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Scott J. Smerud

TI Trane International: 15 patents #15 of 658Top 3%
AS American Standard: 3 patents #187 of 558Top 35%
📍 La Crosse, WI: #10 of 263 inventorsTop 4%
🗺 Wisconsin: #2,257 of 40,088 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #246,907 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18
Patents All Time

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Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12338818 Scroll compressor with intermediate injection Derrick Lepak 2025-06-24
12065934 Aerostatic thrust bearing and method of aerostatically supporting a thrust load in a scroll compressor Jay H. Johnson, Michael Gerard Benco, Sung Hwa Jeung, James Joseph Wiltzius 2024-08-20
11560889 Scroll compressor with second intermediate cap to facilitate refrigerant injection 2023-01-24
11415135 Aerostatic thrust bearing and method of aerostatically supporting a thrust load in a scroll compressor Jay H. Johnson, Michael Gerard Benco, Sung Hwa Jeung, James Joseph Wiltzius 2022-08-16
10851787 Compressor bearing housing drain Eric S. Mlsna, Daniel R. Crum, Scott Michael Branch 2020-12-01
10619635 Scallop step for a scroll compressor Scott Michael Branch, Eric S. Mlsna 2020-04-14
10563891 Variable displacement scroll compressor Eric S. Mlsna, Torin Allan Betthauser, Adam P. Kimball 2020-02-18
10197059 Double-ended scroll compressor lubrication of one orbiting scroll bearing via crankshaft oil gallery from another orbiting scroll bearing Jerry A. Rood, Keith Adam Novak, Joseph M. Heger, Derrick Lepak, Michael Gerard Benco 2019-02-05
10036386 Structure for stabilizing an orbiting scroll in a scroll compressor John R. Sauls, Michael Gerard Benco, Jerry A. Rood, Rodney L. Lakowske 2018-07-31
9816506 Intermediate oil separator for improved performance in a scroll compressor Jerry A. Rood, Michael Gerard Benco, John R. Sauls, Rodney L. Lakowske 2017-11-14
9784376 Check valve assembly Yahia Abdelhamid, Scott Michael Branch, John R. Sauls 2017-10-10
9765784 Oldham coupling with enhanced key surface in a scroll compressor Brennon J. Swaney, Jerry A. Rood 2017-09-19
9732755 Orbiting crankshaft drive pin and associated drive pin sleeve geometry Jerry A. Rood, Michael Gerard Benco, Wayne Gerard Gorski, Keith Adam Novak 2017-08-15
9657737 Scroll compressor with pressurized oil balance piston John R. Sauls, Michael Gerard Benco, Jerry A. Rood, Keith Adam Novak, Derrick Lepak +1 more 2017-05-23
9598960 Double-ended scroll compressor lubrication of one orbiting scroll bearing via crankshaft oil gallery from another orbiting scroll bearing Jerry A. Rood, Keith Adam Novak, Joseph M. Heger, Derrick Lepak, Michael Gerard Benco 2017-03-21
7311501 Scroll compressor with bifurcated flow pattern Chris Wehrenberg, Brian T. Sullivan 2007-12-25
6000917 Control of suction gas and lubricant flow in a scroll compressor Daniel R. Crum, Bill P. Simmons 1999-12-14
D384678 Refrigeration compressor shell Peter A. Kotlarek, Larry R. Arentz, Dyck A. Shepherd 1997-10-07