Patent ID: 6109899
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: F01C,F04C,F05C,Y10S

Abstract:
A scroll compressor comprising:a first scroll member having a base and a generally spiral wrap extending from said base;a second scroll member having a base and a generally spiral wrap extending from said base, said wraps of said first and second scroll members interfitting to define compression chambers, said first scroll member having a mount portion extending away from said second scroll member to receive a drive shaft;a crankcase mounted beneath said first scroll member, and on a side opposed from said second scroll member;a shaft having an eccentric pin extending through said crankcase, and into a slider block mounted in said mount portion of said first scroll member, a first bearing received between said slider block and said mount portion, and an electric motor driving said shaft;a second bearing mounted in said crankcase and surrounding said shaft, said pin of said shaft extending through said second bearing and into said mount portion of said first scroll member;a third bearing mounted at an opposed end of said shaft and on a remote side of said motor from said first bearing; andat least one of said first, second and third bearings having a material composition including carbon particles deposited into a resin.