Compressor unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11053943-B2
Application number	US-201615738420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2016
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A compressor unit includes a compressor, an electric motor which is lined with the compressor along the horizontal direction and drives the compressor, and a sound shielding member which reduces noise generated by the compressor. The sound shielding member has a shape of surrounding the compressor on a first side, a second side and a third side of the compressor and exposing the electric motor, the first and second sides being in a depth direction perpendicular to a lined direction in which the compressor and the electric motor are lined, and the third side being opposite to another side of the compressor where the electric motor is located in the lined direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor unit comprising:
a compressor including a compressor casing;
an electric motor that is disposed to be aligned with the compressor along a horizontal direction and which drives the compressor;
at least one suction silencer; and
a sound shielding member that reduces noise generated by the compressor,
wherein
the sound shielding member surrounds the compressor on a first side, a second side and a third side of the compressor and exposes the electric motor, the first and second sides being spaced apart in a depth direction perpendicular to an aligned direction in which the compressor and the electric motor are aligned, and the third side being opposite to a side of the compressor in the aligned direction where the electric motor is located,
the sound shielding member includes a front side shield part disposed at the first side of the compressor, a rear side shield part disposed at the second side of the compressor, a left side shield part disposed at the third side, and a top-shield part,
the front side shield part extends in the aligned direction from a boundary disposed between the compressor and the electric motor to a first end of the left side shield part in the depth direction,
the rear side shield part extends in the aligned direction from the boundary disposed between the compressor and the electric motor to a second end of the left side shield part in the depth direction,
the top-shield part covers from above a compressor installation space demarcated by the front side shield part, the rear side shield part, and the left side shield part,
a dimension of the front side shield part in the aligned direction and a dimension of the rear side shield part in the aligned direction are both larger than a dimension of the left side shield part in the depth direction, and
the top-shield part defines an opening that exposes an upper portion of a first region of the compressor installation space and covers from above a second region of the compressor installation space, the first region of the compressor installation space being positioned closer to the electric motor than the first region is to the left side shield part in the aligned direction, the second region of the compression installation space being positioned closer to the left side shield part than the second region is to the electric motor in the aligned direction, and the at least one suction silencer extending through the top-shield part at a position spaced from the opening.

2. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the electric motor has a larger dimension in the aligned direction than a dimension in the depth direction.

3. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the sound shielding member further includes a tubular-shield part located on the top-shield part, and
the compressor installation space is open to the outside of the sound shielding member through a space surrounded by the tubular-shield part.

4. The compressor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the sound shielding member surrounds an entire circumference of the compressor and exposes the electric motor.

5. A compressor unit comprising:
a compressor including a compressor casing;
a gear box;
an electric motor that is disposed to be aligned with the compressor along a horizontal direction and which drives the compressor via the gear box; and
a sound shielding member that reduces noise generated by the compressor,
wherein
the sound shielding member surrounds the compressor on a first side, a second side and a third side of the compressor and exposes the electric motor, the first and second sides being spaced apart in a depth direction perpendicular to an aligned direction in which the compressor and the electric motor are aligned, and the third side being opposite to a side of the compressor in the aligned direction where the electric motor is located,
the sound shielding member includes a front side shield part disposed at the first side of the compressor, a rear side shield part disposed at the second side of the compressor, a left side shield part disposed at the third side, and a top-shield part,
the front side shield part extends in the aligned direction from a boundary disposed between the compressor and the electric motor to a first end of the left side shield part in the depth direction,
the rear side shield part extends in the aligned direction from the boundary disposed between the compressor and the electric motor to a second end of the left side shield part in the depth direction,
the top-shield part covers from above a compressor installation space demarcated by the front side shield part, the rear side shield part, and the left side shield part, a dimension of the front side shield part in the aligned direction and a dimension of the rear side shield part in the aligned direction are both larger than a dimension of the left side shield part in the depth direction, and
the top-shield part defines a continuous opening that is directly above the compressor and the gear box and exposes an upper portion of a first region of the compressor installation space to provide a flow passage from the first region of the compressor installation space to an atmosphere external to the compressor unit, and covers from above a second region of the compressor installation space, the first region of the compressor installation space being positioned closer to the electric motor than the first region is to the left side shield part in the aligned direction, the second region of the compression installation space being positioned closer to the left side shield part than the second region is to the electric motor in the aligned direction.

6. The compressor unit according to claim 5 , wherein the electric motor has a larger dimension in the aligned direction than a dimension in the depth direction.

7. The compressor unit according to claim 5 , wherein
the sound shielding member further includes a tubular-shield part located on the top-shield part, and
the compressor installation space is open to the outside of the sound shielding member through a space surrounded by the tubular-shield part.

8. The compressor unit according to claim 5 , wherein the sound shielding member surrounds an entire circumference of the compressor and exposes the electric motor.

9. A compressor unit comprising:
a compressor including a compressor casing;
an electric motor that is disposed to be aligned with the compressor along a horizontal direction and which drives the compressor; and
a sound shielding member that reduces noise generated by the compressor,
wherein
the sound shielding member surrounds the compressor on a first side, a second side and a third side of the compressor and exposes the electric motor, the first and second sides being spaced apart in a depth direction perpendicular to an aligned direction in which the compressor and the electric motor are aligned, and the third side being opposite to a side of the compressor in the aligned direction where the electric motor is located,
the sound shielding member includes a front side shield part disposed at the first side of the compressor, a rear side shield part disposed at the second side of the compressor, a left side shield part disposed at the third side, and a top-shield part,
the front side shield part extends in the aligned direction from a boundary disposed between the compressor and the electric motor to a first end of the left side shield part in the depth direction,
the rear side shield part extends in the aligned direction from the boundary disposed between the compressor and the electric motor to a second end of the left side shield part in the depth direction,
the top-shield part

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Tsugihashi Kazuki

Classifications

• F04D29/663 Primary

  Sound attenuation · CPC title

• F04C29/06

  Silencing (gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines in general F01N) · CPC title

• F04B39/00

  Component parts, details, or accessories, of pumps or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B25/00 - F04B37/00 · CPC title

• F04C29/066 Primary

  with means to enclose the source of noise · CPC title

• F04B39/0033

  with encapsulations · CPC title