Patent ID: 8480040

Claim:
A mounting arrangement for the energizing cables of an electric motor of a refrigeration compressor, said electric motor being mounted in the interior of a casing of the compressor, said energizing cables presenting an end connected to the electric motor and an opposite end operatively connected to a power source external to the casing, through the latter, said arrangement comprising at least one immobilizing means mounted internally to the casing, so as to retain the energizing cables, and hold an elongated portion of the energizing cables in a predetermined position within the interior of the casing, said immobilizing means comprising a plurality of cradles, defined so that each energizing cable has its cross section at least partially lodged in a respective cradle disposed laterally adjacent to another energizing cable lodged in another adjacent cradle, the elongated portion of each energizing cable within the casing, the elongated portion being retained in at least one cradle, the cradles being arranged in at least one set of cradles, the cradles of one set being disposed laterally adjacent to one another, each cradle being defined between two cradle portions which laterally embrace and press a respective energizing cable, characterized in that the two cradle portions of each cradle are separate pieces, a first piece being affixed to the compressor, internally to the casing and the other piece being attached and pressed to the first piece by at least one gripping means, at least one of the first and second cradle portions presenting at least one recess to lodge a respective cross section portion of the energizing cable immobilized in said cradle, each recess of the first cradle portion having a depression disposed along a portion of the length of the cradle so as to present a curved profile extending along a portion of the length of the cradle, the depression adapted to hold a portion of said elongated portion so as to protect said elongated portion from bending forces which can break the electrical wiring of said energizing cable.