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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Fujitsu General Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Motonobu Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A compression unit of a rotary compressor includes a cylinder, an upper end plate that closes the upper side of the cylinder, a lower end plate that closes the lower side of the cylinder, and a piston that is fitted to a rotating shaft, revolves along an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and forms a cylinder chamber in the cylinder. At least one of an end face of the piston in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, a sliding surface of the upper end plate that slides with the end face of the piston, and a sliding surface of the lower end plate that slides with the end face of the piston, has formed therein an oil-film retention region having an array of a plurality of recessed portions that retain lubricating oil.