Patents by Inventor Dale Joseph McEldowney

Dale Joseph McEldowney 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).

  • Injection molded seals for compressors
    Patent number: 9121276
    Abstract: Improved seal components for compressors, such as scroll compressors, are provided. Such seal components have a molded composite on a seal plate that is preformed, which serves as an improved face seal for floating seal assemblies. The preformed seal plate may be formed of a sintered powder metal or cast gray iron. The molded composite comprises a thermoplastic polymer and at least one reinforcing or lubricating particle. Methods of forming such seal components for a scroll compressor by injection molding are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Heidecker, Jeffrey Jay Lichty, Dennis D. Pax, Dale Joseph McEldowney, Todd A. Manning, Natalie M. Gehret
  • INJECTION MOLDED SEALS FOR COMPRESSORS
    Publication number: 20140023541
    Abstract: Improved seal components for compressors, such as scroll compressors, are provided. Such seal components have a molded composite on a seal plate that is preformed, which serves as an improved face seal for floating seal assemblies. The preformed seal plate may be formed of a sintered powder metal or cast gray iron. The molded composite comprises a thermoplastic polymer and at least one reinforcing or lubricating particle. Methods of forming such seal components for a scroll compressor by injection molding are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew J. Heidecker, Jeffrey Jay Lichty, Dennis D. Pax, Dale Joseph McEldowney, Todd A. Manning, Natalie M. Gehret