IP Library Granted Patent US 7,204,680
Granted Patent B2
US 7,204,680 · App. 11/013,443 · Granted Apr 17, 2007

Oil supply device of scroll compressor

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,204,680
App. No.
11/013,443
Granted
Apr 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An oil supply device of a scroll compressor includes a pumping unit mounted at a lower side of a rotating shaft and pumping oil stored at a lower portion of a casing according to rotation of the rotating shaft; an oil supply passage formed in a longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft and supplying oil pumped by the pumping unit to each friction portion; an oil channel formed at an upper surface of the main frame and connecting an oil groove formed at the upper surface of the main frame and a pocket formed at the center of the main frame; and an oil guide recess formed to connect the oil groove and the key hole formed at the main frame and guiding oil introduced into the oil groove to the key hole. By supplying oil to the key hole, abrasion between an oldhamring key and the key hold is prevented and noise is reduced, enhancing reliability of the compressor.

Claims (16)

1. A scroll compressor comprising:

a casing;

a main frame located within the casing;

a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll movable with respect to the fixed scroll;

a rotating shaft rotatably supported by the main frame; and

an oil supply device including:

a pumping unit mounted at a lower side of the rotating shaft and pumping oil stored at a lower portion of a casing according to rotation of the rotating shaft;

an oil supply passage formed in a longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft and supplying oil pumped by the pumping unit to at least one friction portion;

an oil channel formed at an upper surface of the main frame and connecting an oil groove formed at the upper surface of the main frame and a pocket formed at the center of the main frame; and

an oil guide recess formed to connect the oil groove and a key hole formed at the main frame and guiding oil introduced into the oil groove to the key hole.

2. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the oil channel extends radially orthongonal to the key hole formed at the main frame.

3. The scroll compressor of claim 2 , wherein the oil channel includes a first oil channel formed at an interval of 90° with the key hole formed at the main frame and a second oil channel positioned on the same straight line with the first channel and formed at an interval of 90° with the key hole.

4. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein an entrance, of the oil guide recess, connected to the key hole has a width of less than 55% of the width of the key hole.

5. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the oil guide recess is formed deeper than the depth of the oil groove.

6. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the depth of the oil guide recess is at least 2 mm or larger.

7. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the oil channel includes a pair of oil channels which are disposed at an interval of 180° with a different phase.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2004
From: PARK, KI-WON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 016107/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2003-0094282 · Dec 20, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050135957A1 · Jun 23, 2005