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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Tooru Adachi, Shiga, JP;
Nobuaki Ogawa, Shiga, JP;
Minoru Fukumoto, Nara, JP;
Kiyozumi Kusano, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
In a scroll compressor of the present invention, a fixed scrolland an orbiting scrollare meshed with each other such that spiral laps of the fixed scrolland the orbiting scrollinwardly face each other, an Oldham ringis provided between the main bearing memberand the orbiting scroll, and a key portion of the Oldham ringis inserted into a key grooveof the main bearing member. Groovesare formed in Oldham ringsliding surfaces on both sides of the key groove. According to this configuration, the Oldham ringand the main bearing membercan be restrained from coming into contact with each other in the vicinity of the bearing key groove, and restrained from vibrating, and it is possible to provide an inexpensive scroll compressor of low noise.