Motor operated compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10914296-B2
Application number	US-201916528734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2019
Priority date	Aug 31, 2018
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A motor operated compressor includes a drive motor and a rotary shaft coupled to the rotor. A first scroll disposed on one side of the drive motor is eccentrically coupled to and orbitally moved by the rotary shaft. A second scroll faces the first scroll and is coupled to the first scroll to form a compression chamber. A hollow portion is formed inside the rotary shaft along an axial direction, and an eccentric portion having a rotary shaft side discharge hole extends from the rotary shaft center to a rotary shaft outer circumferential surface. The first scroll includes a rotary shaft coupling portion surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion. The rotary shaft coupling portion is provided with a first scroll side discharge hole formed at a position periodically facing the rotary shaft side discharge hole to discharge compressed fluid to the rotary shaft side discharge hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor operated compressor, comprising:
a drive motor having a stator and a rotor;
a rotary shaft coupled to the rotor;
a first scroll disposed on one side of the drive motor, eccentrically coupled to the rotary shaft, and orbitally moved by the rotary shaft; and
a second scroll fixed at a position facing the first scroll, and coupled to the first scroll to form a compression chamber together with the first scroll,
wherein the rotary shaft comprises:
a hollow portion formed inside the rotary shaft along an axial direction; and
an eccentric portion including a rotary shaft side discharge hole formed eccentrically from the center of the rotary shaft, and extending from an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft to the hollow portion, and
the first scroll including a rotary shaft coupling portion surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion, and
the rotary shaft coupling portion including a first scroll side discharge hole formed at a position periodically facing the rotary shaft side discharge hole to discharge compressed fluid to the rotary shaft side discharge hole.

2. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the rotary shaft side discharge hole has a long hole shape in which a curve length extended along an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion is greater than a curve or straight-line length extended along an axial direction of the rotary shaft.

3. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein an axial direction length of the rotary shaft side discharge hole is constant, and
a circumferential direction width of the rotary shaft side discharge hole is formed to gradually increase from an inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion to an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion.

4. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the rotary shaft side discharge hole has an annulus sector shape obtained by subtracting a smaller one from a larger one of two sectors having the same origin and the same central angle.

5. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the eccentric portion comprises:
a first portion having a relatively large thickness in a radial direction of the eccentric portion; and
a second portion formed on both sides of the first portion to have a relatively small thickness in a radial direction of the eccentric portion, and
the rotary shaft side discharge hole is formed in the first portion.

6. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein when a reference point of a portion having the largest thickness in the eccentric portion with respect to the center of the rotary shaft is defined as 0° which is a reference of a circle coordinate, the rotary shaft side discharge hole is formed at an angle in a range of −60° to +60°.

7. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the rotary shaft side discharge hole and the first scroll side discharge hole includes a plurality of discharge holes, and
when the rotary shaft side discharge hole includes the plurality of discharge holes, the plurality of discharge holes are formed at positions spaced apart from each other along an axial direction of the rotary shaft or formed at positions spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting the axial direction along an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion, and
when the first scroll side discharge holes include the plurality of discharge holes, the plurality of discharge holes are formed at positions spaced apart from each other along an axial direction of the rotary shaft or formed at positions spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting the axial direction along an inner circumferential surface of the rotary shaft coupling portion.

8. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first scroll comprises:
a plate shaped disk portion; and
a wrap protruding from the disk portion toward the second scroll along an involute shape, and
the rotary shaft coupling portion is formed at a position corresponding to a base circle in the involute shape, and
the first scroll side discharge hole is formed at a portion having the smallest radial direction thickness in the rotary shaft coupling portion.

9. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein a size of the first scroll side discharge hole is smaller than that of the rotary shaft side discharge hole, and
a circumferential direction width of the first scroll side discharge hole is smaller than that of the rotary shaft side discharge hole.

10. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bush bearing formed to surround the eccentric portion,
wherein the bush bearing is disposed between the eccentric portion and the rotary shaft coupling portion, and provided with a bush bearing side discharge hole formed at a position facing the first scroll side discharge hole, and
a relative position between the rotary shaft coupling portion and the bush bearing is fixed to maintain a state in which the first scroll side discharge hole and the bush bearing side discharge hole face each other.

11. The motor operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the second scroll is disposed to face one end of the rotary shaft, and
the second scroll is provided with a second scroll side discharge hole at a position facing the hollow portion.

12. The motor operated compressor of claim 11 , wherein the second scroll has a shaft receiving portion,
the shaft receiving portion being recessed on one surface of the second scroll to accommodate one end of the rotary shaft,
the rotary shaft is inserted into the shaft receiving portion through the first scroll, and
the second scroll side discharge hole is formed in the shaft receiving portion.

13. The motor operated compressor of claim 11 , further comprising:
a discharge valve formed to open and close the second scroll side discharge hole,
wherein the discharge valve is configured to open above a reference pressure.

14. The motor operated compressor of claim 11 , further comprising:
a rear housing,
wherein the rear housing is coupled to the second scroll to form an oil separation chamber that accommodates fluid discharged through the second scroll side discharge hole, and
the second scroll comprises:
a plate shaped disk portion; and
an oil guide passage extending through the disk portion to supply oil stored in the oil separation chamber to an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.

15. The motor operated compressor of claim 11 , further comprising:
a main frame formed to support the first scroll,
wherein the main frame, the first scroll, and the second scroll are sequentially arranged along an axial direction away from the drive motor, and
the rotary shaft extends to a position facing a disk portion of the second scroll through the main frame and the first scroll, and
the second scroll side discharge hole is formed in the disk portion.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Her Jongtae
• Min Dongwoo
• Lee Byeongchul
• Jang Kitae

Classifications

• F04C18/02

  of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents · CPC title

• F04C18/0215 Primary

  where only one member is moving · CPC title

• F04C18/0269

  Details concerning the involute wraps · CPC title

• F04C29/12

  Arrangements for admission or discharge of the working fluid, e.g. constructional features of the inlet or outlet · CPC title

• F04B17/03 Primary

  driven by electric motors · CPC title