# US 12,110,890 B2 · Rotary compressor and refrigeration cycle device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,890 B2 - Document ID: US12110890B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/485,775 - Filed: 2021-09-27 - Published: 2022-01-13 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-23 - Assignees: Guangdong Meizhi Compressor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Meizhi Compressor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Masao Ozu; Bin Gao; Ling Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110890B2 ## CPC - F04C 18/356: with vanes reciprocating with respect to the outer member - F04C 18/3564: {the surfaces of the inner and outer member, forming the working space, being surfaces of revolution} - F04C 28/06: specially adapted for stopping, starting, idling or no-load operation - F04C 28/26: using bypass channels - F25B 49/02: for compression type machines, plants or systems - F25B 2500/18: Optimization, e.g. high integration of refrigeration components - F25B 2500/26: characterised by the startup of the refrigeration cycle - F25B 2600/0261: external to the compressor - Y02B 30/70: Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating - F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS - F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract A rotary compressor and a refrigeration cycle device are provided. The rotary compressor includes a housing, an exhaust pipe and a suction pipe. The housing accommodates a motor and a compression mechanism. The exhaust pipe is communicated with a high-pressure side of the refrigeration cycle device and coupled to the housing. The suction pipe is communicated with a low-pressure side of the refrigeration cycle device and coupled to the compression mechanism. The compression mechanism has a bypass device. When the motor is stopped, gas of the housing flows into the suction pipe or a low-pressure circuit communicated with the suction pipe. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rotary compressor comprising: a housing configured to accommodate a motor and a compression mechanism therein; an exhaust pipe communicated with a high-pressure side of a refrigeration cycle device and coupled to the housing; a suction pipe coupled to the compression mechanism; and a liquid reservoir having a first end coupled to the suction pipe and a second end coupled to a first check valve device, wherein the compression mechanism comprises a pressure equalizer having a bypass hole communicating an inside of the housing with the suction pipe, wherein, when the motor is stopped, the bypass hole of the pressure equalizer is opened, the first check valve device is closed, and gas in the housing flows into the suction pipe or the liquid reservoir. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein the pressure equalizer comprises: a bypass valve configured to open and close the bypass hole in response to a pressure difference between the housing and the suction pipe; and a spring configured to enable the bypass valve to move in a direction of opening the bypass hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The rotary compressor according to claim 2, wherein: the compression mechanism comprises an exhaust muffling chamber; and a side of the bypass hole is coupled to an inside of the exhaust muffling chamber of the compression mechanism, and the other side of the bypass hole is coupled to the suction pipe or the liquid reservoir. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein one of a main shaft plate and an auxiliary shaft plate coupled to two open side surfaces of a cylinder compression chamber in the compression mechanism is equipped with the pressure equalizer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, further comprising a check valve provided between the high-pressure side of the refrigeration cycle device and the exhaust pipe, wherein the check valve is configured to prevent high-pressure gas on the high-pressure side of the refrigeration cycle device from reversely flowing into the exhaust pipe when the motor is stopped. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The rotary compressor according to claim 2, wherein: when the pressure difference between the housing and the suction pipe is less than a preset value, the bypass valve is configured to open the bypass hole; and when the pressure difference between the housing and the suction pipe is larger than the preset value, the bypass valve is configured to close the bypass hole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein: the compression mechanism comprises a cylinder, a main bearing, and an auxiliary bearing; and the main bearing is located at a first end of the cylinder, the auxiliary bearing is located at a second end of the cylinder, and each of a main shaft plate of the main bearing and an auxiliary shaft plate of the auxiliary bearing is provided with the pressure equalizer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The rotary compressor according to claim 7, wherein: a side of the main bearing facing away from the cylinder is provided with a main muffler, a side of the auxiliary bearing facing away from the cylinder is provided with an auxiliary muffler, the compression mechanism has a through-hole communicated with the main muffler and the auxiliary muffler, and a first end of the bypass hole of the pressure equalizer is communicated with a muffling chamber of a corresponding muffler, and a second end of the bypass hole is communicated with the suction pipe. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein: the compression mechanism comprises a cylinder, a main bearing, and an auxiliary bearing; and the main bearing is located at a first end of the cylinder, the auxiliary bearing is located at a second end of the cylinder, and the pressure equalizer is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein the first check valve device comprises a one-way valve or an electromagnetic on-off valve. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust pipe is provided with a second check valve device, and the second check valve device is closed when an internal pressure of the housing is reduced. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein the second check valve device comprises a one-way valve or an electromagnetic on-off valve. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The rotary compressor according to claim 1, wherein the pressure equalizer comprises: a bypass valve configured to open or close the bypass hole; and a spring configured to expand and contract by a pressure difference between the housing and the liquid reservoir. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The rotary compressor according to claim 13, wherein a high-pressure side open end of the bypass hole is located in a muffler of the compression mechanism. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The rotary compressor according to claim 14, wherein: the compression mechanism comprises a cylinder, a main bearing, and an auxiliary bearing; and the main bearing is located at a first end of the cylinder, the auxiliary bearing is located at a second end of the cylinder, the cylinder defines a compression chamber, and the suction pipe is communicated with the compression chamber. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The rotary compressor according to claim 14, wherein the muffler has a muffler exhaust hole communicated with the inside of the housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The rotary compressor according to claim 13, wherein the bypass valve is configured to selectively communicate the bypass hole with the suction pipe by the pressure difference between the housing and the liquid reservoir, and the spring is configured to move the bypass valve in a direction of opening the bypass hole. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A refrigeration cycle device, comprising a rotary compressor according to claim 1.