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US 2017/0051741 A1Published application
Scroll type device incorporating spinning or co-rotating scrolls
AssigneeAir Squared, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Shaffer, Bryce R. Shaffer, Russell Vigil
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Abstract
A co-rotating scroll is disclosed having a motor having a shaft, a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll, a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll, and an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
Claims15
A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll, the idler shaft having a hole therein and a bearing, the hole for reducing centrifugal force on the bearing.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll, the idler shaft having a bearing having a bearing cover and a bearing shield for retaining grease within the bearing.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll having an involute with the drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a weight position on the involute of the drive scroll for dynamically balancing the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll having an involute with the driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll having an involute with the drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll having an involute with the driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- a counterweight position on the involute of the driven scroll for dynamically balancing the driven scroll;
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- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- an outlet having a labyrinth seal.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a motor shaft bearing;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll
- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll, the idler shaft having a bearing;
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- a spring for pre-loading the motor shaft bearing for reducing any axial load on the idler shaft bearing.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft with the shaft having an opening there through for allowing a working fluid to pass there through;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- a cross hole for delivering the working fluid to the drive scroll and the driven scroll;
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- an idler shaft for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- a bellows for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor;
- a drive scroll magnetically coupled to the motor for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- a bellows for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor;
- a drive scroll magnetically coupled to the motor for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- a bellows for aligning the drive scroll and the driven scroll and for allowing the driven scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
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- a pin for aligning the driven scroll relative to the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- a slot formed in the drive scroll;
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- a pin for insertion into the slot for aligning the driven scroll relative to the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- a slot formed in the drive scroll, the slot having a lead;
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- a pin for insertion into the lead and the slot for aligning the driven scroll relative to the drive scroll.
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A co-rotating scroll comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- a drive scroll connected to the shaft for moving the drive scroll;
- a driven scroll connected to the drive scroll to be moved by the drive scroll;
- a slot formed in the drive scroll, the slot having a raised portion;
- a pin for insertion into the slot for aligning the driven scroll relative to the drive scroll;
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- a second slot cut into the raised portion of the slot for balancing the drive scroll.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.