With Secondary Vane Or Abutment Moving Means Patents (Class 418/223)
  • Patent number: 10683864
    Abstract: Vacuum pump (1), comprising a housing (2) having an inlet (4) and an outlet (6) and defining a chamber (8) within the housing (2), a rotor (10) for rotational movement about a rotational axis (AR) within the chamber (8), and at least a first and a second vane (22, 24) received in respective first and seconds slots (16, 18) formed in the rotor (10). The first and second slots (16, 18) are substantially parallel to each other, and a length (LV) of each vane (22, 24) is larger than a length (LS) of the respective slot. Production method of such a vacuum pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
    Inventors: David Heaps, Simon Warner, Paul Wellings
  • Patent number: 8985984
    Abstract: A rotary compressor (102) has a shaft (4), a cylinder (5), a piston (8), a first vane (32), a second vane (33), a first suction port (19), and a second suction port (20). The first vane (32) divides a space between the cylinder (5) and the piston (8) along a circumferential direction of the piston (8). The second vane (33) further divides the space divided by the first vane (32) along the circumferential direction of the piston (8) so that a first compression chamber (25) and a second compression chamber (26) having a smaller volume than the first compression chamber (25) are formed within the cylinder (5). The first suction port (19) introduces a working fluid into the first compression chamber (25). The second suction port (20) introduces a working fluid into the second compression chamber (26). The second suction port (20) is provided with a suction check valve (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Atsuo Okaichi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8985985
    Abstract: A rotary compressor (102) has a shaft (4), a cylinder (5), a piston (8), a first vane (32), and a second vane (33). The first vane (32) divides a space between the cylinder (5) and the piston (8) along a circumferential direction of the piston (8). The second vane (33) further divides the space divided by the first vane (32) along the circumferential direction of the piston (8) so that a first compression chamber (25) and a second compression chamber (26) having a smaller volume than the first compression chamber (25) are formed within the cylinder (5). The piston (8) and the second vane (33) are integrated together, or the piston (8) and the second vane (33) are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Atsuo Okaichi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8376725
    Abstract: A planetary rotation machine including at least one ring channel which is curved along an at least partial arc and that contains a piston that can be moved in a fluid generating a movement. The piston can be coupled to a rotary body coaxially arranged by a lever by the rotational axis thereof. A stable structure able to transmit high torques is obtained by guiding the lever through a gap created in the wall of the ring channel in a direction of displacement of the piston, in a radial direction away from the piston in a sealed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Heinz Raubacher
  • Patent number: 7946833
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vane pump having variable displacement and high efficiency. The variable displacement vane pump includes a plurality of elongate, axially extending inserts disposed in the rotor. One of the inserts is disposed between every adjacent vane pair. The inserts are received within axially extending pockets in the rotor and are coupled to the rotor by springs. At lower rotational speeds, the inserts are retracted and the displacement of the pump chambers is at maximum. At higher rotational speeds, the inserts are advanced into the pump chambers, effectively reducing their displacement. Thus, the variable displacement pump compensates for the varying drive speed and achieves improved uniformity of fluid flow by providing maximum displacement at low speeds and reduced displacement at higher speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Mordukhovich
  • Patent number: 5242288
    Abstract: An engine or pump is described which has a round cylinder in cross section, the surface of the cylinder being a round toroidal tube in the rotary direction. The cylinder is made of two equal parts, one part fixed and one part rotating with each part meeting on a flat surface at a right angle to the driveshaft. Force exerted axially against the rotating cylinder part by a spring diaphram seals the cylinder where the two parts meet on the flat surface. The spring diaphram is pre-loaded by a thrust bearing in a pre-loading disk to apply force to the rotating part of the cylinder. Within the cylinder are one or more round toroidal section pistons that are attached to the rotating part of the cylinder by piston pins. A hinged internal cylinder abutment is actuated by the piston as the piston passes through the abutment section. Working fluid to the cylinder is controlled by an internal valve actuated by a cam-disk on the driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Inventor: Ogden W. Vincent
  • Patent number: 5033946
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a stationary housing having a rotor chamber and a rotor rotatably mounted in the rotor chamber, the inner peripheral surface of the rotor chamber having a central axis which is eccentrically disposed relative to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The housing has generally planar inner end walls having a cylindrical opening through which the rotor shaft extends. A plurality of vanes are slidably mounted in vane slots in the rotor and operable to define variable volume chambers as the rotor rotates and the vanes move generally radially in and out of the vane slots. Back pressure regulating grooves are disposed in the end walls of the housing, the grooves having a central axis coincident with the axis of rotation of the rotor, the grooves being juxtaposed to the vane slots and communicating with the vane slots for regulating the internal back pressure on the vanes in the vane slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakamaki, Yukio Horikoshi, Kenji Tanzawa
  • Patent number: 4819594
    Abstract: A reversible rotary internal combustion engine comprising a stator which defines a cylindrical chamber (43), a drive shaft (1) extending coaxially through the chamber, a rotor (2) comprising a cylindrical hub mounted coaxially on the drive shaft and a rotor arm (3) extending radially from the hub, two radially movable wall members (4a, 4b) mounted in the stator, each of the wall members having a retracted position in which the radially inner face of the wall member lies flush with the inner periphery of the stator and an inserted position in which the face of the wall member is in contact with the peripheral surface of the hub, means (8a, 8b) for selecting one of the wall members (4a, 4b) to lie normally in the inserted position so as to divide the chamber (43) into a combustion chamber (47) between such wall member and the rotor arm (3) and an air compression chamber (48), means (12, 13) for introducing air and a fuel into the combustion chamber (47) whereby upon ignition of the fuel/air mixture the combusti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Inventor: George B. Tsakiroglou
  • Patent number: 4428195
    Abstract: A rotary vacuum pump is proposed, having a rotor with vanes which rotates eccentrically within a housing bore. Each vane is coupled with a body which is ineffective at relatively low pump rpm; however, at higher rpm, the body engages the vane in such a manner that it removes the vane from its track within the housing bore.In this manner, an rpm-dependent shutoff device is created for the pump. In cooperation with the furnishing of underpressure as an auxiliary pressure in motor vehicles, the pump is used to supplement the underpressure which prevails when the internal combustion engine is at low, idling rpm; this prevailing underpressure is at a very low pressure level, and so when it is thus supplemented there is sufficient auxiliary vacuum force available over the entire rpm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Linder, Helmut Rembold, Walter Teegen