Scroll compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10480508-B2
Application number	US-201515526417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A scroll compressor includes a compressing mechanism unit including a fixed scroll that is fixedly provided in a shell and an orbiting scroll that moves around the fixed scroll, the compressing mechanism unit compressing fluid; a main shaft including an eccentric shaft portion at one end thereof that transmits a rotational driving force to the orbiting scroll; a slider having a slide groove in which the eccentric shaft portion is slidably fitted; and an orbital bearing provided to the orbiting scroll that rotatably supports the slider. The slider is provided on the inner peripheral side of the orbital bearing when seen in a direction of a center axis of the slider. The center axis of the slider is eccentric in one direction from an axis of rotation of the main shaft and a center of gravity of the slider is eccentric in an opposite direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A scroll compressor comprising:
a compressing mechanism unit including a fixed scroll fixed in a shell and an orbiting scroll configured to move around the fixed scroll, the compressing mechanism unit being configured to compress fluid;
a main shaft including an eccentric shaft portion at one end and being configured to transmit a rotational driving force to the orbiting scroll;
a slider having a slide groove in which the eccentric shaft portion is slidably fitted; and
an orbital bearing provided to the orbiting scroll and rotatably supporting the slider, wherein
the slider is provided only on an inner peripheral side of the orbital bearing when seen in a direction of a center axis of the slider,
the center axis of the slider is eccentric in one direction from an axis of rotation of the main shaft,
the slider includes a balance weight portion for adjusting a center of gravity of the slider, and
the center of gravity of the slider is eccentric in a direction opposite to the one direction from the axis of rotation of the main shaft.

2. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the center of gravity of the slider and the axis of rotation of the main shaft is larger than a distance between the center axis of the slider and the axis of rotation of the main shaft.

3. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the slider has a hollow portion that is continuous with the slide groove.

4. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the fluid is an HFO refrigerant.

5. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the hollow portion of the slider is configured to adjust the center of gravity of the slider.

6. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the balance weight portion is configured not to project to an outer peripheral side of the orbital bearing.

7. A scroll compressor comprising:
a compressing mechanism unit including a fixed scroll fixed in a shell and an orbiting scroll configured to move around the fixed scroll, the compressing mechanism unit being configured to compress fluid;
a main shaft including an eccentric shaft portion at one end and being configured to transmit a rotational driving force to the orbiting scroll;
a slider having a slide groove in which the eccentric shaft portion is slidably fitted; and
an orbital bearing provided to the orbiting scroll and rotatably supporting the slider; wherein
the slider is provided only on an inner peripheral side of the orbital bearing when seen in a direction of a center axis of the slider,
the center axis of the slider is eccentric in one direction from an axis of rotation of the main shaft,
the slider includes a balance weight portion for adjusting a center of gravity of the slider,
the center of gravity of the slider is eccentric in a direction opposite to the one direction from the axis of rotation of the main shaft, and
the slider has a hollow portion that is separate from the slide groove.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Matsui Tomokazu
• Takamura Yuji

Classifications

• F04C2240/807

  Balance weight, counterweight · CPC title

• F04C29/0021

  Systems for the equilibration of forces acting on the pump (interstice adjustment other than by fluid pressure F01C21/102) · CPC title

• F04C23/008

  Hermetic pumps · CPC title

• F04C2240/50

  Bearings · CPC title

• F04C2240/60

  Shafts · CPC title