Patent ID: 7175396

Claim:
A compressor that inhales refrigerant gas from an external refrigerant circuit, compresses the inhaled refrigerant gas and discharges the compressed refrigerant gas, comprising: a cylinder block having a plurality of bores formed to parallel each other in the cylinder block; a front housing coupled to the front side of the cylinder block and forming a crank chamber; a driving shaft supported so as to freely rotate with respect to the cylinder block and the front housing; a single-headed piston connected to a slanting plate element mounted on the driving shaft and linearly reciprocating inside the bores of the cylinder block; a rear housing connected to a rear side of the cylinder block; a suction muffler chamber having a suction port connected to an external refrigerant circuit installed on an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder block; a discharge chamber and a suction chamber formed in the rear housing; and two or more suction chamber connecting passages connecting the suction muffler chamber with the suction chamber at an upstream side of the suction chamber.