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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Jay H. Johnson, Houston, MN (US);
Michael G. Benco, Onalaska, WI (US);
Sung Hwa Jeung, La Crosse, WI (US);
Scott J. Smerud, La Crosse, WI (US);
James Joseph Wiltzius, Forest Lake, MN (US);
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US);
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.