A supercharged internal combustion engine has a supercharger operable to selectively supply a mass of air from below through above atmospheric air pressure according to the operating requirements of the engine. The supercharger has a shuttle combined with a throttle valve that controls the mass of air directed to an air mass bypass opening and supplied to the internal combustion engine. The shuttle has rollers that ride on rails that allow the shuttle to move to open and close the air mass bypass opening in communication with a casing that directs a mass of atmospheric air and a bypass mass of air interfused with the mass of atmospheric air to an air mass inlet of the supercharger.

A motor pump unit comprises an electric motor and a reversible internal gear machine. The latter has a multi-part housing in which an externally toothed pinion and an internally toothed hollow gear are arranged. A free space, in which a multi-part filler element is arranged, is configured between the gears. The filler element comprises radially movable sealing segments, between which a radial gap is configured. An axially movable sealing plate is arranged between axial faces of the gears and a housing part. This has a sealing plate control groove that is open to the faces of the gears and that can be pressurized, and which is open to the radial gap and located directly opposite thereto. The pinion segment and/or hollow gear segment has a radial sealing segment control channel that can be pressurized and extends transversely, is open to the radial gap, and ends directly in the radial gap.

A compressor may include a shell, first and second scrolls, a seal assembly, a modulation control chamber, and a modulation control valve. The first scroll may include a first end plate having a biasing passage extending therethrough. The seal assembly may isolate a discharge pressure region from a suction pressure region. The seal assembly and the first scroll may define an axial biasing chamber therebetween that communicates with the axial biasing chamber and a first pocket between the first and second scrolls. The modulation control chamber may be fluidly coupled with the biasing chamber by a first passage. The modulation control valve may be fluidly coupled with the modulation control chamber by a second passage and movable between a first position allowing communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region and a second position restricting communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region.

A supercharged internal combustion engine has a supercharger operable to selectively supply a mass of air from below through above atmospheric air pressure according to the operating requirements of the engine. The supercharger has a shuttle combined with a throttle valve that controls the mass of air directed to an air mass bypass opening and supplied to the internal combustion engine. The shuttle has rollers that ride on rails that allow the shuttle to move to open and close the air mass bypass opening in communication with a casing that directs a mass of atmospheric air and a bypass mass of air interfused with the mass of atmospheric air to an air mass inlet of the supercharger.

A screw compressor and a compact variable volume index valve therefore are provided. The compact variable volume index valve includes a linear valve member positioned adjacent a compression chamber outlet end of a compression chamber of the screw compressor, an actuator structure coupled to the liner valve member and oriented to move the linear valve member radially along the compression: chamber outlet end of the compression chamber to adjust a radial location where gas exits the compression chamber, wherein the actuator structure is coupled to a shutter of a spiral valve of the screw compressor such that the actuator structure moves the liner valve based on a position of the spiral valve of the screw compressor.

A supercharged internal combustion engine has a supercharger operable to selectively supply a mass of air from below through above atmospheric air pressure according to the operating requirements of the engine. The supercharger has a shuttle combined with a throttle valve that controls the mass of air directed to an air mass bypass opening and supplied to the internal combustion engine. The shuttle has rollers that ride on rails that allow the shuttle to move to open and close the air mass bypass opening in communication with a casing that directs a mass of atmospheric air and a bypass mass of air interfused with the mass of atmospheric air to an air mass inlet of the supercharger.

A compressor may include a first scroll member having a first spiral wrap, a first chamber, and a first aperture. A second scroll member may include a second spiral wrap engaged with the first spiral wrap to form a series of compression pockets and a second aperture. The first aperture may be in communication with a first of the compression pockets to provide communication between the first compression pocket and the first chamber. The second aperture may be in communication with a second of the compression pockets. A capacity modulation assembly may include a first piston preventing communication between the first aperture and a first passage when in a first position and providing communication when in a second position. A second piston may prevent communication between the second aperture and a third passage when in the first position, and provide communication when in a second position.

A screw compressor and a variable capacity bypass valve therefor are provided. The variable capacity bypass valve includes a bore formed in a rotor bore discharge face of the compressor housing upstream of a compression chamber outlet end of the compression chamber, a slide valve member inserted into the bore to fill a cavity, the valve member having a sealing surface configured to interact with a thread of a compressor screw during operation of the screw compressor, an actuator structure coupled to the valve member and oriented to move the valve member radially along the bore to open a fluid pathway communicatively coupling the compressor chamber to a bypass chamber configured to return compressed fluid to a fluid inlet of the compression chamber.

A compressor includes a housing, a partition, a first scroll, a second scroll, and a thermal protection system. The partition is disposed within the housing and defines a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. The partition includes a discharge passage in fluid communication with the discharge chamber. The thermal protection system includes a positioning body and a displacement member. The positioning body is coupled to the second scroll and translatably disposed within the discharge passage. The displacement member is disposed between the positioning body and the partition and configured to translate the second scroll relative to the first scroll between first and second positions.

A screw compressor and a variable capacity bypass valve therefor are provided. The variable capacity bypass valve includes a bore formed in a rotor bore discharge face of the compressor housing upstream of a compression chamber outlet end of the compression chamber, a slide valve member inserted into the bore to fill a cavity, the valve member having a sealing surface configured to interact with a thread of a compressor screw during operation of the screw compressor, an actuator structure coupled to the valve member and oriented to move the valve member radially along the bore to open a fluid pathway communicatively coupling the compressor chamber to a bypass chamber configured to return compressed fluid to a fluid inlet of the compression chamber.