Patent ID: 9091257
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: F01M,F04B,F16C

Abstract:
1. A compressor for generating compressed air in a vehicle, comprising at least one piston; a cylinder; a crankshaft; a lubricant connection; a lubricant supply channel having a channel section defined through the crankshaft; a connecting rod, an upper end of the connecting rod being connected to the at least one piston, and a lower end of the connecting rod having a connecting rod eye that receives the crankshaft, the connecting rod eye having a recess in its surface that forms a part of the lubricant supply channel; and a clutch device by which the crankshaft is one of connectable to and disconnectable from a drive arrangement, the lubricant supply channel opening into at least one lubricant outlet in an interior region of the compressor, a first lubricant outlet of the at least one lubricant outlet being disposed in the lower end of the connecting rod and remaining in communication with both the channel section and the recess during each rotation of the crankshaft, and an orifice of the first lubricant outlet being positioned such that lubricant exiting the orifice is directed toward a piston running surface of the cylinder in at least one rotational position of the crankshaft.