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US 12,331,747 B2Granted
Fluid filter for a compressor
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorsSteven J. Koester, Bradley Vernon Crenshaw, Mark Elliot Honkala
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Abstract
A fluid filter includes a body portion and a filter membrane portion. The body portion includes at least one aperture formed therein, wherein the filter membrane portion is disposed in the at least one aperture to filter contaminants from a fluid (e.g., a lubricant). The fluid filter is installed in a fluid passage of scroll compressor, wherein an axial movement of the fluid filter is restrained.
Claims8
A compressor, comprising:
- a housing including a fluid passage formed therein;
- and
- a fluid filter disposed in the fluid passage,
- wherein the fluid filter includes:
- a body portion including at least one retention feature configured to permit the fluid filter to be fixedly coupled at a desired position within the fluid passage and a membrane portion at least partially disposed in the body portion,
- wherein the fluid passage includes:
- a channel portion receiving the at least one retention feature, and
- a remainder portion adjacent the channel portion, wherein the channel portion is formed adjacent an end of the fluid passage abutting a fixed scroll, the remainder portion is formed on an opposite side of the fixed scroll with respect to the channel portion in an axial direction, whereby movement of the fluid filter is axially constrained between the fixed scroll and a shoulder formed between the channel portion and the remainder portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.