Patent ID: 9458850
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: F01C,F04C

Claim Text:
1. A scroll compressor, comprising: a housing comprising a cylindrical shell section; scroll compressor bodies in the housing having respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases and which mutually engage for compressing fluid; an electrical motor having a stator and a rotor, a drive shaft for rotation about an axis, the rotor acting upon the drive shaft that in turn acts upon the scroll compressor bodies to facilitate relative orbiting movement between the scroll compressor bodies; a bearing member adapted to retain the drive shaft, the bearing member comprising at least two cylinder sections that include a contact region, the at least two cylinder sections being angularly spaced apart, and separated by at least two corresponding gaps; wherein the bearing member is sized to facilitate press fitting into the cylindrical shell section such that the cylindrical shell section forms to the contact region of the at least two cylinder sections; wherein the cylindrical shell section defines a smaller inner radius at the at least two corresponding gaps than an outer radius defined by the at least two cylinder sections, relative to the axis.