Lg Electronics Inc.

Jaeyoun Lim

Jungwan Heo

Seongho Ha

Kichul Choi

Hyosang Yu

Donghan Kim

Youngcheol Han

Byunghoon Woo

A linear compressor includes a hole that is defined in a discharge cover, and is configured such that a portion of a refrigerant discharged through an opened discharge valve is guided to flow to the hole. Accordingly, a discharge passage for the refrigerant used as a gas bearing may be easily defined.

Linear compressor

A linear compressor includes: a shell; a cylinder provided inside the shell; a frame coupled to an outer side of the cylinder; a piston configured to reciprocate in an axial direction; a motor that supplies power to the piston; and a spring mechanism coupled to the piston. The spring mechanism includes: a support connected to the piston and including a spring support unit having one or more insertion holes; a first coupling protrusion that extends from the rear side of the spring support unit along the edge of the insertion hole; a support cap inserted into the insertion hole and including a second coupling protrusion protruding from the front side of the spring support unit; a first resonant spring inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the second coupling protrusion; and a second resonant spring inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the first coupling protrusion.

A linear compressor is provided that may include a shell having a cylindrical shape, a frame fixed inside the shell, a cylinder inserted to pass through the frame, a piston provided in the cylinder, a motor that linearly reciprocates the piston, and a stator cover coupled to the motor. The stator cover may include a cover body and a reinforcement sleeve bent from an outer edge of the cover body, the reinforcement sleeve having a plurality of protrusions that protrudes in a radial direction from the reinforcement sleeve. A portion of the shell corresponding to a position of each of the plurality of protrusions includes a bulge that protrudes in the radial direction of the shell.

A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a piston having a first piston groove and a second piston groove.

A linear compressor is provided that may include a casing, a frame accommodated in the casing, a cylinder that passes through a center of the frame, supported by the frame, and defining a compression space for a refrigerant, a piston inserted into the cylinder to reciprocate in an axial direction of the cylinder and having a first end that compresses the refrigerant supplied to the compression space, a suction muffler which is coupled to a second end of the piston and through which the refrigerant supplied to the compression space may flow, a spring that allows a resonant motion of the piston, a back cover including a cover body that defines a refrigerant opening at a central portion, such that a refrigerant passes therethrough, the back cover supporting the spring, and an inflow guide which is fixed to the cover body and guides the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant opening towards an inside of the suction muffler. At least a portion of the inflow guide may be inserted into the suction muffler, and a central axis thereof may be aligned with a central axis of the refrigerant opening.

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Jaeyoun Lim