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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gregory William Hahn, Louisville, KY (US);
Thomas Robert Barito, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 35/04 (2006.01); F04B 39/00 (2006.01); F04B 39/12 (2006.01); F25B 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 35/045 (2013.01); F04B 39/0005 (2013.01); F04B 39/0022 (2013.01); F04B 39/12 (2013.01); F04B 39/123 (2013.01); F25B 31/023 (2013.01); F25B 2400/073 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present subject matter provides a linear compressor. The linear compressor includes a coupling that extends between an inner back iron assembly and a piston. The coupling includes a shaft and a ball seat mounted to the shaft at an end portion of the shaft. A ball is positioned on the ball seat at a seating surface of the ball seat. A ball shoe is positioned opposite the ball seat about the ball, and the ball is positioned on the seating surface of the ball shoe. A spring urges the ball shoe against the ball.