With Non-working Fluid Passage In Drive Shaft Patents (Class 418/94)
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Patent number: 12292049Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventor: Brent Haseley
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Patent number: 12180965Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor wherein, when oil is supplied to a single module, the module can mechanically/structurally supply the oil to a plurality of regions in a selective manner according to the pressure of a refrigerant, etc.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jinho Kim, Kangwook Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
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Patent number: 12173709Abstract: According to a scroll compressor of the present invention, a vertical groove is formed in the journal such that the vertical groove has a predetermined length measured from an upper end of the journal, a first oil supply hole and a second oil supply hole which are in communication with the main shaft oil supply hole and which open from the vertical groove are formed, a first opening of the first oil supply hole is located on a side of a lower end of the vertical groove, and a second opening of the second oil supply hole is located on a side of an upper end of the vertical groove. According to this configuration, an amount of oil supplied to the bearing can be increased, damage of the bearing can be reduced, and cooling ability and COP can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Sato, Daisuke Ogi, Takuji Sasa
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Patent number: 12110894Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided that may include a casing having an oil storage space; a cylinder; a main bearing and a sub bearing; a rotary shaft; a roller having a vane slot and a back pressure chamber; and at least one vane. An oil supply hole that communicates the back pressure chamber with the oil storage space may pass through the main bearing or the sub bearing, or through the roller. Accordingly, as high-pressure oil is supplied directly to a rear end surface of the vane, it is possible to increase efficiency of the compressor by increasing a back pressure on the vane and suppressing a delay in starting the compressor, and it is also possible to reduce collision noise and wear in the vane and the cylinder by suppressing vibration of the vane.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinung Shin, Joonhong Park, Seoungmin Kang
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Patent number: 12092111Abstract: A compressor may include a compression mechanism and an oil pump. The compression mechanism is configured to compress a working fluid. The oil pump may be defined by a driveshaft and a bearing. The driveshaft is drivingly connected to the compression mechanism and includes a lubricant passage. The bearing receives a portion of the driveshaft and includes a bearing surface that rotatably supports the driveshaft. The bearing includes a pump cavity surface that is spaced apart from the driveshaft and cooperates with a diametrical surface of the driveshaft to define a pump cavity that extends around the diametrical surface of the driveshaft. The bearing includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The inlet passage receives oil from an oil sump and provides oil to the pump cavity. The outlet passage receives oil from the pump cavity and provides oil to the lubricant passage of the driveshaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Copeland LPInventors: Kyle M. Bergman, Frank Wallis
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Patent number: 12092104Abstract: To reduce surface pressure acting on a tip of a winding terminal portion of a spiral wall of an orbiting scroll in a scroll compressor. In a scroll compressor 10, a thrust plate 81 and a thrust sheet 82 capable of being elastically deformed are provided between an opposing surface 237 serving as a thrust receiving part and an orbiting base plate 521 of an orbiting scroll 52. A first sealing member 83 seals between the orbiting base plate 521 and the thrust sheet 82 and a second sealing member 84 having a diameter greater than that of the first sealing member 83 seals the opposing surface 237 of a second partition wall 232 and the thrust plate 81. A back pressure chamber H5 is partitioned from a suction pressure area (space H6) by the thrust plate 81, thrust sheet 82, the first sealing member 83, and the second sealing member 84. A circular concave portion 816 is formed on a surface of the thrust plate 81 on the thrust sheet 82 side.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuo Teshima, Taizo Sato, Hiroki Mashiyama
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Patent number: 12085319Abstract: A compressor includes an actuator, a compression mechanism, a drive shaft, a support, a casing, and a welding pin. The drive shaft transmits a driving force of the actuator to the compression mechanism. The support supports a bearing that rotatably supports the drive shaft. The support has at least one hole formed in an outer surface. The casing has a cylindrical shape and accommodates the drive shaft and the support. The welding pin is press-fitted into the hole of the support and is welded and fixed to the casing. A low rigidity region is provided at at least a part of a periphery of an adjacent portion adjacent to the hole of the support. The low rigidity region has lower rigidity than the adjacent portion. The low rigidity region includes a thin portion having a smaller thickness in a radial direction of the casing than the adjacent portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitomo Tsuka, Sayumi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 12071951Abstract: A scroll compressor has a regulating part, provided in a modular manner outside of a compression part, for determining whether to selectively supply oil from one oil-feeding path to a plurality of regions inside the compression part that compresses a refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Minho Lee, Kangwook Lee, Jungsun Choi
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Patent number: 12055325Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a rotary shaft rotating in a first direction and defining each of an oil channel along which oil moves, an oil hole corresponding to a cylinder and a gas hole above the cylinder, and an oil paddle rotating in the first rotation direction together with the rotary shaft, the oil paddle including a first length region twisted in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, and a second length region twisted in the first rotation direction, where rotation of the rotary shaft in the first rotation direction includes the first length region of the oil paddle transferring the oil along the oil channel and toward the gas hole, together with the second length region of the rotary shaft transferring the oil along the oil channel and away from the gas discharge hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joonhyung Kim, Munseong Kwon, Jaewoo Park
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Patent number: 12049896Abstract: A balancing mechanism for a positive displacement machine, in particular a scroll compressor, wherein the balancing mechanism includes a drive shaft, a first balancing element and a second balancing element. The first balancing element includes a cylindrical hub section and a first force transmission section and is rotatably in contact with the drive shaft via a first axis of rotation. The second balancing element is rotatably in contact with the drive shaft via a second axis of rotation. A center axis S of the drive shaft and a center axis C of the cylindrical hub section are arranged on a first reference line CS, and a center of gravity J of the first balancing element and a center of gravity K of the second balancing element are arranged on a different side of the first reference line CS than a center axis P of the first axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: OET GmbHInventor: Christian Busch
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Patent number: 12025133Abstract: Provided is, e.g., a compressor with a high reliability. A compressor (100) includes a hermetic container (1) sealed with lubricant oil, an electric motor (6) placed inside the hermetic container (1) and having a stator (6a) and a rotor (6b), a crankshaft (3) configured to rotate integrally with the rotor (6b), a compression mechanism (2) configured to compress refrigerant in association with rotation of the crankshaft (3), a discharge pipe (Pb) configured to guide the refrigerant compressed in the compression mechanism (2) to the outside of the hermetic container (1), and a tubular oil ring (15) provided between the compression mechanism (2) and the electric motor (6). A cutout (s1) is, at a lower portion of the oil ring (15), provided as a first insertion portion into which the discharge pipe (Pb) is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.Inventors: Tsutomu Nozaki, Kazuyuki Matsunaga, Ryo Kurono
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Patent number: 12018685Abstract: The scroll compressor includes a compression unit; a drive shaft which is vertically orientated; a lower bearing arrangement (28) configured to rotatably support the drive shaft; and an oil pump (29) arranged at a lower end of the drive shaft and configured to deliver oil to the compression unit and to the lower bearing arrangement (28). The lower bearing arrangement (28) comprises a radial bearing housing (34) including an inner radial bearing surface (37) surrounding the lower end portion of the drive shaft; upper and lower axial thrust bearings (43, 44) configured to limit an axial movement of the drive shaft; and a pressurized oil chamber (51) fluidly connected to the oil pump (29), the pressurized oil chamber (51) being at least partially delimited by the outer surface of the lower end portion of the drive shaft, the inner radial bearing surface (37) and the upper and lower axial thrust bearings (43, 44).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: DANFOSS COMMERCIAL COMPRESSORSInventor: Patrice Bonnefoi
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Patent number: 11988166Abstract: There is provided a rotary heat pump capable of realizing further miniaturization, compared with a current status. As means of solution, a rotary heat pump includes: a rotary drive section including: a rotary shaft; a stationary gear; a rotor that has a rotor gear engaged with the stationary gear and that makes an eccentric rotation; a rotary housing along a peritrochoid curve defined by the eccentric rotation of the rotor; and a first side housing and a second side housing that cover one end side and the other end side of the rotary housing and that fix the stationary gear; a heat exchange fin provided in each of a compression region that is demarcated by the rotor and the rotary housing and that has a smallest planar area and an expansion region that has the largest planar area; and a heat insulation portion formed in a boundary portion between the compression region and the expansion region.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: MARUKO KEIHOKI CO., LTD.Inventor: Fumio Yuzawa
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Patent number: 11959484Abstract: Disclosed is a direct-drive refrigerant screw compressor, having: a housing; a compression chamber in the housing; a pair of rotors, each rotor of the pair of rotors being rotationally disposed in the compression chamber and including an outer surface with a screw-geared profile; wherein, for each rotor, the compressor includes: a plurality of bearing packs disposed within a respective plurality of bearing chambers; a working fluid disposed within each of the plurality of bearing chambers, the working fluid providing oil-free lubrication to the plurality of bearing packs; a plurality of bearing lubrication ports extending through the housing and into each of the plurality of bearing chambers, and configured for injecting the working fluid into each of the plurality of bearing chambers when the compressor is running.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Yifan Qiu, David M. Rockwell, Amit Vaidya
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Patent number: 11898559Abstract: A gear pump includes gears received within a housing defining an inlet, an outlet and end plates. The gears have shaft portions on each of two sides of each of the two gears. The shaft portions are mounted in journal bearings. The journal bearings each have a gear side face adjacent one of the two gears. A remote face is on a remote side of the journal bearing remote from each of the two gears. There is a plurality of heat pipes in at least one of the journal bearings. The heat pipes move heat from the gear face of the at least one of the journal bearings to the remote face. The plurality of heat pipes is enclosed by the housing, and extend generally in an axial direction from an end adjacent the gear face to an end adjacent the remote face. A fuel supply system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Mark W. Shoemaker, Zachary Allen Ray Le Duc
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Patent number: 11898561Abstract: Disclosed is a direct-drive refrigerant screw compressor, having: a housing; a compression chamber in the housing; a pair of rotors, each rotor of the pair of rotors being rotationally disposed in the compression chamber and including an outer surface with a screw-geared profile; a fluid being disposed in the compression chamber, the fluid consisting of a working fluid for providing lubrication to each rotor; a first port extending through the housing and configured for directing the fluid toward the compression chamber; and when the compressor is activated, each rotor rotates and the fluid is distributed about each rotor to lubricate each rotor.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Yifan Qiu, Amit Vaidya, Ulf J. Jonsson, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, David M. Rockwell
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Patent number: 11867181Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a compressor having a hermetically sealed housing and a compression mechanism which is positioned inside the housing; a condenser which is fluidly connected to the compressor; an evaporator which is fluidly connected between the condenser and the compressor; a magnetic coupling having a drive coupling half positioned outside the housing and a driven coupling half positioned inside the housing and separated from the drive coupling half by a separation wall portion of the housing; and a fluid conduit for communicating a portion of liquid refrigerant from the condenser to an inside surface of the separation wall portion. During operation, the liquid refrigerant from the condenser is evaporated on or adjacent the inside surface of the separation wall portion to thereby dissipate heat generated by magnetically induced eddy currents in the separation wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Alexander David Leyderman, Ralph James Carl, Jr., Graham Walker Lewis, Andrew Bascom McCandless, Jeongkwan Lee, Geoffrey Reynolds Harmon
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Patent number: 11773846Abstract: A screw spindle pump having a spindle housing, in which a drive spindle and at least one running spindle which meshes therewith are received in spindle bores, and which has an axial fluid inlet and an axial fluid outlet, and also an outer housing enclosing the spindle housing, wherein either a support device which axially supports the at least one running spindle and includes an axially projecting support pin is provided on the spindle housing, which is plastic, in the region of the fluid outlet, or a support device which axially supports the at least one running spindle and includes an axially projecting support pin is provided on a housing plate which is fitted on the outer housing, axially closes the outer housing, and is plastic.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: LEISTRITZ PUMPEN GMBHInventors: Jürgen Metz, Kristin Lissek, Florian Popp
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Patent number: 11739751Abstract: A scroll compressor may include a casing having a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion, a refrigerant suction pipe that communicates with the low pressure portion and a refrigerant discharge pipe that communicates with the high pressure portion, a drive motor installed inside of the low pressure portion, an orbiting scroll coupled to the drive motor to perform an orbiting motion, a non-orbiting scroll engaged with the orbiting scroll to form a compression chamber, and a refrigerant guide provided on the non-orbiting scroll to guide a refrigerant suctioned into the low pressure portion to be suctioned into the compression chamber, whereby an increase in specific volume of refrigerant suctioned into the compression chamber may be suppressed, and thus, an amount of refrigerant suctioned into the compression chamber may increase, thereby improving efficiency of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Changeol Jo
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Patent number: 11713762Abstract: A scroll compressor includes: a shell forming an outer case, a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll stored in the shell, a frame holding the orbiting scroll, a thrust plate between the orbiting scroll and the frame, and a thrust oil return pipe fixed to the frame. The shell forms an oil reservoir in which lubricating oil is reserved. The orbiting scroll and fixed scroll form a compression chamber. Lubricating oil flows through the thrust oil return pipe to return to the oil reservoir. A hole portion on the thrust plate passes from a first surface portion that slidably contacts the orbiting scroll to a second surface portion facing the frame. The thrust oil return pipe is inserted into the hole portion and fits in the thrust plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kohei Tatsuwaki, Fumihiko Ishizono, Yuji Takamura
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Patent number: 11680568Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism and a driveshaft that drives the compression mechanism. The driveshaft may include a first axially extending passage, a second axially extending passage, and a lubricant distribution passage. The first and second axially extending passages may be radially offset from each other and may intersect each other at an overlap region. The first and second axially extending passages are in fluid communication with each other at the overlap region. The lubricant distribution passage may extend from the first axially extending passage through an outer diametrical surface of the driveshaft. The lubricant distribution passage may be disposed at a first axial distance from a first axial end of the driveshaft. A first axial end of the overlap region may be disposed at a second axial distance from the first axial end of the driveshaft. The first axial distance may be greater than the second axial distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jesus Angel Nohales Herraiz, Xiaogeng Su, Sheng Liang
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Patent number: 11674515Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a casing, a scroll compression mechanism, a motor, a crankshaft, a bearing, a frame fixed to the casing; and an oil separation member fixed to the frame. The motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable in a rotational direction. The bearing rotatably supports the crankshaft. The oil separation member suppresses mixing of a refrigerant and a lubricating oil. The frame supports the bearing and has first and second fixed legs fixed to the casing. The oil separation member has a first horizontal and inclined surfaces. The first inclined surface has a first inclined surface upstream portion and a first inclined surface downstream portion. The first inclined surface downstream portion is disposed higher than the first inclined surface upstream portion. The first horizontal surface, the first inclined surface, and the first fixed leg are disposed in order from upstream to downstream in the rotational direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kousuke Araki, Yoshitomo Tsuka
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Patent number: 11603841Abstract: A scroll compressor includes an oil circulation pipe having one end inserted through a casing to be connected to an oil storage space inside the casing and another end connected to a suction passage for supplying refrigerant from outside of the casing to a compression chamber, an oil circulation valve disposed between the both ends of the oil circulation pipe to selectively open or close the oil circulation pipe, and a controller to control an opening or closing operation of the oil circulation pipe to reduce or eliminate frictional loss due to a shortage of oil by adjusting an oil level of the oil storage space at an initial operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yongkyu Choi, Junghoon Park, Taekyoung Kim
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Patent number: 11603843Abstract: Disclosed are an oil supplying mechanism, and a horizontal compressor having same. Disclosed is an oil supply mechanism for a horizontal compressor, the horizontal compressor including a housing, a motor, a rotating shaft driven by the motor, and a bearing pedestal supporting the rotating shaft. The oil supply mechanism includes a separating member, the separating member being in the form of a ring having a central hole for allowing the bearing pedestal to pass therethrough, and the separating member being configured to separate the housing into an oil storage chamber and a motor chamber with the motor provided therein. The separating member is constructed to have an annular groove opening into the oil storage chamber. The oil supply mechanism and the horizontal compressor having the oil supply mechanism can reduce or minimize free space in the motor chamber and/or facilitate a quality inspection on the structure of a pump.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sheng Liang, Laurent Grignard
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Patent number: 11592022Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a hermetic container, a fixed scroll, a swing scroll, a frame, an electric motor, and a shaft. A first groove and a second groove are provided outside a fixed wrap in a radial direction at an end plate surface of the fixed scroll. An oil supply hole for guiding lubricant oil from a through-hole opens at an end plate surface of the swing scroll. A single opening of the oil supply hole alternately communicates with the first groove and the second groove along with swing of the swing scroll.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.Inventors: Ryota Iijima, Kazuyuki Matsunaga
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Patent number: 11549510Abstract: A motor-operated compressor includes a compression unit including a compression chamber formed by a plurality of scrolls engaged with each other. The compressor includes a rotation shaft having one end coupled to one of the scrolls and a rotor coupled with another end of the rotation shaft. The compressor includes a stator radially separated from the rotor by a predetermined gap. The compressor includes a casing having a motor chamber. The stator is inserted in the motor chamber and divides the motor chamber into a first space and a second space. The casing includes an inlet port coupled to the first space to guide a refrigerant toward the motor chamber. The casing also includes a suction guide passage coupled to the second space to guide the refrigerant sucked through the inlet port toward the compression unit. A communication passage portion in the rotation shaft communicates the first and second spaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bumjune Seo, Ochang Gwon, Yongsoo Cho, Jongtae Her
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Patent number: 11548111Abstract: The sharpening system for cutter blades for cutting flexible materials in automatic cutting machines comprises at least one sharpening element, and it also comprises a first sharpening module that includes at least one first sharpening element, and a second sharpening module that includes at least one second sharpening element. It provides a sharpening system that offers an integral and simple solution to current sharpening systems by incorporating an active sharpening system in the guide plate, either in the rotary area or on the outside, or symmetrically in the upper part of the lower body of the cutting head, interchangeably.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: OPEN MIND VENTURES, S.L.U.Inventor: Antoni Balsells Mercadé
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Patent number: 11542946Abstract: A twin-shaft pump comprising: a pumping chamber; two rotatable shafts each mounted on bearings is disclosed. Each of the two rotatable shafts comprises at least one rotor element, the rotor elements being within the pumping chamber and the two rotatable shafts extending beyond the pumping chamber to a support member. The support member comprises mounting means for mounting the bearings at a predetermined distance from each other, the predetermined distance defining a distance between the two shafts. A thermal break between the pumping chamber and the support member is provided for impeding thermal conductivity between the pumping chamber and the support member, such that the pumping chamber and support member can be maintained at different temperatures. The support member and the rotor elements are formed of different materials, a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material forming the support member being higher than a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material forming the rotor elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Edwards LimitedInventors: Neil Turner, Phillip North, Michael Henry North, Malcolm William Gray, David Alan Turrell
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Patent number: 11493039Abstract: A crankshaft assembly, a compressor and a refrigeration device are provided. The crankshaft assembly has an eccentric shaft component, a spindle component and a main screw oil pump. The eccentric shaft component has an eccentric cavity, and the spindle component has a first cavity communicated with the eccentric cavity. A first through-hole and a second through-hole in a first spindle are each communicated with the first cavity. An outer surface of the first spindle is provided with a first spiral oil groove connecting the first through-hole and the second through-hole. An outer surface of the main screw oil pump is provided with a second spiral oil groove along its length direction, and a spiral direction of the second spiral oil groove is opposite that of the first spiral oil groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: ANHUI MEIZHI COMPRESSOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Gang Huang, Xuebao Shen
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Patent number: 11473581Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a first cylinder, a first piston and a drive shaft. The drive shaft includes a first eccentric portion, a first shaft portion rotatably supported by a first bearing, and a first coupling portion coupling the first shaft portion with the first eccentric portion. The first piston is fitted to the first eccentric portion. The first shaft portion has a cylindrical shape coaxial with the rotational center axis. Re1?e1<R1. Re1 is a radius of the first eccentric portion. R1 is a radius of the first shaft portion. e1 is an eccentricity of the first eccentric portion. An outer surface of the first coupling portion does not extend radially out of the outer surface of the first eccentric portion. A circumferentially extending groove is formed at an end of an inner peripheral surface of the first piston on a first coupling portion side in the axial direction of the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takazou Sotojima, Kousuke Nishimura, Hirofumi Higashi
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Patent number: 11466686Abstract: A rotary compressor is provided that may include a roller slidingly coupled to an eccentric portion of a rotational shaft so as to be moved along an inner circumferential surface of a cylinder by the rotational shaft, and a vane slidingly coupled to the cylinder so as to divide the compression space into a plurality of compression chambers. An oil supply groove may be formed on an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion or an inner circumferential surface of the roller that faces the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion, and a depth of the oil supply groove may decrease as a distance in a circumferential direction from the second oil supply hole increases. Accordingly, an amount of oil supplied between the eccentric portion and the roller may be increased to thereby reduce friction loss.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jingyu Lee, Sangmin Na
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Patent number: 11047387Abstract: A system includes a compressor configured to compress a vapor, or a vapor and liquid mixture, and a first rotor of the compressor disposed on a first shaft, where the first rotor includes a first plurality of pockets in a first body portion to form a first semi-hollow internal volume or a plurality of flanks and/or a first plurality of flutes on a first external surface of the first rotor, where the plurality of flanks or the first plurality of flutes comprises a first pitch to form first variable leads.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Tianshi Wu, Jian Xu, John Lloyd Neel
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Patent number: 9828996Abstract: A rotor has at its two axis end portions an upper large-diameter inner circumferential portion and a lower large-diameter inner circumferential portion that have inner diameters larger than the inner diameter of the axially middle portion of the rotor and are offset in the radial direction. A crankshaft has a passageway, which is formed in the crankshaft and allows refrigerant to flow therethrough, and a gas venting hole, which provides communication between the passageway and at least one discharge opening formed in the outer circumferential surface of the crankshaft. The at least one discharge opening is formed at a position facing the inner circumferential surface of the lower large-diameter inner circumferential portion 5b on the compression unit side.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazuchika Tsuchida, Osamu Kazama
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Patent number: 9683569Abstract: A compressor includes a rotor having an outer compression surface and a plurality of inner heat exchange surfaces. A coolant supply manifold fluidly connects with a coolant inlet in a first axial end of the rotor, and delivers coolant fluid by way of conduits having an axial distribution in the rotor so as to deliver coolant fluid to the heat exchange surfaces. The coolant may be a refrigerant that undergoes a phase change within the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: James Christopher Collins, Willie Dwayne Valentine, Stephen James Collins
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Patent number: 9366138Abstract: In one aspect, described is a rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, including a phasing gear with an annular meshing section including a plurality of radially inwardly oriented teeth and an annular attachment section connected to the meshing section and coaxial therewith, the attachment section being offset axially inwardly from the teeth and having at least a portion thereof located radially inwardly of the teeth, and a fastener apparatus connecting the phasing gear to the rotor body, the fastener apparatus engaging the rotor body radially inwardly of the teeth.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Eugene Gekht, Sebastien Bolduc, Mike Fontaine
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Patent number: 9115715Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a drive mechanism having a drive shaft with an eccentric part, and a compression mechanism. The compression mechanism includes a tubular cylinder covering an outer periphery of the eccentric part, a piston arranged inside the cylinder and fitted onto the eccentric part, an upper end plate closing an upper end of the cylinder, and a lower end plate closing a lower end of the cylinder. A lower end surface of the eccentric part defines a thrust bearing surface slidably contacting an upper end surface of the lower end plate. The drive shaft has an oil path with lubrication oil circulating through the oil path. The eccentric part has a circumferentially extending pressure reduction groove opening at part of the thrust bearing surface close to an inner circumferential side to reduce a pressure of the lubrication oil supplied from the oil path to the pressure reduction groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Tomioka, Takehiro Kanayama, Hiroki Kamiishida
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Patent number: 9028231Abstract: Described herein is a device comprising: a chamber wall comprising outer and inner surfaces, wherein the inner surface encloses a lobed chamber with a plurality of lobes and the inner surface comprises segments of arcuate surfaces, each of the segments of arcuate surfaces being tangent with its immediate neighboring segments, and wherein the chamber wall further comprises channels connecting the outer surface and the inner surface of the chamber wall and/or channels through an end surface of the chamber wall; a lobed piston configured to translate along a circular path relative to the chamber wall, the outer surface of the piston and the inner surface of the chamber wall engaged during translation; and holes fluidly connected to the lobed chamber and configured to allow fluid discharge from the lobed chamber through the holes and to prevent fluid flow into the lobed chamber through the holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Inventor: Yaode Yang
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Patent number: 9004887Abstract: A thrust plate for a compressor may include first and second ends and a feed hole. The first end may include a thrust surface. The second end may include a lubricant accumulation feature. The feed hole may extend between the lubricant accumulation feature and the thrust surface to provide communication therebetween. The feed hole may be angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the thrust plate such that lubricant flows through the feed hole from the lubricant accumulation feature to the thrust surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Linzhi Chao, Shuichong Fan, Chao Jiang
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Patent number: 8992192Abstract: A shaft assembly includes a gear with a gear bore having a splined bore section adjacent to an oil dam. A shaft includes a first splined end section and a second splined end section, the first splined end section engageable with the splined inner diameter, the shaft having a bore with a bore diameter greater than a diameter of the oil dam, a first set of radial apertures axially inboard of the first splined end section in communication with the shaft inner bore and a second set of radial apertures axially inboard of the second splined end section in communication with the shaft inner bore that altogether provide lubrication of the splined end sections.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Satish Shantilal Shah, Michael R. Blewett, Timothy P. Walgren, Michael Moorman
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Patent number: 8992191Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided that may include a differential pressure hole formed at or in an orbiting scroll that communicates a high pressure part with an intermediate pressure part, a decompression portion formed in the differential pressure hole and having a pin member inserted therein to decompress oil. An inner diameter D1 of the decompression portion may be greater than an outer diameter D2 of the pin member. The decompression portion may include an inlet through which oil may be introduced from the high pressure part into the differential pressure hole, and an outlet through which oil from the differential pressure hole may be discharged into the intermediate pressure part.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungyong Ahn, Seheon Choi, Byoungchan Kim, Byeongchul Lee
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Patent number: 8944790Abstract: A rotary compressor including a housing that defines an inlet, a low pressure chamber, an outlet, and a high pressure chamber defining a high pressure lubricant sump. A drive shaft passes through the housing and a compression element is coupled to the drive shaft between the low pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber. A first path connects the high pressure lubricant sump to the low pressure chamber such that lubricant flows through the first path from the high pressure lubricant sump to the low pressure chamber. A low pressure lubricant sump is positioned within the low pressure chamber and includes a movable gate movable from a closed position to an open position in response to a hydrostatic pressure of the lubricant within the low pressure lubricant sump. A second path connects a lubricant separator and the low pressure lubricant sump.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Thermo King CorporationInventor: YoungChan Ma
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Patent number: 8899947Abstract: A compressor is provided having an accumulator that forms an accumulating chamber in an internal space of a shell of the compressor, reducing a size of the compressor and simplifying an assembly process. A stationary shaft having a refrigerant suction passage may be directly connected to the accumulator to prevent leakage of refrigerant. Further, a center of gravity of the accumulator may correspond to a center of gravity of the compressor to reduce vibration noise of the compressor caused by the accumulator. Furthermore, both ends of the stationary shaft may be supported by a frame to reduce compressor vibration without using a separate bearing. An installation area of the compressor including the accumulator may be minimized to enhance design flexibility of an outdoor device employing the compressor and minimize interference with other components, thereby facilitating installation of the outdoor device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Bumdong Sa
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Patent number: 8888476Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Shuji Hasegawa, Mutsunori Matsunaga, Masashi Miyake
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Patent number: 8858205Abstract: A compressor is provided in which a rotary member suspended on a stationary member is rotated to compress a refrigerant. The rotary member is suspended on a first stationary member and rotatably supported on a second stationary member spaced apart from the first stationary member, which achieves the structural stability and allows the components to be easily centered and assembled. A refrigerant suction passage and a refrigerant discharge passage are such that the refrigerant may be sucked and discharged without a valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kang-Wook Lee, Bum-Dong Sa
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Patent number: 8845310Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
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Patent number: 8827667Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Iitsuka, Tsutomu Kon, Akihiro Hayashi, Katsuki Akuzawa, Kazuyoshi Sugimoto, Yasunori Kiyokawa
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Patent number: 8794942Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a cup-shaped housing, a rotor eccentrically mounted for rotation in the housing, and a housing cover closing the cup-shaped housing, wherein the rotor has a rotor shaft that passes through the cup-shaped housing and by which the rotor is driven, wherein the rotor shaft is provided with a bore for delivering a lubricant, and a connection nipple is seated in the free end section of the bore.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbHInventors: Willi Schneider, Bernd Hess
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Patent number: 8753098Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsuhide Yokoyama, Toshihide Koda, Teruhiko Nishiki, Hideaki Maeyama, Taro Kato, Keisuke Shingu, Takuho Hirahara, Shin Sekiya
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Patent number: 8747088Abstract: A compressor may include a compressor housing, an oil sump, an intake chamber, a compression mechanism, a drive shaft, and a first oil passage. The oil sump may be in communication with the compression mechanism. The intake chamber may be defined within the housing. The drive shaft may include first and second ends with an oil inlet passage located therebetween. The first end may be disposed within the intake chamber and may be drivingly engaged with the compression mechanism. The second end may extend outside of the housing for driven engagement external to the housing. The oil inlet passage may be located within the intake chamber. The first oil passage may be disposed within the housing and in communication with the oil sump and the oil inlet passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John P. Elson, Jeffrey L. Berning, John P. Sheridan
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Patent number: RE50022Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a cylinder that is coupled to an inner space of a casing and that defines a compression space, a first bearing and a second bearing located at upper and lower sides of the cylinder, a roller disposed eccentrically with respect to an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder to vary a volume of the compression space based on rotation, and a vane inserted into the roller to rotate together with the roller, and drawn out toward the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder during the rotation of the roller to partition the compression space into a plurality of compression chambers. A suction passage communicating with the compression space is defined in the first bearing or the second bearing, and a suction port communicating between the suction passage and the compression space is defined on a side surface of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jinung Shin, Seokhwan Moon, Kiyoul Noh