Axially Spaced Working Chambers Patents (Class 418/215)
  • Patent number: 8764421
    Abstract: Scroll type fluid machinery, in which two stationary scrolls (2A, 2B) are fixed onto a housing (1), and form volume changing mechanisms (50A, 50B) with matching orbiting scrolls (3A, 3B). Three orbiting units (40) are located between the two volume changing mechanisms. Each orbiting unit comprises a rotating member (10) and a thrust-cancelling shaft (20). Assembly sets of the thrust-canceling shaft consist of turning elements and a connector, which in turn connects with orbiting scrolls through threads. There exists only circumferential constraint but no axial constraint between the connector and the turning element. Rotating turning element will rotate the connector, and thus move the two orbiting scrolls closer or farther through the threads on the connector. The rotating member of this invention further provides a larger space to the supporting bearings (14A, 14B) of the thrust-canceling shaft, and also eases component manufacturing, machinery's assembly and adjustment, and bearings' cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Shanghai Universoon AutoParts Co.
    Inventors: Enjiu Ke, Ji Ke
  • Publication number: 20140134035
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a system including a trochoidal rotary device. The trochoidal rotary device includes a housing comprising an inner surface, a rotor having at least one bearing recess, a shaft eccentrically mounted to the rotor, wherein the shaft and the rotor are integrated with one another, and at least one bearing disposed between the bearing recess of the rotor and the inner surface of the hollow housing, wherein at least one of the inner surface of the hollow housing, the bearing recess of the rotor, and the at least one bearing comprise a bearing interface comprises a surface treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Omar M. Kabir, Mark Andrew Patterson, Ronald Wayne Webb
  • Publication number: 20140093412
    Abstract: Combined booster and primary pump arrangements can be bulky and require separate supplies of purge gas and cooling water. In order to overcome this problem invention provides a vacuum pump in which two or more pumping mechanisms, i.e. the booster pump and main pump, are housed in the same stator. The invention further provides a vacuum pump stator comprising at least two operatively interconnected cavities, wherein at least two of the cavities each comprise at least one rotor-receiving portion shaped to receive two or more at least partially intermeshing rotors, and wherein an axis of a rotor-receiving portion of a first one of the cavities is offset with respect to an axis of a rotor-receiving portion of a second one of the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Ian David Stones
  • Patent number: 8602755
    Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided. The rotary compressor may include a plurality of cylinders each having a suction port formed such that an intersection of a center line of the suction port and a center line of a vane slot is positioned at a predetermined interval closer to the vane slot than to an intersection between a center of an inner diameter of the cylinder and the center line of the vane slot. A proximal end of the suction port may be formed in the vicinity of the vane slot so as to advance a compression start angle of a compression space and reduce a dead volume between the vane slot and the suction port, thus improving compressor performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joonhong Park, Yunhi Lee, Yoonsung Choi
  • Publication number: 20130094985
    Abstract: A rotary piston pump equipped with a motor having two counter-rotating rotary pistons. The two rotary pistons are housed in an oval pump housing. The two rotary pistons are arranged on a first output shaft and a second output shaft. The first output shaft and the second output shaft are driven and synchronized via at least one elastic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Hans Juergen Linde, Bernhard Murrenhoff, Robert Kurz, Reinhard Denk, Josef Strassl, Thomas Boehme, Hisham Kamal, Stefan Weigl, Roger Willis, Stefan Kern, Johann Kreidl, Gunter Herr, Franz Kneidl, Mikael Tekneyan, Erwin Weber, Marcel Verhoeven, Mathias Gradl, Udo Enderle
  • Patent number: 7909592
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided which has favorable assembling property, does not require a thrust bearing, has a bearing structure for bearing a compression section at both sides thereof and has a simple structure of a scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yano, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sugawa, Kunio Tojo, Fumihiko Ishizono, Masayuki Kakuda, Shin Sekiya, Masahiro Sugihara, Toshihide Koda
  • Patent number: 7614860
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided which has favorable assembling property, does not require a thrust bearing, has a bearing structure for bearing a compression section at both sides thereof and has a simple structure of a scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yano, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sugawa, Kunio Tojo, Fumihiko Ishizono, Masayuki Kakuda, Shin Sekiya, Masahiro Sugihara, Toshihide Koda
  • Publication number: 20090241581
    Abstract: An expander of the present invention includes a plurality of suction ports for guiding a working fluid to a working chamber, and the plurality of suction ports includes a first suction port (71) and a second suction port (73) with a differential pressure valve (72). The ratio R2 of time length of an expansion process of expanding the working fluid in the working chamber to time length of a suction process in which the working fluid is sucked into the working chamber (55a) from the first suction port (71) and the second suction port (73) by opening the differential pressure valve (72) is smaller than the ratio R1 of the time length of the expansion process to a suction process in which the working fluid is sucked into the working chamber (55a) only from the first suction port (71) by closing the differential pressure valve (72).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masaru Matsui, Atsuo Okaichi, Takeshi Ogata, Masanobu Wada
  • Publication number: 20090169409
    Abstract: A vane machine comprises an inner rotor (28) and an outer rotor (51). A plurality of radially extending vane elements (32) separates first vane chambers (89) from one another. The van elements (32), with a radially inner end region (34), are accommodated in the inner rotor (28) in a radially displaceable manner and, with a radially outer end region (36), are accommodated in the outer rotor (51) in a pivotable manner. It is proposed that the radially inner end regions (34) of the vane elements (32) be accommodated in the inner rotor (28) at a fixed angle and that the outer rotor (51) comprise individual shoes (38) which are separate for each vane element (32) and in which the vane elements (32) are accommodated in a pivotable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Willi Schneider
  • Patent number: 7458220
    Abstract: A complex fluid machine (100) comprises a compressor device (110) for a refrigerating cycle (20) and an expansion device (120) for Rankine cycle (30) to collect waste heat from an engine (10) and convert into a rotational force, wherein the compressor device (110) and the expansion device (120) are arranged in a fluid machine housing (111, 101c, 121), but those devices (110, 120) are operatively independent from each other. The compressor and expansion devices (110, 120) are formed as scroll type devices, and each of the fixed scroll wraps (112b, 122b) are formed at a common base plate (101) and extend in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignees: DENSO Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeki Iwanami, Keiichi Uno, Hironori Asa, Tomohiro Kishimoto, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20080199341
    Abstract: A motor and a method of operating the motor are described. The motor may have a female rotor shaft having mounted thereon a female compression rotor, a female power rotor, and a spur gear. The motor may also have a male rotor shaft having mounted thereon a male compression rotor, a male power rotor and a power rotor gear. A housing containing the foregoing may have a front housing plate, a compression rotor case, an isolator plate, a power rotor case, a rear housing plate, and a gear cover adjacent the rear housing plate. The various female and male rotors are engaged with one another within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Matthew Riley, Steven Raymond, Reed Frank
  • Publication number: 20080187451
    Abstract: A feed unit for a fuel pup includes a rotor eccentrically mounted in a pump chamber, and a plurality of grooves disposed on the periphery of the rotor. The grooves receive a plurality of sealing bodies which extend from within the grooves to an annular wall of the pump chamber embodied as a curved track. A gap is defined between the rotor and the curved track and is subdivided into gap spaces that are sealed from each other by the sealing bodies, which are configured as elastic spring elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Reinhard Dittmann, Markus Moertl, Christoph Mittermueller
  • Patent number: 6941900
    Abstract: A rotary engine has a spherical enclosure serving as a combustion chamber, a first baffle inside the combustion chamber slideable along a groove formed in the spherical enclosure, and a second baffle disposed in the combustion chamber which is in sealing engagement with the internal spherical surface of the combustion chamber. The second baffle is carried by a rotatable shaft, the shaft extending into the spherical combustion chamber. The first baffle rests against the second baffle, and separates the interior of the combustion chamber into a first part and a second part. A first valve in a first opening is disposed to communicate with the first part of the combustion chamber, and a second valve in a second opening is disposed to communicate with the second part of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Inventor: Valentin Malinov
  • Patent number: 6506512
    Abstract: A compression regenerative machine for a fuel cell according to the present invention comprises a displacement type compression mechanism portion C connected to an oxygen-containing gas supply side of a fuel cell F, and a displacement type regenerative mechanism portion E connected to an exhaust discharge side of the fuel cell F. A confined compression chamber 14 defined by the compression mechanism portion C and a confined regenerative chamber 24 defined by the regenerative mechanism portion E have a capacity ratio of 1.25 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hidefumi Mori, Takashi Ban, Ryuta Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 5988998
    Abstract: A rotary diaphragm fluid pump includes a rigid tubular body with internal annular groove, a tubular flexible diaphragm whose central portion is caused to orbit by an eccentrically driven bearing. Preferably the diaphragm is a moulding which features an elastic fixed abutment between the inlet and outlet ports, and internal reinforcement to ensure that the full diaphragm stroke is achieved. Two such pumps may compliment each other to produce a pulsation free output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Charles Austin Pumps Ltd.
    Inventor: Brian Howard Glover
  • Patent number: 5769617
    Abstract: A rotary sliding-vane compressor is described which contains a single rotor with compressor and expander sections, together with a reduced number of parts and efficiency improvements compared to conventional compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Refrigeration Development Company
    Inventor: John Stewart Glen
  • Patent number: 4659297
    Abstract: A vane motor is disclosed in which the volumetric displacement, torque, or speed are continuously adjustable. The vane motor includes a housing having a rotor and cam ring disposed axially around the rotor. The rotor includes vanes in radial slots which divide the motor between the rotor and cam rings. One cam ring is rotatable relative to the other so as to change volumetric displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Kahrs
  • Patent number: 4386894
    Abstract: A rotary power plant that uses high-pressure, low volume hydraulic fluid has a housing journalling a rotor formed by a main shaft portion in the circumference of which one or more grooves are formed partially therearound; if more than one they are phased for partial overlap. Forming an expansion chamber with each groove, in addition to the sides of the groove and a radial end of the groove and the housing is a valve plunger spring biased against the groove, in which an end of the valve plunger rises as an automatically retractable barrier. An alternative embodiment provision of different-diameter shaft portions is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Inventor: Barto John A.
  • Patent number: 4274814
    Abstract: Rotative machine for fluids comprising a disc or stator with spiral-like ribs limiting channels between an inlet and an outlet for fluids and, mounted for rotation in relation to the said disc, a rotor cooperating slidingly with the said disc so as to define with said channels, the conduits for the circulation of fluid, vanes of the vane wheels, with a profile conjugated with the profile of the channels and engaged in the latter, the said wheels being carried for rotation by the rotor.The channels are extended in such a manner as to allow the conduits to be operative with a vane in the portions of the channels where the vane cooperates only with one rib.Such a machine can be used in a gas turbine assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Inventor: Eugeniusz M. Rylewski
  • Patent number: 4021165
    Abstract: A rotative machine for fluids comprising a plate with spiral-like passages (stator), facing a disc (rotor) mounted for rotation relative to the stator on a common axis and carrying, on its face in front of the passages, vane wheels mounted for rotation on axes transverse to the said common axis whose vanes circulate in the passages where they form fluid compartments completed by the cooperating surfaces of the stator and of the rotor covering the passages.In one embodiment, a rotor faces the first and second stators, respectively, and has vane wheels cooperating, by their diametrically opposite parts, simultaneously with the passages of the first and second stators between an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. The fluid entering the machine is thus directed towards one and the other inlet chambers and the outlet chambers of the two stators are connected to a common outlet of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Inventor: Eugeniusz M. Rylewski
  • Patent number: 3981637
    Abstract: A rotary piston engine comprising a stator and a rotor including piston slides in the rotor, and working chambers between the rotor and the stator wherein movable parts are provided in the stator for adjusting the volume of the working chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Inventor: Arno Fischer