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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1996
Hiroyuki Fukuhara, Otsu, JP;
Sadayuki Yamada, Otsu, JP;
Noboru Iida, Kusatsu, JP;
Takeshi Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A scroll compressor has a closed vessel, a compression mechanism accommodated in the closed vessel and including a non-orbiting scroll and an orbiting scroll in engagement with each other, and an electric motor for driving the compression mechanism. The non-orbiting scroll includes a frame portion and a non-orbiting end plate axially movable relative to the frame portion. The frame portion has a recess defined therein and a pin secured thereto. The non-orbiting end plate has a cylindrical wall integrally formed therewith and loosely received in the recess, thereby radially positioning the non-orbiting end plate relative to the frame portion. The non-orbiting end plate also has a recess defined therein in which the pin is loosely received, thereby circumferentially positioning the non-orbiting end plate relative to the frame portion.