Compressor with radial compliance mechanism
AssigneeTecumseh Products Company
InventorsAnil Gopinathan, David Haller
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Abstract
A radial compliance mechanism for a scroll compressor which includes a crankshaft having an eccentric with a substantially rectangular cross section in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the crankshaft. A substantially cylindrical roller is provided with a substantially square central opening and mounted on the eccentric. Opposite axial ends of the roller are substantially similar. The roller can be properly mounted on the eccentric with the eccentric being inserted into either end of the roller and with the roller being at any rotational orientation at which the eccentric can be inserted thereby preventing the roller from being mounted on the eccentric in an incorrect position.
Claims20
A compressor assembly comprising:
- an orbiting member and a stationary member, said members being mutually engaged;
- a crankshaft defining a rotational axis and including an eccentric portion disposed asymmetrically relative to said rotational axis, said eccentric portion defining a first set of opposed, generally planar, parallel surfaces spaced apart by a first distance and a second set of opposed, generally planar, parallel surfaces spaced apart by a second distance, said first distance being greater than said second distance, said first set of eccentric surfaces being positioned substantially perpendicular to said second set of eccentric surfaces;
- a roller mounted on said eccentric and operably coupling said crankshaft to said orbiting member wherein rotation of said crankshaft orbits said orbiting member relative to said stationary member;
- said roller having an outer substantially cylindrical surface defining a roller axis, said roller defining a central opening extending axially from a first end of said roller to a second end of said roller, said opening having a first pair of opposed, inwardly facing, generally planar, parallel surfaces and a second pair of opposed, inwardly facing, generally planar, parallel surfaces, said first and second pair of roller surfaces each being spaced apart by a distance approximately equivalent to said first distance whereby said central opening defines a substantially square shape, said first and second ends of said roller having a substantially common configuration and wherein said roller is mountable on said eccentric portion in a plurality of roller orientations, said orientations including a first axial orientation wherein said first end is positioned distally of said second end and a second axial orientation wherein said second end is positioned distally of said first end.
A compressor assembly comprising:
- an orbiting member and a stationary member, said members being mutually engaged;
- a crankshaft defining a rotational axis and including an eccentric portion disposed asymmetrically relative to said rotational axis, said eccentric portion having a substantially rectilinear cross section;
- a roller mounted on said eccentric and operably coupling said crankshaft to said orbiting member wherein rotation of said crankshaft orbits said orbiting member relative to said stationary member;
- said roller having an outer substantially cylindrical surface defining a roller axis, said roller defining a central opening extending axially from a first end of said roller to a second end of said roller, said opening defining a substantially square shape for receiving said eccentric and permitting linear sliding movement of said roller relative to said eccentric, said first and second ends of said roller having a substantially common configuration and wherein said roller is mountable on said eccentric portion in a plurality of roller orientations, said orientations including a first axial orientation wherein said first end is positioned distally of said second end and a second axial orientation wherein said second end is positioned distally of said first end, said roller being mountable in a plurality of rotational orientations in each of said first and second axial orientations.
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