Miscellaneous Patents (Class 418/270)
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Publication number: 20110052934Abstract: There is provided a slide part used in an environment where there is a lubricant containing a molybdenum compound including a hard protective layer formed on an outermost surface of a substrate of the slide part; in which: the hard protective layer includes mainly carbon, nitrogen, and a metal element; the hard protective layer is composed of a complex of an amorphous carbon body containing nitrogen and a compound crystal of the metal element; the compound crystal is composed of at least one of a metal carbide, a metal nitride, and a metal carbonitride; and a surface hardness of the hard protective layer is 1800 or larger in Vickers hardness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Itto SUGIMOTO, Kazutaka OKAMOTO, Fumiaki HONDA, Kenichi INOUE
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Patent number: 7891961Abstract: A bolt hole receiving a fixing bolt is formed in a portion of an end plate overlapping an annular piston or a fixed wrap as viewed in a thickness direction of the end plate to open at the back face of the end plate. In fixing a discharge valve to the end plate, the fixing bolt is screwed into the bolt hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Yoshitaka Shibamoto, Kazuhiro Furusho, Kazutaka Hori, Takazo Sotojima, Masanori Masuda
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Patent number: 7887310Abstract: A compressor (20) has an unloading slide valve (100). The valve has a valve element (102) having a range between a first condition and a second condition, the second condition being unloaded relative to the first condition. A piston (124) is in a cylinder (128) and mechanically coupled to the valve element. A control valve (40; 42) is coupled to a headspace (138) of the cylinder to selectively expose the headspace to a fluid source (144), pressure of fluid in the headspace producing a force on the piston and valve element in a direction from the second condition toward the first condition. The compressor includes means (190, 192; 210; 220) for relieving excess pressure in the headspace.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Paul J. Flanigan, Kyle D. Wessells, Francis P. Wilson, Stephen L. Shoulders
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Patent number: 7854602Abstract: A rotary compressor for changing a compression capacity of the compressor includes a driving shaft being rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise, and having an eccentric portion of a predetermined size; a cylinder forming a predetermined inner volume; a roller installed rotatably on an outer circumference of the eccentric portion so as to contact an inner circumference of the cylinder; a vane installed elastically in the cylinder to contact the roller continuously; a first bearing installed in the cylinder, for rotatably supporting the driving shaft; a second bearing installed in the cylinder, for rotatably supporting the driving shaft and guiding the fluid into the fluid chamber; discharge ports communicating with the fluid chamber; and a valve assembly having openings separated by a predetermined angle from each other, the valve assembly having a center which is eccentrically installed by a predetermined distance from a center of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ji Young Bae, Chul Gi Roh, Kyoung Jun Park, Chang Yong Jang, Jong Bong Kim, Young Hwan Ko
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Patent number: 7854601Abstract: A lubricant-tight vane rotary vacuum pump includes at least one pump stage (17, 18) having a safety valve (3) for controlling gas flow to the pump stage, a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir (30) at least partially surrounding the pump stage housing (10, 40), and a hydraulic conduit (31) connecting the lubricant pump outlet (22) with the safety valve (3), with a pressurized lubricant flow through the hydraulic conduit (31) opening the safety valve (3), and a channel (32) branching from the hydraulic conduit (31) for delivering a pressurized lubricant into the lubricant reservoir (30).Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbHInventor: Juergen Wagner
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Patent number: 7841838Abstract: A rotary closed type compressor is configured such that an inside of a case becomes high pressure, and the rotary closed type compressor comprises a first cylinder and a second cylinder having cylinder chambers in which eccentric rollers are housed, respectively, vanes which divide the cylinder chamber into two sections, respectively, and vane chambers in which back-face side end portions of the vanes are housed, respectively. The vane on the first cylinder side is pressed and biased by a spring member provided in the vane chamber, and the vane on the second cylinder side is pressed and biased according to pressure difference between case internal pressure introduced to the vane chamber and suction pressure or discharge pressure introduced to the cylinder chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Isao Kawabe, Kazuo Mochizuki, Shoichiro Kitaichi, Koji Hirano, Izumi Onoda, Kazu Takashima
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Patent number: 7811070Abstract: A pneumatic vane motor with a stator cylinder having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, a rotor eccentrically journalled in the cylinder and carrying a number of sliding vanes which divide the cylinder into moving cells, wherein the cylinder comprises a by-pass passage located between the air inlet opening and the air outlet opening and arranged to leak air from a pressurized working cell into a preceding cell before the working cell reaches the outlet opening, thereby using a preceding cell as an expansion volume for sound attenuation.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Atlas Copco Tools ABInventor: Anders Urban Nelson
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Patent number: 7806672Abstract: In a compression mechanism of a rotary compressor, a cylinder chamber is defined by a cylinder and a second housing. A back surface side gap is defined between an end plate part of the cylinder and a flat plate part of a first housing. The first housing is provided with a communicating path and a differential pressure regulating valve. When the difference between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is small, the discharge pressure is introduced through the communicating path to an intermediate gap whereby both an internal gap and the intermediate gap are placed at the same pressure as the discharge pressure. Conversely, when the difference between the discharge pressure and the suction pressure is great, the communicating path is made discontinuous by the differential pressure regulating valve whereby the intermediate gap is placed at an intermediate pressure lower than the discharge pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Furusho, Takazo Sotojima, Takashi Shimizu, Kazutaka Hori, Yoshitaka Shibamoto, Masanori Masuda
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Patent number: 7798793Abstract: A compressor (20) has an unloading slide valve (100). The valve has a valve element (102) having a range between a first condition and a second condition, the second condition being unloaded relative to the first condition. A first surface (200) of the valve element (102) is in sliding engagement with a second surface (202) of the housing (22) during movement between the first and second conditions. The compressor includes means for lubricating the first (200) and second (202) surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventor: Stephen L. Shoulders
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Patent number: 7780426Abstract: A rotary compressor including a housing having first and second compressing chambers separated from each other, first and second flanges coupled to the housing, to close the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, an intermediate plate to separate the first and second compressing chambers from each other, first and second rollers rotatably installed in the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, first and second vanes to reciprocate in a radial direction of the first and second compressing chambers to divide the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, and a vane control device to control the reciprocating movement of the first vane by use of a suction pressure and a discharge pressure, for a variation in compression capacity. A first gap, defined at an end of the first roller, is smaller than a second gap defined at an end of the second roller.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung Rae Cho, Phil Soo Chang, Hyeong Joon Seo, In Ju Lee, Ji Hoon Choi
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Patent number: 7780427Abstract: A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing in which first, second, third communication holes are provided apart in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall; an accumulator held at an outside part of the housing; a low-pressure connecting pipe for connecting a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole; and an intermediate connecting pipe for connecting the first and third communication holes. The first and third communication holes are provided nearly in the same locations in the circumferential direction of the housing. The accumulator is held nearly in the same location in the circumferential direction as that of the second communication hole. The second communication hole is provided in a different location in the circumferential direction from those of the first and third communication holes for preventing interference between the low-pressure and intermediate connecting pipes each formed in arc shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu General LimitedInventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
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Patent number: 7775782Abstract: A variable capacity rotary compressor capable of reducing collision noise of a vane with a roller. The variable capacity rotary compressor includes a vane controller controlling the operation of a vane in order to vary compression capacity. The vane controller includes a control valve that switches a fluid channel so as to selectively apply discharge pressure and intake pressure to the vane guide slot, a connection channel that connects the control valve with the vane guide slot, a high-pressure channel that connects the control valve with a discharge side of the compressor, and a low-pressure channel that connects the control valve with an intake side of the compressor, and a throttle section that reduces the fluid channel of at least one of the high-pressure channel and the connection channel in order to reduce an initial discharge pressure applied to the vane guide slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Hoon Choi, Jeong Il Park, Jeong Hoon Kang, Phil Soo Chang, Kyung Rae Cho, Jin Kyu Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, In Ju Lee
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Patent number: 7771178Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism, a motor, and a vapor injection system. The compression mechanism may be contained within in the shell and include a non-orbiting scroll axially displaceably mounted to the shell. The non-orbiting scroll may have an exterior portion, an interior portion, and a vapor injection passage extending therethrough from the exterior portion to the interior portion. The motor may be contained within the shell and may be drivingly coupled to the compression mechanism. The vapor injection system may include a vapor injection device, a vapor injection fitting, and a vapor injection valve. The vapor injection fitting may be in communication with the vapor injection device and the vapor injection passage. The vapor injection valve may be disposed between the shell and the interior of the non-orbiting scroll.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Perevozchikov, Roy J Doepker
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Patent number: 7766636Abstract: An oscillating variable displacement ring pump provides both positive and variable displacement. A housing circumscribes a pump chamber. The pump chamber encases an oscillating ring driven by a crankshaft. The crankshaft's offset shaft is located inside the pump chamber. The ring encircles the offset shaft. A bearing rotatably attached to the offset shaft rolls inside the ring. When the pump chamber is sealed, rotation of the offset shaft causes ring oscillation in the chamber. Ring oscillation creates vacuum pressure, which draws substances into pump chamber via an inlet port while pumping out substances of the pump chamber via an outlet port. A valve within the pump chamber contacts the ring and follows ring oscillation to help separate incoming substances from outgoing substances. The pump can include an adjustable internal by-pass means to control the volume and pressure of substances delivered by the pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Inventor: Ronald Szepesy
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Patent number: 7762799Abstract: In an oil-cooled screw compressor comprising, a compressor body including a pair of a male rotor and a female rotor, a motor including a stator and a motor rotor connected to one of the male and female rotors, and an oil separator container for gathering the oil from a mixture of the gaseous manner and oil to restrain the oil from proceeding with the compressed gaseous matter after the mixture of the gaseous manner and oil is discharged from the pair of male and female rotors, a rotational axis of the motor rotor and the rotational axis of the one of the male and female rotors are coaxial with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co.Inventors: Hideharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 7753663Abstract: A bolt hole receiving a fixing bolt is formed in a portion of an end plate overlapping an annular piston or a fixed wrap as viewed in a thickness direction of the end plate to open at the back face of the end plate. In fixing a discharge valve to the end plate, the fixing bolt is screwed into the bolt hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Shimizu, Yoshitaka Shibamoto, Kazuhiro Furusho, Kazutaka Hori, Takazo Sotojima, Masanori Masuda
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Patent number: 7748968Abstract: In a two-cylinder rotary compressor, two compressing sections accommodated in a compressor body and an accumulator are connected to each other by two suction pipes each formed with an L-shaped bend part in the intermediate pipe part thereof. To reduce a pressure loss caused by the flow resistance of a refrigerant sucked from the accumulator into the compressor, the L-shaped bend parts of the two suction pipes are arranged on different imaginary planes including the center axis line of the compressor body.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu General LimitedInventor: Naoya Morozumi
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Patent number: 7736136Abstract: The present invention provides a compressor capable of arranging a refrigerant discharge port regardless of the location of a separation chamber. In this compressor, a separation tube is pressed in through an opening of the separation chamber, and by engaging a regulating ring with an engagement groove provided in the inner wall of the separation chamber, the movement of the separation tube in the anti-insertion direction is regulated. Therefore, unlike the conventional compressor, a refrigerant discharge pipe for regulating the movement of the separation tube in the anti-insertion direction need not be connected to the upper part of the separation tube, and the refrigerant discharge port can be arranged freely regardless of the location of the separation section.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Sanden CorporationInventor: Shinichi Ohtake
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Patent number: 7731486Abstract: This invention provides a compressor that can efficiently return lubricating oil through an oil storage chamber to a lubrication target site without residence of the lubricating oil within the discharge chamber and can prevent deterioration in lubrication performance. The compressor comprises a housing having a discharge chamber for lubricating oil-containing hydraulic fluid and a discharge port communicating with the discharge chamber, a rotational shaft extended into the housing, a compression unit for the suction, compression and discharge of the hydraulic fluid through the drive of the rotational shaft, and a lubricating oil separator comprising a separation chamber and an oil storage chamber. The separation chamber is provided between the discharge chamber and the discharge port in the housing. The oil storage chamber is located below the separation chamber. Lubricating oil separated from the hydraulic fluid in the separation chamber is introduced through an oil hole is stored in the oil storage chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Sanden CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 7722339Abstract: There is provided a high performance compressor that causes no possibility of mixing foreign materials or of leaking refrigerant, that reduces strain otherwise generated in a compressor mechanism section and that is highly reliable even for a long-term use. The compressor mechanism section in which pairs of prepared holes are formed at a plurality of points on an outer peripheral face thereof is disposed within the closed container. Caulking punches are positioned to positions corresponding to those of the prepared holes and a region including the corresponding positions is heated. Then, when the punches are driven by pressing machines, portions of the container wall of the closed container plastically deform as the convex portions and enter the prepared holes. When the container wall cools down, the pair of convex portions of the container clamps a part between the prepared holes.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koichi Sato, Takeshi Fushiki, Taro Kato, Toshiaki Iwasaki, Masaki Okada, Shoichiro Hara
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Patent number: 7708537Abstract: A fluid separator for a compressor is disclosed including a hollow main body having an annular flange and an annular collar formed thereon, wherein the annular collar includes an annular array of apertures formed therein for separating a liquid from a fluid and attenuating pressure pulsations of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kanwal Bhatia, Michael Gregory Theodore, Jr.
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Patent number: 7708536Abstract: A scroll-type refrigerant compressor with a sealed enclosure defined by a shell and containing a suction volume and a compression volume at opposite ends of the enclosure. The shell has a gas inlet, an electric motor on the suction side having a stator and defining with the shell an annular volume. The stator is surrounded by a jacket defining an annular volume with the shell and a chamber which contains the motor winding and is directed towards the compression volume, an end of the intermediate jacket directed away from the compression volume being located at an end of the stator directed away from the compression volume. Structure is provided for conveying some of the gas arriving at the gas inlet into the chamber containing the motor winding, and gas conveyed by the structure is admitted into the chamber containing the winding through the gas intake orifice.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Danfoss Commercial CompressorsInventors: Pierre Ginies, David Genevois, Alexandre Montchamp
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Patent number: 7704060Abstract: A muffler cover of a compression element has discharge outlets or hole portions that discharge a compressed refrigerant gas into a closed vessel from a compression element. A suction pipe provides refrigerant gas, which can be sucked into the compression element in the closed vessel. The suction pipe is attached to the closed vessel. A first direction and a second direction, which correspond to natural vibration modes of the suction pipe, do not coincide with a direction that connects two hole portions. Therefore, even if the refrigerant gas discharged from the compression element resonates in the closed vessel, vibrations of the suction pipe can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouki Morimoto, Masanori Yanagisawa, Takehiro Kanayama
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Patent number: 7699589Abstract: In a scroll-type fluid machine (4), a refrigerant in a discharge chamber (80) is adjusted at prescribed discharge pressure by using a discharge valve (84), discharged from a scroll unit (52), and supplied to a refrigeration circuit (2), and the machine has a circulation path (7) for introducing the refrigerant in the discharge chamber from the refrigeration circuit toward a drive casing (22) while maintaining the refrigerant pressure, and an inlet path (93) formed in a compression casing (24) and leads the refrigerant in the circulation path to the rear side of a movable scroll (54) to make the led refrigerant counteract the refrigerant discharge pressure acting on the front side of the movable scroll.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Sanden CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Terauchi, Masataka Tsunoda, Kazuyuki Shimamura
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Publication number: 20100092325Abstract: A pneumatic vane motor includes a stator with a cylinder, an inlet connectable to a pressure air source and an outlet connectable to an exhaust passage, a rotor journalled in the stator, and an output shaft. The stator has a front opening forming a clearance seal relative to the output shaft and an annular front cover with at least one elastic annular seal element encircling the output shaft at a distance from the clearance seal, wherein a low pressure chamber is formed between the clearance seal and the seal element or elements and communicates with the exhaust passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Sven Olov Roger Edlund, Heino Elmessaar, Johan Fredrik Lindgren, Hans Reinhold Svedman
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Patent number: 7641454Abstract: A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing that includes first, second and third communication holes separately arranged sequentially in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall, an accumulator held on an outer side of the housing, a low-pressure connecting pipe that connects a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole, and an intermediate connecting pipe that connects the first and third communication holes. The second and third communication holes are arranged at nearly the same circumferential direction position of the housing. The accumulator is held at nearly the same circumferential direction position as the second communication hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu General LimitedInventors: Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
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Patent number: 7632081Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided. The scroll compressor includes a casing, an oil pump, an oil retrieving port, and an oil retrieving unit. The casing has a fluid storage area in a lower portion thereof. The oil pump is provided in the lower portion of the casing, and has a suction unit which suctions fluid from the fluid storage area. The oil retrieving port is in the casing to allow oil retrieved from an external oil separator to flow into the casing. The oil retrieving unit is connected to the oil retrieving port and provides a path which directs the retrieved oil to the suction unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Kil Yoo, Chul Su Jung
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Patent number: 7621729Abstract: An object is to provide a high inner pressure type multistage compression rotary compressor capable of avoiding beforehand generation of vane fly of a second rotary compression element and realizing a stabilized operation, the rotary compressor includes a communication path which connects an intermediate pressure region to a region having a low pressure as a suction pressure of a first rotary compression element; and a valve device which opens or closes this communication path, the rotary compressor applies a high pressure as a back pressure of an upper vane, and this valve device opens the communication path in a case where a pressure difference between the intermediate pressure and the low pressure increases a predetermined upper limit value before the intermediate pressure reaches the high pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Matsumori, Takashi Sato, Takayasu Saito
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Patent number: 7621730Abstract: A modular constructed surgical motor with an outer cylindrical case used as the handle, and a spaced inner motor case resiliently mounted thereto forms an air gap for reducing vibrations and heat, a separate module houses the chuck, a ball coupling made from an elastomeric material transmits rotary motion, undercuts in the spindle adjacent the vanes and in the peripheral edge enhance power, the inlet opening to the vanes are positioned to increase the volume of inlet air, the inner surface of the cylinder is contoured to define a crescent seal, the inlet and outlet to the spindle are positioned in the cylinder to increase the power stroke, the discharge holes in the cylinder are oriented for uniform contact surface, the flow passages in the cylinder cool the cylinder and bearing, and one seal cured in situ and another seal adjacent the bearing prevent leakage of oil into ambient and the surgical tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: The Anspach Effort, Inc.Inventors: Eddy H. Del Rio, Douglas A. Perry
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Publication number: 20090285711Abstract: A housing of a Roots pump is configured by joining a lower housing member and an upper housing member that are separable from each other. With the upper and lower housing members joined together, an upper accommodating portion and a lower accommodating portion form a front bearing accommodating portion and a rear bearing accommodating portion, which accommodate whole bearings, respectively. The Roots pump further includes bearing holders attached to the bearings and fixed to the lower housing member so that the bearings are received in the lower accommodating portion in a positioned state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Masahiro Inagaki, Shinya Yamamoto, Makoto Yoshikawa, Yuya Izawa
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Patent number: 7611341Abstract: A capacity varying rotary compressor is provided. The compressor includes a casing that maintains a discharge pressure state, a motor installed in the casing that generates a driving force, one or more cylinder assemblies provided in the casing to compress refrigerant with a rolling piston and a vane. The rolling piston is eccentrically coupled to a rotation shaft of the motor to perform a linear motion, and a vane restricting device restricts or releases the vane from the rolling piston according to a difference in pressures applied to the vane. A structure of the compressor may be simplified, resulting in reduced production costs and enhanced productivity. Further, as the vane is restricted by a pressure differential, reliability may be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Kang-Wook Cha, Seoung-Yeon Cho
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Patent number: 7611343Abstract: An object is to provide a high inner pressure type multistage compression rotary compressor capable of avoiding beforehand generation of vane fly of a second rotary compression element and realizing a stabilized operation, the rotary compressor includes a communication path which connects an intermediate pressure region to a region having a low pressure as a suction pressure of a first rotary compression element; and a valve device which opens or closes this communication path, the rotary compressor applies a high pressure as a back pressure of an upper vane, and this valve device opens the communication path in a case where a pressure difference between the intermediate pressure and the low pressure increases a predetermined upper limit value before the intermediate pressure reaches the high pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Matsumori, Takashi Sato, Takayasu Saito
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Patent number: 7611345Abstract: A scroll type compressor is disclosed. The scroll type compressor includes a housing, a frame, a compartment, a separator, a scroll pairs, a slider, a plurality of compartments, at least a pressure-regulating mechanism, and a guiding element. The compartment in the housing is separated into a high-pressure compartment, a low-pressure compartment, and a middle-pressure compartment. The separator is disposed between the high-pressure compartment and the low-pressure compartment. The separator includes an outlet at the center thereof, and at least a passage through the separator. When the pressure in the high-pressure compartment is less than that in low-pressure compartment, the pressure-regulating mechanism is opened to exhaust pressure from the middle-pressure compartment to the high-pressure compartment.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Shu-Er Huang, Kun-Yi Liang, Yu-Choung Chang, Chih-Chung Lo
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Patent number: 7611342Abstract: An object is to provide a high inner pressure type multistage compression rotary compressor capable of avoiding beforehand generation of vane fly of a second rotary compression element and realizing a stabilized operation, the rotary compressor includes a communication path which connects an intermediate pressure region to a region having a low pressure as a suction pressure of a first rotary compression element; and a valve device which opens or closes this communication path, the rotary compressor applies a high pressure as a back pressure of an upper vane, and this valve device opens the communication path in a case where a pressure difference between the intermediate pressure and the low pressure increases a predetermined upper limit value before the intermediate pressure reaches the high pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenzo Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Matsumori, Takashi Sato, Takayasu Saito
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Patent number: 7607902Abstract: A closed compressor includes a closed case in which a plurality of compression mechanism sections are accommodated, the compression mechanism section having a cylinder including a cylinder chamber eccentrically rotatably accommodating a roller, the compression mechanism section including a blade having a leading edge to divide the cylinder chamber into two parts along a direction in which the roller rotates, the compressor including a high-pressure refrigerant introducing mechanism guiding a high-pressure refrigerant into the cylinder chamber and separating the blade from the roller, the compressor being configured to switch between a high-capacity operation in which all the compression mechanism sections perform a compression operation and a low-capacity operation in which the blade in the compression mechanism section is separated from the roller and thus prevented from performing the compression operation, the high-pressure refrigerant introducing mechanism including a high-pressure refrigerant storage secType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventor: Izumi Onoda
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Publication number: 20090257898Abstract: Rotary components are described that include a housing comprising a rotor having a rotor working face and a gate having a gate working face and a pocket; at least one vane, wherein the vane is coupled to the rotor; at least one wiper coupled to the vane; a plurality of endplates coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the endplates is a float plate; an intake chamber; and an outlet chamber. In addition, methods of aspirating a working medium by utilizing the rotary component having at least one float plate includes pulling the working medium into the intake chamber, depositing the working medium into a working chamber that is located between the intake chamber and the outlet chamber; maintaining the working medium in a stationary position until the vane sweeps around toward the outlet chamber; accumulating the working medium into the outlet channel of the outlet chamber; and centrifugally ejecting the working medium into the outlet chamber and out of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Fritz Forgy, John Novak, JR.
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Patent number: 7588426Abstract: An oil rotary vacuum pump of mechanical type (100) is filled with a requested amount of oil at the end of the manufacturing process, then it is stored and then shipped to the user, letting the user to avoid an operation of introducing the proper amount of oil into the pump. The oil leakage is prevented by securing the suction and/or exhaust ports (3, 17) of the pump, which are sealed by means of a removable sealing member, for instance by means of a membrane (21, 23).Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Varian, S.p.A.Inventors: Giuseppe De Palma, Roberto Carboneri
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Patent number: 7585164Abstract: A backflow preventing apparatus for a scroll compressor is disclosed, in which a check valve is hinge-coupled to a valve seat, or is coupled to a valve seat so as to be elastically opened and closed. The check valve is opened and closed by a pressure difference and its own weight or elasticity, thereby having a quick response speed. The check valve prevents discharged refrigerant from backflowing, thus enhancing efficiency of the compressor. Further, since the check valve when opened is prevented from colliding with a valve housing by a valve stopping surface or a retainer, discharge noise from the compressor is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Young-Se Joo, Na-Ra Han
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Patent number: 7581936Abstract: A hermetically sealed rotary compressor 100 including an electrically-driven element 2, a rotary compressing element 4 equipped with a cylinder 41 having a compression chamber 43 and a hermetically sealed container 1 in which oil 8 is stocked, is equipped with an oil path 62 for injecting the oil 8 into the compression chamber 43 when refrigerant is sucked into the compression chamber 43, and an opening/closing valve 80 for opening/closing the oil path 62 in accordance with the discharge pressure of the rotary compressing element 4 of the pressure of the compressed refrigerant compressed by the rotary compressing element 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yoshihisa Kogure, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7572119Abstract: An air cylinder for pneumatic tool includes a cylinder body, and front and rear cylinder caps covered onto two ends of the cylinder body. The cylinder body defines a cylinder chamber for mounting a rotor therein, and has an air passage with two open ends of the passage respectively located at two ends of the cylinder body. The rear cylinder cap is provided with an air inlet that is aligned with the air passage and has an inner end communicable with the cylinder chamber. A guide opening is formed on an inner end surface of the front cylinder cap to communicate the air passage with the cylinder chamber. At least one of the two cylinder caps is provided with a plurality of exhaust holes communicating with the cylinder chamber for discharging exhaust air.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Gison Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Freddy Lin
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Patent number: 7568898Abstract: A compressor apparatus has a housing (22) having first (53) and second (58) ports along a flowpath. One or more working elements (26, 28) cooperate with the housing to define a compression path between suction and discharge locations along the flowpath. A check valve (70) has a valve element having a first condition permitting downstream flow along the flowpath and a second condition blocking a reverse flow. Sound suppressing means (120, 220, 320) at least partially surround the flowpath upstream of the valve element (70).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventor: Stephen L. Shoulders
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Publication number: 20090185929Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: Bitzer Scroll Inc.Inventors: Ronald J. Duppert, Kenneth D. Heusler
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Patent number: 7563086Abstract: An oscillating piston machine comprises a plurality of pistons which are arranged in a housing, rotate together in the housing about an axis of rotation which is essentially central in the housing and is fixed to the housing, and execute reciprocating oscillating movements about a respective oscillation axis as they rotate in the housing, in each case two adjacent pistons executing oscillating movements in opposite directions. The housing is of spherical construction on the inside, the oscillation axes of the pistons being formed by a common oscillation axis which run essentially through the center of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Inventor: Herbert Hüttlin
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Patent number: 7547203Abstract: In order to improve a screw compressor for compressing refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit, comprising a compressor housing, in which a screw rotor receiving means and an inlet channel as well as an outlet channel for the refrigerant to be compressed are provided, at least one screw rotor arranged in the screw rotor receiving means, a drive for the at least one screw rotor and a lubricant supply which conveys lubricant from a lubricant reservoir acted upon by pressure via a line system at least to the at least one screw rotor during operation, in such a manner that the operation and the monitoring of the screw compressor are reliable it is suggested that a valve be provided in the line system of the lubricant supply, this valve being controllable by way of a difference in pressure between the pressure in the outlet channel and a reference pressure influenced by a pressure in the refrigerant circuit and opening when the screw rotor is compressing refrigerant as well as closing when the screw rotor is not compType: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Bitzer Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbHInventor: Rolf Dieterich
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Patent number: 7547195Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided with an oil bleed valve that selectively communicates a discharge pressure chamber to a suction pressure chamber. The oil bleed valve controls flow of hot oil through a passage and onto a safety shutoff switch for an electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Scroll TechnologiesInventors: Harshal Upadhye, Gregory W. Hahn
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Patent number: 7547202Abstract: A scroll compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism, and a sealing apparatus. The compression mechanism may be contained within the shell and include a compression member. The compression member may include an aperture extending radially there a surface. The sealing apparatus may be contained within the shell and include a first seal member and an actuator. The first seal member may be pivotally supported relative the compression member and may be movable from a first position wherein a sealing portion of the first seal member is in a sealing engagement with the surface and a second position wherein the sealing portion of the first seal member is displaced radially outwardly from the surface. The actuator may be engaged with the first seal member and configured to displace the first seal member from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brian J. Knapke
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Publication number: 20090142212Abstract: A rotary blower with noise abatement jacket enclosure having multiple interconnected and synchronized parallel multi-lobe rotors with the same number of lobes for propelling flow from a suction port to a discharge port of an inner casing without internal compression. The noise abatement jacket enclosure is shaped to surround the blower and to conform generally to its body contours, but is oversized to provide adequate cooling spaces with outer skin of the blower. It comprises a forced air cooling jacket comprising an inner and outer cover, a sound absorbent layer comprising an inner and outer surface, the inner surface in contact with the blower outer cooling cover, and a sound barrier layer comprising an inner surface in contact with the outer surface of the sound absorbent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Paul Xiubao Huang, Sean William Yonkers
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Patent number: 7540727Abstract: A capacity varying rotary compressor is provided. The compressor includes a cylinder mounted in a casing, and a vane pressure chamber provided at a rear side of a vane that divides an inner space of the cylinder into a suction chamber and a compression chamber. A pressure controlling unit supplies a discharge pressure or a suction pressure to the vane pressure chamber to thereby restrict or release a motion of the vane. A pressure leakage preventing unit couples the cylinder and bearings positioned at opposite sides of the cylinder to form the vane pressure chamber. A capacity to compress and discharge a refrigerant may be varied according to a load, thereby reducing power consumption of the compressor and simplifying assembly. Furthermore, pressure leakage from the vane pressure chamber may be prevented, thereby enhancing a capacity varying function.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang-Myung Byun, Kang-Wook Cha, Seoung-Yeon Cho, Jin-Soo Kim, Geun-Hyoung Lee
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Publication number: 20090123320Abstract: A power steering system hydraulic pump has a pump component which is to be sealed and a first pump cover. A flat sealing element is provided between the pump component which is to be sealed and the first pump cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2006Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventor: Martin Jordan
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Patent number: 7527486Abstract: A surgical pneumatic motor is designed to be used with or without an MRI machine without affecting or influencing the magnetic characteristic of the MRI machine. The motor includes an improved vane motor with undercuts in the spindle to increase the power faces of the vanes and spindle itself, the holes in the cylinder are modified to increase the sealing area between the spindle. The inlet cylindrical holes and the cylinder holes and grooves are arranged to enhance the life . Wear of the edge of the vanes is decreased by the judicious location of the discharge holes. The bearings are cooled by bypassing a portion of cylinder air before re-entering the air. The noise is attenuated by a cris-cross plug in the hose the temperature of the handle is reduced by a serrated sleeve. Slipping discs in the seal serves to enhance seal life.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: The Anspach Effort, IncInventor: Eddy H. Del Rio