# US 10,767,649 B2 · Hermetic compressor with cylinder having elliptical inner circumferential surface, roller, and at least one vane > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,649 B2 - Document ID: US10767649B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/855,091 - Filed: 2017-12-27 - Published: 2018-07-05 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-29 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Seokhwan Moon; Seoungmin Kang; Byeongchul Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767649B2 ## CPC - F04C 23/008: {Hermetic pumps} - F01C 21/106: {with a radial surface, e.g. cam rings} - F04C 18/344: with vanes reciprocating with respect to the inner member - F04C 18/3441: {the inner and outer member being in contact along one line or continuous surface substantially parallel to the axis of rotation} - F04C 27/002: {of rigid material} - F04C 27/005: {Axial sealings for working fluid} - F04C 29/128: {of the elastic type, e.g. reed valves} - F04C 2240/50: Bearings - F04C 2250/30: of the stator - F04C 2250/301: compression chamber profile defined by a mathematical expression or by parameters - F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS - F01C: ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES (internal-combustion aspects F02B53/00, F02B55/00) ## Abstract A hermetic compressor may include a cylinder having an elliptical inner circumferential surface; a roller eccentric from the inner circumferential surface; and at least one vane withdrawn towards the inner circumferential surface when the roller is rotated to divide a compression chamber. On the basis of a contact point where the inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface are closest, a first center line passes through a center of the cylinder, an ellipse positioned at a first side of the first center line and forming the inner circumferential surface is a first ellipse, a center point of the first ellipse is a first center point, an ellipse positioned at a second side of the first center line and forming the inner circumferential surface is a second ellipse, a center point of the second ellipse is a second center point, and the first center point and the second center point are spaced apart from the center. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hermetic compressor, comprising: a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface, which forms a compression chamber, formed in an elliptical shape; a roller provided to be eccentric from the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and configured to change a volume of the compression chamber by being rotated; and at least one vane formed to be withdrawn towards the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder when the roller is rotated, and configured to divide the compression chamber into a plurality of spaces, wherein on the basis of a contact point where the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and an outer circumferential surface of the roller are closest to each other, and a first center line passing through a center of the cylinder, an ellipse positioned at a first side of the first center line and forming the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is defined as a first ellipse, a center point of the first ellipse is defined as a first center point, an ellipse positioned at a second side of the first center line and forming the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is defined as a second ellipse, and a center point of the second ellipse is defined as a second center point, the first center point and the second center point are spaced apart from the center of the cylinder, wherein the first center point and the second center point are positioned on the first center line, at different separation distances from the center of the cylinder, and wherein the first center point and the second center point are positioned on a same side, on the basis of a second center line passing through the center of the cylinder and perpendicular to the first center line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hermetic compressor of claim 1, wherein the first center point is farther from the center of the cylinder than the second center point. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hermetic compressor of claim 1, wherein the first ellipse is formed as two ellipses having a same sum of distances to two focal points for every point thereon, and wherein an ellipse of the two ellipses positioned at a relatively short distance from the contact point than an ellipse of the two ellipses positioned at a relatively long distance from the contact point is formed such that a distance between two focal points thereon is relatively large. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hermetic compressor of claim 1, wherein the second ellipse is formed as two ellipses having a same sum of distances to two focal points for every point thereon, and wherein an ellipse of the two ellipses positioned at a relatively short distance from the contact point than an ellipse of the two ellipses positioned at a relatively long distance from the contact point is formed such that a distance between two focal points thereon is relatively large. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hermetic compressor of claim 1, wherein each of the first ellipse and the second ellipse is formed as two ellipses having a same sum of distances to two focal points for every point thereon, wherein the first ellipse positioned at a relatively short distance from the contact point than the first ellipse positioned at a relatively long distance from the contact point is formed such that a distance between two focal points thereon is relatively large, and wherein the second ellipse positioned at a relatively short distance from the contact point than the second ellipse positioned at a relatively long distance from the contact point is formed such that a distance between two focal points thereon is relatively large. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hermetic compressor of claim 1, wherein a line passing through the first center point in a direction perpendicular to the first center line is defined as a third center line, and a line passing through the second center point in a direction perpendicular to the first center line is defined as a fourth center line, a region of the first ellipse is divided into first and second quadrants in a rotational direction of the roller by the first and third center lines, and a region of the second ellipse is divided into third and fourth quadrants by the first and fourth center lines, and wherein the ellipses in the four quadrants are formed to have different distances between two focal points thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hermetic compressor of claim 6, wherein the contact point is included in the first quadrant on the basis of the third center line, and wherein a distance between two focal points of an ellipse in the first quadrant including the contact point is formed to be larger than a distance between two focal points of an ellipse in the second quadrant. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The hermetic compressor of claim 6, wherein the contact point is included in the fourth quadrant on the basis of the fourth center line, and wherein a distance between two focal points of an ellipse in the fourth quadrant including the contact point is formed to be larger than a distance between two focal points of an ellipse in the third quadrant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hermetic compressor of claim 1, wherein a section having a same curvature radius as the roller is formed at a sealing section including the contact point along the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. ### Claim 10 A hermetic compressor, comprising: a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface, which forms a compression chamber formed in an elliptical shape; a roller provided to be eccentric from the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and configured to change a volume of the compression chamber by being rotated; and at least one vane formed to be withdrawn towards the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder when the roller is rotated, and configured to divide the compression chamber into a plurality of spaces, wherein a position where the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and an outer circumferential surface of the roller are closest to each other is a contact point, a line passing through the contact point and a center of the cylinder is a first center line, and lines perpendicular to the first center line and passing through a first center pint and a second center point are third and fourth center lines, the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is divided into four quadrants and in each of the four quadrants the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder is in the shape of a different partial ellipse, wherein each of first and second partial ellipses formed above and below the first center line include two partial ellipses having a same sum of distances to two focal points for every point thereon, wherein the first partial ellipse positioned at a relatively short distance from the contact point than the first partial ellipse positioned at a relatively long distance from the contact point is formed such that a distance between two focal points thereon is relatively large, and wherein the second partial ellipse positioned at a relatively short distance from the contact point than the second partial ellipse positioned at a relatively long distance from the contact point is formed such that a distance between two focal points thereon is relatively large. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The hemetic compressor of claim 10, where a region of the first partial ellipse is divided into first and second quadrants in a rotational direction of the roller by the first and second center lines, and a region of the second ellipse is divided into third and fourth quadrants by the first and third center lines, and wherein the partial ellipses in the four quadrants are formed to have different distances between two focal points thereon. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The hermetic compressor of claim 10, wherein a section having a same curvature radius as the roller is formed at a sealing section including the contact point along the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder.