Carrier Corporation

Wenlong Li

Peter R Bushnell

Kevin Bryant Dunshee

Philip L Lavrich

A horizontally mounted compressor is supported from below by a vibration isolator located as close as practical to the vertical projection of the center of gravity of the compressor and this isolator supports most, if not all, of the weight of the compressor. The ends of the compressor are supported by isolators located as close as practical to the axis of the compressor.

Vibration isolation for a transversely mounted compressor

The base pan of a refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump is overlain by a series of assemblies each serially including a grommet, a compressor foot or base and, optionally, a washer or the like. A stud or bolt extending through each assembly secures the respective assembly to the base pan. The grommets are each received in recesses defined by a lip or rim formed on a compressor foot such that the grommets are exteriorly, peripherally or circumferentially engaged by the lip or rim so as to resist transverse motion of the compressor. The grommets are preferably located entirely between the compressor foot or base and the base pan. The grommets have different wall thicknesses at different axial and/or circumferential locations.

Compressor mounting

Vertical support and vibration isolation of a compressor casing is provided in single large vibration isolator. Additionally side torsion isolators are axially and radially spaced from the large vibration isolator and are circumferentially spaced from each other. The compressor may be located in a shell supporting the side vibration isolators.

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