IP Library Granted Patent US 9,506,461
Granted Patent B2
US 9,506,461 · App. 14/350,318 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Sealed compressor

Inventors: Ko Inagaki (Shiga, JP); Terumasa Ide (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
F04B39/0061F04B39/023F04B39/0246
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Patent No.
US 9,506,461
App. No.
14/350,318
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealed compressor of the present invention comprises an electric component ( 110 ); a compression component ( 112 ); a sealed container ( 102 ) which accommodates the electric component ( 110 ) and the compression component ( 112 ) and stores lubricating oil ( 104 ) therein; and a suction pipe ( 170 ) which is provided to penetrate a wall portion of the sealed container ( 102 ), and through which a refrigerant gas suctioned into the sealed container ( 102 ) flows; wherein the compression component ( 112 ) includes a compression chamber ( 142 ) formed within a cylinder ( 134 ) and a suction muffler ( 146 ) through which the refrigerant gas flows; wherein the suction muffler ( 146 ) includes a muffling space ( 150 ), an exit pipe ( 154 ), an inlet pipe ( 152 ), whose suction port ( 151 ) opens in a substantially horizontal direction in the interior of the sealed container ( 102 ), a funnel-shaped refrigerant receiver section ( 160 ) provided to surround the suction port ( 151 ); and wherein the suction port ( 151 ) is placed such that its center ( 151 A) is located above than a center ( 160 A) of the refrigerant receiver section ( 160 ).

Claims (19)

1. A sealed compressor comprising:

an electric component;

a compression component actuated by the electric component;

a sealed container which accommodates the electric component and the compression component and stores lubricating oil therein; and

a suction pipe which is provided to penetrate a wall portion of the sealed container, and through which a refrigerant gas suctioned into the sealed container flows;

wherein the compression component includes a compression chamber formed within a cylinder and a suction muffler through which the refrigerant gas flows from an interior of the sealed container toward an interior of the compression chamber;

wherein the suction muffler includes a muffling space, an exit pipe, one end of which opens in the muffling space and the other end of which opens in the compression chamber, an inlet pipe, one end of which opens in the muffling space, and the other end of which opens in a substantially horizontal direction in the interior of the sealed container, the other end being a suction port of the inlet pipe, and a funnel-shaped refrigerant receiver section provided to surround the suction port; and

wherein the suction port is placed such that its center is located above a center of the refrigerant receiver section.

2. The sealed compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein when viewed from a flow direction of the refrigerant gas at an exit of the suction pipe, a center of the suction pipe conforms to the center of the refrigerant receiver section.

3. The sealed compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inlet pipe is placed such that a dimension of a vertical position of a lower end portion of the suction port which is from an inner bottom surface of the sealed container is twice to 3.5 times as large as a depth of an oil level of the lubricating oil during a stopped state of the sealed compressor.

4. The sealed compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the suction port has a structure in which its vertical width is greater than its horizontal width.

5. The sealed compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inlet pipe has a structure in which its cross-sectional area is greater than a cross-sectional area of the exit pipe.

6. The sealed compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the center of the suction port is a vertical center of the suction port, and

wherein the center of the refrigerant receiver section is a vertical center of the refrigerant receiver section.

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 Jun 27, 2014
From: INAGAKI, KO; IDE, TERUMASA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033244/0167 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-224651 · Oct 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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