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US 12,729,684 B2Granted
Vortex compressor
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsQilin Huang, Yu Shi, Maojun He
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Abstract
A vortex compressor includes (i) a housing, (ii) an interior chamber housed in the housing, (iii) a compression assembly having a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and movably disposed with the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll, (iv) a drive assembly having a main shaft and a drive plate connecting to the dynamic scroll, and the main shaft drives the dynamic scroll to revolve through the drive plate, and (v) and an anti-turn assembly for preventing the drive plate from self-rotation.
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A vortex compressor, comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior chamber housed in the housing;
- a compression assembly including a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and moveably disposed with respect to the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll;
- a drive assembly including a main shaft and a drive plate connected to the dynamic scroll, the main shaft being configured to drive a revolution of the dynamic scroll through the drive plate;
- and
- an anti-turn assembly configured to prevent self-rotation of the drive plate, the anti-turn assembly including a plurality of posts protruding from the static scroll and a plurality of anti-turn holes disposed in the drive plate, wherein the plurality of posts are fixed directly to the housing.
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A vortex compressor, comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior chamber housed in the housing;
- a compression assembly including a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and moveably disposed with respect to the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll;
- a drive assembly including a main shaft and a drive plate connected to the dynamic scroll, the main shaft being configured to drive a revolution of the dynamic scroll through the drive plate;
- and
- an anti-turn assembly configured to prevent self-rotation of the drive plate,
- wherein the static scroll includes a first and a second axially separated static scrolls fixed to the housing, the dynamic scroll being movably disposed between and mated with the first and second static scrolls, respectively, and
- wherein the first static scroll is provided with a first through-hole that communicates with a center of the first static scroll body opposite the side of the dynamic scroll, and the dynamic scroll is provided with a second through-hole that communicates a center of the first dynamic scroll body with a center of the second dynamic scroll body.
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A vortex compressor, comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior chamber housed in the housing;
- a compression assembly including a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and moveably disposed with respect to the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll;
- a drive assembly including a main shaft and a drive plate connected to the dynamic scroll, the main shaft being configured to drive a revolution of the dynamic scroll through the drive plate;
- and
- an anti-turn assembly configured to prevent self-rotation of the drive plate,
- wherein the static scroll includes a first and a second axially separated static scrolls fixed to the housing, the dynamic scroll being movably disposed between and mated with the first and second static scrolls, respectively,
- wherein the first static scroll is provided with a first static scroll body, the second static scroll is provided with a second static scroll body, and the dynamic scroll is provided on both sides with a first dynamic scroll body that mates with the first static scroll body and a second dynamic scroll body that mates with the second static scroll body, and
- wherein the first and second static scroll bodies are arranged symmetrically and have the same height with respect to the dynamic scroll and the first and second dynamic scroll bodies are arranged symmetrically and have the same height.
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A vortex compressor, comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior chamber housed in the housing;
- a compression assembly including a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and moveably disposed with respect to the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll;
- a drive assembly including a main shaft and a drive plate connected to the dynamic scroll, the main shaft being configured to drive a revolution of the dynamic scroll through the drive plate;
- and
- an anti-turn assembly configured to prevent self-rotation of the drive plate,
- wherein the static scroll includes a first and a second axially separated static scrolls fixed to the housing, the dynamic scroll being movably disposed between and mated with the first and second static scrolls, respectively, and
- wherein the dynamic scroll is provided with a connecting wall that surrounds the second static scroll and is fixed to the drive plate, the connecting wall being located radially outward of and spaced from the second static scroll.
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A vortex compressor, comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior chamber housed in the housing;
- a compression assembly including a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and moveably disposed with respect to the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll;
- a drive assembly including a main shaft and a drive plate connected to the dynamic scroll, the main shaft being configured to drive a revolution of the dynamic scroll through the drive plate;
- and
- an anti-turn assembly configured to prevent self-rotation of the drive plate,
- wherein the static scroll includes a first and a second axially separated static scrolls fixed to the housing, the dynamic scroll being movably disposed between and mated with the first and second static scrolls, respectively,
- wherein the anti-turn assembly includes a plurality of posts and a plurality of anti-turn holes, wherein each post passes through one anti-turn hole and the diameter of the anti-turn hole is greater than the diameter of the post, and wherein the plurality of posts protrude from one of the second static scroll and the drive plate, and the anti-turn holes are disposed in one of the other of the second static scroll and the drive plate, and
- wherein the plurality of anti-turn holes is defined in the drive plate and is covered by the second static scroll and the housing on opposite sides of the drive plate, respectively.
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A vortex compressor, comprising:
- a housing;
- an interior chamber housed in the housing;
- a compression assembly including a static scroll fixed to the housing and a dynamic scroll mated and moveably disposed with respect to the static scroll, wherein a compression cavity is disposed between the static scroll and the dynamic scroll;
- a drive assembly including a main shaft and a drive plate connected to the dynamic scroll, the main shaft being configured to drive a revolution of the dynamic scroll through the drive plate;
- and
- an anti-turn assembly configured to prevent self-rotation of the drive plate,
- wherein the static scroll includes a first and a second axially separated static scrolls fixed to the housing, the dynamic scroll being movably disposed between and mated with the first and second static scrolls, respectively,
- wherein the interior chamber has an input portion positioned radially outward of the dynamic scroll and an output portion positioned on an opposite side of the first static scroll to the dynamic scroll,
- wherein the housing forms an annular surface arranged about an inside of the output portion, the first static scroll engaging the annular surface to isolate the input portion from the output portion from one another, and
- wherein sealing rings are clamped between the first static scroll and the annular surface.
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