Patent ID: 7887306
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: F04B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A linear compressor, comprising: a compressor main body including a piston that compresses refrigerant and a linear motor that drives the piston; a shell that accommodates the compressor main body; a plurality of elastic members that support the compressor main body inside the shell; and at least one lower supporter spaced apart from a bottom of the shell that supports a bottom end of one of the plurality of elastic members, wherein the plurality of elastic members comprise at least one front elastic member installed at a front of the compressor main body and at least one rear elastic member installed at a rear of the compressor main body, and an installation height of a bottom end of the at least one front elastic member is different from a bottom end of the at least one rear elastic member, wherein the compressor main body comprises a plurality of upper supporters for supporting each top end of the plurality of elastic members, and wherein a height of a gravity center of the compressor main body is positioned between a height of the at least one lower supporter that supports the elastic members having the bottom ends installed in a relatively high position and heights of the upper supporters supporting the elastic members having the bottom ends installed in a relatively high position.