IP Library Granted Patent US 8,596,187
Granted Patent B2
US 8,596,187 · App. 12/691,233 · Granted Dec 3, 2013

Method of calibrating a connecting rod arrangement and connecting rod arrangement

Inventors: Marten Nommensen (Flensburg, DE); Heinz-Otto Lassen (Flensburg, DE)
Assignee: Secop GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,596,187
App. No.
12/691,233
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method of calibrating a connecting rod arrangement comprising a crankshaft eye and a connecting rod eye. In order to achieve the best possible parallelism between the connecting rod eye and the crankshaft eye a controlled energy input occurs in at least one predefined surface area of the connecting rod, so that outside a neutral axis a local structural change and thus a tension in the connecting rod occurs.

Claims (20)

1. A method of calibrating a connecting rod

arrangement having a crankshaft eye and a connecting rod eye comprising:

controlling energy input in at least one predefined surface area of the connecting rod;

wherein the energy input causes a melting of the surface area.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising connecting a piston to the connecting rod arrangement before the calibration is performed.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a parallelism of symmetry axes of the crankshaft eye and the connecting rod eye, and

repeating the energy input until an angle deviation between the symmetry axes is smaller than a threshold value.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the energy input is made on a connecting rod arrangement that is connected to a crankshaft and a piston.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the crankshaft and the piston are fitted in a compressor.

6. A method of calibrating a connecting rod arrangement having a crankshaft eye and a connecting rod eye comprising:

controlling energy input in at least one predefined surface area of the connecting rod;

wherein the energy input occurs by at least one punctual irradiation.

7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the energy input occurs with a laser.

8. A connecting rod arrangement for a compressor, with a connecting rod comprising a crankshaft eye and a connecting rod eye, wherein outside a neutral axis the connecting rod comprises at least one local structural change; and

wherein the structural change forms at least one plasticized area.

9. The connecting rod arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the local structural change is located in a central area between the crankshaft eye and the connecting rod eye.

10. The connecting rod arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the symmetry axes of the crankshaft eye and the connecting rod eye have an angle deviation in relation to one another of less than 20 μm over 70 mm.

11. A refrigerant compressor provided with a connecting rod arrangement according to claim 8 .

12. The connecting rod arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the compressor is a refrigerant compressor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2011
From: DANFOSS FLENSBURG GMBH (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DANFOSS COMPRESSORS GMBH)
To: SECOP GMBH (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DANFOSS HOUSEHOLD COMPRESSORS GMBH)
Reel/Frame 026100/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2010
From: NOMMENSEN, MARTEN; LASSEN, HEINZ-OTTO
To: DANFOSS COMPRESSORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 024508/0942 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 005 935 · Jan 23, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100236401A1 · Sep 23, 2010