Compressor device and refrigeration apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12410952-B2
Application number	US-202318367936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2023
Priority date	Mar 16, 2021
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A compressor device includes first and second compressors. The first and second compressors include first and second casings having bottom portions in which lubricant is to be stored, first and second compression mechanisms provided in the casings to compress refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant into the casings, and first and second motors provided in the casings. The first and second motors each include a stator and a rotor, and drive the first and second compression mechanisms. The second compressor compresses the refrigerant discharged from the first compressor. The first and second motors have first and second passages extending from axial ends of the first and second motors and through which the refrigerant discharged from the first and second compression mechanisms passes. A cross-sectional area of the second passage is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first passage. A refrigeration apparatus includes the compressor device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor device, comprising:
a first compressor including:
a first casing having a bottom portion in which lubricant is to be stored,
a first compression mechanism provided in the first casing to compress a refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant into the first casing, and
a first motor provided in the first casing, the first motor including a first stator and a first rotor, and the first motor being configured to drive the first compression mechanism; and

a second compressor including:
a second casing having a bottom portion in which lubricant is to be stored,
a second compression mechanism provided in the second casing to compress a refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant into the second casing, and
a second motor provided in the second casing, the second motor including a second stator and a second rotor, and the second motor being configured to drive the second compression mechanism,
the second compressor being configured to compress the refrigerant discharged from the first compressor of the same compressor device,

the first motor having a first passage extending in an axial direction of the first motor and through which the refrigerant discharged from the first compression mechanism passes,
the second motor having a second passage extending in an axial direction of the second motor and through which the refrigerant discharged from the second compression mechanism passes,
a cross-sectional area of the second passage being larger than a cross-sectional area of the first passage, and
of the first and second passages, only the second passage of the second motor including a second rotor passage configured by a plurality of holes extending from one axial end to another axial end through the second rotor of the second motor, the first passage not including a first rotor passage configured by a plurality of holes extending from one axial end to another axial end through the first rotor of the first motor.

2. The compressor device of claim 1 , wherein,
the first passage includes a first stator passage extending from one axial end to another axial end of the stator of the first motor between the stator of the first motor and the first casing,
the second passage includes a second stator passage extending from one axial end to another axial end of the stator of the second motor between the stator of the second motor and the second casing, and
a cross-sectional area of the second stator passage is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first stator passage.

3. The compressor device of claim 1 , wherein
the second casing is connected to a second discharge pipe to guide the refrigerant discharged from the second compression mechanism to outside of the second casing,
of the first and second compressors, only the second compressor includes an oil separation member, and
the oil separation member is provided between the second passage and the second discharge pipe in the second casing.

4. The compressor device of claim 3 , wherein
the oil separation member is a filter.

5. The compressor device of claim 3 , wherein
the oil separation member is an oil separation plate.

6. The compressor device of claim 1 , wherein
the first compressor is a scroll compressor, and
the second compressor is a rotary compressor.

7. A refrigeration apparatus including the compressor device of claim 1 .

8. A compressor device comprising:
a first compressor including:
a first casing having a bottom portion in which lubricant is to be stored,
a first compression mechanism provided in the first casing to compress a refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant into the first casing, and
a first motor provided in the first casing, the first motor including a first stator and a first rotor, and the first motor being configured to drive the first compression mechanism; and

a second compressor including:
a second casing having a bottom portion in which lubricant is to be stored,
a second compression mechanism provided in the second casing to compress a refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant into the second casing, and
a second motor provided in the second casing, the second motor including a second stator and a second rotor, and the second motor being configured to drive the second compression mechanism,
the second compressor being configured to compress the refrigerant discharged from the first compressor of the same compressor device,

the first motor having a first passage extending in an axial direction of the first motor and through which the refrigerant discharged from the first compression mechanism passes,
the second motor having a second passage extending in an axial direction of the second motor and through which the refrigerant discharged from the second compression mechanism passes,
a cross-sectional area of the second passage being larger than a cross-sectional area of the first passage,
the first passage of the first motor including a first rotor passage configured by a plurality of first holes extending from one axial end to another axial end through the first rotor of the first motor,
the second passage of the second motor including a second rotor passage configured by a plurality of second holes extending from one axial end to another axial end through the second rotor of the second motor, and
a cross-sectional area of the second rotor passage of the second motor being larger than a cross-sectional area of the first rotor passage of the first motor.

9. The compressor device of claim 8 , wherein
the first passage includes a first stator passage extending from one axial end to another axial end of the stator of the first motor between the stator of the first motor and the first casing,
the second passage includes a second stator passage extending from one axial end to another axial end of the stator of the second motor between the stator of the second motor and the second casing, and
a cross-sectional area of the second stator passage is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first stator passage.

10. The compressor device of claim 8 , wherein
the first compressor is a scroll compressor, and
the second compressor is a rotary compressor.

11. A refrigeration apparatus including the compressor device of claim 8 .

12. The compressor device of claim 8 , wherein
the second casing is connected to a second discharge pipe to guide the refrigerant discharged from the second compression mechanism to outside of the second casing,
of the first and second compressors, only the second compressor includes an oil separation member, and
the oil separation member is provided between the second passage and the second discharge pipe in the second casing.

13. The compressor device of claim 12 , wherein
the oil separation member is a filter.

14. The compressor device of claim 12 , wherein
the oil separation member is an oil separation plate.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Hitoshi
• Kajiwara Mikio
• Nishide Youhei
• Tomioka Naoto
• Ohnishi Yousuke
• Okamoto Daisuke

Classifications

• F04C2240/809

  Lubricant sump · CPC title

• F04C2240/40

  Electric motor · CPC title

• F04C29/026

  Lubricant separation · CPC title

• F04C23/02

  Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors · CPC title

• F04C23/005

  of dissimilar working principle · CPC title