached to the groove portion with a rivet. The groove portion has a rivet-side enlarged diameter portion formed into a semicircular step shape, and a diameter of the rivet-side enlarged diameter portion other than a bottom side thereof is larger than a diameter of the bottom side. This prevents a punch P that swages the rivet from interfering with the groove portion when attaching the discharge valve portion to the groove portion with the rivet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Takayuki OMURA, Taku MORISHITA
  • Patent number: 8684713
    Abstract: A rotor type pump is provided. A rotor rotates and closely contacts an inner surface of a chamber, and a cam controls a sealing part, so that during a compression procedure, the sealing part, a convex surface of the rotor, and an inner surface of the chamber form a substantially hermetic space, and when a gas in the chamber is compressed to a set pressure, the compressed gas is guided out. Therefore, a smooth surface of the rotor closely contacts the inner surface of the chamber, and the gas in the chamber is compressed in a rotational manner, in which the to-and-fro movement of a piston is not required, and a dead point is prevented, so that operation is smooth and noise is not easily generated. Further, the rotor type pump does not need to use a lubricating fluid and offers extremely large compression capacity and excellent efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: Pang-Chian Lio
  • Patent number: 8636480
    Abstract: A compressor is provided that includes a hermetically sealed container; a stator fixedly installed within the hermetically sealed container; a first rotary member that rotates, within the stator, around a first rotary shaft that extends concentrically with a center of the stator by a rotating electromagnetic field of the stator, and including first and second covers fixed to upper and lower parts thereof, respectively; a second rotary member that compresses a refrigerant in a compression space formed between the first and second rotary members while rotating, within the first rotary member, around a second rotary shaft; a vane that transmits the rotational force to the second rotary member from the first rotary member, and partitions the compression space into suction and compression regions; and first and second bearings fixed inside of the hermetically sealed container that rotatably support the first and second rotary members in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Jin-Ung Shin, Yongchol Kwon, Geun-Hyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 8517702
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided, in which an inner diameter of a connection hole connected to a vane chamber and an outer diameter of a connection tube inserted into the connection hole are designated so that the connection tube can closely be adhered to the connection hole, thereby preventing a refrigerant from being leaked out between the connection hole and the connection tube so as to allow a fast and accurate mode switching of the vane, resulting in improvement of the performance of the compressor and prevention of noise caused by vibration of the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Sang-Mo Kim
  • Publication number: 20130129552
    Abstract: A rotary compressor 1 includes a pair of closing members 11 and 12 that close axial front and rear opening portions of a cylinder 5, and a rotor 6 that is accommodated within the cylinder 5 and rotated by a motor. Concave portions 11C and 12C having the same depth are respectively formed in inner wall surfaces 11A and 12A of the closing members 11 and 12, and the concave portions 11C and 12C are filled with synthetic resin coatings 22. Accordingly, the surfaces of the synthetic resin coatings 22 are flush with the inner wall surfaces 11A and 12A located outwardly adjacent thereto (a left side in the drawing). The rotary compressor 1 which can prevent a seizure on end surfaces 6A and 6B of the rotor 6, and can be manufactured at low cost can be thereby provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Shingo Goto, Takao Masamura, Masanori Akizuki, Hiroshi Kanemitsu
  • Patent number: 8430656
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor including a hermetic container (101), an electric motor (110) composed of an stator (111), a rotor (112) and a rotation axis (113), a low pressure compression assembly (120) including a low pressure cylinder (121), a high pressure compression (130) assembly including a high pressure cylinder (131), a middle plate (140) for separating the low pressure cylinder (121) from the high pressure cylinder (131), middle pressure communication holes (161a, 140a) formed in the low pressure cylinder (121) and the middle plate (140) to communicate with each other, and a middle pressure inflow groove (130a) formed in the high pressure cylinder (131) to communicate with the communication holes (161a, 140a) of the low pressure cylinder (121) and the middle plate (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Seung-Jun Lee, Yun-Hi Lee, Yoon-Sung Choi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120156076
    Abstract: A lubricating oil from an oil supply pipe 12 is supplied to a pump chamber 2A through an axial direction oil supply hole 11a of an oil supply passage 11, a diameter direction oil supply hole 11b, and an axial direction oil supply groove 11c. A gas passage 13 includes a diameter direction gas hole 13a and an axial direction gas groove 13b, and the diameter direction gas hole 13a is made to communicate with the axial direction gas groove 13b when the diameter direction oil supply hole 11b is made to communicate with the axial direction oil supply groove 11c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sakakibara, Kikuji Hayashida, Kiyotaka Ohtahara, Yoshimasa Kuno
  • Publication number: 20120128519
    Abstract: It was found that a refrigerant mainly containing a carbon-carbon double bond-containing hydrofluoroolefin has a function to suppress abrasive wear, compared to conventional HFC-based refrigerants, because the hydrofluoroolefin generates iron fluoride especially on the surface of the vane and piston, where sliding force is severe, from hydrogen fluoride, even if it is generated in reaction with water and oxygen. It is possible to reduce abrasive wear, by using a refrigerant containing as the base component a hydrofluoroolefin as operating refrigerant and a refrigeration oil 3 miscible with the refrigerant and a vane 10 made of a high-speed tool steel and sintered and quenched, because hydrogen fluoride generated by decomposition of the refrigerant in the region of a vane tip region 10a and a piston 9 peripheral surface, where sliding force is severe is converted to iron fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Nakano, Noboru Iida, Tsuyoshi Karino
  • Patent number: 8172558
    Abstract: A rotary expander includes: a cylinder (61); a piston (62) disposed inside the cylinder (61); closing members disposed with the cylinder (61) being sandwiched therebetween; and an injection passage for introducing further a working fluid in the expansion process of the working fluid. An introduction outlet (65c) of the injection passage leading to the working chamber (69) is provided at a position located inwardly away from the inner circumferential surface (61b) of the cylinder (61), on one of the closing members, in such a manner that the injection passage and the discharge passage are not communicated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ogata, Takumi Hikichi, Masanobu Wada, Yasufumi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120039735
    Abstract: A rotary compressor, the capacity of which is variable with a simplified configuration, and an air conditioning system having the rotary compressor. The rotary compressor is used in an air conditioning system including a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator, and an expansion valve, and includes a housing, a compressing chamber defined in the housing, and a vane to be moved forward or rearward in a radial direction of the compressing chamber. The vane is moved forward or rearward depending on an opening rate of the expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeong Bae Lee
  • Patent number: 8104307
    Abstract: An expander-integrated compressor (5A) has a compression mechanism (21) for compressing a refrigerant and an expansion mechanism (22) for expanding the refrigerant. The compression mechanism (21) is located above the expansion mechanism (22) inside a closed casing (10) and shares a rotating shaft (36) with the expansion mechanism (22). An oil pump (37) is provided at the lower end of the rotating shaft (36). The oil pump (37) is immersed in oil in an oil reservoir (15). Usually, the oil is placed in the oil reservoir (15) in such a manner that the oil level (OL) is located above a lower end portion (34e) of a vane (34a) of a first expansion section (30a). More preferably, the oil is placed in such a manner that the expansion mechanism (22) is immersed in the oil. An oil supply passage (38) for guiding the oil to the compression mechanism (21) is formed inside the rotating shaft (36). A suction port (37a) of the oil pump (37) is provided below the lower end portion (34e) of the vane (34a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ogata, Masaru Matsui, Atsuo Okaichi, Masanobu Wada, Yasufumi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120009078
    Abstract: A vane compressor according to the present invention, including a cylinder which is approximately cylindrical and whose both ends located in an axial direction are open, a cylinder head and a frame which close both the ends of the cylinder, a rotor shaft which includes a rotor part being cylindrical and rotating in the cylinder and a shaft part transmitting torque to the rotor part, and a vane which is installed in the rotor part and whose tip portion has the R-shape facing outward, performs the compression operation in the state where the normal to the R-shape of the tip portion of the vane and the normal to the inner surface of the cylinder are always approximately coincident with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Maeyama, Shinichi Takahashi, Masahiro Hayashi, Shin Sekiya, Tetsuhide Yokoyama, Hideto Nakao, Tatsuya Sasaki, Hirotsugu Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110243778
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotary compressor includes a compressing unit provided with a cylinder having a flared portion to provide a vane groove. In the compressing unit, a piston revolves along a cylinder inner wall, and an operation chamber is formed between the cylinder inner wall and the piston. A vane protrudes from the vane groove into the operation chamber and comes in contact with the annular piston to partition the operation chamber into an inlet chamber and a compression chamber. A spring inserted in a spring hole formed in the back of the vane groove presses the back of the vane. A spring holder pin is inserted in a pin hole located on the outer circumferential side of an end of the vane groove and crossing the spring hole to prevent the spring from coming off the spring hole when the compressing unit is installed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Junya TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20110176949
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary compressor in which an inner diameter of a connection hole connected to a vane chamber and an outer diameter of a connection tube inserted into the connection hole are designated so that the connection tube can closely be adhered to the connection hole, thereby preventing a refrigerant from being leaked out between the connection hole and the connection tube so as to allow a fast and accurate mode switching of the vane, resulting in improvement of the performance of the compressor and prevention of noise caused by vibration of the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Sang-Mo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100319392
    Abstract: A capacity varying type rotary compressor and a refrigeration system having the same are provided. The capacity varying type rotary compressor includes a casing that contains a certain amount of oil and maintains a discharge pressure state; a motor installed in the casing that generates a driving force; one or more cylinder assembly fixed in the casing, having a compression space that compresses a refrigerant by a rolling piston that performs an orbit motion and a vane that performs a linear motion by contacting the rolling piston, and having a vane pressure chamber formed at a rear side of the vane that implements a normal driving as the vane contacts the rolling piston or a saving driving as the vane is separated from the rolling piston; and a mode switching device that selectively supplies a suction pressure or a discharge pressure to the vane pressure chamber of the cylinder assembly according to a driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Seoung-Yeon Cho, Seong-Jae Hong, Jung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 7841838
    Abstract: A rotary closed type compressor is configured such that an inside of a case becomes high pressure, and the rotary closed type compressor comprises a first cylinder and a second cylinder having cylinder chambers in which eccentric rollers are housed, respectively, vanes which divide the cylinder chamber into two sections, respectively, and vane chambers in which back-face side end portions of the vanes are housed, respectively. The vane on the first cylinder side is pressed and biased by a spring member provided in the vane chamber, and the vane on the second cylinder side is pressed and biased according to pressure difference between case internal pressure introduced to the vane chamber and suction pressure or discharge pressure introduced to the cylinder chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Kawabe, Kazuo Mochizuki, Shoichiro Kitaichi, Koji Hirano, Izumi Onoda, Kazu Takashima
  • Publication number: 20100284847
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor including a hermetic container (101), a 2 stage compression assembly provided in the hermetic container (101) and including a low pressure compression assembly (120), a middle plate (140) and a high pressure compression assembly (130), a low pressure refrigerant inflow portion (126) provided in the low pressure compression assembly (120) to introduce low pressure refrigerant, and a middle pressure refrigerant inflow portion (130a) provided in the high pressure compression assembly (130) to introduce middle pressure refrigerant compressed in the low pressure compression assembly (120), wherein a diameter of the middle pressure refrigerant inflow portion (130a) larger than 0.5 times of a diameter of the low pressure refrigerant inflow portion (126) and smaller than 1.1 times thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jeong-Min Han, Sang-Myung Byun, Sang-Mo Kim, Joon-Hong Park
  • Publication number: 20100278675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor including a hermetic container (101) defining an outward appearance of the compressor (100), a 2 stage compression assembly provided in the hermetic Container, wherein a low pressure cylinder (121), a middle plate (140) and a high pressure cylinder (131) successively stacked from any one of upper and lower portions, and first discharge port (161p) discharging refrigerant compressed in the low pressure cylinder (121), and having an inner volume equivalent to 0.5% to 2.5% of an inner volume of the low pressure cylinder (121). A valve is installed on or under the discharge port. When the valve is opened, compressed refrigerant is discharged through the discharge port. When the valve is closed, refrigerant remains in the discharge port as much as the volume of the discharge port. Accordingly, refrigerant remaining in the discharge port is re-expanded in the cylinder to thereby cause a compression loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jeong-Min Han, Sang-Myung Byun, Sang-Mo Kim, Joon-Hong Park
  • Publication number: 20100278674
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2 stage rotary compressor (100) including a hermetic container (101), a 2 stage compression assembly provided in the hermetic container, wherein a low pressure compression assembly (120), a middle plate (130) and a high pressure compression assembly (140) are successively stacked from any one of upper and lower portions, a first discharge port (124) for discharging middle pressure refrigerant compressed in the low pressure compression assembly (120) a second discharge port (162p) for discharging high pressure refrigerant compressed in the high pressure compression assembly (130) and a third discharge port (172p) positioned at any one of the upper and lower portions of the 2 stage compression assembly to discharge high pressure refrigerant compressed in the 2 stage compression assembly to the hermetic container (101), wherein an area of the third discharge port (172p) is larger than 0.5 times of an area of the first discharge port and smaller than 1.0 times thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Seung-Jun Lee, Yun-hi Lee, Yoon-Sung Choi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7780426
    Abstract: A rotary compressor including a housing having first and second compressing chambers separated from each other, first and second flanges coupled to the housing, to close the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, an intermediate plate to separate the first and second compressing chambers from each other, first and second rollers rotatably installed in the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, first and second vanes to reciprocate in a radial direction of the first and second compressing chambers to divide the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, and a vane control device to control the reciprocating movement of the first vane by use of a suction pressure and a discharge pressure, for a variation in compression capacity. A first gap, defined at an end of the first roller, is smaller than a second gap defined at an end of the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Rae Cho, Phil Soo Chang, Hyeong Joon Seo, In Ju Lee, Ji Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 7722343
    Abstract: A sealed-type rotary compressor includes a rotary drive unit and a compression mechanism coupled via a rotary shaft pivotally supported by a main bearing and a sub-bearing, and roller bearings. In the compressor, there are provided an oil filler opening which is provided to the rotary shaft along its center axis from one end face and which introduces lubricant of the bottom of an closed case, and oil filler openings, one end of which opens into the oil filler opening and the other end of which opens into the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft and which feed lubricant to roller bearings are equipped. The oil filler openings are formed to open towards the direction subject to the load when the roller bearings are subject to a large load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20100092322
    Abstract: A rotary fluid machinery includes a fixed member, a drive shaft driven and rotated about a rotation axis, a movable member, a movable member support part and a reverse moment generating mechanism. The movable member is rotatably mounted at the drive shaft with its center being eccentrically disposed relative to the rotation axis, with the movable member and the fixed member forming a fluid chamber. Revolution of the movable member changes the volume of the fluid chamber. The movable member is configured to swing in association with its revolution. The reverse moment generating mechanism generates a moment in a reverse direction about the rotation axis relative to a moment about the rotation axis caused by the revolving movement of the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Furusho, Takashi Shimizu, Masanori Masuda, Yoshitaka Shibamoto, Takazo Sotojima, Kenichi Sata