Patent ID: 8297958

Claim:
A scroll compressor for compressing fluid, comprising: a first scroll compressor body having a first base, a first scroll rib projecting from the first base, and a discharge port; a second scroll compressor body having a second base and a second scroll rib projecting from the second base, the first and second bases being axially spaced apart with the first and second scroll ribs mutually received in each other to define at least one compression chamber between an intake region and the discharge port, wherein relative movement between the first and second scroll compressor bodies is adapted to compress fluid from the intake region to the discharge port; and a tip seal projecting axially from the second scroll rib and adapted to sealingly engage the first base for sealing the at least one compression chamber; wherein a shape of the discharge port includes an inward-facing radius whose center is located outside of a perimeter of the discharge port; and wherein the inward-facing radius enables a length of the tip seal in the vicinity of the discharge port to be greater than it would be absent the inward-facing radius.