IP Library Granted Patent US 10,240,601
Granted Patent B2
US 10,240,601 · App. 15/113,265 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Scroll compressor

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Patent No.
US 10,240,601
App. No.
15/113,265
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scroll compressor has a sealed container inside which a working fluid is sealed; a frame fixed inside the sealed container; a fixed scroll provided with a fixed-side spiral body formed in a spiral shape on a fixed-side base plate fixed inside the sealed container; and a revolving scroll in which a revolving-side spiral body meshing with the fixed-side spiral body is provided on a revolving-side base plate. The frame includes a first welded point at which the frame is fixed by welding to the sealed container, and a revolving-scroll-receiving surface supports a bottom surface of the revolving-side base plate opposite to a surface thereof on which the revolving-side spiral body is provided. A frame outer peripheral groove provided in an outer periphery of the frame faces an inner periphery of the sealed container between the revolving-scroll-receiving surface and the first welded point.

Claims (16)

1. A scroll compressor, comprising:

a sealed container inside which a working fluid is sealed;

a frame fixed inside the sealed container;

a fixed scroll provided with a fixed-side spiral body formed in a spiral shape on a fixed-side base plate fixed inside the sealed container; and a revolving scroll in which a revolving-side spiral body meshing with the fixed-side spiral body is provided on a revolving-side base plate, the revolving scroll moving in a revolving manner,

wherein the frame includes a first welded point at which the frame is fixed by welding to the sealed container, a revolving-scroll-receiving surface supporting a bottom surface of the revolving-side base plate opposite to a surface thereof on which the revolving-side spiral body is provided, and a frame outer peripheral groove provided in an outer periphery of the frame facing an inner periphery of the sealed container and between the revolving-scroll-receiving surface and the first welded point, and

wherein a second welded point is provided between the frame outer peripheral groove and the revolving-scroll-receiving surface.

2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the sealed container is fixed by plug welding to the frame and includes a first plug welding hole provided corresponding to the first welded point and a second plug welding hole corresponding to the second welded point, and

wherein the second plug welding hole has a smaller diameter than the first plug welding hole.

3. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the frame outer peripheral groove has a rectangular cross-sectional shape when the frame is cut from the first welded point toward the revolving-scroll-receiving surface.

4. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the frame outer peripheral groove is an annular groove extending all around the outer periphery of the frame.

5. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame includes a frame leg projecting from the outer periphery of the frame in a direction away from the revolving-scroll-receiving surface and along the inner periphery of the sealed container, and

wherein the first welded point is provided on the frame leg.

6. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , including: a crankshaft provided on a bottom side of the revolving-side base plate to allow the revolving scroll to move in the revolving manner; and a frame bearing section provided at the frame to support the crankshaft in a slide bearing.

7. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein R32 refrigerant is used as the working fluid.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2018
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS-HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
To: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
Reel/Frame 045299/0676 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: NAKANO, YASUNORI; HASEGAWA, SHUJI; NAKAMURA, SATOSHI
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS-HITACHI AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 039331/0017 →