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US 11,635,077 B2Granted
Scroll compressor having function of regulating oil supply path
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHowon Lee, Taekyoung Kim, Cheolhwan Kim
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Abstract
A scroll compressor is disclosed, which may provide an oil supply path opened only in case of driving of a low pressure ratio to improve a differential pressure oil supply structure which may have a defect in oil supply in case of driving of the low pressure ratio.
Claims11
A compressor comprising:
- a driving unit including a stator and a rotor;
- a rotary shaft rotatable by the driving unit and configured to supply oil;
- and
- a compression unit coupled to the rotary shaft and configured to compress a refrigerant, the compression unit configured to be lubricated by the oil supplied by the rotary shaft,
- wherein the compression unit includes:
- an orbiting scroll rotatably coupled with the rotary shaft and configured to orbit as the rotary shaft is rotated,
- a fixed scroll engaged with the orbiting scroll and configured to compress and discharge the refrigerant in cooperation with the orbiting scroll as the orbiting scroll orbits,
- a main frame connected to the fixed scroll and receiving the orbiting scroll, the main frame receiving the rotary shaft,
- an oil supply path defined at least one of the orbiting scroll or the main frame and defined at the fixed scroll, the oil supply path configured to convey the oil supplied from the rotary shaft between the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll, and
- a regulating portion configured to control an opening of the oil supply path based on a pressure supplied from the rotary shaft being equal to or greater than a reference value, wherein the regulating portion is configured to selectively close the opening of the oil supply path based on the pressure supplied from the rotary shaft being equal to or greater than a reference value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.