Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Ryouhei Deguchi

Hiroshi Kitaura

Masanori Yanagisawa

Kazuhiko Matsukawa

Yuka Isome

A compressor includes a casing, an electric motor housed in an internal space of the casing, a drive shaft rotated by the electric motor, and a compression mechanism driven by the drive shaft discharge compressed refrigerant to the internal space. The internal space includes a first and second spaces formed near axial ends of the electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotating member. The stator is fixed to the casing. The rotating member includes a rotor rotatably inserted into the stator. The electric motor has a refrigerant flow path through which the first and second spaces communicate with each other. The refrigerant flow path includes a first flow path into which the refrigerant in the first space or the second space flows, and a rotor flow path extending axially across the rotor and connected to an outflow end of the first flow path.

Compressor

Disclosed is an enclosed type compressor in which a scroll type compression mechanism and an electric motor are attached firmly to a casing, with the scroll type compression mechanism and the electric motor in contact with an inner face of the casing. Formed in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the casing are a contact part of the casing which makes contact with the scroll type compression mechanism (the electric motor) and a non-contact part of the casing which does not make contact with the scroll type compression mechanism (the electric motor). The non-contact part with respect to the scroll type compression mechanism has a peripheral length different from that of the non-contact part with respect to the electric motor.

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Sakai, Japan

Ryouhei Deguchi