Patent ID: 7993117
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: F01C,F04C

Abstract:
1. A compressor apparatus for compression of fluid, comprising: a housing; scroll compressor bodies in the housing including a first scroll body and a second scroll body, the first and second scroll bodies having respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases and which mutually engage, the second scroll body being driven by a drive unit, the second scroll body being moveable relative to the first scroll body for compressing fluid; a high pressure chamber in the housing arranged to receive compressed fluid from the scroll compressor bodies; and a baffle member having an inner peripheral region slidably disposed relative to the first scroll body, the baffle member having a first side subject to fluid pressure of the high pressure chamber, the baffle member arranged to transfer pressure load when subjected to compressed fluid in the high pressure chamber toward an outer peripheral region of the first scroll body; wherein the baffle member slidably engages the first scroll body about an inner peripheral region free of axial abutment with the first scroll body, the baffle member transferring load directly to the outer peripheral region of the first scroll body and away from an inner region of the first scroll body.