Patent ID: 8888468

Claim:
A mounting arrangement of suspension springs in a refrigeration compressor of a type which comprises a shell ( 1 ) and a block ( 3 ) forming, with a stator ( 4 ) of an electric motor, a stationary assembly ( 2 ) which is mounted in an interior of the shell ( 1 ) by means of a suspension including an assembly of helical springs ( 10 ), each spring presenting a lower end ( 11 ) and an upper end ( 12 ), each said end ( 11 , 12 ) being coupled, respectively, to an adjacent part of the shell ( 1 ) and the stationary assembly ( 2 ) through a support means (MS), wherein the support means (MS) comprises a base plate ( 20 ) incorporating, in a single piece, at least two retention tongues ( 21 ) obtained from a portion of said base plate ( 20 ) which is bent to project outwardly from the plane of said base plate ( 20 ), so that said retention tongues ( 21 ) can be tightly fitted in the interior of one of the ends ( 11 , 12 ) of an adjacent helical spring ( 10 ).