IP Library Granted Patent US 10,677,356
Granted Patent B2
US 10,677,356 · App. 15/764,401 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Sealing structure for airtight container and vehicle refrigerant compressor provided with said structure

Inventors: Katsuhiro Fujita (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Kato (Tokyo, JP); Tomohisa Moro (Tokyo, JP); Hideki Suetake (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
F16J15/10F01C19/005F04B39/00F04B39/12F04C18/0215F04C23/008F04C27/008F04C2210/26F04C2240/30
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Patent No.
US 10,677,356
App. No.
15/764,401
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to achieve favorable sealability by a simple and low-cost structure using an O-ring. A sealing structure according to the present invention is provided with: a first sealing surface formed in an annular shape on a first container structural member configuring a housing (container); a second sealing surface overlaid on the first sealing surface, formed in annular shape on a second container structural member configuring the housing; a plurality of concentric O-ring grooves formed on at least one of the first sealing surface and second sealing surface; and a plurality of O-rings fitted into the plurality of O-ring grooves. The filling ratio of the O-ring in the O-ring groove positioned on an outer side of the housing is larger than the filling ratio of the O-ring in the O-ring groove positioned on an inner side of the housing.

Claims (16)

1. A sealing structure for an airtight container, comprising:

a first sealing surface formed in an annular shape on a first container structural member configuring a container;

a second sealing surface overlaid on the first sealing surface, formed in annular shape on a second container structural member configuring the container;

a plurality of concentric O-ring grooves formed on at least one of the first sealing surface and second sealing surface; and

a plurality of O-rings fitted into the plurality of O-ring grooves; wherein

the filling ratio of the O-ring in the O-ring groove positioned on an outer side of the container is preset to be greater than the filling ratio of the O-ring in the O-ring groove positioned on an inner side of the container to which stress due to internal pressure of the container is applied.

2. The sealing structure for an airtight container according to claim 1 , wherein

the filling ratio of the O-ring in the O-ring groove positioned on an inner side of the container is set to a target range of 70 to 75% and a maximum permissible value of 90%, and

the filling ratio of the O-ring in the O-ring groove positioned on an outer side of the container is set to a target range of 80 to 85% and a maximum permissible value of 98%.

3. The sealing structure for an airtight container according to claim 1 , wherein

the cross section of the O-ring groove positioned on an inner side of the container and the cross section of the O-ring groove positioned on an outer side of the container have the same shape and dimensions, and

a wire diameter of the O-ring positioned on an outer side of the container is wider than a wire diameter of the O-ring positioned on an inner side of the container such that the filling ratio of the O-ring positioned on an outer side is greater than the filling ratio of the O-ring positioned on an inner side.

4. The sealing structure for airtight container according to claim 1 , wherein

the wire diameter of the O-ring positioned on an inner side of the container and the wire diameter of the O-ring positioned on an outer side of the container are the same, and

an internal volume of the O-ring groove positioned on an outer side of the container is smaller than an internal volume of the O-ring groove positioned on an inner side of the container such that the filling ratio of the O-ring positioned on an outer side is greater than the filling ratio of the O-ring positioned on an inner side.

5. A vehicle refrigerant compressor, comprising the sealing structure for an airtight container according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046318/0599 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046429/0128 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2018
From: FUJITA, KATSUHIRO; KATO, MASAHIRO; MORO, TOMOHISA; SUETAKE, HIDEKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046148/0326 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-197039 · Oct 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180292008A1 · Oct 11, 2018
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