Whirlpool S.a.

Emilio Rodrigues Hülse

Fabio Henrique Klein

Andrea Lopes

Fabiano Domingos Silva

Fernando Antonio Ribas, Jr

Luis Fabiano Jovita

The fixation arrangement of the present invention is applied to a compressor of the type which comprises a shell () inferiorly defining an oil sump () and housing: a crankshaft () journalled in a cylinder block () and carrying a rotor () formed by a stack of annular laminations; and an oil pump () comprising a tubular sleeve (), which is superiorly mounted to the rotor () and inferiorly immersed in the oil sump (), and a pump shaft (). The fixation arrangement comprises at least one retention element () radially and axially locked around the tubular sleeve () and having a radially outer locking portion (), which is seated and radially forced against a respective confronting circumferential extension () defined between two consecutive annular laminations, in order to axially lock the tubular sleeve () to the rotor ().

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Emilio Rodrigues Hülse