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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Shigeki Iwanami, Okazaki, JP;
Sanemasa Kawabata, Kariya, JP;
Tadashi Hotta, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03C 2/00 (2006.01); F03C 4/00 (2006.01); F04C 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scroll compressor is disclosed. A plurality of grooves () communicating with each other are formed on a sliding surface of a thrust bearing () subjected to the axial force received by a movable scroll (). The areas surrounded by the plurality of the grooves () make up a plurality of insular pressure receiving portions () independent of each other. The pressure receiving portions () represent at least one half of the area of the sliding surface.