Patent ID: 6688856
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A closed motor-driven compressor comprising:a closed vessel; a compression component elastically supported within the closed vessel; an electric component elastically supported within the closed vessel for driving the compression component; and a suction muffler mounted on the compression component and comprising a plurality of elements assembled together and each made of synthetic resin, one first of the plurality of elements having a guide rib integrally formed therewith that is tapered down toward an adjoining one second of the plurality of elements, thereby facilitating assembly of the two elements, wherein the guide rib is formed discontinuously alone a peripheral edge of the first element, and wherein the one first element has first and second peripheral portions and third and fourth peripheral portions each interposed between the first and second peripheral portions, the first and second peripheral portions having first and second radii of curvature, respectively, the third and fourth peripheral portions having third and fourth radii of curvature, respectively, that are smaller than the first and second radii of curvature, and wherein the guide rib is formed at the third or fourth peripheral portion and at the first and second peripheral portions adjacent thereto.