Patent ID: 9605675
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F01C,F04C

Claim:
1. A scroll compressor, comprising: a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll having an orbiting wrap engaged with the fixed wrap, the orbiting scroll orbiting with respect to the fixed scroll to form compression chambers therebetween, wherein each of the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap is formed with an arcuate section from a suction end to a first point along a rotational angle in a direction toward a discharge end, and a logarithmic spiral section from a second point to the discharge end along the rotational angle, wherein the second point is closer to the discharge end than the first point, and wherein a maximum wrap thickness of the logarithmic spiral section is 1.5 to 1.8 times a maximum wrap thickness of the arcuate section.