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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Tiax Llc, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventor:
John Dieckmann, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
TIAX LLC, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/0215 (2013.01); F04C 2230/91 (2013.01); F04C 2240/40 (2013.01); F04C 2240/50 (2013.01); F04C 2240/60 (2013.01); F05C 2203/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pump as provided includes an inlet, an outlet, and a scroll pumping element. The scroll pumping element includes a fixed scroll component having one or more fixed scrolls and orbiting scroll component having one or more orbiting scrolls for fluid pumping. The fixed scroll component and the orbiting scroll component are arranged so as to be capable of providing pressurized fluid to a thrust bearing and prevent contact between the fixed scroll component and the orbiting scroll component.