IP Library Granted Patent US 12,631,182
Granted Patent B2
US 12,631,182 · App. 18/012,247 · Granted May 19, 2026

Scroll compression mechanism and scroll compressor

Inventors: Liwei Geng (Suzhou, CN); Zhouzhou Lu (Suzhou, CN); Min Su (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: Copeland Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
F04C29/028F04C18/0215F04C23/02
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Patent No.
US 12,631,182
App. No.
18/012,247
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a scroll compression mechanism and a scroll compressor. The scroll compression mechanism comprises a non-orbiting scroll member, an orbiting scroll member, an oil supply passage, an adjusting valve and a fluid pressure passage comprising a first end and a second end. The first end is in fluid communication with a first pressure source to apply a first pressure to the movable valve body, the second end is in fluid communication with a second pressure source to apply a second pressure to the movable valve body, so that based on a pressure difference between the first and second pressures the movable valve body can selectively move toward a first direction of reducing a flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage and toward a second direction of increasing the flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage, thereby adjusting an oil supply amount to the scroll compression mechanism.

Claims (36)

1 . A scroll compressor, comprising:

a housing comprising a housing body, a top cover and a bottom cover, wherein a partition plate is provided in the housing so that the partition defines a high-pressure area with the top cover and the partition plate defines a low-pressure area with the housing body and the bottom cover; and

a compression mechanism provided in the low-pressure area, comprising:

a non-orbiting scroll member and an orbiting scroll member comprising an orbiting scroll end plate, wherein the orbiting scroll member and the non-orbiting scroll member cooperate with each other to define a series of working fluid chambers comprising a central compression chamber and a fluid suction chamber; and

an oil supply passage for supplying lubricating oil from a lubricating oil source into the scroll compression mechanism,

wherein the scroll compression mechanism further comprises:

an adjusting valve comprising a movable valve body; and

a fluid pressure passage comprising a first end and a second end,

wherein the first end is in fluid communication with a first pressure source to apply a first pressure to a first side end of the movable valve body, the second end is in fluid communication with a second pressure source to apply a second pressure to a second side end of the movable valve body, so that based on a pressure difference between the first pressure and the second pressure the movable valve body can selectively move toward a first direction of reducing a flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage and toward a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, of increasing the flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage, thereby adjusting an oil supply amount to the scroll compression mechanism,

wherein the second pressure source is the fluid suction chamber or the low pressure area outside the scroll compression mechanism.

2 . The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the oil supply passage, the adjusting valve and the fluid pressure passage are provided in the orbiting scroll end plate.

3 . The scroll compressor according to claim 2 , wherein:

the oil supply passage comprises a vertical oil supply orifice substantially parallel to a central axis of the scroll compression mechanism, the vertical oil supply orifice leads to the fluid suction chamber, and

the movable valve body is partially disposed in the vertical oil supply orifice, so as to adjust the flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage by adjusting a flow cross-sectional area of the vertical oil supply orifice.

4 . The scroll compressor according to claim 3 , wherein:

the oil supply passage further comprises a transverse oil supply orifice which is substantially perpendicular to the central axis, the transverse oil supply orifice is intersected and communicated with the vertical oil supply orifice.

5 . The scroll compressor according to claim 4 , wherein:

the fluid pressure passage comprises a transverse fluid pressure orifice which is substantially perpendicular the central axis, and

the transverse fluid pressure orifice and the transverse oil supply orifice are horizontally arranged in the orbiting scroll end plate.

6 . The scroll compressor according to claim 5 , wherein:

the transverse fluid pressure orifice and the vertical oil supply orifice partially overlap in the vertical direction parallel to the central axis, and

the transverse oil supply orifice comprises a main transverse oil supply orifice arranged side by side with the transverse fluid pressure orifice, the transverse oil supply orifice further comprises an auxiliary transverse oil supply orifice which is intersected and communicated with both the main transverse oil supply orifice and the vertical oil supply orifice.

7 . The scroll compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the orbiting scroll member comprises a hub part, a base area in an inner space of the hub part near the orbiting scroll end plate serves as the lubricating oil source, an oil inlet end of the oil supply passage is connected to the base area.

8 . The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the first pressure varies with the variation of the working condition of the scroll compression mechanism, or varies with variation of the working condition of a system to which the scroll compression mechanism is applied, and/or, the second pressure varies with the variation of the working condition of the scroll compression mechanism, or varies with the variation of the working condition of the system to which the scroll compression mechanism is applied.

9 . The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting valve further comprises an elastic member arranged to abut against the second side end, the elastic member is suitable for biasing the movable valve body toward the first direction.

10 . The scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first pressure source is the central compression chamber.

11 . The scroll compression mechanism compressor according to claim 1 , wherein:

the movable valve body comprises a connecting section connecting the first side end and the second side end, a diameter of the connecting section is smaller than a diameter of the first side end and smaller than a diameter of the second side end, and

the adjusting valve is arranged such that: when the movable valve body moves toward the first direction, the connecting section occupies less in the oil supply passage to reduce the flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage, and when the movable valve body moves toward the second direction, the connecting section occupies more in the oil supply passage to increase the flow cross-sectional area of the oil supply passage.

12 . The scroll compressor according to claim 4 , wherein:

the fluid pressure passage comprises a transverse fluid pressure orifice which is substantially perpendicular the central axis, and

the transverse fluid pressure orifice and the transverse oil supply orifice are vertically arranged in the orbiting scroll end plate.

13 . The scroll compressor according to claim 12 , wherein:

the transverse fluid pressure orifice and the vertical oil supply orifice partially overlap in the vertical direction parallel to the central axis, and

the transverse oil supply orifice is arranged side by side with the transverse fluid pressure orifice.

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 Jan 11, 2023
From: GENG, LIWEI; LU, ZHOUZHOU; SU, MIN
To: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062338/0025 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202010579961.8 · Jun 23, 2020 · national
CN 202021179695.1 · Jun 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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