Compressor with two rotors coaxially disposed on a connecting assembly sleeved on the shaft that limits relative movement between them

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12098720-B2
Application number	US-202118267875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2021
Priority date	Feb 26, 2021
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a compressor and an air conditioner. The compressor includes a housing; a first rotating shaft mounted in the housing; a connecting assembly sleeved on the first rotating shaft; and a first rotor assembly including a first rotor and a second rotor coaxially disposed on the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly carries the first rotor and the second rotor to rotate about the first rotating shaft together. The connecting assembly is configured to limit the relative positions of the first rotor and the second rotor, such that there exists a clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor. The present disclosure can maintain a clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor without increasing the number of components of the compressor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor, comprising:
a housing;
a first rotating shaft mounted in the housing;
a connecting assembly sleeved on the first rotating shaft; and
a first rotor assembly comprising a first rotor and a second rotor coaxially disposed on the connecting assembly, the connecting assembly configured to carry the first rotor and the second rotor to rotate about the first rotating shaft together;
the connecting assembly is configured to limit the relative positions of the first rotor and the second rotor, such that there exists a clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor,
wherein the distance between an end surface of the first rotor close to the second rotor and an end surface of the second rotor close to the first rotor in the axial direction of the first rotating shaft increases gradually from the axis of the first rotor assembly to the outer periphery of the first rotor assembly.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein there exists a first axial clearance between an end surface of the first rotor away from the second rotor and an end surface of the housing close to the first rotor, there exists a second axial clearance between an end surface of the second rotor away from the first rotor and an end surface of the housing close to the second rotor, and the connecting assembly is configured to limit that the clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor is greater than the first axial clearance and the clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor is greater than the second axial clearance.

3. The compressor according to claim 1 , comprising:
a second rotating shaft mounted in the housing; and
a second rotor assembly comprising a third rotor and a fourth rotor which are coaxially disposed on the second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft being configured to drive the second rotor assembly to rotate along a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the first rotor assembly, the third rotor and the first rotor being engaged with each other, and the fourth rotor and the second rotor being engaged with each other.

4. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein an end surface of the third rotor close to the fourth rotor protrudes out of an end surface of the first rotor close to the second rotor, and an end surface of the fourth rotor close to the third rotor protrudes out of an end surface of the second rotor close to the first rotor, so that the first rotor does not interfere with the fourth rotor and the second rotor does not interfere with the third rotor.

5. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein adjacent end surfaces of the third rotor and the fourth rotor are joined.

6. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein there exists a distance d1 between an end surface of the third rotor close to the fourth rotor and an end surface of the first rotor close to the second rotor in the axial direction of the second rotating shaft, and there exists a distance d2 between an end surface of the fourth rotor close to the third rotor and an end surface of the second rotor close to the first rotor in the axial direction of the second rotating shaft, and the second rotor assembly is configured to satisfy: d2=d1.

7. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor is L3, the amount of axial movement that the third rotor moves in the housing along the axial direction of the second rotating shaft toward a direction close to the fourth rotor is D1, the amount of axial movement that the second rotor moves toward a direction close to the first rotor is D2, the amount of axial movement that the fourth rotor moves in the housing along the axial direction of the second rotating shaft toward a direction close to the third rotor is D3, the amount of axial movement that the first rotor moves toward a direction close to the second rotor is D4, and the second rotor assembly is configured to satisfy: L3 ≥D1+D2, and L3 ≥D3+D4.

8. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein a suction port is arranged adjacent to the first rotor, the second rotor, the third rotor and the fourth rotor, a first exhaust port is arranged adjacent to the first rotor, the third rotor and the housing, and a second exhaust port is arranged adjacent to the second rotor, the fourth rotor and the housing.

9. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the first rotor has a helical direction opposite to that of the second rotor, and the third rotor has a helical direction opposite to that of the fourth rotor.

10. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the third rotor is integrally formed with the second rotating shaft, and the fourth rotor has a shaft hole that fits the second rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is in tight fit with the second rotating shaft.

11. The compressor according to claim 3 , further comprising a thrust bearing disposed on one side of the second rotating shaft and a motor disposed on the other side of the second rotating shaft, wherein the motor is configured to drive the second rotating shaft to rotate, so that the second rotor assembly follows the rotation of the second rotating shaft and drives the first rotor assembly and the connecting assembly to rotate together around the first rotating shaft.

12. The compressor according to claim 3 , wherein an end surface of the third rotor away from the fourth rotor is flush with the end surface of the first rotor away from the second rotor in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the second rotating shaft; and an end surface of the fourth rotor away from the third rotor is flush with an end surface of the second rotor away from the first rotor in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the second rotating shaft.

13. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting assembly comprises a first limiting member and a second limiting member both sleeved on the first rotating shaft and both rotatable around the first rotating shaft, the first limiting member is configured to limit the position of an end surface of the first rotor close to the second rotor, and the second limiting member is configured to limit the position of an end surface of the second rotor close to the first rotor.

14. The compressor according to claim 13 , wherein an end surface of the first rotor close to the second rotor is provided with a first limiting groove along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft, the first limiting member comprises a first main body portion and a first limiting portion, the first main body portion is sleeved on the first rotor, the first limiting portion is disposed around the periphery of the outer surface of the first main body portion and the first limiting portion is stuck in the first limiting groove; and
an end surface of the second rotor close to the first rotor is provided with a second limiting groove along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft, the second limiting member comprises a second main body portion and a second limiting portion, the second main body portion is sleeved on the first rotating shaft and disposed adjacent to the first main body portion, the second limiting portion is disposed around the periphery of the outer surface of the second main body portion and the second limiting portion is stuck in the second limiting groove.

15. The compressor according to claim 14 , wherein an end surface of the first limiting portion close to the second limiting portion protrudes on a side of the end surface of the first rotor close to the second rotor, and an end surface of the second limiting portion close

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Liu Hua
• Zhang Zhiping
• Long Zhongkeng
• Cao Cong

Classifications

• F04C2240/56

  Bearing bushings or details thereof · CPC title

• F04C2240/605

  Shaft sleeves or details thereof · CPC title

• F05C2201/0493

  Tin · CPC title

• F05C2201/0478

  Bronze (Cu/Sn alloy) · CPC title

• F04C2250/102

  of the outlet · CPC title