# US 11,111,919 B2 · Scroll compressor

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- Number: US 11,111,919 B2
- Document ID: US11111919B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/503,160
- Filed: 2019-07-03
- Published: 2020-01-09
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2018-07-04
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Inventors: Takashi Uekawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11111919B2

## CPC

- F04C 18/0215: {where only one member is moving}
- F04C 18/0246: {Details concerning the involute wraps or their base, e.g. geometry}
- F04C 29/0021: {Systems for the equilibration of forces acting on the pump (interstice adjustment other than by fluid pressure F01C21/102)}
- F04C 29/0057: {for eccentric movement}
- F04C 29/12: Arrangements for admission or discharge of the working fluid, e.g. constructional features of the inlet or outlet
- F04C 23/008: {Hermetic pumps}
- F04C 2250/10: of the inlet or outlet
- F04C 2250/20: of the rotor
- F04C 2270/03: Torque
- F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS

## Abstract

A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll fixed inside a housing, an orbiting scroll configured to orbit engaged with the fixed scroll, a rotary shaft configured to allow the orbiting scroll to orbit by supporting the orbiting scroll with an eccentric shaft eccentric from a main shaft, and a slide bush portion installed between a bearing of the orbiting scroll and the eccentric shaft and according to a rotational speed of the rotary shaft, configured to change a pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll by allowing an eccentricity to be changed by a gas load applied to the orbiting scroll.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A scroll compressor comprising:
a fixed scroll fixed inside a housing;
an orbiting scroll configured to orbit and be engaged with the fixed scroll;
a rotary shaft configured to allow the orbiting scroll to orbit the orbiting scroll on an eccentric shaft eccentric from a main shaft; and
a slide bush portion that is installed between a bearing of the orbiting scroll and the eccentric shaft and, according to a rotational speed of the rotary shaft, configured to change a pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll by allowing an eccentricity to be changed by a gas load applied to the orbiting scroll, wherein the slide bush portion comprises:
a slide bush inserted and coupled to the bearing of the orbiting scroll; and
an inner bush installed between the slide bush and the eccentric shaft, and
wherein a center of gravity of the slide bush and the inner bush is at a position delayed in a rotational direction of the rotary shaft with respect to a straight line connecting a center of the main shaft to a center of the eccentric shaft.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The scroll compressor of claim 1, wherein:
the slide bush portion suppresses the pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll based on the rotary shaft being rotated at a high rotational speed; and
the orbiting scroll compresses the fixed scroll based on the rotary shaft being rotated at a low rotational speed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The scroll compressor of claim 2, wherein the slide bush portion suppresses the pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll by suppressing the eccentricity of the orbiting scroll from the main shaft.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The scroll compressor of claim 1, wherein:
the slide bush comprises a first slide surface;
the inner bush comprises a second slide surface; and
the first slide surface is in contact with the second slide surface so that the slide bush is rotated in accordance with rotation of the inner bush.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The scroll compressor of claim 4, wherein:
the eccentric shaft comprises a stopper configured to restrict the rotation of the inner bush; and
the inner bush comprises a protrusion configured to restrict the rotation of the inner bush by being in contact with the stopper.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The scroll compressor of claim 5, wherein:
a clearance is provided between the slide bush and the inner bush; and
the slide bush is moved with respect to the inner bush such that the first slide surface slides along the second slide surface by the clearance.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The scroll compressor of claim 6, wherein a first torque, generated by rotation of the bearing of the orbiting scroll, and a second torque, generated by centrifugal force on the slide bush and the inner bush, are applied to the slide bush and the inner bush.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The scroll compressor of claim 7, wherein the stopper comprises:
a first stopper configured to restrict a counterclockwise rotation of the inner bush; and
a second stopper configured to restrict a clockwise rotation of the inner bush.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The scroll compressor of claim 8, wherein, based on the rotary shaft being rotated at a low rotational speed:
the first torque becomes greater than the second torque;
based on the first torque becoming greater than the second torque, a straight line connecting the center of the eccentric shaft to a center of the slide bush and a center of the inner bush is rotated counterclockwise by 45 degrees with respect to a horizontal line passing the center of the eccentric shaft; and
based on the straight line rotating counterclockwise 45 degrees, the protrusion is brought into contact with the first stopper, thereby restricting the rotation.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The scroll compressor of claim 9, wherein, based on the inner bush being rotated counterclockwise by 45 degrees, the slide bush is moved such that a gas load is applied to the orbiting scroll and the first slide surface slides along the second slide surface in a direction, in which the eccentricity is increased, by the clearance.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The scroll compressor of claim 10, wherein, based on the rotary shaft being rotated at a high rotational speed:
the first torque becomes less than the second torque;
based on the first torque becoming less than the second torque, the straight line connecting the center of the eccentric shaft to the center of the slide bush and the center of the inner bush is rotated clockwise by 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal line passing the center of the eccentric shaft; and
based on the straight line rotating clockwise 45 degrees, the protrusion is brought into contact with the second stopper, thereby restricting the rotation.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The scroll compressor of claim 11, wherein, based on the inner bush being rotated clockwise by 45 degrees, the slide bush is moved such that a gas load is applied to the orbiting scroll and the first slide surface slides along the second slide surface in a direction, in which the eccentricity is reduced, by the clearance.

### Claim 13 (depends on 7)

The scroll compressor of claim 7, wherein the first torque changes as a linear function of the rotational speed of the rotary shaft and the second torque changes as a quadratic function of the rotational speed of the rotary shaft.

### Claim 14

A scroll compressor comprising:
a fixed scroll fixed inside a housing;
an orbiting scroll configured to orbit and be engaged with the fixed scroll;
a rotary shaft configured to allow the orbiting scroll to orbit the orbiting scroll on an eccentric shaft eccentric from a main shaft; and
a slide bush portion that is installed between a bearing of the orbiting scroll and the eccentric shaft and configured to change a pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll, the slide bush portion comprising:
a slide bush inserted and coupled to the bearing of the orbiting scroll, the slide bush comprising a first slide surface, and
an inner bush installed between the slide bush and the eccentric shaft, inserted into the eccentric shaft, coupled to the eccentric shaft, and comprising a second slide surface in contact with the first slide surface to allow the slide bush to be rotated together,
wherein:
according to a rotational speed of the rotary shaft, the first slide surface of the slide bush slides along the second slide surface of the inner bush by a gas load applied to the orbiting scroll, and
an eccentricity is changed by the first slide surface of the slide bush sliding along the second slide surface of the inner bush.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The scroll compressor of claim 14, wherein:
the slide bush portion suppresses the pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll based on the rotary shaft being rotated at a high rotational speed; and
the orbiting scroll compresses the fixed scroll based on the rotary shaft being rotated at a low rotational speed.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The scroll compressor of claim 15, wherein the slide bush portion suppresses the pressing force of the orbiting scroll applied to the fixed scroll by suppressing the eccentricity of the orbiting scroll in the main shaft.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The scroll compressor of claim 14, wherein at least one of the slide bush or the inner bush comprises a balance weight configured to adjust a center of gravity of the slide bush and the inner bush.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The scroll compressor of claim 14, wherein at least one of the slide bush or the inner bush comprises a balance hole configured to adjust a center of gravity of the slide bush and the inner bush.