Patents in subclass Pumps/Axial Thrust Balancing Means For Rotary Pump And Motor

Parent class: Pumps


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Number Patent title Issue Date
07370697 Thrust section wear preventor

A thrust section for use above a motor preferably includes a housing, a thrust shaft, a thrust runner connected to the thrust shaft, a thrust bearing connected to the housing, and a motor lead guard. The motor is preferably positioned...
05/13/2008
07229258 Streamlined unobstructed one-pass axial-flow pump

A blood pump has an impeller rotatably disposed and magnetically suspended within a cavity of a stator by a plurality of magnetic bearings (passive permanent and active electromagnetic) having impeller magnets on the impeller and stator...
06/12/2007
07112036 Rotor and bearing system for a turbomachine

A rotor and bearing system for a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a drive shaft, an impeller positioned on the drive shaft, and a turbine positioned on the drive shaft proximate to the impeller. The bearing system comprises one gas...
09/26/2006
07104766 Horizontal centrifugal pumping system

The present invention provides a thrust bearing assembly and a horizontal skid utilized in a horizontal pumping system. In one embodiment, the thrust bearing assembly comprises a cylindrical open housing, at least one radial ball bearing,...
09/12/2006
07082763 Exhaust gas turbocharger

The invention concerns an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a shaft (2) on which a turbine wheel (4) and a compressor wheel (3) sit and which is guided in radial bearings (5, 6) and in at least one axial bearing (9), which is...
08/01/2006
07070398 Axial-flow blood pump with magnetically suspended, radially and axially stabilized impeller

A blood pump has an impeller rotatably disposed and magnetically suspended within a cavity of a stator by a plurality of magnetic bearings including an axial bearing to support the impeller axially in the cavity. The axial bearing...
07/04/2006
07063519 Motor driven centrifugal compressor/blower

This invention provides a small, high efficiency, oil free motor driven compressor/blower suitable for providing pressurized, contamination-free gas and or air to transportation, industrial and aerospace fuel cell systems or other...
06/20/2006
07063512 Pump stabilizer and method

A vertically-disposed pump shaft is supported by an upward force against the pump shaft during periods of non use of the pump thereby off-loading bearings normally supportive of the shaft to prevent damage thereto when the pump is moved....
06/20/2006
06997686 Motor driven two-stage centrifugal air-conditioning compressor

A two-stage compressor for generating necessary pressure differential for air-conditioning applications with air-cooled, water-cooled and evaporative-cooled condensing systems using low-pressure refrigerant, such as R134a, is provided. A...
02/14/2006
06881714 Washing system

The invention relates to a cleaning composition suitable for manually cleaning substrates. The composition comprises at least two immiscible liquid phases having one liquid-liquid interface with an interfacial tension of more than 5 mN/m,...
04/19/2005
06877963 Vacuum pump

A rotor (12) is mounted in a stator (14) with radial magnetic bearings (16, 19) and with an axial magnetic bearing (40) in a contactless manner. The axial magnetic bearing (40) produces an axial magnetic field with a magnet coil (40) and...
04/12/2005
06797173 Method and apparatus for membrane recirculation and concentrate energy recovery in a reverse osmosis system

An apparatus and method suitable for use in a reverse osmosis system has a process chamber having a feed inlet, a low pressure outlet and a high pressure outlet. A feed pump is used to increase the feed pressure to process the process...
09/28/2004
06746216 Scroll compressor with vented oil pump

An oil pump for a scroll compressor has a bearing hub with a vent disposed between at least one fluid inlet in the bearing hub and a thrust washer. The vent provides an additional fluid flow path to equalize fluid pressure underneath the...
06/08/2004
06739833 Compressor with built-in motor, and mobile structure using the same

A compressor in which an electric motor and a compressing mechanism are accommodated in a case, a main shaft and an auxiliary shaft of a rotating shaft of the motor are supported by a radial plain bearing and a rolling bearing with a...
05/25/2004
06736609 Support apparatus for movable member and pump apparatus

A pump apparatus of simple construction has a bearing structure for which a lubricant is unnecessary. A flow passage for a refrigerant (liquid ammonia) is formed in a housing to provide communication between a suction port and a discharge...
05/18/2004
06729858 Thrust bearing cooling unit for a turbo compressor

A system for cooling a turbo compressor includes two compressing parts on opposite ends of a rotational shaft driven by a motor. Fluid from a fluid chamber within the casing of the device is supplied to a bearing chamber when the...
05/04/2004
06719540 C3-cyano epothilone derivatives

The present invention relates to compounds useful in the treatment of cancer or other proliferative diseases represented by formula I: ##STR1## wherein: Q is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## M is O, NR.sub.9, or...
04/13/2004
06652250 Screw compressor having intermediate shaft bearing

A screw compressor 1 comprises a screw compressor body 2 having a pair of female and male screw rotors 21 meshed with each other encased in a rotor casing 22, and a motor casing 4 having a motor 3 for driving a male rotor 21b of the screw...
11/25/2003
06616423 Turbo expander having automatically controlled compensation for axial thrust

A turbo-machine includes a housing (1); a rotor (3) of a centripetally flow-through expansion turbine stage (4) overhung on the one end of the rotor shaft; a rotor of a radially flow-through compressor stage (6) overhung on the other end...
09/09/2003
06579076 Shaft load balancing system

A shaft load balancing system includes a housing divided into a first chamber at a first operating pressure and a second chamber at a second, lower operating pressure. A shaft passes from the first chamber into the second chamber. The...
06/17/2003
06551075 Magnet pump with bi-directional axial self-alignment

A magnet pump with bi-directional axial self-alignment comprises an inner chamber (12), provided with a suction duct (13) and a delivery duct (14); an impeller (25) located in said chamber (12) in a rotatably and axially movable manner,...
04/22/2003
06517311 Turbo-compressor

A turbo-compressor having a housing and at least one rotor shaft pivotably supported in the housing, with a free shaft end and with a rotor connected with the other end of the rotor shaft. The free end of the rotor shaft facing away from...
02/11/2003
06511298 Electric motor pump with axial-flow impellers

An electric motor pump with axial-flow impellers includes an electric motor having an output shaft both end portions of which are connected to axial-flow impeller units, and a pair of pump housings provided on both sides of the motor in...
01/28/2003
06506031 Screw compressor with axial thrust balancing and motor cooling device

A screw compressor having balanced axial thrust includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a rotor disposed in the housing for receiving low pressure fluid from the inlet and discharging increased pressure fluid from the...
01/14/2003
06499967 Shaft axial compliance mechanism

A hermetic compressor assembly including a housing having mounted therein a motor and a compression mechanism which are operatively coupled by a drive shaft. The drive shaft is rotatably received in a bearing mounted in the housing....
12/31/2002
06464472 Circulation fan apparatus and circulation-fan driving motor

A circulation fan apparatus including a hermetic vessel 1 containing a corrosive process gas therein, and a circulation fan 2 installed in the hermetic vessel, rotors 2-1, 2-2 of the circulation fan are rotatably supported by bearings,...
10/15/2002
06457951 Magnetically coupled canned rotary pump

A pump has a housing plate, a housing can fixed to the plate and defining a chamber on a back face thereof, a bearing sleeve in the can fixed to the plate and extending rearward from the back face along an axis, and a rotor shaft...
10/01/2002
06450780 Method for generating over-pressure gas

The invention relates to a method for generating over-pressure gas by means of a kinetic compressor which is coupled to a high-speed electric machine located on the same shaft with the compressor and comprising a rotor whose rotational...
09/17/2002
06447269 Potable water pump

A water-cooled pump motor for delivering potable water in a demand system includes a centrifugal pump including a volute and an impeller in the volute, an electric motor driving the impeller having a hollow rotor shaft, a rotor on the...
09/10/2002
06443710 Magnetic pump

A magnetic pump comprises a front casing (1) for forming an interior pump space (2) and having an inlet (3) for drawing in a fluid to be pumped and an outlet (4) for discharging the fluid, a rear casing (6) for forming a cylindrical space...
09/03/2002
06416297 Stopping means for preventing movement of the drive shaft of a variable displacement compressor

A compressor that generates relatively little noise and prevents partial clutch engagement and gas leakage when the inclination of a cam plate is suddenly decreased by a great amount. The compressor includes a control valve that...
07/09/2002
06367241 Pressure-assisted electromagnetic thrust bearing

A thrust compensation apparatus for high-speed rotating machinery includes an electromagnetic thrust bearing having a thrust rotor and a thrust stator, a first chamber filled with a pressurized medium on one side of the bearing, and a...
04/09/2002
06368075 Pump with a magnetically supported rotor

A tube pump in which the rotor is axially supported by permanent magnets at each end, so arranged as to apply attractive force across the gap between the rotor and a stator such that permanent magnets provide the sole radial support for...
04/09/2002
06350109 Rotary pump with immersed rotor

A rotary pump (PP) for taking in a liquid such as a hydrocarbon comprises a pump wheel (1) secured to a rotor (4) which is immersed in a portion of the liquid taken in by the pump. A motor (11) having a stator element (111) mounted in a...
02/26/2002
06345961 Hydraulic energy recovery device

A hydraulic pressure booster includes a housing having a pump portion, a shaft portion and a turbine portion. The pump portion has a pump inlet and a pump outlet. The turbine portion has a turbine inlet and a turbine outlet. The turbine...
02/12/2002
06332758 Air-bearing fan

Air-bearing fan includes a dust-proof cover, a fan blade structure, a magnet, a stator, a sleeve, an electronic circuit board, a housing and a thrust disk. While the fan blade structure is rotating, air can be induced into a ring-shaped...
12/25/2001
06322335 Pump structure

A pump includes a front casing and a rear casing for defining a space therebetween. An end of the shaft extends into the space with an impeller is supported by a bushing which makes the impeller is rotatable in the space. A wearing ring...
11/27/2001
06264440 Centrifugal pump having an axial thrust balancing system

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a centrifugal pump includes a housing having a housing cavity, an inlet, and an outlet. A shaft is located in the housing cavity. A radial bearing coaxially surrounds the shaft....
07/24/2001
06255752 Mounting for a turbo-machine rotor and its use

The invention relates to a mounting for a turbo-machine rotor. Said mounting is characterized in that radial support of the rotor is assured by one or more permanent magnet bearings. One or more single-thrust sliding bearings provide...
07/03/2001
06231302 Thermal control system for gas-bearing turbocompressors

A thrust control system for use with a turbocompressor having gas bearings. More specifically, the system concerns an arrangement of gas bearings for use in a turbocompressor or other device where a large temperature difference between...
05/15/2001
06227817 Magnetically-suspended centrifugal blood pump

A magnetically levitated blood pump having a single inlet for accepting blood and tangential volute. The pump includes an impeller formed on a hub that is suspended radially by permanent magnet bearings and axially adjusted via and thrust...
05/08/2001
06196809 Two-stage centrifugal compressor

A low pressure-side first-stage compressor impeller and a high pressure-side second-stage compressor impeller are mounted respectively on opposite ends of a rotation shaft. A rotor of an electric motor for driving the two impellers is...
03/06/2001
6158977 Air cycle cooling system

A cooling system is simple in structure, efficient, and durable due to a lowered burden on bearings and reduced loss of drive power. The cooling system includes a compressor having a first rotor for compressing air, a cooler for cooling...
12/12/2000
6106224 Downthrust pads for submersible centrifugal pumps

A submersible centrifugal pump is claimed which includes an inner downthrust washer for receiving the downthrust load from the upward movement of the produced fluid, and an outer sealing washer, which is a non-load bearing washer, for...
08/22/2000
6095770 Magnetically coupled pump

A magnetically coupled pump comprising a housing partitioned into a pump chamber and a motor chamber by a partition wall. An impeller is mounted in the pump chamber. The stator of the motor is mounted in the motor chamber. The rotating...
08/01/2000
6092997 Compressor

A compressor having a rotating member, which includes a drive shaft and a swash plate. A piston compresses gas and torsionally vibrates the rotating member. A damper is coupled to the shaft to reduce torsional vibrations of the rotating...
07/25/2000
6091175 Self-centering rotor bearing assembly for submersible pump motors

The invention provides a submersible pumping system which includes a motor containing self-centering rotor bearing assemblies. Each rotor bearing assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a sleeve, a journal, and at least...
07/18/2000
6030188 Centrifugal blood pump assembly having magnetic material embedded in impeller vanes

A centrifugal fluid pump assembly includes a housing having fluid inlet and outlet ports and an impeller having magnetic pieces disposed therein and accommodated for rotation in the housing for feeding the fluid, typically blood by a...
02/29/2000
6019570 Pressure balanced fuel pump impeller

An electric motor turbine-type fuel pump has an impeller driven to rotate by the motor and received between opposed faces of a first body and a second body defining a pumping channel about the periphery of the impeller, each face has a...
02/01/2000
6017184 Turbocharger integrated bearing system

An integrated bearing system with journal and thrust bearings is incorporated in a single unit centrally pinned to the bearing housing and having integral thrust surface and journal surface lubrication grooves in combination with turbine...
01/25/2000

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