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US 6,283,729 B1Granted
Closed compressor having a compression mechanism holder and method of assembling same
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiko Makino, Yoshifumi Abe, Norio Yoshida
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Abstract
A closed compressor includes a compression mechanism contained in a closed vessel and a motor drive section for driving the compression mechanism. A compression mechanism holder is secured to the inner surface of the closed vessel to hold the compression mechanism within the closed vessel.
Claims15
A closed compressor comprising:
- a closed vessel;
- a compression mechanism contained in said closed vessel, said compression mechanism including a stationary scroll and a bearing support fixed to said stationary scroll by a first group of bolts;
- a motor drive section for driving said compression mechanism;
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- a compression mechanism holder secured to said closed vessel and fixed to said bearing support of said compression mechanism so as to hold said compression mechanism within said closed vessel, said compression mechanism holder having a first group of bolt holes and a second group of bolt holes, each of said first group of bolts including a bolt head having a width smaller than a diameter of each of said first group of bolt holes, said bearing support being arranged between said compression mechanism holder and said stationary scroll and each of said first group of bolts being inserted into a respective one of said first group of bolt holes such that said bolt head of each of said first group of bolts is arranged within said respective one of said first group of bolt holes so as to fix said bearing support to said stationary scroll, and each of a second group of bolts being inserted into a respective one of said second group of bolt holes so as to connect said compression mechanism holder to said stationary scroll with said bearing support arranged therebetween.
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A method of assembling a closed compressor, comprising:
- engaging a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll so as to allow the orbiting scroll to move in an orbiting manner relative to the stationary scroll;
- fastening a bearing support to the stationary scroll using a first group of bolts so as to form a compression mechanism;
- securing a compression mechanism holder formed of steel plate to a closed vessel so that the compression mechanism is located against the bearing support of the compression mechanism whereby the bearing support is located between the compression mechanism holder and the stationary scroll, the compression mechanism holder having a first group of bolt holes and a second group of bolt holes, each of the first group of bolts including a bolt head having a width smaller than a diameter of each of the first group of bolt holes such that the bolt head of each of the first group of bolts is arranged within a respective one of the first group of bolt holes;
- fastening the compression mechanism holder to the compression mechanism by inserting a second group of bolts into the second group of bolt holes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.