Compressor lubrication supply system and compressor thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11898571
APP PUB NO 20230213040A1
SERIAL NO

17646628

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A lubricant supply system is for a compressor that compresses a first working fluid in a heat transfer circuit. The lubricant supply system includes a lubricant tank, a lubricant pathway for supplying lubricant from the lubricant tank to one or more bearings of the compressor, and a lubricant refrigeration system with a lubricant heater and a lubricant cooler. The lubricant heater configured to heat the lubricant discharged from the one or more bearings and the lubricant cooler configured to cool the lubricant flowing through the lubricant pathway. A method of lubricating a compressor includes heating the lubricant, directing the lubricant from a lubricant tank through a lubricant pathway to one or more bearings of the compressor, and cooling the lubricant passing through the lubricant pathway.

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TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC800-E BEATY STREET DAVIDSON NC 28036

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Harrison, Mark W Onalaska, US 18 60
Pitts, Steven J La Crescent, US 9 50
Smith, Todd W Onalaska, US 15 58

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