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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2022
Applicant:

Danfoss Commercial Compressors, Trevoux, FR;

Inventor:

Patrice Bonnefoi, Nordborg, DK;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/02 (2006.01); F04C 23/00 (2006.01); F04C 29/00 (2006.01); F04C 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/0215 (2013.01); F04C 23/008 (2013.01); F04C 29/00 (2013.01); F04C 29/02 (2013.01); F04C 29/025 (2013.01); F04C 2240/30 (2013.01); F04C 2240/40 (2013.01); F04C 2240/50 (2013.01); F04C 2240/60 (2013.01); F04C 2240/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

The scroll compressor includes a compression unit; a drive shaft which is vertically orientated; a lower bearing arrangement () configured to rotatably support the drive shaft; and an oil pump () arranged at a lower end of the drive shaft and configured to deliver oil to the compression unit and to the lower bearing arrangement (). The lower bearing arrangement () comprises a radial bearing housing () including an inner radial bearing surface () surrounding the lower end portion of the drive shaft; upper and lower axial thrust bearings () configured to limit an axial movement of the drive shaft; and a pressurized oil chamber () fluidly connected to the oil pump (), the pressurized oil chamber () being at least partially delimited by the outer surface of the lower end portion of the drive shaft, the inner radial bearing surface () and the upper and lower axial thrust bearings ().


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bonnefoi, Patrice. (2024). Scroll compressor provided with an hydrostatic lower bearing arrangement (U.S. Patent No. 12018685). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12018685

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