# US 2019/0376499 A1 · Relative vibration damping system for hvac systems

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- Number: US 2019/0376499 A1
- Document ID: US20190376499A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/040,298
- Filed: 2018-07-19
- Published: 2019-12-12
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-07
- Assignees: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicants: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Inventors: Troy A. Doeden; Nicholas A. Kauffman; Bennie D. Hoyt; Jordan R. Jensen; George W Conley, III; Alex L. Watkins; Tony M. Clark
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190376499A1

## CPC

- F04B 39/0044: {with vibration damping supports}
- F04B 41/02: having reservoirs
- F01C 21/007: {General arrangements of parts; Frames and supporting elements}
- F04C 29/06: Silencing (gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines in general F01N)
- F25B 31/00: Compressor arrangements
- F25B 43/006: {Accumulators}
- F04C 18/0207: {both members having co-operating elements in spiral form}
- F04C 18/16: with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type {(for non-parallel axes of movement F04C18/48)}
- F04C 2270/125: Controlled or regulated
- F25B 49/02: for compression type machines, plants or systems
- F25B 2400/03: Suction accumulators with deflectors
- F25B 2500/13: Vibrations
- F25B 2600/0253: with variable speed
- Y02B 30/70: Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating
- 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)
- F01C: ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES (internal-combustion aspects F02B53/00, F02B55/00)
- F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

A heating and cooling system includes a bracket insert configured to be adjustably positioned between a compressor of the heating and cooling system and a refrigerant reservoir of the heating and cooling system. The heating and cooling system further includes an adjustable band configured to be disposed about the compressor and the refrigerant reservoir, wherein the adjustable band is configured to be adjustable to bias the compressor and refrigerant reservoir toward one another.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A heating and cooling system, comprising:
a bracket insert configured to be adjustably positioned between a compressor of the heating and cooling system and a refrigerant reservoir of the heating and cooling system; and
an adjustable band configured to be disposed about the compressor and the refrigerant reservoir, wherein the adjustable band is configured to be adjustable to bias the compressor and refrigerant reservoir toward one another.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, wherein the bracket insert is a single piece.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, wherein the bracket insert comprises a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to be adjustably coupled to one another.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The heating and cooling system of claim 3, wherein the first bracket is configured to couple to the second bracket via fasteners, a clamp, a hinge, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The heating and cooling system of claim 3, wherein the first bracket comprises a first flange configured to abut the compressor, and the second bracket comprises a second flange configured to abut the refrigerant reservoir.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, comprising padding configured to be disposed between the bracket insert and the compressor, between the bracket insert and the refrigerant reservoir, between the adjustable band and the compressor, between the adjustable band and the refrigerant reservoir, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The heating and cooling system of claim 6, wherein the padding comprises an adhesive configured to adhere to the bracket insert, the adjustable band, the compressor, the refrigerant reservoir, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, wherein a first bracket of the bracket insert comprises a first plurality of holes and a second bracket of the bracket insert comprises a second plurality of holes, wherein the first plurality of holes are configured to align with the second plurality of holes in a plurality of relative positions of the first bracket and the second bracket.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, wherein a first bracket of the bracket insert is configured to abut the compressor, and wherein a second bracket of the bracket insert is configured to abut the refrigerant reservoir.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable band is adjustable via a buckle, clamp, fastener, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The heating and cooling system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable band is a hose clamp, a belt, a strap, a woven fabric, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 12

A damping system for a heating and cooling system, comprising:
a first bracket, wherein the first bracket comprises a first flange disposed on a first side of the first bracket, wherein the first flange is configured to abut a compressor of the heating and cooling system;
a second bracket, wherein the second bracket comprises a second flange disposed on a second side of the second bracket, wherein the second flange is configured to abut a refrigerant reservoir of the heating and cooling system, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to adjustably couple to one another; and
an adjustable band configured to be disposed about the compressor and the refrigerant reservoir, wherein the adjustable band is adjustable to bias the compressor and refrigerant reservoir toward one another.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The damping system of claim 12, wherein the first bracket comprises a first plurality of holes, the second bracket comprises a second plurality of holes, and the first plurality of holes and the second plurality of holes are configured to align with one another in various positions to adjustably couple the first bracket to the second bracket.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The damping system of claim 13, wherein the first plurality of holes comprises a first row of holes, wherein the first row of holes is evenly spaced.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The damping system of claim 14, wherein the first plurality of holes comprises a second row of holes, wherein the second row of holes is unevenly spaced.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The damping system of claim 12, the first flange comprises a first radius of curvature, the second flange comprises a second radius of curvature, and the first radius of curvature and second radius of curvature are different from one another.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The damping system of claim 12, comprising padding configured to be disposed between the first bracket and the compressor, between the second bracket and the refrigerant reservoir, between the adjustable band and the compressor, between the adjustable band and the refrigerant reservoir, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The damping system of claim 17, wherein the padding comprises rubber, sponge, foam, fabric, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The damping system of claim 12, wherein the first flange and the second flange extend in a first lateral direction, a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction, or any combination thereof, relative to the first side of the first bracket and the second side of the first bracket.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The damping system of claim 12, wherein the first flange and the second flange are respectively coupled to the first bracket and the second bracket via welding, fastening, riveting, gluing, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 21 (depends on 12)

The damping system of claim 12, wherein the first bracket, the second bracket, and the adjustable band each comprises a metal, a composite, a polymer, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 22

A heating and cooling system, comprising:
a compressor configured to pressurize refrigerant flowing through the heating and cooling system;
a refrigerant reservoir configured to be in fluid communication with the compressor, wherein the refrigerant reservoir is configured to store liquid refrigerant;
a bracket assembly comprising a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein the first bracket comprises a first end configured to abut the compressor and the second bracket comprises a second end configured to abut the refrigerant reservoir, and wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to be adjustably coupled to one another; and
an adjustable band configured to be disposed about the compressor and the refrigerant reservoir, wherein the adjustable band is configured to be adjustable to bias the compressor and refrigerant reservoir toward one another.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The heating and cooling system of claim 22, wherein the bracket assembly is configured to span a distance between the compressor and the refrigerant reservoir.

### Claim 24 (depends on 22)

The heating and cooling system of claim 22, wherein the compressor comprises a first radius of curvature, wherein the refrigerant reservoir comprises a second radius of curvature, wherein the first end comprises a first arcuate shape comprising the first radius of curvature, and wherein the second end is a second arcuate shape comprising the second radius of curvature.

### Claim 25 (depends on 22)

The heating and cooling system of claim 22, wherein the bracket assembly is configured to be positioned at a height above a base of the compressor and wherein the adjustable band is configured to be positioned at the height above the base of the compressor.

### Claim 26 (depends on 22)

The heating and cooling system of claim 22, wherein the refrigerant reservoir is a compensator or an accumulator.