Patent ID: 8167595

Claim:
A scroll compressor, comprising: a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet port, an inlet fitting mounted into the inlet opening providing an inlet port; scroll compressor bodies in the housing, the scroll compressor bodies having respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases and which mutually engage, the scroll compressor bodies operative to compress fluid entering from the inlet port and discharge compressed fluid toward the outlet port; a motor providing a rotational output operatively driving one of the scroll compressor bodies to facilitate relative movement for the compression of fluid; a suction duct in the housing having an entrance port; a suction screen member having a mounting flange mounting the suction screen member in the inlet fitting, a tubular extension bridging the inlet port and the entrance port, and a screen arranged to screen fluid flow flowing through the suction screen member; and wherein the motor is disposed within a motor housing, the motor housing being disposed within the housing, and wherein the suction duct is attached to an outside surface of the motor housing.