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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Sung Hwa Jeung, Onalaska, WI (US);
Charles Roesler, La Crosse, WI (US);
Donald Lee Hill, Cornelius, NC (US);
Jay H. Johnson, Houston, MN (US);
Joseph M. Heger, West Salem, WI (US);
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US);
Abstract
A compressor includes a housing, a shaft that is rotated relative to the housing to compress a working fluid, and a foil bearing that supports the shaft. The foil bearing includes a top foil. The foil bearing is a foil gas bearing that is backed up by a ball bearing, or a mesh foil bearing with an actuator to compress a wire mesh dampener. A heat transfer circuit includes a compressor and a working fluid. The compressor includes a shaft that is rotated to compress the working fluid, and a foil bearing for supporting the shaft as it rotates.