Patents by Inventor Natalie Gehret

Natalie Gehret 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).

  • Alignment feature for a lower bearing assembly for a scroll compressor
    Patent number: 9528517
    Abstract: A compressor including a shell, and a compression mechanism disposed in the shell including a first scroll member having a first spiral wrap and a second scroll member having a second spiral wrap intermeshed with the first spiral wrap. A drive shaft has a first end engaged with the first scroll member for moving the first scroll member relative to the second scroll member, and a bearing assembly including a bearing housing rotatably supports a second end of the drive shaft. A base is secured to the shell, and a mounting feature formed on either the bearing assembly or the base orients the bearing assembly relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pankaj Nimbaji Ahire, Vinayak Madanrao Juge, Sunil A. Magadum, Natalie Gehret
  • LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR SCROLL COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20150275898
    Abstract: A compressor including a shell, and a compression mechanism disposed in the shell including a first scroll member having a first spiral wrap and a second scroll member having a second spiral wrap intermeshed with the first spiral wrap. A drive shaft has a first end engaged with the first scroll member for moving the first scroll member relative to the second scroll member, and a bearing assembly including a bearing housing rotatably supports a second end of the drive shaft. A base is secured to the shell, and a mounting feature formed on either the bearing assembly or the base orients the bearing assembly relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Pankaj Nimbaji Ahire, Vinayak Madanrao Juge, Sunil A. Magadum, Natalie Gehret
  • Capacity modulated scroll compressor
    Patent number: 6821092
    Abstract: A scroll compressor has a biasing chamber which contains a pressurized fluid. The pressurized fluid within the chamber biases the two scroll members together. A valve assembly is in communication with this biasing chamber and releases the pressurized fluid on demand to remove the load, biasing the two scroll members together. When the biasing load is removed, the two scroll members separate, creating a leakage path between discharge and suction to reduce the capacity of the scroll compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Copeland Corporation
    Inventors: Natalie Gehret, Kirill Ignatiev