System and method for reducing compressor noise
AssigneeTrane International Inc.
InventorJohn Kenneth Wollitz
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Abstract
A noise reduced compressor has a body, an energy dissipation element, and a structural element configured to retain the energy dissipation element relative to the body. A noise reducer for an HVAC system compressor has an energy dissipation element and a structural element connected to the energy dissipation element. A method of reducing compressor noise includes disposing an energy dissipation element between a body of the compressor and a structural element and compressing the energy dissipation element against between the body of the compressor using the structural element.
Claims13
A noise reduced compressor, comprising:
- a body;
- an energy dissipation element configured as a lengthwise band extending substantially circumferentially around the body;
- and
- a structural element configured as a lengthwise band extending substantially circumferentially around the energy dissipation element and configured to compress the energy dissipation element and press the energy dissipation element toward the body;
- wherein the energy dissipation element is configured to support substantially none of the weight of the body, wherein the structural element comprises a maximum axial length less than a maximum axial length of the body, and wherein the structural element is entirely axially aligned with the body between opposing axial ends of the body.
A noise reducer for an HVAC system compressor, comprising:
- an energy dissipation element configured as a lengthwise band that extends to form an open loop about a loop center;
- and
- a structural element connected to the energy dissipation element the structural element being configured as a lengthwise band that extends circumferentially around the energy dissipation element in an open loop and is configured to bias the energy dissipation element toward the loop center in response to a shortening of an offset distance between ends of the structural element;
- wherein the noise reducer is configured to support substantially none of the weight of the HVAC system compressor, wherein the structural element comprises a maximum axial length less than a maximum axial length of the body, and wherein the structural element is entirely axially aligned with the body between opposing axial ends of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.