Fluid machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9546656-B2
Application number	US-201214126128-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2012
Priority date	Jun 13, 2011
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fluid machine. A pump integrated expander ( 29 A) includes a pump unit ( 60 ) and an expansion unit ( 50 ). In the pump unit ( 60 ), a casing member ( 65 ) supports a gear pump ( 61 ), a rotating shaft ( 28 ) and a driven crank mechanism ( 81 ). In the expansion unit ( 50 ), a casing including a main body ( 51 a ) and a casing member ( 54 ) supports an expander ( 23 ) including a fixed scroll ( 51 ) and an orbiting scroll ( 52 ). The pump integrated expander ( 29 A) is divided into the pump unit ( 60 ) and the expansion unit ( 50 ) by separating at the fitted portion of a tubular portion ( 65 c ) on the pump unit ( 60 ) side and a smaller inner diameter portion ( 54 b ) on the expansion unit ( 50 ) side and by pulling the eccentric bush ( 83 ) out of a drive bearing ( 56 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid machine comprising:
a first rotating unit that rotates about a main shaft;
a second rotating unit that includes a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll and a rotation restricting mechanism; and
a driven crank mechanism comprising a crankpin that is eccentrically disposed with respect to a larger diameter portion of the main shaft, and an eccentric bush that is inserted in an oscillatable manner with respect to the crankpin and held by a bearing which is disposed on the orbiting scroll, the driven crank converting between rotational motion of the main shaft and orbiting motion of the orbiting scroll and being capable of changing an orbiting radius of the orbiting scroll,
wherein a first casing including a bearing which supports the larger diameter portion of the main shaft, supports the first rotating unit and supports the driven crank mechanism via the main shaft,
wherein a second casing supports the second rotating unit,
wherein the first casing and the second casing are capable of being separated from each other,
wherein an outer periphery of a fitted portion of the first casing is fitted inside an open end of the second casing, to connect the first casing and the second casing, and a fitting gap between the first casing and the second casing is sealed with a sealing member disposed on the outer periphery of the fitted portion of the first casing, and
wherein when a distance in an axial direction from a tip of the eccentric bush to the sealing member is denoted as A, a distance in the axial direction from an open end edge of the second casing to an end edge of an opening of the bearing of the orbiting scroll is denoted as B, and a distance in the axial direction from the tip of the eccentric bush to a tip of the fitted portion of the first casing is denoted as C, A>B>C is satisfied.

2. The fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotating unit is a scroll type expander and the first rotating unit is a pump unit.

3. The fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotating unit is a scroll type expander and the first rotating unit is a power generating unit.

Assignees

• Nakamura Shinji
• Wada Hirofumi
• Tanaka Yuuta
• Furusawa Yasuhiro
• Sanden Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Shinji
• Wada Hirofumi
• Tanaka Yuuta
• Furusawa Yasuhiro

Classifications

• F04C2240/60

  Shafts · CPC title

• F01C1/18

  with similar tooth forms (F01C1/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01C21/02

  Arrangements of bearings (bearing constructions F16C) · CPC title

• F01C17/06

  using cranks, universal joints or similar elements (F01C1/07 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01C21/007

  General arrangements of parts; Frames and supporting elements · CPC title