Scroll compressor and air conditioner having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12018682-B2
Application number	US-202217707382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

A scroll compressor of an air conditioner includes a refrigerant discharge tube through which refrigerant discharged to an inner space of a casing is discharged into a refrigeration cycle. The scroll compressor further including a venturi tube disposed adjacent to the refrigerant discharge tube in the inner space of the casing, and a liquid refrigerant discharge tube having a first end connected to the venturi tube and a second end opposite to the first end and communicating with the inner space of the casing at a lower side of the refrigerant discharge tube, where liquid refrigerant can be suppressed from excessively stagnating in the inner space of the casing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A scroll compressor, comprising:
a casing that defines an inner space therein;
a rotating shaft disposed in the inner space of the casing;
a motor disposed in the inner space of the casing and configured to rotate the rotating shaft;
a compression unit that is disposed in the inner space of the casing at one side of the motor and configured to compress refrigerant based on rotation of the rotating shaft, the compression unit having a discharge passage configured to discharge the refrigerant compressed by the compression unit to the inner space of the casing;
a refrigerant discharge tube that has a first end connected to the inner space of the casing and a second end connected to a refrigeration cycle system, the refrigerant discharge tube being configured to discharge the refrigerant from the inner space of the casing to the refrigeration cycle system;
a venturi tube disposed in the inner space of the casing adjacent to the refrigerant discharge tube, the venturi tube having a plurality of diameters; and
a liquid refrigerant discharge tube that has a first end connected to the venturi tube and a second end in fluid communication with the inner space of the casing, the second end of the liquid refrigerant discharge tube being disposed below the refrigerant discharge tube.

2. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the motor defines an inner passage that passes through an inside of the motor along an axial direction of the motor, the inner passage being radially offset from an axis of the motor, and
wherein the venturi tube includes a first diameter portion that is open toward the motor and defines a maximum diameter of the venturi tube among the plurality of diameters, at least a portion of the first diameter portion facing the inner passage along the axial direction.

3. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the motor comprises:
a stator core fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the casing, the stator core comprising a plurality of teeth that are disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the stator core and spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction to thereby define a slot between two of the plurality of teeth; and
stator coils wound around the plurality of teeth of the stator core, and
wherein the venturi tube is disposed at an upper side of the stator coils, and at least a portion of the venturi tube faces the slot.

4. The scroll compressor of claim 3 , wherein the discharge passage is open toward the motor, and at least a part of the discharge passage overlaps with the slot along an axial direction of the motor, and
wherein at least a part of the venturi tube overlaps with the discharge passage along the axial direction.

5. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the venturi tube comprises:
a first diameter portion that defines a first open end facing the motor, the first open end defining a first diameter among the plurality of diameters of the venturi tube;
a second diameter portion that defines a second open end facing away from the motor, the second open end defining a second diameter among the plurality of diameters of the venturi tube; and
a third diameter portion that fluidly communicates the first diameter portion and the second diameter portion with each other, the third diameter among the plurality of diameters portion defining a third diameter of the venturi tube that is less than the first diameter and the second diameter,
wherein the second diameter portion is disposed at a position offset from an axial center of the refrigerant discharge tube, and
wherein a first spacing height from a surface of the motor to the second open end is less than or equal to a second spacing height from the surface of the motor to an inner end of the refrigerant discharge tube.

6. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the venturi tube comprises:
a first diameter portion that defines a first open end facing the motor, the first open end defining a first diameter among the plurality of diameters of the venturi tube;
a second diameter portion that defines a second open end facing away from the motor, the second open end defining a second diameter among the plurality of diameters of the venturi tube; and
a third diameter portion that is disposed between the first diameter portion and the second diameter portion and connected to the liquid refrigerant discharge tube, the third diameter portion defining a third diameter among the plurality of diameters of the venturi tube that is less than the first diameter and the second diameter, and
wherein the second diameter portion extends along an axis of the refrigerant discharge tube.

7. The scroll compressor of claim 6 , wherein the first diameter portion and the second diameter portion are disposed along different axes from each other.

8. The scroll compressor of claim 6 , wherein the first diameter portion and the second diameter portion are coaxial, and
wherein the axis of the refrigerant discharge tube is offset from an axial center of the rotating shaft.

9. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the inner space of the casing includes a discharge space defined between the motor and the compression unit, the discharge passage being open toward the discharge space, and
wherein the second end of the liquid refrigerant discharge tube is located in the discharge space.

10. The scroll compressor of claim 9 , wherein the discharge passage includes at least one passage arranged along a circumferential direction, and
wherein the second end of the liquid refrigerant discharge tube is spaced apart from the at least one passage in the circumferential direction.

11. The scroll compressor of claim 9 , further comprising a flow path guide that is disposed in the discharge space between the motor and the compression unit and divides the discharge space into an inner discharge space and an outer discharge space,
wherein the discharge passage comprises at least one discharge through hole that passes through the flow path guide and is in fluid communication with the inner discharge space, and
wherein the second end of the liquid refrigerant discharge tube is spaced apart from the discharge through hole in a circumferential direction.

12. An air conditioner comprising the scroll compressor of claim 1 , a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Yongkyu
• Lee Kangwook
• Lee Jaeha

Classifications

• F04C29/12

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

• F04C23/008

  Hermetic pumps · CPC title

• F04C23/005

  of dissimilar working principle · CPC title

• F04C2240/60

  Shafts · CPC title

• F04C2240/40

  Electric motor · CPC title