Patents Examined by Theresa Trieu
  • Patent number: 11668300
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement between a rotating plane surface on a rotor and a machine housing prevents flow of process fluid between an internal volume and an external volume of the machine housing. The sealing arrangement includes a piston arrangement, and a sealing bearing ring between the piston arrangement and the rotating plane surface. A fluid supply line supplies pressurized lubrication fluid through the machine housing to a piston cavity, wherein the piston arrangement further includes piston fluid channels and the bearing sealing ring includes lubrication conduits through the bearing sealing ring, corresponding with the piston fluid channels. The pressurized lubrication fluid is arranged for moving the piston arrangement against the sealing bearing ring and thus moving the sealing bearing ring against the sealing surface thus forming a sealing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOCIRCLE INDUSTRIES AS
    Inventor: Arne Høeg
  • Patent number: 11668304
    Abstract: A vacuum booster assembly includes, but is not limited to, a booster housing defining a booster chamber and including a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the first rotor including a first shaft and at least two lobes defining a first lobe profile; and a second rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the second rotor including a second shaft and at least two lobes defining a second lobe profile, wherein the first and second rotors are formed from a metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion from about 1 (10?6 in/in*K) to about 13 (10?6 in/in*K), and wherein at least one of the outer surface of the first rotor, the outer surface of the second rotor, or the booster chamber includes a coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Gardner Denver, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Clive Palmer, Kyle Maples, Vladimir Muzichuk
  • Patent number: 11668307
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an oil tubing installation assembly and a scroll compressor adopting the same. The oil tubing installation assembly is adapted to be installed into a shell in a vertical direction and includes: a housing on which a vertical oil tubing installation surface and an oil hole located in the oil tubing installation surface are provided; a clip adapted to be installed on the oil tubing installation surface and into the shell along with the housing; and an oil tubing assembly adapted to be installed into the clip in a vertical direction after the housing and the clip have been installed into the shell. The oil tubing assembly includes an oil tubing body and a cuboid-shaped installation block. A through hole is provided in the installation block and the through hole is configured to have a first orifice on the front surface of the installation block and a second orifice on the rear surface of the installation block. The upper end of the oil tubing body is connected to the first orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Han, Xiaodong Wang, Qing Zhang, Jing Zhao, Wenhu Yao
  • Patent number: 11668303
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing; a drive motor provided at an inner space of the casing; a rotational shaft coupled to a rotor of the drive motor, and rotated together with the rotor; a frame provided below the drive motor; a fixed scroll provided below the frame, and having a fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll provided between the frame and the fixed scroll, having an orbiting wrap so as to form a compression chamber including a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber, and a discharge chamber, by being engaged with the fixed wrap. In a state in which a center of the fixed scroll and a center of the orbiting scroll are substantially the same, an interval between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap gradually increases towards the suction chamber from the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jungsun Choi, Howon Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11661938
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for pumps that deliver optimized torque characteristics and volumetric efficiency. A system includes a housing defining a surface and a rotor defining a face. A face clearance is defined between the face and the surface. The face clearance is variable in magnitude and determinative of target performance characteristics of the pump system. The housing is made of a material selected to have a thermal expansion characteristic and the rotor is made of a second material selected to have another thermal expansion characteristic. The thermal expansion characteristics deliver the target performance characteristics of the pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Robert Benson Parrish, Michael P Fannin, Avinash Singh, Ryan David Rosinski, Alan Clifford Taylor, Thomas John Fonville
  • Patent number: 11661940
    Abstract: A compressor includes an orbiting scroll, a cooling pipe and a crankshaft, the cooling pipe includes an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, an axial through hole is provided at a center of the orbiting scroll, a sealing portion of the orbiting scroll is provided with a sealing groove, a mounting hole is provided in the crankshaft, the cooling pipe passes through the crankshaft and enters from a tail portion of the crankshaft, through the mounting hole, the axial through hole and the sealing groove, and then returns back on the same way, and a part of the cooling pipe is arranged in the sealing portion of the orbiting scroll, the cooling pipe moves synchronously with the orbiting scroll and rotates with respect to the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GREE GREEN REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Gang Lv, Huijun Wei, Qi Fang, Shuanglai Liu, Yuchen Zhao
  • Patent number: 11655813
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scrolls, an axial biasing chamber, and a modulation control valve. The second scroll includes an outer port and an inner port. The outer and inner ports may be open to respective intermediate-pressure compression pockets. The modulation control valve may be in fluid communication with the inner port, the outer port, and the axial biasing chamber. Movement of the modulation control valve into a first position switches the compressor into a reduced-capacity mode and allows fluid communication between the inner port and the axial biasing chamber while preventing fluid communication between the outer port and the axial biasing chamber. Movement of the modulation control valve into a second position switches the compressor into a full-capacity mode and allows fluid communication between the outer port and the axial biasing chamber while preventing fluid communication between the inner port and the axial biasing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Camden L. Ives
  • Patent number: 11655817
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided for which a vane slot is formed in each cylinder, a suction port is disposed at one side of the vane slot in a circumferential direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween, and at least one elastic portion is formed in a penetrated or recessed manner at at least one circumferential side surface of the partition wall or between circumferential side surfaces. Accordingly, an elastic strain of the partition wall may increase to reduce friction loss between the vane slot and a vane, a sealing distance may be secured between axial side surfaces of the partition wall to prevent refrigerant leakage between the vane slot and the suction port, an amount of oil or refrigerant stored between the vane and the vane slot may be increased by virtue of the at least one elastic portion formed on an inner surface of the vane slot defining the partition wall, thereby improving lubricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmin Na, Jingyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11655818
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, first and second scroll members, a floating seal, a muffler plate, and a wear ring. The shell defines a discharge chamber and a suction chamber. The floating seal may sealingly engage the second scroll member. The muffler plate defines the discharge chamber and the suction chamber. The wear ring may sealingly engage the muffler plate and the floating seal such that the wear ring, the muffler plate, and the floating seal fluidly isolate the discharge chamber from the suction chamber. The muffler plate may include an axially facing surface that contacts the wear ring. The axially facing surface may include an annular recess. The wear ring may at least partially cover the annular recess. The annular recess may provide clearance between the muffler plate and the wear ring to allow the wear ring to deflect relative to the muffler plate during compressor operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Schaefer, Sumit R. Gadre, Yogesh S. Mahure
  • Patent number: 11635077
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is disclosed, which may provide an oil supply path opened only in case of driving of a low pressure ratio to improve a differential pressure oil supply structure which may have a defect in oil supply in case of driving of the low pressure ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Howon Lee, Taekyoung Kim, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11635078
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, first and second scrolls, a seal assembly, a modulation control chamber, and a modulation control valve. The first scroll may include a first end plate having a biasing passage extending therethrough. The seal assembly may isolate a discharge pressure region from a suction pressure region. The seal assembly and the first scroll may define an axial biasing chamber therebetween that communicates with the axial biasing chamber and a first pocket between the first and second scrolls. The modulation control chamber may be fluidly coupled with the biasing chamber by a first passage. The modulation control valve may be fluidly coupled with the modulation control chamber by a second passage and movable between a first position allowing communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region and a second position restricting communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Akei, Roy J. Doepker
  • Patent number: 11624361
    Abstract: A low pressure gear pump and wear plate is disclosed. The wear plate may comprise a sidewall, a drive portion, a driven portion, and a transition portion. The sidewall is free of a sealing member or a recess configured to receive the sealing member. The drive portion includes a drive inlet lip, a drive outlet lip, a drive recessed trough and a drive bore. The drive bore is configured to receive the drive shaft of the gear pump. The driven portion may that include a driven inlet lip, a driven outlet lip, a driven recessed trough, and a driven bore. The driven bore is configured to receive the driven shaft of the gear pump. The transition portion may include a transition aperture configured to receive a first fastener configured to mount the wear plate to the gear housing. The wear plate is made of bronze, aluminum or non-magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David Arthur Mork, Paul Richard English
  • Patent number: 11624366
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scroll members, a driveshaft, first and second bearings, and first and second Oldham couplings. The scroll members define compression pockets. The first bearing may define a first rotational axis about which the first scroll member rotates. The second bearing may support the second scroll member for rotation about a second rotational axis that is offset from the first rotational axis. The first Oldham coupling may include a first body and a plurality of first keys extending from the first body. The first keys may engage slots formed in the second scroll member. The second Oldham coupling is separate and distinct from the first Oldham coupling. The second Oldham coupling may include a second body and a plurality of second keys extending from the second body. The second keys may engage slots formed in a surface that rotates about the first rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirill M. Ignatiev, Mikhail A. Antimonov
  • Patent number: 11624365
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device has a primary pump and a main pump fluidically connected to the primary pump. The primary pump can be driven by a primary pump input shaft, the main pump can be driven by a main pump input shaft, and the primary pump input shaft and the main pump input shaft are mechanically coupled to a common drive shaft of the fluid delivery device. The primary pump is in the form of a non-compensated gear pump or a centrifugal pump and the main pump is in the form of a compensated internal gear pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Pippes, Artur Bohr
  • Patent number: 11619228
    Abstract: A compressor includes a shell assembly, a compression mechanism and a conduit. The shell assembly defines a chamber. The compression mechanism is disposed within the chamber of the shell assembly and includes a first scroll member and a second scroll member in meshing engagement with each other. The second scroll member includes a suction inlet. The conduit directs working fluid into the suction inlet and includes a first end defining an inlet opening and a second end defining an outlet opening adjacent to the suction inlet. The second end includes a locating pin that extends outwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joey L. Kingseed, Daniel J. Striebich, Joshua S. King
  • Patent number: 11608829
    Abstract: A structure comprising a rotor body, the rotor body including a rotor shaft arranged on one end face of the rotor body, a sub-shaft cavity opened in the rotor shaft, and locating keyways symmetrically opened on both sides inside the sub-shaft cavity; a sub-shaft arranged on the other end face of the rotor body, and sub-shaft locating keyways symmetrically opened on both sides of the sub-shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: OVG VACUUM TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Rong, Yue Li, Miaole Shen
  • Patent number: 11603838
    Abstract: A vane cell pump, including: a rotor and a plurality of vanes rotatable with the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a sub-vane chamber for each vane, and each vane forms a shifting wall of the sub-vane chamber assigned to it; first and second end-facing walls adjoining the rotor on end-facing sides and which, in order to control pressure to the sub-vane chamber, include sub-vane cavities which extend in the circumferential direction of the rotor and include control edges as viewed in the circumferential direction; wherein the control edge of the sub-vane cavity of the first end-facing wall, and the control edge of the sub-vane cavity of the second end-facing wall which is similar to it, are arranged angularly offset about the rotational axis as the apex with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Robin Rene Rauscher, Lothar Preisler
  • Patent number: 11603837
    Abstract: A rotary fluid device including an outer housing assembly and an inner rotating arrangement adapted to rotate relative to the outer housing assembly, the outer housing assembly including a rotor housing and the inner rotating arrangement including a rotor dimensioned to rotatably fit within the rotor housing. One of the rotor and the rotor housing include lobes extending in a radial direction relative to respective inner and outer circumferential surfaces and the other of the rotor and the rotor housing includes followers and follower recesses in which the followers are moveably located. Three pressure zones may be defined between the followers and follower recesses the three pressure zones including an intermediate pressure zone and two laterally pressure zones on opposing circumferentially lateral sides of the intermediate pressure zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Cameron James Pittendrigh
  • Patent number: 11598332
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic orbital machine and a method of adjusting a hydraulic orbital machine comprising a first and a second lobed disk which rotate eccentrically about a rotation axis and within respective rotors; the machine is characterized by the fact that it has adjustment means designed to mutually angularly offset the angles at which, when the machine is at a standstill, the chambers defined between the lobed disks and the stator have minimum volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Federica Franzoni, Alessandro Sassi
  • Patent number: 11598333
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for clearance adjustments in twin-screw pump assemblies. A twin-screw pump assembly may include a conically shaped portion of a drive shaft enveloped by a bushing. For clearance adjustment, both clamping nuts of the drive shaft, which provide pretention to the bushing and secure an axial position of a threaded screw to the drive shaft, may be removed on the flow side of the pump assembly and the bushing loosened to adjust the angularity between bushing and drive shaft. The bushing may then be pushed over the conically shaped portion and both clamping nuts re-assembled. In some examples, a clamping nut of the driven shaft may be designed and used as removal/loosening tool for the drive shaft bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ITT Bornemann GmbH
    Inventors: Manuela Lissel, Eike Steffen Korte, David Johannes Blatt