Non-working Fluid Passage In Inner Working Or Reacting Member Patents (Class 418/91)
  • Patent number: 11725658
    Abstract: The present application provides a screw compressor that comprises a first male rotor and a second male rotor, each of the first male rotor and the second male rotor having convex-helical teeth, the first male rotor and the second male rotor being rigidly connected together; a first female rotor and a second female rotor, each of the first female rotor and the second female rotor having concave-helical teeth, the first female rotor being arranged separately from and opposite to each other; wherein the convex-helical teeth of the first male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the first female rotor, and the convex-helical teeth of the second male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the second female rotor. The male rotors in the screw compressor are symmetrically so that the axial force exerted on the first male rotor counteract with the axial force exerted on the second male rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: Johnson Controls Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Haijun Li
  • Patent number: 11473574
    Abstract: A fluid transfer pump that has a housing, a body portion movable within the housing between a first position and a second position, a gear coupled to the housing, a body cavity defined partially between the body portion and the housing, and an aperture defined in the housing that selectively provides a fluid to the body cavity. When the fluid is applied to the body cavity at or above a pilot pressure, the body portion is in the first position adjacent to the gear and when the fluid is applied to the body cavity at a fluid pressure lower than the pilot pressure, the body portion is in the second position and spaced from the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert C. Emmert, Thomas W. Butts
  • Patent number: 11428221
    Abstract: A gerotor pump having an inner rotor and an outer rotor, which is also the rotor of an electric drive, having a housing and a flange which closes the housing with the motor compartment, the rotor being arranged on a shaft and sealing against the flange at a gap, wherein, in addition to the gap, there is at least one device with which at least a partial pressure compensation takes place between the suction region of the gerotor pump and the motor compartment of the gerotor pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems Bad Homburg GmbH
    Inventors: Tilo Schaefer, Uwe Becker, Bernd Denfeld
  • Patent number: 9267503
    Abstract: Rotary systems are described, which can include at least one of compressors and vacuum pumps. Each rotary system includes a corresponding piston that rotates in an orbital motion around a respective eccentric of a shaft in order to either compress fluid or function as a vacuum pump. Multiple rotary systems can be executed on parallel on a single shaft such that these rotary systems are powered by a single motor. Various components of the rotary systems are coated with an abradable coating, which minimizes friction when these components come in contact with each other. The minimized friction minimizes the wear and tear of these components. Each rotary system can be lubricated by only the fluid being processed (for example, compressed or vacuumed) by that rotary system. The use of the fluid being processed for lubrication and the abradable coatings eliminate a need for another lubricant for lubricating the rotary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Caire Inc.
    Inventors: Jason James Hugenroth, David Phillip Winter, Raziel Alon
  • Patent number: 9261094
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure involves a rotary compressor that is primarily optimized for use without the need for liquid lubricants, such as in the flow path of the fluid being compressed, and is efficient and quiet to use. The compressors described herein are efficient, run quietly, use less power, and last longer than those previously known in the art. The compressors are useful for medical applications and other clean gas applications, for instance, where lubricants could contaminate the fluid being compressed and/or increased noise and/or vibration may be problematic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Caire Inc.
    Inventor: Jason James Hugenroth
  • Publication number: 20150118093
    Abstract: A spindle rotor pair of a spindle compressor has a two-toothed spindle rotor and a three-toothed spindle rotor meshing the other without contact. The wrap angle related to the two-toothed spindle rotor is at least 800 angular degrees. A range of at least 30 m/sec is achieved as the mean circumferential speed of the rotor head. In the transverse section, both spindle rotors have arc sectors and cycloid profile contour flanks. In the case of the two-toothed spindle rotor, they are primarily above its gear-tooth pitch circle and of convex design, however, in the case of the three-toothed spindle rotor, they are below its ear-tooth pitch circle and of concave, i.e., hollow, design. Preferably, the transverse sections of each spindle rotor are symmetrical in a way that in each transverse section, the centre of gravity of the profile surfaces comes to lie on the respective rotor pivot point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Ralf Steffens
  • Patent number: 8992192
    Abstract: A shaft assembly includes a gear with a gear bore having a splined bore section adjacent to an oil dam. A shaft includes a first splined end section and a second splined end section, the first splined end section engageable with the splined inner diameter, the shaft having a bore with a bore diameter greater than a diameter of the oil dam, a first set of radial apertures axially inboard of the first splined end section in communication with the shaft inner bore and a second set of radial apertures axially inboard of the second splined end section in communication with the shaft inner bore that altogether provide lubrication of the splined end sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Satish Shantilal Shah, Michael R. Blewett, Timothy P. Walgren, Michael Moorman
  • Publication number: 20150017045
    Abstract: A vacuum pump of a vehicle for reducing operation noise may include a rotor rotating in a space defined by a housing formed in a pump body at an eccentric position relative to a center of the space, a vane installed to the rotor to rotate eccentrically in the space, and an oil outlet passing through the pump body and formed at a predetermined height above a lower limit of the space such that, when lubricant in the space is discharged in a pressurized state by the vane, the lubricant is not reintroduced back into the space by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Chunghan OH
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140341767
    Abstract: A rotary vacuum pump, for instance a vane pump, has at least one circumferential groove (6) between facing side surfaces of the rotor (2) and of the rotor guide (3) for receiving a lubricating and sealing fluid. The circumferential groove (6) is a partial annular groove, which has an angular extension of less than 360° and has at least one interruption enabling creating a hydrodynamic fluid bearing in a region opposite a discharge region of the pump (1; 101; 121; 201), over the whole axial extension of the facing surfaces. A method of lubricating a rotary vacuum pump is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: VHIT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Crotti, Luciano Marchetti, Fabio Martello, Johannes Muellers
  • Publication number: 20140334960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive vacuum pump 10. The vacuum pump 10 has a casing 12 defining a cavity having an inlet 14 and an outlet 16, wherein the cavity contains a rotor 18 and a vane slidably mounted to the rotor 18. The rotor 18 extends through a side 21 of the casing 12 to the exterior thereof and is provided with a coupling arrangement 26 to couple the rotor 18 to a drive member. The vacuum pump 10 is provided with a lubrication conduit 50, 56, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 for the supply of lubricating fluid to the coupling arrangement 26, the conduit 50, 56, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 including a portion 70, 72, 74 which extends through the rotor 18 and the coupling arrangement 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: WABCO AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: David Heaps, Simon Warner, John Hegarty
  • Patent number: 8800688
    Abstract: In aspects, the disclosure provides a drilling motor that includes a lubricating unit that selectively supplies a lubricant to the drilling fluid before the drilling fluid passes through the drilling motor so as to lubricate the stator and/or the rotor to reduce friction between the stator and the rotor and to reduce wear of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Hendrik John, Harald Grimmer
  • Patent number: 8794942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a cup-shaped housing, a rotor eccentrically mounted for rotation in the housing, and a housing cover closing the cup-shaped housing, wherein the rotor has a rotor shaft that passes through the cup-shaped housing and by which the rotor is driven, wherein the rotor shaft is provided with a bore for delivering a lubricant, and a connection nipple is seated in the free end section of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Schneider, Bernd Hess
  • Publication number: 20140199199
    Abstract: A gas pump including a delivery chamber with an inlet and an outlet for a gas; a first housing part with a first sealing surface which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber; a second housing part with a second sealing surface which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber, wherein the second housing part together with the first housing part at least partially encloses the delivery chamber; a delivery device which can be moved within the delivery chamber, for delivering the gas; and a pressing device which presses one of the housing parts against the other with a pressing force, such that the sealing surfaces abut each other and together form a sealing join which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber, in order to seal off the delivery chamber, wherein the second housing part can be moved relative to the first housing part, against the pressing force, in order to be able to widen the sealing join to form a relieving gap through which liquid situated in the delivery chamber can e
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 8708677
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a gate rotor and an injection mechanism. The screw rotor is provided with multiple helical grooves. The gate rotor is provided with multiple gates meshing with the helical grooves to form at least one compression chamber between at least one of the helical grooves and at least one of the gates. The compression chamber is configured and arranged such that refrigerant taken-in from a starting-end side of the helical groove is compressed and discharged from a dead-end side of the helical groove. The injection mechanism is configured and arranged to inject oil or refrigerant from a discharge hole of the injection mechanism into the compression chamber such that rotational torque is imparted in a direction in which the screw rotor is rotated at a time of compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomi Gotou, Hideyuki Gotou, Harunori Miyamura, Hideki Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20130294957
    Abstract: A pump comprises a rotor arrangement and a stator arrangement. The stator arrangement comprises a first part made from a corrosive resistant material which defines a volume which in use is swept by the rotor arrangement for pumping fluid from an inlet to an outlet of the stator arrangement. A second part of the stator arrangement is made from a thermally conductive material which envelopes the first part so that heat generated in the first part can be transferred to the second part at the interface surface between the two parts. The second part has formed therein at least one duct 80 for conveying a liquid coolant through the second part so that heat can be transferred from the second part to the liquid coolant for cooling the stator arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Downham, David Paul Manson, Huw David Powell
  • Patent number: 8528518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary piston engine, in particular a rotary engine of trochoidal design, with a side disk (4) on the exhaust side and a rotary piston (6) with at least of one, and preferably three, through-flow openings (6) through which the mixture can flow axially, wherein the side disk (4) on the exhaust side has a side exhaust port (43) and the at least of one through-flow opening (60) has an asymmetric internal contour (600) at least on its exhaust side, so that when the rotary piston (6) passes over the side exhaust port (43) the said side exhaust port (43) is not in fluid communication with an internal area of the through-flow opening (60). The invention further relates to a rotary piston (6) for a rotary piston engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wankel Supertec GmbH
    Inventor: Dankwart Eiermann
  • Patent number: 8485803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scroll compressor, with an oil-separating drive shaft, that comprises a housing a fixed scroll which is installed inside the housing, a orbiting scroll which orbits around the fixed scroll, and a drive shaft which drives the orbiting scroll. In the orbiting scroll, a discharge hole is formed. A discharge path is formed along the longitudinal direction of the drive shaft so that discharged coolant from the discharge hole flows therethrough. At least, a part of the discharge path is inclined forward from the rotary axis to the exterior. A lubrication hole is formed in the drive shaft that penetrates from the discharge path to the outer surface of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Doowon Technical College, Doowon Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geonho Lee, Inhwe Koo
  • Patent number: 8398387
    Abstract: A fluid machine (101) includes a first compressor (107) and a second compressor (108). The first compressor (107) has a first closed casing (111), a first compression mechanism (102a), an expansion mechanism (104), and a shaft (113). A first oil reservoir (112) is formed in the first closed casing (111). The second compressor (108) has a second closed casing (125) and a second compression mechanism (102b). A second oil reservoir (126) is formed at a bottom portion in the second closed casing (125). The first closed casing (111) and the second closed casing (125) are connected to each other by an oil passage (109) so that a lubricating oil can flow between the first oil reservoir (112) and the second oil reservoir (126). An opening (109a) of the oil passage (109) on a side of the first closed casing (111) is located above the expansion mechanism (104) with respect to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Shiotani, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ogata, Shingo Oyagi, Masanobu Wada, Osamu Kosuda
  • Patent number: 8371834
    Abstract: An anti-self rotation mechanism for preventing self-rotation of the eccentric shaft includes a long orbiting key formed at an end of the eccentric shaft, a ring formed of a long hole through which the orbiting key slides, ring keys that extend toward both outer sides in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the hole, and two key grooves formed in the casing, through which the ring keys slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: RichStone Limited, RichStone Limited
    Inventor: Booseok Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120171068
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dry-compressing dual-shaft rotary displacement screw spindle pump machine for delivering and compressing gases. The spindle rotor pair therein includes multiple stages, having a primary delivery thread, a secondary delivery thread and a gas outlet collector chamber therebetween. The primary delivery thread head circle diameter decreases in the gas outlet direction, while the foot circle diameter thereof increases correspondingly for an application-specific matching inner “integral” compression ratio. The secondary delivery thread nominal delivery direction is opposite to the primary delivery thread nominal delivery direction. The secondary delivery thread is implemented such that the actual gas flow direction is opposite to the nominal delivery direction thereof, and is always directed away from the gas outlet plenum, having a gas permeation under ambient pressure just as the space in the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Ralf Steffens
  • Publication number: 20120141313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a cup-shaped housing, a rotor eccentrically mounted for rotation in the housing, and a housing cover closing the cup-shaped housing, wherein the rotor has a rotor shaft that passes through the cup-shaped housing and by which the rotor is driven, wherein the rotor shaft is provided with a bore for delivering a lubricant, and a connection nipple is seated in the free end section of the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Joma-Polytec GMBH
    Inventors: Willi Schneider, Bernd Hess
  • Patent number: 8186979
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Seoung-Yeon Cho, Seong-Jae Hong, Jung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8177534
    Abstract: An axial air cooling system for scroll-type positive fluid displacement apparatus provides needed cooling. The system includes an axial fan and centrifugal pump and internal cooling air channels inside parts integrating main housing, base housing and motor housing with their corresponding shell parts by cooling fins. The cooling air channel also includes passages inside the orbiting scroll, shaft central hole and gaps inside stator slots and winding. Heat pipes are installed inside the fixed and orbiting scrolls to conduct heat from inside of the apparatus to the peripheral condenser portion of the heat pipes to be cooled by the cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Scroll Technologies (HangZhou), Inc.
    Inventor: Shimao Ni
  • Publication number: 20120107165
    Abstract: A piston cooling system for a pivoted piston (1) for an internal combustion engine, said piston (1) having a piston body (2), a pivot shaft (3) by which the piston body (2) may be pivoted about a pivot axis (4) within a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, a first arcuate sealing surface spaced from the pivot axis and transcribing a circumferential path about the pivot axis, and a second arcuate sealing surface radially offset from the first arcuate sealing surface and connected to the first arcuate sealing surface by a floor (5) of the piston body (2), a portion of said floor (5) including a combustion chamber piston crown (6), characterised in that the cooling system includes a coolant path (10) formed in the piston, said coolant path having an entry point at a first end (11) of the pivot shaft (3) and an exit point at a second end (12) of the pivot shaft (3), wherein said coolant path (10) extends from the entry point, through a first portion (13) of the pivot shaft (3), into said piston b
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Pivotal Engineering Limited
    Inventor: Paul Anthony McLachlan
  • Publication number: 20110293457
    Abstract: A pneumatic vane motor comprising a housing (10) with a cylinder (11), two end walls (13,14), and a rotor (18) journalled in the housing (10) and carrying one or more pairs of sliding vanes (31), and vane supporting pins (32) longitudinally movable in transverse bores (33) in the rotor (18) and forming spacers between two diametrically opposite vanes (31), and the rotor (18) having a coaxial bore (48) with a closed end (49) and an open end (50) closed by a removable plug (51), wherein the coaxial bore (48) intersects the transverse bores (33) and being filled with a lubricant for providing lubrication of the vane supporting pins (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Hans Reinhold Svedman, André Peter Hellestig
  • Publication number: 20110262289
    Abstract: A vane air motor is disclosed which is configured to prevent grease in a radial bearing from leaking into a rotor chamber. The vane air motor has a motor housing (20) having a rotor chamber, a rotor (22) with vanes (24) disposed in the rotor chamber, a first end wall (16) of the motor housing equipped with a radial bearing (50) rotatably supporting a support shaft portion (28) of the rotor, and a casing contiguously joined to the motor housing to form a compressed air supply chamber (44) together with the first end wall to supply compressed air into the rotor chamber through an air supply hole (46) formed in the first end wall. The first end wall has communication means (16-5, 16-6 and 16-7) for supplying compressed air from the compressed air supply chamber to the side of the first radial bearing closer to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Takashi Nakajoh
  • Publication number: 20110194960
    Abstract: An oil-free lubrication centrifugal refrigerant compressor for compressing low-pressure refrigerant into high-pressure refrigerant, includes: a housing; a refrigerant pathway; a compression module; a radial bearing; a first conducting member, collecting troughs and a first exhaust member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Teng-Yuan Wu, Cheng-Chung Yen, Ching-Fu Chen
  • Patent number: 7993118
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for a supercharger assembly is provided. The rotor assembly includes at least one lobe defining at least one cavity. The at least one cavity is configured to contain a fluid operable to cool the at least one lobe. A supercharger incorporating the rotor assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Gregory P. Prior, Roxann M. Bittner
  • Publication number: 20110064598
    Abstract: An oil supply groove 12 in communication with a pump room 2A is formed above a bearing 2B of a housing 2, and an open air groove 14 in communication with an atmospheric air is formed at a position rotated around the bearing 2B by 90° from the oil supply groove. In a shank 3B of a rotor 3, a branch passage 11a branching from an oil passage 11 formed in its axial direction to the diametrical direction of the shank and an open air passage 13 formed in the direction perpendicular to the branch passage are formed. The branch passage and the oil supply groove communicate with each other while the open air passage and the open air groove are arranged to also communicate with each other. When the oil passage and the oil supply groove communicate with each other as the rotor stops, atmospheric air flowing in from the open air passage eliminates a negative pressure in the pump room to prevent the lubricating oil from flowing into the pump room in large quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Kishi, Kikuji Hayashida, Kiyotaka Ohtahara
  • Publication number: 20100329916
    Abstract: Provided is an oil-cooled type screw compressor having a compressor body for compressing a suction gas and discharging the compressed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Shoji Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20100132398
    Abstract: A fluid machine (10) includes: a closed casing (11) having an oil reservoir (16) in its bottom portion; a main compression mechanism (3) supplied with oil contained in an upper portion (16a) of the oil reservoir; a rotation motor (8); a main compression mechanism side shaft (38) for coupling the main compression mechanism (3) and the rotation motor (8); a mechanical power recovery mechanism (5) disposed below the upper portion (16a) and recovering mechanical power from a working fluid; a sub-compression mechanism (2) disposed below the upper portion (16a); a mechanical power recovery shaft (16) for coupling the mechanical power recovery mechanism (5) and the sub-compression mechanism (2); and a heat-insulating structure (80) located between the upper portion (16a) and the mechanical power recovery mechanism (5) and restricting flow of oil between the upper portion (16a) of the oil reservoir (16) and a lower portion (16b) of the oil reservoir in which the mechanical power recovery mechanism (5) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Takahashi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20100021330
    Abstract: A baffle member for use in scroll compressors. In one exemplary embodiment, the baffle member is attached to a portion of the crankcase and, in use, deflects lubricant that may be thrown from the thrust surface of the crankcase during operation of the compressor away from the flow of working fluid, and also aids in directing the flow of working fluid away from the thrust surface of the crankcase and toward a suction inlet in the compression mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventor: David K. Haller
  • Patent number: 7491046
    Abstract: A rotary combustion engine with at least one working unit, which has essentially a peripheral engine housing, a side housing plate on one side, a side housing plate on the power takeoff side, a triangular piston, and an eccentric shaft. The piston is configured of several parts, which are connected to each other. The connection is accomplished by electron-beam welding under vacuum, which yields excellent results as long as certain conditions are met. The one sidewall and the power takeoff sidewall of the piston are preferably welded to a piston housing, as a result of which the casting molds can be of simpler design and simpler contours can be used, which leads to welds of higher quality and to a decrease in the costs of casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Wankel Super Tec GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Baier, Dankwart Eiermann
  • Publication number: 20090035168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a scroll-type refrigerant compressor The inventive compressor comprises: a sealed chamber which is defined by a ferrule (2) and which contains a suction volume and a compression volume; and an electric motor which is disposed on the suction side and which comprises a stator (7) and a rotor (8), the latter being solidly connected to a drive shaft (26). The stator (7) is surrounded by an intermediate casing (6) which defines (i) an annular volume (13) with the moving ferrule (2) of the compressor and (ii) a chamber (11) containing the coil end of the motor and facing the compression volume side. The end of the intermediate casing that faces the side opposite the compression volume is disposed at the end of the stator facing the side opposite the compression volume or set back from same. In addition, means (14) are provided in order to convey at least part of the gas arriving at the gas inlet in the ferrule into the chamber (11) containing the coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Danfoss Commercial Compressors
    Inventors: Pierre Ginies, David Genevois, Alexandre Montchamp
  • Patent number: 7458789
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an oil supply passage is formed in a suction space of a fixed scroll part, and an oil collision part is provided in the suction space. The oil collision part is provided in the suction space, an amount of oil to be supplied is controlled, refrigerant and lubricant oil are sufficiently mixed with each other. Tangents of ends of the oil collision part are made acute angle to smoothen the flow of the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hiwata, Takashi Morimoto, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Noboru Iida, Kiyoshi Sawai
  • Publication number: 20080286138
    Abstract: The invention relates to the rotor housing (1) of a helical screw compressor which is surrounded by a cooling housing (21, 23, 25) which forms a cooling chamber (27) which surrounds the rotor housing (1) in an annular-shaped manner, said cooling chamber being intercepted on a point by a separating wall (29) which connects the rotor housing (1) to the cooling housing (21). The coolant, which is guided to an inlet (31), is oriented counter to the lower side of the separating wall (29) through a perpendicular inlet channel (35) which flows in an upward direction, is deviated there and flows about the rotor housing (1) until the upper side of the separating wall (29), where it is deviated again and is discharged to the outlet opening (33) through a perpendicular outlet channel (37) which extends in an upward manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: GHH RAND SCHRAUBENKOMPRESSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Achtelik, Dieter Huttermann, Michael Besseling, Norbert Henning
  • Publication number: 20080267803
    Abstract: A compressor and an oil supplying structure therefor are provided. When a compressor is operated at a high speed or low speed, a predetermined amount of oil is supplied to compression pockets formed between a wrap of an orbiting scroll and a wrap of a fixed scroll. Pressure leakage between the wraps may be prevented, thereby enhancing a performance of the compressor. Further, since friction between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll may be prevented, abrasion of the components may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Byung-Kil Yoo, Myung-Kyun Kiem, Chul-Su Jung, Byeong-Chul Lee, Se-Heon Choi
  • Patent number: 7438541
    Abstract: A hermetic rotary compressor operates two cylinders simultaneously in the regular operation; however it halts operating one of the cylinders when it selects an operation with a half capacity. A vane room of the halted cylinder is air-tightly sealed with respect to lubricant atmosphere in a hermetic case. An oil-supplying groove is provided to a vane groove of the halted cylinder, and lubricant is supplied to the oil-supplying groove in order to lubricate the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Aya, Toshiharu Yasu, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20080232992
    Abstract: In a compression/expansion unit (30) serving as a fluid machine, both a compression mechanism (50) and an expansion mechanism (60) are housed in a single casing (31). An oil supply passageway (90) is formed in a shaft (40) by which the compression mechanism (50) and the expansion mechanism (60) are coupled together. Refrigeration oil accumulated in the bottom of the casing (31) is drawn up into the oil supply passageway (90) end is supplied to the compression mechanism (50) and to the expansion mechanism (60). Surplus refrigeration oil, which is supplied to neither of the compression and expansion mechanisms (50) and (60), is discharged out of the terminating end of the oil supply passageway (90) which opens at the upper end of the shaft (40). Thereafter, the surplus refrigeration oil flows into an oil return pipe (102) from a lead-out hole (101) and is returned back towards a second space (39).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okamoto, Eiji Kumakura, Masakazu Okamoto, Michio Moriwaki, Katsumi Sakitani
  • Publication number: 20080152529
    Abstract: A groove is provided in the periphery of a pressure receiving area of a pressure receiving surface opposing to the load of axis weight within a bearing surface supporting an axis, and a liquid supply route communicating with the groove is provided so that liquid is supplied to the groove through the liquid supply route. In such a configuration, a bearing having a simple structure and a high compact load capacity and a liquid cooling type screw compressor using the above bearing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd)
    Inventor: Shoji Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20080107555
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided with a passage for providing both an unloader function and an economizer injection function. This common passage communicates with separate ports. The ports that are exclusively used for by-pass unloading operation are open only during by-pass unloading operation, but blocked off by a check valve during vapor injection operation. The other, normally smaller vapor injection ports are open for both vapor injection and by-pass unloading operation. By utilizing these two sets of ports, a smaller total port area is provided for vapor injection operation and a much larger total open port area for by-pass operation. The different open port areas for by-pass unloading operation and vapor injection operation allows optimization of compressor operation at both of those regimes of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Alexander Lifson
  • Patent number: 7234924
    Abstract: A rotary combustion engine with one or more working units, which include a peripheral housing, a front housing plate, a rear housing plate on the output side, an eccentric shaft, and a piston, where the eccentric shaft includes an eccentric, and front and rear sealing parts. Lubricating oil is conveyed by an oil pump from an oil tank through the eccentric shaft to first and second main bearings, and to an eccentric bearing, from which a bevel on the front sealing part conveys it to a piston space, from which it is conveyed by way of a bevel on the piston and a rear bevel back to the oil tank to close the oil circuit. The bevels direct the oil circulation from the front of the working unit to the rear, reduce splash losses, and increase the cooling action on the internal surfaces of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Wankel Super Tec GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Baier, Manfred Mäthner, Dankwart Eiermann, Rudolf Klotz, Michael Schirmer
  • Patent number: 7186099
    Abstract: A scroll-type compressor is provided in an inclined or inverted position with an oil sump disposed adjacent to a gas inlet of the scroll wraps to allow droplets of oil to be entrained in the gas being compressed so that the oil droplets in the gas can cool the scroll wraps. An oil injection fitting also extends through the compressor shell and communicates lubricating oil to a lubrication passage in the crankshaft for providing lubricant to the bearings of the crankshaft of the compressor and other components. The oil injection fitting is supplied with lubricant from an externally disposed source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John P Elson, Brian R Butler
  • Patent number: 7008200
    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: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, StarRotor Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Holtzapple, George A. Rabroker, Thomas J. Beck, Mark Ehsani, Matthew M. Whiteacre, Michael Kyle Ross, Gary P. Noyes
  • Patent number: 6905320
    Abstract: A scroll-type fluid machine such as a scroll compressor or a scroll vacuum pump generates compression heat during compressing operation. A scroll body comprises a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll that is revolved with respect to the stationary scroll eccentrically. The stationary scroll has a stationary wrap and the orbiting scroll has an orbiting wrap engaged with the stationary wrap to form a compression chamber therebetween. In the scroll-type fluid machine, a cooler is provided to cool high-temperature compressed air discharged from a discharge bore at the center of the stationary scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Anest Iwata Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Satoh, Tamotsu Fujioka
  • Patent number: 6758660
    Abstract: A screw vacuum pump (1) has shafts (7, 8) and rotors (3, 4) secured to the shafts. Each rotor has a central hollow chamber (31) which receives the shaft or contains in built-in components rotating along with the rotor to define a relatively thin annular slot segment (32) for cross-flow circulation of coolant. The annular slot segment is disposed between the built-in components and an inner wall of the rotor's hollow chamber and between a suction side and a delivery side of the rotor. Separate feed and discharge lines (41, 55, 63, 77, 78, 81, 89, 99, 101, 103) circulate the coolant through the annular slot segment in such a way that the coolant remains cavitation-free and bubble-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Leybold Vakuum GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Kriehn, Lothar Brenner
  • Patent number: 6672101
    Abstract: An oil storage area (45a) is defined on the bottom of a motor chamber (45) of a scroll compressor (1). An oil transfer route (4a) is defined in the portion of a center housing (4) that corresponds to the storage area (45a). Lubricating oil L is separated from the discharged, compressed refrigerant by an oil separator (80) and the lubricating oil L is supplied to the backside of a movable scroll (20) due to a pressure differential within the compress (1). After lubricating a bearing (10), the lubricating oil L is temporarily stored in the storage area (45a) and then is transferred due to a pressure differential to the suction-side of a compression mechanism (21) via the oil transfer route (4a). The lubricating oil L is then transferred to the oil separator (80) together with the compressed refrigerant that is discharged from a compression chamber (32) of the compression mechanism (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Gennami, Kazuhiro Kuroki, Ken Suitou, Naohiro Nakajima, Shinji Tsubai, Kazuya Kimura
  • Patent number: 6599110
    Abstract: A scroll-type compressor having a stationary scroll and a movable scroll is provided. A compression chamber is defined between a stationary scroll and a movable scroll. A refrigerant introducing passage formed in the movable scroll for introducing a refrigerant from the compression chamber to a driving mechanism. The compressed refrigerant including a lubricant introduced through the passage is affective to lubricate the driving mechanism. The compressor may also include a sump to collect the lubricant leaving the driving mechanism. Collected lubricant is reintroduced into the compression region via a suction region of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Gennami, Kazuhiro Kuroki, Satoru Egawa, Yoshikazu Fukutani, Ken Suitou
  • Patent number: 6589026
    Abstract: A fluid machinery comprises a helical mechanism provided with a cylinder, a roller eccentrically disposed inside the cylinder and formed with a helical groove and a blade member fitted in the helical groove, an electric motor unit connected to the helical mechanism through a rotational shaft, the roller, which eccentrically rotates, having an engagement portion engaged with a crank portion of the rotational shaft, and a pair of bearings disposed to both axial end portions of the cylinder so as to support the rotational shaft. The engagement portion of the roller and the bearings are formed with through holes for ventilation, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Takayoshi Fujiwara