Patent ID: 7094043

Claim:
A compressor assembly comprising: a housing; a compressor mechanism disposed within said housing; a bearing support mounted within said housing, said bearing support including a recess; a shaft rotatable about a shaft axis, said shaft axis being disposed substantially horizontally during operation of said compressor assembly, said shaft having first and second opposed ends, said first end operably coupled to said compressor mechanism; a bearing mounted on said bearing support and rotatably supporting said shaft proximate said second end of said shaft; a counterweight rotationally coupled with said shaft and disposed proximate said second end of said shaft; said housing defining an interior plenum wherein lubricating oil is pooled in a bottom portion of said interior plenum; said bearing support, said bearing, said counterweight and said shaft all being disposed within said interior plenum; and an oil shield, said oil shield having a plurality of flexible members mounting said oil shield to said bearing support proximate said bearing, said flexible members engaged with said bearing support recess, said oil shield having a substantially cylindrical portion extending outwardly from said bearing support, said counterweight being at least partially disposed within said substantially cylindrical portion of said oil shield.