Patent ID: 7261527

Claim:
A scroll compressor comprising: a sealed housing; a first scroll member having a first base and a first generally spiral wrap extending from said first base, a discharge pressure chamber on a first side of said first base and a suction pressure chamber on a second side of said first base; a second scroll member having a second base and a second generally spiral wrap extending from said second base, said wraps of said first and second scroll members interfitting to define compression chambers; a motor for driving said second scroll member to orbit relative to said first scroll member; a valve for controlling the communication of gas between said compression chambers and said discharge pressure chamber, said valve disposed in a valve chamber of said first scroll member; and a valve retainer for said valve, wherein said valve retainer includes a snap fit connector to mount said valve retainer to said first scroll member, said snap fit connector flexible between a disengaged position wherein said valve retainer is disengaged from said first scroll member and an engaged position wherein said valve retainer is engaged to said first scroll member, wherein said valve retainer has a body spaced from a valve chamber bottom of said valve chamber, said valve spaced between said body and said valve chamber bottom, wherein said body has a body top spaced by a body side from a body bottom, said body having a pressure hole for creating suction on said body bottom for retaining said valve.