Lg Electronics Inc.

Yanghee Cho

Inho Won

Kitae Jang

Byeongchul Lee

Junchul Oh

A scroll compressor is provided. The scroll compressor may include a communication hole formed in a fixed scroll for communicating a discharge space and a thrust bearing surface with each other. This may reduce frictional loss between the fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. Further, if a high vacuum state is about to occur during operation of the compressor, refrigerant in the discharge space may be introduced into the compression chambers through the communication hole. This may prevent the occurrence of a high vacuum state to thereby prevent damage to the compressor. Additionally, when the compressor is stopped, a pressure equilibrium operation may be performed through the communication hole.

Scroll compressor including communication hole with improved back pressure chamber and back pressure hole locations

A scroll compressor is provided. The scroll compressor may include a case; a fixed scroll installed in the case; a wrap portion configured to form a compression chamber by being engaged with the fixed scroll; a base portion coupled to the wrap portion so as to be movable with the fixed scroll but not rotate in a circumferential direction; a drive motor coupled to a rear surface of the base portion, and configured to eccentrically rotate the base portion and the wrap portion; and a main frame installed in the case, and configured to support the base portion. A back pressure chamber that communicates with the compression chamber may be formed between the wrap portion and the base portion where a pressure of the back pressure chamber corresponds to a discharge pressure or an intermediate pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure.

Scroll compressor having back pressure chamber that operatively contains a discharge pressure and an intermediate pressure during different periods of time within a single compression cycle

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Seoul, South Korea

Yanghee Cho