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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shinobu Shimasaki, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A compressor includes an impeller configured so as to compress gas, an electric motor, a rotary shaft configured so as to join the impeller and the electric motor to each other, a housing configured so as to house the rotary shaft and the electric motor, a mechanical seal that includes a rotation-side seal member provided in the rotary shaft, and a stationary-side seal member fixed to the housing so as to be in contact with the rotation-side seal member on a side of the impeller, and a member that defines a lubricant reservoir provided under the mechanical seal in a gravity direction and disposed so as to store lubricant, the member being disposed so that the lubricant reservoir is arranged such that at least a part of the rotation-side seal member on an outer circumference side passes through when rotation-side seal member rotating due to rotation of the rotary shaft.