Patent ID: 7240508

Claim:
A connecting package for a refrigerator compressor, the connecting package comprising: a base including an overload protector mounting section and a motor starter relay element mounting section and having first to third pin connecting ports connected to a compressor motor through a circular terminal of a compressor body; a cover detachably coupled to an upper portion of the base, including a dome-shaped overload protector mounting section and a dome-shaped motor starter relay element mounting section corresponding to the overload protector mounting section and the motor starter relay element mounting section of the base, and having a plurality of slots for connecting terminals formed around the dome-shaped overload protector mounting section and the dome-shaped motor starter relay element mounting section; a motor starter relay element mounted in the motor starter relay element mounting sections of the base and the cover and having first and second pin connectors positioned corresponding to the first and second pin connecting ports of the base; and a low-power overload protector mounted in the overload protector mounting sections of the base and the cover and having a first connecting terminal connected to a pin connector positioned corresponding to the third pin connecting port of the base, a second connecting terminal connected to a quick connector connected to an external power source, and a heating element for shortening a reaction time of the low-power overload protector.