Cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11225964-B2
Application number	US-201816616612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2018
Priority date	Jun 28, 2017
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

Cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine (1), which machine (1) includes two cooperating rotors (6a, 6b), namely an outer rotor (6a) which is rotatably mounted in the machine (1) and an inner rotor (6b) which is rotatably mounted in the outer rotor (6a), whereby the machine (1) is provided with an electric motor (15) with a motor rotor (16) and a motor stator (17) to drive the outer and inner rotor (6a, 6b), characterised in that the electric motor (15) is mounted around the outer rotor (6a), whereby the motor stator (17) is directly driving the outer rotor (6a), and whereby the electric motor (15) extends along only a part of the length (L) of the outer rotor (6a) and the inner rotor (6b), whereby the motor (15) is located at an end (9b) of the inner rotor (6b) with a smallest diameter (D).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ), comprising: two cooperating rotors ( 6 a , 6 b ), including an outer rotor ( 6 a ) which is rotatably mounted in the cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ) and an inner rotor ( 6 b ) which is rotatably mounted in the outer rotor ( 6 a ),
whereby the cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ) is provided with an electric motor ( 15 ) with a motor rotor ( 16 ) and a motor stator ( 17 ) to drive the outer and inner rotor ( 6 a , 6 b ),
characterised in that the electric motor ( 15 ) is mounted around the outer rotor ( 6 a ), whereby the motor stator ( 17 ) is configured to directly drive the outer rotor ( 6 a ),
whereby the electric motor ( 15 ) extends along only a part of a length (L) of the outer rotor ( 6 a ) and the inner rotor ( 6 b ), whereby the motor ( 15 ) is located at an end ( 9 b ) of the inner rotor ( 6 b ) with a smallest diameter (D), and
whereby the outer rotor ( 6 a ) and the inner rotor ( 6 b ) have a conical shape.

2. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the motor rotor ( 16 ) and the outer rotor ( 6 a ) are directly joined together.

3. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outer rotor ( 6 a ) serves as the motor rotor ( 16 ).

4. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 3 , characterised in that the electric motor ( 15 ) is provided with permanent magnets ( 18 ), which are embedded in the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

5. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 4 , characterised in that the magnets ( 18 ) are co-moulded in the outer rotor ( 6 a ) during the injection moulding process.

6. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the inner rotor ( 6 b ) and the outer rotor ( 6 a ) have axes ( 13 , 14 ) which are positioned under an angle (α) with respect to each another, whereby these axes ( 13 , 14 ) are crossing each other.

7. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 6 , characterised in that the axes ( 13 , 14 ) of the inner rotor ( 6 b ) and the outer rotor ( 6 a ) are fixed, non-orbiting axes.

8. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the inner rotor ( 6 b ) is mounted at one end ( 9 a ) into the cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ) by means of bearings.

9. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outer rotor ( 6 a ) is mounted into the cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ) by means of at least one axial bearing ( 11 ).

10. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ) is an expander, compressor, or pump device.

11. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the outer rotor ( 6 a ) is made by means of injection moulding techniques.

12. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that the cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine ( 1 ) is provided with a housing ( 2 ), whereby the motor ( 15 ) is mounted into the housing ( 2 ) or whereby the housing ( 2 ) also serves as housing ( 2 ) of the motor ( 15 ).

13. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that a maximal diameter (E) of the motor ( 15 ) is maximally twice a maximal diameter (D′) of the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

14. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that a maximal diameter (E) of the motor ( 15 ) is maximally 1.7 times a maximal diameter (D′) of the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

15. The cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine according to claim 1 , characterised in that a maximal diameter (E) of the motor ( 15 ) is maximally 1.5 times a maximal diameter (D′) of the outer rotor ( 6 a ).

Assignees

• Atlas Copco Airpower Nv

Inventors

• Fabry Erik Paul
• GOETHALS Anton Jan
• Raes Bart Maria M

Classifications

• F04C2/107 Primary

  with helical teeth · CPC title

• F04C2230/20

  essentially without removing material · CPC title

• F01C1/107

  with helical teeth · CPC title

• F04C2240/40

  Electric motor · CPC title

• F04C23/02

  Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors · CPC title