Linear compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876524-B2
Application number	US-201916278060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2019
Priority date	Sep 12, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a linear compressor comprising a cylinder, a piston, a cylinder shell, a linear motor stator, a magnetic levitation bearing and a mover. One end of the cylinder shell is sleeved on the cylinder, and another end of the cylinder shell is provided with a mounting cavity communicating with the cylinder cavity. A cavity wall of the mounting cavity is respectively provided with a stator mounting groove and a protrusion in a circumferential direction thereof. The linear motor stator is mounted in the stator mounting groove. The magnetic levitation bearing is disposed on the cavity wall of the mounting cavity. The mover includes a mover rod and a magnetic member disposed on the mover rod, and the mover rod is connected with the piston. The use of magnetic levitation bearing can avoid mechanical friction caused by direct contact of the mover with the linear motor stator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A linear compressor, characterized by comprising:
a cylinder provided with a cylinder cavity;
a piston disposed in the cylinder cavity;
a cylinder shell, one end of which is sleeved on the cylinder, another end of which is provided with a mounting cavity communicating with the cylinder cavity, wherein, a cavity wall of the mounting cavity is respectively provided with a stator mounting groove and a protrusion in a circumferential direction thereof; the protrusion is disposed on an inner cavity wall of the mounting cavity;
a linear motor stator arranged in the stator mounting groove; the protrusion is disposed between the piston and the linear motor stator;
a magnetic levitation bearing disposed on the cavity wall of the mounting cavity;
a mover comprising a mover rod and a magnetic member disposed on the mover rod;
wherein, the mover rod is connected with the piston, the mover is arranged in an inner bore of the linear motor stator and in the magnetic levitation bearing; the magnetic levitation bearing is configured to provide a radial magnetic levitation force to the mover; and the linear motor stator acts with the magnetic member to push the mover, driving the piston to move in an axial direction; and
a resonant spring, two ends of which are respectively connected with the mover rod and the protrusion; the resonant spring is sleeved on the mover; and the resonant spring is configured to resonate with the mover.

2. The linear compressor according to claim 1 , wherein, the cavity wall of the mounting cavity is provided with a bearing mounting groove in the circumferential direction thereof, and the magnetic levitation bearing is disposed in the bearing mounting groove.

3. The linear compressor according to claim 2 , wherein, the magnetic levitation bearing is disposed on an end of the cavity wall of the mounting cavity adjacent to a cavity wall of the cylinder cavity.

4. The linear compressor according to claim 1 , wherein, the cavity wall of the mounting cavity protrudes outward in the axial direction from a recess in the mounting cavity to form a bearing mounting groove, and the magnetic levitation bearing is disposed in the bearing mounting groove.

5. The linear compressor according to claim 4 , wherein, an end of the mover rod is provided with a bearing rotor configured to support the mover rod by means of magnetic levitation; and the bearing rotor has magnetic permeability and is arranged inside the magnetic levitation bearing.

6. The linear compressor according to claim 1 , wherein, the linear compressor further comprises a displacement sensor and a magnetic levitation bearing controller;
the displacement sensor is disposed in the cavity wall of the cylinder cavity and configured to sense a shaft offset signal of the piston; the magnetic levitation bearing controller is electrically connected with the magnetic levitation bearing.

7. The linear compressor according to claim 6 , wherein, a plurality of displacement sensors are provided, and the plurality of displacement sensors are evenly distributed on a periphery of the piston.

8. The linear compressor according to claim 1 , wherein, the linear motor stator is arranged in the stator mounting groove by interference fit.

Assignees

• Gree Green Refrigeration Tech Ct Co Ltd Zhuhai

Inventors

• Hu Yusheng
• Wei Huijun
• Huang Chuanshun
• Cui Zhong
• Liu Cheng

Classifications

• F04B39/126

  Cylinder liners · CPC title

• H02K5/163

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor (H02K5/165, H02K5/167, H02K5/173 take precedence) · CPC title

• F04B35/045 Primary

  using solenoids · CPC title

• F04B35/04 Primary

  the means being electric · CPC title

• F04B39/00

  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