Lg Electronics Inc.

Hee Hyun Kim

Jong Bong Kim

Chul Gi Roh

Kyoung Jun Park

Dal Soo Kang

Min Young Seo

Kee Joo Kim

Young Ju Bae

Hyun Sook Kim

Jae Sung Sim

Hyeon Jun Kim

Young Joo Bae

Cheol Ki No

Jai Seong Sim

A dual capacity compressor that prevents relative movement from taking place between certain components is provided. The dual capacity compressor includes a power generating part having a reversible motor and a crank shaft inserted in the motor, and a compression part having a cylinder, a piston and a connecting rod. A crank pin is provided in an upper part of the crank shaft, eccentric from an axis of the crank shaft, and an eccentric sleeve is rotatably fitted between the crank pin and an end of the connecting rod. A key member is held at least a part of the eccentric sleeve, and held at a particular portion of at the eccentric sleeve during operation so as to positively latch the eccentric sleeve with the crank pin in both directions rotation of the motor.

Dual capacity compressor

A dual capacity compressor, which can maintain a fixed eccentricity and stable operation, even when the compressor is rotated in both the regular and reverse directions in order to provide multiple compression capacities, is provided. This dual capacity compressor implements an improved key member and associated key member fitting parts to inhibit relative motion of the crank pin and the eccentric sleeve during operation, so as to reduce or eliminate a destabilizing effect due to centrifugal forces on the eccentric sleeve and external forces applied through the connecting rod.

A crankshaft in a dual capacity compressor is disclosed, which causes oil contained in a lower portion of the compressor to flow up to an upper portion thereof with respect to all the rotational directions of a motor. A crank shaft () includes a driving shaft () inserted into a reversible motor () for rotating along with the motor (), a balance weight () formed in a top portion of the driving shaft () for preventing vibration during rotation from occurring, a crank pin () formed on an upper surface of the balance weight () to be eccentric from the center of the driving shaft (), and a regular/reverse oil path () formed along the balance weight () and the crank pin () for moving oil for forward rotation and reverse rotation of the motor respectively. The crankshaft serves to stably lubricate each driving part of the dual capacity compressor regardless of rotation direction.

Crank shaft in dual capacity compressor

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Kyongsangnam-do, South Korea

Hee Hyun Kim