Compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12018664-B2
Application number	US-202017793263-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	Jan 16, 2020
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

A compressor includes a cylinder configured to form a compressed space of the refrigerant and having a cylindrical shape, a piston configured to reciprocate axially in the cylinder and comprising a guide portion having a cylindrical shape and a head portion disposed in front of the guide portion, an intake valve disposed at a front of the head portion, a fixing member disposed outside the piston, a rod comprising one end disposed at the head portion and configured to extend axially, a first elastic member connected to the fixing member and other side of the rod, a second elastic member disposed to be spaced apart from a rear of the first elastic member and connected to the fixing member and the other side of the rod, and a first spacer insert-injected with the first elastic member and the second elastic member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor comprising:
a cylinder that extends in an axial direction and defines a compression space configured to receive refrigerant;
a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder along the axial direction, the piston comprising (i) a guide portion that has a cylindrical shape and defines a rear side of the piston and (ii) a head portion that is disposed at the guide portion and defines a front side of the piston;
an intake valve disposed at the head portion and configured to supply the refrigerant to the compression space;
a rod that extends rearward from the head portion in the axial direction, the rod having a first side that is disposed at the head portion and a second side that is disposed opposite to the first side of the rod;
a fixing member disposed radially outside the piston;
a first elastic member connected to the fixing member and to the second side of the rod;
a second elastic member spaced apart from the first elastic member and disposed rearward relative to the first elastic member in the axial direction, the second elastic member being connected to the fixing member and to the second side of the rod; and
a first spacer disposed at the second side of the rod, the first spacer being insert-injected with the first elastic member and the second elastic member.

2. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member comprises:
a first inner portion connected to the second side of the rod,
a first outer portion connected to the fixing member, and
a first connection portion that connects the first inner portion to the first outer portion, and
wherein the second elastic member comprises:
a second inner portion that faces the first inner portion in the axial direction,
a second outer portion that faces the first outer portion in the axial direction, and
a second connection portion that connects the second inner portion to the second outer portion.

3. The compressor of claim 2 , wherein the first spacer comprises an inner spacer that is insert-injected with the first inner portion and the second inner portion, and
wherein the inner spacer covers each of a front surface of the first inner portion, an outer circumferential surface of the first inner portion, a rear surface of the first inner portion, a front surface of the second inner portion, an outer circumferential surface of the second inner portion, and a rear surface of the second inner portion.

4. The compressor of claim 3 , wherein the inner spacer defines a first hole at a central area thereof,
wherein the first inner portion has a first inner hole defined at a central area of the first inner portion facing the central area of the inner spacer such that the first inner hole overlaps with the first hole along the axial direction,
wherein the second inner portion has a second inner hole defined at a central area of the second inner portion facing the central area of the inner spacer such that the second inner hole overlaps with the first hole along the axial direction, and
wherein an axis of the rod extends from the second side of the rod in the axial direction through the first hole, the first inner hole, and the second inner hole along the axial direction.

5. The compressor of claim 4 , further comprising:
a coupling member coupled to an end of the rod disposed at the second side of the rod,
wherein the coupling member passes through the first hole, the first inner hole, and the second inner hole.

6. The compressor of claim 5 , further comprising:
a first fastening member that fixes an end of the coupling member to a rear surface of the inner spacer.

7. The compressor of claim 5 , wherein a radius of the coupling member is greater than a radius of a central part of the rod that is disposed between the first side and the second side of the rod, and
wherein a shape of an end of the coupling member corresponds to a shape of the end of the rod.

8. The compressor of claim 2 , wherein the first spacer comprises an outer spacer that is insert-injected with the first outer portion and the second outer portion, and
wherein the outer spacer covers each of a front surface of the first outer portion, an outer circumferential surface of the first outer portion, a rear surface of the first outer portion, a front surface of the second outer portion, an outer circumferential surface of the second outer portion, and a rear surface of the second outer portion.

9. The compressor of claim 8 , further comprising:
a second fastening member that couples the outer spacer, the first outer portion, and the second outer portion to the fixing member.

10. The compressor of claim 9 , wherein the outer spacer defines a second hole that faces the fixing member in the axial direction,
wherein the first outer portion defines a first outer hole facing the second hole such that the first outer hole overlaps with the second hole along the axial direction,
wherein the second outer portion defines a second outer hole facing the second hole such that the second outer hole overlaps with the second hole along the axial direction,
wherein the fixing member defines a fastening hole facing the second hole such that the fastening hole overlaps with the second hole along the axial direction, and
wherein the second fastening member passes through the second hole, the first outer hole, the second outer hole, and the fastening hole.

11. The compressor of claim 10 , wherein the fixing member comprises an extension that is disposed at a position corresponding to the second hole and extends forward toward the front side of the piston.

12. The compressor of claim 2 , wherein the first connection portion comprises a plurality of first connection members that have a first spiral shape and are spaced apart from one another, and
wherein the second connection portion comprises a plurality of second connection members that have a second spiral shape and are spaced apart from one another.

13. The compressor of claim 12 , wherein the first elastic member is spaced apart from a rear surface of the piston to thereby define a rear space between the rear surface of the piston and the first elastic member,
wherein the first connection portion defines a first spiral space between the plurality of first connection members,
wherein the second connection portion defines a second spiral space between the plurality of second connection members, and
wherein the piston is configured to receive the refrigerant introduced to the rear side of the piston through the first spiral space, the second spiral space, and the rear space defined between the rear surface of the piston and the first elastic member.

14. The compressor of claim 2 , further comprising:
a second spacer disposed between a rear surface of the first inner portion and a front surface of the second inner portion,
wherein the first spacer comprises an outer spacer that is insert-injected with the first outer portion and the second outer portion.

15. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein the intake valve defines a rod groove at a central area of the head portion, the rod groove receiving an end of the rod disposed at the first side of the rod.

16. The compressor of claim 1 , wherein each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member comprises a leaf spring.

17. A compressor comprising:
a cylinder that extends in an axial direction and defines a compression space configured to receive refrigerant;
a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder along the axial direction, the piston comprising (i) a guide portion tha

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Kichul
• Kim Youngpil
• Noh Kiwon
• Hong Eonpyo

Classifications

• F16J1/09 Primary

  with means for guiding fluids (F16J1/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16F15/073

  using only leaf springs · CPC title

• F05B2260/964

  by damping means · CPC title

• F05B2210/14

  Refrigerants with particular properties, e.g. HFC-134a · CPC title

• F04B39/0016

  with valve arranged in the piston · CPC title