Scroll compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11092154-B2
Application number	US-201916290099-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2019
Priority date	Mar 2, 2018
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

A scroll compressor includes a first scroll including a fixed wrap, a second scroll comprising an orbiting wrap, and a boss portion, a rotating shaft including an eccentric portion inserted into the boss portion of the second scroll to transfer a rotational force, a frame having a shaft hole, a first bearing provided between the shaft hole of the frame and an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, and a second bearing provided between an inner circumferential surface of the boss portion and an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion of the rotating shaft, wherein a differential pressure space portion is formed between the first bearing and the second bearing in a radial direction, and has a radial cross section wider than a radial gap between an inner circumferential surface of the second bearing and the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A scroll compressor, comprising:
a first scroll comprising a fixed disk portion and a fixed wrap disposed at a surface of the fixed disk portion;
a second scroll comprising an orbiting disk portion, an orbiting wrap that extends in an axial direction from a first surface of the orbiting disk portion toward the first scroll and that defines, based on engaging with the fixed wrap, compression chambers between the orbiting wrap and the fixed wrap, and a boss portion that protrudes from a second surface of the orbiting disk portion;
a rotating shaft comprising an eccentric portion that is inserted to the boss portion of the second scroll and that is configured to transfer a rotational force to the second scroll;
a frame that supports the second scroll in the axial direction and that defines a shaft hole that receives the rotating shaft;
a first bearing disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft and an inner surface of the frame that defines the shaft hole; and
a second bearing disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the boss portion and an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion of the rotating shaft,
wherein the first bearing and the second bearing are spaced apart from each other in a radial direction,
wherein the rotating shaft and the boss portion define a differential pressure space portion radially between the first bearing and the second bearing, and
wherein a width of the differential pressure space portion in the radial direction is greater than a radial gap between an inner circumferential surface of the second bearing and the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion.

2. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the differential pressure space portion is disposed outward of the eccentric portion in the radial direction.

3. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the rotating shaft defines a groove that is recessed from an upper surface of the rotating shaft by a predetermined depth and that is configured to receive the boss portion, and
wherein the groove of the rotating shaft defines the differential pressure space portion.

4. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential surface of the boss portion faces an inner circumferential side of the differential pressure space portion.

5. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , further comprising a bearing portion that is disposed radially outward of the differential pressure space portion and that faces an outer circumferential side of the differential pressure space portion,
wherein the bearing portion extends in the axial direction, surrounds the eccentric portion, and is eccentric with respect to a center of the eccentric portion.

6. The scroll compressor of claim 5 , wherein a radial thickness of the bearing portion varies along a circumferential direction, and
wherein the radial thickness of the bearing portion increases based on an increase of a distance between the eccentric portion and the bearing portion.

7. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the boss portion defines an axial gap between a lower end of the boss portion and a bottom surface of the differential pressure space portion, and
wherein the axial gap is greater than or equal to the radial gap.

8. The scroll compressor of claim 7 , wherein the eccentric portion defines an oil passage that penetrates an inside of the eccentric portion, and
wherein at least one of an upper end of the eccentric portion or the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion defines an oil guide portion that is in communication with the oil passage and that is configured to guide oil from the oil passage to the radial gap.

9. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first bearing overlaps at least a portion of the second bearing in the axial direction, and
wherein the differential pressure space portion is defined between the first bearing and the second bearing, and overlaps at least a part of the first bearing or the second bearing in the axial direction.

10. The scroll compressor of claim 9 , wherein the differential pressure space portion has an annular shape that surrounds an entire portion of an outer circumferential surface of the boss portion.

11. The scroll compressor of claim 10 , wherein the differential pressure space portion is eccentric with respect to a center of the eccentric portion.

12. A scroll compressor, comprising:
a first scroll comprising a fixed disk portion and a fixed wrap disposed at a surface of the fixed disk portion;
a second scroll comprising an orbiting disk portion, an orbiting wrap that is disposed a first surface of the orbiting disk portion and that defines compression chambers based on engaging with the fixed wrap, and a boss portion that protrudes from a second surface of the orbiting disk portion;
a rotating shaft that is inserted into the boss portion, the rotating shaft comprising an eccentric portion that protrudes toward the second scroll and that is configured to transfer a rotational force to the second scroll;
a frame that supports the second scroll in an axial direction and that defines a shaft hole that receives the rotating shaft;
a first bearing disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft and an inner surface of the frame that defines the shaft hole; and
a second bearing disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the boss portion and an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion of the rotating shaft,
wherein the second bearing overlaps at least a portion of the first bearing in an axial direction.

13. The scroll compressor of claim 12 , wherein a center of the first bearing is offset from a center of the second bearing.

14. The scroll compressor of claim 13 , wherein the boss portion and the rotating shaft define a differential pressure space portion radially between the first bearing and the second bearing, and
wherein the differential pressure space portion is recessed by a predetermined depth from an upper end of the rotating shaft, the upper end of the rotating shaft being vertically below an upper end of the second bearing.

15. The scroll compressor of claim 14 , wherein the predetermined depth of the differential pressure space portion is less than an axial length of the first bearing.

16. The scroll compressor of claim 14 , wherein the boss portion defines an axial gap between a lower end surface of the boss portion and a bottom surface of the differential pressure space portion, and
wherein the axial gap is greater than or equal to a radial gap defined between the second bearing and the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion.

17. The scroll compressor of claim 12 , wherein the rotating shaft further comprises a bearing portion that extends from an upper portion of the rotating shaft in the axial direction toward the second scroll, that is spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric portion in a radial direction, and that surrounds at least a portion of the eccentric portion.

18. The scroll compressor of claim 17 , wherein the first bearing is disposed at an outer circumferential surface of the bearing portion.

19. The scroll compressor of claim 18 , wherein the first bearing has:
an outer circumferential surface that contacts the inner surface of the frame; and
an inner circumferential surface that is spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the bearing portion in the radial direction.

20. The

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Yoonsung
• Kim Jinho
• Lee Jaeha

Classifications

• F04C29/02

  Lubrication (of machines or engines in general F01M); Lubricant separation (separation in general B01D) · CPC title

• F04C28/22

  by changing the eccentricity between cooperating members · CPC title

• F04C2240/50

  Bearings · CPC title

• F04C18/0215 Primary

  where only one member is moving · CPC title

• F04C29/023

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