IP Library Granted Patent US 9,051,937
Granted Patent B2
US 9,051,937 · App. 13/672,826 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Refrigerant compressor

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Patent No.
US 9,051,937
App. No.
13/672,826
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerant compressor comprises an electric element; a compression element; and a sealed container; wherein the compression element includes: a crankpin; a piston pin; and a connecting rod having a large hole portion into which the crankpin is inserted, a small hole portion in which the piston pin is rotatably disposed, and a coupling rod portion; wherein an oil guide hole is provided in the coupling rod portion of the connecting rod such that the large hole portion and the small hole portion are communicated with each other via the oil guide hole; a circular first groove is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the piston pin such that the first groove communicates with the oil guide hole; and a second groove extending in a center axis direction of the piston pin is provided in a first region of the small hole portion of the connecting rod.

Claims (15)

1. A refrigerant compressor comprising:

an electric element including a stator and a rotor;

a compression element actuated by the electric element; and

a sealed container which accommodates the electric element and the compression element and reserves lubricating oil;

wherein the compression element includes:

a crankpin provided at a crankshaft rotated by the rotor;

a piston pin provided at a piston which is reciprocatable in an inner space of a cylinder block; and

a connecting rod having a large hole portion into which the crankpin is inserted, a small hole portion in which the piston pin is rotatably disposed, and a coupling rod portion for coupling the large hole portion and the small hole portion to each other;

wherein an oil guide hole is provided in the coupling rod portion of the connecting rod such that the large hole portion and the small hole portion are communicated with each other via the oil guide hole;

a circular first groove is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the piston pin such that the first groove communicates with the oil guide hole; and

a second groove extending in a center axis direction of the piston pin is provided in a first region which is on a side opposite to a displacement direction of a load applied to the small hole portion at start of a compression stroke, in two regions into which an inner peripheral surface of the small hole portion of the connecting rod is divided by a virtual line connecting a center axis of the small hole portion of the connecting rod to a center axis of the large hole portion of the connecting rod.

2. The refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second groove is provided in a portion of the first region which portion is closer to the large hole portion of the connecting rod.

3. The refrigerant compressor according to claim 2 ,

wherein an angle formed between the virtual line and a line connecting the second groove to a center axis of the small hole portion of the connecting rod is in a range from 20 degrees to 60 degrees when viewed from the center axis direction of the piston pin.

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 Feb 6, 2017
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041175/0010 →
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 Jan 8, 2014
From: KUBOTA, AKIHIKO; SATO, JUN; YAGI, AKIO; MORISHIMA, MASATO; MORI, YUJI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031910/0264 →