Rotary compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12098718-B2
Application number	US-202217972767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2022
Priority date	Nov 3, 2021
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A rotary compressor, including a cylinder, an inner peripheral surface of which is defines a compression space, provided with a suction port configured to communicate with the compression space to suction and provide refrigerant to the compression space; a roller rotatably provided in the compression space of the cylinder, and including with a plurality of vane slots at predetermined intervals along an outer peripheral surface, the plurality of vanes each providing a back pressure at one side thereinside; a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the plurality of vane slots, respectively, to rotate together with the roller, front end surfaces of the plurality of vanes coming into contact with an inner periphery of the cylinder due to the back pressure to partition the compression space into a plurality of compression chambers; and a main bearing and a sub bearing provided at both ends of the cylinder, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotary compressor, comprising:
a cylinder, an inner peripheral surface of which is defined in an annular shape to define a compression space, provided with a suction port configured to communicate with the compression space to suction and provide refrigerant to the compression space;
a roller rotatably provided in the compression space of the cylinder, and including with a plurality of vane slots provided at predetermined intervals along an outer peripheral surface, the plurality of vane slots each providing a back pressure at one side thereinside;
a plurality of vanes slidably inserted into the plurality of vane slots, respectively, to rotate together with the roller, wherein front end surfaces of the plurality of vanes come into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder due to the back pressure to partition the compression space into a plurality of compression chambers; and
a main bearing and a sub bearing provided at both ends of the cylinder, respectively, and spaced apart from each other to define surfaces of the compression space, respectively, wherein an intermediate back pressure pocket configured to communicate with one side of the plurality of vane slots so as to provide the back pressure at an intermediate pressure is provided in at least one of the main bearing or the sub bearing, and wherein a pressure supply passage that provides communication between the compression space and the intermediate back pressure pocket is disposed in the at least one of the main bearing or the sub bearing, wherein the pressure supply passage comprises:
a first passage concavely disposed on a surface of the at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing, one side of which communicates with the compression space to receive a pressure from the compression space;
a second passage disposed to pass through the surface of the at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing so as to communicate with the first passage to provide the pressure provided from the first passage to the intermediate back pressure pocket; and
a third passage provided on a surface of the roller to provide communication between the first passage and the second passage to supply the pressure provided from the first passage to the second passage.

2. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the third passage comprises a plurality of grooves spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction on a first surface of the roller.

3. The rotary compressor of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of grooves having a same shape as the plurality of grooves of the third passage is provided on a second surface provided at an opposite side to the first surface of the roller, and wherein the third passage and the plurality of grooves having a same shape as the plurality of grooves of the third passage are disposed to be symmetrical on different surfaces of the roller.

4. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the cylinder is provided with a microseism reduction chamber having a space of a predetermined volume to communicate with the intermediate back pressure pocket so as to reduce a microseism of the pressure of the compression space.

5. The rotary compressor of claim 4 , wherein the pressure supply passage further comprises:
a fourth passage that allows the microseism reduction chamber and the intermediate back pressure pocket to communicate with each other, a first side of which is provided on the surface of at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing, and a second side of which is connected to the second passage.

6. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein one side of the first passage overlaps with one side of the second passage such that the first passage and the second passage directly communicate with each other.

7. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first passage is disposed at a position in communication with the compression space, the position being opposite to a proximal point of contact between the outer peripheral surface of the roller and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder.

8. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first passage comprises a groove having a predetermined width and depth, and extending in a radial direction.

9. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the second passage comprises:
a first hole that passes from the surface of at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing toward an inside thereof; and
a second hole that intersects the first hole, a first side of which communicates with the first hole, and a second side of which communicates with the intermediate back pressure pocket.

10. The rotary compressor of claim 9 , wherein the cylinder is provided with a microseism reduction chamber having a space of a predetermined volume to communicate with the intermediate back pressure pocket so as to reduce a microseism of a pressure of the compression space.

11. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the cylinder is provided with a microseism reduction chamber having a space of a predetermined volume to communicate with the intermediate back pressure pocket so as to reduce a microseism of a pressure of the compression space, and wherein a second side of the first passage communicates with the microseism reduction chamber and the second passage communicates with the microseism reduction chamber to provide a pressure in the microseism reduction chamber to the intermediate back pressure pocket.

12. The rotary compressor of claim 11 , wherein the second passage comprises:
a first hole that passes from the surface of the at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing toward an inside thereof; and
a second hole that intersects the first hole, a first side of which communicates with the first hole, and a second side of which communicates with the intermediate back pressure pocket.

13. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first passage passes through the surface of at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing so as to provide the pressure provided from the compression space to the intermediate back pressure pocket.

14. The rotary compressor of claim 13 , wherein the first passage comprises:
a first hole that passes through the surface of at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing toward an inside thereof, one side of which communicates with the compression space; and
a second hole that intersects the first hole, a first side of which communicates with the first hole, and a second side of which communicates with the intermediate back pressure pocket.

15. The rotary compressor of claim 14 , wherein the cylinder is provided with a microseism reduction chamber having a space of a predetermined volume to communicate with the intermediate back pressure pocket so as to reduce a microseism of the pressure of the compression space.

16. The rotary compressor of claim 15 , wherein the second passage allows the microseism reduction chamber and the intermediate back pressure pocket to communicate with each other, a first side of which is provided on the surface of at least one of the sub bearing or the main bearing, and a second side of which is connected to the first hole.

17. The rotary compressor of claim 1 , wherein the pressure supply passage is disposed in each of the main bearing and the sub bearing, which are respectively provided with the intermediate back pressure pocket, and wherein the pressure supply passage disposed in the main bearing and the pressure supply passage disposed in the sub bearing are symmetrically disposed to each other.

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Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Yongkyu
• Noh Kiyoul
• Sa Bumdong

Classifications

• F04C29/0035

  Equalization of pressure pulses (silencing F04C29/06) · CPC title

• F04C23/008

  Hermetic pumps · CPC title

• F04C18/344 Primary

  with vanes reciprocating with respect to the inner member · CPC title

• F04C2240/50

  Bearings · CPC title

• F04C2240/30

  Casings or housings · CPC title