# US 2018/0320680 A1 · Compressor Housing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0320680 A1 - Document ID: US20180320680A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/966,903 - Filed: 2018-04-30 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-02 - Assignees: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE - Applicants: Man Diesel & Turbo SE - Inventors: Roger SUTER; Michael Betschart - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180320680A1 ## CPC - F04B 39/121: {Casings} - F04B 27/1081: {Casings, housings} - F04B 39/10: Adaptations or arrangements of distribution members - F04C 29/00: Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00 - F04D 29/40: Casings; Connections of working fluid {(bleed or by-pass valves F04D15/0011, F04D27/0215)} - F16L 19/04: using additional rigid rings, sealing directly on at least one pipe end, which is flared either before or during the making of the connection - F04C 2230/60: Assembly methods - F04C 2230/604: Mounting devices for pumps or compressors - F04C 2230/70: Disassembly methods - F04C 2240/30: Casings or housings - F04C 2240/805: Fastening means, e.g. bolts - F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F) - F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL ## Abstract A compressor housing, that includes a cylindrical housing basic body and at least one cover, which closes the housing basic body at an end of the same. The compressor housing for providing a stop for the respective cover has a threaded ring with an external thread, which via its external thread is screwed into the respective end of the housing basic body has an internal thread. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A compressor housing, comprising: a cylindrical housing basic body having an internal thread at least at one end; at least one cover that closes a respective end of the housing basic body; and a stop for the at least one cover comprising: at least one threaded ring with an external thread, the external thread is screwed into the at least one end of the housing basic body via the internal thread. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The compressor housing according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation lock via which the threaded ring is rotation-locked relative to the housing basic body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The compressor housing according to claim 2, wherein the rotation lock comprises at least one locking element, wherein each respective locking element interacts with the housing basic body via a first screw and with the threaded ring via a second screw. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The compressor housing according to claim 3, wherein the first screw extends into the housing basic body and the second screw extends into the threaded ring. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The compressor housing according to claim 4, wherein the second screw extends through the threaded ring and supports itself on the cover. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The compressor housing according to claim 2, wherein the rotation lock comprises one of: a locking ring or a locking segment ring, wherein the locking ring or the locking segment ring in sections projects into a radially inner groove in the threaded ring, and wherein first screws extend through a respective section of the locking ring or the locking segment ring projecting out of the radially inner groove of the threaded ring and support themselves on the cover. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The compressor housing according to claim 6, wherein the threaded ring comprises a radially outer protrusion, wherein second screws extend through the radially outer protrusion of the threaded ring and support themselves on the housing basic body. ### Claim 8 A method for the assembling or disassembling a threaded ring on a cylindrical housing basic body of a compressor housing having a cylindrical housing basic body having an internal thread at least at one end, at least one cover that closes a respective end of the housing basic body, and a stop for the at least one cover having the threaded ring with an external thread, the external thread is configured to screw into the at least one end of the housing basic body via the internal thread, comprising: fastening an assembly ring at the end of the housing basic body, at which the threaded ring is assembled or disassembled, that axially extends the housing basic body at the end and comprises an internal thread extending the internal thread of the housing basic body wherein for the assembly of the threaded ring the assembly ring receives the threaded ring and the threaded ring is screwed from the assembly ring into the end of the housing basic body, and wherein for the disassembly of the threaded ring the housing basic body receives the threaded ring and the threaded ring is screwed from the housing basic body into the assembly ring. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An assembly ring configured to carry out the method according to claim 8, wherein the assembly ring comprises an internal thread that extends the internal thread of the housing basic body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The assembly ring according to claim 9, wherein the internal thread of is produced together with the internal thread of the housing basic body. ### Claim 11 A method for the assembly or disassembly of a threaded ring on a cylindrical housing basic body of a compressor housing having a cylindrical housing basic body having an internal thread at least at one end, at least one cover that closes a respective end of the housing basic body, and a stop for the at least one cover having the threaded ring with an external thread, the external thread is configured to screw into the at least one end of the housing basic body via the internal thread, comprising: assembling roller-like assembly bodies on the cover or a separate support structure; wherein for the assembly of the threaded ring: positioning the threaded ring on the roller-like assembly bodies; and subsequently screwing the threaded ring into the end of the housing basic body, and wherein for the disassembly of the threaded ring: the threaded ring is screwed out of the housing basic body and in the process positioned on the roller-like assembly bodies.