Compliant bearing housing for compressor systems

A bearing housing for a compressor comprising:

• an outer cylindrical rim defining, and extending along, a longitudinal axis, wherein a flange extends radially outward from the outer cylindrical rim, wherein a rabbet extends radially inward from the outer cylindrical rim, the rabbet longitudinally offset from the flange, wherein at least a portion of the outer cylindrical rim is attached to a shell of a compressor;
• an inner cylindrical rim extending along the longitudinal axis, the inner cylindrical rim positioned radially inward from the outer cylindrical rim and longitudinally offset from the flange, wherein an interior wall of the inner cylindrical rim defines a longitudinal bore, wherein a midpoint of the longitudinal bore defined along the longitudinal axis is longitudinally offset from the flange;
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• a lateral web extending diagonally between the outer cylindrical rim and the inner cylindrical rim, wherein the outer cylindrical rim, the inner cylindrical rim, and the lateral web cooperate to define a dome-shaped cylindrical body,
• wherein the lateral web is compliant, the lateral web deflecting due to forces applied to the outer cylindrical rim from a press-fit engagement with the shell of the compressor and maintaining concentricity of the longitudinal bore of the inner cylindrical rim.

A method of assembling a compressor, the compressor including a shell and a base, the method comprising:

• positioning a bearing within a bearing bore defined within an inner cylindrical rim of a bearing housing, the inner cylindrical rim extending along a longitudinal axis;
• positioning an outer cylindrical rim of the bearing housing within an inner cavity defined by the shell of the compressor, wherein when positioned within the inner cavity of the shell, a flange extending radially outward from the outer cylindrical rim is positioned adjacent to an end portion of the shell of the compressor, the flange defining a first transverse plane;
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• attaching the outer cylindrical rim of the bearing housing to the shell of the compressor about a circumference of the flange,
• wherein a midpoint of the bearing bore of the bearing housing defined along the longitudinal axis defines a second transverse plane, the second transverse plane longitudinally offset from the first transverse plane.