US 12,241,469 B2
Compressor with fluid separator
Steven J. Koester, Sylvania, OH (US); Brad Crenshaw, Riverview, MI (US); and Mark Honkala, Howell, MI (US)
Assigned to HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/408,938.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/502,541, filed on May 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384721 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. F04C 29/02 (2006.01); B01D 35/02 (2006.01)
CPC F04C 29/026 (2013.01) [F04C 2240/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid separator for a compressor, comprising:
a main body including at least one retention feature formed to extend radially outwardly from an outer surface thereof and configured to permit the fluid separator to be fixedly positioned in the compressor at a desired location, wherein a fluid separation chamber of the compressor includes a receiving feature configured to receive the at least one retention feature so that movement of the fluid separator is prevented as the fluid separator is axially constrained by shoulders of the compressor formed on each side of the receiving feature, wherein the at least one retention feature contacts an inner surface of the fluid separation chamber and spaces a remainder of the outer surface of the main body from the inner surface of the fluid separation chamber on both axial sides of the at least one retention feature.
 
11. A compressor, comprising:
a housing including a discharge chamber and a fluid separation chamber, wherein the fluid separation chamber is in communication with the discharge chamber to receive a first fluid having a second fluid suspended therein; and
a fluid separator disposed in the fluid separation chamber, wherein the fluid separator includes:
a main body including at least one retention feature formed to extend radially outwardly from an outer surface thereof and configured to permit the fluid separator to be fixedly positioned at a desired location within the fluid separation chamber, wherein the fluid separation chamber of the compressor includes a receiving feature configured to receive the at least one retention feature so that movement of the fluid separator is prevented as the fluid separator is axially constrained by shoulders of the compressor formed on each side of the receiving feature, wherein the at least one retention feature contacts an inner surface of the fluid separation chamber and spaces a remainder of the outer surface of the main body from the inner surface of the fluid separation chamber on both axial sides of the at least one retention feature.
 
20. A compressor, comprising:
a housing including a discharge chamber and a fluid separation chamber, wherein the fluid separation chamber is in communication with the discharge chamber to receive a first fluid having a second fluid suspended therein, and wherein the fluid separation chamber includes a channel portion; and
a fluid separator disposed in the fluid separation chamber and configured to separate the second fluid from the first fluid, wherein the fluid separator includes at least one retention feature formed to extend radially outwardly from an outer surface thereof and is configured to be received in the channel portion of the fluid separation chamber, and wherein movement of the fluid separator is prevented as the at least one retention feature is axially constrained by shoulders formed on opposite sides of the channel portion, wherein the at least one retention feature contacts an inner surface of the fluid separation chamber and spaces a remainder of the outer surface of the fluid separator from the inner surface of the fluid separation chamber on both axial sides of the at least one retention feature.