Sound and vibration damping enclosures for refrigerant compressors of climate control systems
AssigneeTrane International Inc.
InventorsPercy F. Wang, Beth Robinson, Don A. Schuster, Hannah Exner
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Abstract
An embodiment of an outdoor unit for a climate control system includes a refrigerant compressor. In addition, the outdoor unit includes a plurality of refrigerant lines coupled to the refrigerant compressor. Further, the outdoor unit includes an enclosure positioned around the refrigerant compressor, wherein the enclosure includes an inner jacket and an outer jacket, the inner jacket being engaged with the outer jacket such that the inner jacket is configured to deform independently from the outer jacket to dissipate vibration emitted from the refrigerant compressor.
Claims20
An enclosure for a refrigerant compressor of a climate control system, the enclosure comprising:
- an inner jacket and an outer jacket, the inner jacket being engaged with the outer jacket such that the inner jacket is configured to deform independently from the outer jacket to dissipate vibration emitted from the refrigerant compressor,
- wherein the outer jacket is positioned about the inner jacket and the inner jacket is positioned radially closer to a central axis of the enclosure than the outer jacket, and
- wherein the enclosure is positioned around the refrigerant compressor.
A climate control system comprising:
- a refrigerant compressor;
- a plurality of refrigerant lines coupled to the refrigerant compressor;
- a heat exchanger comprising one or more heat exchanger tubes positioned about the refrigerant compressor;
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- an enclosure positioned between the heat exchanger and the refrigerant compressor, the enclosure comprising a plurality of nested jackets that are movable relative to one another so that the enclosure is configured to convert vibration emitted from the refrigerant compressor into frictional heat between the plurality of nested jackets, each of the plurality of nested jackets including a sound absorbing layer and a sound barrier layer,
- wherein the plurality of nested jackets further includes an inner jacket and an outer jacket positioned about the inner jacket and the inner jacket is positioned radially closer to a central axis of the enclosure than the outer jacket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.