Patent ID: 7367786

Claim:
A linear compressor comprising: a cylinder block forming a compressing chamber; a piston reciprocatably provided in the compressing chamber; a reciprocating member connected to the piston to reciprocate with the piston as a single body; a driver driving the reciprocating member to reciprocate; and a resonance spring comprising a first connecting part formed with a plurality of first connecting holes to permit connection to the cylinder block, a second connecting part that is provided inside of the first connecting part and formed with a second connecting hole to permit connection to the reciprocating member to reciprocate with the reciprocating member as a single body, and a plurality of arms spaced apart from one another between the first connecting part and the second connecting part, each of the arms comprising a first end connected to the first connecting part to be positioned between the plurality of first connecting holes, a second end connected to the second connecting part to be positioned in the vicinity of the second connecting part, and a plurality of arm bodies of a spiral shape to connect the first end and the second end; wherein a width of the first connecting part is in a range of approximately one half a width of the arm body and three times the width of the arm body, and wherein the width of the first connecting pad is increased from the first end in a direction of forming of each of the arms, to a portion adjacent to an inward groove.