Patents Assigned to Danfoss Compressors GmbH
  • Publication number: 20040221590
    Abstract: A cooling medium compressor arrangement is comprised of a compressor, a control mechanism electrically connected with the compressor, and a gas sensor, and the safety of the arrangement is improved by arranging the control mechanism and the gas sensor in a common housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressor GmbH
    Inventor: Ole Schebel Bachmann
  • Patent number: 6763909
    Abstract: The invention concerns a suction muffler for a hermetically enclosed compressor with a housing that has at least a first and a second chamber, separated from each other by means of a division wall and connected with each other by means of a throttling channel, which is designed to allow flow from the first to the second chamber. The throttling channel includes a lateral opening, which opens into a chamber via a branch channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Svendsen
  • Publication number: 20040071564
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cylinder head arrangement for a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor, with a suction muffler and a valve package having a valve plate, at least one suction valve and at least one discharge valve. It is endeavoured to simplify the assembly. For this purpose, the suction muffler has a housing, in which the valve package is adopted, the housing having positioning means, which determine the position of the valve package in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Froeslev, Frank Holm Iversen, Preben Bjerre
  • Patent number: 6715582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suction muffler for a hermetically enclosed compressor, with a housing having a first part with an outlet channel and a second part with an inlet channel, flow conducting means being arranged between the outlet channel and the inlet channel, said means forming, together with the inlet channel and the outlet channel, a flow path, and a filter being arranged in the outlet channel. Further improvements of the noise damping are endeavored. For this purpose, the filter has a sieve-like embodiment and that the flow path comprises at least one second filter with a sieve-like embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nissen, Christian Svendsen
  • Patent number: 6702067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor, with a crankshaft, which is axially supported in an axial bearing in relation to a bearing housing, and with an oil pump arrangement. In a piston compressor of this kind, it is endeavored to improve the lubricating properties. For this purpose, an oil distribution channel extending in the circumferential direction is arranged in the axial bearing between the crankshaft and the bearing housing, a control arrangement being arranged between the oil pump arrangement and the oil distribution channel, which control arrangement connects the oil pump arrangement with the oil distribution channel for a predetermined, short period, at least once during each rotation of the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Holm Iversen, Preben Bjerre
  • Patent number: 6688432
    Abstract: The invention concerns a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed piston compressor, with a housing, in which a motor is arranged, the motor having a crankshaft with a vertically standing crank pin that has in its upper front side an opening, which is connected with an oil supply arrangement. It is endeavored to reduce an external oil circulation. For this purpose, the opening is provided with a limiting arrangement, which limits an axially directed movement of lubricating oil from the opening to a predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nissen, Christian Svendsen, Frank Holm Iversen, Klaus Reinwand, Preben Bjerre
  • Publication number: 20030223891
    Abstract: The invention concerns a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor, with at least one cylinder a piston reciprocating in said cylinder, the piston being connected with a driving rod via a piston pin and having in its outer jacket surface a circumferential lubrication groove, the piston pin having a longitudinal bore, which is connected with a lubricant source. It is endeavoured to improve the lubrication. For this purpose, the longitudinal bore is open downward in the gravity direction and has a ventilation opening upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Erik Nissen, Frank Holm Iversen
  • Patent number: 6623258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerant compressor comprising at least one piston-cylinder unit and one valve plate that has at least one outlet opening. The piston has a projection which projects into the outlet opening when the piston is located near the upper dead center thereof. The aim of the invention is to increase the efficiency and to reduce the noise level. To these ends, the invention provides that the outlet opening, piston projection, valve plate and piston delimit a flow channel, and provides that the free cross-sectional area of the flow channel is determined by the smallest cross-sectional area of the outlet opening until the piston, during its pressure stroke at least the height (H) of the outlet opening, is located underneath the upper dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Holm Iversen, Preben Bjerre
  • Publication number: 20030150670
    Abstract: The invention concerns a suction muffler for a refrigerating machine with a housing, in which at least one chamber is arranged and which has an inlet opening (7), an outlet opening and an oil discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Svendsen, Jens Erik Nissen, Morten Svendsen
  • Patent number: 6562767
    Abstract: A lubricant for wire, which is insulated by means of a lacquer coating, and which is used for forming the stator windings of an electrical refrigerating compressor, consists of one or more compounds of the formula CH3—Xn—R, wherein X is a linear or branched hydrocarbon group with n carbon atoms, wherein n is up to 22, and R may be hydrogen or a plurality of different radicals, either in a pure form or dissolved in a suitable solvent. The lubricant is applied to the wire to reduce its coefficient of friction, and it is remarkable for its compatibility with the environmentally unharmful refrigerants, such as R134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane), which are used today in refrigerating compressors without capillary tube obstructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bachmann, Lars L. Finsen, Poul Erik Hansen
  • Publication number: 20030052559
    Abstract: Specified is an electric motor with a stator (1) that displays a rotating-field-generating rotating-field winding arrangement and a bore (3) in which is arranged a rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventor: Niels Christian Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 6483278
    Abstract: A method and power supply device for generating a regulated direct voltage from an alternating voltage using a step-down transformer, a step-up transformer, an inductance coil and a control device that controls the transformer in a step-down or step-up transformation mode is disclosed herein. An inductance coil voltage measuring signal is compared with three limiting values (A, B, C), wherein A corresponds to zero, B lies between A and C and B and C correspond to the direct voltage. Switching from the step-down to the step-up transformation mode is effected when the increasing voltage measuring signal drops after reaching B and A is not reached again and increases to C instead. Switching from step-down to step-up transformation mode is effected when the decreasing voltage measuring signal increases after reaching A and B is not reached and drops to A instead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventor: Nils-Ole Harvest
  • Publication number: 20020101128
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor, comprising a rotor (1). One side of said rotor (1) is mounted in a stator (3) by means of a bearing (2) and the rotor tapers away conically from said stator in an axial direction, forming an air gap (4) between the latter (3) and the rotor. The width of said gap increases in an axial direction, moving away from the bearing (2). The aim of the invention is to achieve improved operating efficiency using a conically designed rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventor: Niels Christian Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 6402484
    Abstract: The invention concerns a refrigerant compressor with a cylinder block (1), a valve plate (4), a pipe connectable or connected with a suction muffler, a cover (2) covering the valve plate (4), a first sealing (3) between cover and valve plate and a second sealing (5) between valve plate and cylinder block. On assembling the refrigerant compressor it should be provided that the flow resistance of the suction gas is reduced as much as possible. For this purpose, each of the following pairs of members, cover. (2) and pipe (29), pipe (29) and valve plate (4) and valve plate (4) and cylinder block (1), has an alignment device for its members with at least two guiding elements, and that the members (2, 29, 4, 1) are assembled in a direction, which is substantially parallel to the guiding elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Morten Svendsen, Frank Holm Iversen
  • Patent number: 6380707
    Abstract: The brushless electric motor (M) is provided with switching means (Q1-Q6) for selectively supplying current to the armature windings (U, V, W) of the motor (M) from a DC-power supply (1) The switching means (Q1-Q6) are controlled by measuring the back-electromotive forces developed in the windings (U, V, W) during operation and comparing these measurements with a high and low reference voltage, in such a way that each time a measured back-electromotive force with positive slope crosses the high reference voltage or a measured back-electromotive force with negative slope crosses the low reference voltage, a commutation signal is generated to commutate the switching means (Q1-Q6), this provides a highly simplified control of the switching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jesper Riber Rosholm, Jan Carøe Aarestrup
  • Patent number: 6358019
    Abstract: A suction sound damper for a hermetically encapsulated compressor has a housing that is formed of at least an upper part (3), a lower part (1) and an insert (2), and having at least two chambers (7, 8) and a channel (9), connected thereto, leading from a lower inlet opening (10) to an upper outlet opening (11). The insert (2) has a side wall (18) which, together with a section (19) of the housing wall, forms a capillary gap (20) in which lubricating oil collects and is retained. This produces additional sound damping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Holm Iversen, Jan Thomsen
  • Patent number: 6305912
    Abstract: The invention concerns a refrigerant compressor with a cylinder block (1), a valve plate (4), a pipe connectable or connected with a suction muffler, a cover (2) covering the valve plate (4), a first sealing (3) between cover and valve plate and a second sealing (5) between valve plate and cylinder block. On assembling the refrigerant compressor it should be provided that the flow resistance of the suction gas is reduced as much as possible. For this purpose, each of the following pairs of members, cover (2) and pipe (29), pipe (29) and valve plate (4) and valve plate (4) and cylinder block (1), has an alignment device for its members with at least two guiding elements, and that the members (2, 29, 4, 1) are assembled in a direction, which is substantially parallel to the guiding elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Morten Svendsen, Frank Holm Iversen
  • Patent number: 6280153
    Abstract: A suction gas conduit (1) for a refrigeration compressor has a curved section (4) of the gas path (2), which connects an inlet section (3) of the gas path to an outlet section (5). A widening (11) in the form of a step (12) is located on the inner side of the curve of the gas path. The curved section (4) especially abuts, at the outlet end, a valve plate (7) of the compressor, which valve plate (7) has a suction gas opening (6). The outer side of the curve of the gas path (2) is unimpeded. The step height (H) is from 0.3 to 1.0 times, and the step length (L) from 0.2 to 1.0 times, the hydraulic diameter (d) of the outlet section (5). As a result thereof, the unavoidable recirculation flow is located in a position where its undesirable effect is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Holm Iversen, Preben Bjerre
  • Patent number: 6272971
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connecting rod for a hermetic refrigerating compressor, in which the connecting rod forms the mechanical connection between a crank and a piston. The purpose of the invention is to reduce wear in the crank bearing of the compressor with simple means. This is obtained by reducing compressive stresses in the connecting rod by making a cut-out in the connecting rod near the crank bearing. The cut-out causes deflection of compressive stresses, so that they are distributed over a larger share of the crank bearing surface. Also the outer shape of the connecting rod is adapted, so that also here the compressive stresses are distributed over a larger bearing surface. This reduces the wear on the crank bearing of the compressor and increases the life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Thomsen, Peter Hansen
  • Patent number: 6134901
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for speed control of a compressor, particularly a refrigeration compressor, and a control arrangement using this method. The speed control is effected in that a control arrangement varies the speed of an electric motor in dependence of simple ON/OFF signals from a thermostat placed in the surroundings to be cooled. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the starting speed of the compressor in a following ON period is reduced in relation to the final speed in the previous ON period. A continuous reduction of the starting speed of each ON period results in a self-regulating control giving long compressor operation times and an averagely low speed resulting in energy savings. A control arrangement using this method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Nils-Ole Harvest, Jan Aarestrup