Resiliently Mounted Pump Or Motor Patents (Class 417/363)
  • Patent number: 8182242
    Abstract: A compressor vibration isolation mount for isolating the vibrations of a compressor from the rest of a structure includes at least one frame; and at least one gimbal coupling the compressor to the at least one frame for partial rotation about at least one primary axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Chart SeQual Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Harrington, Bruce K. Bridges, Carl E. Tedesco, Douglas D. Gaylord
  • Patent number: 8167541
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vibration-absorbing device for blower motors, which is provided between a blower motor and a motor housing surrounding the blower motor. The vibration-absorbing device includes a vibration-absorbing body, which may be spherical, and an engaging depression. The vibration-absorbing body is provided in the blower motor. The engaging depression is formed in the inner surface of the motor housing such that a vibration-absorbing body can be contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Halla Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Jun Mo Ku
  • Patent number: 8162624
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor (1) includes a cylinder block (4), in which a cylinder (14) is arranged, and a cylinder head (16), which covers the front side of the cylinder (14) and is connected to the cylinder block (4) by a plurality of threaded bolts (18, 19). It is endeavored to achieve a good performance with a small mass of the refrigerant compressor. For this purpose, it is ensured that at least two threaded bolts (18) extend through the cylinder block (4) and are screwed into a common mating thread element (23) at the end projecting from the cylinder block (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Secop GmbH
    Inventors: Jesper Valbjoern, Anders Jakob Madsen, Kristoffer Riemann Hansen
  • Patent number: 8157541
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a pedal force servomechanism assembly of a motor vehicle structure. The pedal force servomechanism assembly is provided with integrated screw connection points and can be fastened by screws to any vehicle structure in a particular vehicle application. It also provides that a static axial pressing of the components located within the unit, a hydraulic unit and a motor unit, is ensured. A holding plate is positioned between the opposed surfaces of those assembled units, and is provided both with through-holes for attaching the hydraulic unit to the motor unit, as well as with through-holes for attaching the assembly to the vehicle structure of the particular vehicle application. The holding plate is of resilient design in the axial direction in the clamping region between the hydraulic unit and the motor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marco Grethel
  • Patent number: 8152487
    Abstract: An inverter-integrated electric compressor that is capable of solving various problems caused by thermal expansion of a gel material filled inside an inverter accommodating section for vibration prevention and moisture prevention and capable of increasing reliability is provided. In the inverter-integrated electric compressor, an inverter accommodating section (11) is integrated with a periphery of a housing (2) accommodating an electric compressor; an inverter device (20) is accommodated inside the inverter accommodating section; a gel material (30) for vibration prevention and moisture prevention is filled in the upper section thereof so as to leave an air layer (31); an upper opening in the inverter accommodating section is sealed with a cover member (18); and a vent valve (40) formed of a moisture-permeable waterproof membrane (42) is provided in the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Watanabe, Manabu Suzuki, Yuki Ichise, Yukihiro Sakaguchi, Takeshi Hirano, Akinori Yoshioka, Takayuki Hagita
  • Patent number: 8141679
    Abstract: An absorptive muffler assembly includes a first body and a second body surrounding the first body. A resilient mount having at least one resilient portion and at least one support arm supports the first body and isolates the second body from vibrations of the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8142175
    Abstract: A scroll compressor assembly includes a mounting base with a pair of support ribs formed into the mounting base, for structurally strengthening the support provided by the mounting base. The mounting base may either support the scroll compressor housing as a separate component part or may integrally form part of the scroll compressor housing. The mounting base has at least two tracks for rail mounting of the scroll compressor assembly and typically includes holes for fasteners and/or grommets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bitzer Scroll Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Duppert, Kenneth D. Heusler
  • Patent number: 8137082
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of an air blower includes an electrically powered motor including a motor housing. A blower housing has first and second housing structures, each having inwardly facing, spaced ribs, and configured to surround the motor assembly in an assembled configuration. The ribs on the first and second housing structures register the radial and axial position of the motor housing inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: G-G Distribution and Development Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Graham J. Campbell
  • Patent number: 8113797
    Abstract: Provided is a simplified design for spring retainers in a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor. A hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor includes a hermetically tight enclosure, and an electrical motor unit and a compressor supported relative to the enclosure by springs. The electrical motor unit and compressor include a first spring retainer and the enclosure includes a second spring retainer. The first and second spring retainers hold springs such that the electrical motor and compressor are supported relative to the enclosure. The first spring retainer is integrated with the electrical motor unit and the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Secop GmbH
    Inventors: Jesper Valbjoern, Kristoffer Riemann Hansen, Anders Jakob Madsen
  • Patent number: 8070460
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an oil supply apparatus of a linear compressor. In the linear compressor including a main body frame, a cylinder installed on the main body frame, and a piston installed inside the cylinder, for performing linear reciprocation, the oil supply apparatus circulates the oil between the cylinder and the piston. The oil supply apparatus of the linear compressor includes an oil supply passage for supplying the oil to a gap between the cylinder and the piston, and an oil pumping means consisting of an oil cylinder fixed to the main body frame to communicate with the oil supply passage, a mass member installed in the oil cylinder and linearly reciprocated by vibration of the main body frame, for pumping the oil, and oil elastic members installed in the oil cylinder, for elastically supporting the mass member at both sides of the mass member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangmin Lee
  • Publication number: 20110293446
    Abstract: What is shown is a housing of a small coolant compressor comprising an evaporator shell, wherein the evaporator shell is formed at least by a metal wall (2) fastened directly to the housing (1) in sealing fashion, the wall following a perimeter line of the housing (1) and by at least one partial surface (1a) of the housing disposed inside the wall (2). At least one damping element (5) for damping the oscillations transferred from the housing (1) to the wall (2) is fastened to the wall (2) at a distance from the housing (1). In order to reduce noise emissions, one or more damping elements (5-10) encompass the free upper edge of the wall (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ACC Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Stupnik, Hans-Peter Schoegler
  • Patent number: 8062005
    Abstract: The invention concerns a linear compressor, particularly a refrigerant compressor, with a housing (2, 2?) and a compression unit, which comprises a compressor with a piston and a cylinder as well as a linear motor driving the piston in relation to the cylinder along a movement axis, the compression unit (30) being connected to the housing (2) via a spring arrangement (7). It is endeavoured to provide a space saving support of the compression unit (30) in the housing that enables good vibration suppression. For this purpose, the spring arrangement comprises a spring (6, 7), which is curved in the circumferential direction in relation to the movement axis (50), said spring surrounding the compression unit (3-5) on at least a share of its circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Secop GmbH
    Inventors: Poul Erik Hansen, Jan Thomsen, Frank Holm Iversen
  • Patent number: 8047813
    Abstract: An aromatherapy air pump is damped and largely isolated against acoustic and mechanical transmission of vibrations in three dimensions by a combination of containment within multiple, nested housings and standoffs provided by elastomeric supports having anisotropic geometry. An elastomeric liner as well as unstable legs, physical separations, and hermetic seals combine to provide sound reduction for noise and vibration emanating from the pump and its drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Inventor: Earl Vaughn Sevy
  • Patent number: 8038418
    Abstract: A linear compressor has a rigid frame (11, 12, 13), on which an oscillating body (16) is held via at least one spring (9) so as to be able to effect reciprocating motion and at least one electromagnet (14, 15) is mounted for driving the reciprocating motion of the oscillating body (16), and having a pump chamber (13) forming part of the frame, in which pump chamber a piston, connected to the oscillating body (16), may effect reciprocating motion. The frame (11, 12, 13) is connected in an oscillatory manner to a fixing member (1) for fixing the linear compressor to a support by a diaphragm spring (5, 7, 9) oriented transversely of the direction of movement of the oscillating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Jan-Grigor Schubert
  • Patent number: 8033798
    Abstract: A vibration damper includes a first damping member coupled to a compressor, a second damping member coupled to the first damping member, and a dispersion member between the first and second damping members to disperse torsional vibration forces from the compressor. The dispersion member may also serve to disperse axial and torsional vibration forces received from the compressor through the first damping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Hwan Suh, Seung Yup Kim, Dong Koo Shin
  • Publication number: 20110243764
    Abstract: The motor-driven compressor is mounted on a first mounting of a vehicle. The motor-driven compressor includes a compressor body, a second mounting, a first spacer, a flexible conductor and a fastener. The compressor body is electrically powered to draw in fluid for compression and to discharge the compressed fluid. The second mounting is formed on the compressor body and has a mounting hole. The first spacer is made of a resin and interposed between the first mounting and the second mounting. The conductor is formed integrally with the first spacer for electrically connecting the first mounting and the second mounting. The fastener is made of a resin and inserted through the mounting hole of the second mounting for joining the first mounting and the second mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Shinji TSUBAI, Ken SUITOU, Kosaku TOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20110243763
    Abstract: A motor-driven compressor is to be mounted to a first mounting of a vehicle. The compressor includes a housing having therein a compression mechanism that is electrically powered to draw fluid into the housing for compression and to discharge the compressed fluid out of the housing, and a second mounting for securing the housing to the first mounting. The second mounting includes a first cylindrical member, a damping member made of a resin and provided between the first cylindrical member and the housing, a first fastening member extending through the first cylindrical member and the damping member for securing the first cylindrical member and the damping member to the housing, and a second fastening member inserted through the first cylindrical member for securing the first cylindrical member to the first mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Ken SUITOU, Kazuhiro KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20110243765
    Abstract: The motor-driven compressor is mounted on a mounting of a vehicle. The motor-driven compressor includes a compressor body, a mounting, a damper and a fastener. The compressor body is electrically powered to draw in fluid for compression and to discharge the compressed fluid. The mounting of the compressor is formed on the compressor body and has a mounting hole. The damper is made of a resin and receives therein the mounting of the compressor. The damper is interposed between the compressor body and the mounting of the vehicle and has a through hole. The fastener is inserted through the through hole of the damper and the mounting hole of the compressor for securing the damper to the mounting of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tomohiko SUGIYAMA, Ken SUITOU
  • Patent number: 8002528
    Abstract: A compressor includes a shell, a compression mechanism, a motor, a base member, and a mounting foot. The compression mechanism is disposed within the shell and the motor is drivingly engaged with the compression mechanism. The base member is coupled to the shell and a mounting foot is fixed to the base member. The mounting foot includes a mounting aperture extending therethrough and a slot intersecting the aperture that attenuates vibrations within an operating frequency range of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hodapp, Robert J. Comparin, Parag H. Mathuria, Daniel L. McSweeney
  • Patent number: 7993113
    Abstract: A damper is configured for a vacuum pump that evacuates a vacuum system via gas transfer by a gas transfer mechanism in the vacuum pump by the rotating action of a rotating body in the vacuum pump. The damper restrains the propagation of vibrations produced in the vacuum pump to the vacuum system during an evacuation operation. The damper comprises a vibration absorbing device that is positionable between the vacuum pump and the vacuum system during an evacuation operation and that has a damping characteristic in a frequency band that coincides substantially with a rotation frequency of the rotating body of the vacuum pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: BOC Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Hirotaka Namiki, Satoshi Okudera
  • Publication number: 20110164995
    Abstract: There is proposed an embodiment of an electric fluid pump of a semi-axial design wherein support ribs (31) are arranged between a radially outer pump housing portion (32) and a first, radially inner motor housing portion (8) that radially surrounds the electric motor (1), wherein the radially outer pump housing portion (32) is formed integrally with the first motor housing portion (8) and the support ribs (31). In this manner, as compared to previously known embodiments, small wall thicknesses of the pump housing can be realized because the support ribs will offer sufficient strength. Thus, the number of component parts and the weight can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: PIERBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Albert Genster
  • Patent number: 7967576
    Abstract: The invention concerns an operating unit to generate a flow of air under pressure in aerosol therapy equipment, comprising a pump group (12) powered by a motor and having a head (19), with an air inlet duct (22) complete with filter (24) and an air outlet duct (23). The pump group is enclosed in a body made up of two shells, top and bottom, (13, 14) which overlap and fit together on a transversal plane at the level of their edges. The shells forming the body receive and hold the air inlet duct (22) with filter, the air outlet duct (23) and a plate with socket and switch following their overlapping for automizable assembly of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Flaem Nuova S.p.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Abate, Luigi Abate
  • Publication number: 20110129364
    Abstract: An electric pump includes: a second housing and a first housing separated from each other in an axial direction; a stator portion that accommodates an annular coil portion; an outer rotor portion that is rotated based on a magnetic field generated by the coil portion, at a position on the inner side of the housings; and an inner rotor that is rotatably supported by a support shaft portion having an axis that is offset from that of the outer rotor portion, and that has an outer peripheral surface that is engaged with an inner peripheral surface of the outer rotor portion. The second housing is fitted onto the support shaft portion, to which the first housing has been fixed, from one side of the support shaft portion in the axial direction. As a result, the outer rotor portion and the stator portion are clamped between the first housing and the second housing from both sides in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoyasu YAMAMORI, Noriyasu HAYASHI, Daichi KANDA
  • Publication number: 20110123367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for operating an auxiliary assembly (16), comprising a housing (14), of a vehicle, in particular of a utility vehicle, having a drive unit (12) which comprises a further housing (18) and has the purpose of making available a torque, a shaft (30) for transmitting the torque from the drive unit (12) to the auxiliary assembly (16), wherein the shaft (30) projects into the housing (14) of the auxiliary assembly (16) or into the further housing (18) of the drive unit (12). Furthermore, the drive unit (12) and the auxiliary assembly (16) form a common coolant circuit (52) for cooling the drive unit (12) and the auxiliary assembly (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Steffen Jordan, Christoph Wilken
  • Patent number: 7896623
    Abstract: A linear compressor with a pumping chamber, in which a piston moves back and forth, and a frame, fixed to the pumping chamber, on which an oscillating body, connected to the piston, is fixed by at least one spring such as to move back and forth and provided with at least one electromagnet, for driving the back and forth movement of the oscillating body. A one-piece spring connects the oscillating body to the frame and the frame to a fixing body, for fixing the linear compressor to a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Jan-Grigor Schubert
  • Patent number: 7887306
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a linear compressor including a shell, a compressor main body installed in the shell and composed of a cylinder, a piston reciprocated inside the cylinder to compress refrigerant, and a linear motor for driving the piston, and elastic members spaced apart from the bottom of the shell to support the compressor main body inside the shell. In this configuration, since installation positions of the elastic members approach a gravity center of the compressor main body, a rotation moment imparted to the elastic members can be lowered and vibration of the compressor main body can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyo-jae Lee
  • Patent number: 7878773
    Abstract: An improved peristaltic pump whereby the elastomeric tubing communicates with the peristaltic pump in a way that allows for axial movement of the tubing thereby extending the flex life of the pump tubing. A tubing element is fitted with a flange that allows tension to be applied to the tubing in a way that changes depending upon the location of the rotor at any given time. The tension can be applied via an elastic material located between the flange and the housing or between the housing and a device that communicates with the flange. The dynamic tension reduces the amount of stress on the tubing material when the rollers first engage the tubing on the suction side of the pump and when they depart the tubing on the discharge side of the pump. The invention is particularly useful for materials that have limited axial flexibility and for those with very large axial flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Maztech, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Allen Zumbrum, George H. Coates, III
  • Publication number: 20110020151
    Abstract: A blower system for an engine includes a base of a blower scroll coupled to an engine crankcase. The base has a bottom wall with an opening sized to accommodate an end of a crankshaft. The base also has a sidewall extending away from the crankcase. The blower system further includes a blower housing fastened to the base, without the use of threaded fasteners. Together the blower housing and the base form a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. Also, the blower system includes a fan within the chamber. The fan is driven by the crankshaft and is designed to direct a flow of air through the outlet of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Carl T. Tiefenthaler, Benjamin R. Miller, Chad J. Gartzke, John R. Schneiker, Greg Hupfer, David W. Branski
  • Patent number: 7866967
    Abstract: A pump, in particular a vacuum pump for motor vehicles, wherein a rotor with at least one vane is mounted inside a pump housing, the rotor being rotatably driven by the combustion engine of the motor vehicle via a coupling device. An intermediate element is arranged between the rotor and the coupling device so as to captively retain the rotor and coupling device and protect them against wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Luk Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Heidemeyer
  • Patent number: 7819638
    Abstract: A mounting system is provided for supporting a weight of a compressor in a mobile application. The compressor may include a top end and a bottom end. The mounting system may include a housing having a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate being disposed a distance above the bottom plate. A mounting bracket may be connected to the top plate and the bottom plate. An isolation assembly may be disposed on the mounting bracket and may be configured to connect to the compressor at a connecting location below the top end and above a location at or adjacent to the bottom end of the compressor. The isolation assembly is configured to support the weight of the compressor at the connecting location without the compressor being supported adjacent to its bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Grimm, Ryan Patrick McEnaney, Danette E. Hadfield
  • Patent number: 7806230
    Abstract: A resilient mount useful in a muffler assembly includes a support arm, a bracket arm and at least one resilient portion. In one example, the resilient portion comprises neoprene to provide a cushion between the support arm and the bracket arm. The resilient mount is for supporting at least one absorptive body within a housing and isolating the housing from vibrations of the absorptive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7798788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of high rotation speed vacuum pumps, which are fastened to and connected to a structure such as a vacuum enclosure or a pipe to generate a hard vacuum. It consists in an annular fixing flange including holes cooperating with headed bolts to fasten a vacuum pump to a structure. The flange comprises an upper ring and a lower ring cooperating to clamp the end of the pump body between the upper ring and the lower ring, and at least one first cavity in a face of the upper ring that is in a plane perpendicular to that of the face of the upper ring intended to come into contact with the wall of the structure. The invention also consists in a fixing system comprising an annular flange disposed coaxially with the pump body around the inlet orifice of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Nicolas Varennes, Olivier Dauvillier
  • Patent number: 7771177
    Abstract: This ventilation assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a fan (3), a support (4) for mounting the fan (3) in a motor vehicle and a securement (24) of the fan to the mounting support (4), the fan comprising a helix (6) and a motor (8) for driving the helix (6) in rotation. The securement (24) comprising a collar (26) for the radial clamping of the motor (8). Application, for example, to the ventilation of the cooling radiators of the heat engines of motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Faurecia Cooling Systems
    Inventors: Jérôme Maillard, Eric Texier, David Negre, Bruno Lucbernet
  • Publication number: 20100172769
    Abstract: The suspension system is applied in a compressor, presenting a shell in which interior is horizontally suspended a motor-compressor assembly having opposite ends that are spaced from the shell by an axial spacing. Mounting elements are each attached to an end of the motor-compressor assembly and suspension springs are mounted to the shell and to each respective mounting element. The suspension system comprises stop elements attached to the shell and having a free end portion disposed between a respective end of the motor-compressor assembly and the adjacent suspension spring. A first distance defined between the stop element and the adjacent end of the motor-compressor assembly is smaller than the axial spacing and smaller than a second distance defined between the stop element and an adjacent suspension spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Claudio Roberto Hille
  • Publication number: 20100129235
    Abstract: An anti-vibration structure for cooling fan includes a frame, a hub assembly, and an anti-vibration unit. The frame includes at least a first, a second, a third, and a fourth sidewall. Any of the four sidewalls is connected at two opposite ends to respective one end of two adjacent sidewalls, and a radially inward recess is formed at each joint of any two adjacent sidewalls. The hub assembly is mounted in the frame. The anti-vibration unit includes at least one main body, and the main body has one side adapted to fitly engage with the recess. The anti-vibration unit absorbs vibration produced by an operating cooling fan to thereby reduce noise and allow the cooling fan to have increased operating stability and prolonged service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Jin Qian
  • Patent number: 7722335
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. The linear compressor comprises shell spring seats each including a shell coupling portion and a spring coupling portion. A buffer is provided between the shell coupling portion and the spring coupling portion to absorb vibration. This prevents the vibration from being transmitted from the spring coupling portion to the shell coupling portion, resulting in no noise discharge to the outside of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Dong Kim
  • Publication number: 20100080717
    Abstract: A fan motor is adapted to be mounted in a combustion-powered tool. The combustion-powered tool has a housing. The fan motor includes a fan unit, a motor for driving the fan unit, a vibration-absorbing unit, and a clamping unit. The vibration-absorbing unit includes a rigid support that is adapted to be mounted fixedly in the housing of the combustion-powered tool, and an elastic member sleeved over the motor and molded on the rigid support such that the rigid support is disposed around the elastic member. The elastic member is disposed between the rigid support and the motor for absorbing vibrations generated by the motor. The clamping unit includes at least one clamping member sleeved over the elastic member for clamping and retaining the elastic member on the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventors: Jung-Mao Ho, Chang-Sheng Lin, Sheng-Man Wang
  • Patent number: 7670400
    Abstract: A motor mount assembly for an air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The motor mount assembly includes a motor ring adapted for receiving a motor, a mount ring adapted to be received in the air cleaner, and a plurality of mounting vanes extending between the motor ring and the mount ring. A mounting vane of the plurality of mounting vanes includes a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is affixed to the motor ring and the proximal end is affixed to the mount ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Oreck Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Charles W. Reynolds, Owen T. Bourgeois, Christopher M. Paterson
  • Publication number: 20090317263
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an oil supply apparatus of a linear compressor. In the linear compressor including a main body frame, a cylinder installed on the main body frame, and a piston installed inside the cylinder, for performing linear reciprocation, the oil supply apparatus circulates the oil between the cylinder and the piston. The oil supply apparatus of the linear compressor includes an oil supply passage for supplying the oil to a gap between the cylinder and the piston, and an oil pumping means consisting of an oil cylinder fixed to the main body frame to communicate with the oil supply passage, a mass member installed in the oil cylinder and linearly reciprocated by vibration of the main body frame, for pumping the oil, and oil elastic members installed in the oil cylinder, for elastically supporting the mass member at both sides of the mass member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sangmin Lee
  • Patent number: 7614855
    Abstract: A fluid pumping system that includes a motor and a pump, wherein an output shaft of the motor is directly coupled to an input shaft of the pump. This coupling between the output shaft of the motor and the input shaft of the pump may be the primary mechanism for coupling the motor to the pump. Such a configuration may be called a “floating pump mount”, because the pump is primarily coupled to the motor via the shaft connection. As a result of this connection, the output shaft of the motor may be naturally “aligned” with the input shaft of the pump. To help prevent the pump from freely rotating with the output shaft of the motor during operation, a rotational stop mechanism may be provided. The rotational stop mechanism may include at least one resilient member for absorbing or substantially absorbing at least some of any relative movement between the pump and the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Arimitsu of North America, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Cook
  • Patent number: 7603989
    Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus pumps fuel in a fuel tank to an outside of the fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a lid member that covers an opening formed in the fuel tank. The lid member includes an outlet passage, through which fuel passes to the outside of the fuel tank. A pump module is accommodated in the fuel tank. The pump module is supported by the lid member. The pump module includes a fuel pump that pumps fuel in the fuel tank to the outside of the fuel tank. A pipe member connects with a pipe connecting portion of the outlet passage and a pipe connecting portion of the pump module. The pipe member introduces fuel discharged from the pump module to the outlet passage. The pipe connecting portion of the outlet passage and the pipe connecting portion of the pump module are substantially perpendicular to an axis of the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Noriya Matsumoto, Kouji Izutani, Keiichi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090162226
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of an air blower includes an electrically powered motor including a motor housing. A blower housing has first and second housing structures, each having inwardly facing, spaced ribs, and configured to surround the motor assembly in an assembled configuration. The ribs on the first and second housing structures register the radial and axial position of the motor housing inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Graham J. Campbell
  • Patent number: 7540723
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a reciprocating motor that generates a reciprocation force and a compressing unit to which a discharge pipe that discharges a compressed fluid is connected. The compressing unit compresses a fluid by receiving the reciprocation force generated by the reciprocating motor. A frame, to which the reciprocating motor and the compressing unit are fixed, is connected to a suction pipe that sucks a fluid to be compressed at one side thereof, and that contains lubricating oil therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gye Young Song, Jong Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 7537438
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes: a cylinder installed inside a casing and having a space therein; a piston disposed inside the cylinder; an inner stator fixed at an outer circumference of the cylinder; a magnet fixed at an outer circumference of the inner stator; and an outer stator disposed to maintain a certain distance from an outer circumference of the magnet. Accordingly, the number of components is reduced thus to reduce a manufacturing cost, and performance can be also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gye-Young Song, Kwang-Wook Kim, Je-Nam Kang
  • Publication number: 20090081056
    Abstract: To form a shock absorbing structure more easily. A shock absorbing structure for consuming shock energy is provided on the flange of a molecular pump. An insertion hole is provided in the flange, and a shock absorbing member formed by an independent and small part is fitted and fixed in this insertion hole. A bolt hole is provided to cause a bolt for fixing the flange and a vacuum vessel in the shock absorbing member to pass therethrough. The shock absorbing member is provided with a thin-wall portion by forming a cavity portion. In the case where a shock in the rotation direction of a rotor portion is produced in the molecular pump, for example, by fracture of the rotor portion, the flange slides in the rotation direction of the rotor portion together with the molecular pump. Thus, the bolt that fixes the flange to the flange of the vacuum pump hits the shock absorbing member, thereby the shock absorbing member is subjected to plastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Yasushi Maejima, Yoshinobu Ohtachi, Rumiko Wada, Yoshihiro Enomoto, Chris Bailey, Dawn Stephenson, Kate Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090068030
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor arrangement (1) having a hermetically tight enclosure (2), a unit (7) comprising an electrical motor (8) with stator (14) and rotor (15) and a compressor (9) with cylinder head cover (48), and springs (10-12) fixed on the unit (7) via first spring retainers and on the enclosure via second spring retainers (59). It is endeavoured to simplify the design of the spring retaining means. For this purpose, at least one of the elements cylinder head cover (48) and end plate (23) of the stator (14) comprises at least one integrated first spring retainer (49, 50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Danfoss Compressors GmbH
    Inventors: Jesper Valbjoern, Kristoffer Riemann Hansen, Anders Jakob Madsen
  • Publication number: 20090028727
    Abstract: A chemistry analyzer precision pump is disclosed. In one general aspect, it has a pump block that defines a first pump chamber with a fluid port at a first end, an opening for a piston at a second end, and a seal mount located between the opening and the port. A second, smaller, pump chamber also has a fluid port at a first end, an opening for a piston at a second end, and a seal mount located between the opening and the port. A first seal is mounted at the first seal mount and a second seal is mounted at the second seal mount. A first piston is mounted to reciprocate in the first pump chamber, past the first seal, and a second, smaller piston is mounted to reciprocate in the second pump chamber, past the second seal. The first and second pistons and the first and second pump chambers can be conically shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Tony Mao, Ronald Jones, Stanley Liffmann
  • Patent number: 7465156
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a compressor comprises: a bracket installed at one surface of a compressor and having a plurality of holes; a plurality of supporting members extending from a base on which the compressor is mounted and protrudingly formed to pass the holes of the bracket; and a plurality of elastic members, each elastic member surrounding one end of each supporting member and inserted in the hole at a certain interval between its inner circumferential surface and the supporting member, for elastically supporting the bracket, thereby effectively reducing vibration of the compressor and improving reliability of a product provided with the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dong-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20080304980
    Abstract: A compressor vibration isolation mount for isolating the vibrations of a compressor from the rest of a structure includes at least one frame; and at least one gimbal coupling the compressor to the at least one frame for partial rotation about at least one primary axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: SEQUAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven M. Harrington, Bruce K. Bridges, Carl E. Tedesco, Douglas D. Gaylord
  • Publication number: 20080232984
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor comprises a casing including a suction pipe (SP) through which a fluid is introduced from the outside and a discharge pipe (DP) through which the fluid is discharged outside and forming a predetermined internal space; a compressor main body (700) positioned in the casing (100), compressing the fluid introduced through the suction pipe (SP) with a linear reciprocating motion of a piston (420) and discharging the compressed fluid through the discharge pipe (DP); and a supporting unit (600) including a plurality of coil springs connecting the compressor main body (700) to the casing (100), wherein the plurality of coil springs (610, 620) includes, respectively, end coils (590) tightly wound so as to be fixed to one surface of the compressor main body (700) and to one surface of the casing (100) and an inner coil (580) having at least one part which is tightly wound and positioned between the end coils (590), thereby minimizing the lateral vibration of the compressor, which is generated
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Min-Woo Lee