Resiliently Mounted Pump Or Motor Patents (Class 417/363)
  • Publication number: 20040096341
    Abstract: A vibration and displacement-proof air compressor has an air compressor. A bottom plate of the air compressor is installed with at least one elastic leg pad. An upper portion of the elastic leg pad is firmly secured to the bottom plate of the air compressor so that when actuating the air compressor, the elastic leg pad absorbs the vibration of the air compressor so that no displacement occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: SHINN FU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Victor Hung
  • Publication number: 20040096340
    Abstract: An air compressor with shock-absorption rubber strips at a bottom thereof, wherein the air compressor has an air compressor. At least one shock-absorption rubber strip is installed to the air compressor bottom plate; the shock-absorption rubber strip is firmly secured to the air compressor bottom plate. The shock-absorption rubber strip is installed with a plurality of elastic foot pad so that when the air compressor is actuated, the elastic foot pad will absorb the shock of a casing of the air compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: SHINN FU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Victor Hung
  • Patent number: 6729861
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a compressing unit fixed by a first frame inside a hermetic casing, for compressing gas, a driving motor fixed by a second frame and a third frame inside the hermetic casing, a spring seat member connected with a piston of the compressing unit and positioned between the first frame and the second frame, a plurality of connection members respectively connecting the first and second frame and having a predetermined space in the circumferential direction of the first and second frame, a first spring installed between the first frame and the spring seat member, a second spring installed between the spring seat member and the second frame, wherein each end of the first and second springs is positioned in a space among the connection members. Therefore, the compressor can be miniaturized and the installation space of the compressor can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Won-Sik Oh, Hyuk Lee, Hyung-Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20040071569
    Abstract: A centrifuge has a rotor for receiving a disposable processing unit. The centrifuge is configured such that the motor is attached to an enclosure and the enclosure is supported on a base. The connection between the base and the enclosure is a vibration isolator, and the isolator is positioned such that its effective line of action aligns with the effective plane of rotation of the rotor. In accordance with another feature of the invention, the processing units are held in a decanting position by a decant ring that moves vertically but does not rotate. The ring engages the top of the processing unit during decant and the abrasion is minimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: James R. Ellsworth, Paul McGovern
  • Publication number: 20040071568
    Abstract: In a reliability-improving structure of a reciprocating compressor, by minimizing vibration noise occurred in operation, adjusting a quantity of compression gas accurately, measuring an air gap in order to uniform an air gap of a reciprocating motor in an assembly process and firming combination between an inner stator combined with a piston for compressing gas so as to perform a linear reciprocating motion with the piston and a magnet fixedly combined with the inner stator, reliability of a reciprocating compressor can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Seong-Yeol Hyeon
  • Patent number: 6719539
    Abstract: The system has a fuel pump disposed in a fuel tank for raising a pressure of a fuel sucked through an intake filter and discharging the fuel, a pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the fuel discharged from a discharge port, a fuel filter for filtering the fuel discharged from the discharge port, and a pump holding case for hermetically covering the fuel pump and accommodating and holding the fuel pump. A cushion rubber, having a passage for communicating an intake port and the intake filter is interposed between a bottom wall of the pump holding case and the fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20040067145
    Abstract: A base for an air compressor includes a convex H-shaped member made of resilient material and provided with four legs, the convex H-shaped member being provided with a plurality of internally threaded tubular member on a top thereof, each of the legs having an end provided with raised lines; and four rubber pads each adapted to engage with the end of each of the Legs, whereby the base will function as a shock absorber for the air compressor thereby absorbing the vibration force generated by the air compressor and therefore reducing the noise. Furthermore, the air compressor can operate more smoothly and steadily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 6716001
    Abstract: An oil supply apparatus for a hermetic compressor includes: a crank shaft connected to a rotor of a driving motor so as to be rotated together with the rotor, and having an oil flow path therein; a sleeve connected at a lower end of the crank shaft so as to be rotated integrally together with the crank shaft; a sucking member disposed to maintain a certain gap against an inner circumferential face of the sleeve and sucking oil; and a support bracket installed between support springs installed between a bottom surface of a hermetic container and a stator of the driving motor so that the sucking member can be maintained in a suspended state inside the sleeve, and the sucking member. Since the plurality of legs are fixed as the seat cap is mounted between the support springs, the assembly of the sleeve and the sucking member can be simply assembled in a state that the motor and the compressing unit are already assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Tae-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20040062665
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing the vibration and noise from a pump that is located in an analyzer. Vibration and noise dampening materials are used to secure the pump so that the vibration and noise are kept to a minimum, thereby, making it more comfortable for an operator to hold the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip McGee, Robert Kochie, Durval S. Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20040052658
    Abstract: An oil pump for a reciprocating hermetic compressor comprising a pump body (11), having a free end (12) immersed in the oil, and an opposite end (13) coupled to the compressor, so as to be driven by the latter in a reciprocating axial movement, said pump body (11) defining at the free end (12) thereof a valve seat (15), and further lodging a sealing means (20), which is displaced between a closing position, seated on said valve seat (15), and an opening position, spaced from said valve seat (15), said positions resulting from the displacements of approximation and spacing of the pump body (11) in relation to the sealing means (20) therewithin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie
  • Publication number: 20040052659
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor casing is capable of reducing transmission of vibration to the outside environment by blocking the vibration from the compressor body. The hermetic compressor casing encloses a refrigerant compressing means, which draws in low temperature and low pressure gaseous refrigerant from an evaporator, compresses the drawn refrigerant and discharges the compressed refrigerant. The hermetic compressor casing includes an inner shell enclosing the refrigerant compressing means and having a passageway through which the gaseous refrigerant is drawn in and discharged out, a damping layer enclosing the exterior of the inner shell having a predetermined thickness, and an outer shell enclosing the exterior of the damping layer. As a result, vibration produced from the refrigerant compressing means is damped through the damping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Saeng-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20040028538
    Abstract: An arrangement of an oil-free compressor apparatus on a rail vehicle for supplying compressed air to pneumatic units assigned to the rail vehicle. The arrangement includes an oil-free compressor and a cooler unit connected with the compressor. The arrangement also includes a rail vehicle having a floor with at least one opening. The compressor is fastened on at least one side to the vehicle floor such that a main axis of rotation of the compressor is arranged essentially vertical with respect to the vehicle floor. The cooler unit interacts with the at least one opening that is configured to take in cooling air to cool the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Frank Meyer
  • Patent number: 6688856
    Abstract: A closed motor-driven compressor includes a compression component (2) and an electric component (3) for driving the compression component (2), both of which are elastically supported within a closed vessel (1). A suction muffler (8) is mounted on the compression component (2) and includes a plurality of elements (10, 11, 12; 14, 15, 16; 18, 19, 20; 22, 23, 24; 26, 27, 28) assembled together and each made of synthetic resin. One of the plurality of elements (10, 11, 12; 14, 15, 16; 18, 19, 20; 22, 23, 24; 26, 27, 28) has a guide rib (13; 17; 21) integrally formed therewith that is tapered down toward an adjoining one of the plurality of elements (10, 11, 12; 14, 15, 16; 18, 19, 20; 22, 23, 24; 26, 27, 28), thereby facilitating assembly of the two elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Manabu Motegi, Masahiko Osaka, Akihiko Kubota, Masahiro Kakutani
  • Publication number: 20040005227
    Abstract: Process for assembly of an electric pump, comprising the following phases: (a) a pump proper (1) is formed including a pump body (2) provided with an induction orifice (3), a delivery orifice (4) and electrical terminals (5, 6) to supply it with energy; (b) a cage (7) is arranged around the said pump body (2); (c) a filtering element (15) is fixed to one of the ends of the said pump body (2) by connecting it to the said cage (7) so that the said induction orifice (3) communicates with the said filtering element (15); and (d) the assembly thus obtained is introduced into a pump casing (17) and they are connected one to the other; characterised in that, after phase (c) and before phase (d), a tubular vibration damping element (16) is arranged on the said cage (7), the said tubular element (16) also forming a sole connection organ between the said cage (7) and the said pump casing (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Hugues Cremer, Christian Gerard Hillard
  • Patent number: 6669452
    Abstract: Separated seating members are used to mount a compressor onto an engine of a mobile structure. The compressor has a compressing mechanism and an electric motor, which are accommodated in a case, and the separated seating members embrace and fix the case by mutually linking together. Mounting seats provided on the separated seating members are held against the engine, and are mounted by bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogawa, Yoshifumi Abe, Masahiko Makino
  • Patent number: 6641376
    Abstract: A molecular vacuum pump (1) has a stator unit (9) and a rotor unit (8) disposed within a housing (2). A narrow gap is maintained during operation between the stator unit (9) and the rotor unit (8). The stator unit (9) and the rotor unit (8) are coupled together with respect to vibration to form a rotor/stator system (3). Elastic vibration elements (4, 5) mount the rotor/stator system in the housing such that the rotor/stator system rotates as a unit relative to the housing. Because the rotor and stator units vibrate together rather than relative to each other, very small, precise tolerances are maintained between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Leybold Vakuum GmbH
    Inventor: Heinrich Engländer
  • Patent number: 6626651
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a cylinder supported in a hermetic vessel by a support mechanism. A piston is supported concentrically with the cylinder such that the piston can move in an axial direction of the cylinder. A compression chamber is formed between the cylinder and the piston. A linear motor portion has a moving member connected to the piston through a holding member. A stator is fixed to the cylinder to form a magnetic path between the stator and the moving member. The linear motor portion generates thrust for moving the piston in the axial direction. A sensor detects a displacement of the axial length center of the moving member and a DC bias current is fed to the linear motor to align the axial length of the moving member and the axial length of the stator with each other at the time of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Akazawa, Sadao Kawahara, Sugimatsu Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20030175135
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes: a reciprocating motor installed in the container and having an outer stator and an inner stator provided with at least one step portion at both sides thereof, and an armature linearly moving therebetween; a compression unit having a cylinder and a piston inserted in the cylinder to receive a linear and reciprocal driving force of the reciprocating motor and compress a gas while making a linear and reciprocal movement; a suction unit sucking a gas sucked into the container through the gas suction pipe due to a pressure difference in the compression unit, into the compression unit; a discharge unit discharging the gas compressed in the compression unit to outside the container; a resonance spring unit elastically supporting the piston and the armature; and a frame unit supporting the compression unit and the reciprocating motor. Since the stable driving is made in its operating, generation of a vibration and a noise can be minimized, heightening a reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Jong-Tae Heo, Seong-Yeol Hyeon, Kyung-Bum Hur, Gyoo-Jong Bae, Jang-Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6620041
    Abstract: A multi-use clean air fan and fan motor mount assembly comprising a bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, a fan motor mount, motor mount supports, a fan motor and a fan, the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector having a long outer wall, and a short inner wall, the fan motor mount suspended within the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector by motor mount supports fastened between the outer wall of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector and the fan motor mount, an aperture defining a central opening in the top of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, the fan and fan motor having a common longitudinal axis with the longitudinal axis of the bifurcated conical air inlet and blown air deflector, the fan having a series of vanes extending outwardly from the central longitudinal axis of the fan, the inside of the long outer wall of the bifurcated conical inlet and blown air deflector surrounding more than half of the longitudinal heig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Microzone Corporation
    Inventor: Terence Webb
  • Publication number: 20030170128
    Abstract: A spring support (100) structure for reciprocating compressor having a frame unit (40) elastically supported inside a closed container (10); a reciprocating motor (20) fixed at the frame unit (40); a compression unit (30) having a piston (31) combined to an armature (22) of the reciprocating motor (20) and a cylinder (32) into which the piston (31) is slidably inserted to be fixed at the frame unit (40); and a spring unit (100) supporting a spring support (110) provided at the armature (22) or the piston (31) and guiding a reciprocal movement of the piston (31), wherein the spring unit (100) includes a plurality of front springs (51) supporting one side of the spring support (110) in parallel and a plurality of the rear springs (52) supporting the other side of the spring support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Gye-Young Song, Jeong-Woo Kim, Seong-Joo Han
  • Publication number: 20030170129
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes a frame unit disposed in a container; a reciprocating motor disposed in the frame unit; a cylinder disposed in the frame unit; a piston performing a linear reciprocating motion; a valve unit installed at the front of the frame unit and the piston so as to suck/discharge gas; and a front coil spring arranged on the frame unit in order to support the linear reciprocating motion of the piston elastically and prevent breakage of construction parts abutting on the piston when the piston moves over a top dead center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ki-Won Noh, Jong-Tae Heo
  • Publication number: 20030133812
    Abstract: A vibration dampening system for a reciprocating compressor with a linear motor of the type comprising a motor-compressor assembly having a reference assembly (20) formed by a motor and a cylinder (4) and mounted inside a shell (1) and a resonant assembly (10) formed by a resonant spring (3) and a piston (2) reciprocating inside the cylinder (4), said system comprising at least one first balancing means (30) connecting the reference assembly (20) to the shell (1), and at least one second balancing means (40) connecting the resonant assembly (10) to the shell (1), both balancing means (30, 40) actuating according to the displacement direction of the piston (2), said second balancing means (40) presenting a coefficient of elasticity proportional to the coefficient of elasticity of the first balancing means (30), by a factor defined by the ratio of the masses of the resonant assembly (10) and of the reference assembly (20), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Rinaldo Puff, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie
  • Publication number: 20030129069
    Abstract: A reciprocating compressor including: a closed container (10); a reciprocating motor (20) having stators and an armature (22) disposed in the air gap between the stators (21) and making a reciprocal movement; a compression unit (30) having a piston (31) combined with the armature (22) of the reciprocating motor and a cylinder fixed inside the closed container (10); a spring unit (50) elastically supporting the armature (22) of the reciprocating motor (20) in a movement direction; and a frame unit (100) supporting the reciprocating motor (20) and the compression unit (30) having a gas hole (111) at a suitable portion thereof. Accordingly, when the armature (22) of the reciprocating motor (20) makes a reciprocal movement, the gas is compressed at the end of the armature (22), so that an increase of a flow resistance is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Gyoo-Jong Bae, Seong-Yeol Hyeon, Jang-Whan Kim, Jong-Tae Heo
  • Patent number: 6585241
    Abstract: A device for the vibration-absorbing mounting of a compressed-air generator including a first spring element which is mounted on a mounting support. A second spring element is provided on which the compressed-air generator is arranged. One of the two spring elements has a spring rigidity in essentially the vertical direction that is maximally half its spring rigidity in essentially the horizontal direction. The second spring element is arranged in series with the first-spring element. The inventive device reduces the acceleration measured at the bottom of the understructure to values which are at least 30% of the values known from the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Frank Meyer, Robert Frank, Markus Ehinger
  • Publication number: 20030106537
    Abstract: A fuel supply module mounting structure for a fuel tank (1) is disclosed having a fuel tank module (6) comprised of a tilting mechanism (TM) disposed between an upper plate (5) and a case (8,30) and operative to cause the case to be tilted in a direction away from a valve (20) in response to vertically upward movement of the case in a value beyond a given amount of stroke upon abutting engagement of the case with a bottom wall portion (3) of the fuel tank, avoiding interference between the valve (20) and a pump (9) contained in the case (8,30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Isozaki, Hiroki Isobe
  • Patent number: 6575713
    Abstract: There is provided a vacuum pump which suppresses the propagation of vibrations to an external container without the use of a damper. The vacuum pump has an outer cylindrical portion, a rotor portion and a stator portion accommodated within the outer cylindrical portion to define a transferring portion for a gas sucked from an inlet port, a magnetic bearing for supporting the rotor portion with respect to the stator portion, a motor for rotating the rotor portion with respect to the stator portion, and a base for supporting the outer cylindrical portion and the stator portion. A vibration absorbing member is interposed between the stator portion and the base, which has a natural frequency F=(f1+f3)/2±(f1−f3)/4, provided that f1, f2 and f3 respectively denote a natural frequency of nutation in conical mode, a natural frequency in parallel mode and a natural frequency of procession in the conical mode, when the rotor portion is rotated at a rated speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Ohtachi, Hirotaka Namiki, Akira Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6565332
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-efficiency linear compressor in which even if a compression chamber is defined utilizing an inner space of the linear motor to reduce its size, an amount of heat transmitted from the linear motor to the compression chamber can be reduced by forming a space between the linear motor and a cylinder which defines the compression chamber. The linear compressor comprises a cylinder having a flange and a cylindrical portion supported in a hermetic vessel by a support mechanism, a piston movably supported in the cylindrical portion along an axial direction thereof, a spring member applying an axial direction to the piston, and a linear motor having a stator fixed to the flange of the cylinder and disposed around an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion and a moving member coupled to the piston, wherein a space is formed between the stator and the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Kawahara, Teruyuki Akazawa
  • Patent number: 6517327
    Abstract: A fuel pump isolation assembly for a fuel pump of a vehicle includes a fuel pump and an isolation housing having a fuel pump cavity extending axially therethrough to receive the fuel pump. The fuel pump isolation assembly also includes a plurality of flex arms extending from the isolation housing and into the fuel pump cavity to engage the fuel pump and allow radial movement of the fuel pump during its operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Elizabeth Beyer, Dale Richard Jones, Matthew L. Catlin, Mohammed Aslam, Mark K. Wolfenden
  • Publication number: 20030021706
    Abstract: A structure for reducing noise and vibration of a scroll compressor, including an outer casing connected-combined with a suction pipe and discharge pipe respectively, an inner casing combined with the inner circumferential surface of the outer casing, a driving motor combined with the inner circumferential surface of the inner casing, for generating a rotation force, a driving shaft combined with a rotor for transmitting the rotation force, a fixed scroll for forming a plurality of compression pockets which continuously move, combined with an orbiting scroll orbiting eccentrically combined with the driving shaft and the orbiting scroll and forming a discharge port, a frame fixed-combined on the inner circumferential surface of the inner casing, for supporting the driving shaft and an elastic supporting means for elastically supporting both ends of the outer casing and inner casing can efficiently reduce noise and vibration generated in the whole compressor by attenuating the noise and vibration generated in c
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Young Gi Kim
  • Patent number: 6499970
    Abstract: A combination electric motor-pump unit which is installed on a body of a vehicle. The pump unit includes motor fastening screws with which the electric motor is fastened to the pump housing and which connect the pump unit to the vehicle body. This significantly reduces the number of required parts. The pump unit is provided for a brake system of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Arnold Pahl, Rolf Hummel, Barbara Schwind-Grellmann, Martin Mohle, Erika Mank
  • Patent number: 6491504
    Abstract: A vibration-damping device capable of reducing the transmission of noise caused by a water pump of a hybrid vehicle, for example, to a vehicle compartment. The vibration-damping device includes a cushion member, a pump mounting member, and an elastic support member. The cushion member supports the pump, and includes holding portions each with a slit formed between an upper and lower surface thereof for insertion therein of end edges of a pump extension member that extends from the pump. The pump mounting member includes inverted L-shaped cross-section retaining portions provided on an upper surface thereof, the supporting portions being disposed between the retaining portions and the upper surface of the pump mounting member to retain the cushion member to the pump mounting member. The elastic support member engages a lower side of the pump to provide support against lateral deflection of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagaki, Tatsuo Suzuki, Tetsuo Asano
  • Publication number: 20020175264
    Abstract: Apparatus for mounting an electric motor, which is adapted to drive an endless belt at a predetermined tension, to a stationary frame, includes a housing that is adapted to receive the motor. A drive shaft extends from the front end of the housing and is adapted to drive the belt. An elongated base mount is integrally formed on the outside surface of the housing and extends from the front of the housing for pivotally coupling the housing to the stationary frame. The base mount has a first end and a second end, and a bore which extends longitudinally at least partially through the base mount from the first end and the second end of the base mount. A substantially rigid tab is fixedly attached to the cylindrical housing at a substantially opposite side from the base mount. The tension on the belt is set by applying a biasing force on the tab to pivot the motor about the axis of the base mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Bradley A. Trago, Dennis E. VanZee, Donald Henry DeWall
  • Patent number: 6485271
    Abstract: A body supporting apparatus is provided for motored compressors. The body supporting apparatus includes two coil springs that connect a seat spring of a stator to a seat spring of a lower casing holding the stator thereon, The two coil springs thus stably support the stator on the lower casing. A cylindrical spring guider is set between the two coil springs with an annular support ring formed around the central portion of the internal surface of the guide and supporting the two coil springs on opposite surfaces thereof within the guider. Two coil seat chambers are formed in the cylindrical guider at positions above and under the support ring and communicate with each other through a central opening of the support ring. The two coil springs are movably received within the two coil seas chambers such that the elastic compressive and tensile movement of the two coil springs are axially and stably guided within the associated chambers of the guider without being undesirably moved in a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kyung-Sick Tack
  • Publication number: 20020172607
    Abstract: An oil supply apparatus for a hermetic compressor includes: a crank shaft connected to a rotor of a driving motor so as to be rotated together with the rotor, and having an oil flow path therein; a sleeve connected at a lower end of the crank shaft so as to be rotated integrally together with the crank shaft; a sucking member disposed to maintain a certain gap against an inner circumferential face of the sleeve and sucking oil; and a support bracket installed between support springs installed between a bottom surface of a hermetic container and a stator of the driving motor so that the sucking member can be maintained in a suspended state inside the sleeve, and the sucking member. Since the plurality of legs are fixed as the seat cap is mounted between the support springs, the assembly of the sleeve and the sucking member can be simply assembled in a state that the motor and the compressing unit are already assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Tae-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 6478014
    Abstract: A delivery unit arranged in a surge chamber of a fuel tank includes an ejector for filling the surge tank. One half of the ejector is defined by the surge chamber and the other half is defined by a pump holder holding a fuel pump in the surge chamber. The pump holder and the surge chamber are configured as components which are easy to manufacture, thereby allowing the delivery unit to be cost-effectively configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventor: Helmut Kohlhaas
  • Publication number: 20020164255
    Abstract: A pump and methods for compressing a fluid are provided that comprise a pump head comprising a flexible metal diaphragm attached to a rigid compression chamber. Fluid compression is provided within the rigid compression chamber when the flexible diaphragm is mechanically oscillated back and forth by a linear motor operated at a drive frequency that is at or below the mechanical resonance of the moving parts, mechanical springs and gas springs. Tuned ports and valves allow low-pressure fluid to enter and high-pressure fluid to exit the compression chamber in response to the cyclic compressions. The linear resonance pump provides high frequency operation, small diaphragm displacements, and high compression ratios for gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald Frederick Burr, Vernon Wade Popham, Christopher Charles Lawrenson, Franz Joseph Shelley
  • Patent number: 6474960
    Abstract: A radial compressor is provided for respiration purposes. The sound emissions generated by deflections and separations of the gas flow in the compressor wheel and the housing of the radial compressor and by the high-speed motor of the radial compressor are reduced. This is achieved with a specially shaped passage channel (4) for the volume flow, which exerts a stabilizing effect on the volume flow utilizing the Bernoulli principle of flow. Additional sound reduction is provided by using a separate mass (8) arranged between the motor (6) and the housing (3), which absorbs the sound energy generated by the high-speed motor (6). Also sound reduction is provided by suspending the radial compressor with membranes in a closed capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Dräger Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Hansmann
  • Publication number: 20020131878
    Abstract: Separated seating members are used to mount a compressor onto an engine of a mobile structure. The compressor has a compressing mechanism and an electric motor, which are accommodated in a case, and the separated seating members embrace and fix the case by mutually linking together. Mounting seats provided on the separated seating members are held against the engine, and are mounted by bolts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogawa, Yoshifumi Abe, Masahiko Makino
  • Patent number: 6450150
    Abstract: A fuel feed unit includes a spring element for holding a fuel pump arranged so as to be longitudinally displaceable within a receiving part. The fuel pump is held radially by the spring element and is prestressed axially against a holding element. The feed unit can thereby be produced particularly cost-effectively and makes it possible to mount fuel pumps of different power ratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens
    Inventors: Eduard Sanden, Joachim Korn
  • Publication number: 20020122732
    Abstract: A stator (4A) supporting apparatus for a reciprocating compressor includes a cap member (10), in which one end of an inner resonance spring (7A) abuts to one end of the cap member (10) so that the vibration of the inner resonance spring (7A) is transferred to the stator and the cap member (10) is isolated from the frame of the compressor so as to prevent the vibration of the inner resonance spring (7A) from transferring to the frame (1) directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Won-Sik Oh, Ki-chul Choi
  • Patent number: 6435841
    Abstract: A hermetic reciprocating compressor has a rigidity increasing portion for increasing the rigidity of a sealed casing of the compressor to control transmission noise that is transmitted through the sealed casing and to reduce the noise of the compressor. The rigidity increasing portion includes an elastic member which exerts elasticity between a compression device portion and a lower shell of the compressor. The elastic member increases the rigidity of the lower shell of the compressor to produce noise controlling effects similar to that which results from an increase in the thickness of the shell of the compressor itself Accordingly, noise and vibration levels are improved by the sealed casing, and the noise of the compressor can be reduced. The elastic member includes a body having an annular hole in contact with the center of the bottom of the lower shell and a plurality of supporting legs extending from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Samsung Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chul-sung Kim
  • Patent number: 6435842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spring supporting structure of a linear compressor which is capable of reducing the horizontal length of the compressor by reducing the overall length which adds the length of an inner resonance spring to the length of an outer resonance spring by placing at least three inner resonance springs and outer resonance springs so as to cross each other to the cylindrical direction vertical to the center line of a inner/outer spring supporters placed between an inner stator assembly and an outer stator assembly fixedly formed on a frame elastically installed inside of a casing in order to make the magnet assembly perform the linear reciprocating motion, and placing the part of the elastic region of the certain inner resonance spring so as to overlap with the elastic portion of the adjacent outer resonance spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Gye Young Song
  • Publication number: 20020106289
    Abstract: An engine blower with excellent engine cooling capacity and sufficient efficiency in restraining noises without deteriorating the blower performance is offered. A fan provided with vanes to create the wind for the blower and the wind for cooling the engine on both side of the rotating plate is rotated inside the blower case in order to cool the engine, the air in the engine case provided with an air inlet port is suctioned into the blower case from the inlet provided on the wall separating the engine case and the blower case by utilizing the negative pressure created by rotation of the fan, the cylinder inside the engine case is cooled by the air passing from the air inlet port to the blower case via the engine case, and the engine noise emitted to the outside from the air inlet port from the engine case is minimized by passing the air in the engine case to the blower case from the air inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Kohya Tanaka, Tetsuji Shibata
  • Patent number: 6425735
    Abstract: A system for accommodating thermal expansion of a pump housing. The system includes a pump having an external housing, and a mounting structure for mounting the pump. Contacting members are disposed intermediate the mounting structure and the pump for allowing one-dimensional movement of the external housing along a longitudinal axis of the external housing. Alternatively, bearing members are positioned to support the pump in the mounting structure, while allowing a thermal distortion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technolog Corporation
    Inventor: Ketankumar K. Sheth
  • Patent number: 6422833
    Abstract: A hermetic reciprocating compressor includes a crankshaft stopper with an integrally formed resonance reducer portion. The crankshaft stopper is attached to the upper inner portion of a sealed casing of a compressor to restrict the movement of a motor portion and a compression device portion. The resonance reducer portion of the crankshaft stopper increases the rigidity of the sealed casing by reducing the resonance of the sealed casing. Since the vibration produced and transmitted to the sealed casing during the operation of the compressor is absorbed or damped by the crankshaft stopper with the resonance reducer portion, the resonance of the sealed casing is reduced and/or eliminated. Accordingly, overall noise caused by resonance of the sealed casing can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Samsung Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-woo Park
  • Patent number: 6409480
    Abstract: A drive unit for hydraulic consumers for individual structural component parts of a machine for producing shaped articles from molding materials, including a motor, a pump driven by the motor, and a carrying part configured to connect at least one of the pump and the motor to the machine. The carrying part has a pipe-shaped area which is closed at both ends by at least one of a bottom and a cover. At least the pump projects into the carrying part and is enclosed by the carrying part. The pump is attached to the carrying part on a side facing away from the motor. A portion of the carrying part is constructed as a connection block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventors: Kurt Dieno, Andreas Kübel, Hans-Jürgen Popp, Ernst Würl
  • Patent number: 6409481
    Abstract: A hermetically encapsulated compressor with a closed winding head for use in small-size refrigerating installations with a compressor housing in which a cylinder housing (10) with an extension (25) and an electromotor (6) are arranged which are mutually fastened to one another and which rest on the compressor housing by means of supports (4, 20, 19). In order to provide an alternative manner of adjusting and testing the air gap which allows performing a precise adjustment of the air gap even when a closed winding head is used it is provided that the extension (25) of the cylinder housing (10) is provided with breakthroughs (13) through which the cylindrical jacket of a mounting tool (24) can be inserted for assembling and positioning the crankshaft (3), the cylinder housing (10) and the rotor (1) with the stator (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Verdichter Oe. Ges,m.b.H.
    Inventors: Walter Brabek, Josef Hirtzi
  • Patent number: 6386845
    Abstract: An encased air blower (10) includes a motor and fan assembly (21) which is connected to the casing (11) of the air blower (10) by a combination mounting and sealing member (22). The unique mounting and sealing member (22) provides a positive seal between the suction (12) and pressure (13) sides of the air blower casing (11). The unique mounting and sealing member (22) further serves to acoustically isolate the motor and fan assembly (21) from the casing (11) and thereby significantly reduces the operational noise level of the air blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: Paul Bedard
  • Patent number: 6382932
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor having a noise absorbing member disposed in an enclosed casing for noise reduction is provided. The noise absorbing member substantially in a circular disk shape is attached to an inner surface of an upper side of the upper shell to reduce various machine noises generated during an operation mode of the compressor. The noise absorbing member includes a circular disk, a hole formed at the center portion of the circular disk, and a plurality of extending portions radially and outwardly extending from the circular disk. The noise absorbing member is attached to the upper shell and simultaneously fitted around a crankshaft stopper which supports the hole of the noise absorbing member and adheres onto the upper shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Samsung Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gui-Gwon Kim
  • Patent number: 6371738
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying breathable gas for assisted respiration includes a casing portion having a gas flow path between a gas inlet and a gas outlet, a rotor disposed within the casing portion and in fluid communication with and positioned between the gas inlet and the gas outlet, an electric motor coupled to the rotor, and a sealed inflatable cushion having a base surface structured to support the casing portion and the electric motor thereon. The inflatable cushion is in fluid communication with the gas outlet to thereby at least one of inflate and maintain inflated the inflatable cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventor: Richard L. Jones