Motor-operated compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11053941-B2
Application number	US-201916398725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2019
Priority date	May 4, 2018
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A motor-operated compressor includes a housing and a driving motor disposed in an inner space of the housing. The driving motor includes a stator and a rotor. A rotary shaft is coupled to the rotor. A first scroll is provided on one side of the driving motor and the rotary shaft passes through and is rotatably coupled to the first scroll. A second scroll is coupled to the first scroll and an eccentric part of the rotary shaft passing through the first scroll to form a compression chamber between the first scroll and the second scroll. A frame is provided opposite to the driving motor with the first scroll and the second scroll interposed therebetween and configured to axially support the second scroll and radially support one end of the rotary shaft passing through the second scroll.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor-operated compressor comprising:
a housing;
a driving motor provided in an inner space of the housing, the driving motor having a stator and a rotor;
a rotary shaft coupled to the rotor;
a first scroll provided on one side of the driving motor, the rotary shaft passing through and rotatably coupled to the first scroll;
a second scroll coupled to the first scroll and coupled to an eccentric part of the rotary shaft passing through the first scroll, a compression chamber being formed between the first scroll and the second scroll;
a frame provided on an opposite side of the first scroll and the second scroll from the driving motor, the frame being configured to axially support the second scroll and radially support one end of the rotary shaft passing through the second scroll;
a discharge port is formed in the first scroll to discharge refrigerant compressed in the compression chamber, the discharge port being in fluid communication with the inner space of the housing;
a first bearing forming a bearing surface together with an outer peripheral surface of a portion of the rotary shaft provided in the first scroll;
a second bearing forming a bearing surface together with an outer peripheral surface of a portion of the rotary shaft provided in the second scroll;
a third bearing forming a bearing surface together with an outer peripheral surface of a portion of the rotary shaft provided in the frame, and
an oil flow path and an oil supply hole formed in the rotary shaft to supply oil to the bearing surfaces,
wherein,
the rotary shaft includes an oil flow path extending axially into one end of the rotary shaft, and
an oil supply passage extends between the oil flow path and the inner space of the housing and passes through the first scroll and the frame.

2. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the oil supply passage comprises:
a first oil supply passage passing through the first scroll; and
a second oil supply passage passing through the frame, the second oil supply passage being in fluid communication with the first oil supply passage.

3. The motor-operated compressor of claim 2 , wherein,
the frame includes a shaft support part radially supporting one end of the rotary shaft, and
the second oil supply passage is in fluid communication with the oil flow path through the shaft support part.

4. The motor-operated compressor of claim 3 , wherein a gap between the first oil supply passage and the second oil supply passage is sealed by a sealing member.

5. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein an intermediate pressure space is formed between the second scroll and the frame, and the oil supply passage is separated from the intermediate pressure space.

6. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein an intermediate pressure space is formed between the second scroll and the frame, and the oil supply passage is in fluid communication with the intermediate pressure space.

7. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , further including an elastic member disposed between the second scroll and the frame, the elastic member being configured to elastically support the second scroll in a direction toward the first scroll.

8. The motor-operated compressor of claim 7 , wherein the frame includes a support surface forming a step at a predetermined height from an inner surface of the frame and configured to support an outer periphery of the elastic member.

9. The motor-operated compressor of claim 8 , wherein the elastic member is fastened to the frame by a protrusion of one of the elastic member and the frame and a groove of the other of the elastic member and the frame mated with the protrusion.

10. The motor-operated compressor of claim 8 , wherein the elastic member is elastically supported between the second scroll and the frame.

11. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein an intermediate pressure space is formed between the second scroll and the frame, and the intermediate pressure space is in fluid communication with the compression chamber.

12. The motor-operated compressor of claim 11 , further including a balance weight coupled to the rotary shaft and accommodated in the intermediate pressure space.

13. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first scroll is coupled to the housing along one axial surface and coupled to the frame along another axial surface.

14. The motor-operated compressor of claim 13 , wherein the first scroll has an outer diameter greater than or equal to at least one of an inner diameter of the housing or an inner diameter of the frame.

15. The motor-operated compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first scroll has an outer peripheral surface coupled to at least one of an inner surface of the housing or an inner peripheral surface of the frame.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Junghoon
• Lee Byeongchul
• Jang Kitae
• Her Jongtae

Classifications

• F04C29/026

  Lubricant separation · CPC title

• F04C2240/54

  Hydrostatic or hydrodynamic bearing assemblies specially adapted for rotary positive displacement pumps or compressors · CPC title

• F04C2240/30

  Casings or housings · CPC title

• F04C14/24

  characterised by using valves controlling pressure or flow rate, e.g. discharge valves {or unloading valves}(F04C14/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04C29/023

  Lubricant distribution through a hollow driving shaft (F04C29/025 takes precedence) · CPC title