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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Sabic Global Technologies B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Brian Jason Rice, Huntersville, NC (US);
Marcos Fernando Borges, Campinas, ES;
Andrew May, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Donald W. DeMello, Austin, TX (US);
Haralur Gurulingamurthy, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Shawn William Lee, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Ernest Caldwell, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Walter Thompson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Improvements in compressor manufacture are achieved by utilizing polymeric components which retain at least 90% of their dimensions after being exposed to a mixture of refrigerants and/or lubricants for 30 days at 60° C. Polymeric materials include (i) polyetherimides, (ii) polyphenylene sulfides, (iii) polyketones, (iv) polysulfones, (v) liquid crystal polymers, and (vi) combinations thereof. Metal coatings on the polymers are the preferred embodiments for housings.