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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Duane F Steele, Onsted, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C / ; F04C / ; F16C / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
418 551 ; 418 69 ; 1921 / ; 384461 ;
Abstract
A scroll-type fluid compressor including a main drive shaft and a clutch assembly. The scroll-type fluid compressor including an external shaft bearing assembly comprising a main drive shaft bearing and a clutch assembly bearing. The clutch assembly bearing includes an inner journal and the main drive shaft bearing mounts directly inside the inner journal such that the clutch assembly bearing forms a housing around the main drive shaft bearing.