Scroll compressor having a bearing lubricating layer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9644629-B2
Application number	US-201314031443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2013
Priority date	Sep 24, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A scroll compressor having a bearing is provided. The scroll compressor includes: a casing; a main frame fixed to the casing and having a shaft insertion hole formed therein; a fixed scroll fixed to the casing and disposed above the main frame; an orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll and having a boss portion formed on a lower surface thereof; a rotational shaft having an end portion insertedly fixed in the boss portion in a state in which the rotational shaft is insertedly positioned in the shaft insertion hole; and a lubricating layer made of a PEEK material and formed in the shaft insertion hole or the boss portion, wherein the lubricating layer is formed by applying a liquid material to the shaft insertion hole or the boss portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A scroll compressor, comprising:
a casing;
a main frame fixed to the casing and having a shaft insertion hole formed therein;
a fixed scroll fixed to the casing and disposed above the main frame;
an orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll and having a boss formed on a lower surface thereof;
a rotational shaft having an end insertedly fixed in the boss of the orbiting scroll in a state in which the rotational shaft is insertedly positioned in the shaft insertion hole of the main frame; and
a lubricating layer made of a PEEK material and formed in the shaft insertion hole and the boss, respectively, wherein the lubricating layer is formed on an inner surface of the shaft insertion hole and an inner surface of the boss, wherein the lubricating layer includes an organic solvent and PEEK powder dispersed in the organic solvent, and wherein an inner surface of the lubricating layer faces the outer circumferential surface of the rotational shaft with a gap between the inner surface of the lubricant layer and the other circumferential surface of the rotational shaft.

2. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein a primer layer is formed between the lubricating layer and the inner surface of the shaft insertion hole and between the lubricating layer and the inner surface of the boss.

3. The scroll compressor of claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the primer layer ranges from 3 μm to 5 μm.

4. The scroll compressor of claim 2 , wherein the lubricating layer includes a plurality of layers made of a same material.

5. The scroll compressor of claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the lubricating layer ranges from 55 μm to 165 μm.

6. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , further including a subframe installed in the casing, wherein a drive motor is installed between the main frame and the subframe, wherein the lubricating layer is installed within the subframe, and wherein a lower end of the rotational shaft is rotatably inserted into the lubricating layer of the subframe.

7. The scroll compressor of claim 6 , wherein the drive motor includes a stator fixed to the casing, a rotor rotatably inserted into the stator, and the rotational shaft insertedly fixed in the rotor.

8. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the rotational shaft includes a drive pin that protrudes from an upper end of the rotational shaft, wherein the drive pin is eccentric with respect to a rotation center of the rotational shaft, and wherein the drive pin is insertedly fixed in the boss of the orbiting scroll.

9. A scroll compressor, comprising
a casing;
a fixed scroll fixed to the casing and having a shaft insertion hole formed therein;
an orbiting scroll disposed above the fixed scroll to form a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll and having a boss;
a rotational shaft having an upper end that penetrates through the shaft insertion hole of the fixed scroll and is inserted in the boss of the orbiting scroll; and
a lubricating layer made of a PEEK material and formed in the shaft insertion hole and the boss, respectively, wherein the lubricating layer is formed on an inner surface of the shaft insertion hole and an inner surface of the boss, wherein the lubricating layer includes an organic solvent and PEEK powder dispersed in the organic solvent, and wherein an inner surface of the lubricating layer faces the outer circumferential surface of the rotational shaft with a gap between the inner surface of the lubricant layer and the other circumferential surface of the rotational shaft.

10. The scroll compressor of claim 9 , wherein a primer layer is formed between the lubricating layer and the inner surface of the shaft insertion hole and between the lubricating layer and the inner surface of the boss.

11. The scroll compressor of claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the primer layer ranges from 3 μm to 5 μm.

12. The scroll compressor of claim 10 , wherein the lubricating layer includes a plurality of layers made of a same material.

13. The scroll compressor of claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the lubricating layer ranges from 55 μm to 165 μm.

14. A scroll compressor, comprising:
a casing;
a main frame fixed to the casing and having a shaft insertion hole formed therein;
a fixed scroll fixed to the casing and disposed above the main frame;
an orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll and having a boss formed on a lower surface thereof,
a rotational shaft having an end insertedly fixed in the boss of the orbiting scroll in a state in which the rotational shaft is insertedly positioned in the shaft insertion hole of the main frame;
a primer layer formed on an inner surface of the shaft insertion hole and an inner surface of the boss, respectively; and
a lubricating layer coated on the primer layer, respectively, wherein the lubricating layer includes an organic solvent and PEEK powder dispersed in the organic solvent, and wherein an inner surface of the lubricating layer faces the outer circumferential surface of the rotational shaft with a gap between the inner surface of the lubricant layer and the other circumferential surface of the rotational shaft.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Jinsung
• Yang Eunsoo
• Bae Chuljig
• Lee Byeongchul

Classifications

• F04C2230/602

  Gap; Clearance · CPC title

• F04C18/0215

  where only one member is moving · CPC title

• F04C2240/54

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

• F04C23/008

  Hermetic pumps · CPC title

• F04C2230/92

  Surface treatment · CPC title