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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

May. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Inventors:

Yifan Qiu, Manlius, NY (US);

David M. Rockwell, Cicero, NY (US);

Amit Vaidya, Jamesville, NY (US);

Assignee:

CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 29/02 (2006.01); F04C 18/16 (2006.01); F25B 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 29/02 (2013.01); F04C 18/16 (2013.01); F25B 31/002 (2013.01); F04C 2240/20 (2013.01); F04C 2240/30 (2013.01); F04C 2240/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a direct-drive refrigerant screw compressor, having: a housing; a compression chamber in the housing; a pair of rotors, each rotor of the pair of rotors being rotationally disposed in the compression chamber and including an outer surface with a screw-geared profile; wherein, for each rotor, the compressor includes: a plurality of bearing packs disposed within a respective plurality of bearing chambers; a working fluid disposed within each of the plurality of bearing chambers, the working fluid providing oil-free lubrication to the plurality of bearing packs; a plurality of bearing lubrication ports extending through the housing and into each of the plurality of bearing chambers, and configured for injecting the working fluid into each of the plurality of bearing chambers when the compressor is running.


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