Brian A Knapke

7547202, Jun 16, 2009

Dec 3, 2007

11/949382

Brian J. Knapke - Troy OH, US

Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. - Sidney OH

F04C 18/00
F04C 2/00

418 555, 418 554, 418 57, 418270, 417213, 417310

A scroll compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism, and a sealing apparatus. The compression mechanism may be contained within the shell and include a compression member. The compression member may include an aperture extending radially there a surface. The sealing apparatus may be contained within the shell and include a first seal member and an actuator. The first seal member may be pivotally supported relative the compression member and may be movable from a first position wherein a sealing portion of the first seal member is in a sealing engagement with the surface and a second position wherein the sealing portion of the first seal member is displaced radially outwardly from the surface. The actuator may be engaged with the first seal member and configured to displace the first seal member from the first position to the second position.

20200208632, Jul 2, 2020

May 6, 2019

16/404124

- Sidney OH, US
Brian J. KNAPKE - Troy OH, US
Daniel J. KNOTH - Tipp City OH, US

Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. - Sidney OH

F04C 18/02

A compressor may include a non-orbiting scroll, an orbiting scroll, a bearing housing and first and second discrete keys. The non-orbiting scroll may include a first end plate having a first spiral wrap extending therefrom. The orbiting scroll may include a second end plate having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom and meshingly engaged with the first spiral wrap of the non-orbiting scroll. The bearing housing may support the orbiting scroll. Each of the first and second keys may be slidably engaged in first slots formed in the second end plate of the orbiting scroll and slidably engaged in second slots formed in the first end plate of the non-orbiting scroll or third slots formed in the bearing housing.