Patents Examined by Mary A. Davis
  • Patent number: 11448221
    Abstract: A light-weight, high-strength insulating compressor component formed via additive manufacturing is provided. The component may have at least one interior region comprising a lattice structure that comprises a plurality of repeating cells. A solid surface is disposed over the lattice structure. The interior region comprising the lattice structure minimizes or reduces transmission of at least one of thermal energy, sound, or vibrational energy through the component. Methods of making such compressor components via additive manufacturing processes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Marc J. Scancarello, Robert C. Stover
  • Patent number: 11441563
    Abstract: A rotary piston compressor/pump/blower includes a housing spatially limiting a working chamber, an intake connection for guiding fluid into the working chamber, a pressure connection for guiding the fluid out of the working chamber, and a rotor assembly having a first rotor rotatably arranged in a first working sub-chamber and a second rotor cooperating with the first rotor and rotatably arranged in a second working sub-chamber. The rotary piston compressor/pump/blower also includes a ventilation channel, formed in the housing and connected to the working chamber via a ventilation channel opening, for the temporally limited introducing of air into the working chamber, wherein the ventilation channel opening is open at least in sections, in particular completely open, in a compression phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: GARDNER DENVER SCHOPFHEIM GMBH
    Inventor: Dimitrij Sergey Kavun
  • Patent number: 11441564
    Abstract: A driving structure of a three-axis multi-stage Roots pump comprises a pump body, wherein a gear end cover is mounted at one side of the pump body, an air outlet end moving bearing air sealing unit is mounted on the other side of the pump body, and the bearing end cover is mounted on the pump at the side of the pump body; a driving axis, a first driven axis and a second driven axis are further provided inside the pump body, and the driving axis is connected with the first driven axis and the second driven axis through the gear, respectively; and both ends of the driving axis, the first driven axis and the second driven axis are movably connected to an air inlet end gear mechanical seal driving unit and an air outlet end moving bearing air sealing unit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: OVG VACUUM TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Rong, Yue Li, Miaole Shen
  • 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: 11428223
    Abstract: A rotary compressor may include a rotary shaft; a plurality of plates that supports the rotary shaft; a cylinder provided between the plurality of plates to define a compression space, and provided with a vane slot; a roller slidably coupled to the rotary shaft inside of the cylinder, and having a hinge groove on an outer circumferential surface thereof; and a vane, a first end which is slidably coupled to the vane slot of the cylinder, and a second end of which is rotatably coupled to the hinge groove of the roller. At least one of axial end surfaces of the roller facing the plurality of plates is provided with a wear avoiding portion having a predetermined depth. Contact surfaces between the roller and the plate may be suppressed from being in close contact with each other to suppress the roller or the plate from being damaged or a performance of the compressor due to friction loss from being deteriorated, thereby improving reliability and performance of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jingyu Lee, Hyeongseok Kim, Yonghyeon Sung
  • Patent number: 11428224
    Abstract: A vane rotary compressor has a cylinder. A main bearing and a sub bearing are coupled to the cylinder forming a compression space. The main and sub bearing each have a back pressure pocket on a surface facing the cylinder. The main bearing and the sub bearing radially support a rotation shaft. A roller coupled to the shaft is disposed within the compression space. The roller has circumferentially spaced vane slots, each vane slot extending from an open end on an outer circumferential surface of the roller to a back pressure chamber disposed within the roller at an opposite end of each vane slot. A plurality of vanes slide within the vane slots and divide the compression space into compression chambers. At least one of the back pressure chambers in the vane slots fluidly communicates with at least one of the back pressure pockets in the main and sub bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonhong Park, Seoungmin Kang, Seheon Choi
  • Patent number: 11421688
    Abstract: A vane-type compressor is provided. The vane-type compressor may include a cylindrical cylinder having opposite open ends along an axial direction, an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder being eccentric from an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, a main bearing and a sub bearing, respectively, positioned at the open ends of the cylinder, a rotor coupled to a shaft supported by the main bearing and the sub bearing and installed eccentric from the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and a plurality of vanes coupled to the rotor to rotate along with the rotor, the plurality of vanes dividing the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder into a plurality of spaces including a suction chamber and a compression chamber when the rotor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bumdong Sa, Joonhong Park, Seseok Seol
  • Patent number: 11421685
    Abstract: A vane pump comprises a housing and a control slide. A rotor rotates to draw lubricant into a rotor receiving space of the slide via a housing inlet and discharges the lubricant via an outlet. The control slide moves to change its eccentricity relative to the rotor for increasing and decreasing a pressure differential between the inlet and outlet. The control slide is biased in a displacement increasing direction. The control slide has one or more seals defining a control chamber with housing. The one or more seals includes a seal assembly received in a recess on a control slide outer surface. The seal assembly has a base element in the recess and a bearing element pivotally attached to the base element and bearing against an inner surface of the housing for sealing. The pivotal attachment includes male and female pivotal connectors coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Stackpole International Engineered Products, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tuncay Bayo
  • Patent number: 11415133
    Abstract: A multi-stage dry Roots vacuum pump, including a pump body, multi-stage Roots working units and a plurality of drive components. The pump body is provided with a plurality of independent working chambers, and airflow channels communicating the various working chambers; the airflow channels are communicated with outside; the Roots working units of each stage include driving Roots rotors and driven Roots rotors; the driving Roots rotors and driven Roots rotors are positioned in the working chambers; and the various drive components are respectively used for driving the driving Roots rotors and driven Roots rotors positioned in the various working chambers to rotate towards opposite directions at the same rotating speed. The Roots working units of various stages may be randomly distributed at various positions of the pump body on premise of ensuring that the airflow channels can communicate the working chambers of each stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN TIANYUAN VACUUM EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dongsheng Ding, Weiguo Ren, Yiwen Ma
  • Patent number: 11408287
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a compressor pump body, a compressor and an air conditioner. The compressor pump body includes a sliding vane, a first flange and a second flange. The sliding vane includes a main body. The main body is provided with a first surface and a second surface which are arranged opposite to each other. The first surface abuts against the first flange, and the second surface abuts against the second flange. The first surface and/or the second surface are/is provided with an enlargement portion. An exhaust port is formed in the first flange and/or the second flange. When the sliding vane rotates to sweep the exhaust port, the enlargement portion can prevent two sides of the sliding vane in the rotation direction from communicating by means of the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Pengkai Wan, Jia Xu, Wenjiao Sun, Fayou Luo, Fei Wu, Qingfu Zhao, Zhengliang Shi, Jinwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11384758
    Abstract: A cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine, includes a housing (2) with two co-operating rotors (6a, 6b) therein, namely an outer rotor (6a) mounted rotatably in the housing (2) and an inner rotor (6b) mounted rotatably in the outer rotor (6a), whereby a compression chamber (8) is located between the rotors (6a, 6b), which will move by rotation of the rotors (6a, 6b) from the inlet side (9a) of the rotors (6a, 6b) to the outlet side (9b) of the rotors (6a, 6b), wherein the inlet side (9a) of the outer rotor (6a) is provided with a ventilator (12), to supply air to the compression chamber (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Erik Paul Fabry
  • Patent number: 11378079
    Abstract: A rotary compressor may include a rotational shaft; first and second bearings that support the rotational shaft in a radial direction; a cylinder disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing, and forming a compression space; a rotor forming a contact point, disposed in the compression space, and having a predetermined gap with the cylinder, and coupled to the rotational shaft to compress refrigerant according to rotation; and at least one vane slidably inserted into the rotor, and contacting an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder to separate the compression space into a plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokhwan Moon, Jinung Shin, Kiyoul Noh
  • Patent number: 11371502
    Abstract: A progressive cavity pump includes a sealed drive between the rotor and universal joint. The universal joint includes a socket configured to receive a drive shaft of the rotor. A cover, such as a locking nut, is disposed over the connection between the rotor and universal joint. Seals are retained in place by the locking nut to prevent abrasive materials from entering into the interface between the rotor and the universal joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Muckley, Paul Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11371427
    Abstract: A turbofan engine includes a fan section including a fan blade having a leading edge and hub to tip ratio of less than about 0.34 and greater than about 0.020 measured at the leading edge and a speed change mechanism with gear ratio greater than about 2.6 to 1. A first compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 67% of the radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section. A second compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 57% of a radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11365736
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a slide valve, a slide valve adjustment mechanism and a screw compressor. The slide valve includes a static slide valve and a moving slide valve, wherein the static slide valve is fixedly installed in a slide valve cavity and provided with an axially-penetrating valve hole; a plurality of bypass holes communicating with the valve hole (110) are formed in the sidewall of the static slide valve, and an exhaust port is formed in the sidewall of one end of the static slide valve. The slide valve may avoid scraping between the slide valve and a screw rotor and the slide valve cavity. Gaps between the slide valve and parts which cooperate with same are reduced, so that the leakage is reduced while the energy efficiency of the compressor is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Yushi Bi, Zhiping Zhang, Zhongkeng Long, Cong Cao, Rihua Li
  • Patent number: 11365731
    Abstract: A dual-section gear pump that enhances compactness of the design includes two pump sections separated by a divider. Each pump section includes a pump cavity and a gear set configured to convey fluid from an intake side to a discharge side of the respective pump cavities. The divider includes a fluid flow passage that enables the two pump sections to share common intake flow via the flow passage provided across the divider. The divider also is configured to enable each gear set in each pump section to provide independent pressurization of the fluid in each pump section, which is discharged from each pump cavity via separate outlets. The gear pump is configured to provide suitable sealing between each pump section and support of the respective gear sets in each pump section while enhancing compactness of the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: John B. Einfalt
  • Patent number: 11365734
    Abstract: A positive-displacement compressor having an automatic system for adjusting compression ratio and designed for installation in a conditioning or refrigeration system for a fluid includes a suction chamber for sucking the fluid with a variable suction pressure, a delivery chamber for delivering the fluid with a delivery pressure greater than the suction pressure, a compression chamber interposed between the suction chamber and the delivery chamber and communicating with the delivery chamber via one or more discharge ports, a compression element to compress the fluid to the compression pressure, a motor driving the compression element, and an adjusting system of the compression ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Broglia, Enrico Faccio, Rujie Lin, Fabrizio Calgaro
  • Patent number: 11353025
    Abstract: A dual-cylinder two-stage variable capacity compressor is provided, including: a first cylinder, having an exhaust port connected to a first exhaust channel: a second cylinder, wherein the second cylinder is provided with a ventilating slider, and the ventilating slider is provided with a first gas transit channel and a second gas transit channel; wherein, when the ventilating slider is at a first connecting position, the first exhaust channel is connected to a suction channel in a second cylinder when the ventilating slider is at a second connecting position, the first exhaust channel is connected to a second exhaust channel. The compressor of the present disclosure can vary its own capacity, that is, the variation of the compressor's capacity can be realized by arranging a ventilating slider, which will meet the requirements of variation loads of the compressor in different seasons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HIGHLY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanzhen Wang, Jin Pan, Chunhui Liu
  • Patent number: 11346221
    Abstract: A backpressure rotary compressor may include at least one vane, at least one vane slot configured to accommodate the at least one vane and provided with a pocket portion and a slide portion, and a backpressure passage provided with a backpressure inlet disposed in front of the at least one vane slot and a backpressure outlet formed in the pocket portion. The backpressure passage may perform a role of allowing a compression chamber and the pocket portion to communicate with each other. According to the backpressure passage rotary compressor, proper pressure may be supplied to an inner end of the vane, thereby reducing a mechanical loss caused by pressure occurring in a close contact portion between an outer end of the at least one vane and an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and achieving high efficiency in relation to driving a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokhwan Moon, Seoung-Min Kang, Kiyoul Noh
  • Patent number: 11346222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary sliding vane machine (1) for fluid processing, comprising a housing (2) with a cavity (4) with a rotor (9). Vanes (12) are arranged in outwardly directed slots (13) in the rotor (9), and relative sliding between the vanes and the rotor provides spaces with variable volumes in the rotational direction. Each vane is supported by hydrostatic slide bearings (20, 20?) on each side of the vane (12). Due to pressure changes of the process fluid, the vane (12) is tilted towards and away from bearing pads (27, 27, 87). The invention causes the bearing pads to adjust their position to the vane (12), and also causes a change of volume of a bearing fluid chamber (21, 21?, 81), which in turn effects a supply of bearing fluid to the slide bearing fluid film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOCIRCLE INDUSTRIES AS
    Inventors: Arne Høeg, Kristian Aase Løver