Two-piece connecting rod for a reciprocating hermetic compressor

A two-piece connecting rod for a reciprocating hermetic compressor comprising:

• a first connecting rod portion, including a smaller eye and at least part of a rod of the connecting rod,
• a second connecting rod portion, including a larger eye;
• an engaging element at one of the first and second connecting rod portions,
• a receiving housing at the other of said first and second connecting rod portions and shaped to articulately receive during the assembly of the connecting rod said engaging element to permit articulation between said first and second rod connecting portions on a diametral plane common to both the eyes and the geometrical axis of the rod, said receiving housing including at least a pair of opposite lateral walls defined by lower and upper radial projections that are axially spaced one from the other and disposed to prevent relative movements between said first and second connecting rod portions in a plane orthogonal to said diametral plane;
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• mounting means, having engaging portions carried by one of said first and second connecting rod portions, and acting on the other of said portions to prevent said portions from moving away from each other by involuntary mutual axial spacing at said common diametral plane,
• said engaging element having a lateral guide element that guides said engaging element during the mounting thereof to said receiving housing through lateral walls of a through axial slot provided on one of the lateral walls of the receiving housing.