IP Library Granted Patent US 9,074,591
Granted Patent B2
US 9,074,591 · App. 13/233,063 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Compressor cylinder block and cylinder head distortion prevention

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Patent No.
US 9,074,591
App. No.
13/233,063
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a compressor including a hermetic container storing therein a lubricant, an electric element, and a compression element driven by the electric element, the compression element including a crankshaft, a bearing portion, a cylinder block, a piston, and a joining portion, wherein a cylinder head is tightened and fixed together with a valve component by a bolt to an opening surface side of a compression chamber formed by a cylinder bore and the piston, and a screw hole portion formed in the opening surface side, for fixing the bolt includes a counterbore extending to the vicinity of a boundary between the cylindrical portion and the tapered portion.

Claims (76)

1. A compressor comprising:

a hermetic container storing therein

a lubricant,

an electric element including a stator and a rotor, and

a compression element driven by the electric element,

the compression element including

a crankshaft including a main shaft portion having the rotor fixed thereto, and an eccentric shaft portion,

a bearing portion pivotally supporting the main shaft portion,

a cylinder block having a cylinder bore formed therein, the cylinder bore including a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion,

a piston that reciprocates inside the cylinder bore,

a joining portion connecting the eccentric shaft portion and the piston, and

a screw hole section,

wherein

a cylinder head is coupled to the cylinder block by a bolt which extends through the screw hole section which penetrates the cylinder block and the cylinder head,

wherein the screw hole section includes:

a first screw hole section having a first diameter which engages threads of the bolt;

a second screw hole section having a second diameter which is larger than the first diameter and a diameter of the bolt in the second screw hole section; and

a third screw hole section having a third diameter smaller than the second diameter,

wherein the second screw hole section having the second diameter is disposed between the first screw hole section having the first diameter and the third screw hole section having the third diameter, and

wherein a boundary between the first screw hole section and the second screw hole section is substantially at a boundary between the cylindrical portion and the tapered portion.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

an entire circumferential gap, which is a difference between a diameter of the cylindrical portion and a diameter of the piston, is from 3 μm to 10 μm.

3. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the piston is provided with a groove, and a starting position of the groove is located at a plane extending from a bottom surface of the counterbore and perpendicular to the cylinder bore, when a capacity of the compression chamber becomes smallest.

4. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

a viscosity of the lubricant is from ISO VG3 to ISO VG8.

5. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the counterbore has a through hole communicating with the interior of the hermetic container.

6. The compressor according to claim 5 , wherein

the crankshaft is provided with an oil feeding mechanism for feeding oil to sliding portions, and the through hole has a through hole inlet for taking the lubricant, and a through hole outlet for discharging the lubricant.

7. A compressor comprising:

a hermetic container storing therein

a lubricant,

an electric element including a stator and a rotor, and

a compression element driven by the electric element,

the compression element including

a crankshaft including a main shaft portion having the rotor fixed thereto, and an eccentric shaft portion,

a bearing portion pivotally supporting the main shaft portion,

a cylinder block having a cylinder bore formed therein, the cylinder bore including a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion,

a piston that reciprocates inside the cylinder bore, and

a joining portion connecting the eccentric shaft portion and the piston,

wherein a cylinder head is tightened and fixed together with a valve component by a bolt to an opening surface side of a compression chamber formed by the cylinder bore and the piston, and a screw hole section is formed in the opening surface side for fixing the bolt,

wherein the screw hole section includes:

a first screw hole section having a first diameter which engages threads of the bolt; and

a second screw hole section having a second diameter which is larger than the first diameter and a diameter of the bolt in the second screw hole section,

wherein a boundary between the first screw hole section and the second screw hole section is substantially at a boundary between the cylindrical portion and the tapered portion, and

wherein the cylinder block further has a cutout portion that allows an occurrence position of a distortion caused by tightening and fixing by the bolt in the tapered portion to be controlled.

8. The compressor according to claim 7 , wherein

an entire circumferential gap, which is a difference between a diameter of the cylindrical portion and a diameter of the piston, is from 3 mm to 10 mm.

9. The compressor according to claim 7 , wherein

the piston is provided with a groove, and a starting position of the groove is located at a plane extending from a bottom surface of the counterbore and perpendicular to the cylinder bore, when a capacity of the compression chamber becomes smallest.

10. The compressor according to claim 7 , wherein

a viscosity of the lubricant is from ISO VG3 to ISO VG8.

11. The compressor according to claim 7 , wherein

the counterbore has a through hole communicating with the interior of the hermetic container.

12. The compressor according to claim 11 , wherein

the crankshaft is provided with an oil feeding mechanism for feeding oil to sliding portions, and the through hole has a through hole inlet for taking the lubricant, and a through hole outlet for discharging the lubricant.

13. A compressor comprising:

a hermetic container storing therein

a lubricant,

an electric element including a stator and a rotor, and

a compression element driven by the electric element,

the compression element including

a crankshaft including a main shaft portion having the rotor fixed thereto, and an eccentric shaft portion,

a bearing portion pivotally supporting the main shaft portion,

a cylinder block having a cylinder bore formed therein, the cylinder bore including a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion,

a piston that reciprocates inside the cylinder bore, and

a joining portion connecting the eccentric shaft portion and the piston,

wherein

a cylinder head is tightened and fixed together with a valve component by a bolt to an opening surface side of a compression chamber formed by the cylinder bore and the piston,

a screw hole section is formed in the opening surface side of the compression chamber of the cylinder block for fixing the bolt,

wherein the screw hole section includes:

a first screw hole section having a first diameter which engages threads of the bolt; and

a second screw hole section having a second diameter which is larger than the first diameter and a diameter of the bolt in the second screw hole section,

wherein a boundary between the first screw hole section and the second screw hole section is substantially at a boundary between the cylindrical portion and the tapered portion, and

an amount of distortion caused by tightening and fixing by the bolt in the cylinder bore is smaller than an amount of an expansion of the tapered portion compared with the cylindrical portion.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067784/0029 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
Reel/Frame 044722/0461 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040939/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2011
From: KITA, ICHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027128/0969 →