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US 6,658,986 B2Granted
Compressor housing with clamp
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSrinivas S. Pitla, Chang Yun Ching, Vipen Khetarpal, Mirza Qadir M. Baig
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Abstract
A housing assembly for a refrigerant compressor in an air conditioning system includes a forward housing portion, and a rearward housing portion. The two mate together to contain the internal components and seal the compressor. A clamp engages the forward and the rearward housing portions and is rotated to compress the two together. It maintains a desired clamping force under various operating and environmental conditions.
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A compressor for an air conditioning system comprising:
- a first housing including an outer wall having an end with external threads thereon and an inner wall defining an inner cavity;
- a component mounted partially within the inner cavity and including an outer surface sealingly engaging the inner wall;
- a second housing including an inner wall defining an inner cavity for sealingly receiving a portion of the component along the component outer surface, and with the second housing including an engagement portion having an engagement device thereon;
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- a clamping member that is generally a hollow cylindrical shape and includes a first set of internal threads that threadably engage the external threads on the first housing, and a second engagement device operatively engaging the engagement portion of the second housing such that rotation of the clamping member in a first direction will cause the first and the second housings to be pulled toward one another, and rotation of the clamping member in a second opposite direction will allow the first and the second housings to be released from one another.
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A compressor for an air conditioning system comprising:
- a first housing including an outer wall having an end with external threads thereon and an inner wall defining an inner cavity;
- a component mounted partially within the inner cavity and including an outer surface sealingly engaging the inner wall;
- a second housing including an inner wall defining an inner cavity for sealingly receiving a portion of the component along the component outer surface, and with the second housing including a second set of external threads;
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- a clamping member that is generally a hollow cylindrical shape and includes a first set of internal threads that operatively engage the external threads on the first housing, and a second set of internal threads operatively engaging the second set of external threads such that rotation of the clamping member in a first direction will cause the first and the second housings to be pulled toward one another, and rotation of the clamping member in a second opposite direction will allow the first and the second housings to be pushed away from one another.
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A compressor for an air conditioning system comprising:
- a first housing including an outer wall having an end with external threads thereon and an inner wall defining an inner cavity;
- a component mounted partially within the inner cavity and including an outer surface sealingly engaging the inner wall;
- a second housing including an inner wall defining an inner cavity for sealingly receiving a portion of the component along the component outer surface, and with the second housing including a radially outward extending shoulder;
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- a clamping member that is generally a hollow cylindrical shape and includes a first set of internal threads that threadably engage the external threads on the first housing, and a radially inward extending shoulder engaged with the shoulder on the second housing such that rotation of the clamping member in a first direction will cause the first and the second housings to be pulled toward one another, and rotation of the clamping member in a second opposite direction will allow the first and the second housings to be released from one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.