IP Library Granted Patent US 11,867,182
Granted Patent B2
US 11,867,182 · App. 17/791,382 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Scroll compressor

Inventors: Xiangmin Jia (Suzhou, CN); Yan Qin (Suzhou, CN); Xu Cheng (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: Copeland Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
F04C29/06F04C18/0215F04C23/008F04C29/0057F04C2240/807
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Patent No.
US 11,867,182
App. No.
17/791,382
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scroll compressor includes: a rotary shaft; a compression mechanism including an orbiting scroll and a non-orbiting scroll, an extension portion of the orbiting scroll engaging with an eccentric structure of the rotary shaft via a bushing and a driving bearing having an axial height L 1 ; and a counterweight located on the bushing, a mass center of the counterweight being located above an axial lower end of the driving bearing and having an axial distance L 2 to the axial center of the driving bearing, and the ratio R of the axial distance L 2 to the axial height L 1 satisfying: 0.1≤R≤0.4. The scroll compressor can reduce the contact and wear between the bushing and the driving bearing and reduce the requirements for the manufacturing precision and the mounting precision of components such as the counterweight and the bushing, achieving optimized system design.

Claims (26)

1. A scroll compressor, comprising:

a rotating shaft, an end of which is provided with an eccentric structure;

a compression mechanism, comprising a non-orbiting scroll and an orbiting scroll, wherein the orbiting scroll comprises an extending portion which extends from an end plate toward the rotating shaft;

a driving bearing with an axial height L 1 ;

a bushing, wherein the extending portion is coupled with the eccentric structure via the driving bearing and the bushing, so that the rotating shaft is configured to drive the compression mechanism; and

a counterweight arranged on the bushing;

wherein a mass center of the counterweight is located above an axial lower end of the driving bearing, an axial distance from the mass center of the counterweight to an axial center of the driving bearing is L 2 , and a ratio R of the axial distance L 2 to the axial height L 1 satisfies: 0.1≤R≤0.4.

2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio R satisfies: 0.1≤R≤0.2.

3. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the counterweight comprises a mounting portion, a main counterweight portion and a connecting portion connecting the mounting portion with the main counterweight portion, and the mounting portion is mounted to the bushing.

4. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the scroll compressor further comprises a thrust member, the orbiting scroll is supported on the thrust member, and the main counterweight portion is located in a space between the thrust member and the extending portion.

5. The scroll compressor according to claim 4 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric crank pin, the extending portion is a hub portion, and the eccentric crank pin is coupled in the hub portion via the bushing and the driving bearing.

6. The scroll compressor according to claim 4 , wherein the bushing is an unloading bushing, which is arranged to be driven by the eccentric structure and adapted to be displaced relative to the eccentric structure to realize radial compliance of the compression mechanism.

7. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the main counterweight portion is in an arc shape concentric with a rotation center of the rotating shaft, and an arc angle of the main counterweight portion ranges from 160° to 180°.

8. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein at least a windward side circumferential end wall of circumferential end walls of the counterweight is inclined in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the counterweight, to form an inclination angle of less than 90° relative to a central axis of the counterweight.

9. The scroll compressor according to claim 8 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric crank pin, the extending portion is a hub portion, and the eccentric crank pin is coupled in the hub portion via the bushing and the driving bearing.

10. The scroll compressor according to claim 8 , wherein the bushing is an unloading bushing, which is arranged to be driven by the eccentric structure and adapted to be displaced relative to the eccentric structure to realize radial compliance of the compression mechanism.

11. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein a mass center of the main counterweight portion is located above the axial center of the driving bearing.

12. The scroll compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the counterweight further comprises an auxiliary counterweight portion, and the auxiliary counterweight portion is located axially above or radially outside the main counterweight portion.

13. The scroll compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric crank pin, the extending portion is a hub portion, and the eccentric crank pin is coupled in the hub portion via the bushing and the driving bearing.

14. The scroll compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the bushing is an unloading bushing, which is arranged to be driven by the eccentric structure and adapted to be displaced relative to the eccentric structure to realize radial compliance of the compression mechanism.

15. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric crank pin, the extending portion is a hub portion, and the eccentric crank pin is coupled in the hub portion via the bushing and the driving bearing.

16. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the bushing is an unloading bushing, which is arranged to be driven by the eccentric structure and adapted to be displaced relative to the eccentric structure to realize radial compliance of the compression mechanism.

17. The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric recess portion, the extending portion is a protruding shaft portion, and the protruding shaft portion is coupled in the eccentric recess portion via the driving bearing and the bushing.

18. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric crank pin, the extending portion is a hub portion, and the eccentric crank pin is coupled in the hub portion via the bushing and the driving bearing.

19. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the bushing is an unloading bushing, which is arranged to be driven by the eccentric structure and adapted to be displaced relative to the eccentric structure to realize radial compliance of the compression mechanism.

20. The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the eccentric structure is an eccentric recess portion, the extending portion is a protruding shaft portion, and the protruding shaft portion is coupled in the eccentric recess portion via the driving bearing and the bushing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: EMESRON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: COPELAND CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 065196/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2022
From: JIA, XIANGMIN; QIN, YAN; CHENG, XU
To: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060432/0446 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202020140896.4 · Jan 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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