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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Nobuo Abe, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Koichi Sekiguchi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Hitachi, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a scroll compressor, generation of excessive vibration attributable to a ferrous Oldham's ring is eliminated, the fatigue failure and the operation noise are prevented, and the reliability is improved. Only an Oldham's key under sliding motion is formed of a metallic bush formed of iron excellent in the reliability in slidability, and an annular part large in volume is manufactured of light metal such as aluminum, and assembled to reduce the weight. That is, the bush excellent in wear resistance is press-fitted and locked to a light Oldham's ring formed of aluminum alloy in which a projection is integrated with the annular part. Alternatively, both sides of the projection which are the sliding sides with key grooves may be formed in arc shape. In this construction, the scroll compressor is obtained, in which generation of the excessive vibration attributable to a conventional ferrous Oldham's ring is eliminated thereby, the fatigue failure and the operation noise attributable to the vibration are prevented, the reliability is high, and the fabricability is excellent.