Helical Working Member, E.g., Scroll Patents (Class 418/55.1)
  • Patent number: 8764422
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microsystem for converting a difference in pressures in a fluid into mechanical movement, this microsystem comprising: —an inlet nozzle (6) for compressed fluid and an outlet nozzle (8) for expanded fluid, —at least two arms (12, 14), at least one of which is hinged and between which flows the fluid in order to pass from the inlet nozzle to the outlet nozzle by moving these arms with respect to one another, the arms (12, 14) being designed and hinged such that, while they move, they define at least one pocket of fluid which is moved away from the inlet nozzle in order then to return to the outlet nozzle while at the same time increasing in volume, each of the arms (12, 14) being mechanically connected to a single plane (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventor: Thierry Hilt
  • Publication number: 20140178228
    Abstract: This scroll compressor includes first and second fixed scroll members, first and second orbiting scroll members, a first Oldham coupling provided between the first orbiting scroll member and the first fixed scroll member and configured to prevent rotation of the first orbiting scroll member with respect to the first fixed scroll member, and a second Oldham coupling provided between the second orbiting scroll member and the second fixed scroll member and configured to prevent rotation of the second orbiting scroll member with respect to the second fixed scroll member. The first Oldham coupling is slidably mounted with respect to the first fixed scroll member along a first displacement direction, and the second Oldham coupling is slidably mounted with respect to the second fixed scroll member along a second displacement direction parallel with respect to first displacement direction. First and second orbiting scroll members are configured to operate in phase opposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Yves ROSSON, Patrice BONNEFOI, Ingrid CLAUDIN
  • Publication number: 20140170009
    Abstract: An orbiting scroll having three sets of wraps is combined on a fixed scroll having three sets of wraps integral to a frame facing each other. The orbiting scroll is adhered on the fixed scroll by the discharge pressure acted to a part of the backside of the orbiting scroll. The orbiting scroll is finely movable to the radial direction and the wraps of the both scrolls contact each other. Thereby it provides a scroll liquid pump that increases the pressure and carries the liquid refrigerant or oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: RichStone Limited
    Inventors: BooSeok HWANG, KwangSeon HWANG
  • Patent number: 8753098
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes: an electric motor including a stator and rotor inside a sealed vessel; a compressing mechanism driven by a crank shaft in the rotor; a lower portion oil pool storing in the sealed vessel lubricating oil that lubricates the compressing mechanism; an upper counterweight on an upper end of the rotor. Refrigerant gas compressed by the compressing mechanism is discharged inside the sealed vessel, passes through a gas channel formed on the electric motor, moves from a lower space to an upper space with respect to the electric motor, and is discharged outside the sealed vessel. An oil return flow channel is formed on the upper end of the rotor toward a lower end from a vicinity of a leading end portion of the upper counterweight in a direction of rotation, and oil expressed in a vicinity of the rotor is directed to the oil return flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhide Yokoyama, Toshihide Koda, Teruhiko Nishiki, Hideaki Maeyama, Taro Kato, Keisuke Shingu, Takuho Hirahara, Shin Sekiya
  • Patent number: 8747087
    Abstract: In some examples, a scroll pump 10 may include two scrolls, which are co-operable for pumping fluid from an inlet to an outlet on relative orbiting motion of the scrolls. Each scroll may include a respective scroll base from which a respective scroll wall extends generally axially towards the base of the opposing scroll. At least a first portion of one or each of the respective scroll walls has formed in an axial end face thereof a plurality of pockets distributed along the first portion for disrupting leakage of fluid from a high pressure side of the scroll wall to a low pressure side of the scroll wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Clive Frederick Collie, Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook
  • Patent number: 8747086
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is constructed by combining a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll formed by erecting a scroll-shape wrap upright on a base plate meshing with each other. A scroll member constructing the stationary scroll or the orbiting scroll is constructed of an inner layer member 601 forming a core metal and an outer layer member 600 arranged so as to surround the inner layer member and forming an outer layer part, the inner layer member is constructed of a material with higher modulus of elasticity than that of the outer layer member, and separation prevention parts (uneven parts 603, depressions 604, or holes 605) preventing the inner layer member and the outer layer member from separating with each other due to difference in coefficient of thermal expansion thereof are arranged in the inner layer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Chikano, Kazuo Sakurai, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140154124
    Abstract: A compressor may include a first scroll member, a second scroll member and a drive shaft. The first scroll member may include a first end plate defining a first discharge port and a first spiral wrap extending from the first end plate. The second scroll member may include a second end plate defining a first variable volume ratio port and a second spiral wrap extending from the second end plate and meshingly engaged with the first spiral wrap and forming compression pockets. The variable volume ratio port may be located radially outward relative to the first discharge port and in communication with a first compression pocket. The drive shaft may be engaged with the second scroll member and driving orbital displacement of the second scroll member relative to the first scroll member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J. DOEPKER, Michael M. PEREVOZCHIKOV, Robert C. STOVER
  • Publication number: 20140154122
    Abstract: A scroll fluid machine having: a compressor body including a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll opposed to the fixed scroll, the orbiting scroll orbiting; a drive shaft connected to the orbiting scroll; a cooling fan provided on another side of the drive shaft opposite to the orbiting scroll, the cooling fan generating a cooling wind; and a cooling wind passage surrounded by walls in all directions, the cooling wind passage sending the cooling wind of the cooling fan to the compressor body, when the cooling wind passage being disposed left and the drive shaft being disposed right when seen from a direction in which the drive shaft extends, a size of the cooling wind passage in the left and right directions being smaller in upstream than downstream of the cooling wind passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosuke SADAKATA, Kiminori IWANO, Yoshio KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140154123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scroll pump with two scrolls that are co-operable for pumping fluid from an inlet to an outlet on relative orbiting motion of the scrolls. Each scroll comprises a scroll base from which a scroll wall extends generally axially towards the base of the opposing scroll. A gas conduit having an inlet at a first location of the pumping channel and an outlet at a second location of the pumping channel allows over-compression at the first location of the pumping channel to be exhausted to the second location of the pumping channel. A one-way valve located in the gas conduit allows the passage of gas through the conduit from the conduit inlet to the conduit outlet when a predetermined pressure differential between the first and second locations of the pumping channel is generated during roughing when the scroll inlet is at or close to atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Ian David Stones, Miles Geoffery Hockliffe, Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook
  • Publication number: 20140147325
    Abstract: A high reliability water injected scroll air compressor is provided with an orbiting scroll, a fixed scroll corresponding to the orbiting scroll, a motor that generates driving force for making the orbiting scroll orbit the fixed scroll, a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port, and a portion for injecting water into the compressing path. The operation is controlled by a switching operation in which water is injected into the compressing path and then no water is injected. Corrosion, failure of activation, and concerns about wrap contact when water is injected into an air end are avoided by switching the operation with water injection and the operation without water injection so as to prevent water from remaining in the air end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natsuki KAWABATA, Kazuaki SHIINOKI, Hirotaka KAMEYA, Masakazu AOKI
  • Publication number: 20140147324
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, orbiting and non-orbiting scrolls, an unloader bushing assembly and a drive shaft. The unloader bushing assembly may include a drive bushing and a spring. The drive bushing includes an outer surface engaged with the orbiting scroll and may define an opening extending from a first bushing end to a second bushing end. The spring may include a body disposed within the opening of the drive bushing and may include first and second spring ends with at least a portion of the first spring end extending laterally from the body and overlapping the first bushing end. At least a portion of the second spring end may extend laterally from a body and overlap the second bushing end to secure the spring within the drive bushing. The drive shaft may include a crank pin disposed within the opening of the drive bushing and engaging the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140140876
    Abstract: A scroll machine according to the present disclosure can include a shell, a first scroll member, a second scroll member and a valve assembly. The valve assembly can permit intermediate pressure in the shell to flow to an area of suction pressure in the shell. The valve assembly can include a first valve manifold that selectively couples to the shell. A second valve manifold can slidably and non-threadably locate against the first valve manifold. A retainer can couple to the first valve manifold to capture the second valve manifold against the first valve manifold. A valve can selectively connect an intermediate flow exiting the shell through the first and second valve manifolds to a suction flow entering the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry L. Bingham, Keith J. Reinhart
  • Publication number: 20140134033
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a rotation shaft, a fixed scroll, a movable scroll, a compression chamber, a shaft support, a housing, a movable member arranged in the shaft support, and a rotation restriction mechanism configured to restrict rotation of the movable scroll. The rotation restriction mechanism includes pins, recesses into which the respective pins are loosely fitted, and the movable member. The movable member includes the pins or the recesses. A switching mechanism is configured to switch the movable member between a state in which movement of the movable member in a radial direction of the rotation shaft is restricted and a state in which the restriction is canceled and the movable member can move freely, which changes a movable range of the movable member in the radial direction so that an orbital radius of the movable scroll is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kosaku TOZAWA, Ken SUITOU, Kazuo MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20140134031
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scrolls, a hub plate and a valve. The first scroll may include an end plate defining first and second sides, a primary discharge passage extending therethrough, and a secondary discharge passage extending therethrough and located radially outward from the primary discharge passage. The hub plate may be mounted to the first scroll and may include first and second opposite sides and a hub discharge passage in fluid communication with the primary discharge passage. The first side of the hub plate may face the second side of the end plate and may include a valve guide extending axially toward the end plate adjacent the hub discharge passage. The valve member may be secured on the valve guide for axial movement between open and closed positions to respectively allow and restrict fluid communication between the secondary discharge passage and the hub discharge passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J. DOEPKER, Michael M. PEREVOZCHIKOV
  • Publication number: 20140134034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid machine. A pump integrated expander (29A) includes a pump unit (60) and an expansion unit (50). In the pump unit (60), a casing member (65) supports a gear pump (61), a rotating shaft (28) and a driven crank mechanism (81). In the expansion unit (50), a casing including a main body (51a) and a casing member (54) supports an expander (23) including a fixed scroll (51) and an orbiting scroll (52). The pump integrated expander (29A) is divided into the pump unit (60) and the expansion unit (50) by separating at the fitted portion of a tubular portion (65c) on the pump unit (60) side and a smaller inner diameter portion (54b) on the expansion unit (50) side and by pulling the eccentric bush (83) out of a drive bearing (56).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Nakamura, Hirofumi Wada, Yuuta Tanaka, Yasuhiro Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20140134030
    Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scroll members having first and second scroll wraps, respectively. The scroll members define a suction inlet, a discharge outlet, and fluid pockets moving therebetween. The second scroll member may include a port, and a passage. The port may be in fluid communication with at least one of the pockets. The passage may extend through a portion of the second end plate and may be in fluid communication with the port. A valve assembly may be disposed in the passage and may include a valve member displaceable between open and closed positions. A recompression volume may be disposed between the valve member and the at least one of the pockets. The recompression volume may be less than or equal to approximately one percent of a volume of one of the pockets at a suction seal-off position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. STOVER, Ronald E. BONEAR, Kirill M. IGNATIEV
  • Patent number: 8721308
    Abstract: As pressure in a water tank rapidly rises when water inside a compressor is evaporated by the high temperature of compressed air and this situation makes the operation unstable, an object of the present subject matter is to address this problem. A water injected scroll air compressor is provided with: an air end of the scroll air compressor; a driving unit that generates driving force for the air end; a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port; a portion to inject water into the compressing path; a discharge piping of air discharged from the air end; a tank provided on a path of the discharge piping for storing water separated from the compressed air; and a cooler that is provided on the path of the discharge piping between the tank and the air end and cools the compressed air discharged from the air end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Sytems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Shiinoki, Natsuki Kawabata, Hirotaka Kameya
  • Publication number: 20140119972
    Abstract: A housing forms one portion of a compressor case and supports a bearing for a main shaft has an opening through which gas Is sucked; a suction space extending from the opening to inside of the compressor; a first gas passageway extending from the suction space in the direction of the axis of the main shaft; a second gas passageway connecting the first gas passageway and the space in which the main shaft bearing is disposed. A shell forms the other portion of the compressor case and is fastened to the housing has a third gas passageway connecting the first gas passageway and the internal space of a compression mechanism. The first gas passageway and the third gas passageway are connected to each other further on the outer side of the main shaft in the rotation radius direction than the movable region of the bottom plate of a movable scroll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Makoto Ijiri, Masaaki Takahata, Yuuji Oiwake, Jiro Iizuka, Masamichi Kubota, Masahiro Iguchi
  • Patent number: 8702406
    Abstract: A compressor assembly method may include locating a first scroll member on a bearing housing of a compressor having a second scroll member located axially between the first scroll member and the bearing housing. A first outer radial surface on the bearing housing and a second outer radial surface on the first scroll member with an alignment assembly may be engaged to concentrically align the bearing housing and the first scroll member. The first scroll member may be coupled relative to the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith J. Reinhart, Gary J. Diller
  • Patent number: 8690555
    Abstract: An expander-compressor unit (10) includes a two-stage rotary expansion mechanism (3) having a first cylinder (41) and a second cylinder (42). In the expansion mechanism (3), a suction port (71) facing a working chamber on the upstream side in the first cylinder (41) and a discharge port facing a working chamber on the downstream side in the second cylinder (42) are formed. An intermediate plate (43) is provided between the first cylinder (41) and the second cylinder (42). In the intermediate plate (43), a communication passage (43a) for allowing communication between a working chamber on the downstream side in the first cylinder (41) and a working chamber on the upstream side in the second cylinder (42) is formed. The communication passage (43a) does not communicate with the working chamber in the first cylinder (41) during the suction process, and communicates with the downstream working chamber in the first cylinder (41) at or after the end of the suction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Hidetoshi Taguchi, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yasufumi Takahashi, Atsuo Okaichi
  • Patent number: 8684711
    Abstract: A scroll component including a spiral scroll wrap, a baseplate having a first major surface coupled to the scroll wrap and a second opposing major surface comprising a protruding pilot extending a distance from the baseplate, and a hub fastened to the baseplate adjacent to the protruding pilot. A method of forming a scroll compressor element is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Stover, Gary J. Diller, Marc J. Scancarello, Jean-Luc M. Caillat
  • Publication number: 20140086776
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wear-resistant surface treating agent, a manufacturing method thereof, and a compressor using the same. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the surface treating agent includes an organic solvent, nanodiamond powder and carbon nanotube powder dispersed in the organic solvent, and a PTFE solution mixed with the organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent is an amide-based organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jinsung Park, Chuljig Bae, Eunsoo Yang, Byeongchul Lee, Youngkyun Lim, Daesoon Lim, Seungkoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20140086775
    Abstract: A scroll compressor having a bearing is provided. The scroll compressor includes: a casing; a main frame fixed to the casing and having a shaft insertion hole formed therein; a fixed scroll fixed to the casing and disposed above the main frame; an orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll and having a boss portion formed on a lower surface thereof; a rotational shaft having an end portion insertedly fixed in the boss portion in a state in which the rotational shaft is insertedly positioned in the shaft insertion hole; and a lubricating layer made of a PEEK material and formed in the shaft insertion hole or the boss portion, wherein the lubricating layer is formed by applying a liquid material to the shaft insertion hole or the boss portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jinsung PARK, Eunsoo Yang, Chuljig Bae, Byeongchul Lee
  • Patent number: 8678774
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided. A value obtained by multiplying a wrap height (H) by a driving speed (V) may be controlled to be within a range of approximately 500˜1000 mmHz at a low speed driving (less than approximately 35 Hz). The wrap height of the scroll compressor, and the driving speed may be set to be optimum, thereby preventing the scroll compressor from being operated at a speed excessively lower or higher than a predetermined driving speed. This may allow the scroll compressor to be operated at an optimum low speed corresponding to the wrap height, and thus, the compressor and a refrigerating cycle apparatus having the same may have enhanced performances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Park, Sung Soon Jang, Jeong Hun Kim, Na Ra Han
  • Patent number: 8678797
    Abstract: A stationary base plate includes a sub-bypass hole, which communicates between a suction chamber and a first compression chamber, and a main bypass hole, which communicates between the suction chamber and a second compression chamber. A rotational center of the orbiting scroll and the sub-bypass hole are located along a first imaginary line. The rotational center of the orbiting scroll is also located along a second imaginary line, which is perpendicular to the first imaginary line. The main bypass hole opens at a location of the stationary base plate, which is on a side of the second imaginary line where the sub-bypass hole is located, so that timing of communicating between the suction chamber and the first compression chamber with each other is deviated from timing of communicating between the suction chamber and the second compression chamber with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kawano, Masami Sanuki, Takahiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 8672647
    Abstract: A high reliability water injected scroll air compressor is provided with an orbiting scroll, a fixed scroll corresponding to the orbiting scroll, a motor that generates driving force for making the orbiting scroll orbit the fixed scroll, a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port, and a portion for injecting water into the compressing path. The operation is controlled by a switching operation in which water is injected into the compressing path and then no water is injected. Corrosion, failure of activation, and concerns about wrap contact when water is injected into an air end are avoided by switching the operation with water injection and the operation without water injection so as to prevent water from remaining in the air end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natsuki Kawabata, Kazuaki Shiinoki, Hirotaka Kameya, Masakazu Aoki
  • Patent number: 8672646
    Abstract: A scroll compressor has an electric motor portion, a compression mechanism portion connected to the electric motor portion, and an oil sump for lubricating oil in a sealed container and compresses a refrigerant in the compression mechanism portion. A used refrigerant is a halogenated hydrocarbon or a hydrocarbon having a carbon double bond in the composition or is a mixture containing one of the same. A sliding surface of at least one of two components constituting a sliding portion having a relation of sliding to each other in a sealed container is structured in such a way that an iron metal or an aluminum metal is not directly exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihiko Ishizono, Hideaki Maeyama, Takeshi Fushiki, Taro Kato
  • Patent number: 8672655
    Abstract: In a scroll compressor, a pass hole is formed at a position overlapping with a discharge sector of a discharge hole, where a sector for passing a refrigerant through the pass hole is overlapped with a sector for discharging the refrigerant through a discharge hole. This may prevent over-compression of a refrigerant when the scroll compressor is driven at a low speed. This may enhance efficiency of the scroll compressor in a low speed driving mode and under a low load condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jeonghun Kim, Junghoon Park, Sungsoon Jang, Nara Han
  • Patent number: 8672654
    Abstract: A counterweight mounted to a drive shaft in a scroll compressor is provided. The drive shaft has a central annular segment generally concentric about the central axis and an eccentric annular segment offset from the central axis that can be used for driving the movable scroll compressor body. A counterweight engages the eccentric and also engages the annular segment for location and mounting of the counterweight to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Bitzer Kuhlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Wayne P. Beagle, James W. Bush, Jason K. Torrisi
  • Publication number: 20140072466
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, first and second scrolls, a seal assembly, a modulation control chamber, and a modulation control valve. The first scroll may include a first end plate having a biasing passage extending therethrough. The seal assembly may isolate a discharge pressure region from a suction pressure region. The seal assembly and the first scroll may define an axial biasing chamber therebetween that communicates with the axial biasing chamber and a first pocket between the first and second scrolls. The modulation control chamber may be fluidly coupled with the biasing chamber by a first passage. The modulation control valve may be fluidly coupled with the modulation control chamber by a second passage and movable between a first position allowing communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region and a second position restricting communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao AKEI, Roy J. DOEPKER
  • Patent number: 8668040
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a vehicle can include a crankcase, and a supercharger disposed behind the crankcase in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body. A throttle body and an intercooler are connected in the front-to-rear direction, to an intake passage of the engine. The intake passage extends a rearward from a cylinder head, and the cylinder head protrudes substantially upward from the crankcase. The throttle body and the intercooler are connected in this order, in the front-to-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Takaaki Shomura
  • Patent number: 8668478
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a discharge valve assembly having a valve member, a valve stop supported within the compressor shell and including an aperture there through and a communication member. The communication member defines a fluid passage extending into the discharge chamber from the valve stop toward the first discharge outlet in the discharge chamber and provides fluid communication between the aperture in the valve stop and a location downstream of the valve stop. A first side of the valve member abuts the valve stop when in an open position and the valve stop provides communication between the first side of the valve member and the communication member via the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaogeng Su, Weihua Guo, Hanqing Zhu, Xiaomin Qu
  • Patent number: 8668479
    Abstract: This gas equipment, for other than air, includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, each having fins upon their back surfaces. The orbiting scroll remains within a housing having fins that engage with the fins on the orbiting scroll. The internal fins of the housing transfer heat from the orbiting scroll to the housing for air cooling by the atmosphere. The spiral arranged fins pump working fluid within the housing to increase heat transfer. The housing may also have an exterior fan. The orbiting scroll receives torque and rotation from a magnetic coupling or magnetic face seal, without a physical connection to a motor, so that the atmosphere does not infiltrate inside the housing. The present invention also has an enclosed inlet plenum to prevent infiltration of the atmosphere into the working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Air Squad, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20140064999
    Abstract: A compressor including a housing defining a suction pressure region and a discharge pressure region includes first and second scroll members forming compression pockets. A first chamber located on the first end plate of the first scroll member includes first and second passages and a first aperture extending therethrough and in communication with the first chamber. The first aperture provides communication between a compression pocket and the first chamber. A modulation assembly is located in the first chamber and includes a heater and a thermal valve. The valve is displaceable from a first position that isolates the first passage from the second passage and a second position that permits communication between the first and second passages. The valve is displaced as a result of a temperature change provided by the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Annappa Magadum, Vinayak Madanrao Juge
  • Publication number: 20140044581
    Abstract: A rotary compressor, comprising: a housing (12), comprising a lubricant oil storage part for containing lubricating oil; a compression mechanism (20) disposed in the housing (12); a driving mechanism (30) driving the compression mechanism (20), the driving mechanism (30) comprising a rotation shaft (50), through-holes (54, 56) extending along the axial direction of the rotating shaft (50) are disposed inside the rotating shaft (50), and the rotation shaft (50) is in fluid connection with the lubricating oil storage part via the through-holes (54, 56); and an oil level sensor (120) in fluid connection with the through-holes (54, 56) inside the rotation shaft (50) via a pressurized collection channel (110). Also disclosed is a rotation mechanism, comprising an oil level sensor (120) in fluid connection with the through-holes (54, 56) inside the rotation shaft (50) via the pressurized collection channel (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunzhi Mao, Xiaogeng Su, Qingwei Li, Qiang Liu, Hongshan Li
  • Publication number: 20140037484
    Abstract: A method of operating a refrigeration system having at least three compressors, in which each compressor has an oil sump with oil at an oil level. The method includes separately connecting the oil sumps of the at least three compressors. Each separate connection allows oil flow only between the oil sumps of two of said compressors thereby preventing bypass flow. The method further includes flowing oil between oil sumps of the at least three compressors and along the separate connections to tend to equalize the oil levels among the oil sumps of the at least three compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: BITZER KUEHLMASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Bruce A. Fraser, James William Bush
  • Publication number: 20140037485
    Abstract: A refrigerant scroll compressor for a motor vehicle air conditioning system having a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll engaging with the fixed scroll, wherein the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll cooperate to compress a refrigerant gas. An intermediate pressure chamber is disposed adjacent the orbiting scroll, an oil return duct provides fluid communication between the intermediate pressure chamber and a high pressure area of the refrigerant scroll compressor, and at least one intermediate pressure duct is formed in one of the orbiting scroll and fixed scroll and is in fluid communication with the intermediate pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Publication number: 20140037486
    Abstract: A compressor may include a fluid-injection source, a shell, and first and second scroll members. The shell may define a suction pressure region. The first scroll member may include a first end plate and a first scroll wrap extending therefrom. The second scroll member may include a second end plate and a second scroll wrap extending therefrom. The first and second scroll wraps may cooperate to define a plurality of fluid pockets. The second end plate may include a first passage and a second passage. The second end plate may also include a first port and a second port extending through the second end plate and communicating with at least one of the fluid pockets. The first passage may be in communication with the suction pressure region. The second passage may be in communication with the fluid-injection source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. STOVER, Masao AKEI, Michael M. PEREVOZCHIKOV
  • Publication number: 20140023540
    Abstract: Anti-wear surface coatings and methods for making them are provided. Such anti-wear surface coatings are particularly suitable for use in a compressor, such as a scroll compressor. A precursor powder material can be applied via spraying to a wear surface of a metal component of the scroll compressor. The precursor powder material comprises a powderized thermoplastic polymer (e.g., PEEK), a first lubricant particle (e.g., molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)) and a second lubricant particle (e.g., polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)). Then the applied precursor powder material is heated to form a substantially uniform coating covering the underlying metal component. The substantially uniform coating may have a thickness of less than or equal to about 0.005 inches (about 127 ?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew J. Heidecker, Jean-Luc M. Caillat
  • Publication number: 20140017104
    Abstract: A scroll expander includes a housing, a main port, a high-pressure chamber, an operation chamber, a low-pressure chamber, a subport, a valve portion, an actuator, and a drive shaft. The high-pressure and low-pressure chambers are separated by a partition wall. The main port draws working fluid in the high-pressure chamber into the operation chamber. The subport introduces the working fluid from the high-pressure chamber to the operation chamber so that the volume of the working fluid in the operation chamber is variable. The valve portion selectively opens and closes the subport. The actuator is arranged in the low-pressure chamber. The drive shaft extends through the partition wall and connects the actuator and the valve portion with each other. When the drive shaft is actuated by the actuator, the subport is selectively opened and closed by the valve portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Hidefumi MORI, Masao IGUCHI, Fuminobu ENOKIJIMA, Kojiro TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20140017108
    Abstract: A scroll compressor (10) includes a bearing oil supply passage (70) configured to supply a refrigeration oil from an oil reservoir (18) located in a casing (15) to a bearing of a driving shaft (60). An oil groove (80) which communicates only with the oil reservoir (18) in the casing (15) through a connection passage (86) and a capillary tube (87) is formed on a thrust sliding surface (35) of a fixed scroll (30). Since the bearing oil supply passage (70) is not in communication with the oil groove (80), even when an orbiting scroll (40) is tilted and a pressure of the oil groove (80) decreases, a pressure of the bearing oil supply passage (70) does not decrease, and accordingly, the refrigeration oil is supplied from the bearing oil supply passage (70) to the bearing of the driving shaft (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Takashi Uekawa, Youhei Nishide, Katsumi Katou
  • Publication number: 20140017106
    Abstract: A compressor includes a shell, a bearing housing, a compression mechanism and a suction baffle. The shell defines a suction pressure region and a suction gas inlet. The bearing housing is fixed relative to the shell within the suction pressure region. The compression mechanism is located within the shell, supported on the bearing housing and in communication with the suction pressure region. The suction baffle is located within the suction pressure region and includes a main body located radially between the bearing housing and the suction gas inlet, a first tab extending from a first lateral end of the main body, and a second tab extending from the first lateral end of the main body and spaced axially from the first tab to define a first recess between the first and second tabs. The bearing housing defines a first leg extending within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Bradley Strawn, Kyle M. Bergman, Keith Brown
  • Publication number: 20140017107
    Abstract: A scroll compressor which is capable of preventing thermal damage to an O-ring and has a filter arrangement structure with favorable installation work efficiency is provided. The compressor is configured such that an intake pipe (50) for drawing in a refrigerant gas through an external pipe (P) is securely joined to a steel compressor casing (10) by penetrating therethrough, the compressor casing housing a stationary scroll (22) and a swingable scroll (24); and the lower end part of the intake pipe is fitted into an intake portion (22K) with an O-ring (60) disposed therebetween, the intake portion being provided in the stationary scroll. The intake pipe is configured to have a steel iron pipe body (54) on the intake portion side and a copper pipe body (52) joined to the upper end part of the iron pipe body. The copper pipe body of the intake pipe is silver-brazed (13) to the compressor casing, and a filter (F) is installed in the intake pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kon, Satoshi Iitsuka, Akihiro Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 8628312
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, a housing fixed within the shell, first and second scroll members disposed within the shell, a sleeve guide, a fastener, and a washer. The first scroll member may have a first spiral wrap extending from a first end plate and a radially outward extending scroll flange defining an opening. The second scroll member may have a second spiral wrap intermeshed with the first spiral wrap. The sleeve guide may be disposed within the opening in the scroll flange and may define an axial bore. The fastener may be disposed within the axial bore and engaged with the housing. The washer may be located between a head of the fastener and the scroll flange. A first portion of the washer may extend radially outward from the fastener head and may define a rotational stop inhibiting washer rotation through engagement with a rotationally fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle M. Bergman, Walter T. Grassbaugh
  • Patent number: 8628306
    Abstract: Helium enclosed compressor. A compressor and a motor section with stator having coil ends and a rotor, are housed within an enclosed vessel partitioned into discharge and motor chambers by a frame. The compressor section has a stationary scroll having a spiral wrap standing upright at a disk-like panel and an orbiting scroll having a spiral wrap standing upright at a disk-like panel, made to mesh with each other while their wraps face the inside. The orbiting scroll sucks helium gas from a suction port of an outer peripheral portion of the stationary scroll, and discharges helium gas into the discharge chamber from a discharge port of a central portion of the stationary scroll. An inverter controls a number of rotations of the motor section, wherein a plurality of varnish-treated layers which becomes insulating films is formed on the surface of a coil which constitutes the coil ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Shiibayashi, Takao Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8628316
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing, a first scroll member, a second scroll member and a modulation assembly. The first scroll member includes a first end plate having a discharge passage, a first spiral wrap, and a first aperture extending through the first end plate. The second scroll member includes a second end plate having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom and meshingly engaged with the first spiral wrap to form a series of pockets. The first aperture is in communication with a first of the pockets. The modulation assembly is in communication with the first aperture and is operable in a full capacity mode where the first aperture is isolated from a suction pressure region providing full capacity operation and in a reduced capacity mode where the first aperture is in communication with the suction pressure region providing approximately zero capacity operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Stover, Masao Akei
  • Publication number: 20140010695
    Abstract: A compressor is provided and may include a shell, a motor assembly, a drive shaft, a first compression mechanism, and a second compression mechanism. The motor assembly may be disposed within the shell. The drive shaft may be powered by the motor assembly. The first compression mechanism may be disposed within the shell and may be driven by the motor assembly. The second compression mechanism may be driven by the motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Kirill M. Ignatiev
  • Patent number: 8622723
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes first and second scroll members housed in a casing. The first scroll member has a fluid inlet and a first through hole spaced from the fluid inlet. A fluid introducing pipe is configured to connect to the first through hole. A piston, having an annular groove and a second through hole, is disposed in the first through hole and is biased toward the fluid introducing pipe. The piston is configured to shut an end of the first through hole when fluid pressure larger than the biasing force is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe and to open the end of the first through hole when fluid pressure smaller than the biasing force is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe. A piston ring is fitted into the annular groove of the piston and has a stepped fitting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsukawa, Hiroyuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: 8622724
    Abstract: Scroll pumping apparatus includes a first scroll element and a second scroll element; a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the second scroll element for producing orbiting motion of the second scroll element relative to the first scroll element, the drive mechanism having an axis of rotation; and an isolation element to isolate a first volume and a second volume in the scroll pumping apparatus. The isolation element includes a first resilient annular member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the first scroll element, a second resilient annular member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the second scroll element, and a tubular member coupled between the first and second annular members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Calhoun, Romeo Boris Filip, Ronald Bernard Boudreau
  • Publication number: 20130343941
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes an oil recollecting pump for recollecting oil discharged from a shell, thus to effectively recollect oil discharged out of the compressor. A differential pressure hole is formed at a position where it communicates with compression chambers after a suction completion timing such that oil stored in an inner space of the shell can be supplied into the compression chambers using pressure difference between the high-pressure inner space of the shell and the low-pressure compression chambers, resulting in allowing oil to be smoothly supplied to a compression unit even during low-speed driving of the compressor and preventing beforehand an occurrence of a suction loss due to oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Byoungchan Kim, Seheon Choi, Byeongchul Lee, Cheolhwan Kim