IP Library Granted Patent US 11,473,571
Granted Patent B2
US 11,473,571 · App. 16/616,043 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Sealed refrigerant compressor and refrigeration device

Inventors: Hironari Akashi (Kusatsu, JP); Kazuhiro Yokota (Kusatsu, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Appliances Refrigeration Devices Singapore
F04B39/0253F04B39/0094F04B39/122F25B1/02F25B2500/13
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Patent No.
US 11,473,571
App. No.
16/616,043
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealed refrigerant compressor ( 10 A) accommodates an electric component ( 20 A) and a compression component ( 30 ) in a sealed container ( 11 ). A crankshaft ( 40 ) included in the compression component ( 30 ) includes a main shaft part ( 41 ) and an eccentric shaft part ( 42 ). A main shaft part ( 41 ) is secured to a rotor ( 22 A) of the electric component ( 20 A). The rotor ( 22 A) is provided with a balance adjustment means such as a balance hole ( 27 ), which adjusts an unbalanced load caused by the structure of the main shaft part ( 41 ).

Claims (21)

1. A sealed refrigerant compressor comprising:

a crankshaft including a main shaft part, an eccentric shaft part and an oil feeding passage, the main shaft part having a center axis, the eccentric shaft part having a position of center of mass which is offset from the center axis of the main shaft part, the oil feeding passage having a part that is formed as a hole extending upwards from an end surface of a lower end portion of the main shaft and is inclined with respect to the center axis of the main shaft part such that the oil feeding passage has a position of center of mass which is offset from the center axis of the main shaft part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the offset of the position of the center of mass of the eccentric shaft part from the center axis of the main shaft part,

a cylinder

a piston coupled to the eccentric shaft part and being reciprocatable inside the cylinder, and

a rotor provided with a balance hole which adjusts an unbalanced load caused by a structure of the main shaft part, wherein the balance hole is provided in a semicircular column region of the rotor which is located on a side opposite to the position of center of mass of the oil feeding passage, with respect to the center axis of the main shaft part which is located between the balance hole and the position of center of mass of the oil feeding passage

wherein in a case where a radial line extending from a rotation axis of the rotor through the position of center of mass of the eccentric shaft part is a reference line of 0 degree, and an angle formed in a region on the side opposite to the position of center of mass of the oil feeding passage is a positive angle,

the balance hole is provided within a sector column region in a range of 5 to 175 degrees with respect to the reference line, in the semicircular column region of the rotor.

2. The sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotor further includes a balance weight.

3. The sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hole is provided within at least one of a sector column region in a range of 5 to 40 degrees with respect to the reference line and a sector column region in a range of 140 to 175 degrees with respect to the reference line, in the semicircular column region of the rotor.

4. The sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the balance hole is provided in an iron core of the rotor.

5. The sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the balance hole extends along a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor.

6. The sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the balance hole is a blind hole with a bottom surface or a through-hole.

7. The sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the balance hole adjusts an unbalanced load generated by a reciprocating motion of the piston in addition to the unbalanced load caused by the structure of the main shaft part.

8. A refrigeration device comprising:

the sealed refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067784/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2020
From: AKASHI, HIRONARI; YOKOTA, KAZUHIRO
To: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPORE
Reel/Frame 051805/0980 →