With Pump For Non-working Fluid Patents (Class 418/88)
  • Patent number: 11795959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a remote control smart blower. More particularly, the remote control smart blower includes a blower chamber (100) compressing external air flowing inside and discharging the compressed air; and a blower controller chamber (200) forming a predetermined-high partition with the blower chamber (100) and being able to operate and monitor in real time the power and operation status of a blower (110) disposed and fixed in the blower chamber (100), in which a manager can check the operation status of the blower (110) installed and fixed at a site and control and manage the blower (110) in real time using an exclusive terminal not only at the site, but regardless of the distance due to the blower controller chamber (200), whereby safety of operation and ease of management of the blower (110) are maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TURBOWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11280335
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a pump shaft in a rotary piston pump configured for conveying pump-conveyed fluid comprises a sealing-fluid pump device having a pump inlet and a pump outlet. A blocking chamber is connected to the pump outlet and is disposed so as to neighbor the pump chamber of the rotary piston pump and is sealed in relation to the pump chamber by means of a first shaft seal that encloses the pump shaft. The blocking chamber by way of the pump outlet is impinged with a fluid pressure resulting from the fluid pressure differential that is generated by the sealing-fluid pump device, whereby said fluid pressure interacts with the first seal assembly to seal the pump chamber in relation to the egress of pump-conveyed fluid from the pump chamber along the pump shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: VOGELSANG GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Krampe, Torsten Burhorst
  • Patent number: 11280337
    Abstract: Disclosed is a crank shaft, including a central rotation shaft, a first eccentric component, a second eccentric component, a disc partition plate and an annular partition plate, wherein the disc partition plate is disposed between the first eccentric component and the second eccentric component, and is integrally formed with the central rotation shaft, and the annular partition plate is sleeved outside the disc partition plate. The crank shaft can prevent the occurrence of leakage between the partition plate and a roller while increasing an eccentricity of the crank shaft and improving operating performances of a compressor. Further disclosed are a pump body assembly having the crank shaft and a compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GREEN REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF ZHUHAI GREE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peizhen Que, Yanjun Hu, Ouxiang Yang, Yuanbin Zhai, Liu Xiang, Jianfeng Huang
  • Patent number: 11255327
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes a main body, two first screw rotors, two second screw rotors, a driving module, a first slide member and a second slide member. The two first screw rotors are meshingly engaged with each other. The two second screw rotors are meshingly engaged with each other. Two first screw rotors are arranged in the first chamber of the main body. Two second screw rotors are arranged in the second chamber of the main body. The driving module is arranged in the drive chamber of the main body. The first slide member can move relative to the two first screw rotors. The second slide member can move relative to the two second screw rotors. A fluid entering the main body exits after being compressed or expanded by the two first screw rotors and the two second screw rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FU SHENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Liu
  • Patent number: 11209002
    Abstract: An oil flooded screw compressor includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a rotor supported within the housing by a bearing. The rotor is rotatable to compress air from the inlet to the outlet when the compressor is in an operating state, and the rotor is rotatable without compressing air when the compressor is in an idle state. The compressor also includes a pump configured to supply oil to the bearing only when the compressor is in the idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining Inc
    Inventors: Michael D. Lanum, Scott McMahon
  • Patent number: 10975867
    Abstract: A compressor design includes a male rotor (10) having one or more helical lobes (12) and a female rotor (14) having one or more helical grooves (16). The male rotor is mounted on a first shaft and the female rotor is mounted on a second shaft. The male rotor is positioned in a first section of a chamber and the female rotor is positioned in a second section of the chamber. Fluid enters the chamber at an inlet, and when the rotors are driven, the lobes of the male rotor fit into the grooves of the female rotor, causing compression and movement of the fluid towards an outlet or discharge end where the compressed fluid is discharged. The configuration of the lobe and groove helix, the lobe and groove profile, and the outer diameter of the rotors can be varied in different combinations to form different rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: GARDNER DENVER, INC.
    Inventors: Luke Gray, Taylor Stratman, Bernard Conley, Brent Ransdell, Daniel Peana
  • Patent number: 10962012
    Abstract: A positive displacement rotary compressor is designed for near isothermal compression, high pressure ratios, high revolutions per minute, high efficiency, mixed gas/liquid compression, a low temperature increase, a low outlet temperature, and/or a high outlet pressure. Liquid injectors provide cooling liquid that cools the working fluid and improves the efficiency of the compressor. A gate moves within the compression chamber to either make contact with or be proximate to the rotor as it turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: HICOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pedro Santos, Jeremy Pitts, Andrew Nelson, Johannes Santen, John Walton, Mitchell Westwood, Harrison O'Hanley
  • Patent number: 10958137
    Abstract: In a drive device, a housing includes an outer lid that covers one side in an axial direction of a motor shaft. A pump includes an external gear fixed to an end on one side in the axial direction of the motor shaft, an internal gear surrounding a radial outside of the external gear and meshing with the external gear, a pump room recessed from a surface on the other side in the axial direction of an outer lid toward one side in the axial direction, the pump room accommodating the internal gear and the external gear, a suction port through which the oil is to be sucked into the pump room, and a discharge port through which the oil is to be discharged from the pump room. The motor shaft includes a motor shaft body to which a rotor core is fixed and a closer fixed to the motor shaft body to overlap the internal gear and close at least a portion of the opening on the other side in the axial direction of the pump room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Migita, Yuki Ishikawa, Shuhei Nakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10697455
    Abstract: A compressor is provided which is configured to allow lubrication of a thrust surface through an oil groove formed in a thrust surface of a fixed scroll. Also, a scroll compressor is provided which smoothly supplies oil to a thrust surface of a fixed scroll by including a fixed scroll having an oil groove formed in the thrust surface of a fixed scroll sidewall, and allows an injection pressure acting on an orbiting scroll in an upward direction to be added by supplying the oil guided to the oil groove to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll such that an overturn moment generated in the orbiting scroll may be offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang baek Park, Jungsun Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim, Byeongchul Lee
  • Patent number: 10514034
    Abstract: A gear pump for low speed transfers of viscous liquid slurries promotes growth of suspended particles, such as sugar crystals, by avoiding crushing of the particles. The pump includes a rotor gear in mesh with an eccentrically mounted idler gear supported on a boss of a pump head that includes a crescent seal extending into an opening resulting from the eccentricity of the idler gear relative to the rotor gear. The idler gear contains a radially extending land on each tooth profile, symmetrically oriented on adjacently spaced pairs of teeth. The lands, configured to minimize crushing of crystals passing through the pump, engage mating rotor teeth for sealing between inlet and outlet ports of the pump. To promote crystal growth, the lands cover only 10% to 30% of profile surface area of each tooth. To minimize gear tooth wear, the lands are axially staggered between successive adjacent pairs of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Viking Pump, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Christian Iehl, Michael Robert Crawford, John Howard Hall
  • Patent number: 10458408
    Abstract: In a rotary compressor, a lower end plate cover is formed in a flat plate shape, a lower discharge chamber concave portion is formed in a lower end plate to overlap a lower discharge hole side of a lower discharge valve accommodation concave portion, and the lower discharge chamber concave portion is formed in a fan-like range between a diametrical line passing through a center of a sub-bearing unit and a midpoint of a line segment connecting a center of the lower discharge hole and a center of a lower rivet to each other and a diametrical line opened by a pitch angle 90° in a direction of the lower discharge hole about the center of the sub-bearing unit. At least a portion of a refrigerant path hole overlaps the lower discharge chamber concave portion and is disposed at a position communicating with the lower discharge chamber concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoya Morozumi, Taku Morishita, Motonobu Furukawa, Hiroki Katayama, Junya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9915264
    Abstract: A pump, particularly a vacuum pump for boosting braking power on a motor vehicle, including a housing, a rotor mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable, an oil riser groove arranged in the housing in the area of the rotor mounting, and a transverse bore arranged in the rotor transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rotor and which can be connected to the oil riser groove. The rotor mounting area is connected to an oil supply bore. The transverse bore interacts with an axial bore in the rotor which leads to a coupling section within the rotor, in which a coupling is arranged which can be engaged by a fastener having a central bore running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN BAD HOMBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Joerg Wallenfels
  • Patent number: 9022760
    Abstract: A compressor for compressing refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit includes a housing defining a compression chamber. A screw rotor is mounted within the housing and configured to form a pocket of high pressure refrigerant and a pocket of low pressure refrigerant within the compression chamber. The screw rotor has a rotor shaft rotating about an axis. A bearing cavity includes at least one bearing rotatably supporting the rotor shaft. A partition through which the rotor shaft extends separates the bearing cavity from the compression chamber. A contacting seal is sealingly engaged with the rotor shaft and disposed in the bearing cavity proximate the partition. A passage has an opening adjacent the rotor shaft between the contacting seal and the compression chamber and in fluid communication with the pocket of low pressure refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Bakkestuen, Jay H. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8932033
    Abstract: A positive displacement pump is provided. The pump includes a housing, and first and second meshed rotors rotatably disposed in the housing and arranged to transform relatively low-pressure inlet port air into relatively high-pressure outlet port air. The pump additionally includes first and second meshed timing gears fixed relative to the first and second rotors, respectively, for preventing contact between the first and second rotors, and sufficiently enclosed to generate a flow of lubricating fluid. Furthermore, the blower includes an input drive adapted to be rotatably driven at speeds proportional to speeds of an internal combustion engine and arranged to drive the first and second timing gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel R. Ouwenga
  • Patent number: 8888476
    Abstract: The inside of a sealed container (50) of a horizontal scroll compressor is partitioned by a partition plate (80) into a space in which a compressor mechanism section and an electric motor are contained and into a discharge space (84) in which a discharge pipe (52) and an oil supply pump (70) are contained. An upper communication path (85) and a path guide member (81) are provided in the upper part of the partition plate, and a refrigerant gas passes through the upper communication path (85). The path guide member is located below the discharge pipe (52), is extended to a position near a side surface of the sealed container, and has a path area greater than the path area of the discharge pipe. The construction causes the refrigerant gas to collide with the side surface of the sealed container, promoting separation of oil, and even if the oil is re-dispersed by a gas flow, the construction reduces flow directly leading to the discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Hasegawa, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Masashi Miyake
  • Patent number: 8845310
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a casing, a scroll compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, a driving motor that has a driving shaft, an insulator and a stator, and is connected to the scroll compression mechanism through the driving shaft to drive the scroll compression mechanism, a main frame that supports the scroll compression mechanism in the casing, a bearing plate that has a boss portion in which the driving shaft is inserted, and supports the driving shaft of the driving motor in the casing, and a cover that covers the surrounding of the driving shaft between the driving motor and the bearing plate and is formed of an insulating material and provided to the insulator of the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 8827667
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a casing, a scroll compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, a driving motor that has a driving shaft and is connected to the scroll compression mechanism through the driving shaft to drive the scroll compression mechanism, a main frame that supports the scroll compression mechanism in the casing, a bearing plate that supports the driving shaft of the driving motor in the casing and has an opening portion through which upper and lower spaces above and below the bearing plate intercommunicate with each other, and a first cover that covers the surrounding of the driving shaft between the driving motor and the bearing plate, wherein the cover is configured so as to be passable through the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 8820082
    Abstract: A screw expander system has a condenser positioned for receiving a mixture of oil and operating medium from a screw expander. A pump pressure-feeds the mixture from the condenser to an evaporator where the operating medium is evaporated. An oil separating tank separates the mixture from the evaporator into the gaseous operating medium and the oil, and the operating medium is returned to the screw expander via a throttle mechanism. The oil can thereby be supplied to the screw expander without providing a separate oil pump, as a result of which the screw expander system is compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8821140
    Abstract: A gear pump having double-helical gears with bearing assembly seals and gear end seals which provided double seal interfaces between the pump cavity and bearing cups having disposed therein bearing assemblies for supporting pump shafts for rotation. The double seal interfaces preclude pumped fluid, particularly contaminated fluid including entrained abrasives from making contact with the bearing assemblies. An adjustable packing seal mechanism, a gear gap adjustment mechanism, a fluid pressure relief system, and pump heat exchanger features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventors: Dan Paval, Ivan Polancec
  • Publication number: 20140161645
    Abstract: A gas pump including a first housing part (1) comprising a sealing surface (6); a second housing part (2) comprising a sealing surface (7); a delivery chamber (3) comprising an inlet (4) and an outlet (5) for a gas; and a delivery device (11, 12), which can be moved within the delivery chamber (3), for delivering the gas, wherein the housing parts (1, 2) are joined to each other such that they at least partially enclose the delivery chamber (3) over a circumference of the chamber, and such that their sealing surfaces (6, 7) abut each other in order to seal off the delivery chamber (3), and wherein a sealing recess (9) extends in at least one of the sealing surfaces (6, 7) around the delivery chamber (3) and is filled with a sealing liquid when the gas pump is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SCHWÄBISCHE HÜTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bohner, Sven Peters
  • Patent number: 8747091
    Abstract: A water injection type screw compressor wherein gas sucked from an intake flow is supplied to a rotor chamber, compressed and discharged into a discharge channel as compressed fluid together with water supplied to the rotor chamber, comprises a water separator disposed in the discharge channel to separate water and gas from compressed fluid, a water channel connecting the water separator to a compressor main body for supplying the rotor chamber with the water separated in the water separator, and an oil circulation channel including an oil pump, an oil filter, and a housing for storing oil for supplying the oil to where lubrication is needed. Further, a part of the water channel is arranged passing through an oil trap formed at the bottom inside the housing for storing oil. Thus, oil temperature increases can be minimized in simplified structure having no oil cooling means such as an oil cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Noguchi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8512019
    Abstract: In a screw compression apparatus in which shaft sealing members (13, 14) isolate a bearing space (7, 8) from a rotor chamber (5) and a lubricating fluid separating collector (3) separates the rotor lubricating fluid from the target gas discharged by the screw compressor (2), rotor lubricating fluid separated by the lubricating fluid separating collector (3) is introduced into the rotor chamber (5) via a rotor lubricating flow channel (25), and a bearing lubricating system (17) supplies a bearing lubricating fluid to the bearing space (7, 8). The bearing lubricating fluid flowing out from the bearing space (7, 8) is cooled and returned to the bearing space (7,8). A part of the target gas may be supplied to the shaft sealing members (13, 14) at a location between carbon rings of the shaft sealing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kakiuchi, Yasushi Amano
  • Patent number: 8506272
    Abstract: A lubricant metering system for a compressor may include a cap, a cap cage, and a shaft. The cap may include an outer surface, a first recess, and a first radial bore extending between the first recess and the outer surface. The cap cage may include a second recess receiving the cap and a lubricant inlet in communication with the first recess via the first radial bore. The shaft may be received within the first recess and may include an axially extending bore and a second radial bore extending between an outer diameter of the shaft and the axially extending bore. The shaft may be mounted for rotation relative to the cap to allow lubricant to flow into the axially extending bore via the first and second radial bores when the second radial bore is aligned with the first radial bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Research & Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichong Fan, Linzhi Chao, Yu Fei
  • Patent number: 8485803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scroll compressor, with an oil-separating drive shaft, that comprises a housing a fixed scroll which is installed inside the housing, a orbiting scroll which orbits around the fixed scroll, and a drive shaft which drives the orbiting scroll. In the orbiting scroll, a discharge hole is formed. A discharge path is formed along the longitudinal direction of the drive shaft so that discharged coolant from the discharge hole flows therethrough. At least, a part of the discharge path is inclined forward from the rotary axis to the exterior. A lubrication hole is formed in the drive shaft that penetrates from the discharge path to the outer surface of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Doowon Technical College, Doowon Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geonho Lee, Inhwe Koo
  • Patent number: 8449272
    Abstract: A sealed compressor has a lower end cap secured to a center shell, and defines a sealed chamber. An electric motor is received within the sealed chamber. The electric motor drives a shaft that drives a compressor pump unit. A lower bearing housing includes a bearing for supporting the shaft, and an oil pump. The oil pump includes a pump housing including one of a slot and a leg, with the bearing housing including the other of a slot and a leg. The leg is received in the slot to position the pump housing within the bearing housing. The oil pump further includes a piston to be driven by the shaft to drive the lubricant from a sump in the sealed chamber upwardly into a passage in the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Danfoss Scroll Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Gregory W. Hahn
  • Patent number: 8435020
    Abstract: A screw compressor (10) is provided with shaft seal sections (28, 41) located on opposite sides of a compression chamber (24) of a screw rotor (25), to prevent mixing of oil in bearings (27, 39, 40) into the compression chamber (24) and leakage of process gas from the compression chamber (24). A suction-opening return line (52) interconnects the shaft seal section (41) on the discharge side of the compression chamber (24) and a suction opening (17) of the compressor body (11). A supply-process-gas communicating line (61) interconnects the suction opening (17) of the compressor body (11) and the upper part of the oil supply tank (13), and a shaft seal section (53) divides the inside of the compressor body (11) and an atmospheric environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Amano
  • Patent number: 8435016
    Abstract: A vertical shaft pumping system includes a hollow shaft with an inner bore, an inlet end and an outlet end, the outlet end with at least one liquid distribution hole. It further includes an impeller positioned at the lower inlet end of the shaft, with a cylindrical base portion with a lower end, a central hole for drawing fluid into the shaft, and a plurality of teeth extending upwards from the cylindrical base portion and extending radially from the central hole to the outer cylindrical circumference for increasing tractive force of liquid in the shaft when the impeller and shaft are rotating; and a motor for rotating the shaft with the impeller to centrifugally pump a liquid vertically in the shaft from the lower inlet end to the upper outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Telakowski, Lino S. Italia, James R. Morin
  • Patent number: 8419394
    Abstract: To a hermetic compressor and a refrigeration cycle device having the same, an oil separator for separating oil from a refrigerant discharged from a compression unit is added. Separated oil is recollected into an oil pump driven by a driving motor. Because refrigerant separated from the oil is prevented from being re-introduced into the compressor, a cooling capability of the refrigeration cycle device may be enhanced. Because the oil pump is driven by the driving force of the driving motor, the compressor may have a simplified configuration, and the fabrication costs may be reduced. The oil used for a crankshaft lubrication process is returned to the oil pump by forming an oil pocket between bearing surfaces of a crankshaft and the oil pump, oil may be prevented from back-flowing to the oil separator from the crankshaft. This may allow oil to be smoothly recollected into the oil pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nam-Kyu Cho, Hyo-Keun Park, Byeong-Chul Lee, Se-Heon Choi
  • Patent number: 8303281
    Abstract: A high performance gear type oil pump for an internal combustion engine which has drive and driven gears which are, on one common side of the gears, respectively supported from the housing by a drive shaft and an idler shaft. In order to avoid cantilevering of the gears when generating pressurized oil, the other common side of the gears are each rotatable mounted on stub axles or pins which themselves are fixedly attached to the housing. In order to minimize wear, oil under pressure is supplied to the bearing surfaces of stub axles or pins which extend interiorly of the gears and also to the bearing surfaces of the housing which faces the common side of the gears where the stub axles are located, through oil supply passageways in the stub axles or pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Clay Valley Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Robillard
  • Publication number: 20120201710
    Abstract: A water injection type screw compressor wherein gas sucked from an intake flow is supplied to a rotor chamber, compressed and discharged into a discharge channel as compressed fluid together with water supplied to the rotor chamber, comprises a water separator disposed in the discharge channel to separate water and gas from compressed fluid, a water channel connecting the water separator to a compressor main body for supplying the rotor chamber with the water separated in the water separator, and an oil circulation channel including an oil pump, an oil filter, and a housing for storing oil for supplying the oil to where lubrication is needed. Further, a part of the water channel is arranged passing through an oil trap formed at the bottom inside the housing for storing oil. Thus, oil temperature increases can be minimized in simplified structure having no oil cooling means such as an oil cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Toru NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8192185
    Abstract: An expander-compressor unit (200) includes a closed casing (1), a compression mechanism (2), an expansion mechanism (3), a shaft (5), and an oil pump (6). The shaft (5) includes an upper shaft (5s) provided with an upper eccentric portion (5a) for the compression mechanism (2), and a lower shaft (5t) provided with lower eccentric portions (5d and 5c) for the expansion mechanism (3) and an intermediate eccentric portion (5e) for the oil pump (6). The expansion mechanism (3) has an upper bearing member (45) for supporting a supported portion (5f) of the lower shaft (5t) located immediately above the lower eccentric portion (5d). The intermediate eccentric portion (5e) has a diameter equal to or less than that of the supported portion (5f).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanobu Wada, Yu Shiotani, Shingo Oyagi, Yasufumi Takahashi, Takeshi Ogata
  • Patent number: 8043079
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor and a refrigeration cycle device having the same are provided. An oil separator is installed either outside or inside of a casing to separate oil from a discharged refrigerant and an oil pump driven by a driving force of a motor is used to recollect the oil separated in the oil separator, whereby the separation between oil and refrigerant can effectively be performed and also a fabricating cost can be reduced. Also, an introduction of the separated refrigerant back into the compressor can be prevented so as to improve a cooling capability of the refrigeration cycle device. In addition, the oil pump is driven by the driving force of the motor, resulting in a simple configuration of the compressor and a reduction of a fabricating cost of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byung-Kil Yoo, Nam-Kyu Cho, Dong-Koo Shin, Yang-Hee Cho, Hyo-Keun Park, Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7963744
    Abstract: A rotor for a screw vacuum pump has a threaded body in which a central cavity is formed. A coolant is supplied to the cavity from a supply line provided in a shaft attached to the body. A coolant flow guide, which may be either separate from or at least partially integral with the shaft, is located within the cavity. The flow guide has an outer surface adjacent, preferably in contact with, the body to enable heat to the transferred from the rotor to the guide. The guide also has an inner surface defining a bore, and defines at least in part a plurality of axially extending slots radially spaced from and in fluid communication with the bore. In use, coolant flows into the cavity through the bore of the guide, and out from the cavity through the axially extending slots, extracting heat from the guide as it flows both into and out form the cavity. The discharged coolant is conveyed form the slots into a discharge line located within the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Michael Henry North
  • Patent number: 7959423
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a quick-rotatable component a bearing for supporting the quick-rotatable component and a lubricant pump for feeding lubricant to the bearing and having a rotor, with the bearing and the lubricant pump forming parts of a closed lubrication circuit having a hollow axle on which the rotor of the lubricant pump is rotatably supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Eilers, Michael Willig
  • Publication number: 20110129378
    Abstract: The inside of a sealed container (50) of a horizontal scroll compressor is partitioned by a partition plate (80) into a space in which a compressor mechanism section and an electric motor are contained and into a discharge space (84) in which a discharge pipe (52) and an oil supply pump (70) are contained. An upper communication path (85) and a path guide member (81) are provided in the upper part of the partition plate, and a refrigerant gas passes through the upper communication path (85). The path guide member is located below the discharge pipe (52), is extended to a position near a side surface of the sealed container, and has a path area greater than the path area of the discharge pipe. The construction causes the refrigerant gas to collide with the side surface of the sealed container, promoting separation of oil, and even if the oil is re-dispersed by a gas flow, the construction reduces flow directly leading to the discharge pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Shuji Hasegawa, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Masashi Miyake
  • Patent number: 7927084
    Abstract: A compressor is having a tubular vertical shaft, which rotates about its vertical axis, a cylinder block for supporting the tubular vertical shaft, a rotor for driving the rotation of the tubular vertical shaft, and a stator affixed to the cylinder block. Lubricant is channelled from the lower end of the tubular vertical shaft through an inlet of its interior path to the outlet. A magnet is disposed within the interior path to trap ferrous contaminants in the lubricant before the lubricant is distributed to other parts of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Chew Thong Khoo, Kah Seng Tan, Ching Khoon Yeoh, Seow Khee Phua, Tai Ping Voon, Yuji Mori
  • Publication number: 20110027117
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotary compressor includes a compressor housing, a compressing unit, a motor, and an oil supply mechanism. The compressor housing has an inlet and an outlet of refrigerant. The compressing unit compresses refrigerant sucked in from the inlet. The motor drives the compressing unit through a rotation shaft. The oil supply mechanism supplies lubricant oil to the compressing unit through an oil supply hole of the rotation shaft. The oil supply mechanism includes a housing hole, a pump case, and a pump vane. The housing hole is communicated with the oil supply hole. The pump case is fitted in the housing hole. The pump vane is housed in the pump case, and includes a large width portion which is locked by the upper inner surface of the pump case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Masaki Fujino, Junya Tanaka, Taku Morishita, Kenshi Ueda, Naoya Morozumi
  • Patent number: 7878305
    Abstract: An oil-bearing shaft (1) through which the lubrication for components of a transmission is provided, comprising at least one longitudinal bore hole (2) and at least one oil supply bore hole (2) with one longitudinal bore hole (2), each fluid-mechanically connected, whereby the oil supply bore hole (2) is oriented with a setting angle ? is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gabor Diosi, Josef Haupt, Martin Brehmer
  • Publication number: 20100329916
    Abstract: Provided is an oil-cooled type screw compressor having a compressor body for compressing a suction gas and discharging the compressed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho(Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventor: Shoji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7854601
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100278671
    Abstract: A screw pump system has a plurality of rotors disposed inside a pump casing. Each rotor comprises a shaft and a set of threads disposed on the shaft configured to mesh with at least one other set of threads. A plurality of bearings are coupled to each end of each of the rotors. A plurality of gears are coupled to an end of each of the rotors. The gears are configured to reduce a size of particulates in a lubrication fluid by flowing the particulates through the rotating gears. The gears may serve as timing gears for the rotors as well as perform pumping of the lubrication fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Farshad Ghasripoor, Michael V. Drexel, Vasanth Kothnur
  • Publication number: 20100269536
    Abstract: An expander-compressor unit (200) includes a closed casing (1), a compression mechanism (2), an expansion mechanism (3), a shaft (5), and an oil pump (6). The shaft (5) includes an upper shaft (5s) provided with an upper eccentric portion (5a) for the compression mechanism (2), and a lower shaft (5t) provided with lower eccentric portions (5d and 5c) for the expansion mechanism (3) and an intermediate eccentric portion (5e) for the oil pump (6). The expansion mechanism (3) has an upper bearing member (45) for supporting a supported portion (5f) of the lower shaft (5t) located immediately above the lower eccentric portion (5d). The intermediate eccentric portion (5e) has a diameter equal to or less than that of the supported portion (5f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu Wada, Yu Shiotani, Shingo Oyagi, Yasufumi Takahashi, Takeshi Ogata
  • Publication number: 20100263404
    Abstract: An expander-compressor unit (200A) includes a closed casing (1), a compression mechanism (2), an expansion mechanism (3), a shaft (5), and an oil pump (6). The shaft (5) couples the compression mechanism (2) to the expansion mechanism (3) so that power recovered by the expansion mechanism (3) is transferred to the compression mechanism (2). The oil pump (6) is disposed between the compression mechanism (2) and the expansion mechanism (3), and supplies an oil held in an oil reservoir (25) to the compression mechanism (2). An oil supply passage (29) is formed in the shaft (5) so that the oil discharged from the oil pump (6) can be supplied to the compression mechanism (2). A lower end (29e) of the oil supply passage (29) is located below an inlet (29p) of the oil supply passage (29) formed in an outer circumferential surface of the shaft (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Shiotani, Takeshi Ogata, Shingo Oyagi, Masanobu Wada, Yasufumi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7789202
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pressurized internal oil management system, comprising an oil dam, at least one oil separator, at least one oil collection manifold, at least one oil pump, and one or more paths for returning the separated oil; said system integrated within the casing of a fluid displacement device to supply adequate lubrication regardless of orientations under zero to full gravity, and methods and applications related thereto. Fluid displacement devices useful herein include oil lubricated rotary or reciprocating machinery, such as compressors, expanders, pumps and engines, in the casing of which exists one or more drive mechanisms that can be utilized to operate the oil management system, in most cases without even increasing the size of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Aspen Compressor, LLC.
    Inventors: Kang P. Lee, William Gronemeyer
  • Publication number: 20100183467
    Abstract: A portable, rotary vane vacuum pump with an automatic vacuum breaking arrangement that vents the pump to atmosphere whenever the drive motor ceases to rotate the pump. The arrangement prevents lubricating oil in any substantial amount from being undesirably drawn or sucked into the evacuated pump when the drive motor is shut off either intentionally or unintentionally. If the system being evacuated is also still connected to the pump, the arrangement will additionally vent it and greatly limit any amount of oil that may be undesirably sucked back into it. The pump also has a primary oil container that essentially holds all of the oil for the system. The primary container is preferably made of clear, rigid plastic so that the condition of the oil in the system can be visually monitored. It is also removable from the main body of the pump and can be quickly and easily replaced with another container of fresh oil even while the pump is still operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Gregory S. Sundheim
  • Patent number: 7748969
    Abstract: A foam control device includes a first member coupled to an oil reservoir of a compressor and a second member to prevent foam from flowing into an interior section of the compressor. when a shaft of the compressor rotates. The second member controls a position of the first member based on at least one condition which, for example, may include an amount of oil in the reservoir, an environmental condition, or the type of oil or refrigerant used. According to one embodiment, the first member includes a plate containing one or more apertures that allow oil, suctioned from the reservoir, to pass back into the reservoir when the compressor shaft rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kangw-No Um
  • Publication number: 20100158736
    Abstract: A lubricant circulation system (10) includes a lubricant supply cup (1) containing a lubricant (6) and having an oil return hole (13) connected to an oil return pipe (16) of a rotary equipment (5). A pump seat (2) is coupled to the lubricant supply cup (1) and includes a pump chamber (253) and a pump outlet (254) connected to an oil supply pipe (256) of the rotary equipment (5). The lubricant (6) in the lubricant supply cup (1) flows into the pump chamber (253). A pump body (3) is coupled to the pump seat (2) and includes a pressure chamber (34) having a pressure inlet (341) and a pressure outlet (342) with a pressure relief valve (35). By introducing a pressurized fluid (7) from the pressure inlet (341) into the pressure chamber (34), a piston rod (27) in the pump chamber (253) reciprocally moves to allow the lubricant (6) in the pump chamber (253) to be successively supplied to the rotary equipment (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Chang Cheng Kung
  • Patent number: 7722343
    Abstract: A sealed-type rotary compressor includes a rotary drive unit and a compression mechanism coupled via a rotary shaft pivotally supported by a main bearing and a sub-bearing, and roller bearings. In the compressor, there are provided an oil filler opening which is provided to the rotary shaft along its center axis from one end face and which introduces lubricant of the bottom of an closed case, and oil filler openings, one end of which opens into the oil filler opening and the other end of which opens into the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft and which feed lubricant to roller bearings are equipped. The oil filler openings are formed to open towards the direction subject to the load when the roller bearings are subject to a large load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7717688
    Abstract: An oil pump for a compressor is provided. The oil pump includes a pump body, a driving shaft coupled to the pump body, with a supply passage extending therethrough, and a plurality of pumping members which rotate with the driving shaft. Fluids such as oil are inhaled into the pump through various intakes, and the inhaled oil is directed towards the driving shaft, where the oil is supplied to the friction parts of the compressor for lubrication. The plurality of intakes into the pump provide for a continuous supply of oil to the friction parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Kil Yoo, Byeong Chul Lee