Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active clearance management in screw compressor
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Application No.: US16568985Application Date: 2019-09-12
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Publication No.: US10738781B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Jay H. Johnson , Steven Lotspaih
- Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Davidson
- Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Davidson
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: F04C28/22
- IPC: F04C28/22 ; F25B1/047 ; F04C18/16 ; F01C21/02 ; F25B49/02

Abstract:
A compressor includes a housing defining a working chamber. The housing further includes a bore and an endplate disposed toward a discharge end. The compressor further includes a rotor having helical threads, the rotor being configured to be housed in the bore, a rotor clearance, a controllable bearing supporting the rotor, and a controller configured to control the controllable bearing such that the controllable bearing moves the rotor in a manner to reduce and/or enlarge the rotor clearance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200003214A1 ACTIVE CLEARANCE MANAGEMENT IN SCREW COMPRESSOR Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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