Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jae-Young Choi

Chan Kwak

Hyeon Cheol Park

Woojin Lee

Kwanghee Kim

Doh Won Jung

Se Yun Kim

Jinyoung Hwang

Jin Kyu Choi

Yoon Chul Son

Sung Woo Hwang

Jong Wook Roh

Yun Sung Woo

Kyoung-Seok Moon

Hee Jung Park

Weonho Shin

Yong Hee Cho

Hyosug Lee

Hyeon-Jin Shin

Soon-geun Kwon

Sang Ii Kim

Sang iL Kim

Nae-young Jung

Chong-Joon Ryu

Seon-Mi Yoon

A variable capacity rotary compressor to reduce an electric power loss thereof and includes a drive unit to generate a rotating force, a rotating shaft connected to the drive unit to rotate thereby, and a compressing cylinder through which the rotating shaft passes. A compressing chamber is defined in the compressing cylinder to compress refrigerant therein, with a first refrigerant inlet port provided at the compressing chamber to introduce the refrigerant into the compressing chamber. A capacity control unit controls an operation of the rotary compressor, so that the rotary compressor performs one of a normal-mode operation wherein the first refrigerant inlet port is maintained at an open state thereof, and the variable capacity-mode operation wherein the first refrigerant inlet port is periodically opened and closed.

Variable capacity rotary compressor

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Kyungki-do, South Korea

Jae-Young Choi