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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Vishnu Sishtla, Syracuse, NY (US);
Scott A. Nieforth, Clay, NY (US);
Biswajit Mitra, Huntersville, NC (US);
Macey Parrott, Charlotte, NC (US);
Puja Chopra, Mooresville, NC (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A vapor compression system and method for operating the vapor compression system are provided. The vapor compression system includes a compressor, a condenser, and at least one check valve disposed between the compressor and the condenser. The method provides for the transmitting of a shutdown command to the compressor, the compressor including a rotating shaft and a magnetic bearing, the magnetic bearing having an active mode and an inactive mode, the magnetic bearing levitating the rotating shaft in the active mode. The method further provides for the maintaining of the magnetic bearing in the active mode during a minimum time period, the magnetic bearing switching from the active mode to the inactive mode after the minimum time period is reached.