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Granted Patent B2
US 10,418,876 · App. 16/106,306 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Compressor and heat cycle system for refrigerator

Inventors: Hiroki Hayamizu (Tokyo, JP); Masato Fukushima (Tokyo, JP); Hirokazu Takagi (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuo Otsuka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
H02K5/136F04B39/00F04B39/12F04B49/10F04C29/0085F04C29/02H02K5/225H02K7/14F04C18/0215F04C2210/263F04C2240/30F04C2240/40F04C2240/809F04C2270/70F25B31/026F25B2400/12F25B2500/06
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Patent No.
US 10,418,876
App. No.
16/106,306
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressor includes a sealed container, a compression part provided in an upper part of the inside of the sealed container and configured to compress a working medium, an oil reservoir part provided in a bottom part of the inside of the sealed container and configured to reserve a lubricating oil therein, an electric drive part provided between the compression part and the oil reservoir part inside the sealed container and configured to drive the compression part, and a power source terminal provided to pass through a wall surface of the sealed container in a region of the oil reservoir part. The power source terminal is connectable to an external power source outside the sealed container and electrically connected to the electric drive part via a lead wire in the sealed container.

Claims (34)

1. A compressor comprising:

a sealed container;

a compression part provided in an upper part of the inside of the sealed container and configured to compress a working medium;

an oil reservoir part provided in a bottom part of the inside of the sealed container and configured to reserve a lubricating oil therein;

an electric drive part provided between the compression part and the oil reservoir part inside the sealed container and configured to drive the compression part; and

a power source terminal provided to pass through a wall surface of the sealed container in a region of the oil reservoir part, the power source terminal being connectable to an external power source outside the sealed container and electrically connected to the electric drive part via a lead wire in the sealed container,

wherein the power source terminal comprises an exposed metallic-terminal portion inside the sealed container, and the exposed metallic-terminal portion is entirely immersed in the lubrication oil.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the lead wire is connected to the power source terminal by a connector, and the connector and at least a part of the lead wire are immersed in the lubricating oil.

3. A heat cycle system comprising:

the compressor according to claim 2 ; and

a refrigerant circuit to which the compressor is connected and through which the working medium circulates.

4. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the power source terminal is provided to a sidewall portion of the wall of the sealed container in the region of the oil reservoir part.

5. A heat cycle system comprising:

the compressor according to claim 4 ; and

a refrigerant circuit to which the compressor is connected and through which the working medium circulates.

6. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the working medium comprises a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO).

7. The compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the HFO comprises HFO-1123.

8. The compressor according to claim 7 , wherein the working medium is a working medium consisting of HFO-1123, a working medium comprising a mixture of HFO-1123 and HFC-32, or a working medium comprising a mixture of HFO-1123 and HFO-1234yf.

9. A heat cycle system comprising:

the compressor according to claim 1 ; and

a refrigerant circuit to which the compressor is connected and through which the working medium circulates.

10. The compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising a sub-frame partitioning a space inside the sealed container and positioned between the electric drive part and the oil reservoir part.

11. The compressor according to claim 10 , wherein a through hole passing the lead wire is formed in the sub-frame.

12. The compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the lead wire is connected to the power source terminal by a connector, and the connector and at least a part of the lead wire are immersed in the lubricating oil.

13. The compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the power source terminal is provided to a sidewall portion of the wall of the sealed container in the region of the oil reservoir part.

14. The compressor according to claim 11 , wherein the working medium comprises a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO).

15. The compressor according to claim 14 , wherein the HFO comprises HFO-1123.

16. The compressor according to claim 15 , wherein the working medium is a working medium consisting of HFO-1123, a working medium comprising a mixture of HFO-1123 and HFC-32, or a working medium comprising a mixture of HFO-1123and HFO-1234yf.

17. A heat cycle system comprising:

the compressor according to claim 10 ; and

a refrigerant circuit to which the compressor is connected and through which the working medium circulates.

18. A heat cycle system comprising:

the compressor according to claim 11 ; and

a refrigerant circuit to which the compressor is connected and through which the working medium circulates.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: HAYAMIZU, HIROKI; FUKUSHIMA, MASATO; TAKAGI, HIROKAZU; OTSUKA, TETSUO
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046866/0477 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-031193 · Feb 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017004057 · Feb 3, 2017
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