Patent ID: 6984115

Claim:
A axial sealing structure of a scroll compressor, comprising: a housing having a first shell and a second shell, the first shell having a receiving chamber inside which a partition is installed; a scroll device including a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, a plurality of compression pockets formed between the fixed and orbiting scrolls, the fixed scroll having a protruding portion with a discharge passageway formed in the middle thereof, the protruding portion having a plurality of orifices bored therethrough; a floating seal member with an inner ring and an outer ring extending from the bottom thereof, a central channel formed inside the inner ring, a recess portion defined between the inner ring and the outer ring, the floating seal member being disposed between the partition and the fixed scroll, the central channel opposite to the discharge passageway of the fixed scroll, the recess portion receiving the protruding portion of the fixed scroll, an pressure room defined between the recess portion of the floating seal member and the protruding portion of the fixed scroll; at least one first seal element disposed between the inner periphery of the outer ring of the floating seal member and the outer wall of the protruding portion of the fixed scroll; and at least one second seal element disposed between the exterior periphery of the inner ring and the inner wall of the discharge passageway of the fixed scroll.