Compressor having bulged bushings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12258965-B2
Application number	US-202218693604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2022
Priority date	Sep 21, 2021
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

A compression mechanism that can suppress generation of galling and seizure is provided. The compression mechanism includes a bush 60 including a first sliding surface 61 sliding with an inner surface 45 a of a bush hole 45 and a second sliding surface 63 sliding with a side surface 52 a of a blade of a piston, and includes at least one of a first bulge 62 formed on one of the first sliding surface 61 and the inner surface 45 a such that a gap X between the first sliding surface 61 and the inner surface 45 a gradually decreases toward a direction in which lubricant Y is drawn between the first sliding surface 61 and the inner surface 45 a along with rocking of the bush 60 , and a second bulge 64 formed on the second sliding surface 63 such that the gap X between the second sliding surface 63 and the side surface 52 a gradually decreases toward a direction in which the lubricant Y is drawn between the second sliding surface 63 and the side surface 52 a along with forward and backward movement of the blade.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor in a compression mechanism comprising:
a cylinder including a cylinder chamber and a blade groove communicating with the cylinder chamber;
a piston including a blade that partitions the cylinder chamber into a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber and is inserted into the blade groove so as to be movable forward and backward, the piston turnably provided in the cylinder chamber; and
a bush rockably accommodated in a bush hole formed in the blade groove and including a first sliding surface that slides with an inner surface of the bush hole, wherein
the compressor in the compression mechanism includes:
a first oil film formation portion formed on one of the first sliding surface and the inner surface such that a gap between the first sliding surface and the inner surface gradually decreases toward a direction in which lubricant is drawn between the first sliding surface and the inner surface along with rocking of the bush, and

the first oil film formation portion includes:
a first part formed so as to bulge on the inner surface side relative to an imaginary line constituting a curved surface in a case of assuming that the first oil film formation portion is not formed on the first sliding surface in the case where the first oil film formation portion is formed on the first sliding surface, and
a second part formed so as to bulge on the first sliding surface side relative to an imaginary line constituting a curved surface in a case of assuming that the first oil film formation portion is not formed on the inner surface in the case where the first oil film formation portion is formed on the inner surface.

2. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first sliding surface includes:
a first curved surface portion curved along a sliding direction, and a second curved surface portion adjacent in the sliding direction to the first curved surface, and
the first oil film formation portion includes:
the second part formed on the first sliding surface by making a radius of curvature of the second curved surface portion larger than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface.

3. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second sliding surface that slides with a side surface of the blade, wherein
the second oil film formation portion is formed on the second sliding surface such that a gap between the second sliding surface and the side surface gradually decreases toward a direction in which lubricant is drawn between the second sliding surface and the side surface along with forward and backward movement of the blade.

4. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein
the second oil film formation portion is formed so as to bulge on the side surface side on the second sliding surface.

5. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein
a pair of the first oil film formation portions are formed so as to be positioned on both end sides in a sliding direction of the first sliding surface.

6. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first oil film formation portion includes
a third part formed so as to recess on the inner surface.

7. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a second sliding surface that slides with a side surface of the blade, wherein
the second oil film formation portion is formed on the second sliding surface such that a gap between the second sliding surface and the side surface gradually decreases toward a direction in which lubricant is drawn between the second sliding surface and the side surface along with forward and backward movement of the blade.

8. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein the second oil film formation portion is formed so as to bulge on the side surface side on the second sliding surface.

9. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein a pair of the first oil film formation portions are formed so as to be positioned on both end sides in a sliding direction of the first sliding surface.

10. The compression mechanism according to claim 1 further comprising:
a second sliding surface that slides with a side surface of the blade, wherein
the second oil film formation portion is formed on the second sliding surface such that a gap between the second sliding surface and the side surface gradually decreases toward a direction in which lubricant is drawn between the second sliding surface and the side surface along with forward and backward movement of the blade.

11. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 10 , wherein
the second oil film formation portion is formed so as to bulge on the side surface side on the second sliding surface.

12. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 11 , wherein
a pair of the first oil film formation portions are formed so as to be positioned on both end sides in a sliding direction of the first sliding surface.

13. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 10 , wherein
a pair of the first oil film formation portions are formed so as to be positioned on both end sides in a sliding direction of the first sliding surface.

14. The compressor in the compression mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
a pair of the first oil film formation portions are formed so as to be positioned on both end sides in a sliding direction of the first sliding surface.

Assignees

• Taiho Kogyo Co Ltd
• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• ISHIGURO Ukyo
• Goto Shingo
• Nakamura Ryohei
• TAGO Yasuyuki

Classifications

• F04C2240/54

  Hydrostatic or hydrodynamic bearing assemblies specially adapted for rotary positive displacement pumps or compressors · CPC title

• F04C29/028

  Means for improving or restricting lubricant flow · CPC title

• F04C18/356

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

• F01C21/0809 Primary

  Construction of vanes or vane holders · CPC title

• F04C2240/56

  Bearing bushings or details thereof · CPC title