Patents by Inventor Alain Laville

Alain Laville has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230167825
    Abstract: The scroll compressor includes a compressor shell having a discharge outlet; an orbiting scroll; a fixed scroll including a discharge passage (16); a discharge pressure volume (17) at least partially defined by the compressor shell and the fixed scroll (7); a discharge muffler arrangement (21) attached to the fixed scroll (7) and arranged in the discharge pressure volume (17), the discharge muffler arrangement (21) including a first tubular element (28) provided with a muffler inlet (29) fluidly connected to the discharge passage (16), an expansion chamber (33) fluidly connected to an inner volume of the first tubular element (28), and a second tubular element (35) including an inlet opening emerging in the expansion chamber (33) and an outlet opening fluidly connected to the discharge pressure volume (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Remi Bou Dargham, Alain Laville, Arnaud Daussin, Jean-Jacques Laissus
  • Publication number: 20220170466
    Abstract: The scroll compressor (1) includes a compressor shell (2) having a discharge outlet (4); a fixed scroll (7) arranged within the compressor shell (2) and including a fixed base plate (11) and a discharge passage (16) which is formed in the fixed base plate (11) and which is provided with a discharge port (17) emerging into a discharge pressure volume (18) at least partially defined by the compressor shell (2) and the fixed scroll (7); and a deflector (29) arranged in the discharge pressure volume (18), the deflector (29) covering the discharge port (17) and at least partially delimiting a discharge opening (31) facing the discharge outlet (4) of the compressor shell (2), the deflector (29) being configured to force a compressed refrigerant gas flow emerging from the discharge port (17) to smoothly shift from an axial direction to a radial direction and being configured to direct said compressed refrigerant gas flow towards the discharge outlet (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Julien Lavy, Alain Laville, Sebastien Sababady
  • Patent number: 11225967
    Abstract: The scroll compressor (2) comprises a hermetic enclosure (3) comprising an outer shell (4); a compression unit (11) arranged within the hermetic enclosure (3); an electric motor (21) configured to drive the compression unit (11), the electric motor (21) including a rotor (22) and a stator (23); and an inner shell (26) in which the electric motor (21) is arranged. A baffle (34) is arranged inside the inner shell (26) at a stator end winding (25) of the electric motor (21), the baffle (34) comprising deflecting means configured to deflect at least a part of a main refrigerant flow, flowing inside the inner shell (26), towards said stator end winding (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Danfoss Commercial Compressors
    Inventors: Alain Laville, David Genevois, Julien Lavy
  • Publication number: 20190383286
    Abstract: The scroll compressor (2) comprises a hermetic enclosure (3) comprising an outer shell (4); a compression unit (11) arranged within the hermetic enclosure (3); an electric motor (21) configured to drive the compression unit (11), the electric motor (21) including a rotor (22) and a stator (23); and an inner shell (26) in which the electric motor (21) is arranged. A baffle (34) is arranged inside the inner shell (26) at a stator end winding (25) of the electric motor (21), the baffle (34) comprising deflecting means configured to deflect at least a part of a main refrigerant flow, flowing inside the inner shell (26), towards said stator end winding (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Alain Laville, David Genevois, Julien Lavy