Compressor with thermal protection system
AssigneeEmerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Stover
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Abstract
A compressor includes a housing, a partition, a first scroll, a second scroll, and a thermal protection system. The partition is disposed within the housing and defines a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. The partition includes a discharge passage in fluid communication with the discharge chamber. The thermal protection system includes a positioning body and a displacement member. The positioning body is coupled to the second scroll and translatably disposed within the discharge passage. The displacement member is disposed between the positioning body and the partition and configured to translate the second scroll relative to the first scroll between first and second positions.
Claims10
A compressor comprising:
- a housing;
- a partition disposed within the housing, the partition defining a suction chamber and a discharge chamber, and including a discharge passage in fluid communication with the discharge chamber;
- a first scroll supported within said housing and including a first endplate having a first spiral wrap extending therefrom;
- a second scroll supported within said housing and including a second endplate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom and meshingly engaged with said first spiral wrap to form a series of compression pockets;
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- a thermal protection system including a positioning body and a displacement member, the positioning body coupled to the second scroll and translatable relative to the discharge passage, the displacement member disposed between the positioning body and the partition and configured to translate the second scroll relative to the first scroll between first and second positions in response to a change in an operating temperature of the compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.