Electric compressor

An electric compressor comprising:

• a rotary shaft;
• a motor configured to rotate the rotary shaft;
• a compression part driven by rotation of the rotary shaft and having a compression chamber for compressing a refrigerant;
• and
• a housing having:
• a motor chamber in which the motor is accommodated and into which the refrigerant is introduced from outside of the electric compressor;
• and a suction passage through which the refrigerant in the motor chamber is introduced into the compression chamber, the housing rotatably supporting the rotary shaft, wherein
• the motor chamber is defined by an inner peripheral surface of the housing, and
• in an axial view of the rotary shaft,
• a first imaginary line intersects an axis of the rotary shaft in a vertical direction,
• a second imaginary line intersects the axis of the rotary shaft and is inclined at an angle of 30 degrees to the first imaginary line in one direction along a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft, the second imaginary line intersecting the inner peripheral surface of the housing at a first intersection point located below the axis of the rotary shaft in the vertical direction,
• a third imaginary line intersects the axis of the rotary shaft and is inclined at an angle of 30 degrees to the first imaginary line in the other direction along the circumferential direction of the rotary shaft, the third imaginary line intersecting the inner peripheral surface of the housing at a second intersection point located below the axis of the rotary shaft in the vertical direction,
• a fourth imaginary line passes through the first intersection point and the second intersection point and extends in a horizontal direction, and
• a part of the motor chamber below the fourth imaginary line in the vertical direction and surrounded by the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the fourth imaginary line serves as a reservoir, the reservoir storing the refrigerant liquified in the motor chamber while restricting the refrigerant liquified from being introduced into the compression chamber from the motor chamber through the suction passage.