Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerostatic thrust bearing and method of aerostatically supporting a thrust load in a scroll compressor
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Application No.: US16009940Application Date: 2018-06-15
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Publication No.: US11415135B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Jay H. Johnson , Michael G. Benco , Sung Hwa Jeung , Scott J. Smerud , James Joseph Wiltzius
- 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: F04C29/02
- IPC: F04C29/02 ; F16N15/00 ; F04C18/02 ; F01C21/02 ; F04C23/00
Abstract:
A scroll compressor includes a first scroll member, a second scroll member, and an aerostatic thrust bearing. The aerostatic thrust bearing forms a layer of gas between the second scroll member and a fixed supporting member to support the second scroll member as the second scroll member rotates and/or orbits. Also disclosed is a method of supporting a rotating/orbiting scroll member in a scroll compressor. The method including supplying pressurized gas to an aerostatic thrust bearing such that a layer of gas is formed between the rotating/orbiting scroll member and a fixed supporting member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180363658A1 AEROSTATIC THRUST BEARING AND METHOD OF AEROSTATICALLY SUPPORTING A THRUST LOAD IN A SCROLL COMPRESSOR Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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