Patent ID: 9568002
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: F01C,F04C

Claim:
1. A scroll compressor, comprising: a housing; scroll compressor bodies including a fixed scroll compressor body and a moveable scroll compressor body, the moveable scroll compressor body being moveable relative to the housing, the scroll compressor bodies having respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases and which mutually engage, the scroll ribs substantially surrounding a central axis, wherein the scroll compressor bodies are moveable relative to one another along first and second lateral axes, the first and second lateral axes and the central axis being substantially mutually perpendicular; and a key coupling including a ring body, six boss portions projecting vertically from the ring body; and six keys, each of the six keys projecting vertically from a respective one of the six boss portions, and each of the six keys engaging either the fixed or the moveable scroll compressor body; wherein the six keys are spaced around the ring body such that any two adjacent keys have an angular separation less than or equal to 65 degrees.