Patent ID: 7185431

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a linear compressor including, for connecting a piston of the linear compressor to a spring of the linear compressor, the following steps, in which step (a) and step (b) may be executed in any order: (a) locating the piston in a predetermined axial position in the bore of the cylinder of the compressor; (b) locating the piston connection point of a spring already connected with a cylinder part at a position based on a predetermined displacement of the spring or a position in which the spring exerts a predetermined reaction force, there being then a separation between said located piston and said located piston connection point of the spring; and (c) after steps (a) and (b), joining said piston and said piston connection point of said spring to maintain a rigid axial separation fixed according to the separation attained through steps (a) and (b).