Patent ID: 6247909
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: F01C,F04C,Y10T

Abstract:
A compressor comprising:a compressor pump unit;a housing surrounding said compressor pump unit, said housing having a cylindrical center shell extending between a pair of end caps, said compressor pump unit being mounted adjacent a first of said end caps;a motor mounted within said shell, and a shaft driven by said motor for driving said compressor pump unit, an end of said shaft opposed from said pump unit being mounted in a lower bearing, said lower bearing being secured directly to a second end cap, said second end cap being a stamped steel member, said bearing including a bearing shell mounted to said stamped steel member, and said lower bearing being positioned vertically below said motor, said second end cap providing an end wall for an oil sump, said oil sump surrounding at least a vertically lower position of said lower bearing.