IP Library Granted Patent US 12,297,832
Granted Patent B2
US 12,297,832 · App. 18/591,117 · Granted May 13, 2025

Compressor with chromium nitride and titanium nitride layers

Inventors: Norihisa Watanabe (Fuji, JP); Shohei Atobe (Fuji, JP)
Assignee: Carrier Japan Corporation
F04C18/356F04C29/00F04C2230/91F05C2201/0406F05C2201/0412F05C2203/0813F05C2203/083F05C2203/0847
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,297,832
App. No.
18/591,117
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressor of an embodiment includes a compression mechanism part that compresses a refrigerant in a sealed container. The compression mechanism part includes Cr and includes a first member and a second member which slidingly move relative to each other. The first member has a chromium layer and a nitride layer formed on a base member surface in this order. The nitride layer includes CrN and TiN. Carbide is deposited on a surface of the second member.

Claims (12)

1. A compressor comprising a compression mechanism part that compresses a refrigerant in a sealed container, wherein

the compression mechanism part includes a first member and a second member which slidingly move relative to each other,

the first member has a chromium layer and a nitride layer formed on a base member surface in this order,

the nitride layer includes CrN and TiN,

carbide is deposited on a surface of the second member, and

a region having CrN greater than TiN and a region having TiN greater than CrN are alternately present in a thickness direction of the nitride layer.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the refrigerant is an unsaturated refrigerant or a mixed refrigerant including an unsaturated refrigerant.

3. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the refrigerant is carbon dioxide or a mixed refrigerant including carbon dioxide.

4. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the compressor is a rotary compressor in which the first member is a blade and the second member is a roller.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2025
From: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
To: CARRIER JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070498/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2024
From: WATANABE, NORIHISA; ATOBE, SHOHEI
To: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068493/0693 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021032110 · Sep 1, 2021
Related Publication 20240200556A1 · Jun 20, 2024
References Cited (14)
US 6372369B1 · Ito et al. · 2002 [cited by applicant]
US 8092201B2 · Tsukahara · 2012 [cited by examiner]
JP 62188857A · 1987 [cited by applicant]
JP 200190835A · 2001 [cited by applicant]
JP 2005155461A · 2005 [cited by applicant]
JP 2009133445A · 2009 [cited by applicant]
JP 2011001897A · 2011 [cited by applicant]
JP 6011861B2 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
WO WO2017138175A1 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
Machine Translation of Japanese Patent Publication JP 2005-155461 A; 1st Inventor: Ishikawa: Title: Compressor; Published: Jun. 16, 2005. (Year: 2005). [cited by examiner]
Machine Translation of Japanese Patent Publication JP 2009-133445 A; 1st Inventor: Ogawa: Title: Sliding Member; Published: Jun. 18, 2009. (Year: 2009). [cited by examiner]
Machine Translation and Foreign Document for WIPO Publication WO 2017/138175 A1; 1st Inventor: Watanabe; Title: Rotary Compressor and Refrigeration Cycle Device; Published: Aug. 17, 2017. (Year: 2017). [cited by examiner]
International Search Report issued Oct. 26, 2021 in PCT/JP2021/032110 filed on Sep. 1, 2021, 2 pages. [cited by applicant]
Japanese Office Action issued in Japanese Patent Application No. 2023-544866 on Nov. 26, 2024, w/ English Translation, citing document 15 therein. [cited by applicant]
Cited By (1)
US 12,698,771