Compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10859076-B2
Application number	US-201514968497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A compressor according to the present disclosure may include a bearing member located out of a range in an axial direction of a rotor. Accordingly, the bearing member and the rotor cannot overlap each other so as to reduce a bearing area. This may result in reducing a frictional loss of the compressor and ensuring a press-fit length of the rotor, so as to prevent interference between the rotor and a stator. Also, an area of an oil passage can be increased without an increase in the frictional loss, resulting in an increase in an amount of oil supplied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor comprising
a frame having a shaft hole;
a compression device at the frame;
a stator coupled to the frame;
a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator;
a crankshaft rotatably coupled through the shaft hole of the frame, the crankshaft having one end coupled to the rotor and another end coupled to the compression device, the crankshaft having a first contact point that is brought into contact with one point of an inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole when the crankshaft is tilted; and
a bearing member provided between the frame and the crankshaft; the bearing member supporting the crankshaft with respect to the frame,
wherein the bearing member comprises:
an inner race fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the crankshaft;
an outer race fixed to the frame; and
a plurality of balls arranged in double rows between the inner race and the outer race,

wherein an eccentric mass portion extends from an upper end of the crankshaft in a radial direction,
wherein the following equation is satisfied so as to prevent a contact between the shaft hole and the crankshaft:
α1>α2,

where α 1 is an angle between a first virtual line extending from a bearing center of the bearing member to the first contact point of the crankshaft when the crankshaft is aligned in the shaft hole and a second virtual line extending from the bearing center to the one point of contact of the inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole, and
where α 2 is a maximum tilt angle of the bearing member, the maximum tilt angle being greater than zero degrees,

wherein a length of the crankshaft press-fit into the rotor is the same as an overall height of the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor,
wherein the rotor includes a second contact point on a lower edge of the rotor that is brought into contact with one point on an inner circumferential surface of the stator when the crankshaft is tilted,
wherein the following equation is satisfied:
α2≤α3,

where α 3 is an angle between a third virtual line connecting the second contact point on the lower edge of the rotor and the bearing center when the crankshaft is aligned in the shaft hole and a fourth virtual line connecting the bearing center and the one point of contact of the inner circumferential surface of the stator, and

wherein the following equation is satisfied:
α1<α3.

2. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the bearing member is disposed above the rotor.

3. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the bearing member extends beyond the frame.

4. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the inner race directly contacts the eccentric mass portion.

5. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the crankshaft is coupled to a shaft coupling hole of the rotor, and a plurality of oil collection holes is penetratingly formed in an axial direction around the shaft coupling hole.

6. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein a shortest distance between one end of the frame facing the rotor and the bearing member is shorter than an axial length of the bearing member.

7. A compressor comprising:
a frame having a shaft hole;
a compression device at the frame;
a stator coupled to the frame;
a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator;
a crankshaft rotatably coupled through the shaft hole of the frame, the crankshaft having one end coupled to the rotor and another end coupled to the compression device, and
a bearing member provided between the frame and the crankshaft,
wherein the bearing member comprises:
an inner race fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the crankshaft;
an outer race fixed to the frame; and
a plurality of balls arranged in double rows between the inner race and the outer race, and

wherein the bearing member supports the crankshaft with respect to the frame in a radial direction and an axial direction of the crankshaft, at least a portion of the bearing member being located outside of an extent of the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor,
wherein an eccentric mass portion extends from an upper end of the crankshaft in a radial direction,
wherein the crankshaft has a first contact point that is brought into contact with one point of an inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole when the crankshaft is tilted, and
wherein the following equation is satisfied so as to prevent a contact between the shaft hole and the crankshaft:
α1>α2,

where α 1 is an angle between a first virtual line extending from a bearing center of the bearing member to the first contact point of the crankshaft when the crankshaft is aligned in the shaft hole and a second virtual line extending from the bearing center to the one point of contact of the inner circumferential surface of the shaft, and
where α 2 is a maximum tilt angle of the bearing member, the maximum tilt angle being greater than zero degrees,

wherein a length of the crankshaft press-fit into the rotor is the same as an overall height of the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor,
wherein the rotor includes a second contact point on a lower edge of the rotor that is brought into contact with one point on an inner circumferential surface of the stator when the crankshaft is tilted,
wherein the following equation is satisfied:
α2≤α3,

where α 3 is an angle between a third virtual line connecting the second contact point on the lower edge of the rotor and the bearing center when the crankshaft is aligned in the shaft hole and a fourth virtual line connecting the bearing center and the one point of contact of the inner circumferential surface of the stator, and

wherein the following equation is satisfied:
α1<α3.

8. The compressor of claim 7 , wherein the bearing member is located outside of the extent of the rotor.

9. The compressor of claim 7 , wherein the bearing member extends beyond the frame.

10. The compressor of claim 7 , wherein the inner race directly contacts the eccentric mass portion.

11. The compressor of claim 7 , wherein the crankshaft is coupled to a shaft coupling hole of the rotor, and a plurality of oil collection holes is penetratingly formed in an axial direction around the shaft coupling hole.

12. The compressor of claim 7 , wherein a shortest distance between one end of the frame facing the rotor and the bearing member is shorter than an axial length of the bearing member.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Kiyeon
• Seo Wonsang
• Lee Jongmok
• Kim Jinkook
• Kim Younghwan
• Kim Jaebeum
• Kim Kyeongho

Classifications

• F04B53/006

  Crankshafts · CPC title

• F04B39/128

  Crankcases · CPC title

• F04B39/0005

  adaptations of pistons · CPC title

• F04B39/00 Primary

  Component parts, details, or accessories, of pumps or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B25/00 - F04B37/00 · CPC title

• F04B39/0246

  in the rotating shaft · CPC title